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NewJeans haven't released music in nearly two years – but their fingerprints are all over K-pop's last two years anyway. Now, with ADOR confirming the group are in Copenhagen working on new music, the question isn't just when they're coming back

How NewJeans’ Potential Comeback Could Change The Entire K-pop Industry

Ten is quietly building something of his own – a Bangkok-based production company launched this week with his name written all over it, even without an official statement

Last Week In K-pop, Interpreted (May 4 - 8, 2026)

This week's Comeback Corner covers two boy group debuts, a girl group picking up where they left off, and a cultural reunion ten years in the making

Comeback Corner: Billlie, B:DAWN, YUHZ & More

KARINA and NINGNING made their Met Gala debut on Monday night, and they did not come to blend in. The timing is deliberate. aespa drop new single "WDA (Whole Different Animal)" on 11 May.

KARINA and NINGNING Make Met Gala Debut in Prada and Gucci

Anderson .Paak and DEAN are back together for the first time in over a decade. "Aftertaste" is out now – produced by Dem Jointz, and inspired by .Paak's Netflix directorial debut K-POPS!

Anderson .Paak and DEAN Reunite on "Aftertaste" as K-POPS! Album Takes Shape

The project group model has produced some of K-pop's biggest acts. It's also one of the industry's least examined emotional blind spots

Project Groups Are All The Rage in K-pop – But At What Cost?

Park Jin Young is stepping down as internal director at JYP Entertainment – and it makes complete sense

JYP Was Always an Artist First – and Now He's Proving It

HEESEUNG is leaving. Not at the end of a contract, but at their peak. His letter to ENGENEs speaks of personal work kept private, of ambitions he didn't want to place ahead of his team, of a decision made after "a long period of deliberation."

The End of an Era: HEESEUNG Departs ENHYPEN – And Nobody Saw It Coming

Ask someone to name a K-pop group and chances are they’ll say BLACKPINK. What’s less obvious is how small their group catalogue actually is in nearly a decade – and yet stadium tours, Coachella headlines, global brand dominance

The BLACKPINK Paradox: How Fewer Than 40 Songs Built a Global Empire

At Belfast’s SSE Arena last week, audience members at KPop Forever! were asking a surprising question: when was “K-pop” coming on?

K-pop Without Context: Analysing the Belfast Backlash

BTS aren’t introducing their new album ARIRANG with a tracklist or a teaser photo. They’re doing it with a single question: WHAT IS YOUR LOVE SONG?

Inside BTS’ Global ‘Love Song’ Activation: How ARIRANG Is Being Introduced to the World

With almost every K-pop concert film release, the same debate resurfaces: should cinema screenings feel like the live show, or function like any other film? Is a concert film a concert – or a film?

Why a Concert Film Isn’t a Concert: Rethinking Behaviour in K-pop Cinemas

What ZEROBASEONE’s Five-Member Future Reveals About the End of the “Temporary” Era

Lee Soo-man, the founder of SM Entertainment and one of the architects of K-pop’s modern idol system, is approaching the end of a three-year non-compete agreement that has kept him largely absent from domestic music production in South Korea

Lee Soo-man’s Non-Compete Is Ending

One Track, One Take is KPOPWORLD’s weekly column spotlighting a single song at a time. This week, that detail is the chorus of “MONO” by i-dle.

One Track, One Take: i-dle - “Mono”

One Track, One Take is KPOPWORLD’s weekly column spotlighting a single song at a time – not to review it exhaustively, but to pause on one detail, mood, or idea that makes it worth sitting with

ONE TRACK, ONE TAKE: dodree - Just Like a Dream

A reflective look back at first-generation K-pop girl groups, exploring how the genre’s early frameworks were shaped through experimentation and adaptation rather than certainty

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