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BLACKPINK singer Lisa‘s music video for ‘Money’ has reached 1billion views on YouTube, becoming the second member of the girl group to reach the milestone.The music video for Lisa’s viral song ‘Money’, which was first released in 2021, crossed the 1billion views mark on YouTube today (May 27). The Thai singer previously achieved this feat with BLACKPINK, whose music videos for songs such as ‘Ddu-du Ddu-du’, ‘Boombayah’ and more have also crossed 1billion views.With this achievement, Lisa has become the second member of BLACKPINK to reach 1billion views with a single music video, and the third solo K-pop artist to do so overall.

YG Entertainment has announced plans for BABYMONSTER and TREASURE to release new music in the coming months.Today (May 20), YG Entertainment released a video featuring founder Yang Hyun-suk announcing and detailing upcoming plans for BABYMONSTER and TREASURE to release new music in the coming months.Yang first announced that a performance video for BABYMONSTER’s ‘BABYMONS7ER’ album cut ‘Like That’, which was produced and gifted to the group by Charlie Puth, will be released sometime by the end of the month.He also shared that the seven-piece will then be gearing up to release their first full-length album sometime in October. While Yang himself only verbally mentioned October as a release window, the English subtitles noted that the release would be in “either September or October”.In the lead-up to BABYMONSTER’s upcoming album, Yang shared that the girl group will be dropping a song from the album as a pre-release single sometime in July.

TWICE singer Nayeon has unveiled a huge line-up of collaborations for her upcoming mini-album.On May 17 at Midnight KST, the K-pop idol dropped a “Collab Artist Reveal” video on YouTube. The clip features Nayeon logging into a virtual meeting, with each producer and artist revealing themselves as they join the call.Per the album’s official tracklist released on X, KISS OF LIFE rapper and vocalist Julie will appear on the song ‘Magic’, while singer-songwriter Sam Kim and AKMU’s Lee Chan-hyuk will feature on ‘Heaven’ and ‘HalliGalli’ respectively.

Zico has revealed that BLACKPINK‘s Jennie has “so many” unreleased solo songs, following their recent collaboration ‘Spot!’.Zico and BLACKPINK’s Jennie recently released their joint single ‘Spot!’. The song was the former’s first release since his 2022 mini-album ‘Grown Ass Kid’.

Stray Kids seem primed to tour this year, according to a recent interview the group did with Tommy Hilfiger at the Met Gala 2024.Tommy Hilfiger and Stray Kids were speaking to Vogue on the red carpet of the Met Gala 2024, when the iconic American fashion designer let it slip that the K-pop boyband “[are] embarking on a 40-city tour”, which had previously been unannounced.While the moment itself has since been removed from the official Vogue interview with Stray Kids and Hilfiger on YouTube, fans of the K-pop boyband have reposted the unedited version of the clip on X (formerly Twitter) with the fashion designer’s original remarks.Stray Kids siendo entrevistados junto a Tommy Hilfiger en la alfombra de la #MetGala 2024 STRAY KIDS REAWAKENS MET GALA #StrayKids_MetGala #스키즈_멧갈라_축하해 @Stray_Kids pic.twitter.com/3zvOmlukAQ— yuri

Zico has revealed that ‘Spot!’, his new collaboration with BLACKPINK‘s Jennie, was “crafted specifically” for the K-pop idol.In a new interview with Johnathan of YouTube channel The K-star Next Door, Zico opened up about the process that led to him collaborating with BLACKPINK singer Jennie on their new hit song, ‘Spot!’, and what it was like working together.The rapper revealed that he “didn’t pick the song first and then decide on the featuring artist” because he wanted to work with Jennie in particular. “I thought, ‘I want to collaborate with Jennie,’ and then created the song [which] was crafted specifically for [her],” he said, per SBS Star.Zico added that in addition to ‘Spot’, he had made “five other options” for Jennie to choose from.

BLACKPINK singer Lisa has signed a new deal with RCA Records for her future solo releases.BLACKPINK’s Lisa and her company LLOUND announced the new partnership with RCA Records today, alongside the launch of her new official website. The move comes two months after the singer founded LLOUD, which she previously described as a “platform to showcase my vision in music and entertainment”.Speaking about the new deal, Lisa said that she is “super excited to be joining the RCA family and I am confident they are the best team to create a bigger movement in my solo career”, per Variety.

YG Entertainment has refuted reports that it spent US$30million on BLACKPINK‘s contract renewals.According to a business report released by the company on March 22, YG Entertainment had stated a KRW41.2billion (about US$30million) sum for intangible assets last year.Per Korea JoongAng Daily, this is an accounting practice commonly used by music labels in South Korea when funds are needed for contract renewals. Of note, last year YG Entertainment had secured the contract renewal of K-pop girl group BLACKPINK for group activities, following a months-long negotiation process.However, YG Entertainment has since denied that all the funds were used for that purpose, in a statement to Korea JoongAng Daily. “There were various other contract renewals as well as new contracts formed over various intellectual property,” a YG Entertainment spokesperson said.The label added that it “cannot disclose the contract details”, but noted that “the amount in question cannot be considered exclusive to BLACKPINK’s contract extension”.In the same report, Korea JoongAng Daily also noted that YG Entertainment said that it is “planning” for group activities from BLACKPINK.

BABYMONSTER have announced their upcoming 2024 ‘See You There’ fanmeet tour, featuring concerts in Singapore, Thailand and more.Today (March 18), BABYMONSTER announced the cities for their upcoming 2024 ‘See You There’ fanmeet tour. While specific dates have yet to be revealed, the girl group will hold events in Tokyo, Jakarta, Singapore, Taipei and Bangkok in the coming months.Ticketing and venue details have yet to be released for BABYMONSTER’s upcoming tour.

BABYMONSTER‘s upcoming mini-album ‘BABYMONS7ER’ is set to include a song called ‘Like That’, which was a “gift” to the band by Charlie Puth.YG Entertainment uploaded a new video earlier today (March 18) featuring founder Yang Hyun-suk breaking down all the tracks on the girl group’s upcoming record first mini-album, ‘BABYMONS7ER’, including ‘Like That’.“I think this will be a surprise for everyone,” Yang said, before revealing that “Charlie Puth gifted BABYMONSTER a song”. He also shared that Puth’s gift to the band was in response to Ahyeon’s viral cover of his song ‘Dangerously’ when she was a trainee, which has since amassed over 39million views on YouTube.“Charlie Puth is an artist I really admire and the members are also big fans of him,” Yang added.

BLACKPINK have officially joined Spotify’s ‘Billions Club’ with their hit 2020 single ‘How You Like That’.BLACKPINK’s ‘How You Like That’ crossed one billion streams earlier this week, becoming the first K-pop girl group to reach this milestone. Notably, group member Lisa had previously made it to the list in September 2023 with her viral solo song ‘Money’.The song has since been added into Spotify’s official ‘Billions Club’ playlist, alongside other hit tracks that have also surpassed one billion streams on the music platform.

BLACKPINK member Jennie‘s music video for ‘Solo’ has reached 1billion views on YouTube, becoming only the second K-pop soloist to do so.The music video for Jennie’s debut solo single ‘Solo’, which was first released in 2018, crossed the 1billion views mark on YouTube today (February 29). She previously achieved this milestone as a member of BLACKPINK, whose music videos for songs such as ‘Ddu-du Ddu-du’, ‘Boombayah’ and more have also crossed 1billion views.With this achieve, Jennie has become the second-ever solo K-pop artist to reach 1billion views with a single music video.

YG Entertainment rookie girl group BABYMONSTER have dropped the first teaser for their forthcoming first mini-album, ‘BABYMONS7ER’.BABYMONSTER announced the mini-album today (February 28) with the release of a brief teaser clip, which uploaded to the group’s YouTube channel. The 20-second clip features an official logo for ‘BABYMONS7ER’ backed by strong hip-hop instrumentation, presumably lifted from the album itself.The teaser also revealed that the K-pop girl group’s upcoming record will be released on April 1 at midnight KST.

BLACKPINK singer Jisoo has officially launched her own solo label, named Blissoo.BLACKPINK’s Jisoo revealed that she has started her own label, called Blisso. In a statement on Instagram Stories, the singer described the launch of Blissoo as her “new start”.

Lisa, also known as a member of K-pop girl group BLACKPINK, will be making her acting debut in The White Lotus season three.BLACKPINK’s Lisa has joined the cast of the third season of The White Lotus, according to a new report by Variety. Her role in the series is being kept confidential, as is the cast with other casting moves in the upcoming season, but it will notably be the K-pop idol’s acting debut.Also of note, The White Lotus season three will be set in Lisa’s home country of Thailand.

YG Entertainment, the label behind BABYMONSTER, has announced the return of pre-debut member Ahyeon to the group.Today (January 25), in a surprise announcement on YouTube, YG Entertainment founder Yang Hyun-suk revealed that Ahyeon has rejoined K-pop girl group BABYMONSTER. Ahyeon had initially been part of the line-up of BABYMONSTER, but had to delay her debut due to “heath reasons”.“Ahyeon has fully recovered her health and as of today, [she] is back at YG,” he said.

Apartment 404, starring BLACKPINK‘s Jennie. Here’s everything we know about the upcoming series.On December 20, 2023, tvN announced the cast of Apartment 404 in a video uploaded on its official YouTube channel.The series will notably star Jennie of K-pop girl group BLACKPINK.

Jennie of K-pop girl group BLACKPINK has revealed why she started her own label.In December 2023, BLACKPINK’s Jennie announced that she had launched her own label, called Odd Atelier, to start her “solo journey in 2024”. Days later, YG Entertainment confirmed that Jennie, along with her fellow BLACKPINK bandmates, had not renewed their individual contracts with the agency.Earlier this week, Jennie appeared at the KBS Hall in Seoul, South Korea to record an episode for the fourth season of The Seasons, featuring new host Lee Hyo-ri.During her appearance, Jennie told Lee Hyo-ri that while BLACKPINK’s group activities will still be “managed by the same agency I’ve worked with for the past seven years”, she decided to launch her own company as she wanted “more freedom and ease for my solo activities”, per SBS Star.“My long-time crew joined me on this journey.

NCT Dream win the ceremony’s Daesang (grand prize) for a second consecutive year, while BTS, SEVENTEEN, NewJeans and more took home various other prizes in numerous categories.SEVENTEEN bagged the trophy for Best Album with ‘FML’, a mini-album released in April 2023, while rookie girl group NewJeans went home with the award for Best Song for ‘OMG’, which released in January 2023.Meanwhile, K-pop titans BLACKPINK and BTS were each awarded the World Best Artist Award and World Trend Artist Award respectively, while Rookie of the Year went to two acts: RIIZE and ZEROBASEONE. Both boybands also took home two of the 18 Bonsangs (main prizes) given out that evening.Daesang (Grand Prize)NCT DreamBonsang (Main Prize) winners aespa (G)I-DLE IVE BTS’ Jimin BTS’ Jungkook Kang Daniel Lim Young-woong NCT Dream NewJeans NMIXX RIIZE SEVENTEEN STAYC Stray Kids Sunmi BTS’ V Young Tak ZEROBASEONEWorld Best Artist AwardBLACKPINKWorld Trend Artist AwardBTSRookie of the YearRIIZE ZEROBASEONEBest Performance of the YearBilllieFan Choice of the Year VOST Award EXO’s Baekhyun – ‘Hello’ from Dr. Romantic season threeBallad AwardDay6’s YoungKBand AwardXdinary HeroesTrot AwardYoung TakR&B/Hip-Hop AwardDynamic DuoDiscovery of the Year FIFTY FIFTYK-pop Special Award Sandara ParkGlobal Producer Award GOT7’s Mark Tuan, Youngjae and BamBamNew Wave Star AwardKISS OF LIFE PLAVE YujuY Global Special Awardn.SsignPopularity Award Kim Ho-joongBest Thai ArtistFourth Gemini NuNew Zee Pruk

BABYMONSTER have announced their new single, ‘Stuck in the Middle’.‘Stuck in the Middle’ was announced on New Year’s Eve (December 31) by Yang Hyun-suk, the founder of YG Entertainment, which the girl group are signed to.‘Stuck in the Middle’ is expected to be released on February 1, and has been described by Yang as “not a hip-hop track”. “It’s so fresh to me that I wonder if YG [Entertainment] has ever released a song like this,” he added.“If I were to share my personal opinion about it, whenever I listen to this song, I close my eyes, it feels like being in a state of zero gravity in outer space,” Yang continued about BABYMONSTER’s new song.“The skills and unique colours of the members’ vocals make me want to focus on even the smallest breath,” he added.

BLACKPINK have not renewed their individual contracts with YG Entertainment.Today (December 29), YG Entertainment announced in a statement to South Korean news outlet Xsportsnews that the four members of K-pop girl group BLACKPINK – Jennie, Jisoo, Rosé and Lisa – would not be renewing their individual contracts with the agency.“We have agreed not to proceed with additional contracts for [the members’] individual activities,” YG Entertainment said, as translated by Soompi. “We will do our utmost to support BLACKPINK’s activities, and we will cheer on the members’ individual activities with warm hearts.”The news comes just days after Jennie launched her own label, Odd Atelier (OA).