K-pop

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One to watch: Balming Tiger
A tight unit with a riotous party spirit, K-pop collective are bringing their culture to the masses

Orla Foster

23, Mar, 2024 @12:30 PM

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Dua Lipa, Coldplay and SZA to headline 2024 Glastonbury festival
Coldplay become act to headline most times with their fifth top slot, while Shania Twain is booked for the Sunday teatime ‘legend’ set as the lineup is announced

Ben Beaumont-Thomas

14, Mar, 2024 @8:00 AM

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BTS, Blackpink, Squid Game, kimchi … what’s the secret of South Korea’s world-conquering culture?
From K-pop to K-beauty, via film and fashion, South Korea is punching way above its weight. The boyband BTS alone rakes in billions every year. Are there lessons for other countries?

Justin McCurry

06, Mar, 2024 @10:00 AM

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R&B sensation Erika de Casier: ‘I don’t know if I ever think – yep, I’m a musician’
One of pop’s most sought-after artists, de Casier has written for K-pop stars and remixed Dua Lipa, but hid behind her bolshie alter ego Bianka for her own music. Now she’s finally found the confidence to drop the act

Michael Cragg

22, Jan, 2024 @11:00 AM

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From K-pop to reggaeton, English language music no longer reigns supreme | Shain Shapiro
Generous investment in Seoul, Bogotá and beyond has created local artists who can rip up the world stage. Meanwhile, the UK cuts its funding, says Shain Shapiro

Shain Shapiro

12, Nov, 2023 @2:51 PM

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Jung Kook: Golden review – BTS star searches for his own sound
The K-pop boyband star nods to Craig David, Justin Timberlake and more on a solo debut that’s best when his dreamy falsetto soars

Michael Cragg

05, Nov, 2023 @3:00 PM

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Jung Kook: Golden review – a sexed-up, hook-filled but unremarkable solo debut
The talented BTS singer follows a well-worn path from boyband member to solo star, plunging into competent pop-R&B – including an Ed Sheeran co-write

Alexis Petridis

03, Nov, 2023 @5:00 AM

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BTS and Taylor Swift fans give Javier Milei and his running mate an earful
Argentinian Swifties say ‘Milei is Trump’ as devotees of BTS decry ‘hatred and xenophobia’ of Victoria Villarruel’s tweets about group

Uki Goñi in Buenos Aires

26, Oct, 2023 @8:35 PM

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K-pop band mistakenly sport wrong Rangers shirts at Dallas gig
Members of STAYC wore retro kit for the Glasgow football team instead of baseball jerseys for the Texas Rangers on their US tour

Nadeem Badshah

24, Oct, 2023 @9:28 PM

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‘I saw fan-made compilations. It blew my mind’: the music producer who found accidental K-pop fame
Musician Kshmr, also known as Niles Hollowell-Dhar, is one of the genre’s biggest names behind the scenes. He makes next to nothing from the hits that use his sounds, but says he doesn’t mind

Hannah Abraham

23, Oct, 2023 @9:00 AM

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Here come the girls! All-female K-pop groups conquer Britain
Korean boybands have already scored huge global success. Now the gender balance is being reset

Molly Raycraft

27, Aug, 2023 @12:00 PM

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Scout jamboree in South Korea closes with regrets and K-pop concert
Ceremony at Seoul’s World Cup stadium wraps up event beset by heatwave, unsanitary conditions and threat of typhoon

Raphael Rashid in Seoul

11, Aug, 2023 @11:49 AM

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