MAMA 2025 Day 1 Recap: Full Winners & Every Performance From Hong Kong’s Kai Tak Stadium
The 2025 MAMA Awards opened at Kai Tak Stadium with a stacked show—new-gen breakthroughs, veteran tributes, and two of the year’s biggest headlines: ENHYPEN winning Fans’ Choice of the Year and Rosé & Bruno Mars’s “APT.” taking Song of the Year....
COER at the Core: How CORTIS Engineered a Fandom in 100 Days
When BigHit Music’s newest boy group CORTIS emerged in August 2025, their mission statement—Color Outside the Lines—felt like branding poetry. Three months later, the group turned that ethos into architecture by unveiling an official fandom name: COER. The reveal wasn’t just...
ITZY Clinch “Music Bank” Crown With “TUNNEL VISION” As Year-End Rivalry Heats Up
ITZY just scored the first music-show win of their new era. On the November 21, 2025 broadcast of KBS2’s “Music Bank,” “TUNNEL VISION” beat CLOSE YOUR EYES’s “X” to take 1st place with 8,019 points, marking the group’s first trophy...
EPEX to Continue as Seven: C9 Confirms Keum’s Contract Conclusion and Exit
C9 Entertainment has announced that Keum (Keum Dong-hyun) is leaving EPEX following the conclusion of his exclusive contract. The statement, released November 21, 2025 (KST), adds that EPEX will proceed with activities as a seven-member group. What happened today C9...
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KGMA 2025 Day 1: Jin Clinches Best MV as Jennie Lands in “Best Artist (Top 10)” Lineup
The 2025 Korea Grand Music Awards (KGMA) opened its two-day celebration with “ARTIST DAY” on November 14, 2025, lighting up INSPIRE Arena in Incheon with major wins, polished stages, and a crowd that never sat still. Hosted by Nam Ji Hyun...
After the Verdict: NewJeans Ends Lawsuit Standoff and Returns to ADOR
NewJeans has formally closed the most turbulent chapter of its career and will resume activities under ADOR after a months-long legal battle over their exclusive contracts. The move follows a Seoul Central District Court decision upholding the validity of the...
JTBC has unveiled its brand song for the 2026 Milano-Cortina Winter Olympics coverage—“Watch It, Feel It”—performed by legendary hip-hop duo Dynamic Duo with a featured vocal from ENHYPEN’s Sunghoon. The track dropped on October 29, 2025 (KST) via JTBC’s official...
Court Rules NewJeans Must Remain Under ADOR Contract Until 2029
Date: October 30, 2025 (KST)Byline: Industry & Legal Analysis A major court decision has reshaped the NewJeans–ADOR dispute: the Seoul Central District Court ruled that NewJeans’ exclusive contracts with ADOR remain valid through 2029, rejecting the members’ attempt to terminate...
NMIXX Achieves New Milestone with “Blue Valentine”
1. The Breakthrough Moment On October 13, 2025, NMIXX released their long-awaited first full-length studio album titled Blue Valentine, with the title track of the same name.Since then, “Blue Valentine” has not only dominated domestic charts in South Korea, but...