Author: Denise Coley
Korean dramas have been a crucial facet in the spread of the globally eminent Korean Hallyu. The industry is coupled up with off the chart creativity that is brilliantly served through heart throbbing acting skills that maintains the viewers’ interest and cirousity through the plot. Among the magnificently crafted Korean storylines, below are the highly rated K-dramas whose title starts with letter “B”. 1. Blood What better way to start off than with the most adored drama of all time. The vampire themed medical drama gracefully blends with modernity in a bid to showcase the plight and…
Global superstar band BTS has been crowned Guinness World Records 2022 Hall of Famers with a list of 23 records across music and social media. Guinness World Records recently announced BTS’ slot in its 2022 Hall of Fame thanks to the K-pop group’s list of 23 records. “After breaking countless records throughout 2021, they have also cemented their place in the Guinness World Records Hall of Fame.” Some of these very impressive records celebrated by Guinness are: Most streamed group on Spotify (16.3 billion) Most streamed track on Spotify in the first 24 hours (“Butter,” 11.04 million) Most Twitter…
China’s government, under the rule of China’s president Xi Jinping, is known to ban and restrict a lot of things. Their latest plan is to take measures on the pop culture industry, particularly on popular celebrities and their many fandoms. The recent crackdown is to restrict “chaotic” fandom culture and discourage fundraising activities. China’s main social media platform Weibo also recently banned BTS’ Chinese fan site Park Jimin Bar for crowdfunding to customize an airplane in celebration of Kpop band BTS’ Jimin’s birthday. The platform is restricting the fan club to post for 60 days. Weibo stated: “Since Cyberspace…
MTV revealed the nominees in two more categories for the Video Music Awards: Group of the Year and Song of the Summer. Like most of the VMAs awards, these two categories will be decided by online voting, but the format will be slightly different. Make sure to check out MTV’s Instagram account from September 4 until September 7 to vote for Group of the Year, and between September 7 and September 11 for Song of the Summer category. The nominees for Group of the Year are: Blackpink BTS CNCO Foo Fighters Jonas Brothers Maroon 5 Silk Sonic Twenty One…
Korean dramas have taken the world by storm owing to their plots captivating nature. The top notch acting skills by actors with intriguing fashion and makeup statements, further hypnotize the audience. However, the most memorizing aspect which accentuates dramas is the accompanying OST tracks that articulately express the respective plays’ scenes and overall plot’s theme. These tracks heighten the intended emotions and moods making the story more catchy and memorable. Here are some of the most iconic OSTs performed by K-Pop idols. 1. Stay With Me (EXO’s Chanyeol Ft Punch – “Goblin”) This is by far the…
Seugli is a legend who has become a household name in the collaborations world. Six years down her debut lane under the Red Velvet girl group, Seugli has stood out as a highly skilled vocalist endowed with dynamic discography abilities making her a powerhouse performer. Her collaborations with artists in Korea and beyond, including the large number of potential notable artists hoping to team up with her in a project, demonstrates Seugli’s capabilities and aptitude. Here are some of Seugli’s distinguished collaborations of all times. 1. Selfish (Moonbyul ft. Seugli) The collabo queen, Seugli, helped skyrocket Moonbyul’s…
Join the 2WILIGHT ZONE to meet THE BOYZ and ATEEZ in one dreamy online live event as they embark you into a special night between fantasy and reality. For ticket information go to MyMusicTaste.com Global https://mmt.fans/MBa4 Korea https://mmt.fans/MBGV About MyMusicTaste: MyMusicTaste is a fan initiated live event making service that brings fans, artists and promoters from all over the world together in one place to create a valuable and meaningful concert experience for everyone involved. MyMusicTaste puts the power in the fans’ hands, allowing fans to request their favorite artist’s concert in their city. With the mission…
To keep up with the fast-changing world, the marketing segmentation and targeting methods are rapidly shifting away from old, static, demographic-based parameters towards dynamic, lifestyle, mood, and psychographic influences. Fashion forecasting is the art of predicting a consumer’s mood, behavior, and buying habits. It’s no longer enough to know who your clients are, based on their age, location, or purchasing power; you also need to know how and why they buy depending on their beliefs, mood, and the occasion. The fashion industry is constantly changing, and it is difficult to forecast future trends. However, professionals in the industry, such as…
The illustrious boy band; debuted back in 2012, has continued to woo fans globally with their captivating harmoniously blended rich vocals and mesmerizing hit tracks. Over time, EXO has become a collaboration guru, with results being a burst of masterpiece lyrical art. The collaborations offer fans an articulate sense of each band member’s respective unique vocal quality compare to when they perform as a group. Below are some of the distinguished collaborations done by EXO. 1. Rain (Former Sistar member Soyou ft. EXO’s Baekhyun) The valentine duet; released on February 13th midnight, warmed the heart of many…
Also translated as Daebak real estate, the series has made waves as a dark-themed thrilling drama that manages to keep the audience in suspense all through. With Hong Ji-Ah (Jang Na-Ra) and Oh In-Beom (Jung Yong-Hwa) as the main characters, a simple real estate brokerage swiftly turns into an endless nightmare with twist and turns that lead to an extreme tearful ending. The occult series involves real estate brokers exorcising and cleaning out houses associated with ghosts and frequent deaths of their dwellers. Daebak real estate’s director Hong Ji-Ah inherited the exorcism genes from her mother. She conceals her…
The movie is a sum up of the girl group Blackpink’s first 5 years in the K-Pop entertainment industry. The 100 minutes film illustrates the members’ professional growth as a band. It reflects the half-decade long friendship with the spotlight being their live performances. The all-inclusive film comprises of the band’s first ever live concert in Seoul to the latest online event in January 2021 owing to the Covid-19 pandemic. The journey is further demonstrated from their training scenes; before their debut under Blackpink, through their year to year hit songs, to the recent online concert. Throughout…
South Korea’s largest music streaming service Melon came up with a list of top 100 K-pop songs that were released during the last three decades. This list was formed with the help of 35 music critics and industry experts by first compiling their own list of what they regarded as the 100 best K-pop songs of all time, then 35 lists were formed into Melon’s final list of the top 100 K-pop songs. The judges were asked to individually select 100 songs based on a song’s influence both domestically and internationally, its mark on the growth of K-pop, its…
K-pop star-turned-businessman Seungri has appealed his three-year prison sentence by the General Military Court on the charges of procurement and organizing prostitution, distribution of illegally filmed footage, illegally filming women, embezzlement of business funds, attempted destruction of evidence, illegal gambling, and violating food sanitation laws. According to military officials on August 27, Seungri and military prosecutors delivered their appeals on the 19th and 25th, respectively. The disgraced former K-pop singer appealed before his military discharge, so he will still be discharged from the military on September 26. The appeals trial is to be held at the High Military Court…
The CEO of Re:Cielo revealed in a recent interview that K-pop star and actor Park Yoo-chun gambled in Macau and the Philippines numerous times from 2017 to 2019, and said, “Park Yu-chun gambled in Macau, but after losing large sums of money, he tried to win the lost money back in the Philippines. I have evidence of his illegal gambling and there are witnesses to back my claims, and I will submit it to be investigated by the authorities.” After Park Yoo-chun parted ways from C-JeS Entertainment in 2020 due to his legal issues, the singer signed to Re:…
Boy group VERIVERY is back and they’re coming in with a bang, pulling the trigger for the reveal of their EP ‘SERIES ‘O’ [ROUND 2: HOLE]’. At 6PM KST on Monday, August 23rd, the performance idols started their full-fledged activities for this comeback with the start of sales and release of their music video for the title track ‘TRIGGER’. It’s been five months since their last comeback and the seven members are holding nothing back. With the return of Minchan, the storyline continues in their new music video release with ominous tones and mysterious new yet very familiar characters.…
Korea is known for its perfection culture that goes beyond the normal with every aspect of life. The normal paces and strolls have been perfected and given an exquisite ambience through well designed lanes. The diverse themed walking lanes births the desire to get out of one’s comfort zone and enjoy the beauty and creativity that the walking paths have to offer. Here are Korea’s most eminent walking trails. Canola flowers 1. Jeju Olle Trail The trail, positioned in Jeju Island, is an over 422km footpath comprising of over 20 main routes that connects from the coastline…
Initially, K-Pop was a culture and practice associated with solely Korean artists. However, with globalization, the world has become a village where talent is appreciated everywhere regardless of its culture, race or country of origin. The K-Pop industry has also changed with time and has spread its wing beyond South Korea to Asia and the world at large. Consequentially, we have witnessed numerous collaborations between K-Pop artists; solo or groups, teaming up with international artists to create enchanting masterpieces that overpower any existing differences. The collaborations have promoted global oneness as the resulting art piece triggers us to overlook…
Though a rare term among a substantial number of fans of various music genres, the vocaloid culture was started back in the 1980’s and has been in business alongside natural singing since then; although with miniature popularity. The singing synthesizing technology that enables full-fledged songs to be recorded by inputting melody and lyrics into a program. The resulting model presents enhanced vocals that challenge normal singing to the core. Although the culture has had its share of criticisms, just as any other new phenomenon, its appreciation has overtime increased with perspectives developing from the vocaloids “humanizing new technology’s coldness”…
K-pop girl group (G)I-dle member Soo-jin announced to leave the group on Saturday over numerous allegations that she bullied classmates when she was in middle school. Several people have come up to accuse the 25-year-old K-pop girl grouper of bullying her schoolmates – both physically and verbally when they attended the same middle school, Cube Entertainment, Seo Soo-jin and (G)I-dle’s management company, have previously denied all bullying allegations and filed a lawsuit against the accusers, since the allegations first emerged in February. Since March, the K-pop singer has kept a low profile. One of her accusers is Korean actress…
MCND, who announced powerful and strong performance, will comeback on August 31st!! – MCND’s new album [THE EARTH: SECRET MISSION Chapter. 1] Comeback countdown start!!!! The group MCND has begun the countdown to their comeback. MCND released its 3rd MINI ALBUM [THE EARTH: SECRET MISSION CHAPTER.1] comeback schedule on its official SNS channel at midnight on the 13th.. According to the released schedule, MCND will make a comeback on August 31 after releasing the entire [THE EARTH: SECRET MISSION CHAPTER.1] and the music video for the title song. Prior to this, various contents such as group and individual photos,…