Are you familiar with this year’s top K-pop songs? Let’s see if you can name the Soompi Awards 2015 Songs of the Year after hearing just the first second! Some of the songs can be a little tricky with the first second being something completely random. Click on the YouTube video and the green “PLAY” button… Continue reading QUIZ: Can You Guess These 2015 K-Pop Songs by the First Second?
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Weekly K-Pop Music Chart 2016 – January Week 1
Happy New Year! This is the first music chart of 2016. There are some changes on the chart scoring. MBC’s Music Core is no longer having a music chart, so we adjust the total TV Network ranking from 45% to 40%, while GAON chart increases from 20% to 25%. At some point this year, we… Continue reading Weekly K-Pop Music Chart 2016 – January Week 1
10 Fierce Female Anthems From 2015
2015 was an explosive year for K-pop. With countless comebacks and collaborations dropping left and right, our music libraries have definitely expanded since the start of the year. Although we may be ending the year with softer ballads fit for the winter, we can’t start 2016 without first reflecting on the powerful songs that many female… Continue reading 10 Fierce Female Anthems From 2015
Weekly Music Chart 2015 Top 50 Songs
This is the top 50 songs of 2015 according to our Soompi Weekly Chart. Artists with multiple hit songs in 2015 will be represented by their highest charted song. Female groups dominated the top 10, including the top three. Girls’ Generation’s “Lion Heart” is our 2015 No. 1 song. This song spent 17 weeks on… Continue reading Weekly Music Chart 2015 Top 50 Songs
Breaking: JYJ’s Junsu and EXID’s Hani Reportedly Dating, C-JeS Responds
A new couple for the new year? Local news tabloid Dispatch is reporting that JYJ’s Junsu and EXID’s Hani have rung in the new year as a couple! The two have liked each other for the past six months, but finally made it official on January 1. According to Dispatch, the 29-year-old Junsu made the first move of… Continue reading Breaking: JYJ’s Junsu and EXID’s Hani Reportedly Dating, C-JeS Responds
Performances from the MBC Gayo Daejejun
Capping off the year end music festivals, MBC’s Gayo Daejejun (Song Festival) rang in the new year with many of K-Pop’s biggest acts. We live recapped the show here. This year many groups covered past hit songs as special stages: B1A4 did g.o.d‘s “Lies,” Red Velvet did S.E.S.‘ “I Love You”, UP10TION with H.O.T‘s “Candy, ” A Pink did… Continue reading Performances from the MBC Gayo Daejejun
How Many Times Has EXID Sang “Up And Down”?
It’s safe to hazard a guess that EXID might just be a little tired of singing the song that catapulted them to fame, and for good reason: according to member Solji, they’ve sang the song more than 3,000 times! On the December 31 broadcast of SBS PowerFM‘s “Cultwo Show,” Solji confessed that between performances, practices,… Continue reading How Many Times Has EXID Sang “Up And Down”?
Performances from the 2015 KBS Song Festival
Following up to the SBS Gayo Daejun, The KBS Gayo Daechukjae (Song Festival) was the second major year end music show to air. While we live blogged the entire event last night, you can check out all the performances below. A special dance performance by GOT7 + BTS + VIXX was definitely a fan favorite. Girl… Continue reading Performances from the 2015 KBS Song Festival
11 K-Pop Dances That Were Banned For Being Too Sexy
Most of the big broadcasting companies in Korea (MBC, KBS, SBS) have strict standards on what dance moves make it on stage — especially KBS. Being sexy is great, but the dance moves for these songs were banned from broadcast for being too provocative, and groups were forced to change their choreography to be allowed on stage.… Continue reading 11 K-Pop Dances That Were Banned For Being Too Sexy
Top 3 Most Wanted Solo Debuts From Female Idols Born in the Year of the Monkey
In a recent survey, EXID‘s Hani topped the list of girl group members born in the Year of the Monkey that netizens believe would be hugely popular as solo artists! 2016 is the Year of the Monkey according to the Chinese zodiac, which is based on a twelve-year cycle of zodiac signs represented by an… Continue reading Top 3 Most Wanted Solo Debuts From Female Idols Born in the Year of the Monkey