K-pop idol and BIG BANG rapper T.O.P. has been arrested for using marijuana, and the incident has the Korean entertainment world in an uproar. Marijuana is illegal under South Korean law, […]
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K-Pop Meets EDM: The Rise of Korean Trap Music
by ALYSSA PARK, Audrey Magazine Trap music is a genre that began in the 90s and has since become a recent phenomenon in the American music industry. In particular, […]
Meet the Boys of EXP, NYC’s Own K-pop Boy Band
by JAMES S. KIM | @james_s_kim editor@charactermedia.com Columbia University student Bora Kim riled up the K-pop world about a month ago when word of her MFA thesis project—a non-Korean […]
BIGBANG Announces North American Tour
by REERA YOO | @reeraboo editor@charactermedia.com BIGBANG is coming to the States. Earlier this week, the K-pop boy band announced six arena dates for the North American leg of […]
Meet the Team Behind EXP: “I’m Making a Boy Band”
by JAMES S. KIM | @james_s_kim editor@charactermedia.com Columbia University student Bora Kim riled up the K-pop world about a month ago when word of her MFA thesis project–a non-Korean […]
YG Entertainment Donates 100 Million Won to Nepal Earthquake Relief
by REERA YOO | @reeraboo editor@charactermedia.com YG Entertainment, one of K-pop’s top talent agencies, has made a generous donation toward helping victims of the Nepal earthquake, according to Korean […]
Gerard Way of My Chemical Romance is a G-dragon Fan
by REERA YOO | @reerabooeditor@charactermedia.com Once again, the K-pop and American music worlds are colliding. Gerard Way, former lead vocalist and founder of disbanded American alternative-rock band My Chemical […]
Big Bang’s ‘Ice, Nose, Lips’ Got Netizens Crying
by JAMES S. KIM | @james_s_kim editor@charactermedia.com K-pop fans always straddle the line between being the best and worst fans in the world. But where this latest bit of […]
YG Entertainment Launches Cosmetics Line, Moonshot
by ARIANNA CARAMAT YG Entertainment, the company that brought big names like Big Bang and 2NE1 to international audiences, is now taking on the cosmetic scene! Coming from one […]
PSY and BIGBANG to Open and Close for the 2014 Incheon Asian Games
by REERA YOO Global K-pop star Psy and boy band BIGBANG will be performing as the finales for the opening and closing ceremonies of the 2014 Asian Games, said […]
KoreAm’s Ultimate K-pop Summer Playlist
by JAMES S. KIM and STEVE HAN Tomorrow marks the beginning of summer, and to celebrate, we’ve put together a jam-packed playlist of the best summer-themed K-pop songs ever. […]
Thursday’s Link Attack: SKorea Detains NKorean Boat; Korea-Japan Relations; BigBang Reaches Milestone
Merkel vows support for Korean reunification bid AFP via Google News Chancellor Angela Merkel pledged Germany’s support Wednesday during a visit by South Korea’s president for efforts to unify the […]
Korean Record Label to Build ‘YG Land’ in Southern California
Only a few months after SM Entertainment announced the opening of its SMTOWN Museum in Los Angeles, YG Entertainment has released news of its own outpost in California. The South Korean […]
The Ultimate Guide to YG Entertainment’s New Boy Group WINNER
ABOVE: Seunghoon, Taehyun, Jinwoo, Seungyoon, Mino – WINNER. Brace yourselves KPOP fans, a new generation of boy groups is finally arriving. It has been eight long years since YG […]
G-Dragon Stages a “Coup D’Etat” With Lydia Paek, Sky Ferreira and Other Major Music Stars
Just days after his show-stopping, electrifying performance with Missy Elliott in Los Angeles, K-Pop heavyweight G-Dragon released five out of 14 slated tracks from his upcoming album, “COUP D’ETAT,” […]
