KISS OF LIFE: Last News

NME’s latest stars of The Cover, KISS OF LIFE, have compiled an exclusive playlist to accompany the story’s launch – check it out below.The K-pop girl group are on this week’s (December 2) edition of The Cover, a renewal of NME’s commitment to supporting emerging talent across the globe on a weekly basis. Every week, a rising artist will feature on The Cover – you can read the profile of KISS OF LIFE here, written by Rhian Daly and featuring photography by Ahn Hongje.To accompany The Cover, KISS OF LIFE have put together an exclusive playlist, ‘Songs To Lose Yourself In’.

GOT7 singer BamBam has stepped down from his role as the host of YouTube talk show Bam’s House, with KISS OF LIFE’s Natty set to take over.Yesterday (November 6), the Bam’s House YouTube channel uploaded a video announcement from BamBam. In the video, the GOT7 singer shared that he would be stepping down from his role as host of the YouTube show.“I’m leaving you this video message because I’ve got a lot of news to share,” he said.

KISS OF LIFE have released a music video for ‘Get Loud’, a single from their latest mini-album ‘Lose Yourself’.The clip for ‘Get Loud’ finds KISS OF LIFE performing the high-energy songs across a variety of locations, including a gourmet restaurant and a large soundstage where they hold a dance battle against themselves. “Get loud / The bass getting louder, I’m down / Baby come and give it to me,” they sing on the chorus.During a press showcase for the mini-album’s release, Belle said that ‘Lose Yourself’ is a project that “captures the journey of artists pursuing their dreams”, per The Korea Times.

KISS OF LIFE have announced their upcoming 2024 ‘Kiss Road’ world tour, featuring concerts in Asia and the US.Today (August 26), KISS OF LIFE and their agency S2 Entertainment announced the first batch of dates for the girl group’s 2024 world tour, titled ‘Kiss Road’. The tour will be the K-pop act’s first-ever world tour, following their 2023 debut.The quartet will kick-off their tour in October with a two-date show in Seoul, South Korea.

TWICE’s Nayeon and KISS OF LIFE’s Julie recently surprised the audience at Waterbomb Seoul 2024 with a live performance of their collaboration, ‘Magic’.Over thew weekend, TWICE singer Nayeon performed a set on Day 3 of the annual Waterbomb Festival 2024 in Seoul. During her performance, the K-pop star brought out KISS OF LIFE member Julie to perform their song ‘Magic’ live for the first time.‘Magic’ was first released last month as part of Nayeon’s second solo mini-album ‘NA’.

K-pop girl group KISS OF LIFE have released a music video teaser for their upcoming single ‘Sticky’.In the new teaser, the quartet preview a snippet of the upcoming song along with its energetic choreography. “How long until we fall in love?,” they sing in the snippet.

Jay Park has teamed up with KISS OF LIFE member Natty for his new single, ‘Taxi Blurr’.The music video for ‘Taxi Blurr’, shot in the old-school 4:3 aspect ratio, opened with Jay Park and KISS OF LIFE’s Natty heading to a hotel in separate cabs. Following various dance sequences around the hotel, the duo meet up at a club, where they finally perform the new song together.“Call a cab right now, baby girl just pull up / I’m too drunk to pick you up, sorry / With some good times I’ll make it up to you / Call a cab right now, baby girl just pull up,” the duo sing on the R&B song’s chorus.‘Taxi Blurr’ is one of two songs on Jay Park’s new digital single album, ‘Jay Park Season 2’, a follow-up to April’s ‘Jay Park Season 1’.

KISS OF LIFE have dropped their brand-new single ‘Midas Touch’, alongside a dazzling music video.In the official music video for ‘Midas Touch’, the four members of KISS OF LIFE embody age-old characters from Greek mythology and give them a charming, modern twist as their touch turns their love interests into stone. It is one of two song’s on KISS OF LIFE’s new single album of the same name, alongside the B-side track ‘Nothing’.“When I touch ya, kiss ya, you’re gon realise / Baby don’t you think too much / Boy, if I touch ya, kiss ya, watch out / The gaze that changed in an instant / You see, I got the Midas Touch,” they sing on the ’90s-tinged song’s chorus.‘Midas Touch’ marks KISS OF LIFE’s first comeback this year, having last released music in November 2023 with their second mini-album ‘Born To Be XX’, led by lead single ‘Bad News’.

KISS OF LIFE have said that they would love to collaborate with Sabrina Carpenter and Usher.KISS OF LIFE recently made a guest appearance on the DIVE Studios talk show The Daebak Show, hosted by Korean-American singer Eric Nam. During their time on the episode, the quartet revealed the artists that would love to collaborate with, including Sabrina Carpenter and Usher.Member Belle mentioned Carpenter as her “dream collaborator”, citing her love for songs such as ‘Because I like a boy’, ‘feather’, ‘Mona Lisa’ and more, before giving the singer a personal shout-out.Nam then echoed Belle’s sentiments, saying that he especially likes Carpenter’s hit song ‘Nonsense’.

KISS OF LIFE singer Belle recently covered Ariana Grande’s ‘Honeymoon Avenue’, from the latter’s debut album ‘Yours Truly’.Belle’s cover of Ariana Grande’s fan-favourite 2013 track was released over the weekend on KISS OF LIFE’s official YouTube channel. Belle’s rendition of the mid-tempo ‘Yours Truly’ track remains largely true to the original, but omits the second verse and chorus.“I feel like my heart is stuck in bumper-to-bumper traffic / I’m under pressure, ’cause I can’t have you the way that I want / Let’s just go back to the way it was / When we were on Honeymoon Avenue,” she sings in the chorus.‘Honeymoon Avenue’ is the second Grande song Belle has covered in recent months.

K-pop girl group KISS OF LIFE has covered songs by Beyoncé, Meghan Trainor and more.Belle recently appeared as a guest on a new episode of music talk show Lee Mujin Service, where she introduced her girl group KISS OF LIFE and their latest mini-album, ‘Born to Be XX’.During the episode, the vocalist performed several songs, including a stripped-down cover of ‘Plastic Off The Sofa’ from Beyoncé’s 2022 album ‘Renaissance’, which traded the original’s R&B instrumental for a simple piano accompaniment.“Say, say you won’t change / I love the little things that make you, you / Ooh, the rest of the world is strange, stay in our lane / Just you and me and our family / I think you’re so cool,” she sings.She also covered South Korean singer Lyn’s ‘Ring Tone’, snippets of BLACKPINK’s ‘Shut Down’ and LE SSERAFIM’s ‘Unforgiven’, the latter of which she helped pen. Belle also sang ‘Says It’, a track she composed for KISS OF LIFE’s recent project.At the end of the episode, she teamed up with host and singer Lee Mu-jin to sing Meghan Trainor and John Legend’s ‘Like I’m Gonna Lose You’.

KISS OF LIFE member Belle recently covered Ariana Grande‘s 2013 ballad with Nathan Sykes, ‘Almost Is Never Enough’.KISS OF LIFE’s Belle made an appearance on the South Korean radio station KBS Cool FM on Friday (November 24), where she performed a faithful live rendition of the Ariana Grande ballad.“Almost, almost is never enough / So close to being in love / If I would have known that you wanted me / The way I wanted you,” she sings on the cover.Belle, who is best known as a co-writer of LE SSERAFIM’s hit single ‘Unforgiven’, made her debut as a K-pop idol with KISS OF LIFE earlier this year. The girl group released their first mini-album, which was self-titled, in July 2023.Earlier this month, KISS OF LIFE made their return with their second mini-album, ‘Born to be XX’, featuring the title track ‘Bad News’.

KISS OF LIFE have released their new music video for ‘Bad News’.The music video for ‘Bad News’ finds the members of KISS OF LIFE facing off against those who have wronged them, from a rude man on the subway to a school bully.“One by onе, surprised by bad news / We got thе moves, spreading, worldwide / Check my profile on the website (Hey) / Oh, I, you won’t be able to close your mouth,” they sing on the R&B-inspired song.‘Bad News’ is the title track of KISS OF LIFE’s second mini-album, ‘Born to be XX’. The project comes just four months after the girl group made their debut in July 2023 with their self-titled mini-album.“Our second mini-album ‘Born to be XX’ shows the duality of things,” member Belle said during a press showcase, per Korea JoongAng Daily.

KISS OF LIFE have performed a medley cover of Jessie J’s hit songs ‘Bang Bang’ and ‘Ain’t Been Done’.KISS OF LIFE recently made an appearance at the 2023 ‘Runway To Seoul’ event, which was hosted by hosted by WWD Korea and Seoul Business Agency. During their set, the K-pop girl group performed a medley cover of Jessie J’s hit songs ‘Bang Bang’ and ‘Ain’t Been Done’.Elsewhere during their performance, KISS OF LIFE also thrilled the crowd with their debut single ‘Shhh’.

K-pop girl group KISS OF LIFE has apologised for using the N-word in a pre-debut performance clip.Earlier this month, S2 Entertainment launched its new girl group KISS OF LIFE, introduced its members with a series of solo music videos before dropping their self-titled debut mini-album. Following the act’s debut, a clip of Korean-American member Julie performing B.o.B’s 2012 track ‘Strange Clouds’ resurfaced online.The singer was soon swept up in controversy after fans noticed that she had rapped the song’s original lyrics, which included the N-word.

K-pop girl group KISS OF LIFE have made their official debut with their self-titled EP and its lead single ‘Shhh’.On July 5, S2 Entertainment officially debuted its four-member girl group KISS OF LIFE with a video for their single ‘Shhh’. The release follows a weeks-long rollout of the members’ solo music videos, as well as a visual for their B-side track ‘Bye My Neverland’.The new ‘Shhh’ video continues the storyline from ‘Bye My Neverland’, which ended with Belle and Haneul witnessing Julie accidentally hitting Natty with her car.

K-pop girl group KISS OF LIFE have released the music video for their song ‘Bye My Neverland’ from their upcoming self-titled debut record.On June 28 at Midnight KST, the quartet unveiled their music video for their forthcoming B-side ‘Bye My Neverland’. The song, along with each of the members’ solo tracks will be released in their self-titled debut mini-album on July 5 and its lead single ‘Shhh’.In the new visual for ‘Bye My Neverland’, it is revealed that the events of the members’ previously released solo music videos had occurred simultaneously, and that they had unknowingly crossed paths several times.

K-pop group KISS OF LIFE have released music videos for their solo songs.On June 20 and 21 at Midnight KST, Belle and Julie dropped the music videos for their solo songs ‘Countdown’ and ‘Kitty Cat’ respectively. Both songs will be officially released on July 5 as part of new girl group KISS OF LIFE’s self-titled debut mini-album.In the visual for ‘Countdown’, Belle plays a dancer pressured by her mother to pursue a career as a ballerina.