The 10 Most Viewed K-Pop Music Videos of 2023 So Far, Ranked

Yugyeom, a member of K-pop boyband GOT7, has revealed that he faced financial difficulties during the pandemic.GOT7’s Yugyeom recently made an appearance on Greenroom Talk, an online talk show by popular South Korean YouTuber Draw Andrew. During his time on the programme, the singer spoke about a time where he fell into a “slump”.“I think of myself as a very positive person.

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Gavin Bridge Senior Media Analyst South Korean media company Next Entertainment World (NEW) subsidiary NEW ID’s launch of ‘BINGE Korea’ signifies a pivotal shift in the consumption of Korean content for American audiences. As the leading provider of curated non-English and non-Spanish language FAST channels in the U.S., NEW ID is leveraging its experience within FAST to create the first FAST service dedicated to Korean content. ‘BINGE Korea’ is accessible via a wide range of platforms, including Samsung, LG Smart TVs, Amazon Fire TV, and plans to expand to Roku, iOS, and Android TV.

RM has stated that boyband BTS will make their long-awaited return in 2025.Over the weekend on August 12, BTS’ RM hosted a livestream on the fan community platform Weverse where he opened up about the boyband’s plans for the future. Notably, BTS have been on an extended break since mid-2022 to “explore some solo projects”.During the livestream, RM spoke about how he recently spoke to Suga about the latter’s world tour and what he had learned from that experience.

In partnership with Beyond The ValleyAustralian New Year’s Eve festival Beyond The Valley has announced the line-up for its 2023/2024 edition. The festival will run from December 28, 2023 to January 1, 2024 at Barunah Plains in Hesse, Victoria.Leading the line-up are Australian electronic trio RÜFÜS DU SOL, British drill rapper Central Cee and South Korean DJ and producer Peggy Gou.

The Masked Singer is huge!

Fox has moved up the Season 10 premiere date for The Masked Singer to 8 PM ET/5 PM PT, Sunday, September 10, immediately following the NFL Double Header. Initially scheduled to debut on September 27, the competition series will take two weeks off, then return on that date for its official time period slot from 8-9 PM ET/PT/ for the remainder of the season.

LE SSERAFIM is kicking off their first tour!

Jeon Somi’s agency will remove an animated character from the music video of one of her latest songs after viewers accused it of plagiarism.The video in question comes from the visual accompaniment for the South Korean singer’s single ‘Fast Forward’ – the lead track of her new EP ‘Game Plan’. The track and music video both debuted on Monday (August 7).Following its release, some viewers have pointed out how the character in the original video resembles the artwork style of Japanese cartoonist, Rumiko Takahashi and her characters illustrated in the manga series Urusei Yatsura (1978-87).The artist is also most widely recognised for her fantasy romance series, InuYasha, which ran between 1996 and 2008.In the music video for ‘Fast Forward’, it appears as if the character is meant to resemble the 22-year-old singer, however, many highlighted how it was nearly identical to the artwork on the cover of the first volume for Urusei Yatsura – with the main changes only being to the direction the character is facing and the hairstyle (via Koreaboo).Now, Somi’s agency, THEBLACKLABEL, has issued a formal apology in light of the accusations of plagiarism, and insisted that they “deeply apologise” for the parallels between the characters.“We have reviewed the issue as soon as we were made aware of the criticisms that the animation within ‘Fast Forward’ reminds viewers of a character from another animation,” the agency said in a press release yesterday (August 9, via Korea JoongAng Daily).“We have decided to delete and change the scenes at issue.

It’s so hard to say goodbye, but sadly, several K-pop groups are disbanding for good.

Marta Balaga Raven Banner Entertainment continues to rack up sales for Richard V. Somes’ action spectacle “Topakk.” “Topakk”(“Trigger”) has been sold to Aud (South Korea), Superfine Films (India), Kinologistika (CIS and the Baltics) and Lighthouse (German-speaking Europe). It’s not the end of good news, as the film – debuting its trailer and produced by Fusee, with Strawdogs Studio Production and Nathan Studios co-producing – is also set to bow at Locarno next week.

LE SSERAFIM have announced a brand-new remix of their hit song ‘Eve, Psyche & the Bluebeard’s Wife’, this time featuring Demi Lovato.The rework of LE SSERAFIM’s popular song will feature brand-new vocals from Demi Lovato. “I see it written on your face, yeah / I know you want a little taste, yeah / You know I’ll put you in your place / You’re crawling on the floor, begging me for more,” she sings in the new teaser.Last week, LE SSERAFIM teamed up with Japanese-British singer Rina Sawayama on a new remix of the English version of ‘Eve, Psyche & the Bluebeard’s Wife’.

Loossemble have announced their upcoming 2023 ‘LOONA Assemble: the US Debut Ceremony’ tour.Loossemble, a portmanteau of “LOONA” and “assemble”, is a quintet that recently formed under CTDENM and features five LOONA members: Hyunjin, Yeojin, Vivi, Gowon and Hyeju. The five K-pop idols had signed to the label in June and July, following their departure from former agency Blockberry Creative.At midnight today (August 3), Loossemble and South Korean app Fromm Store announced the girl group’s upcoming 2023 ‘LOONA Assemble: the US Debut Ceremony’ tour.

Red Velvet have revealed plans to release their third studio album sometime this year.Yesterday (August 1), Red Velvet held a livestream called ‘Ladies Night’ to commemorate their ninth anniversary as a group. During the event, the girl group revealed that they are working on their long-awaited third studio album, which they aim to release sometime this year.“We are preparing our third full-length album,” member Yeri revealed near the end of the broadcast.

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ODD EYE CIRCLE are coming full (odd eye) circle.

SISTAR member Soyou has opened up about the possibility of the girl group having a reunion in the future.Yesterday (July 26), Soyou released her second mini-album ‘Summer Vibe’, the follow-up to her April 2022 release ‘Day & Night’. The project is notably led by the single ‘Aloha’, which featured fellow ex-SISTAR member Bora.At a showcase for the mini-album’s release, held at the Ilchi Art Hall in Seoul, Soyou revealed that the four former members of SISTAR – completed by Bora, Hyolyn and Dasom – often “always talk about performing as a group again” whenever they meet up with one another.“We all miss SISTAR,” Soyou said, per South Korean news outlet SBS Star.

LE SSERAFIM are set to release a new remix of ‘Eve, Psyche & the Bluebeard’s Wife’ with Rina Sawayama.Today (July 27), LE SSERAFIM dropped a teaser for a brand-new remix for their hit song, which will now feature Rina Sawayama. The upcoming rework is set to feature vocals from Japanese-British singer, alongside a reworked instrumental, and will drop tomorrow (July 28).Meanwhile, the visuals for the teaser features a giant apple rolling through the hallway of a school, towards a bright orange light.

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.

The youngest player in this year’s FIFA Women’s World Cup was born in the United States, but she’s not playing with Megan Rapinoe and the rest of the USWNT — she’s playing for South Korea.