Girls’ Generation’s Taeyeon Is Busy Making Friendship Bracelets For SHINee’s Key, Red Velvet’s Yeri, And More

Girls’ Generation’s Taeyeon has been making personalized gifts for her friends by hand! It all started on June 28, when Taeyeon took to Instagram to show off a cute beaded bracelet that she had personally made. Sharing several photos of herself sporting the handmade accessory, Taeyeon proudly wrote, “I made this bracelet myself?” View this post… Continue reading Girls’ Generation’s Taeyeon Is Busy Making Friendship Bracelets For SHINee’s Key, Red Velvet’s Yeri, And More

June Singer Brand Reputation Rankings Announced

The Korean Business Research Institute has revealed this month’s brand reputation rankings for singers! The rankings were determined through an analysis of singers’ media coverage, consumer participation, interaction, and community awareness indexes, using big data collected from May 26 to June 27. BTS held onto their spot at the top of this month’s list, scoring… Continue reading June Singer Brand Reputation Rankings Announced

Industry Representatives Vote On Best Groups, Solo Artists, Rising Stars, And More

Korean entertainment agencies have shared their opinions on who stands out in the industry right now! To celebrate the 35th anniversary of its founding, Sports Seoul held a survey from June 3 to 14 with representatives from 50 different agencies to hear their opinions on which groups, management companies, producers, and more are currently making a… Continue reading Industry Representatives Vote On Best Groups, Solo Artists, Rising Stars, And More

June Girl Group Member Brand Reputation Rankings Announced

The Korean Business Research Institute has revealed this month’s brand reputation rankings for individual girl group members! The rankings were determined through an analysis of the consumer participation, media coverage, communication, and community awareness indexes of 510 girl group members, using big data collected from May 19 to June 20. Oh My Girl’s Arin topped… Continue reading June Girl Group Member Brand Reputation Rankings Announced

Watch: AOA’s Seolhyun And Jimin Make Beaded Jewelry + Girls’ Generation’s Taeyeon Comments

Girls’ Generation’s Taeyeon shared her cute reaction to AOA’s Seolhyun and Jimin’s latest creative project! In a recent video on AOA’s Jimin’s YouTube channel, Seolhyun and Jimin made beaded jewelry together. The video opened with Jimin asking Seolhyun for advice on how to make YouTube content, and Seolhyun said, “You shouldn’t treat it like a TV broadcast. You have… Continue reading Watch: AOA’s Seolhyun And Jimin Make Beaded Jewelry + Girls’ Generation’s Taeyeon Comments

11 K-Pop MVs Whose Retro Vibes Will Take You Back In Time

As much as I love seeing K-pop artists come up with novel and exciting concepts, there’s something about retro ones that I just can’t seem to get enough of these days. My penchant for old-school vibes might partly be due to nostalgia (granted I wasn’t really old enough at the time to fully experience the… Continue reading 11 K-Pop MVs Whose Retro Vibes Will Take You Back In Time

9 K-Pop Stars Who Have Meaningful Tattoos

While tattoos are still technically frowned upon by some in Korean society, many K-pop idols have chosen to break from the norms and ink their bodies. Tattoos are just another form of self-expression, and there are lots of idols whose tattoos hold deep significance. Without further ado, here are just nine of them! 1. Block… Continue reading 9 K-Pop Stars Who Have Meaningful Tattoos

IU’s “eight” (Feat. And Prod. By Suga) Rises To No. 1; Soompi’s K-Pop Music Chart 2020, May Week 5

IU’s “eight” moves up a spot to take over as our new No. 1 song this week! Produced by and featuring BTS’ Suga, “eight” has taken home three music show wins. IU also becomes the first artist to have two No. 1 songs on our chart this year, as “Blueming” also topped our chart at… Continue reading IU’s “eight” (Feat. And Prod. By Suga) Rises To No. 1; Soompi’s K-Pop Music Chart 2020, May Week 5

May Singer Brand Reputation Rankings Announced

The Korean Business Research Institute has revealed this month’s brand reputation rankings for singers! The rankings were determined through an analysis of singers’ media coverage, consumer participation, interaction, and community awareness indexes, using big data collected from April 28 to May 29. BTS topped this month’s list, scoring a brand reputation index of 15,615,734 for… Continue reading May Singer Brand Reputation Rankings Announced

Oh My Girl Guards No. 1 Spot With “Nonstop”; Soompi’s K-Pop Music Chart 2020, May Week 4

Oh My Girl’s “Nonstop” is No. 1 for the third consecutive week! The song is still going strong and managed to hold off competition to win for another week. Congratulations again to Oh My Girl! Moving up four spots to No. 2 is IU’s “eight.” Produced by and also featuring BTS’ Suga, “eight” was just… Continue reading Oh My Girl Guards No. 1 Spot With “Nonstop”; Soompi’s K-Pop Music Chart 2020, May Week 4

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