Breaking: NewJeans To Terminate Contract With ADOR

Members of NewJeans have announced at their emergency press conference that they have decided to terminate their contracts with their agency ADOR. Contract termination The chart-topping girl group claims ADOR, an affiliate of behemoth HYBE, failed to protect them, accusing the company of "mistreatment" and the management firm’s breach of contract. “We faced mistreatment not…

November 28, 20240Comments

BySamar Khouri

Celebs

IWD: Meet IFPI’s Best-Selling K-Pop Girl Groups Of 2023

The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) revealed it was a “record year” for K-pop stars as six acts made it in the top 20 of its latest biggest-selling recording artists tally. The recorded music industry representative body ranked the world’s top musical acts of 2023 based on an artist’s or group’s worldwide…

March 8, 20240Comments

BySamar Khouri

Music

NewJeans Drops Single ‘OMG’. Here’s Where It Charted In The Middle East.

K-Pop rookie group NewJeans kicked off the new year with the single 'OMG.' New single The lyrics of the hip-hop, R&B track talks about the desire to get close to a love interest for the first time, with awkward distance and cautious emotion. According to the album's distributor YG Plus, preorders for 'OMG'…

January 2, 20230Comments

BySamar Khouri

Music

KCON 2022 Saudi Arabia Welcomes 20,000 Concertgoers

KCON 2022 Saudi Arabia welcomed 20,000 offline attendees and garnered 8.2 million viewers across 213 regions. CJ ENM exclusively confirmed the numbers to Forbes Middle East. Held at the end of September, the annual Korean culture convention featured K-Pop acts such as ATEEZ, NewJeans, SUNMI, RAIN, ONEUS, and HYOLYN. It was the first…

November 7, 20220Comments

BySamar Khouri

Events

KCON Is Coming To Saudi Arabia For First Time

Much to the delight of regional K-Pop fans, KCON will be extended for the first time to Saudi Arabia end of this next month. K-Pop acts Sunmi, THE BOYZ, P1Harmony, Rain, PENTAGON, and SECRET NUMBER, will be performing on September 30. ATEEZ, ONEUS, STAYC, NewJeans, Hyolyn, and T01 will take to the stage the…

September 8, 20220Comments

BySamar Khouri