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KPOPWORLD Festival &amp; Worldwide Dance Competition 首度登陆 San Antonio 的 Alamodome，活动将于 10 月 28 日至 31 日举行，而这座城市的选择，和这份 11 个表演团体的阵容一样值得讨论

KPOPWORLD Festival 在 San Antonio 的豪赌：Alamodome 周末对 K-Pop 美国扩张意味着什么

这位出生于首尔的创作型歌手今年17岁，出道还不到两年，却已经完全按自己的方式在做音乐——不仅写歌、制作音乐，自出道EP mom!!iminlove 于2024年10月发行以来，她还亲自执导自己的音乐视频

ZIN CHOI：听前请自负风险

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.

CORTIS

CORTIS 围绕一句拒绝“穿得好看就一定得花大钱”的歌词打造了 “FaSHioN”——在 2 亿次播放之后，这首歌依然是他们最清晰的宣言

CORTIS 的首个周年，坐实他们是 K-pop 时尚王者

在 Islington Assembly Hall 开门迎客之前，KANG YUCHAN 和 from20 就先带我们走进后台，看看这两位冉冉升起的新星登台前的准备瞬间

KANG YUCHAN & from20 的 Body Talk Tour 伦敦后台直击

K-pop 圈子从来不只是“消费”这么简单。数十年来，粉丝们一直在进行归档、翻译和分享内容，这既是为了让内容更易获取，也是出于一种本能：把那些原本可能从艺人历史中彻底消失的瞬间保留下来。

K-Pop 粉丝不只是观众——他们还是档案库

PENTAGON is a boy group formed by Cube Entertainment through the 2016 Mnet show &quot;Pentagon Maker,&quot; debuting in October 2016. The group has seen lineup changes over the years, with its best-known roster including Hui, Jinho, Hongseok, Shinwon, Yeo One, Yanan, Yuto, Kino, and Wooseok. PENTAGON quickly established themselves as one of K-pop&#x27;s most musically talented groups, with leader Hui being recognized as an exceptional songwriter and composer. PENTAGON&#x27;s viral hit &quot;Shine&quot; in 2018 became one of the most beloved K-pop songs of its year, its joyful melody and endearing choreography capturing hearts across the industry. Hui&#x27;s songwriting credits extend beyond PENTAGON -- he notably won the songwriting competition show &quot;Road to Kingdom&quot; and has penned tracks for other artists. The group&#x27;s discography ranges from bright pop to emotional ballads to experimental tracks, reflecting their versatility. Their fandom, Universe, appreciates the group&#x27;s warmth and artistry. Though they may not have reached the commercial heights of some peers, PENTAGON is deeply respected within the industry for their musicianship and consistency.

PENTAGON

为庆祝 PENTAGON 将于今年10月迎来出道10周年，原本9名成员中的7人已宣布将携新音乐和巡演回归。Jinho、Hui、Hongseok、Shinwon、Yeo One、Kino 和 Wooseok 上一次发行音乐作品是在2023年

PENTAGON 以七人阵容回归，推出新单曲并开启巡演

CLASSy, formerly known as CLASS:y, is a 7-member girl group formed through the MBC survival show, My Teenage Girl. The group is managed by K-TIGERS Entertainment for Korean promotions and Universal Music Japan for Japan promotions. The members are Hyungseo, Chaewon, Hyeju, Riwon, Jimin, Boeun, and Seonyou. They debuted on May 5, 2022, with their first mini album, Y: CLASS IS OVER. They made their Japanese debut on June 22, 2022 with the single, Shut Down -JP Ver.-. On November 14, 2025, it was announced that they had left M25 and joined K-TIGERS Entertainment. On June 10, 2026, CLASS:y announced their rebrand to the name CLASSy on their YouTube channel with the video, New Chapter, New CLASSy.

CLASSy

CLASSy 回来了。RE:BOOT [AFTER TEARS] 今日正式发行，这是这个组合近一年半以来的首张新作，也是他们在 K-Tigers Entertainment 新管理之下的首个作品。连名字也一起改了：CLASS:y 变成 CLASSy，重启正式宣告完成。

CLASSy 携 RE:BOOT [AFTER TEARS] 回归

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.

BTS 回来了。104,000 名粉丝齐聚光化门广场，60 分钟在 Netflix 直播，ARIRANG 中的八首曲目首次现场演出

BTS 在 60 分钟 Netflix 特别节目中回归光化门广场

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

主打歌聚焦：BLACKPINK – “GO”

MONSTA X is a boy group formed through the survival show No.Mercy and debuted under Starship Entertainment in May 2015. The group is associated with a powerful performance image built around Shownu, Minhyuk, Kihyun, Hyungwon, Joohoney, and I.M, with Wonho as a former member. Their sound often leans muscular: EDM drops, hip-hop percussion, dark synths, and choruses designed for heavy choreography. MONSTA X became one of the most forceful performance groups of their generation through a run that moved from the breakthrough energy of &quot;Dramarama&quot; to the sharper drama of &quot;Love Killa.&quot; At the same time, their vocal line and later English-language work showed a smoother R&amp;B and pop side that softened the edges without removing the group&#x27;s intensity. MONSTA X became especially important in the bridge between Korean idol promotion and Western touring. They pursued English-language releases, appeared on American media, and built a strong international audience while keeping a clear group identity. Their fandom, Monbebe, is known for loyalty through lineup changes, military service periods, solo work, and long gaps between full-group schedules. The group&#x27;s legacy rests on consistency and stamina. MONSTA X did not need to reinvent themselves every comeback; they refined a recognizable image of power, charisma, and emotional loyalty. That made them a template for later boy groups that wanted to look tough on stage while still building a close, fan-centered identity off it.

MONSTA X

MONSTA X 带来新英語单曲 “growing pains”，在不失动力的同时更趋内省。以动感的流行制作为核心，这首歌反思了野心、身份认同，以及在聚光灯下成长时那些更为沉静的代价，描绘了坚韧与自我怀疑之间的微妙空间。

MONSTA X 带着 “growing pains” 回归

BTS 并非回归 – 而是在重新定位

LOONA (이달의 소녀, &quot;Girl of the Month&quot;) is a girl group formed by Blockberry Creative with one of the most ambitious pre-debut projects in K-pop history. From 2016 to 2018, each of the twelve members was individually introduced with her own solo single, music video, and lore before the full group debuted in August 2018. This elaborate rollout created an intricate &quot;LOONAVERSE&quot; mythology that captivated fans who dissected every visual clue and narrative connection. LOONA&#x27;s music spans a remarkable range of styles — from Chuu&#x27;s bubbly &quot;Heart Attack&quot; to the cinematic grandeur of &quot;Butterfly&quot; to the girl-crush energy of &quot;PTT (Paint the Town).&quot; The group gained a uniquely devoted international fandom, Orbits, who turned LOONA into an internet phenomenon long before the group achieved mainstream domestic success. Despite significant company controversies and member departures, LOONA&#x27;s creative ambition and the quality of their discography have ensured their place in K-pop history as one of the most artistically inventive groups of their generation.

LOONA

Chuu 宣布首张录音室专辑《XO, My Cyberlove》将于 1 月 7 日发行

ENHYPEN is a boy group formed through the 2020 survival show I-LAND and managed by Belift Lab. The current lineup consists of Jungwon, Jay, Jake, Sunghoon, Sunoo, and Ni-ki. They debuted in November 2020 with Border: Day One, arriving with a built-in global audience from the show and a concept built around connection, transformation, and fate. The group&#x27;s early work used dark, dramatic imagery to separate them from brighter rookie-boy-group formulas. &quot;Given-Taken,&quot; &quot;Drunk-Dazed,&quot; &quot;Fever,&quot; and later songs in the Dimension and Dark Blood eras leaned into supernatural metaphors, sharp choreography, and a tension between elegance and danger. That made ENHYPEN feel less like a simple survival-show product and more like a group with a continuing storyline. ENHYPEN&#x27;s member appeal is strongly performance-based. Jungwon gives the team a steady center as leader, Jay and Jake bring international texture, Sunghoon&#x27;s skating background informs his clean stage image, Sunoo adds brightness and contrast, and Ni-ki anchors the dance line with unusual precision for a maknae. Their fandom, ENGENE, grew quickly because the group&#x27;s identity invited close reading: fans could follow the music, the lore, and the members&#x27; development at the same time. As a fourth-generation act, ENHYPEN&#x27;s importance sits between survival-show fandom and global idol scale. They showed how a group could debut with a transnational audience already watching, then keep that audience through consistent visual storytelling, polished performance, and songs that made adolescence feel mythic rather than ordinary.

ENHYPEN

ENHYPEN 宣布第七张迷你专辑 ‘THE SIN : VANISH’，定于2026年1月发行

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

深度解析：XLOV 的“Rizz”——打破界限的歌曲和MV

Stray Kids is an eight-member boy group under JYP Entertainment, consisting of Bang Chan, Lee Know, Changbin, Hyunjin, Han, Felix, Seungmin, and I.N. The group was introduced through the 2017 survival program Stray Kids and officially debuted in March 2018 with I Am Not, following the pre-debut release &quot;Hellevator.&quot; Former member Kim Woojin left in 2019. The group&#x27;s identity is unusually tied to self-production. Before debut, Bang Chan had already gathered the members around a team-first concept, and the production trio 3RACHA -- Bang Chan, Changbin, and Han -- became the engine behind much of Stray Kids&#x27; sound. That gave the group a different center of gravity from many idol acts: the music often felt like it came from inside the team rather than being assigned to them. Musically, Stray Kids are known for dense rap writing, aggressive electronic textures, sudden rhythmic switches, and choruses built for performance impact. &quot;God&#x27;s Menu,&quot; &quot;Back Door,&quot; &quot;Thunderous,&quot; &quot;Maniac,&quot; and &quot;S-Class&quot; made their style easy to identify: noisy in the intentional sense, but organized around hooks, slogans, and choreography that fans could immediately hold onto. Their lyrics often return to pressure, self-definition, ambition, and the awkward process of growing into confidence. The members&#x27; contrast is a major part of the group&#x27;s appeal. Bang Chan anchors the team as leader and producer; Changbin and Han give the rap line speed and personality; Lee Know, Hyunjin, and Felix shape the performance image; Seungmin and I.N bring clearer melodic balance. Rather than smoothing those differences out, Stray Kids usually lean into them, making their songs feel crowded, restless, and unmistakably theirs. Stray Kids became one of the defining global boy groups of the fourth generation, with a fandom known as STAY and major touring success across Asia, North America, Europe, and beyond. Their rise helped prove that a self-producing idol group could scale internationally while keeping a specific sonic fingerprint. Even when the group experiments with genre or language, the core idea remains stable: Stray Kids make high-impact pop out of tension, noise, teamwork, and control.

Stray Kids

Stray Kids 发布第二张混音带《DO IT 

TWS is a 6 members boy group under PLEDIS Entertainment, consisting of Shinyu, Dohoon, Youngjae, Hanjin, Jihoon, and Kyungmin. They debuted on January 22, 2024, with their first mini album, Sparkling Blue. And they made their Japanese debut on July 2, 2025, with the single &quot;はじめまして&quot; (Nice to see you again).

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