K-pop
K-pop star Sowon apologises for posing with 'Nazi mannequin'
GFriend band member deletes photos taken on video shoot with figure dressed in German military uniform
Justin McCurry in Tokyo
02, Feb, 2021 @7:06 AM
AI and K-pop at the festival of Korean movers and shakers
Dancers learn routines from an algorithm and we get a fascinating behind-the-scenes glimpse of K-pop choreography as the Place’s festival moves online
Lyndsey Winship
04, Dec, 2020 @8:30 PM
BTS become first K-pop act to receive a Grammy nomination
The boy band hail the ‘miracle’ of being shortlisted for their single Dynamite alongside artists such as Justin Bieber
Justin McCurry in Tokyo
25, Nov, 2020 @4:38 AM
Map of the soul: how BTS rewrote the western pop rulebook
Contrary to their dismissive framing as manufactured robots, South Korea’s BTS use social media, documentary and storytelling to make themselves into profoundly human stars
Katie Hawthorne
18, Nov, 2020 @3:31 PM
K-Pop band BTS scores huge hit on South Korea stock market in management firm's IPO
Investors scramble to buy shares in Big Hit Entertainment amid speculation that the boy band members could be allowed to defer military service
Justin McCurry in Tokyo and Martin Farrer
15, Oct, 2020 @2:45 AM
Blackpink: The Album review | Alexis Petridis's album of the week
The K-pop group unleash an intense 24-minute bombardment of killer hooks and snappy detailing – but it’s a shame the lyrical topics are so narrow
Alexis Petridis
02, Oct, 2020 @7:00 AM
BTS: K-pop stars become first all-South Korean act to top US singles charts
Dynamite, the boy band’s first single sung completely in English, has nabbed the No 1 spot from Cardi B’s WAP
Guardian staff
01, Sep, 2020 @12:05 AM
‘They use our culture’: the Black creatives and fans holding K-pop accountable
As K-pop grows, international fans and those writing and producing songs want the industry to to develop a more sensitive understanding of race
Elizabeth de Luna
20, Jul, 2020 @5:00 AM
How US K-pop fans became a political force to be reckoned with
Expect more online raids of the kind that drowned out a racist BLM backlash and humiliated Donald Trump, experts say
Justin McCurry in Tokyo
24, Jun, 2020 @1:37 PM
Digitally-savvy and passionate, K-pop fans' Trump activism should come as no surprise
K-pop fans have been able to put the online organisational tools they’ve honed for fandom projects to work on political activism
Tamar Herman
22, Jun, 2020 @7:13 AM
K-pop singer Yohan dies aged 28
Record label announces ‘the most unfortunate, sorrowful news’ about singer from boyband TST
Ben Beaumont-Thomas
17, Jun, 2020 @12:44 PM
K-pop fans join forces to drown out opposition to #BlackLivesMatter
Social media bombardment saw K-pop fans commandeer rightwing and pro-Donald Trump hashtags including #WhiteLivesMatter
Justin McCurry in Tokyo
05, Jun, 2020 @3:24 AM
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