A parliamentary forum on K-pop trainees revealed accounts of abuse, depression and harassment, prompting calls for better legal safeguards.

YouTube video by LIGHTSUM 라잇썸 (Official YouTube Channel)

The entertainment agencies invested in cultivating a market for k-pop in Japan in the early aughts understood that building the brand required a multi-pronged approach. One of these prongs, as I have....

YouTube video by KBS 레전드 케이팝

지난 11월 연예계에서 반복되는 권력 남용으로부터 아이돌의 권익을 보호하기 위한 ‘아이돌노동조합설립준비위원회’가 출범했다. 이는 국내 최초의 아이돌 노동조합 설립 시도로 기대를 모았으나, 우리신문사는 22일 준비위원장이자 아이돌 그룹 ‘틴탑’에서 활동했던 방민수씨와의 인터뷰에서 노조 설립이 무산됐음을 확인했다. 아이돌이 근로자로 인정받는 길은 정말 요원한가...

A former Teen Top member withdrew a proposed idol union after it drew only two listed members, exposing fears over agency power and legal uncertainty.

In k-pop, summer music videos are cyclical. Tied to the arrival of the season—although there are the inevitable early and latecomers—every year they are released without fail, transcending...

YouTube video by 동네친구 강나미 [Kangnami]

A government-backed K-culture festival has revived a question that follows Korean pop culture abroad: how much of it was the government's doing? The question wa

Quarterly Debut Reviews are a supplementary series to my annual Periodic Rookie Group Reports, which are published quarterly. Each installment covers three rookie groups that debuted over the past...

YouTube video by Mnet K-POP

The girl group GPP is a new entry in a burgeoning segment of the k-pop industry: the taxonomically ambiguous group. That is, they straddle multiple labels—k-pop, j-pop, global—while fitting none...

Explore this post and more from the kpop community

Secret Official YouTube Channel

Media group SBS is banking on AI-assisted production, justice-serving storytelling and sequels to keep viewers hooked on its drama lineup through the first half of 2027.

YouTube video by Jamiya Wilson Studio

We look back at this decade in idol so far through songs by iLiFE, FRUIT ZIPPER, RAY and many more

Quarterly Debut Reviews are a supplementary series to my biannual Periodic Rookie Group Reports, which are published quarterly. Each installment covers three rookie groups that debuted over the past.....

First of all yes. It is suggested they did this to prove more or less that they could sing live. HOWEVER most first gen artists only sung live occasionally so personally my theory is that the members....

YouTube video by 월간 윤종신

20. Lee Hyein (2eehyein) After a hiatus of several years, this series is more time capsule than a “who’s who” of creatives behind your favorite music videos. Many of the directors I previously covered...

Nine members of boy band The Boyz claimed that they had not received any settlement payments from One Hundred Label, disputing the agency's previous claims.

YouTube video by 안녕하세요원이입니다잘부탁드립니다