Carmen Chin

A companion piece to their hit 2023 single album ‘Second Wind’, SEVENTEEN trio BSS further rekindle the lost art of quirky K-pop on their latest release 'Teleparty'

“Regardless of what people think, or regardless of people’s prejudices, we’re going to conquer,” Yunjin tells Teen Vogue.

The South Korean R&B musician chats with NME about his first world tour, new music and embracing all versions of himself as he works towards his next milestone

Ahead of their highly anticipated Asia tour, the South Korean indie trio chat with NME about their success as a live band and what their fans in the region can expect

The lawyer-turned-TV-personality chats with NME about her controversial alliance, the “uncomfortable” stress she was put under and her next steps in the realm of reality shows

The soul-stirring singer-songwriter chats with NME about her new mini-album ‘fake Happy’, starting fresh with a new label and more

“There’s a new monster / Go on and tell your friends / Promise you that we’ll haunt ya / Again and again and again,” BABYMONSTER chant in their rallying call on ‘Monsters’, the opening track of their debut mini-album ‘BABYMONS7ER’. The septet establish the path they are determined to take – but it’s also a dangerous statement, one that can age like wine or milk. And, as you’ll soon see, it’s an ironic and almost theatrical piece of foreshadowing.

The fledgling K-pop singer tells NME about the challenges of a fresh solo career, what shaped her mini-album and working with Aminé

The South Korean quartet tell NME about the creative process behind their sexy sixth mini-album ‘ICKY’, defying the industry's playbook of success and how they “sucked” as trainees

The Taiwanese musician and curator of this year’s Asia Rolling Music Festival speaks to the South Korean artist about creative leadership, their respective music scenes and much more

In the past decade, K-pop has exploded in ways that were previously unfathomable to early fans of the genre. With its newfound popularity, at times, its humble origins have been overlooked in favour of the sparkly new thing. Today, we remember second generation acts Girls’ Generation and 2NE1 as pioneers of K-pop, but girl group T-ARA were once considered formidable competitors until an untimely scandal stalled their momentum.

Disney+’s new K-drama, starring Kim Seon-ho, is short and sweet with just the right amount of twists

The ongoing feud between South Korean entertainment giant HYBE and its subsidiary label ADOR has emerged as one of the most high profile feuds we’ve witnessed in K-pop in recent memory.

I first ranked every single song in SEVENTEEN's Korean and Japanese discography (yes, every single song) in 2021 in celebration of their then-comeback with 'Attacca'. Now with the release of their own compilation album (!!!) what better time than now to re-rank my songs with a richly updated collection of music 🤓

Disney+’s latest action-romance K-drama, starring Kim Ha-neul and Rain, is as generic and clichéd as it gets