K-Pop Conference Finds AI Usage in Music Outpacing Copyright Law

EXCLUSIVE: Crunchyroll is joining Korean K-pop supergroup BTS’s animated superhero adventure Bastions.

Looks like Ed Sheeran won’t be leaving the music industry in disgust after all.

Ed Sheeran is holding nothing back.

Ed Sheeran is thankful for his friendship with Taylor Swift. In an interview with Zane Lowe on Apple Music 1, the 32-year-old singer opened up about how his friendship with the pop star is like «therapy.»«I have long, long, long conversations with Taylor about stuff just because I feel like she's one of the only people that actually truly understands where I'm at,» Sheeran said, adding that he recently spoke to Swift for more than an hour on the phone.«Everything that was on our minds we talked about.

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Ed Sheeran is triumphant!

Looking back. Matthew Lawrence, who has been acting since childhood, has opened up about feeling uncomfortable during past auditions.

J. Kim Murphy Actor Matthew Lawrence opened the April 28 episode of his Brotherly Love podcast on a serious note, reflecting on the #MeToo movement and his own experience with sexual harassment in Hollywood. On the show, co-hosted by his brothers, fellow actors Joey and Andrew Lawrence, the 43-year-old actor recounts his experience refusing to engage with a director involved with a Marvel project, who asked Lawrence to take his clothes off during a meeting. “There’s been many times in my life where I’ve been propositioned to get a huge role,” Lawrence says on the podcast. “I lost my agency because I went to the hotel room” where, the actor alleges, a prominent director “showed up in his robe, asked me to take my clothes off, said he needed to take Polaroids of me and said if I did X, Y and Z, I would be the next Marvel character.”

Ed Sheeran just made a major revelation during his testimony in the ongoing copyright lawsuit against him.During testimony Thursday, Sheeran revealed that he cannot read music. After sharing his occupation, marital status and dropping a few big industry names he's written for — Justin Bieber, BTS, The Weeknd, Taylor Swift and Elton John to name a few — Sheeran shared that he not only can't read music but also doesn't have a degree in the field.In discussing how his love for song began, the «Perfect» singer said he learned about music as a child from his church choir, noting that he first started songwriting at the age of 13 while on a trip to Ireland with his father.

climbed further atop the list after earning the No. 6 spot last week.

K-pop boyband SEVENTEEN have made a comeback with their new mini-album ‘FML’ and the music video for one of its singles, ‘Super’.On April 24 at 6pm KST, the 13-member boyband released their tenth Korean-language mini-album ‘FML’, alongside a visual for one of its two singles, ‘Super’. SEVENTEEN are set to drop a music video for the record’s second single, ‘F*ck My Life’ on May 8 at Midnight KST.‘손오공’, the Korean title of ‘Super’, refers to the Monkey King (known in Korean as Son O Gong) from the 16th century Chinese novel Journey To The West.

Dark And Darker developer Ironmace has reportedly sent a letter to Valve, asking the company to return the game to Steam amid a lawsuit alleging theft.Over the last few months, MapleStory publisher Nexon has alleged that Ironmace’s multiplayer fantasy game Dark And Darker was created by former Nexon employees with stolen code and materials.While the allegations led to developer Ironmace’s offices being raided by Korean authorities, a DMCA takedown filed by Nexon also resulted in Dark And Darker being removed from Steam last month.As reported by Gamesradar, Greenberg Glusker lawyer Aaron Moss has since issued a letter to Valve asking it to let Dark And Darker return to Steam.Moss alleged that Nexon’s DMCA was “based on claims that are entirely without merit and contains knowing and material misrepresentations that Dark and Darker infringed Nexon’s copyright interests”.Moss went on to label Nexon’s actions as “nothing more than anti-competitive bully tactics designed to put a small indie game studio out of business”.“At best, Nexon has taken a handful of unprotectable elements and cobbled them together to form the illusion of a copyright infringement claim,” wrote Moss. “This case comes down to the fact that Nexon does not want any of its former employees to work at an indie studio developing a fantasy-themed extraction game.

He’s got a big house, big cars and big rings. Suga’s net worth definitely lives up to the hype. BTS’ main rapper and producer just released his first full-length solo album and sold out his solo world tour within minutes.

Suga from K-pop boyband BTS has released his first studio album, ‘D-Day’.The record was released today (April 21), alongside a music video for lead single ‘Haegeum’. The thrilling clip follows two versions of Suga – one a cop, the other a gangster – as they prepare to face off against one another.“This song’s a haegeum, get on board now / The lively rhythm, perhaps this could be a new kind of haegeum,” he raps on the song’s chorus, in reference to the traditional Korean string instrument haegeum.Suga’s new studio album ‘D-Day’ also featured collaborations with his BTS bandmate J-hope on ‘HUH?!’, as well as Woosung of The Rose and late Japanese composer Ryuichi Sakamoto on ‘Snooze’.

One of the best all-rounders in K-Pop, Moonbin was beloved by AROHAs everywhere. How Moonbin died became a trending topic across social media as K-Pop fans and K-Pop stars gave their condolences to the ASTRO member.

Singer Moon Bin of the K-Pop group Astro has died at 25. The musician was found dead in his Seoul, South Korea, home on Wednesday evening.  When efforts to communicate with the star were not returned, his manager reportedly found him at home.

A singer from South Korean boyband Astro was found dead at his Seoul home, according to his management agency.

the death of ASTRO member Moonbin.Today morning (April 20), the girl group’s agency Mystic Story posted a statement on Billlie’s official fan cafe website, saying that all the girl group’s activities for the week will no longer be held as scheduled. Group member Moon Sua was the younger sister of the late Moonbin.“We would like to inform you that the scheduled activities for this week have been canceled or postponed,” Mystic Story said in its statement, as translated by Soompi.“Regarding the fan signing event schedule, we will update you again through a further announcement, and we will provide additional notices regarding specific cancellations of other scheduled activities including broadcasts,” it added.Prior to the announcement, Billlie were in the middle of promotions for their fourth mini-album ‘the Billage of perception: chapter three’, which was released on March 28.Moonbin was reportedly found dead yesterday (April 19) at his home in Seoul, as reported by Yonhap News.

The popular K-pop group ASTRO is mourning the loss of one of its members.

ASTRO singer and K-pop star Moon Bin has sadly been found dead at his home at the age of 25.The star, who became a member of the South Korean group in 2016, was believed to be found by his manager at his home in Gangnam-gu, Seoul. Moonbin, who was named Moon Bin at birth, reportedly didn't show up to rehearsals, prompting his manager to head over to the property to find out what had happened.The band's label Fantagio shared in a translated statement: "First of all, we apologise for the sad and heartbreaking news. On April 19, ASTRO member Moon Bin suddenly left our Kyeol and became a star in the sky.