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I know I'm a little late in Korea but it's still your birthday in America so sending a big happy birthday to @_dong_ii! It was so great to reconnect last year and watch you make your dreams come true at #NYFW. You were so cool, I appreciate you taking the instagram.com/p/Cm_HSQPO1zr/…
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Here they come! Two representative vocalists in K-pop boy bands coming together for a new collaboration!
"VIBE" by @Realtaeyang featuring @BTS_twt's Jimin coming at midnight next Friday!
Can the New Music Friday release mean a Hot 100 entry for both Taeyang and Jimin?! 📈📈 twitter.com/bts_bighit/sta…
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📈 Early industry predictions have ATEEZ's 'Spin Off: From the Witness' EP trending towards a Top 10 entry on the Billboard 200. The activity is nearly all album sales so streaming is an important way to reach higher and/or securing your copy through approved U.S. retailers
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IU and (G)I-DLE announced as part of CJ ENM's "2023 Visionary," that annually honors figures who innovated the entertainment industry. Congratulations!
Previous honorees include Rain, BTS, BLACKPINK, Bong Joon-ho, Yu Jae-seok and more
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"Ponytail" is so great and a huge step for @yugyeom as a solo artist. It's got a vibe that will last til summer, everyone's gotta keep this one bookmarked for best of 2023 lists because it's already an early standout. Can't wait for the video! twitter.com/yugyeom/status…
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What was the first song you listened to in 2023?
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iKON officially signs 143 Entertainment
Love seeing the group stay together and start this new chapter together. Can't wait for what 2023 brings! twitter.com/GTMNY143/statu…
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Sending major congrats to @ATEEZofficial for the release of 'SPIN OFF #FROM_THE_WITNESS,' capping off a huge year. I was lucky to spend a night with the guys in January. I had more to say that night before I got too shy and distracted, but seeing instagram.com/p/Cm0aD5NuPzf/…
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Of course we couldn't end the year without the best K-pop albums of 2022. These are the projects that connect far beyond a hit single and speak to the importance of larger, full bodies of work
Check out @billboard's Top 25 K-Pop Albums of 2022: billboard.com/lists/best-kpo…
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For nostalgia...Billboard's 2012 Best K-Pop Songs
10. Beast, Beautiful Night
9. Busker Busker, CBE
8. PSY, Gangnam Style
7. BoA, Only One
6. After School, Flashback
5. BIGBANG, Bad Boy
4. 2NE1, I Love You
3. Naul, Memory of the Wind
2. Sistar, Alone
1. INFINITE, The Chaser twitter.com/Jeff__Benjamin…
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Of course, @ATEEZofficial had to take the cover of @TIDAL's Certified playlist with the latest, hottest #Kpop tracks. "HALAZIA" is some next-level ish, I hope so many people get to hear it
It's streaming in @MQAMusic Master Quality + @Dolby Atmos quality: listen.tidal.com/playlist/7f55d…
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"'TOMBOY' gets top marks for showing an artist trusting their voice and vision leads to pop brilliance...that honesty clicked and created a story and connection far beyond a simple hit"
More on @G_I_DLE earning the No. 1 #KPop Song of the Year: billboard.com/lists/best-kpo…
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And I haven't forgotten that DK still has an entire solo album ready to go, and that he's produced songs for the other iKON members as well. Hope these songs can come out sooner than later billboard.com/music/pop/ikon…
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@PopBase But there's still Sechskies and AKMU (if you count a duo as a group) 😉
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YG Entertainment announces the six current members of iKON (Jay, Song, Bobby, DK, Ju-ne and Chan) have terminated their contract with the K-pop label
YG says the six iKON members will continue as a group and communicate via @YG_iKONIC's social media accounts and @weverseofficial
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When we caught up backstage at their Newark show, Hongjoong said he knows my taste and that I was going to like the new single...obviously, he was right, so if you've been keeping up with my writing and taste, you can decide if "HALAZIA" will be your style too :) twitter.com/ATEEZofficial/…
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It's D-Day for ATEEZ's Comeback! Are #ATINY ready to make more chart history for @ATEEZofficial?! I know y'all can do it!
Plus, @hello82official is of course doing their thing with pop-ups and more. Let's go!!!
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The fact that "DARARI" hardly got any additional push but a video with a remix (that wasn't anything like the version it trended on TikTok with) was one of the biggest fumbles of the year. Look at those numbers for a B-SIDE
More thoughts on this soon though...
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I know this TikTok trend wasn't in anyone's plans, but YG should try to work quickly and get an official sped-up version of "Love Scenario" out ASAP to push the resurgence + help this song grow beyond. I don't want to see the same missed opportunity that happened to "DARARI"!!! twitter.com/jinhwan_Puddin…
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My favorite song on the album! Amazing harmonies
Also the four of them are such a balanced unit—sophisticated, fun, energetic, cool. Big fan of this one twitter.com/balloon_wanted…
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Via press release: "VERNON is the third member of @pledis_17 to release a mixtape as a part of their 'The Thirteen Tapes' series, following HOSHI's 'Spider' and WOOZI's 'Ruby'"
Didn't know there was a larger mixtape project here! So The8 + Jun's tracks aren't part of the series?
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She's finally here!! 💗 @mastermind_fr @BLACKPINK
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Report coming that LOONA's upcoming album, 'The Origin Album [0],' originally scheduled for January 3 has been postponed indefinitely
This comes after fans have actively boycotted the release following the departure of member Chuu and little engagement from other members (cont) twitter.com/instiz/status/…
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The man she's "kissing" is a gay, married man. Instead of trying to create controversy with these news "stories," these writers and commenters should should start opening their eyes to the fact that gay people exist, and their beautiful, loving and playful friendships twitter.com/dailynaver/sta…
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HYBE announces new affiliate label NACEO under @HYBE_LABELS_JP
Their first artist is actress and former Keyakizaka46 member Yurina Hirate
An anagrams of OCEAN, HYBE press release says the label "will work towards diversifying its artist portfolio by actively recruiting" (cont) twitter.com/HYBEOFFICIALtw…
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