The annual overseas K-pop concert series organized by entertainment giant CJ ENM will resume in-person this year after a two-year hiatus. This year’s KCON will be the first on-site festival since the coronavirus crisis began three years ago. CJ ENM held the festival as online events in 2020 and last year. The upcoming K-pop concert series will hit five cities around the world this year, includi...

가수 겸 프로듀서 박진영이 이끄는 JYP엔터테인먼트가 북미 현지 법인 JYP USA를 설립한 가운데, 해당 법인의 지사장으로는 걸그룹 트와이스가 글로벌 인기 아티스트로 발돋움하는 데 기여한 ‘숨은 조력자’가 낙점됐다. 16일 코리아헤럴드 취재 결과, JYP엔터테인먼트의 신현국 아티스트3본부장이 JYP USA를 이끌게 됐다. 그는 JYP엔터테인먼트가 지난해 설립한 자회사인 JYP쓰리식스티 (Three Sixty, JYP 360°)의 수장이기도 하다. 전날 JYP엔터테인먼트 관계자는 “(신 본부장이) 단독으로 지사장이 됐다”면서 “(현재 맡고 있는 JYP의) 아티스트3본부장 겸 자회사인 JYP쓰리식스티의 사장 겸 (JYP USA의) 지사장까지 세 가지 역할을 하게 됐다”고 말했다. 또 “...

K-pop powerhouse JYP Entertainment’s newly established US arm will be led by the person largely responsible for the global success of the label’s girl group Twice. “Shin Hyun-kuk has been tapped to helm US operations. He is a chief director of one of the four artist management and marketing teams and JYP Three Sixty’s chief executive officer,” a JYP Entertainment official told The Korea Herald T...

The upcoming 2022 fall-winter Seoul Fashion Week, Korea’s largest fashion event, will be introduced through YouTube’s official fashion and beauty channel for the first time, according to the show’s organizer, the Seoul Metropolitan Government on Monday. The channel has shed light on four fashion weeks -- Paris, Milan, New York and London -- uploading related content for viewers around the world....

While white chocolate and candies have been popular gifts for White Day, which originated in Japan in the1960s, the trend these days is to give more practical and meaningful gifts. According to a survey conducted by Duo, Korea’s biggest matchmaking company, both unmarried men and women said a basket of candies is their least preferred gift they would want to receive on White Day. The company co...

Balming Tiger is set to perform at the International Day stage at Brush Square Park on March 17 as well. Launched in 1987, SXSW is an annual collective showcase of film, music and interactive media held every March in Austin, Texas, US. It is one of the largest and most influential music industry events alongside Singapore’s Music Matters and France’s MIDEM. This year’s festival will run from Ma...

The Korea Music Content Association has joined hands with the Korean Intellectual Property Office to crack down on online sellers of counterfeit K-pop merchandise, according to the association on Monday. Amid the global popularity of Hallyu content, an increasing number of items that violate trade marks and other rights of entertainment agencies are being sold online. Frequently pirated items in...

Singer Ailee will release an all-English language album Monday, the artist’s management agency The L1ve said. The album, titled “I’m Lovin’ Amy” will hit online music streaming sites at 6 p.m., wrapping up her previous releases “I’m,” “Lovin” and “Amy.” It is the singer’s second English album work after single “Sweater” released in December 2019. Leading the 12-track album is “Murder On The Da...

Criticism also came from some viewers that this season‘s show featured relatively well-known names. In response, Chae Sung-wuk, the producer of the show’s second season, emphasized it was a fair game. He explained that all the contestants had to compete against each other regardless of their singing ability and popularity and that made the program more special. To avoid falling into cliches and ...

A room wallpapered with graffiti reminiscent of Michele’s pre-Fall 2018 collection is a standout. An homage to the Paris riots of May 1968, the site was created in collaboration with top Korean graffiti artist BFMIN, adding slogans and messages of young Parisian rioters. The uniquely designed space is only shown in Seoul. The exhibition runs from this Friday to March 27 at the DDP Design Museum ...

K-pop girl group aespa swept up three prizes at the 19th Korean Music Awards, achieving a milestone as the rookie group with the most number of prizes at the awards. At the annual music awards ceremony held at Nodeul Live House on Nodeul Island, central Seoul, Tuesday, the quartet took home the song of the year award for its megahit “Next Level,” which dropped May last year. “Next Level” also w...

Singing veteran rocker Jeon In-kwon’s “After Love,” Kim Ki-tae won a landslide victory with 2,807.26 points. Although the singer failed to come in first place on the judges’ combined score, he secured the top position by winning viewers’ hearts. “I’m extremely grateful. I want to thank God first, and fans for loving my songs,” Kim Ki-tae said after winning the competition. “I know there are many...

Actor Lee Jung-jae has been chosen as the global ambassador for the 2022 Fall-Winter Seoul Fashion Week, according to the show’s organizer, the Seoul Metropolitan Government. Lee will represent two local brands, Eenk and Caruso, and appear in a promotional YouTube video that is slated to be released Friday. The 2022 F/W Seoul Fashion Week will be held March 18-23 in an online-offline hybrid for...

South Korean pianist Cho Seong-jin stepped in to replace Russian pianist Denis Matsuev, whose performances Friday at Carnegie Hall in New York were canceled following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Carnegie Hall announced Friday that Cho would join the Vienna Philharmonic under the baton of Canadian conductor Yannick Nezet-Seguin for that evening’s program, performing Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concert...

South Korea’s hip-hop artist Choiza of Dynamic Duo is set to make a solo debut with his first EP, “Jaeho,” at 6 p.m. on Friday, according to the artist’s agency Amoeba Culture. It will mark the rapper’s first step as a solo musician, about 20 years after his debut as a member of hip-hop trio CB Mass in 2000. The title of the album “Jaeho” is Choiza’s first name. The upcoming EP will talk about ...