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We K-Pop
''We K-Pop'' is a South Korean variety program on KBS World which first aired on July 12, 2019. The show's four hosts, Kim Shin-young, 2PM's Nichkhun, SF9's Inseong and Stray Kids' Seungmin introduce K-pop artists each week, who perform and greet their global fans. The hosts are joined by ''Billboard'' K-Town's Jeff Benjamin for music talks. The show can be viewed on the TV station and on the KBS website. Background Music show host Kim Shin-young is joined by three active Korean idols who introduce two of their own groups in the first two episodes, Stray Kids and SF9. The show also includes English language talks with ''Billboard'' columnist Jeff Benjamin, known for his "deep affection" for K-pop, and whose articles have included BTS and their contributions to the North American and international music markets. The show's format includes online fan participation and has a viewership of approximately 100 million global fans and household viewers from about 120 countries. Direct ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kim Shin-young
Kim Shin-young (born December 20, 1983) is a South Korean comedian, MC and DJ. She debuted in 2004 on the SBS show ''People Looking For Laughter'' and won 'Best Variety Performer' at the 42nd Baeksang Arts Awards in 2006. She has hosted numerous variety shows and radio shows in South Korea and has won several awards for comedy and hosting in her career. In 2018, Kim became a member of ''Celeb Five'' (Hangul: 셀럽파이브), a dance group produced by CONTENTS LAB VIVO, a contents company owned by Song Eun-i. Early life Kim Shin-young was born in Daegu, South Korea, on December 20, 1983. She learned judo and dreamed of living in the Korea National Training Center for athletes before becoming interested in comedy. In 2002, she enrolled in the Comedy Acting Department at Yewon Arts University. Career 2004—2008: Debut Kim Shin-young first appeared on SBS ''People Looking For Laughter'' in 2004 and gained recognition by hosting various variety shows for years. She made ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
NCT Dream
NCT Dream () is the third sub-unit of the South Korean boy band NCT, formed by SM Entertainment in 2016. They were initially intended to be the teenaged unit of NCT with an admission-and-graduation system, in which members would leave after reaching age of majority (20 in Korean age reckoning, 19 internationally), prior to re-branding in 2020. The sub-unit debuted on August 25, 2016, with the single "Chewing Gum" and a lineup of seven members—Mark, Renjun, Jeno, Haechan, Jaemin, Chenle, and Jisung—whose average age was 15.6 years old. In late 2018, the group's leader Mark graduated from NCT Dream but returned in 2020 when began promoting as a fixed seven-member group. Commercial success of their 2019 extended play (EP) '' We Boom'' made NCT Dream into one of the year's top 10 physical sellers domestically and earned them Bonsang awards at the 34th Golden Disc Awards and 2020 Seoul Music Awards. Their second and last record released as a sextet was their fourth Korean-la ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
TXT (band)
Tomorrow X Together (, ; Tomorrow by Together, stylized TOMORROW X TOGETHER), commonly known as TXT ( ), is a South Korean boy band formed by Big Hit Entertainment, now known as Big Hit Music. The group consists of five members: Yeonjun, Soobin, Beomgyu, Taehyun and HueningKai. They debuted on March 4, 2019 with the extended play (EP) '' The Dream Chapter: Star''. The EP debuted and peaked at number one on the Gaon Album Chart and ''Billboard'' World Albums Chart and entered the US ''Billboard'' 200 at number 140, the highest-charting debut album by any male K-pop group at the time. Its lead single "Crown" debuted at number one on the ''Billboard'' World Digital Songs chart, and TXT topped the ''Billboard'' Emerging Artists chart, making them the fastest K-pop group to appear on the former and the second-fastest to appear on the latter. The group's early commercial success earned them several new artist awards, including Rookie of the Year at the 34th Golden Disc Awards and t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CIX (band)
CIX ( ko, 씨아이엑스, Ssi-a-i-ekseu, pronounced as C-I-X, short for Complete in X) is a five-member South Korean boy band formed by C9 Entertainment in 2019, consisting of Jinyoung, BX, Seunghun, Hyunsuk and Yonghee. The group debuted on July 23, 2019, with their first EP titled '' Hello Chapter 1: Hello, Stranger''. History Pre-debut Bae Jin-young is a former winning contestant of Mnet's '' Produce 101 Season 2''. As a 10-month old trainee representing C9 Entertainment, he successfully finished at 10th place in the final rankings and earned his spot in the winning group Wanna One, notorious for being monster rookies in South Korea. Following the disbandment of Wanna One, Bae Jinyoung debuted as a soloist in 2019 with his self-composed album '' Hard to Say Goodbye'', and held his first Asia fan-meeting tour "I'm Young" in connection with his debut, featuring eleven shows. In October 2017, BX appeared as a contestant on JTBC's ''Mix Nine'' under his birth name Lee Byou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kang Chan-hee
Kang Chan-hee (강찬희; born January 17, 2000), also known by his stage name Chani, is a South Korean singer and actor. He began his career as a child actor, in the television dramas '' Listen to My Heart'' (2011), '' The Innocent Man'' (2012), '' The Queen's Classroom'' (2013), interactive drama ''Click Your Heart'' (2016), crime drama ''Signal'' (2016), and high-rated drama ''Sky Castle'' (2018). In 2015, he was introduced as one of the first members of NEOZ, which was a first group of FNC Entertainment's pre-debut team Neoz School. He debuted in October 2016 with the group name SF9 and the single "Fanfare". Kang's best-known acting role was for his part in ''Sky Castle ''Sky Castle'' (; stylized as ''SKY Castle'') is a 2018–2019 South Korean television series starring Yum Jung-ah, Lee Tae-ran, Yoon Se-ah, Oh Na-ra, and Kim Seo-hyung. It aired on JTBC on Fridays and Saturdays, from November 23, 2018, to Febru ...'', where he played the role of Hwang Woo-joo, a smart ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Boyz (South Korean Band)
The Boyz () is a South Korean boy band formed and managed by IST Entertainment. The group debuted on December 6, 2017, with the lead single "Boy" from their debut EP ''The First''. The group is composed of Sangyeon, Jacob, Younghoon, Hyunjae, Juyeon, Kevin, New, Q, Ju Haknyeon, Sunwoo and Eric, and previously Hwall until his departure from the group in October 2019. History Pre-debut In 2016 and early 2017, various members appeared in different artists' music videos, as cameos or lead roles. Kevin was first introduced to the public as a contestant on ''Kpop Star 6'', where he was eliminated early in the competition. Following this, he had the chance to release an OST for the drama Saimdang, Light's Diary in April 2017. Sunwoo became a contestant on '' High School Rapper'' in January 2017, where he was also eliminated early in the competition. In March 2017, Ju Haknyeon participated in '' Produce 101'' and reached 19th place during the final episode. On July 4, the group was fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeong Se-woon
Jeong Se-woon (, born May 31, 1997) is a South Korean singer-songwriter signed under Starship Entertainment. Career 2013–2017: Pre-debut Jeong's first public appearance was in 2013, as a contestant in the third season of ''K-pop Star''. He passed the first round of auditions with a performance of his original song titled "Mom, Wait a Minute" (). One of the judges in the show, founder and former JYP Entertainment CEO Park Jin-young, praised the musical form of the song and likened him to Akdong Musician, who were the winners of the second season of ''K-pop Star''. Starting from the third round, he competed as part of the duo Something () with fellow contestant Kim Ah-hyeon. The duo reached the finals but was eliminated during the first round of live performances. In July 2014, three months after the show concluded, Jeong signed a contract with Starship Entertainment. In 2017, he represented Starship Entertainment in ''Produce 101 Season 2'' alongside fellow trainee Lee Gwa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Momoland
Momoland () is a South Korean girl group formed by MLD Entertainment (formerly known as Duble Kick Company) through the 2016 reality show ''Finding Momoland''. The show's winners Hyebin, Yeonwoo, Jane, Nayun, JooE, Ahin, and Nancy served as the original members. Their debut mini album '' Welcome to Momoland'' was released on November 10, 2016. In 2017, Momoland became a nine-member group when Daisy and Taeha joined as members. In 2019, Taeha and Yeonwoo left the group, and Daisy departed in 2020. The group currently consists of six members: Ahin, Hyebin, Jane, JooE, Nancy and Nayun. History 2016: ''Finding Momoland'' and ''Welcome to Momoland'' In June 2016, Mnet's survival program ''Finding Momoland'' began, a reality show that was created by Duble Kick Entertainment where a group of seven members were selected from ten contestants, and they prepared their debut. The Final Mission could not collect 3,000 spectators, and the official debut was delayed. On October 26, 2016, th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rocket Punch
Rocket Punch (Korean: 로켓펀치; RR: ''roket peonchi''; Japanese: ロケットパンチ; RR: ''Rokettopanchi'') is a South Korean girl group, consisting of group members Juri, Yeonhee, Suyun, Yunkyoung, Sohee and Dahyun. Formed and managed by Woollim Entertainment, the group was announced in July 2019 and debuted on August 7, 2019 with their first EP '' Pink Punch''. History Pre-debut Juri was cast as an AKB48 12th-generation trainee through an audition in 2011. She was introduced to the public through AKB48 Team 4 in March 2012. Her first television appearance in Korea was in the 2018 reality competition show, ''Produce 48''. Suyun and Sohee were introduced to the public as representative trainees of Woollim Entertainment through ''Produce 48'' as well. In March 2019, Juri was confirmed to have signed with Woollim Entertainment to pursue her career in Korea by debuting as a member of the company's new girl group. Two months later, Juri officially graduated from AKB48. On Ju ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Weki Meki
Weki Meki (; abbreviated as WEME or WKMK) is a South Korean girl group formed by Fantagio in 2017. The group consists of eight members: Suyeon, Elly, Yoojung, Doyeon, Sei, Lua, Rina, and Lucy. History Pre-debut The members started out as trainees under Fantagio i-Teen, a rookie talent development program under Fantagio Entertainment, and were known as i-Teen Girls. In 2015, i-Teen Girls members Kim Do-yeon, Choi Yoo-jung, Lua, Lucy and Elly (as well as former trainees Chu Ye-jin and Lee Soo-min) had numerous cameos in label mates Astro's predebut online web drama ''To Be Continued''. Elly (as Jung Hae-rim), Choi Yoo-jung, Kim Do-yeon, and Sei (as Lee Seo-jeong, then under LOUDers Entertainment) competed in the Mnet survival television program Produce 101, which aired from January 22 to April 1, 2016. Choi Yoo-jung and Kim Do-yeon were ranked in the final top 11 contestants and debuted in the project girl group I.O.I. On July 6, 2017 Fantagio revealed that their new girl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Celeb Five
Celeb Five () is a South Korean girl group composed of female comedians. The group is composed of four members: Kim Shin-young, Song Eun-i, Shin Bong-sun, and Ahn Young-mi. Originally a five-piece group, Kim Young-hee later departed from the group in late 2018. History Prior to the group's debut, all the members of the group have been experienced comedians in the industry. The group presents a fresh, creative, and fun concept by performing with 1980s-era glitzy outfits and often barefoot while employing the choreography and vocals of a 1980s-1990s K-pop group, a concept that drastically contrasts with those of most other K-pop groups in South Korea. They officially debuted on January 24, 2018 with the song "I Wanna Be a Celeb", a parody of " Dancing Hero (Eat You Up)" using the concept and choreography from Tomioka Dance Club. The music video was directed by Super Junior's Shindong. On October 11, 2018, FNC Entertainment stated that Kim Young-hee has graduated with honor fro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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