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Set to Take Over Alamodome Oct. 28–31, 2026

KPOPWORLD Festival & Worldwide Dance Competition

For their new album &lt;itsnotover&gt;, idntt sat down with KPOPWORLD to talk about where they've been, what this group has demanded of them, and what they refuse to let go of

idntt: The KPOPWORLD Digital Cover

Closing a trilogy is easy. Closing it by handing the story back to the people who lived it is something else. EPEX's Youth: Epilogue wraps up two years and three albums of coming-of-age storytelling

EPEX Talks Youth Epilogue, Ownership and Growth

On July 14, inner beauty brand LifePharm announced that genderless group XLOV will become their newest Global Ambassadors. The brand is known for their viral dietary Mood Change Alpha Plus range, described as self-care for K-pop idols

XLOV Announced as Ambassadors for Inner Beauty Brand LifePharm

K-pop’s contract system has undergone many changes since the industry’s inception in the 1990s. From 13-year slave contracts to a reduced term of seven years — with options for renegotiation

K-pop’s Contract System, Explained – And Why So Many Artists Are Leaving Big Labels

BOYNEXTDOOR's first world tour, KNOCK ON Vol.2, is coming. Their latest routing spans 24 cities across four regions, opening in Seoul this July and running through to early 2027

BOYNEXTDOOR's First World Tour Signals a New Chapter

BTS will co-headline the first-ever FIFA World Cup Final Halftime Show on July 19 alongside Madonna and Shakira – and it's exactly as significant as it sounds

BTS To Co-Headline FIFA World Cup Halftime Show Alongside Madonna and Shakira

From K-pop idol bookings to pro-democracy protests – university festivals in South Korea have always been about more than entertainment

How University Festivals Became Crucial In K-pop Marketing

LU arrived with six tracks, every one of them written by his own hand. His debut album Unfold moves through longing, late-night sessions, and emotions that resist easy names – and ends somewhere warm, with a closing track built around gratitude

Meet LU: The Singer-Songwriter Who Writes From Somewhere Honest

Olivia Marsh was on a plane when it hit severe turbulence. What came after that moment – the clarity, the decision to stop holding back – became Paraglider

Olivia Marsh Steps Into the Unknown on New EP Paraglider

Chyenne Tatum traces how 2PM went from debuting with acrobatics and unapologetic sex appeal in 2008 to reshaping what a K-pop boy group could look like entirely

How 2PM Pioneered The “Beast-dol” Image for K-pop Boy Groups

Two months after release, YENA’s "Catch Catch" is still climbing the Melon chart. That doesn't happen by accident

Two Months On, YENA's "Catch Catch" Is Still Climbing – and That Tells You Something

TEEZ are coming to Hyde Park. The eight-member group have been confirmed as BST Hyde Park headliners on Sunday 28 June – their debut on the iconic outdoor stage and a UK exclusive for 2026

ATEEZ to Headline BST Hyde Park 2026

HYBE x Geffen have a new group – and an age gap that's already raising familiar questions. Netflix has dropped a 112-page report confirming what most already suspected: Korean culture is a cultural hotspot

Last Week In K-pop, Interpreted (May 11 - 15, 2026)

Big Ocean couldn't make it to Europe in person – so they wrote a song about it instead. "Make it up to you" is out 19 May: a direct message to every fan who was left waiting when their Europe Tour 2026 was recently cancelled

Big Ocean Turn a Cancelled Tour Into Their Most Personal Release Yet

HYBE's recent rebrand – built around a new mission, a new vision, and the explicit addition of technology as a founding principle – didn't come out of nowhere. It came out of Weverse

HYBE Rebrands Around Technology, Signals Shift Beyond Music

KATSEYE are taking the WILDWORLD TOUR to arenas across Europe and North America this autumn

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