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K-pop girl group Kep1er have unveiled a new music video for their latest single ‘Giddy’.Today (April 10), the nine-member act dropped the music video for ‘Giddy’, the lead single off their fourth mini-album ‘Lovestruck!’. The full record will be officially released later today at 6pm KST.In the new music video, the members of Kep1er are mesmerised by the sight of a glowing heart in the sky, which bursts into pieces and enters their bodies.

Kep1er have announced the upcoming release of ‘Doublast’, the K-pop girl group’s second-ever mini-album.Today (June 3), the rookie group dropped a teaser image for their forthcoming sophomore project ‘Doublast’, which is due to be released on June 20 at 6pm KST. The picture features a summery-looking blue drink with a lemon slice on a yellow table, against the backdrop of lush greenery.‘Doublast’ will be Kep1er’s first release of 2022, and the much-anticipated follow-up to their debut mini-album ‘First Impact’.

Kep1er, P1Harmony and more have been added to the line-up for the 2022 edition of K-pop festival HallyuPopFest, to be held in London this July.HallyuPopFest has unveiled another six artists set to perform at its London concerts later this year. The upcoming instalment of the K-pop festival, which had previously been held in Singapore in 2018 and 2019, is set to take place on July 9 and 10 at the 12,500-capacity OVO Arena Wembley in London.Among the newly announced acts are P1Harmony and Sam Kim, who will be joining previously announced artists Hwasa, ASTRO, EVERGLOW and ONEUS for the July 9 show.

A.C.E’s YouTube channel has been hacked and deleted.On April 10, the quintet’s YouTube channel was seized by hackers, who went on to delete several of the group’s videos and upload their own videos before it was later deleted. According to fans who watched the takeover unfold, the hackers had uploaded content relating to cryptocurrency and Elon Musk.“Today, the account linked to A.C.E’s official YouTube channel and BEAT’s official YouTube channel was hacked, and all of the log-in tools (secondary email address, recovery phone number, two-step verification backup code, etc.) have been changed,” wrote BEAT Interactive in a statement, as translated by Soompi.“After the hacking, unconfirmed videos were uploaded to the channel, and the account was later deleted,” added the agency.

Kep1er tested positive for COVID-19.Earlier today (December 14), the group’s agencies WAKEONE and Swing Entertainment broke the news that members Xiao Ting and Mashiro have been diagnosed with COVID-19 through a joint statement on the K-pop act’s fan café website. The news comes in a week after Kep1er delayed their debut after staff member who worked with them tested positive for COVID-19.“We regret to inform you that as of today (December 14), Kep1er members Xiao Ting and Mashiro tested positive for asymptomatic COVID-19,” their statement read, as translated by Soompi.

Kep1er will be making their debut next year with their first mini-album ‘First Impact’.Earlier today (December 8), WAKEONE and Swing Entertainment announced the new release date for the girl group’s forthcoming project on the K-pop act’s fan café site. ‘First Impact’ will be released on January 3, 2022 at 6pm KST.The news comes shortly after the agencies shared that Kep1er’s debut would be postponed after a staff member who worked with the group tested positive for COVID-19.

Wanna One have shared a sneak peek of what’s in store for their upcoming reunion performance at the 2021 Mnet Asian Music Awards (MAMA).In newly released video, Park Woo-jin (also of the group AB6IX) previewed the boyband’s upcoming stage at the 2021 MAMA with a dance move from their performance. Interestingly, fans have compared the move to the choreography for the group’s debut single ‘Energetic’.“Some fans might have caught on, but we’re preparing a cool stage for everyone in addition to this, so please look forward to it a lot,” Ha Sung-woon explained, as translated by Soompi.

Kep1er, formed through the Mnet reality series Girls Planet 999, are set to make their debut next month.At midnight KST on November 22, the forthcoming girl group launched their official website, where they officially announced that they would be making their highly anticipated debut in December.The multinational nine-member girl group comprises members from South Korea, Japan and China: Kim Chae-hyun, Huening Bahiyyih, Choi Yu-jin (also of CLC), Kim Da-yeon, Seo Yeong-eun, Kang Ye-seo, Ezaki Hikaru, Sakamoto Mashiro and Shen Xiao Ting.The members of the upcoming act had been voted in by viewers of Girls Planet 999 to join the line-up from a pool of 99 contestants.

M Countdown were reported to have tested positive for the coronavirus.Artists that were present on the show’s August 12 broadcast at the same time as the two producers include Dreamcatcher, Somi, Sunmi, Golden Child, Park Ji-hoon and more. Girl group Dreamcatcher’s agency have since told TVDaily that the members have all tested negative.“After hearing about the positive result from the ‘M Countdown’ production team, our artists took a test as a preemptive measure and received negative results,” their agency said.In the same report, soloist Park Ji-hoon was also confirmed to have had tested negative for the virus.