Did ‘SMTOWN 2022’ Concert Break A New Record?

SM Entertainment’s online concert 'SMTOWN 2022 : SMCU EXPRESS @KWANGYA' amassed 51 million streams from 161 different regions. The South Korean agency confirmed it set a new view record for a Korean online concert, compared to over 35 million-plus viewers from last year’s SMTOWN Live “Culture Humanity” event. '#SMTOWN2022 : SMCU EXPRESS @ KWANGYA' records…

January 3, 20220Comments

BySamar Khouri

Daebak

Red Velvet’s Joy And Crush Are Dating

Red Velvet member Joy and R&B singer-songwriter Crush are officially dating, their management agencies. Crush's agency, P Nation, and Joy's management agency, SM Entertainment, made the same statement. The pair are said to have gotten closer while working on Crush's single "Mayday" in May last year. Shortly after the Red Velvet member addressed her own…

August 23, 20210Comments

BySamar Khouri

Daebak

Is Super Junior’s Donghae In Dubai?

Is Donghae in Dubai? It seems the Super Junior member is missing the emirate instead. The K-Pop superstar shared with his 6.6 million Instagram followers two selfie images of himself with Burj Khalifa against the backdrop on Sunday, with the caption that loosely translates to "I want to go to Dubai :)…

August 2, 20210Comments

BySamar Khouri

Events

Update: UAE’S K-Pop Concert In April Postponed

UAE's forthcoming virtual concert has been postponed to April 4 to pay tribute to the death of His Highness Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Deputy Ruler of Dubai and Minister of Finance. A part of the ‘Korea-UAE Festival’, the ‘Korea-UAE K-Pop Festival’ is still set to feature line-up of stellar artists such as Mamamoo,…

March 27, 20210Comments

BySamar Khouri

Music

Baekhyun’s First Japanese Ep Is A Hit In The UAE

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…

January 20, 20210Comments

BySamar Khouri