Girls' Generation Showbiz and Celebrity Breaking News

Jessica Jung has opened up about her state of mind when she left K-pop girl group Girls’ Generation in 2014.On December 20, Jessica Jung made an appearance on the Singaporean podcast series The Daily Ketchup Podcast, which coincided with her recent ‘Diamond Dreams’ concert in the city state.During her time on the podcast, one of the hosts asked the singer what “went through your head” during the time when she left K-pop girl group Girls’ Generation. “I try to put the past behind me, and I always try to look at the brighter things, brighter side,” she responded.“Of course, that time was one of the darkest times of my life, darkest periods of my life.

Apink, Girls’ Generation and more have allegedly been “detained” in Bali, Indonesia after reportedly filming a show in the country without permit.Today (April 26), South Korean news outlet SPOTV reported that four K-pop idols – Girls’ Generation’s Hyoyeon, Apink’s Bomi, Secret Number‘s Dita and ex-I.O.I member Nayoung – have been detained in Bali, alongside other cast and crew members of the upcoming reality television programme Pick Me Trip in Bali.According to the news outlet, the K-pop idols arrived in Bali on April 21 and were scheduled to leave on April 25. However, their departure from Bali was stopped after local authorities discovered that the show the was being filmed without appropriate permits.All of the cast and crew, which amounts up to around 30 individuals, have allegedly had their passports confiscated and are currently residing in a hotel while the case is under investigation.

Girls’ Generation member Hyoyeon, who performs solo under the moniker DJ HYO, has announced her 2024 ‘Cherry Blossom’ tour.Today (February 7), Girls’ Generation’s Hyoyeon announced the dates for her upcoming ‘Cherry Blossom’ tour of the US, set to take place in March and April this year.It’ll kick off on March 22 at Exchange LA in Los Angeles, California, followed by performance in Atlantic City, Atlanta and Austin throughout the rest of the month. In April, the musician will also hold shows in Chicago, Denver and San Francisco.According to the announcement, more dates are expected to be added to Hyoyeon’s 2024 ‘Cherry Blossom’ US tour.

Taeyeon, also the leader of K-pop group Girls’ Generation, has released her new single ‘To. X’.In the music video for ‘To. X’, Taeyeon reminisces on the toxic relationship she’s trying to move on from.

Tiffany Young of Girls’ Generation will be taking a month-long break from upcoming activities due to “ongoing health reasons”, according to her label.Earlier today (November 14), Sublime Artist Agency released a statement to its official website announcing the K-pop idol’s upcoming absence at pre-scheduled activities. “Recently, Tiffany underwent a medical examination due to ongoing health concerns and received a recommendation from medical staff that she will need approximately two weeks of sufficient rest and stability,” the statement read, as translated by Soompi. “After careful discussions with the artist, we have decided to temporarily halt her scheduled activities to allow sufficient time for her recovery,” Sublime continued.

Girls’ Generation singer Taeyeon has announced her long-awaited fifth mini-album, titled ‘To. X’.At midnight KST today (October 6), Taeyeon released a teaser video for her upcoming fifth mini-album ‘To. X’.

Girls’ Generation member Taeyeon will drop a new album in November, SM Entertainment has confirmed.The release was announced as part of the agency’s Q4 schedule for 2023, which also features a number of previously confirmed releases.“Taeyeon is currently preparing for a new album set for release in November, SM Entertainment said in a press release (per Korea JoongAng Daily). “It will be her first album release after a while, following her third full-length album ‘INVU’ which dropped February last year.”The Q4 schedule also revealed that rookie boyband RIIZE will also return in late October with a new song.

Girls’ Generation member Hyoyeon has announced the dates and venues for her upcoming 2023 North American tour.Hyoyeon, who releases solo music under the moniker DJ Hyo, has revealed that she will tour both the United States and Canada starting from next month.The Girls’ Generation singer’s upcoming 2023 tour will kick off on October 14 in Chicago, before heading up to the Canadian cities of Montreal and Toronto.Thereafter, Hyoyeon will play four shows in the US – San Francisco, Boston, New York and Maidson – across the rest of October, before heading back up north to Vancouver in Canada in early-November.According to the K-pop idol’s Instagram post, more dates for her upcoming 2023 North America tour will be revealed soon. Tickets for the announced dates are on sale now via the official websites of the respective event spaces.OCTOBER14: Chicago, Illinois, Sound-Bar Chicago16: Montreal, Quebec, Club Soda18: Toronto, Ontario, The Phoenix Concert Theatre20: San Francisco, California, Temple Nightclub21: Boston, Massachusetts, Royale Boston27: New York, New York, Webster Hall28: Maidson, Wisconsin, Maidson LiquidNOVEMBER02: Vancouver, British Columbia, Harbour Event & Convention CentreA post shared by 소녀시대 (@girlsgeneration)In other touring news, K-pop boyband ONEUS have announced the Europe dates for their 2023 ‘La Dolce Vita’ world tour.

Song of the Bandits, starring Kim Nam-gil and Seohyun.Set in the 1920s, the upcoming Song of the Bandits revolves around Koreans who have escaped to the Gando region in China during the Japanese occupation. The series is led by Kim Nam-gil (Through the Darkness) and Girls’ Generation’s Seohyun (Jinxed at First).The new trailer opens with an introduction to the bandits of Gando led by Lee Yoon (played by Kim), a defected Japanese soldier who now steals and kills to protect his countrymen in the region.“Chinese land, Japanese money and Joseon’s people.

Tiffany Young of Girls’ Generation is Moschino’s newest house ambassador.The Italian luxury fashion house announced the appointment of Tiffany Young on their official Instagram page, where the brand noted that the K-pop idol would star in its upcoming Fall/Winter 2023 campaign. According to Women’s Wear Daily, the campaign is expected to be released by the end of August.“I’m honoured to be a part of the Moschino family,” Tiffany Young said of the new partnership, per Moschino’s Instagram post.

Girls’ Generation member and K-pop soloist Hyoyeon has begun teasing her new single ‘Picture’.On August 17 at midnight KST, the singer unveiled new teaser photos for her upcoming return. Titled ‘Picture’, the digital single is due out August 22 at 6pm KST.

Girls’ Generation member Sunny has announced that she has parted ways with longtime agency SM Entertainment.The singer, real name Lee Soon-kyu, took to her personal Instagram page earlier today (August 8) to personally announce her departure from the company. “I want to express my gratitude to SM Entertainment who gave great help so that 19-year-old Lee Soon-kyu could debut as Girls’ Generation’s Sunny,” she wrote in a letter, per translations by Soompi.“Looking back, there are so many people I have been grateful to for the past 16 years.

King the Land has become Netflix’s most-watched TV show of the week.According to Netflix’s official most-watched list, which tracks the platforms most popular content based on views, South Korean drama King the Land is the most-watched TV show on the streaming platform for the week of July 17-July 23.While Netflix ranks its TV shows in separate English and non-English categories, the total views for King the Land stand at 4,700,000. That exceeds the Number One English language series Sweet Magnolias latest season, which clocked in 4,600,000 views.It is also the romantic-comedy series’ sixth week in the Top 10 most-watched non-English TV shows.

Girls’ Generation‘s member YoonA has opened up about the long production process of her new K-drama series, King The Land.YoonA recently spoke to Allure Korea about King The Land, which is currently airing on South Korean network JTBC and available internationally on Netflix.During the interview, the actress revealed that filming for the series took 10 months to complete, the longest of any K-drama she has done before. “I think I’ve also forgotten what my everyday life without ‘King the Land’ is like,” she added, per Soompi.King The Land co-star Junho, of K-pop boyband 2PM, said that it was the first time he starred in a K-drama that was completely filmed in advance of its premiere.

Girls’ Generation leader Taeyeon has stirred up rumours about her relationship with label SM Entertainment following a series of cryptic Instagram posts.Earlier this week on March 13, just a day after BTS label HYBE ended its bid to acquire shares of SM Entertainment against competitor Kakao, Taeyeon took to Instagram Stories with a post that referenced the popular Netflix K-drama series The Glory.In the scene from The Glory, character Park Yeon-jin (Lim Ji-yeon) hand writes a resignation letter on the spot after being confronted at work.

SHINee member and soloist Key has expressed his desire to form a duo act with Taeyeon of Girls’ Generation.Key recently appeared on ELLE Korea’s ‘Ask Me Anything’ series on YouTube, where he was asked who in SM Entertainment he would like to form a unit with. The K-pop veteran shared that he would like to form a duo with long-time friend Taeyeon.“It’s awkward for me to do [a performance] with people a lot younger than me, and they would feel uncomfortable as well,” the idol pondered aloud, before naming Taeyeon as a labelmate he wanted to form a new unit with.“I can’t do anything sensual with Taeyeon,” Key added.

Reborn Rich, which includes the likes of Song Joong-ki, Shin Hyun-been and more.The South Korean cable network announced the star-studded cast and broadcast schedule for Reborn Rich via a statement made to news outlet Newsen earlier today (September 28). Based on a webtoon of the same name, the new fantasy drama series will be set in the ’80s against the backdrop of large family conglomerate Sunyang Group.

Please Send a Fan Letter (literal title).On September 15, MBC announced that Girls’ Generation member Sooyoung and Forecasting Love and Weather’s Yoon Park are set to star as the leads for Please Send a Fan Letter, a romantic comedy that follows a father who wants to preserve his daughter’s innocence by sending fake replies to her fan mail.According to a report by Osen, Sooyoung will be playing Han Kang-hee, an actress who is facing a crisis over a fan letter.

Girls’ Generation’s ‘Forever 1’ music video, has issued an apology following allegations that one of the video’s props plagiarised a logo by the theme park Tokyo DisneySea.On August 14, Shin shared a post on his production house storieswetell’s official Instagram page addressing allegations that he had plagiarised a logo used in Girls’ Generation’s recent music video for ‘Forever 1’, the title track of their comeback album of the same name.In the music video, the girl group are seen performing on a parade float decorated with a prop bearing the number “15”, commemorating their 15th anniversary as an act. However, the logo drew comments for apparent similarities to the 15th anniversary logo of Tokyo DisneySea from 2016.“First, I am sorry for causing trouble for members of Girls’ Generation and SM Entertainment due to this controversy about plagiarising a set design in the ‘Forever 1’ music video” he wrote, per KoreaJoongAngDaily.“After being commissioned for this music video, I was involved in not only the planning and directing process but also the selecting the smallest props.

SM Entertainment has remastered the music video for Girls’ Generation‘s hit 2009 single ‘Gee’.The iconic song was initially released in January 2009 as the title track of the girl group’s first mini-album of the same name, while the original music video on YouTube was uploaded onto the streaming platform on June 8, 2009.The song’s video treatment notably starred SHINee member Minho as a shopkeeper who arranged nine mannequins for a window display before closing the store was for the day. However, as he left, the mannequins came to life as the members of Girls’ Generation.The music video’s remaster and re-release is part of SM Entertainment’s “SM x YouTube Remastering Project”, which aims to reintroduce the history of K-pop given the genre’s widespread popularity today.The project will include remasters of music videos and tracks by past SM Entertainment acts, as well as remakes and covers of early K-pop hits by the agency’s current roster of artists.Prior to the remastered version of ‘Gee’, SM Entertainment also similarly released a remaster of SHINee’s debut track ‘Replay’ in April this year. aespa also unveiled their rendition of S.E.S.’s 1998 hit ‘Dreams Come True’ for the project previously.In other Girls’ Generation news, it was confirmed last month that the iconic K-pop girl group are set to make a long-awaited comeback this August in celebration of their 15th anniversary.

Girls’ Generation singer YoonA has provided an update on the iconic girl group’s highly anticipated comeback.Earlier this week on May 30, the K-pop idol held an Instagram Live broadcast in celebration of her birthday. During the session, the singer-actress hosted a brief Q&A session where she was asked by fans for an update on the long-awaited Girls’ Generation comeback this August.YoonA responded that she was “preparing for the Girls’ Generation album right now”, and as a result has met up with her bandmates “really often”.

Tiffany Young sang an a cappella, bilingual rendition of the song ‘For Good’, from the popular stage musical Wicked.In a new video interview with Elle Korea, the Girls’ Generation member opened up about the stage musical roles she would like to play after her successful run as Roxie Hart in the South Korean production of Chicago. The singer named Glinda the Good Witch from Wicked (originated by Kristin Chenoweth) as the role that she hoped to tackle next.Young then launched into an impromptu, partial rendition of ‘For Good’, in both English and Korean, from the long-running musical, before recalling her emotional experience watching the production.

Tiffany Young has revealed that Girls’ Generation might have plan to reunite sometime this year.The Korean-American idol recently spoke with ELLE Korea in a new video interview, during which she was asked if the iconic K-pop girl group had any plans to celebrate their upcoming 15th debut anniversary, which falls on August 5 this year.Despite saying that she needed “confirmation” before announcing any details, Young did share that there was something in the works for the group. “I need confirmation before saying anything… yes, we do have something planned,” she shared.

Girls’ Generation member Seohyun and Through The Darkness actor Kim Nam-gil will join the cast of Netflix’s upcoming original series Song of the Bandits.On March 14, Netflix Korea confirmed that Seohyun and Kim will join the cast of its upcoming original period drama. Song of the Bandits is also set to star veteran actor Yoo Jae-myung (Hometown), Lee Hyun-wook (Mine), and rising actress Lee Ho-jung (Nevertheless).The historical drama will be set in the 1920s, a period during which Korea was under Japanese colonial rule.

Girls’ Generation’s Seohyun and U-KISS’ Lee Jun-young have opened up about being on set of their recent romantic-comedy film Love And Leashes.In a recent video for Netflix’s The Swoon, the co-stars sat down to react to scenes from the raunchy new comedy film. Both actors had singled out a scene where Seohyun’s character vents her pent-up frustration towards their co-workers on Lee’s character after hours in the office as one that was particularly fun to film.“I wonder if I’d ever have to curse that much again,” commented the idol-turned-actress. “I don’t think I would.

Girls’ Generation’s Seohyun shared her thoughts on the upcoming Netflix Korea original movie Love And Leashes, which she stars in.During a recent press conference for the upcoming film, Seohyun shared that she was motivated to take on the role in Love And Leashed after reading the script, describing it as something “fresh and shocking”.“It was a role that made me want to take up the challenge as an actor,” Seohyun said, per The Korea Herald. “Not only did it [the script] have a unique topic, it also showed how a man and a woman come to understand their differences.”Seohyun, who plays office worker Jung Ji-woo in Love And Leashes, also briefly talked about the character and how she approached the role.

Love And Leashes. The trailer opens with Jung Ji-hoo (played by former U-KISS and UNB member Lee Jun-young) on his first day at a new company, where he’s introduced to a colleague who bears a similar sounding name to his, Jung Ji-woo (Girls’ Generation‘s Seohyun).Things quickly spiral after a parcel that was supposedly addressed to Ji-hoo gets delivered to Ji-woo’s desk, who opens it to find a curious spiked collar. Ji-hoo tries to play off as being for his fictional three-year-old poodle, but Ji-woo quickly learns the truth.“Ji-woo, I was wondering… would you be my master?” Ji-hoo asks Ji-woo in a drunken stupor, marking the start of a racy new relationship between the two colleagues.The upcoming Netflix original film Love And Leashes revolves around a pair of co-workers, Ji-woo and Ji-hoo, who enter a contractual S&M relationship. Love And Leashes is based on the Naver webcomic Moral Sense by Gyeowool.The movie will be directed and written by Park Hyeon-jin, and is due out on February 11 exclusively on the streaming platform.

Girls’ Generation vocalist and actress Seohyun has opened up about how she has evolved after embarking on her acting career.In a recent interview with GQ Korea, the idol-actress shared that acting has given her an outlet to express her emotions more honestly. Seohyun also revealed that she had felt the need to hide her emotions while she was active as an idol.“When working as a singer, I often had to cover my emotions and maintain a poker face. This is because on stage, I had to be ‘well put together Seohyun,’” confessed the 30-year-old actress, as translated by Soompi.The star went on to compare this to acting.

Tiffany Young has shared her cover of Mariah Carey‘s iconic holiday hit ‘All I Want For Christmas Is You’.The Girls’ Generation vocalist performed a series of Christmas hits in light of the holiday season for Vogue Korea‘s ‘8PM Concert’ series. It included a slower, stripped-down version of ‘All I Want For Christmas Is You’, accompanied by a live band.

Girls’ Generation vocalist and actress Seohyun has opened up about her growing film and TV career.In a recent interview with Singles Magazine, the K-pop idol discussed her shift towards acting and some of her upcoming projects. Originally one of the lead vocalists of the veteran girl group, as well as their sub-unit Girls’ Generation-TTS, the idol-actress shared that she was the type of person to “enjoy new challenges.”“I don’t have any restrictions when it comes to choosing projects.

Girls’ Generation member Seohyun has shared more about why the girl group decided to finally reunite.Earlier this month, all eight members of K-pop act appeared on an episode of the popular South Korean TV series You Quiz On The Block in celebration of their 14th anniversary.

Tiffany Young has shared her first reaction when she heard that Sunmi would be a mentor on Mnet’s upcoming reality TV competition series, Girls Planet 999.Earlier today (June 14), the South Korean network uploaded a video introducing Tiffany Young and Sunmi as the mentors, dubbed “K-pop Masters”, for Girls Planet 999.