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&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.

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Первое выступление &amp;TEAM в США было не просто дебютом на KCON, а настоящим испытанием. На Artist Stage группа выступила перед переполненной, тесно прижатой к баррикадам публикой

Дебют &TEAM на KCON 2026 выделился на фоне остальных

Первый KPOPWORLD Festival &amp; Worldwide Dance Competition пройдет в Alamodome в San Antonio с 28 по 31 октября, и выбор города говорит не меньше, чем лайнап из 11 артистов

Ставка KPOPWORLD Festival на San Antonio: что уикенд в Alamodome говорит о расширении K-Pop в США

Певице и автору песен из Сеула 17 лет, с момента начала карьеры прошло меньше двух лет, а она уже действует по своим правилам — пишет и продюсирует свою музыку сама

ZIN CHOI: Слушайте на свой страх и риск

Cortis, is a South Korean boy band formed by Big Hit Music. The group consists of five members: Martin, James, Juhoon, Seonghyeon, and Keonho. They debuted on August 18, 2025, with the digital single “What You Want&quot; followed by their first EP, &quot;Color Outside the Lines&quot;. The group’s name is derived from the phrase “Color Outside the Lines,” reflecting their concept of creative freedom and nonconformity. Cortis has been promoted as a self-producing “creator crew,” with members participating in songwriting, choreography, and visual direction. Blending pop, hip-hop, and experimental elements, the group gained early attention for their performance skills, self-produced content, and strong rookie-year sales, establishing them as one of Big Hit Music’s newer generation acts.

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CORTIS построили "FaSHioN" вокруг строчки, которая отвергает идею, что для стиля нужны деньги — 200 миллионов стримов спустя трек по-прежнему остаётся самым ясным заявлением их намерений

Первая годовщина CORTIS делает их королевской семьёй K-pop моды

До того как Islington Assembly Hall распахнул свои двери, KANG YUCHAN и from20 провели нас за кулисы перед выходом двух восходящих звезд на сцену

За кулисами BODY TALK Tour KANG YUCHAN & from20 в Лондоне

BTS, also known as the Bangtan Boys, is a South Korean boy band formed by Big Hit Music in 2010 and debuting on June 12, 2013, with the single album &quot;2 Cool 4 Skool&quot;. The group consists of seven members: RM (leader), Jin, Suga, J-Hope, Jimin, V, and Jungkook. The name BTS stands for Bangtan Sonyeondan (“Bulletproof Boy Scouts”), reflecting the group’s original concept of resisting societal expectations and criticism aimed at youth. Members RM, Suga, and J-Hope have played significant roles in songwriting and production throughout the group’s career. BTS first gained widespread attention with the [The Most Beautiful Moment in Life, Pt. 1 era], particularly the single I Need U, which earned the group their first Korean music show win in 2015. Their international breakthrough followed with releases such as Wings and the Love Yourself series. In 2018, &quot;Love Yourself: Tear&quot; became the first album by a Korean act to reach No. 1 on the Billboard 200. The group achieved further global success with singles including &quot;Dynamite&quot;, &quot;Butter&quot;, and &quot;Permission to Dance&#x27;&quot;, all of which reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100. BTS is among the best-selling artists in South Korean history and has received numerous international awards, while also participating in global initiatives such as the UNICEF Love Myself campaign. Between 2022 and 2025, BTS paused full-group activities as the members completed South Korea’s mandatory military service. The last member, Suga, was discharged in June 2025, marking the completion of service for all seven members. Following their reunion, the group confirmed they were preparing a new album and world tour for 2026. Their tenth studio album, &quot;ARIRANG&quot;, recorded between July and November 2025, was released on March 20, 2026, marking their first group release in more than three years. The album will be supported by the Arirang World Tour, beginning in April 2026.

В воскресенье, 19 июля, BTS исполнили “Dynamite” в финале FIFA World Cup в рамках первого в истории турнира шоу в перерыве. Наряду с такими легендарными артистами, как Madonna, Coldplay, Shakira и Justin Bieber, септет вошёл в историю перед 83 000 зрителей

BTS выступили на шоу в перерыве финала FIFA World Cup 2026

BigHit Entertainment объявили, что BTS выпустят музыкальное видео на бисайд-трек ARIRANG “NORMAL” 17 июля 2026 года эксклюзивно на Spotify. В тизере группа предстает бок о бок в ванной, а BTS подходят к ролику с комедийным настроением

BTS объявили о выходе клипа на “NORMAL”, который будет эксклюзивно выпущен на Spotify

16 июля дочерний лейбл JYP Entertainment, INNIT Entertainment, представил первых трёх участниц новой женской группы компании OURBIRTHDAY через концепт-фильм. Видео под названием “ERROR 502: Bad Gateway” служит знакомством с девушками и с хоррор-эстетикой концепта.

Первый взгляд на новую женскую группу JYP Entertainment — OURBIRTHDAY

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.

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15 июля SM Entertainment объявила, что все семь нынешних участников NCT 127 — JOHNNY, TAEYONG, YUTA, DOYOUNG, JAEHYUN, JUNGWOO и HAECHAN — продлили свои контракты с компанией

Все участники NCT 127 продлили контракты с SM Entertainment

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.

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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

NCT, short for Neo Culture Technology, is a boy group project under SM Entertainment. The system was built around multiple units, changing combinations, and regional expansion rather than a single fixed lineup, making NCT one of SM&#x27;s most ambitious idol structures. The project began publicly through NCT U in 2016, then expanded through fixed or semi-fixed units such as NCT 127, NCT Dream, WayV, and NCT WISH. Each unit carries a different role: Seoul-based performance, youth-to-adult growth, Chinese-language promotion, rotational experiments, and the final new-team expansion. NCT&#x27;s music is often associated with dense production, experimental structures, and performance-heavy arrangements. The group&#x27;s system allowed SM to place members in songs by concept, which helped produce very different sounds under the same brand without asking every unit to serve the same identity. The project also made member identity central to the fan experience. NCTzen follows not only the full brand but also unit dynamics, cross-unit collaborations, and individual member activities, which makes the profile more complex than a normal group page. NCT is both a group brand and a structure for multiple teams. That structure shaped how SM approached global boy-group promotion from the mid-2010s onward, making the project as much about organization and unit design as individual songs.

13 июля NCT WISH, юнит NCT пятого поколения, выпустили свой японский single album YO-I-DON! / BOY MEETS GIRL. Альбом состоит из двух песен: “BOY MEETS GIRL”, которая была предвыпущена 22 июня, и нового title track “YO-I-DON!”

NCT WISH выпускают японский сингл ‘YO-I-DON! / BOY MEETS GIRL’ после sold out японского фанмитинга

SEVENTEEN is a thirteen-member boy group formed by Pledis Entertainment, debuting in May 2015. The group is organized into three internal teams: hip-hop, vocal, and performance. That structure is more than branding; it explains how SEVENTEEN functions, with members contributing to songwriting, choreography, staging, and the division of energy across a very large lineup. The members are S.Coups, Jeonghan, Joshua, Jun, Hoshi, Wonwoo, Woozi, DK, Mingyu, The8, Seungkwan, Vernon, and Dino. Their nickname as &quot;self-producing idols&quot; comes especially from Woozi&#x27;s central role in music and Hoshi&#x27;s role in performance direction, but the larger appeal is how the group makes thirteen people feel coordinated rather than crowded. SEVENTEEN&#x27;s early music leaned bright, youthful, and rhythmically nimble, with songs like &quot;Adore U,&quot; &quot;Mansae,&quot; and &quot;Very Nice&quot; presenting them as a group with unusual stage chemistry. Later releases such as &quot;Don&#x27;t Wanna Cry,&quot; &quot;Home,&quot; &quot;Left &amp; Right,&quot; &quot;Rock with you,&quot; and &quot;Super&quot; widened the scale while keeping the choreography and vocal distribution clear. Their best songs often turn teamwork itself into the hook: repeated gestures, fast transitions, and formations that reward watching the whole stage. The group&#x27;s growth into one of K-pop&#x27;s top album sellers came from consistency as much as spectacle. SEVENTEEN built trust through steady comebacks, strong variety content, and concerts that emphasized the members&#x27; humor as well as precision. Their fandom, CARAT, became part of that identity, following a group that could be technically impressive without losing warmth. SEVENTEEN&#x27;s legacy is tied to durability. Few large idol groups have kept such a clear group image while allowing so many individual personalities to stand out. As their scale expanded under the wider HYBE era, they remained recognizably Pledis-born: performance-first, member-driven, and unusually good at turning the mechanics of a big team into something emotionally easy to understand.

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Сегодня, 13 июля 2026 года, PLEDIS Entertainment подтвердила, что все тринадцать участников SEVENTEEN во второй раз решили продлить свои контракты. Спустя одиннадцать лет после дебюта и на фоне обязательной военной службы группа обещает фанатам, с нетерпением ждущим их возвращения, «вечность»

SEVENTEEN Подтвердили Второе Продление Контракта с PLEDIS Entertainment

Поделившись новостью на распроданном INSPIRE Arena в Инчхоне, &amp;TEAM возвращаются в сентябре со своим вторым корейским мини-альбомом 'Mark on Me'. Релиз выйдет 8 сентября — менее чем через год после того, как "Back to Life" дебютировал, продав более миллиона копий в первый день

&TEAM анонсировали 'Mark on Me' и два dome-энкора, когда 'BLAZE THE WAY' выходит на пик

BTS не выступали в UK с 2019 года — с тех пор они побили стриминговые рекорды, прошли военную службу и вернулись с одним из самых коммерчески успешных альбомов последних лет

BTS Превращают Лондон в свой мир

HEIZE теперь свободный агент. После шести лет в P NATION — лейбле, к которому она присоединилась в августе 2020 года, — ее контракт истек 30 июня, и пока не было объявлено, что будет дальше. На этом этапе она подходит с дискографией, которая говорит сама за себя

HEIZE расстается с P NATION, а коллаборация с CHUU выйдет уже завтра

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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JIHYO объединяется с ямайской артисткой Shenseea, номинированной на Grammy, для трека "Distant Lover", который выйдет 10 июля вместе с официальным музыкальным видео. Это та самая коллаборация, которая действительно выглядит логичной: сольные работы JIHYO всегда тяготели к R&amp;B и груву

JIHYO и Shenseea объединяются для “Distant Lover”

P1Harmony is a South Korean boy group formed and managed by FNC Entertainment. The group debuted on October 28, 2020, with the extended play &quot;Disharmony: Stand Out&quot;. P1Harmony consists of six members: Keeho, Theo, Jiung, Intak, Soul, and Jongseob. Since their debut, the group has released a series of EPs and promotional singles under a narrative continuity that explores themes of identity, conflict, and growth, often described as the &quot;Harmony series.&quot; Their discography includes Disharmony: Break Out (2021), Harmony: All In, Harmony: Set In, and subsequent releases reflecting both commercial and conceptual development. The group is known for strong choreography, narrative-driven concepts, and genre versatility spanning pop, hip-hop, R&amp;B, and EDM influences. P1Harmony has promoted both domestically and internationally, performing on Korean music shows and participating in global events.

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FNC Entertainment объявили, что в июле и августе P1Harmony отправятся в азиатский тур, который охватит Taipei, Macao и Bangkok. Тур связан с девятым мини-альбомом группы UNIQUE, вышедшим 12 марта 2026 года, и официально называется «2026 P1Harmony Asia Stage [BE UNIQUE]».

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