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What were your favorite K-Pop tracks from May 2022? Let us know in the comments! Here are our favorites for the month.
– MCND’s 4th mini album pre-released song, “W.A.T.1” teaser! A powerful performance that catches your eyes and ears + melody – Continuing on with the American tour in August, all seats in Europe are sold out! 9 cities in 4 countries including Brazil, Mexico, the United States and Canada will be visited At midnight on the 10th, the teaser for the track video “W.A.T.1” was released on MCND’s official channel. The addictive sound in the teaser video captivated listeners’ ears, while MCND members performed intense performances like an “all-main dancer group” while traveling between the desert during the day…
As the excitement from her incredible, emotional 20th anniversary concert the previous day lingered, BoA released her 20th anniversary album ‘The Greatest’ on May 30 – just as she entered the 21st year since her debut in Japan. The album hit No.3 on the Oricon Daily Album Ranking on its first day, as well as taking the No.1 spot on AWA’s real-time chart, proving BoA’s enduring power in both the physical and digital markets. Download and streaming links: avex.lnk.to/TheGreatest ‘The Greatest’ includes 10 self-covers that were originally released over 10 consecutive weeks, as well as the title…
Japanese male-female dance-pop group lol recently released their new single, ‘Baby tonight’. This love song was written by group member Yusuke Sato, while his bandmate honoka was inspired by the lyrics to write the rap section. ‘Baby tonight’ was unveiled during the group’s first national tour in about two and a half years, ‘lol live tour 2022 -laugh out loud-’, and the intense dance performance and melancholy lyrics became a hot topic among fans. lol / ‘Baby tonight’ Dance Practice Moving ver. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=toIiWbAgY3E ‘Baby tonight’ download and streaming links https://lol-JP.lnk.to/BabyTonightGD Lol are a five-member group consisting…
This summer, BROOKLYN will hit the road on his ‘I’M GONNA LOVE YOU TOUR,’ performing in cities across the United States and Europe. BROOKLYN REVEALS U.S. DATES FOR SUMMER 2022 TOUR BROOKLYN will perform live in Houston, Orlando, Miami, and San Diego this summer on the North American leg of his 2022 ‘I’M GONNA LOVE YOU TOUR.’ Watch the U.S. dates reveal video here: https://youtu.be/tvlubx7YA6Q U.S. Dates: Sat June 25 — Houston, TX — Independence Park Sat July 02 — Orlando, FL — The Geek Easy Sat July 09 — Miami, FL — Miami Beach Convention Center Sat July 16…
The next-generation Japanese girl group FAKY released new single ‘Diamond Glitter’ on, May 25. This is the lead track from their forthcoming first full-length album, which is set for release on Wednesday, October 19. The new digital single is accompanied by a music video, also released on the 25th. ▼ ‘Diamond Glitter’ Music video: https://youtu.be/dVjUSwoL6NU FAKY are a girl group – or “girls’ union” to their fans in Japan – made up of five members with a diverse selection of roots and styles. Their ‘CANDY’ EP reached No.3 on the iTunes all-genres album chart behind only Ariana…
‘WARPs DIG’, a new project from avex entertainment’s WARP-Syndicate collective, has launched on YouTube. ‘WARPs DIG’ teaser video: https://youtu.be/PqEjfqbbfMI WARP-Syndicate (commonly known as WARPs) stands for Wind Assemble Radical People-Syndicate, meaning a collective that harnesses the wind of innovation. By operating groups with fixed lineups as well as various projects across multiple artistic disciplines and regardless of age, gender and nationality, it is a collective that aims to create a new landscape where talent can shine beyond existing categories and frameworks. The Japanese-Chinese mixed boys’ group WARPs UP have been active as the first act under the WARPs umbrella.…
TRiDENT is formed by three members who have been called the, “next generation of a classic, girls rock band”. They will be digitally distributing their new song called “Spoopy”! This song is included in their 1st mini album “D-X”, which is planned to be released this Autumn. Its music video has also already been released in advance. TRiDENT ”Spoopy” Music distribution: https://ssm.lnk.to/Spoopy MV: https://youtu.be/16APM8itvv0 The recording of this song was done by Manabu Taura from CRYSTAL LAKE and the arrangement was done by DAIDAI from Paledusk. The theme of this music video is the, “coexistence of horror and pop”.…
Happy All-Asia Friday (on Sunday)! Our Spotify playlist admin was on vacation from Thursday-Sunday, but she’s back and providing us music! This week’s All-Asia Friday features #metal music from Malaysia, Saudi Arabia, Japan, Mongolia, Thailand, and Indonesia among others! Check out music from The HU, BAND-MAID, Bloodywood, Mysteraincn, and Shewolves. Check out our Spotify list!
Told in a light but appealing dark voice and a concise yet rich sound, his story draws attention to ‘love’ and ‘survival’. The mini-album, consisting of a total of 4 songs, features the album and the new song ‘Only Lovers Left Alive’, which is the same name as the album, which was included on Harry Big Button’s last album. ‘Fun is Fun and Done is Done’, ‘Trust Game’ and ‘Control’ are newly arranged in unplugged versions. 🎧 음원 사이트 | Digital Audio ✮ 멜론(Melon) : https://bit.ly/3Nyeq6E ✮ 지니(Genie) : https://bit.ly/3sYPY6v ✮ 벅스(Bugs) : https://bit.ly/3GjhaSW ✮ 바이브(VIbe) : https://bit.ly/38pwUre…
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(image from the AT&T website for AAPI Heritage Month https://about.att.com/inside_connections_blog/2021/aapi_heritage_month.html) For those who hadn’t known, May is observed as Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month in the United States. It is when the achievements and contributions of Asian and Pacific Islander Americans in various fields are acknowledged, and it also recognizes their influence to future generations. The celebration is in efforts to strengthen the idea that AAPI people are not to be looked at as “foreign” and treated differently, rather AAPI people should be appreciated for the role they play in today’s society, and in the process…
2022 is turning out to be the Year of the K-Celebrity Wedding as another singer announced her upcoming nuptials! On May 11, 2022, Davichi’s Lee Hae Ri shared a handwritten letter on Instagram announcing her upcoming wedding. Her agency, WAKEONE, confirmed the news, mentioning she will wed in July. View this post on Instagram A post shared by 이해리 (@dlgofl85) In her letter, Lee said: Hello Davichi Chord! How have you been? The truth is, there’s something I want to tell you first, so I came here with a nervous heart. It feels like a…
With Covid travel restrictions* lifting, many of us may be feeling the nips from the travel bug reminding us that life is short, and we need to go out to see and experience the world. Thailand is one of Southeast Asia’s major tourist attractions. According to 2021 data, over 39.8 million people toured the country in 2019 (6.7 million in 2020 while Covid restrictions were in place), making it one of the top countries visited prior to the pandemic. Before the pandemic, the numbers of foreign visitors coming to visit Thailand were trending upward before falling off due to travel…
Oklahoma-born K-Pop singer AleXa has a lot to celebrate as she was crowned the champion of the American Song Contest! Thank you so much to every single person working behind the scenes! The songwriters, my fellow contestants, my friends, family, & loved ones…Zanybros & ZB Label…and my fellow Oklahomans- thank you for supporting me!! A.I TROOPERS I LOVE YOU!#AmericanSongContest #AleXaOnASC pic.twitter.com/8foJyH96w4 — AleXa ❤️👑 (@AleXa_ZB) May 10, 2022 During first-ever American Song Contest, which is the United States’ take of the Eurovision Song Contest, 56 entries from across the United States and US territories competed against each other…
May is Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month! As we celebrate the contributions made by the Asian and Pacific Islander communities, we also need to look at their contributions in the literary world. Asian/Asian American writers and other writers who are POC often aren’t mentioned as often as their white peers, which is a travesty on many levels. We hope that our little article helps to change that! As we head into summer and, ultimately, Beach Reads season, we hope you add these books and authors to your personal libraries! Many selections are Young Adult books, but we’re…
In late April, the 29-year-old Japanese-born, Korea-based singer and actress posted a handwritten message announcing her upcoming nuptials. View this post on Instagram A post shared by 유키카 YUKIKA (@yugopa216) Yukika (Teramoto Yukika) said: Hello, this is Yukika. I’m writing this letter because I want to share some news with the fans who are always rooting for me. I came to Korea in 2016, and six years have already passed since then. Starting from group activities to my solo debut, many things have happened, and I’m both happy and amazed that I’m continuing to gain…
Another K-Pop marriage is about to take place soon as U-KISS’ Hoon announced his upcoming nuptials May 29, 2022! Hoon made his marriage announcement via a handwritten letter. Hello. This is U-KISS’s Hoon. I’ve mustered the courage to write this because there’s news that I want to personally share with fans. After pondering for a long time how to share this, although I feel nervous, I will try to write letter by letter. By sharing this news, more than anything, I worry that my fans who cherish me more than anyone might feel upset. Since my fans’ love…
On May 7, 2022, Kang Soo Yeon, 55, passed away after being found unconscious in her home two days earlier. The actress, who is best known for her roles in 1987’s The Surrogate Womb, Come Come Come Upward (1989), Road to the Racetrack (1991), and That Woman, That Man (1993), suffered a heart attack. She was rushed to the hospital where she later passed from a cerebral hemorrhage. During her career, Kang was a child actress in the 1970s, but she was considered a pioneer in the 1980s and 1990s where she was regarded as a feminist icon in…