This Year’s Top K-Pop Music Videos on YouTube

This year three K-Pop music videos have surpassed 20 million view on YouTube hits, while another nine surpassed 10 million. The artists behind this record are Super Junior, HyunA, 2NE1, followed by SNSD, Big Bang and Kara. However it is possible more will be added to the list during the remaining two months of the year.

A Pink Receives More Votes Than SNSD for MAMA?

Netizen voting for MAMA (Mnet Asian Music Awards) is in full throttle at this very moment but some of the current numbers are very unexpected. The voting process is being held at the official MAMa website and girl group A Pink is currently leading for the "Best New Female Artist" category. At 4:00 PM on November 7, A Pink received a number of more than…

[Opinion] Anti Fans and Their Power in the Music Industry

I remember that one of the things that caught my curiosity while falling into the arms of K-Pop was the idols and their anti-fans. I started reading story after story and when i read about DBSK’s Yunho and the incident of the juice with glue in it, i asked to myself: "Why do these people have so much power over the artists they hate?". It is something that up to this day, i don’t understand clearly…

Super Junior is Too Old to Be an "Idol" Group?

At an average member age of 26.5, Super Junior may be hard to call an “idol” group anymore. On the November 5 episode of Y-STAR’s “Goong Geum Ta,” the standards of what qualifies as an “idol” group were explored.

SNSD’s Jessica Shares Stalker Incident After Male Celebrity Took Her Home

On SBS “Strong Heart” that was broadcast on November 1, SNSD’s Jessica spoke about meeting a stalker. Jessica stated, “Late at night I was riding a taxi and got off in front of our dormitories but a man was waiting and holding an umbrella.” She continued the scary story, “I clicked on the password and went into the dorm. The elevator takes a while so I went towards the stairs but I had a funny feeling. I looked back down and the man’s umbrella was stuck between the automatic doors.”