KPOPWORLD #6 (Yves)

KPOPWORLD #6 (KEYVITUP X VAYONN)

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LOONA (이달의 소녀, &quot;Girl of the Month&quot;) is a girl group formed by Blockberry Creative with one of the most ambitious pre-debut projects in K-pop history. From 2016 to 2018, each of the twelve members was individually introduced with her own solo single, music video, and lore before the full group debuted in August 2018. This elaborate rollout created an intricate &quot;LOONAVERSE&quot; mythology that captivated fans who dissected every visual clue and narrative connection. LOONA&#x27;s music spans a remarkable range of styles — from Chuu&#x27;s bubbly &quot;Heart Attack&quot; to the cinematic grandeur of &quot;Butterfly&quot; to the girl-crush energy of &quot;PTT (Paint the Town).&quot; The group gained a uniquely devoted international fandom, Orbits, who turned LOONA into an internet phenomenon long before the group achieved mainstream domestic success. Despite significant company controversies and member departures, LOONA&#x27;s creative ambition and the quality of their discography have ensured their place in K-pop history as one of the most artistically inventive groups of their generation.

LOONA

Dari LOONA hingga evolusinya sebagai artis solo, Yves membuka kisah tentang perjalanannya, identitas kreatifnya, dan tantangan di balik pertumbuhannya dalam percakapan jujur tanpa filter di 2026

Self-Image Yves

KEYVITUP is a five-member boy group under iNKODE, formed through the agency’s INTHE X Project. The lineup—Sena, Hyunmin, Taehwan, Rukia, and Jaein—was introduced step by step through pre-debut content, building anticipation around a team designed with a strong performance focus and a clear concept from the start. As part of a dual-group rollout, KEYVITUP was positioned with a trendy and dynamic identity, contrasting with its counterpart group. This concept highlights a more energetic and performance-driven style, setting the tone for their music and overall image even before debut. They are set to make their debut with the self-titled EP KEYVITUP, marking the official beginning of their activities. With pre-debut exposure, international stage appearances, and a defined concept, the group enters the scene with momentum and a clear direction moving forward.

KEYVITUP

Untuk Digital Cover terbaru kami, kami berbincang dengan HYUNMIN, TAEHWAN, SENA, JAEIN, dan RUKIA tentang debut mereka, menemukan warna musik mereka, menulis dan membentuk musik mereka sendiri, chemistry yang menyatukan mereka, dan ke mana mereka ingin membawa KEYVITUP selanjutnya

KEYVITUP - The KPOPWORLD Digital Cover

KickFlip is a seven-member boy group under JYP Entertainment, consisting of Kyehoon, Amaru, Donghwa, Juwang, Minje, Keiju, and Donghyeon. The group was formed through the SBS audition program Loud and debuted in 2025. The group&#x27;s identity connects JYP&#x27;s idol training system with a more youthful, agile performance image. Because several members were already known from a survival-show context, KickFlip&#x27;s debut carried built-in curiosity around how the lineup would translate from trainee competition to a working group. The fandom is known as WeFlip. KickFlip is still early in its career, with its public identity centered on formation, lineup, and debut positioning rather than a long-established legacy.

KickFlip

KickFlip siap memulai babak baru. Menjelang tur dunia pertama mereka pada 2027, para rookie JYP Entertainment ini duduk bersama KPOPWORLD untuk membahas album baru mereka, KICK OFF THE WALL Pt. 1

KickFlip Bicara tentang KICK OFF THE WALL Pt. 1 Menjelang Tur Dunia Pertama

CLOSE YOUR EYES (also shortened as CYE) is a seven-member boy group under UNCORE. They were formed through JTBC&#x27;s survival show PROJECT7. They made their debut on April 2, 2025, with the mini album &quot;Enternalt&quot;. PROJECT7 started airing on October 18, 2024, and the finale was broadcast live on December 27, 2024, revealing the group name, CLOSE YOUR EYES, and the seven winners, in order: Ma Jingxiang, Kenshin, Jeon Minwook, Seo Kyoungbae, Song Seungho, Jang Yeojun, and Kim Sungmin. Before joining PROJECT7, Jeon Minwook had already debuted as a member of the boy group BAE173 and the project group A-SIX. Additionally, Ma Jingxiang was a contestant on Boys Planet, while Jang Yeojun also participated in Boys Planet and was a contestant on Wild Idol.

CLOSE YOUR EYES

Ia mengajak kami menyelami proses penulisan di balik lagu penutup album, bagaimana ia berkembang sejak debut, dan apa yang membuatnya terus ingin melangkah lebih jauh

Temui Sang Member: Wawancara dengan SEO KYOUNGBAE dari CLOSE YOUR EYES – Selalu Makin Tinggi

Ia bercerita tentang pertama kali menemukan bossa nova, apa yang berubah baginya saat berkolaborasi dengan featured artist, dan di mana ia merasa paling terhubung dengan member lainnya

Temui Member: Wawancara dengan KENSHIN dari CLOSE YOUR EYES – Si Penghubung yang Ceria

Tanggal 19 September 2026 di Osaka, Jepang. Di sekitar Zepp NAMBA, sebuah kedai kopi penuh dengan para penggemar yang saling bertukar camilan buatan tangan

BoA the LIVE di Osaka: Sebuah Masterclass dalam Vokal Live 

&amp;TEAM is a nine-member Japanese boy group under YX Labels (formerly HYBE Labels Japan). The group was formed through the survival program &quot;&amp;Audition - The Howling&quot; and debuted in December 2022 with their first extended play &quot;First Howling: Me&quot;. The group consists of EJ, Fuma, K, Nicholas, Yuma, Jo, Harua, Taki, and Maki, with EJ serving as the leader. Several members, including K, Nicholas, EJ, and Taki, previously participated in the survival show I-LAND before being selected for HYBE&#x27;s Japanese global debut project. Before their official debut, the group released the digital single Under the Skin, which introduced their storyline and concept. Their debut EP, First Howling,e followed shortly afterward, marking the beginning of the group&#x27;s &quot;First Howling&quot; series of releases. Although primarily active in Japan, &amp;TEAM promoted internationally and later expanded into Korea with Korean-language releases and promotions. Their fandom name is LUNÉ, representing fans who support the group like the moon lighting the night sky.

&TEAM

Pertunjukan perdana &amp;TEAM di AS bukan sekadar debut di KCON, melainkan sebuah ujian. Di Artist Stage, grup ini tampil di depan penonton yang penuh sesak dan sangat dekat dengan barikade

Debut KCON 2026 &TEAM Menonjol

NCT 127 is the Seoul-based fixed unit of NCT, formed by SM Entertainment and debuting in July 2016. The &quot;127&quot; refers to Seoul&#x27;s longitude, grounding the unit in the city even as the broader NCT project was designed around expansion. From the beginning, NCT 127 carried the more urban, experimental side of the NCT system. The unit&#x27;s music is known for abrasive textures, unusual structures, and a heavy emphasis on rhythm. &quot;Limitless,&quot; &quot;Cherry Bomb,&quot; &quot;Regular,&quot; &quot;Kick It,&quot; and &quot;Sticker&quot; are not built like neutral pop singles; they use chants, distorted synths, sparse hooks, and strong rap sections to create a sound that can feel challenging before it becomes addictive. That willingness to be strange became the group&#x27;s signature rather than a side effect. NCT 127&#x27;s lineup has included members such as Taeyong, Johnny, Yuta, Doyoung, Jaehyun, Jungwoo, Mark, and Haechan. The unit works because those personalities pull in different directions: rap, vocal polish, dance sharpness, humor, and a fashion-forward public image all sit inside one brand. Their fandom falls under the wider NCTzen name, often shortened to Czennie. NCT 127&#x27;s importance is not just that they promoted globally or charted internationally; it is that they made SM&#x27;s most experimental boy-group ideas commercially visible. They turned risk into identity, making songs that sounded unmistakably like NCT 127 even when they divided listeners at first.

NCT 127

NCT 127 menutup Hari 1 KCON LA 2026, membuktikan bahwa status sebagai penampil utama tak pernah soal jumlah anggota. Jaehyun membuka lewat "Lemonade," dan penonton langsung membalas dengan lautan cahaya Neo Bong bahkan sebelum grup benar-benar menemukan ritmenya

NCT 127 Buktikan Lima Member Masih Jadi Powerhouse di KCON LA 2026

Sebelum Islington Assembly Hall membuka pintunya, KANG YUCHAN dan from20 mengajak kami melihat suasana di balik tirai sebelum dua bintang yang tengah naik daun itu naik ke panggung

Di Balik Panggung KANG YUCHAN & from20’s Body Talk Tour di London

Saja Boys is a fictional 5-member Korean boy group, created for the Netflix animation film, KPop Demon Hunters. The group consists of Jinu, Mystery, Abby, Romance, and Baby. They debuted on June 20, 2025, with Soda Pop.

Saja Boys

Setelah muncul pertama kali di Netflix’s Kpop Demon Hunters pada Juni 2025, boy band K-pop setan Saja Boys dijadwalkan tampil langsung untuk pertama kalinya sebagai bagian dari kolaborasi McDonald’s Battle of the Bands pada 26 April

Saja Boys Akan Tampil Langsung Pertama Kali Untuk Kolaborasi McDonald’s

BTOB (Born to Beat) is a boy group formed by Cube Entertainment, debuting in March 2012. The group — consisting of Eunkwang, Minhyuk, Changsub, Hyunsik, Peniel, Ilhoon (departed), and Sungjae — established themselves as one of K-pop&#x27;s premier vocal groups. While many boy groups lean on dance performance, BTOB made their name through extraordinary vocal ability and emotional ballad delivery that set a gold standard in the industry. BTOB&#x27;s signature ballads, including &quot;It&#x27;s Okay,&quot; &quot;Missing You,&quot; and &quot;Beautiful Pain,&quot; are some of the most iconic in K-pop, consistently topping charts and dominating noraebang (karaoke) playlists across South Korea. But the group is equally known for their hilarious, unfiltered variety show personalities — they are one of the funniest groups in the industry. Their fandom, Melody, cherishes this duality of genuine musical talent and chaotic humor. BTOB has maintained remarkable longevity, weathering military enlistments and lineup changes while remaining a respected and commercially viable act well over a decade into their career.

BTOB

Lima belas tahun berjalan, debut HUTA di London terasa bukan sekadar konser pertama melainkan sebuah kedatangan yang sudah lama dinantikan

HUTA Live in London: Kedatangan yang Sudah Lama Dinantikan

ONEUS (원어스) is a five-member boy group currently under B.WAVE Entertainment. Formed by RBW as a six-member group, they debuted on January 9, 2019, with their first mini album, Light Us. The group&#x27;s name carries the meaning of &quot;one us,&quot; symbolizing unity between the members and their fans, and is also interpreted as &quot;one world&quot; in Korean. RBW introduced ONEUS in 2018 alongside their brother group ONEWE. Prior to debut, the two groups released the collaboration single &quot;Last Song.&quot; ONEUS officially debuted in January 2019 with Light Us and later released the mini albums Raise Us and Fly With Us. They made their Japanese debut in August 2019 with the single &quot;Twilight&quot; and subsequently released the Japanese single &quot;808.&quot; During this period, member Ravn temporarily halted activities due to health concerns before later rejoining the group. In 2020, ONEUS released the single album In Its Time and participated in Mnet&#x27;s competition program Road to Kingdom, where they ultimately ranked fifth. They later released the mini album Lived and the digital single &quot;Bbusyeo.&quot; In 2021, the group released their first studio album Devil, followed by the mini album Binary Code and additional Japanese releases. They launched the ONEUS Theatre project and released the mini album Blood Moon in November, earning their first music show win with &quot;Luna.&quot; They also collaborated with ONEWE on the single &quot;Stay.&quot; Toward the end of the year, Ravn temporarily suspended activities.

ONEUS

ONEUS membakar panggung di Indigo at The O2, London pada 13 Desember, dalam pemberhentian Inggris tur dunia headline mereka 2025, H_OUR, US

ONEUS Live in London: Malam yang Lebih dari Sempurna untuk TOMOON

TOMORROW X TOGETHER, often shortened to TXT, is a five-member boy group under BIGHIT MUSIC. The group consists of Soobin, Yeonjun, Beomgyu, Taehyun, and Huening Kai. They debuted in March 2019 with The Dream Chapter: Star, becoming BigHit&#x27;s first boy group after BTS and immediately attracting heavy attention. TXT&#x27;s early identity centered on youth, friendship, imagination, and the strange emotional weather of growing up. Instead of debuting with a hard-edged performance image, they leaned into brightness, fantasy, and vulnerability on songs such as &quot;Crown,&quot; &quot;Run Away,&quot; and &quot;Blue Hour.&quot; That made the group feel distinct within fourth-generation boy-group trends, especially because their storytelling often treated adolescence as magical, confusing, and a little unstable. As their catalog developed, TXT added sharper pop-rock, emo, and dance influences through songs like &quot;0X1=LOVESONG,&quot; &quot;LO$ER=LOVER,&quot; &quot;Sugar Rush Ride,&quot; and &quot;Chasing That Feeling.&quot; The members&#x27; strengths map cleanly onto that evolution: Soobin&#x27;s calm leadership, Yeonjun&#x27;s performance charisma, Beomgyu&#x27;s color, Taehyun&#x27;s vocal focus, and Huening Kai&#x27;s bright tone all help the group move between softness and intensity. TXT&#x27;s fandom is known as MOA, short for Moments of Alwaysness. The group&#x27;s significance is tied to how carefully they built a coming-of-age identity across albums, videos, and performances. Rather than defining themselves through a single sound, TXT became a group about transition itself: childhood into adulthood, fantasy into reality, and polished idol pop into something more emotionally restless.

TOMORROW X TOGETHER

YEONJUN di Gayo Daejeon 2025: Seorang Bintang Terlahir Kembali

SHINee is a boy group formed by SM Entertainment, debuting in May 2008 with &quot;Replay.&quot; The group consists of Onew, Jonghyun, Key, Minho, and Taemin. SM promoted them as a &quot;contemporary band,&quot; a phrase that fit their role as trendsetters in music, choreography, styling, and performance. SHINee&#x27;s catalog moved quickly from the smooth youthfulness of &quot;Replay&quot; into sharper electronic pop and hybrid performance tracks. Later records like &quot;View&quot; and &quot;1 of 1&quot; showed how far they could push taste while staying accessible, bringing deep house, retro R&amp;B, and fashion-conscious presentation into mainstream idol pop. Their dances were often technical without feeling stiff, and their vocals gave even experimental tracks a polished center. The members built unusually strong individual identities: Onew as a warm vocalist, Jonghyun as a songwriter and one of K-pop&#x27;s most expressive singers, Key as a style and variety standout, Minho as an athletic performer and actor, and Taemin as a solo performer whose work influenced later idols. Jonghyun&#x27;s death in 2017 remains an important and painful part of SHINee&#x27;s history, and the group&#x27;s later activities are often understood through both grief and continuity. SHINee&#x27;s fandom is known as Shawol. Their legacy is deep because they were not only popular; they were influential in ways that became part of K-pop&#x27;s basic vocabulary. Later groups inherited their emphasis on difficult choreography, distinctive styling, strong solo identities, and the idea that idol pop could be both polished and genuinely adventurous.

SHINee

Eropa telah menunggu ONEW sejak lama. Sebagai vokalis utama SHINee – grup yang hanya singgah sebentar di London pada 2011 sebelum menghilang dari sirkuit pertunjukan di wilayah itu – dia sebagian besar absen dari panggung-panggung Eropa.

ONEW, Live di London: Malam yang Dibawa oleh Suara, Naluri, dan Daya Tarik Bintang

EVNNE is a 5-member boy group under Jellyfish Entertainment. They debuted on September 19th 2023 with the mini-album “Target: Me”. The group name is an acronym for &quot;EVENing&#x27;s Newest Etoiles&quot;. The group originally consisted of seven trainees who were previously contestants on the survival show Boys Planet. The members were Park Han Bin, Lee Jeong Hyeon, Mun Jung Hyun, and Park Ji Hoo from WAKEONE; Yoo Seung Eon and Ji Yun Seo from YH Entertainment; and Keita from Rain Company. The group formerly went with the name &quot;BLIT&quot; an acronym for &quot;Boldly Leaping Into Tomorrow&quot; but was changed after fans raised concerns of misinterpretation. On December 8 2025, Jellyfish Entertainment announced that Yoo Seung Eon and Ji Yun Seo would end their activities with EVNNE after finishing the [OUR EVNNEing] fanmeeting in January 2026 and would thereafter return to YH Entertainment.

EVNNE

Bintang yang tengah naik daun EVNNE melakukan debut mereka di Inggris di London di EartH dengan "SET N GO" World Tour, yang bisa dibilang salah satu nama paling tepat untuk pertunjukan mereka

Ringkasan London: EVNNE Membuktikan Mereka Layak Dipertaruhkan dengan ‘SET N GO’ World Tour

TWICE is a nine-member girl group formed by JYP Entertainment through the survival show Sixteen. The lineup consists of Nayeon, Jeongyeon, Momo, Sana, Jihyo, Mina, Dahyun, Chaeyoung, and Tzuyu, with members from South Korea, Japan, and Taiwan. They debuted in October 2015 with &quot;Like Ooh-Ahh,&quot; introducing the bright, kinetic identity that would make them one of the central girl groups of K-pop&#x27;s third generation. The group&#x27;s early rise was built on an unusually clear pop formula: big choruses, memorable gestures, colorful styling, and personalities that were easy for viewers to distinguish. A run led by &quot;Cheer Up&quot; and &quot;TT&quot; turned TWICE into a national-level phenomenon in Korea, while their Japanese members helped the group cross naturally into Japan&#x27;s idol and pop markets. Rather than relying on a single vocal or dance center, TWICE worked because the lineup felt balanced as a whole: playful, approachable, and tightly rehearsed. As the members grew older, TWICE gradually expanded beyond the cute and school-age image attached to their first hits. The move from &quot;Fancy&quot; through &quot;I Can&#x27;t Stop Me&quot; kept the group&#x27;s melodic accessibility while bringing in sleeker dance-pop, disco, synth-pop, and more mature performance styling. That evolution mattered because it let TWICE remain recognizable without staying frozen in their debut concept. TWICE also became one of the clearest examples of a K-pop girl group building a long international career without losing its domestic base. Their Korean and Japanese discographies developed side by side, and later global touring brought the group to arenas and stadiums far beyond East Asia. The fandom is known as ONCE, a name that matches the group&#x27;s long-running emphasis on mutual loyalty between the members and their audience. Their legacy is not only commercial. TWICE helped define what a modern large girl group could be: member-driven, visually bright, musically immediate, and durable enough to age into a second phase. They normalized the idea that a top K-pop girl group could keep all members active across many years, shift concepts without abandoning its core warmth, and still feel like a complete team even as individual members developed solo work, acting, modeling, and unit activities.

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