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BTS are bringing their 'ARIRANG' world tour home. On 13 June – their debut anniversary – the group will perform at Busan Asiad Main Stadium for the first time since October 2022

BTS Bring 'ARIRANG' Home to Busan With Global Cinema Broadcast on Anniversary Date

SM Entertainment and Samsung TV Plus are making K-pop concerts free to watch at home – no ticket, no flight required

SM's Monthly Concert Series Is Closing The Distance

KATSEYE have swept the AMAs – New Artist of the Year, Breakthrough Pop Artist and Best Music Video for "Gnarly" – and every single date on the WILDWORLD TOUR has sold out. All 31 of them

KATSEYE Sweep AMAs and Sell Out 31-Date Arena Tour Within 48 Hours

BTS swept the 2026 American Music Awards – Artist of the Year, Song of the Summer for "SWIM," and Best Male K-Pop Artist – their first AMA appearance in five years and their second time taking the night's top prize

BTS Take Three at the 2026 AMAs, Including Artist of the Year

HYBE's new girl group label ABD has made its first public move, dropping six short films that offer an early glimpse at members of its upcoming debut group

HYBE's ABD Makes Its First Move: Short Films, a Playful Website, and a Glimpse of What's Coming

This week's Last Week in K-pop, Interpreted covers a lot of ground. K-pop's Big 4 agencies – HYBE, SM, JYP, and YG – have filed a joint venture to launch a global music festival tentatively called Fanonemon, aiming to rival Coachella as early as 2027

Last Week In K-pop, Interpreted (April 13 - April 17, 2026)

On "7TH YEAR: A Moment of Stillness in the Thorns”, TXT have never sounded more like themselves. Trading urgency for stillness and leaning into techno-inflected electronic production, the group has never explored quite like this

TXT Are Still Standing – Thorns and All – on 8th Mini Album

This week's Comeback Corner has a distinctly springtime feel

Comeback Corner: NCT Wish, TXT, PLAVE & More

Ten years after 4Minute disbanded, former main vocalist Gayoon has returned to CUBE Entertainment – not as an artist, but as its new creative director

Life After K-pop: 4Minute’s Gayoon Becomes CUBE’s Creative Director

K-pop at Coachella in 2026 looked like three very different things – HUNTR/X joining KATSEYE for an unexpected "Golden" moment on day one, SHINee's Taemin making history as the first male K-pop soloist to perform at the festival on day two, and BIGBANG finally taking the stage six years after a pandemic postponed their debut appearance on day three

How K-pop’s Presence At Coachella Has Evolved Through The Years

HYBE's biggest Weverse Con yet is here – and the lineup delivers. Thirty artists. Two days. RAIN headlining a Tribute Stage that celebrates the artists who built this genre. SOOBIN performing solo

HYBE Unveils Full Lineup for 2026 Weverse Con Festival, Its Biggest Yet

CORTIS have made K-pop history. Their debut EP, Color Outside the Lines, has surpassed two million cumulative sales in South Korea – becoming the best-selling debut album by a K-pop group in the country's history

CORTIS Claims Title of Highest-Selling Debut Album in K-pop

&amp;TEAM's third EP We on Fire is out now – six tracks, plus the music video for the title track, which puts all nine members through full-scale action sequences inside the DARK MOON universe for the first time

&TEAM Are Back With ‘We on Fire’ EP and MV

KATSEYE was built around a specific premise – an ethnically diverse global girl group, trained under the K-pop system, designed to represent what pop music could look like when it genuinely reflects its audience

KATSEYE Was Built on Diversity – So Why Is Its Only Black Member Sidelined?

BTS sat down with Audacy's Josh Brubaker to talk ARIRANG, the return, and why they had to come back big

BTS Talk ARIRANG And Rooting Themselves In Korea: "We Want To Claim Ourselves Again"

Anyma and LISA have released "Bad Angel," a techno-edged club track that lands on Interscope Records ahead of Anyma's headline slot at Coachella this Friday

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Last Week In K-pop, Interpreted (April 13 - April 17, 2026)

TXT Are Still Standing – Thorns and All – on 8th Mini Album

Comeback Corner: NCT Wish, TXT, PLAVE & More

Life After K-pop: 4Minute’s Gayoon Becomes CUBE’s Creative Director

How K-pop’s Presence At Coachella Has Evolved Through The Years

HYBE Unveils Full Lineup for 2026 Weverse Con Festival, Its Biggest Yet

CORTIS Claims Title of Highest-Selling Debut Album in K-pop

&TEAM Are Back With ‘We on Fire’ EP and MV

KATSEYE Was Built on Diversity – So Why Is Its Only Black Member Sidelined?

BTS Talk ARIRANG And Rooting Themselves In Korea: "We Want To Claim Ourselves Again"

Anyma and LISA team up on new single "Bad Angel"

Comeback Corner: Dayoung, AKMU, RESCENE & More

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