On August 2nd, Lee Byung Hyun, Lee Min Ho, Kim Soo Hyun, Yoo Jae Suk, and some cast members of Squid Game were spotted at the VIP premiere for Hunt. Jung Woo Sung, one of the lead actors in the film, stated, ŌĆ£VIP premieres were held on a much smaller scale in the past. However, as the event grew, it became difficult to recognize who actually came. Sometimes I wondered if guests really enjoy being their pictures taken in front of the photo wall....

KBSŌĆÖ drama River Where the Moon Rises won the Best Terrestrial Drama award. The Best Actor and Actress awards went to Chun Ho Jin from KBSŌĆÖ Once Again and Kim So Hyun from KBSŌĆÖ River Where the Moon Rises. Yoo Jae Suk from Hangout with Yoo received the Best Male Entertainer award, and Kim Sook from KBS Boss in the Mirror and Problem Child became the winner of the Best Female Entertainer award....

On the 8th, the American Music Awards announced the official lineup for its upcoming award ceremony on its homepage and social media channels. BTS was among the first 2021 American Music Awards performers to be confirmed on Monday. At this upcoming event, BTS will perform the remix version of ŌĆ£ButterŌĆØ with Megan Thee Stallion. This year, BTS has been nominated for three awards at AMAs, including Artist of the Year, Favorite Pop Duo or Group, and Favorite Pop Song (for ŌĆ£ButterŌĆØ)....

On the 5th (local time), Grammys officially announced the postponement of this yearŌĆÖs awards show. ŌĆ£After careful consideration and analysis with city and state officials, health and safety experts, the artist community and our many partners, the Recording Academy and CBS have postponed the 64th Annual GRAMMY Awards Show,ŌĆØ they stated. Accordingly, BTSŌĆÖs flights to the States have been postponed as well. The act has officially started its second extended vacation in December....

Big Hit Entertainment announced the release of BE (Essential Edition) through Weverse. BE (Essential Edition), scheduled to be released on Feb 19, is an album that BTS presents with gratitude to ARMY around the world who have written a new history in K-pop history with their beloved idols. In addition to the previously released song ŌĆ£Life Goes On,ŌĆØ a total of eight tracks will be included, including ŌĆ£Fly To My Room,ŌĆØ ŌĆ£Blue & Gray,ŌĆØ ŌĆ£Skit,ŌĆØ ŌĆ£Telepathy,ŌĆØ ŌĆ£Dis-ease,ŌĆØ ŌĆ£StayŌĆØ and ŌĆ£Dynamite....

On the 21st, SBS released a behind-the-scenes video of the 13th and 14th episodes of Our Beloved Summer on their Youtube channel SBS Catch. In the video, Choi Woo Shik and Kim Da Mi showed off their sweet couple chemistry even before the camera started to roll. The lead actor made a cute mistake while rehearsing for a scene in the drama. It happened during the scene where Choi Woong walks Kook Yeon Su to the bus station in the morning and he was supposed to shout out ŌĆ£Yeon Su!...

On October 24, CL announced her appearance on The Late Late Show with James Corden through her Instagram. Along with a picture, she wrote, ŌĆ£IŌĆÖm baaaaack. Watch me perform my new single +HŌé®A+ for the first time ever on the @latelateshow with @j_corden on October 29 on CBS (12:37am PST/EST, 4:30PM KST).ŌĆØ She last appeared on the show to perform her song ŌĆ£LiftedŌĆØ back in 2016. CLŌĆÖs ŌĆ£HWAŌĆØ performance was filmed in Korea due to COVID-19 and was filmed at the exhibition space and other places inside the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art (MMCA)....

On the 8th, SPOTVNEWS reported that Coupang Play will drop the extended version of Anna in August. Originally, Anna was penned as an 8-part series. But during the post-production, the production team decided to shorten it to 6-part series so as to densify the plot and let the viewers get more immersed in the story. However, with the growing interest in the show, theyŌĆÖve decided to reveal the extended version....

The 71st Berlin Film Festival announced its winners online on March 5 at 8 pm KST, and on that day, Hong Sang SooŌĆÖs 25th film Introduction won the Silver Bear for Best Screenplay along with rave reviews. Introduction tells a three-part story of a father, a lover, and a mother centered around a young man named Young Ho. Kim Min Hee was named the actress and the production manager of the film....

Their second mini-album A Better Tomorrow will be released at 6 p.m. KST on the 16th. The album embodies the feeling of ŌĆświllingnessŌĆÖ that members have felt after debuting. Starting with an intro track of the same name, a total of six songs including ŌĆ£Without UŌĆØ, ŌĆ£FireflyŌĆØ, and ŌĆ£FATEŌĆØ will be released in an omniverse style to demonstrate DRIPPINŌĆÖs ŌĆświllingnessŌĆÖ to act for A Better Tomorrow. The title track is titled Young Blood....

THEN TO NOW is an album that looks back on Amoeba CultureŌĆÖs past tracks with the slogan ŌĆ£From then on to now, now and forever.ŌĆØ The past hit songs of Amoeba Culture have been reinterpreted in jazz to complete a new type of album. Dynamic Duo, the artist duo from Amoeba Culture, expressed their feelings about releasing the upcoming album. ┬Ā Q1. How did you come up with an idea to fill a compilation album with past songs?...

A showcase was held on the afternoon of the 26th for ENHYPENŌĆÖs second mini-album, BORDER: CARNIVAL. In the event hosted in Seoul, Jungwon spoke up about what BTSŌĆÖs RM told him. ŌĆ£He advised me that a leader should support the group from behind instead of dragging them from the front,ŌĆØ he revealed. Members of ENHYPEN chose BTS altogether as their role model. ŌĆ£We all worked for our dreams while watching BTS....

The star appeared as a guest on SBS Power FMŌĆÖs Kim Young ChulŌĆÖs Power FM, which aired on the morning of the 25th. On the show this day, Hani said that she wants to be a person who loves more, as she turns 30. ŌĆ£I want to be someone who can love myself, the world, and others,ŌĆØ she revealed. Later when DJ Kim Young Chul asked whether she is currently in love with someone, she replied ŌĆ£Yes, I do....

Her agency High Entertainment announced on the 12th that she will appear as Rachel Jo in tvNŌĆÖs upcoming drama High Class (written by Hyun Jung, directed by Choi Byung Kil). The new series is a dangerous and mysterious suspense depicting the lies and hypocrisy hidden behind the perfect lives of the women in the top 0.1%. Lee Ga EunŌĆÖs role as Rachel Jo is a Korean-Canadian teacher at HSC International School, and simultaneously Lee ChanŌĆÖs homeroom teacher....

According to the ŌĆ£First Half of 2022ŌĆØ chart released by Circle Chart (previously known as Gaon Chart), the total album sales for HYBE artists had reached 1,0604,142 copies, and this includes BTS, who ranked first, SEVENTEEN, fromis_9, TOMORROW X TOGETHER, ENHYPEN, and LE SSERAFIM. Based on this chart, HYBE LabelŌĆÖs market share in the K-pop music market in the first half of 2022 is over a third. The sales of the eight albums released this year alone amounted to 8,533,158....

According to New1, Yerin is returning to the K-pop scene solo in mid-May. With this, Yerin will launch her full-fledged solo career a year after GFRIEND disbanded. In particular, this marks her solo debut seven years after her debut. Yerin debuted as a member of GFRIEND in 2015. Since then, the act has released several hit songs like ŌĆ£Me gustas tuŌĆØ and ŌĆ£ROUGH.ŌĆØ Then in 2019, GFRIEND joined HYBE Label and broadened its territory....

On August 30, Go Ara posted her pictures on her Instagram, and wrote, ŌĆ£Cheer up, everyone who is suffering or struggling with COVID-19 in hospitals and other places.ŌĆØ https://www.instagram.com/p/CEf8767lwIj/ Then she added hashtags like ŌĆ£HomeTraining,ŌĆØ ŌĆ£HomeExercises,ŌĆØ and ŌĆ£PIlates,ŌĆØ providing an update of what she had been up to recently. The released photos show Go Ara in sportswear, posing as she is taking a selfie. Meanwhile, after an actor from her new drama Do Do Sol Sol La La Sol was confirmed with COVID-19, Go Ara also has been tested, and the result came out as negative....

On Feb 3, JB launched his own YouTube channel ŌĆ£JAE BEOM LIMŌĆØ and posted his first-ever video titled ŌĆ£THX. MY Best Friends!ŌĆØ In the video, JB says, ŌĆ£I opened my YouTube channel. I donŌĆÖt have a specific plan yet, but while showing you various sides of myself, IŌĆÖll be communicating with you and sharing a lot of good content. So please look forward to it.ŌĆØ He finished his video by saying, ŌĆ£And I hope youŌĆÖll show lots of love to JB, GOT7, and Def (his producer name)....