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82Major (stylized in all caps) is a South Korean boy band formed by Great M Entertainment. The group consists of six members: Cho Seong-il, Yoon Ye-chan, Nam Seong-mo, Hwang Seong-bin, Park Seok-joon and Kim Do-gyun. The group&#x27;s name is a combination of South Korea&#x27;s calling code (+82) and the word ‘major’, expressing their desire to become a group that represents Korea. They debuted on October 11, 2023, with the single album On.

82MAJOR

82MAJOR conquistam sua primeira vitória em um programa musical — e SEONG MO, que passou mais de um ano entregando troféus no Show Champion como MC, finalmente pôde receber um

82MAJOR sobre HEAT, a primeira vitória e o que vem depois

BIGHIT MUSIC acaba de abrir sua Audição Global 2026, e as portas estão totalmente abertas. Qualquer homem nascido em 2008 ou depois pode se inscrever, de qualquer lugar, sem restrições de categoria — canto, dança, produção, o que melhor mostrar seu talento

BIGHIT MUSIC Lança Audição Global 2026 para Talentos Masculinos

ZEROBASEONE, commonly known as ZB1, is a five-member boy group formed through the Mnet survival show &quot;Boys Planet&quot; in 2023. They originally debuted as a nine-member group — along with AND2BLE&#x27;s members Zhang Hao, Ricky, Kim Gyuvin and Han Yujin — under WAKEONE Entertainment, with &quot;In Bloom&quot; setting first-week sales records that demonstrated the massive anticipation built through the survival show. As a project group with a limited contract period, ZB1 operates with an urgency to make every comeback count, and they have delivered with consistent chart-topping releases and sold-out concerts. The group&#x27;s strength lies in their strong individual star power combined with impressive group synergy, cultivated through the intense bonding of their competition experience. Their fandom, ZEROSE, mobilized quickly into one of the most organized fan bases in fourth-generation K-pop. ZB1 represents the continued power of the survival show format to create commercially dominant groups with built-in passionate audiences. On March 15, 2026, they held their last concert as a nine-member boy group, sparking sadness among fans, who had grown fond of the relationship that had developed between the nine boys. As YH Entertainment did not renew the contracts of Zhang Hao, Ricky, Kim Gyuvin, and Han Yujin with WAKEONE, ZB1 are now promoting their career as a five-member boy group, with Sung Hanbin, Kim Jiwoong, Seok Matthew, Kim Taerae, and Park Gunwook.

ZEROBASEONE

Seok Matthew e Park Gunwook, membros do ZEROBASEONE da WakeOne, anunciaram o lançamento, em 21 de setembro, de seu tão aguardado projeto de sub-unit sob o nome de dupla ‘EMP’

Seok Matthew e Park Gunwook, do ZEROBASEONE, Anunciam Mixtape sob a Sub-unit ‘EMP’

Grupos rookies dominaram os lançamentos mais recentes de K-pop desta semana, com músicas intensas, dramáticas, suaves e leves

Comeback Corner: IU, YOUNGTAK, NAZE & MORE

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

Quando a Dolce &amp; Gabbana nomeou SOOBIN como seu mais novo embaixador, começou pela skincare. Ao lado dos retratos de moda esperados, suas imagens de estreia colocam pele de vidro e produtos em primeiro plano. Não foi uma escolha aleatória

SOOBIN, Dolce & Gabbana e o poder crescente da K-beauty masculina

Nos dias 14 e 15 de agosto, ATEEZ, Kwon Eunbi, MONSTA X e Sunmi subiram ao palco do Istanbul Festivali, o festival anual da Turquia. As duas datas foram totalmente dedicadas ao K-pop

Festival de Istambul 2026, Turquia: A ascensão do K-pop na Europa

O primeiro KPOPWORLD Festival &amp; Worldwide Dance Competition chega ao Alamodome, em San Antonio, de 28 a 31 de outubro, e a escolha da cidade está dando tanto o que falar quanto a lineup de onze atrações

O risco de San Antonio do KPOPWORLD Festival: o que um fim de semana no Alamodome diz sobre a expansão do K-pop nos EUA

O sistema de trainee do K-pop é amplamente considerado o modelo de desenvolvimento de artistas mais extenso e intenso da indústria musical — e ele não começou com o K-pop

O Sistema de Trainee, Explicado: Como São Criadas as Estrelas do K-pop

Embora grandes empresas de K-pop como o Big 4 ainda sejam consideradas as principais agências da indústria de idols na Coreia do Sul, outras labels de médio porte vêm subindo de forma constante como concorrentes e agentes reais de influência na música e na cultura idol

Além do Big 4: Como as labels de médio porte do K-pop estão vencendo no longo prazo 

&nbsp;O Last Week In K-pop, Interpreted desta semana pergunta: quanto custa se manter em dia? V e Jungkook enfrentam desgaste físico, a saída de Gunil expõe a desconexão das gravadoras, BIGBANG prova que comeback não precisa do grupo completo, e NCT 127 retorna aos EUA após quatro anos.&nbsp;

Na Semana Passada em K-pop, Interpretado (10 de agosto - 14 de agosto de 2026)

KATSEYE is a multinational girl group formed through the reality competition series Dream Academy, a collaboration between HYBE and Geffen Records. The group debuted in June 2024 with the single &quot;Debut&quot;. KATSEYE consists of six members from different countries: Daniela Avanzini, Lara Rajagopalan, Manon Bannerman, Megan Skiendiel, Sophia Laforteza, and Yoonchae Jeong. The group was created to combine Kpop training with a global pop approach, featuring members from North America, Europe, and Asia. The group first gained attention through the documentary series The Debut: Dream Academy (or Pop Star Academy: KATSEYE on Netflix), which followed the trainees&#x27; journey during the Dream Academy project and the process of forming the final lineup. KATSEYE&#x27;s music blends elements of pop, dance, and K-pop-influenced production while targeting a global audience with multilingual promotion and international activities.

KATSEYE

Duas integrantes de KATSEYE se afastaram das atividades do grupo com menos de seis meses de diferença — primeiro Manon, agora Sophia — justamente quando o primeiro documentário do grupo, o terceiro EP e a turnê mundial de estreia chegam com poucas semanas de intervalo

O que os hiatos de duas integrantes de KATSEYE dizem sobre o momento atual do grupo

O fandom de K-pop nunca foi só sobre consumo. Há décadas, fãs arquivam, traduzem e compartilham conteúdo, movidos tanto pela acessibilidade quanto pelo instinto de preservar momentos que, de outra forma, poderiam desaparecer por completo da história de um artista

Fãs de K-Pop Não São Apenas a Plateia - São o Arquivo

BLACKPINK is a four-member South Korean girl group formed by YG Entertainment, consisting of Jisoo, Jennie, Rosé, and Lisa. They debuted on August 8, 2016 with Square One, led by &quot;Boombayah&quot; and &quot;Whistle,&quot; and arrived as YG&#x27;s first new girl group after 2NE1. From the beginning, the group was presented less as a large idol ensemble and more as four sharply individualized performers, each with a distinct vocal tone, visual identity, and public role. The group&#x27;s name captures the tension that became central to their image: &quot;black&quot; for a harder, more self-assured edge and &quot;pink&quot; for glamour, playfulness, and pop accessibility. Their music often builds around that contrast. Jennie and Lisa&#x27;s rap sections give many songs a clipped, percussive center, while Jisoo and Rosé&#x27;s vocals provide melodic lift and emotional color. This structure made BLACKPINK songs easy to recognize even across different producers, languages, and markets; the group could move from the spare whistle hook of their debut to the maximal drops of &quot;DDU-DU DDU-DU&quot; and still feel like the same act. BLACKPINK&#x27;s rise was also shaped by scarcity. Compared with many idol groups, they released relatively few songs in their first several years, which made each comeback feel closer to an event than a routine promotional cycle. That strategy had tradeoffs, but it concentrated public attention on a small set of songs, videos, styling choices, and stage moments. Tracks such as Kill This Love, How You Like That, Pink Venom, and Shut Down became reference points for a global-facing K-pop style built around impact, visual clarity, and immediately repeatable hooks. Their international growth came from more than chart performance. BLACKPINK connected K-pop&#x27;s idol system with the language of global pop, luxury fashion, digital fandom, and festival stages. They were the first Korean girl group to perform at Coachella in 2019 and returned in 2023 as the first K-pop act to headline the festival. Collaborations with Western pop artists, major fashion-house relationships, and an unusually large YouTube and social-media footprint helped make the members visible to audiences who did not necessarily follow Korean music closely. As individual artists, all four members developed major careers in music, acting, fashion, and brand work, making BLACKPINK one of the clearest examples of a modern K-pop group whose group identity and solo identities reinforce each other. After renewing with YG for group activities, the members&#x27; individual paths became more independent while BLACKPINK remained active as a shared brand and performance unit. Their significance is not only that they broke records, but that they helped normalize a model where a K-pop girl group could operate simultaneously as an idol act, a global pop project, and a set of four standalone celebrity careers. The fandom is known as BLINK.

BLACKPINK

Há dez anos, o BLACKPINK estreou com chokers, redes e jeans destroyed em quantidade suficiente para definir uma década

O Manual de Moda do BLACKPINK, 10 Anos Depois

Influenciadores são convidados o tempo todo para shows e eventos de K-pop em troca de conteúdo e cobertura de imprensa — mas em que momento esse acesso começa a acontecer às custas dos fãs que pagaram para estar lá?

O que acontece quando a cultura dos influenciadores atrapalha a experiência de um show para o fandom?

Duas histórias analisam críticas válidas às empresas de K-pop: a cultura de influencers nos concertos de Stray Kids e a falta de sentimento por trás do 10º aniversário de BLACKPINK. A terceira explora as renovações de contrato agridoce de THE BOYZ e o que elas podem significar para o futuro do grupo&nbsp;

Na semana passada no K-pop, interpretado (3 de agosto - 7 de agosto de 2026)

dodree is the first Subunit of the girl group DDDD 25. The unit is composed of members Na Yeongjoo and Lee Songhyun. They debuted on January 21, 2026, with the single album &quot;Just Like A Dream&quot;.

dodree

dodree chama seu som de "K-rossover Pop" – vocais de pansori, riffs de gayageum e movimentos de dança inspirados na linguagem do traço da tradição coreana, subvertidos em seu catálogo em expansão por meio do uso de elementos modernos como batidas de trap e synths etéreos

dodree: A Duo Mysteriosa Sob a JYP

O consentimento se tornou o tema definidor do K-pop na semana passada, passando pelo protesto do BTS no Grammy, pelos debates do Waterbomb Festival e por artistas como Young K, do DAY6, que vêm estreitando laços com o público em geral&nbsp;

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