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 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...

 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.

 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...

 BTS j-hope, from Billboard's "Hot 100" to the UK official chart...Global record march! BTS will continue to do well on the U.S. Billboard..."Proof" is in the charts for 39 weeks in a row! J-Hope of the group BTS set another record on the Billboard main chart. According to the latest chart (March 18) released by U.S. music media Billboard on the 14th (local time), J-Hope's solo single "on the street (with J. Cole)" released on the 3rd ranked 60th on the main single chart "Hot 100." As a result, J-Hope achieved the highest ranking at the same time as entering the fourth "Hot 100" chart with his solo work. In addition, 'on the street (with J. Cole)' ranked second in 'Digital Song Sales' and 16th in 'Global 200' and 'Global (excluding the United States). In addition, J-Hope set a new record by ranking 37th on the "Top 100" chart with "on the street (with J. Cole)" on the latest UK off...

 Group BTS (BTS) Jimin expressed expectations for a solo album.  On the 15th, Magazine Vogue released a pictorial and interview with BTS Jimin. Jimin, who will be doing solo activities following J-Hope and RM, said about his solo album, "I tried to look deeply into my inner feelings and contain only honest stories. It's a autobiographical album, but I hope everyone who listens to the song can sympathize and comfort me like his story." "RM once described the song in his solo album released at the end of last year as a song that makes you want to ride a bicycle." "I believe it will be a perfect day if I listen to the album and go to my favorite cafe, and then focus on my album," he said. Jimin, who recently participated in the featuring of Big Bang Taeyang's new song 'VIBE' and drew attention for his all-time collaboration with Big Bang and BTS, said, "I met Taeyang up close, who I have longed for since I was very young, and he was much ...