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SM Entertainment floated teaser photographs for its supergroup project Girls on Top, Wednesday.
The first unit -- GOT the beat -- focuses on dance and performance, and the photographs that came out on the day featured three from the seven leading female artists: Girls’ Generation’s Hyoyeon, Wendy of Red Velvet and Karina of aespa. Also on board are BoA, Girls’ Generation’s Taeyeon, Seulgi of Red Velvet and Winter of aespa.
On Tuesday, BoA shared photos of herself wearing a costume on her social media account with a comment admitting she has yet to get used to herself as a member of an idol group.
The septet will take to the stage for the first time and present a new song called “Step Back” at an online concert slated for Saturday.
Bambam’s new single tops iTunes chart in 21 regions
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Bambam of GOT7 proved himself strong as a solo musician, as his new song “Who Are You” dropped on Tuesday and landed atop iTunes top songs chart in 21 regions.
The song is a prerelease from his second EP and features Red Velvet’s Seulgi as a collaborator. He also participated in writing the lyrics about a newly born self and hope for the future.
It has been six months since his solo debut EP “riBBon,” and the second EP will be released early next year. The musician will also appear in a variety show that will show how four celebrities from different backgrounds would survive together in a trip to the remote countryside. The three-part show will start airing Sunday.
Golden Child to debut in Japan next month
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Boy band Golden Child will officially debut in Japan with a single named “A Woo!!” said agency Woollim Entertainment on Tuesday.
The 10 band members posed for the group poster and individual shots in black-and-white costumes highlighted by strong eye makeup and pierced lips.
In addition to the title track, the debut single will also include a Japanese version of “Wannebe” and “DamDaDi.” The single album will be fully unveiled on Jan. 26.
The band debuted in 2017, and “Ra Pam Pam,” lead track from its second studio album “Game Changer,” debuted on Billboard’s digital song sales chart at No. 37 in August. The song hit No. 2 on the world digital song sales chart.
NCT movie coming to cinemas
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Fans of NCT will be able to enjoy the band’s 2020 concert at CGV cinemas across the country next month.
The cinema chain announced Wednesday that it will bring “Beyond Live the Movie: NCT Resonance” to 30 screens on Jan. 12. For about two hours, all members of the band, excluding Taeyong who was absent due to health reasons, will perform as many as 27 songs from the live performance held Dec. 27, 2020. Scenes from behind the stage that have not been made public yet will also be included.
Separately, NCT, along with its subunits, sold more than 10 million album units this year, according to its label SM Entertainment on Tuesday.
The band’s third full album, “Universe,” came out earlier this month and has sold more than 1.74 million copies so far. NCT Dream’s first LP, “Hot Sauce,” from May and the repackaged “Hello Future” racked up sales over 3.31 million copies, while NCT 127’s third LP “Sticker” from September and the repackaged “Favorite” sold over 3.62 million copies.
By Hwang You-mee (
glamazon@heraldcorp.com)
