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idntt (아이덴티티; read as identity) is an upcoming 24-member boy group under MODHAUS. They are set to make their debut sometime in 2026. The group consists of members divided into 3 rotational sub-units consisting of 8 members each - uneverm8t, yesw8are and itsnotov8r.

idntt

В преддверии нового альбома &lt;itsnotover&gt; idntt встретились с KPOPWORLD, чтобы поговорить о том, какой путь они уже прошли, что эта группа потребовала от них и от чего они не готовы отказаться

idntt: Цифровая обложка KPOPWORLD

EPEX [‘i:peks] (이펙스), formerly known as C9ROOKIES (C9루키즈) is a 7-member South Korean boy group under C9 Entertainment, consisting of Wish, MU, A-Min, Baekseung, Ayden, Yewang, and Jeff. On November 21, 2025, it was announced that Keum had left the group. They debuted on June 8, 2021, with their first EP album, BIPOLAR Pt.1 : 불안의 서 (Prelude of Anxiety)

EPEX

Закрыть трилогию — легко. Но завершить её, передав историю обратно тем, кто её прожил, — совсем другое дело. Youth: Epilogue от EPEX подводит итог двум годам и трём альбомам истории взросления.

EPEX говорят о Youth Epilogue, авторстве и росте

XLOV is a South Korean boy group formed by 257 Entertainment and currently managed by [WM Entertainment]. The group consists of four members: Wumuti, Rui, Hyun, and Haru. They debuted on January 7, 2025, with the single album I&#x27;mma Be. XLOV gained attention for promoting a genderless concept, incorporating androgynous styling and performances that challenge traditional gender norms in Kpop. The group&#x27;s name combines &quot;X,&quot; representing the unknown and negation, with &quot;LOV,&quot; symbolizing incomplete love, while their fandom name, EVOL, represents the completion of that concept. Several members were previously known through survival programs before debut. Wumuti, Rui, and Haru participated in Boys Planet, while Wumuti was also active in the project group WATERFIRE before helping form XLOV. The group is particularly noted for Wumuti&#x27;s involvement in songwriting and production, including contributions to their debut release. Since debuting, XLOV has released music including I&#x27;mma Be and I ONE, earning recognition for their distinctive concept, performance style, and growing international fanbase. In 2026, the group&#x27;s management structure changed following the acquisition of 257 Entertainment by WM Entertainment through RBW. Their music primarily incorporates elements of hip-hop, R&amp;B, and pop, while their visual identity and performances have distinguished them as one of the more unconventional rookie acts of the fifth generation of Kpop.

XLOV

14 июля бренд inner beauty LifePharm объявил, что genderless-группа XLOV станет их новыми Global Ambassadors. Бренд известен своей вирусной линейкой dietary-средств Mood Change Alpha Plus, которую описывают как self-care для K-pop айдолов

XLOV объявлены амбассадорами бренда inner beauty LifePharm

Система контрактов в K-pop претерпела множество изменений с момента появления индустрии в 1990-х. От 13-летних «рабских контрактов» до сокращённого срока в семь лет — с возможностью пересмотра условий

Система контрактов в K-pop: объясняем, почему так много артистов уходят из крупных лейблов

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

После своего дебюта в сериале Netflix Kpop Demon Hunters в июне 2025 года демоническая k-pop группа Saja Boys готовится к первому выступлению в реальной жизни в рамках коллаборации McDonald’s Battle of the Bands, которое состоится 26 апреля.

Saja Boys впервые выступят в реальном мире в коллаборации с 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

Через пятнадцать лет карьеры лондонский дебют HUTA был скорее долгожданным приходом, чем просто первым шоу

HUTA в Лондоне: Долгожданный дебют

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 зажгли сцену в Indigo at The O2 в Лондоне 13 декабря — британский этап их мирового хэдлайнерского тура 2025 года H_OUR, US

ONEUS в Лондоне: ночь, более чем идеальная для 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 на Gayo Daejeon 2025: звезда рождается заново

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

Европа долго ждала ONEW. Как главный вокалист SHINee — группы, которая лишь коротко заезжала в Лондон в 2011 году, а затем исчезла с региональной концертной карты — он долгое время практически отсутствовал на европейских сценах

ONEW, концерт в Лондоне: ночь, которую несли голос, инстинкт и харизма

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

Восходящая группа EVNNE дебютировала в Великобритании в Лондоне на сцене EartH с мировым туром "SET N GO" — возможно, одно из самых удачных названий для их шоу

Лондон: EVNNE доказали, что на них стоит ставить — мировой тур «SET N GO»

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.

TWICE

TWICE едут повсюду: 360° THIS IS FOR Arena Tour охватывает Северную Америку, Европу и Океанию

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.

Live Performance

Saja Boys впервые выступят в реальном мире в коллаборации с McDonald’s

HUTA в Лондоне: Долгожданный дебют

ONEUS в Лондоне: ночь, более чем идеальная для TOMOON

YEONJUN на Gayo Daejeon 2025: звезда рождается заново

ONEW, концерт в Лондоне: ночь, которую несли голос, инстинкт и харизма

Лондон: EVNNE доказали, что на них стоит ставить — мировой тур «SET N GO»

TWICE едут повсюду: 360° THIS IS FOR Arena Tour охватывает Северную Америку, Европу и Океанию

ROSÉ присоединится к составу участников Глобального фестиваля граждан 2025 года в Нью-Йорке

ТАЭМИН, BIGBANG и KATSEYE объявлены для Coachella 2026

X Stage на KCON LA 2025 выводит в центр внимания следующую волну K-pop

На этой неделе на сценах K-pop: SEVENTEEN, KickFlip, UAU от Dreamcatcher и KIIRAS сияют

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