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K-pop girl group BABYMONSTER have unveiled the music video for their new single ‘Forever’.Today (July 1), BABYMONSTER released their digital single ‘Forever’, a pre-release single from their first studio album due out in the fall. At the time of publishing, YG Entertainment has yet to unveil further details for the upcoming record.The new music video for ‘Forever’ opens with the BABYMONSTER members waking up in a luxurious hotel suite to VIP invitation cards.

YG Entertainment has announced plans for BABYMONSTER and TREASURE to release new music in the coming months.Today (May 20), YG Entertainment released a video featuring founder Yang Hyun-suk announcing and detailing upcoming plans for BABYMONSTER and TREASURE to release new music in the coming months.Yang first announced that a performance video for BABYMONSTER’s ‘BABYMONS7ER’ album cut ‘Like That’, which was produced and gifted to the group by Charlie Puth, will be released sometime by the end of the month.He also shared that the seven-piece will then be gearing up to release their first full-length album sometime in October. While Yang himself only verbally mentioned October as a release window, the English subtitles noted that the release would be in “either September or October”.In the lead-up to BABYMONSTER’s upcoming album, Yang shared that the girl group will be dropping a song from the album as a pre-release single sometime in July.

BABYMONSTER have announced their upcoming 2024 ‘See You There’ fanmeet tour, featuring concerts in Singapore, Thailand and more.Today (March 18), BABYMONSTER announced the cities for their upcoming 2024 ‘See You There’ fanmeet tour. While specific dates have yet to be revealed, the girl group will hold events in Tokyo, Jakarta, Singapore, Taipei and Bangkok in the coming months.Ticketing and venue details have yet to be released for BABYMONSTER’s upcoming tour.

BABYMONSTER‘s upcoming mini-album ‘BABYMONS7ER’ is set to include a song called ‘Like That’, which was a “gift” to the band by Charlie Puth.YG Entertainment uploaded a new video earlier today (March 18) featuring founder Yang Hyun-suk breaking down all the tracks on the girl group’s upcoming record first mini-album, ‘BABYMONS7ER’, including ‘Like That’.“I think this will be a surprise for everyone,” Yang said, before revealing that “Charlie Puth gifted BABYMONSTER a song”. He also shared that Puth’s gift to the band was in response to Ahyeon’s viral cover of his song ‘Dangerously’ when she was a trainee, which has since amassed over 39million views on YouTube.“Charlie Puth is an artist I really admire and the members are also big fans of him,” Yang added.

YG Entertainment rookie girl group BABYMONSTER have dropped the first teaser for their forthcoming first mini-album, ‘BABYMONS7ER’.BABYMONSTER announced the mini-album today (February 28) with the release of a brief teaser clip, which uploaded to the group’s YouTube channel. The 20-second clip features an official logo for ‘BABYMONS7ER’ backed by strong hip-hop instrumentation, presumably lifted from the album itself.The teaser also revealed that the K-pop girl group’s upcoming record will be released on April 1 at midnight KST.

YG Entertainment, the label behind BABYMONSTER, has announced the return of pre-debut member Ahyeon to the group.Today (January 25), in a surprise announcement on YouTube, YG Entertainment founder Yang Hyun-suk revealed that Ahyeon has rejoined K-pop girl group BABYMONSTER. Ahyeon had initially been part of the line-up of BABYMONSTER, but had to delay her debut due to “heath reasons”.“Ahyeon has fully recovered her health and as of today, [she] is back at YG,” he said.

BABYMONSTER have announced their new single, ‘Stuck in the Middle’.‘Stuck in the Middle’ was announced on New Year’s Eve (December 31) by Yang Hyun-suk, the founder of YG Entertainment, which the girl group are signed to.‘Stuck in the Middle’ is expected to be released on February 1, and has been described by Yang as “not a hip-hop track”. “It’s so fresh to me that I wonder if YG [Entertainment] has ever released a song like this,” he added.“If I were to share my personal opinion about it, whenever I listen to this song, I close my eyes, it feels like being in a state of zero gravity in outer space,” Yang continued about BABYMONSTER’s new song.“The skills and unique colours of the members’ vocals make me want to focus on even the smallest breath,” he added.

BABYMONSTER have broken the record for the most-viewed debut K-pop music video in 24 hours with their new song, ‘Batter Up’.According to BABYMONSTER’s label, YG Entertainment, the music video for ‘Batter Up’ garnered 22.59million views within the first day of its release on YouTube, per Korea JoongAng Daily. It was released on November 27 at 12 midnight KST.The rookie K-pop girl group has broken a record previously held by SM Entertainment quartet aespa, who reached 21.4million views with the music video for their debut single ‘Black Mamba’ in November 2020.The highly anticipated debut of BABYMONSTER comes nearly a year after the members were first introduced in January and February of this year.

BABYMONSTER have made their long-anticipated debut with ‘Batter Up’.The music video for BABYMONSTER’s ‘Batter Up’ features a number of elaborate sets, from a high school classroom to a flashy indoor stadium. The clip and the song’s choreography is also inspired by baseball, much like the title of the song suggests.“I’m on a mission, don’t need permission / No matter what, I’m gonna make my own decisions / I’m talkin’ you, you want it too / I’m pretty and kind, but watch how I turn into monster,” they sing over a bouncy hip-hop beat on ‘Batter Up’.Speaking of their long-awaited debut, BABYMONSTER said that they are “really happy because today is the day when we come to realise our long-cherished dream”, per The Korea Times.

K-pop girl group BABYMONSTER have dropped a teaser video for their much-anticipated debut single, ‘Batter Up’.BABYMONSTER will make their debut on November 27 at Midnight KST with the release of ‘Batter Up’.A new teaser clip for ‘Batter Up’ previews the upcoming track, as the girl group sing “batter, batter up” over a bouncy hip-hip beat, with sirens in the background.The video also features the members of BABYMONSTER posing confidently on a simple set plastered with the group’s name and logo. Watch the teaser for ‘Batter Up’ below:BABYMONSTER will debut as a six-member group, featuing Ruka, Pharita, Asa, Rami (previously known as Haram), Rora and Chiquita.The girl group were initially introduced as a seven-member group through the online reality series Last Evauation.

YG Entertainment trainee Ahyeon will no longer be debuting as part of the label’s highly anticipated girl group BABYMONSTER.Earlier today (November 15), South Korean news outlet News1 reported that BABYMONSTER will be debuting as a six-piece rather than a seven-piece with the departure of member/trainee Ahyeon from the group. The report cited “personal reasons” for her withdrawal, and also claimed that Ahyeon may re-join the group’s ranks at a later stage, but will not be present for their debut.Several hours after the reports surfaced, a representative from YG Entertainment released an official statement through press confirming the absence of Ahyeon from the debuting BABYMONSTER line-up.

YG Entertainment’s new girl group, BABYMONSTER, are finally set to debut in November, the agency has confirmed.The act will be the first female group to debut on the label since BLACKPINK arrived under the agency in 2016.BABYMONSTER’s debut track will boast a “powerful mood”, according to YG. “To come up with the best output, we have been extra cautious about the lead track,” the label said in a press release (per Korea JoongAng Daily).“All preparations have been completed, and when the girl group officially debuts in November, we plan on relentlessly marching forward at full speed, so please look forward [to BABYMONSTER].”It added that the group is practicing the song’s choreography and will shoot the music video for the single later this month.Previously, BABYMONSTER had been scheduled to debut in September.

BABYMONSTER, the upcoming K-pop girl group from YG Entertainment, are set to debut in September.Today (July 11), the K-pop agency confirmed to South Korean news outlet Ten Asia that BABYMONSTER’s debut is currently aimed for this September. The publication, citing YG Entertainment, also noted that a “strong hip-hop song” has been chosen for the girl group’s debut title track, with the choreography and music video already in the works.The news comes two months after YG Entertainment founder Yang Hyun-suk confirmed the line-up of BABYMONSTER.

YG Entertainment has revealed the final line-up of its upcoming girl group, BABYMONSTER.At midnight KST on April 12, the K-pop agency released a video where it revealed all the members of BABYMONSTER. The 11-minute clip is hosted by YG Entertainment founder Yang Hyun-suk, who revealed the members one-by-one throughout the video.In the first half of the clip, Yang named the five trainees who would make up BABYMONSTER: namely Ahyeon, Ruka, Chiquita, Haram, Pharita.

YG Entertainment’s upcoming girl group BABYMONSTER will have a final line-up of five members when they debut later this year.On April 28, the K-pop agency unveiled the latest episode of Last Evaluation, its reality web series that follows seven of its trainees as they go through a series of missions to decide the final line-up for BABYMONSTER, the agency’s first girl group since BLACKPINK’s debut in 2016.The new Last Evaluation episode follows the trainees on their final dance mission in which they perform to a mashup of 2NE1 songs. At the end of the episode, YG producer and founder Yang Hyun-suk finally reveals that BABYMONSTER will be a five-member act.“Ever since I started thinking of planning for this group BABYMONSTER, the number of members I had in mind was five.

K-pop girl group BABYMONSTER have covered Alessia Cara’s ‘Scars To Your Beautiful’ on the latest episode of ‘Last Evaluation’.K-pop agency YG Entertainment has unveiled the latest episode of Last Evaluation, its ongoing web reality series that follows the process of deciding the line-up of its upcoming girl group BABYMONSTER.The newly-released seventh episode of the series features the trainees – Ruka, Pharita, Asa, Ahyeon, Haram, Rora and Chiquita – in their final vocal mission. For the first time in the series, they were tasked with preparing a seven-member vocal performance.

K-pop girl group BABYMONSTER have performed covers of hits by Olivia Rodrigo and more on the latest episode of ‘Last Evaluation’.On April 14, YG Entertainment released the latest episode of its online reality series Last Evaluation, which follows some of its trainees through a series of missions to decide the final line-up of upcoming girl group BABYMONSTER.The sixth episode includes the solo showcases of trainees Chiquita, Ruka and Haram, as well as final trainee Ahyeon’s preparation process for her performance, which will air in the next episode.The episode begins with Chiquita’s powerful performance of Olivia Rodrigo’s ‘traitor’, earning praise from WINNER members Hoony and Yoon for her expression of the emotional track.She is followed by Ruka, who remixed Masked Wolf’s ‘Astronaut in the Ocean’ and CL’s ‘MTBD’, adding her own lyrics to the latter track. She was also the only trainee to perform a song by a K-pop artist in her solo evaluation.Vocalist Haram went on to showcase a soulful cover of Jazmine Sullivan’s 2020 single ‘Pick Up Your Feelings’.

YG Entertainment’s upcoming girl group BABYMONSTER have covered BLACKPINK’s ‘Don’t Know What To Do’ on the latest ‘Last Evaluation’ episode.K-pop label YG Entertainment has released the latest episode of its reality series Last Evaluation, through which the members of its new girl group will be elimited after going through performance challenges and missions.The newly released fourth episode features the group’s trainees – Ruka, Pharita, Asa, Ahyeon, Haram, Rora and Chiquita – in their first mission as a full group. The potential BABYMONSTER members teamed up for a dance cover of BLACKPINK’s 2019 song ‘Don’t Know What To Do’.While this episode’s mission was a dance-focused challenge, the seven trainees also re-recorded the track with their own vocals.

BABYMONSTER trainees Asa, Haram, Rora and Chiquita have covered BLACKPINK’s song ‘Stay’ for the latest episode of Last Evaluation.YG Entertainment has unveiled the third episode of Last Evaluation, through which the agency will decide the final line-up of its new K-pop girl group BABYMONSTER in a series of challenges.The trainees were previously split into two groups: Ahyeon, Ruka and Pharita for a cover of Rosé’s ‘Gone’ in episode two, and Asa, Haram, Rora and Chiquita for BLACKPINK’s 2016 track ‘Stay’ in the new episode.Their take on ‘Stay’ includes new melodies at some parts of the song, as well as a re-written rap section by Asa in the second verse. Its instrumental remained true to the original’s stripped-down acoustic.The four trainees’ performance of ‘Stay’ was criticised by AKMU’s Su-hyun and WINNER’s Yoon for appearing “tired” and “stiff”.

Last Evaluation, an online series by YG Entertainment that will decide the line-up of new K-pop group BABYMONSTER, has been released.The episode picks up where the previous one left off, and opens with the performance of Rosé‘s solo song ‘Gone’, as covered by trainees Ahyeon, Ruka and Pharita.Their version of the track was positively received by the judges, which included WINNER members Hoony and Yoon, AKMU‘s Lee Su-hyun and YG Entertainment founder Yang Hyun-suk.Notably, Hoony gave special mention to Pharita, who said that her voice gave him “goosebumps”. Meanwhile, Lee complimented Ahyeon’s harmonisation skills: “It got me thinking that she’s capable of being part of a group”.Elsewhere in the episode, the second group from BABYMONSTER – comprising Haram, Asa, Chiquita and Rora – were assigned ‘Stay’ by BLACKPINK to perform.The quartet are later joined by Lee in the practice room as they rehearse their upcoming performance.

YG Entertainment has released the first episode of Last Evaluation, the online series that will decide the line-up of the upcoming girl group BABYMONSTER.The episode opens with YG Entertainment founder Yang Hyun-suk breaking down his idea for wanting to further evaluate the trainees by splitting the members up into two different groups. “To form a team, you can’t just put together members that are really good,” he said.