Warner Music Korea denies claims that it attempted to poach FIFTY FIFTY, calls allegations “groundless”

The young person at the centre of the BBC controversy said "nothing inappropriate or unlawful" took place between them and the presenter.

The Barbie soundtrack, to its credit, has produced more memorable pop moments than most major motion picture soundtracks. Highlights include Ice Spice and Nicki Minaj's "Barbie World" (which interpolates Aqua's "Barbie Girl" and is now a top 10 hit), Charli XCX softening up the edges of her Vroom Vroom era for "Speed Drive," and PinkPantheress mixing club music, '90s pop, and Irish fiddle for the delightful and supremely weird "Angel." On Thursday, K-pop group FIFTY FIFTY and Kaliii kept the streak going with "Barbie Dreams," the soundtrack's latest cut.

Kyle Richards has confirmed that she is not dating Morgan Wade after rumors suggested that the country singer contributed to Richards’ separation from husband Mauricio Umansky.

Fifty Fifty has teamed up with rapper Kaliiii for the latest single from the “Barbie” soundtrack.

Candace Cameron Bure is coming under fire (yet again!) for claims she tried to get the first queer character “removed” from Fuller House!

Junny has released a new digital single ‘Invitation’ featuring South Korean rapper Gaeko, who is also half of hip-hop duo Dynamic Duo.On July 6 at 6pm KST, Junny unveiled the music video for his brand-new digital single ‘Invitation’. The new visual sees the singer trapped in a room as he serenades a statue using a vacuum cleaner as a mic stand.“Stay though the night, just me and you / Just until the sun rises, baby stay with me / I just wanna get close to you / All I wanna do is take you to my place,” he sings on the chorus.‘Invitation’ is the singer-songwriter’s second release of 2023 following his digital single ‘Optimist’ in March, which featured South Korean rapper Blase.

Matt Donnelly Senior Film Writer Of all the impressive skills Barbie has amassed in her 64 years as a working doll, who knew that cartography would be a focal point of her highly anticipated summer movie debut? But here we are. Trailers for the upcoming “Barbie,” from director Greta Gerwig and Warner Bros. Pictures, have led to the dissemination of a controversial map used in the film – one depicted in a scene with stars Margot Robbie and Kate McKinnon (known in the film as “Weird Barbie”) — and the studio is speaking up after days of international headlines. “The map in Barbie Land is a child-like crayon drawing,” a spokesperson for the Warner Bros. Film Group told Variety. “The doodles depict Barbie’s make-believe journey from Barbie Land to the ‘real world.’ It was not intended to make any type of statement.”

Zack Sharf Digital News Director Emilia Clarke told the Los Angeles Times that she disagrees with people who claim that acting in front of a green screen isn’t “real” acting. Clarke’s onscreen career has spanned several big franchises, from “Game of Thrones” to “Star Wars” to “The Terminator,” and now the Marvel Cinematic Universe in the Disney+ series “Secret Invasion,” many of which required her to interact with green screens. “The stigma is that people don’t do any acting in these shows,” Clarke said, referring to performing while standing in front of a green screen. “[But] then you’re like, ‘Well, then why are they asking all these great actors to do it, and why are they saying yes?'”

Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor Canva, the software company that hosts an “all-in-one visual communication platform,” announced partnerships with Warner Music Group and Merlin to let Canva customers use music clips in their designs. With the deals, Canva will become the first visual design platform to add commercially released music clips at the point of creation for content that can be shared across multiple platforms. Starting this fall, the libraries of Warner Music Group (including Warner Recorded Music and Warner Chappell Music) and Merlin will be available for Canva Pro, Canva for Education and Canva for Nonprofit customers to add music clips to their designs, with small teams using Canva for Teams to follow.

FIFTY FIFTY is suing their agency, ATTRAKT.

K-pop girl group FIFTY FIFTY have filed a lawsuit against their agency Attrakt to suspend their exclusive contracts.On June 28, South Korean law firm BARUN released a statement on behalf of the girl group, announcing that they had filed to suspend their exclusive contracts with entertainment agency Attrakt due to its violation of contract terms.“The four members filed an application for provisional disposition suspending the validity of their exclusive contracts to the Seoul Central District Court on June 19, and the trial is currently underway,” said BARUN, per eDaily and translated by Soompi. “This is due to the fact that Attrakt violated contract terms and took actions that resulted in the destruction of a relationship based on trust.”The firm also alleged that Attrakt had been “discrediting” the members of FIFTY FIFTY through its continuous media statements in recent days.

Darrell Issa Guest Columnist Darrell Issa, Chairman of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet represents California’s 48th Congressional District. Later today on the Nashville, TN campus of Belmont University, I’ll convene a field hearing of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet. The hearing won’t just take place in Music City, USA but five years after Congress achieved that rarest of things: A consensus solution that recognized the rights of musical artists and created a way they could be compensated fairly by publishers. It may be hard for some to believe, but at the time we crafted this legislation, the music industry and other content owners were being crushed by widespread piracy and an inability to monetize the value of musical creativity.

Cardi B was just celebrating her husband last night at the BET Awards, but this morning they began bashing each other on social media with claims of infidelity. It all started on Monday morning when Offset, real name Kiari Kendrell Cephus shared a since-deleted post on his Instagram story with his 21.8 million followers claiming that Cardi cheated on him with another man.After Offset shared his post-Cardi B took to Twitter where she recorded a live Twitter Space.

Rod Stewart is not showing signs of slowing down anytime soon. The rock legend clarified to fans about retirement rumors after he announced his decision to dive into other genres of music.  The "Forever Young" singer noted he will "never retire" and assured fans he is not abandoning rock ‘n’ roll as his original statement seemed to indicate. "I'd like to clear up any confusion that I may have caused with my dear fans and the media," Stewart, 78, penned on Instagram.

Prince Harry's reps have rubbished reports he wanted to interview infamous public figures including Putin and Trump about their “upbringing and childhood trauma”. According to Bloomberg, Harry had spoken to “multiple producers and production houses” to discuss the possible idea and, although he listened to other people’s ideas, he mostly “stuck by his own”.The report came days after Harry and Meghan’s £15 million Spotify podcast deal was scrapped.

AleXa has spoken out on the hate she has received has a half-Korean K-pop idol.In a recent livestream, as archived by fans on TikTok, AleXa opened up about being called the “White girl idol”. The singer also touched on how she feels she is treated differently from other half-Korean K-pop idols such as SEVENTEEN‘s Vernon, former MOMOLAND member Nancy and ex-I.O.I singer Jeon Somi.“Is it because I’m American that people choose to treat me differently and that I didn’t grow up in Korea?” AleXa said during the livestream.

K-pop boyband Stray Kids have released the music video for ‘Topline’, from their latest album ‘5-Star’.In the new music video, Stray Kids and featured artist Tiger JK perform the high-octane song in a warehouse atop shopping containers, as money falls from the sky.“On the top line, we swing to the beat show / Ha, hotline, hot, hot, we about to blow, top line / We can see the world under our feet, we’re the top line / Your neck must be stiff from only looking up,” they rap.‘5-Star’ includes a total of 12 songs, including the single ’S-Class’. The record also features their August 2022 track ‘Mixtape: Time Out’, as well as a Korean version of their Japanese single ‘The Sound’, plus ‘Get Lit’ and ‘DLC’.‘5-Star’ is Stray Kids’ first domestic release in over seven months, following their mini-album ‘Maxident’ in October 2022, as well as their first studio album since 2021’s ‘NOEASY’.The record has since become Stray Kids’ third consecutive Billboard 200 Number One, following their two 2022 releases, ‘Maxident’ and ‘Oddinary’.In other K-pop news, Tomorrow X Together (TXT) are set to collaborate with the Jonas Brothers on a brand-new single called ‘Do It Like That’.

‘Halli-Galli’ is notably produced by Hot Sauce, a JYP Entertainment producer. In addition to the title track, PLAN B’s debut release will include two other songs, ‘LON (Overflow)’ and ‘Sunday to Monday’.The upcoming H.LAND Entertainment group comprises five members: Hwi, Roy, Hao, James and Han, who hail from South Korea, Thailand and China.Members Roy and James had previously participated in the reality TV competition Seven Stars, through which Thai-Korean boyband THE7 was formed.

“The Idol” is not returning for Season 2 were debunked Thursday, with HBO PR tweeting, “It is being misreported that a decision on a second season of The Idol has been determined. It has not, and we look forward to sharing the next episode with you Sunday night.”The response came after a story from Page Six stated that the currently airing season of the controversial musical drama starring The Weeknd and Lily-Rose Depp would be its first and only.

K-pop stadium concert later this year.On June 14, the Korea Management Federation (KMF), which represents at least 350 Korean entertainment agencies, announced that Poland would soon be hosting the a massive K-pop festival this September at a venue with a capacity of 50,000 people. It will be the first K-pop stadium concert held in the country.The upcoming concert, titled ‘2023 K-pop Nation x Korea Music Festival’, will be held at the PGE Narodowy Stadium in Warsaw on September 23.