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 As the eldest brother Jin, who is serving in the military, went on vacation, the BTS had a good time as a whole after a long time.  This is a picture posted by BTS member Suga on his social media.  There are only 5 people in the picture, including Jungkook, J-Hope, Suga, Jin, and RM who are on vacation.  Suga said Taehyung and Jimin were also with him, and posted a message that the two left 10 minutes earlier.  It seems that Jin, who is serving in the military, is on vacation and seven BTS members are gathered in one place.  The fact that BTS members gathered together after a long time made headlines among fans.  J-Hope, who is about to join the military following Jin, recently announced in a live broadcast that the date of joining the military has been announced.

 BTS Jimin, who released his first solo album, is continuing his unrivaled record march. According to the announcement of the Hanteo Chart, a domestic record sales aggregation site on the 24th, "FACE" sold 1,021,532 copies on the first day of its release, achieving a "million seller." Jimin is the first solo artist to achieve 1 million sales on the day of the album's release since Hanteo Chart began counting the first week of its release. "Face" also made remarkable achievements in Japan's Oricon "Daily Album Ranking" (March 24). "Face" sold 2221.2 million copies, and "Like Crazy" topped the list, "Set Me Free Pt. 2," "Face-off" ranked third, and "Like Crazy" ranked fifth on the list of "Interactive" albums. In addition, "Like Crazy (English version)" ranked second on Spotify's latest chart of "Daily Top Song Global" (March 24), while "Set Me Free Par...

 CRAVITY, behind the scenes of "Groovy" music video...Attractive guys in eight colors The group CRAVITY has released behind-the-scenes stories about the music video shoot. CRAVITY recently released behind-the-scenes footage of the music video for the title track "Groovy" of its fifth mini-album "MASTER: PIECE" on its official YouTube channel. First, Hyeong-jun announced the start of filming the music video as a cleaner who connects CRAVITY in reality and CRAVITY in other worlds. CRAVITY, dressed nicely in a suit, caused a smile off camera with boyish innocence and playfulness. When he appeared after covering the camera with a hot pack, he made cute jokes such as parodying actor Kang Dong-won in the movie "Temptation of Wolves." However, when the filming began, he showed a professional appearance that he was deeply immersed as if he had never done so. After successfully completing the first day of filming the music video, CRAVITY also began filmin...

 The group Apink (Apink, Park Cho-rong, Yoon Bo-mi, Jung Eun-ji, Kim Nam-joo and Oh Ha-young) released group photos and mood films of their 10th mini album "SELF" on their official SNS on the 24th, drawing global fans' attention. In the released mood film, Apink members freely posed against the background of the Polaroid wall containing their images from their debut to now, catching the eye with their unique lively energy and friendly chemistry of 13 years. In particular, Apink's bright smile together exuded a lovely charm, making viewers smile together. Apink will make a comeback with its 10th mini-album "SELF" on April 5th to reveal Apink's original appearance and the presence of "my self." The new song "DND" is short for "Do Not Disturb," or "No Disturb," and contains "Apink's" hope message to imagine your own world without anyone interrupting. All talented producers, including Kwon Deok-geun, who ...

 The group Future Boy (MIRAE/Lee Joon-hyuk, Rian, Yoo Do-hyun, Kael, Son Dong-pyo, Park Si-young, and Jang Yu-bin) completed the "2023 MIRAE TOKYO LIVE~7 Boys and 7 Stories~" held at Yamano Hall in Tokyo on the 23rd. They successfully completed their first live performance "MIRAE 2022 JAPAN LIVE [it's OURTURN]" in Osaka and Tokyo in December last year, and visited Japan again in three months to closely communicate with local fans. "2023 MIRAE TOKYO LIVE" was decorated with a special fan meeting in the first part and a live performance in the second part, and this performance proved the strong popularity of future boys in Japan as ticket sales took place quickly with the start of reservations. On this day, Mirae Boy led a heated response by communicating closely with local fans in Japanese, which became proficient at the special fan meeting. In addition to providing endless fun with various configurations with games and talks, it also planned high-touch...

 All songs of the group BTS Jimin's first solo album "FACE" and the music video for the title song "Like Crazy" were released at 1 p.m. on the 24th. The music video combines Jimin's empty eyes and a mournful tone in a dreamy atmosphere that seems to be wandering in a dream, making viewers fall in love. "Like Crazy" is a synth pop genre that contrasts Jimin's mournful tone with the intense synth sound and drum sound. Jimin was inspired by his favorite movie 'Like Crazy' and participated in writing songs. The lyrics, which say that you are suffering from finding the person you loved in your dream and lose yourself trapped in a colorful light, but nevertheless, you want to stay in your dream forever, stimulate your emotions. While the "Set Me Free Pt.2" music video released on the 17th revealed Jimin's strong expression, powerful group dance, and dynamic production, the "Like Crazy" music video captures the moment o...

 For the first time in the history of a K-pop girl group, the group TWICE sold out at SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles, the U.S. JYP Entertainment recently announced the first plan of the 17th tour to be held in 14 regions in Korea, Australia, Japan and North America, along with the news of TWICE's fifth world tour "TWICE 5TH WORLD TOUR "READY TO BE" on its official SNS channel. Among them, the Los Angeles SoFi Stadium in June and MetLife Stadium in New York in July boast an expanded size and size compared to the Los Angeles Bank of California Stadium encore concert, where TWICE achieved "the first K-pop girl group to perform and sell out in North America Stadium" in May last year. On the 22nd (local time), tickets for the Los Angeles SoFi Stadium performance, which will be held on June 10, were opened, and the sold out was achieved at a rapid pace as proof of keen interest. As a result, TWICE became the first K-pop girl group to sell out SoFi Stadium performanc...

 BTS Jimin's first solo album "FACE" will be released today. Jimin said, "The face honestly contains the ups and downs of the emotions I felt during the COVID-19 pandemic for more than two years," adding, "I was able to prepare for a new start only through time to look inside while facing myself." A total of six songs, including the title song synth-pop genre "Like Crazy," "Face-off," "Interlude: Dive," "Alone," "Set Me Free Pt.2," and "Like Crazy (English Ver.), were included. The title song "Like Crazy" is a synth farm genre and was inspired by Jimin's favorite movie "Like Crazy" and participated in the song. As in the movie, it is a song about the feeling of loss and pain after a breakup, and the feeling of the moment when you turn away from reality and escape to forget the wound. Meanwhile, starting with the release of "FACE," Jimin will be active in music prog...

 New Jeans' "2023 Season's Greetings" will be re-released. This is an unusual phenomenon that occurred when the popularity of New Jins expanded beyond Korea to the mainstream pop market. ADOR announced on the 24th that "New Jeans 2023 SEASON'S GREETING" will be additionally released on April 14th through the Weverse community and fan communication app 'Poning'. The decision came after a flood of requests for additional releases amid enthusiastic support from fans. In fact, "New Jeans 2023 SEASON'S GREETINGS" has been in short supply among global fans since it was sold out as soon as it was released in December last year. "New Jeans 2023 SEASON'S GREETINGS" consists of calendars, diaries, playing cards (photo cards), and photo books. The 54 playing cards, which contain the friendly charm of the members of New Jins, became very popular with word of mouth-to-mouth. In general, it is very rare for "Season's Greeti...

 IVE: Ahn Yu-jin.Autumn. Ray. Jang Won Young. Liz.Lee Seo) is on the countdown to his comeback, heralding more colorful promotions than ever. Ive released a scheduler image of its first full-length album "I've IEVE" on its official SNS on the afternoon of the 23rd (Thursday). According to the scheduler, Ive will release the music video teaser for the pre-release song "Kitsch" on the 26th (Sunday), and then release "Kitsch" on the 27th (Monday) to preheat its comeback. The track list will be released on the 2nd (Sun) in line with the release schedule of the new album "I've IVE" on April 10th (Monday), and the concept photo will be released from the 3rd (Monday) to the 5th (Wednesday). In addition, the music video teaser for the title song on the 8th (Sat) and the highlight medley on the 9th (Sun) will be presented to boost the comeback fever. Earlier, Ive, who made a short but intense impression by unexpectedly releasing a video of the pre...

 BTS (BTS) Jungkook's visuals are eye-catching. Recently, SBS's "Inkigayo" released an undisclosed photo of BTS Jungkook's stage on its official account. In the photo, Jungkook showed a bright smile and a refreshing image, and also showed chic charm with all-black outfits. These various charms and visuals of Jungkook captured the hearts of fans. Meanwhile, BTS, to which he belongs, won four gold medals at the Japan Gold Disc Awards.  At the 37th Japan Gold Disc Awards announced by the Japan Record Association on the 10th, BTS won four gold medals, confirming its hot popularity in Japan. In particular, he was named the winner of the Best Asian Artist award, which is given to the most active Asian artist of the year, for five consecutive years, setting a record for the most awards in Japan's Gold Disc Awards.

 LESSERAFIM has revealed her strong ambition as a girl group.   Le Seraphim (Kim Chae-won, Sakura, Heo Yoon-jin, Kazuha, and Hong Eun-chae) appeared in episode 5 of the original TVing documentary "K-Pop Generation" released on the 16th. On this day, Le Seraphim shared her honest thoughts on growth, competition, and efforts as a female K-pop artist, and exchanged questions that she wanted to ask each other. The five members said, "I want to break the limits of girl groups. "I think I can find a new self beyond the limit," he opened the door to episode 5. "There are many moments when I feel less confident by comparing myself with others. "I accept the appearance that I don't like as I am," he said. "The five of us are also strong inside and cool." "I want people to know that part," he said, expressing his solid inner self. Le Seraphim looked at each other's past in five rooms containing the history of each member and had...

 BTS V topped the boy group's personal brand reputation in March 2023 as a result of big data analysis. The Korea Institute of Corporate Reputation extracted 17777,485 brand big data of 703 individuals from February 18, 2023 to March 18, 2023 and analyzed the brand reputation index with participation index, media index, communication index, and community index. Compared to 117,196,162 big data of boy group's personal brand reputation in February, it decreased by 8.04%. The brand reputation index is an indicator created through brand big data analysis by finding that consumers' online habits have a great influence on brand consumption. Through boy group personal brand reputation analysis, positive negative evaluation of boy group personal brands, media interest, and consumer interest and communication can be measured. Boy Group's personal brand reputation analysis also included a brand valuation analysis that measured brand influence and a qualitative evaluation of brand...

 Group BTS Jimin recorded good results from the pre-released song. Jimin's pre-released song "Set Me Free Pt.2" topped iTunes' "Top Song" chart in 110 countries/regions around the world, including the UK, Canada, Italy, and Finland, as of 9 a.m. on the 18th. In addition, the music video of "Set Me Free Pt.2" entered the top of YouTube's popular video chart in many countries/regions shortly after its release, and exceeded 13.85 million views as of 9 a.m. on the 18th. "Set Me Free Pt.2" is a hip-hop genre song with a determined will to move forward freely, shaking off various emotions inside, such as pain, sadness, and emptiness. Jimin's rap is added to the serious lyrics and melody, so there are a variety of points to appreciate. Jimin's solo album "FACE" tells the story of facing himself completely and preparing for a new start as artist Jimin while sincerely melting the various emotions he has felt over the past two...

  SEOUL -- BTS' main dancer J-Hope has received an enlistment schedule from the state Military Manpower Administration. The 29-year-old artist would be the second BTS member to fulfill compulsory military service, followed by Jin, the eldest member who completed his basic training in January 2023 at a frontline army boot camp.   "I am unable to provide specific information, but the enlistment date has been confirmed and it's about time for me to get ready," J-Hope told his fans on March 16 through a live broadcast on Weverse, a fan community platform. The seven-member band's main dancer also known for talented rapping added that he hopes to show a mature side of himself by fulfilling his mandatory service as soon as possible.   Prior to the announcement, J-Hope released a single song titled "on the street" in collaboration with American J. Cole. The two artists showcased outstanding rapping skills in their own language. The song, which entered Billboard ...

 K-pop is a premium label that guarantees quality.  This is an answer from RM, the leader of the group BTS bts, to the somewhat aggressive question of whether he is tired of the modifier "k" that became a hot topic today.  This is an interview with rm, which was released by Spanish media El Pais on the 12th. Questions like pressure interviews continue.  Asked if K-pop's excessive worship of youth perfection is a cultural feature of Korea, RM replied that Westerners would not understand.  He said Korea was an aggressive and devastated country that had nothing just 70 years ago, and that it became a country that the whole world thinks of because people were madly trying to develop. At the same time, people from countries like France and Britain that have colonized other countries for many years came and said, "You are pushing yourself too hard. Korea is too stressful." Foreign journalists often ask rude questions without a background on our culture or in their own...

 Senior singer MONSTA X Chae Hyung-won is making headlines as Min-ji of New Jin's, who was the special MC for KBS2's "Music Bank," made a mistake. What was the reaction of Minji's singer who made a mistake? Minji of New Jin's will be the special MC for two weeks on behalf of Jang Won-young of IVE, who gave up being the MC at Music Bank. We had an interview with first place nominees MONSTA X and SF9. Since it is a live program, Min-ji was clearly nervous, but soon she introduced the two first-place candidates with a shoulder dance. Lee Chae-min, who was in charge of hosting together, asked the two first-place candidates how they felt, and SF9 and MONSTA X thanked them for being nominated for first place. The two teams, who were nominated for first place, had time to praise each other and promised a great stage by making a pledge for first place. Min-ji of New Jin's said, "We will meet in a little while to see which team's ceremony we can see."...

 New Jeans clearly proved its presence as a global rising star by setting a new K-pop female artist record on the U.S. Billboard chart. According to the latest chart (March 18) released by U.S. music media Billboard on the 14th (local time), "Hype boy," the debut song of New Jin's (Minji, Hani, Daniel, Haerin, and Hyein), ranked 101st on the Billboard "Global 200." It has been in the charts for 31 consecutive weeks and is the longest K-pop female artist in the category. "Hype boy," one of the triple title songs from Newzins' debut album, first entered the Billboard Global 200 at 116th place (as of August 20, 2022) and has been steadily gaining popularity until now after reaching 52nd place. The popularity of the songs "Ditto" and "OMG" in the New Jin's single album is also hot. The two songs ranked 19th and 38th on the Billboard Global 200 this week, respectively. In the same chart, Newzins' own highest ranking was 8th p...

  17-year-old New Jin's Daniel is unfamiliar with dark makeup...As a beauty ambassador. New Jeans member Daniel has been selected as a global ambassador for a cosmetic brand. In the released pictorial, Daniel showed off his chic charm by showing off his moist shiny lips and various makeup. The 17-year-old drew attention with an incredibly mature atmosphere. Daniel said, "I'm so happy to be an ambassador representing my favorite beauty brand," adding, "I look forward to my new charm and move with the brand in the future." His pictorial can be found on Vogue's official website and Instagram. Meanwhile, New Jin's new songs "Ditto" and "OMG" as well as their debut songs "Htype boy" and "Attention" are steadily gaining popularity.

 A new pictorial of a famous brand with BLACKPINK Jenny has been unveiled. On the 16th, the brand introduced the Spring 2023 campaign involving global stars. The campaign aimed to highlight the world's most dynamic talents and boldly show their confidence and sensuality. Blackpink Jenny has stood shoulder to shoulder with Kendall Jenner, FKA Twix, Michael B. Jordan and Aaron Taylor Johnson as brand ambassadors. Wearing a new underwear, he showed off his unique charisma by showing off his healthy appearance. Meanwhile, Black Pink, which Jenny belongs to, has been conducting the largest K-pop girl group world tour since last year, mobilizing about 1.5 million people. He finished his Asian tour following his North American and European tours and will be on stage as a headliner at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in the U.S. in April and the Hyde Park British Summer Time Festival in July.

 The group BLACKPINK is raising expectations for their "solo" performance only with teasing contents that contain different charms and colors. Starting with Jenny, the first soloist, and Jisoo, who will be the last soloist on the 31st of this month, the history of BLACKPINK's solo teaching contents will provide a variety of attractions.  BLACKPINK's first soloist Jenny has emerged as a global star with her debut song "SOLO" in October 2018. Solo, a combination of experience accumulated during six years of practice, and free-spirited and confident charm, showed off a terrifying rise in popularity right after the announcement.  In the teaser content released before its release, Jenny drew attention by revealing her provocative charm with the girl's young face. Jenny's intense impression of looking at the camera with a rebellious face in red lips and costumes was enough to raise global music fans' expectations. Since then, on the "Solo" st...

 BTS Gin proved its strong global popularity in Europe. Recently, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Korea released the "2023 Overseas Hallyu Survey Results Report." According to this, the first image that comes to mind when thinking of Korea abroad was K-POP. BTS, which includes Jin, topped 24 countries except China and Thailand. In particular, Jean was the only BTS member in France to rank fifth, boasting tremendous popularity and high brand power. Jin's popularity, which shows great influence around the world, stands out in Europe. Earlier, Paris Match, a famous French media outlet, ranked Jin's "The Astronaut" as fourth in the "2022 Top 10 Best Songs." The media highly praised "The Astro Nut," co-written and written by Jin and Chris Martin, saying, "It is a fascinating greeting from the eldest BTS who is ready to start a new adventure by traveling in space like that Milky Way that shines on a dark path." The medi...

 The pictorial focused on capturing V's appealing eyes and playful charm at the same time. As it was the first step to announce the fact that he was called Celine Boy, a luxury brand, V also actively came up with ideas and led the atmosphere on the set. In a subsequent interview, V said about his recent appearance on tvN's entertainment show "Seojin's," "Isn't it a little different to see an entertainment program as a viewer?" and added, "But this time, I was able to decide to appear thanks to my close friends' reviews that it was fun." When asked about his newly discovered appearance through entertainment shows, he said, "I think my hands are a little fast," adding, "My body and words are slow, but I felt my hands were really fast doing the dishes." When asked about his continuous personal music work, V honestly said, "Greed seems to be the power to continue the work," adding, "It's really hard to...