Weekly K-Pop Music Chart 2015 – June Week 4

The top three songs remain the same as last week. EXO’s “Love Me Right” easily repeats as No. 1 this week, sweeping all the music shows and also widens the gap with the No. 2 song BIGBANG’s “Bang Bang Bang.” SHINee’s “View” still remains strong at No. 3. All three songs scored over 900 points… Continue reading Weekly K-Pop Music Chart 2015 – June Week 4

BIGBANG Takes Last June Trophy on “Inkigayo” Ahead of July Releases, Performances by BTS, SISTAR, and More

Congratulations to BIGBANG for taking yet another win on SBS “Inkigayo” with a cumulative 9981 points for “BANG BANG BANG,” finishing strong before the group’s upcoming July releases. Coming in in second and third places this week, respectively, were JYP artists 2PM with “Our House” and Baek A Yeon with “Shouldn’t Have.” Performers for this week’s “Inkigayo” include… Continue reading BIGBANG Takes Last June Trophy on “Inkigayo” Ahead of July Releases, Performances by BTS, SISTAR, and More

BIGBANG Releases Teaser Poster for Second Track from “MADE Series D”

There are only a few days left until July 1, which means it’s just about time for two new tracks in the “MADE” series by BIGBANG! The group is releasing tracks on the first day of every month until the release of their complete album “MADE” on September 1. They previously released a poster for… Continue reading BIGBANG Releases Teaser Poster for Second Track from “MADE Series D”

BIGBANG Drops First Teaser Poster for “MADE Series – D”

BIGBANG has dropped the first teaser poster for their next round of the “MADE” series. The image showcases the profiles of the BIGBANG members standing in a row side-by-side. The track title is revealed to be “If You” and to have beem jointly composed by G-Dragon, P.K, and DEE.P and arranged by P.K and DEE.P. Notably, the lyrics were… Continue reading BIGBANG Drops First Teaser Poster for “MADE Series – D”

BIGBANG Transforms Into Bohemian Hippies for Vogue

After revealing BIGBANG’s cover photos, Vogue magazine has released more photos of BIGBANG members transformed into hippie boys from their photo shoot. Individual as well as group photos have been shared. First, G-Dragon and Seungri can be seen wearing different face paintings. They also appear to have freckles drawn onto their faces, with G-Dragon’s freckles being… Continue reading BIGBANG Transforms Into Bohemian Hippies for Vogue

G-Dragon Does Not Hang up His Pictures at Home Because of His Paparazzi-Exposed Life

The lives of stars are often like an open book with little privacy due to the paparazzi. BIGBANG‘s G-Dragon, who knows very well what it is like to be exposed to the camera 24/7, revealed that he didn’t have pictures of himself hung up in his house for this reason. On the episode of OnStyle’s “Style… Continue reading G-Dragon Does Not Hang up His Pictures at Home Because of His Paparazzi-Exposed Life

BIGBANG Takes 3rd Win with “Bang Bang Bang” + BTS, SISTAR, Teen Top, AOA Comebacks Galore on “M!Countdown”

On this week’s broadcast of Mnet music show “M!Countdown,” BIGBANG took their third win on a music show with “Bang Bang Bang.” The group went head to head with JYP Entertainment‘s Baek Ah Yeon and her dark horse hit “Shouldn’t Have…“ and ultimately came out on top for first place. Unfortunately, BIGBANG was unable to be… Continue reading BIGBANG Takes 3rd Win with “Bang Bang Bang” + BTS, SISTAR, Teen Top, AOA Comebacks Galore on “M!Countdown”

The 10 Best K-Pop Boyband Hits From the First Half of the Decade

Never mind being halfway through the year, we are now 50 percent done with this decade! Shouldn’t we all be flying around in anti-gravity cars and jetpacks by now? Regardless, this decade in music has been anything but slow when it comes to K-Pop matters. Legions of new acts have debuted, thousands of albums have… Continue reading The 10 Best K-Pop Boyband Hits From the First Half of the Decade

The Top 15 K-Pop Fanclubs in 2015 for Boy and Girl Groups

Local news source MBN released a 2015 mid-year report on the fanclub membership numbers for K-pop boy and girl groups, ranking the top 15 of each gender. MBN surveyed the official fan clubs (located in Daum fan cafes) of the numerous boy and girl groups in K-pop. The 2015 numbers were recorded June 4 for… Continue reading The Top 15 K-Pop Fanclubs in 2015 for Boy and Girl Groups

“One Night” Discusses G-Dragon’s Past Royalty Income

SBS’ weekly entertainment news program, “One Night of TV Entertainment,” (hereafter “One Night”) featured BIGBANG in one of its reports, aired on June 24, going over the reasons why BIGBANG is loved by so many. Out of the many reasons, the fact that BIGBANG produces so many of their own songs was highlighted. Upon its… Continue reading “One Night” Discusses G-Dragon’s Past Royalty Income