K-pop
‘It’s ended up being nothing to no one’: can K-pop overcome crisis?
It looked destined to take over the world. But after misfiring albums, a legal drama involving bright hopes NewJeans and with domestic fans getting bored, the South Korean music industry is nervous
Shaad D'Souza
27, Mar, 2025 @3:00 PM
‘I was too shy to tell Bieber how much I loved him’: Lisa from Blackpink’s honest playlist
The K-pop superstar on the pop hit that kickstarted her music career, and why she can no longer listen to one of her band’s biggest songs
As told to Rich Pelley
24, Mar, 2025 @5:00 AM
K-pop singer Wheesung found dead at home aged 43
Tributes have been paid to singer who had a string of hits in South Korea including a cover of Craig David’s Insomnia
Sian Cain and agencies
11, Mar, 2025 @6:00 AM
Lisa: Alter Ego review – a focus group-tested attempt at megastar success
The Blackpink singer’s high-energy debut solo album, astutely timed to coincide with her role in The White Lotus, is packed with styles and stars that only highlight her lack of musical identity
Shaad D'Souza
01, Mar, 2025 @2:00 PM
The UK may be waning as a pop superpower – but a new generation is being nurtured
No British artists were in the top 10 biggest albums and singles globally last year. But big acts were between projects, and Charli xcx and Central Cee are hitting their stride
Alexis Petridis
24, Feb, 2025 @3:37 PM
Going for a song: investors flee to K-pop as safe haven amid Trump’s tariff war
Shares in South Korea’s entertainment groups soar as steel tariffs combine with a Blackpink world tour and BTS revival to supercharge their appeal
Justin McCurry in Tokyo
12, Feb, 2025 @5:54 AM
You and I are gonna live forever: why 2024’s pop was all about sharing the moment
Pop may be full of solo artists and individually tailored streams, but the Eras tour, Brat summer and Oasis reunion showed we still long to be part of a crowd
Alexis Petridis
20, Dec, 2024 @9:00 AM
K-pop idol Rosé of Blackpink fame grew up in Australia – but she could never have made it big here | Wing Kuang
Asian Australian musicians are finding massive success overseas but receive little acclaim or recognition back home. Why?
Wing Kuang
06, Dec, 2024 @1:22 AM
K-pop, K-movies, a Nobel prize … and now K-poetry: book of wise words adds to Korea’s cultural glory
After Han Kang’s Nobel award and South Korean cinema hits, Penguin publishes new English edition of maxims by Lee Seong-bok in wake of US success
Vanessa Thorpe Arts and media correspondent
20, Oct, 2024 @8:00 AM
‘America was futuristic once. Now all the crazy things are from Asia’: why the British are going wild for kawaii culture
From bubble tea and corn dogs to K-pop and plushies, Korean, Japanese, Taiwanese and Chinese brands have captured the pocket-money market
Harry Wallop
27, Jul, 2024 @12:00 PM
‘The classes just keep growing’: how K-pop dancing is taking off in the UK
As the music genre’s popularity rises, dance classes are springing up. The Guardian goes along to give it a try
Jessica Murray Midlands correspondent
14, Jul, 2024 @11:40 AM
Seventeen make history as first K-pop band to perform at Glastonbury
South Korean 13-piece boyband take to Pyramid stage for ‘Glasteen’ in front of fanbase often overlooked by western festivals
Jessica Murray
28, Jun, 2024 @4:46 PM
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