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With the release of "View" on May 18, 2015, the Korean pop music scene was at an important juncture. Existing artists were being forced to create a unique artistic persona rather than just following trends in the market place. For SHINee, this came after a two-year break from the Korean music album scene and became an important evolutionary step. Having been together for seven years as a group, the artists were keen on portraying themselves in a matured fashion, consciously d

In a time frame of just eight months, the release of TOMORROW X TOGETHER member Yeonjun’s much awaited second mini-album titled NO LABELS: PART 02 was released on Friday, July 10, 2026, at 1 PM KST. The six tracks of the album were released under the record label BIGHIT MUSIC, and it has been eight months since his solo debut album NO LABELS: PART 01 stormed the Billboard 200 chart at #10. While he continues to gain worldwide fame with his main groups' activities, the new min

Amid the heavily programmed world of K-pop, there have been few artists whose trajectory has been as fiercely individualistic as that of i-dle. On July 6, 2026, the fourth-generation sensation dropped their eagerly-awaited ninth mini album, We made. While a simple record meant to top charts is always expected, this Cube Entertainment drop is especially significant for i-dle. Indeed, with We made, the group makes history in its Korean comeback without its prefix, officially re

Almost nine years after announcing himself as the lead vocalist of MONSTA X, Kihyun comes back to be the hero of his own tale once again with the seven-track solo album BORDERLINE, released by Starship Entertainment on 7th July, 2026. Following a gap of almost four years after his last solo album, YOUTH, this EP marks a new era in the life of the singer not because of its attempts to reinvent him, but because of what it tells us about his growth as an individual. Now that the

The modern state of the pop music scene across the world often becomes the victim of an exhaustive infatuation with brevity and ephemeral beauty, as songs get cut into pieces to suit the short attention spans of algorithmically generated playlists. In the era of catchy phrases and less-than-three-minutes-long minimalist compositions, however, the emergence of the South Korean septet TRENDZ provides a delightful, richly-textured alternative. On My Knees, their sixth single alb