Author: Samar Khouri

Girls’ Generation Seo Hyun and Lee Jun-young are all set up to star alongside each other on new Korean romance film ‘Moral Sense(WT)’. Directed by Park Hyun-jin, the Netflix original is based on the popular webtoon of the same name on a different kind of romance between a man and a woman who engages in a “special” relationship with her co-worker after she accidentally stumbles upon his secret. ‘Moral Sense(WT)’ will be her first role in a movie. She recently played a shapeshifting swindler in the k-drama ‘Private Lives’. The male lead in the “cheerful and provocative romance film” will be…

The BlackPink member will be releasing her debut solo album, ‘R’, and title track is ‘On The Ground’ on March 12. Rosé is finally making her long-awaited solo debut and the countdown has begun! On March 1, YG Entertainment and the singer initially shared two teaser images, without revealing the title and tracks of the upcoming musical project. “My very first single, On The Ground is finally coming out on March 12th!!! To everyone who has been waiting patiently, thank you and I can’t wait for you guys to hear the song 🌹” she said on her personal Instagram post.…

GOT7’s Yugyeom is beginning his new music career by signing with a hip-hop label AOMG. Yugyeom and AOMG fueled speculation when they simultaneously dropped a “dance visual” video, dancing to ‘Franchise’ by Travis Scott featuring Young Thug and M.I.A. alongside a crew set against the backdrop of a grand construction site. “We are here to announce that YUGYEOM is officially signed with AOMG to take a new step together. Please keep your eyes out on YUGYEOM’s various musical activities with AOMG,” the label said on Instagram. The video confirmed earlier reports that he signed with AOMG, home to artists such…

Blackpink’s Lisa has been selected to be part of the jury of the 2021 ANDAM (Association Nationale de Developpement des Arts de la Mode) Fashion Awards this summer. Born as Lalisa Manobal, she is the only K-Pop idol to help select the next winner of the prestigious French prize during all the candidate selection process this year. As part of the 14-person guest jury, the Thai rapper, singer and dancer will join a diverse list of creative types, that includes French singer and actress Lou Doillon; photographer Juergen Teller, investor and entrepreneur Natalie Massenet, Chinese singer Chris Lee, Amazon’s head of fashion direction Sally…

Surprise suprise! On the occasion of Valentine’s Day, Netflix Korea has gifted fans with a sweet gift, announcing that the second season of ‘Love Alarm’ will be out on March 12. The Korean-based social media platform shared on its social media channels two image stills of the K-drama with the launch date. ‘Love Alarm’ is centred in an alternate reality where an application by an unknown developer alerts people if someone within a 10-meter radius has romantic feelings for them. Based on a popular webtoon of the same name by South Korea’s renowned graphic novelist Kye Young-chon, the 12-episode series…

BTS’ pastel-coloured ensemble outfits in the music video of the mega-hit song ‘Dynamite’ sold for a total of $162,500, eight times its estimate price. It was forecasted to auction off between $20,000 – $40,000. The MusiCares Charity Relief Auction was hosted by Julien’s Auctions on Sunday, with all proceeds to benefit MusiCares, the the philanthropic arm of the Recording Academy. The BTS collection of outfits worn by RM, Jin, Suga, J-hope, Jimin, V and Jungkook went to a Japanese art collector, Yusaku Maezawa, and top Japanese YouTuber HIKAKIN. This isn’t the first time the Grammy-nominated septet have auctioned off their…

Sibling duo AKMU have renewed their contract with YG Entertainment for another five years, the agency said on Tuesday. Lee Chan-hyuk said YG has reliably supported them for seven years “without any small conflict or clash in opinion,” while his younger sister Lee Su-hyun added that she never considered leaving the South Korean giant. AKMU rose to popularity after winning first place on SBS audition program ‘K-Pop Star Season 2’ back in 2012. After signing with YG Entertainment, the singer-songwriting duo released popular songs including ‘200%’, ‘Give Love’, ‘Last Goodbye’, and ‘Dinosaur’. Their song ‘How Can I Love the Heartbreak,…

Youngjae, who shared the news on his personal Instagram, was the first artist announced to have joined the South Korean label— home to Song Kang Ho, Rain, EXID’s Hani, and T-ara’s Hyomin—on January 20. GOT7 members Jackson Wang and Youngjae have both signed an exclusive contract with Sublime Artist Agency. Two days later, Sublime Artist Agency confirmed that it signed a strategic partnership with Jackson’s label, Team Wang. “TEAM WANG and SAA will engage in extensive global collaboration in 2021,” the firms said on Twitter. “We are collaborating across varying business functions and conducting business in the music industry, production,…

Baekhyun, the lead singer of K-Pop boy group EXO, released his first solo Japanese EP, titled ‘BAEKHYUN’ on Wednesday. And it was a hit in the UAE! His debut Japanese musical offering climbed to the top spot on the iTunes all-genre, K-Pop and pop albums chart. The lead track ‘Get You Alone’, which was first performed during his first solo concert on January 3 and pre-released the following day, landed seventh on the iTunes songs chart, while dominating the K-Pop and pop songs chart in the UAE. The main track of the love-themed album will be “Get You Alone,” which…

Korean sci-fi thriller film ‘Space Sweepers’ is set to be released on Netflix on February 5, globally and in the UAE. It features a star-studded lineup, that includes Song Joong-ki, Kim Tae-ri, Jin Sun-kyu and Yoo Hai-jin, and is directed by Jo Sung-hee, who is known for his work in ‘A Werewolf Boy’ and ‘Phantom Detective’. Produced by Bidangil Pictures, the upcoming feature, set in 2092, is about a crew of a cosmic waste management spacecraft, ‘Spaceship Victory’, who discover a humanlike robot, named Dorothy. They realize that the 7-year-old girl the humanlike robot wanted by UTS Space Guards, and decide to…