Most of the comments had the same objection. Recently, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and Korea Craft and Design Foundation released a video promoting the Korean traditional paper, Hanji, featuring NewJeans. After the video’s release, it started to get flooded with negative comments from Chinese netizens. In the promotional video, the NewJeans members learned about Hanji’s history and...
They’re seriously breaking records left and right! On January 2, monster rookie girl group NewJeans released their highly anticipated single album, OMG, featuring two songs: “Ditto” and “OMG”. Being their first comeback after their unexpected but enormously successful debut, there was a lot of excitement for new music from NewJeans, and already they’re breaking records for themselves by a large...
It is about growing out of the fandom. NewJeans‘ “Ditto” has been receiving lots of love. It topped the charts instantly after being launched. There have been many interpretations of the music video. Some think that it is about growing out of a friendship, but Korean fans have deduced that it explains the relationship between idols...
She couldn’t decide on just one member for TWICE! (G)I-DLE’s Minnie is known for being a social butterfly in the K-Pop industry. She’s notably part of the exclusive ’97-liner (term for idols born in the year 1997) friend group consisting of herself, BLACKPINK‘s Lisa, and TWICE‘s Jihyo and Mina, and she’s also friends with fellow Thai celebrities like GOT7‘s BamBam and Sorn. Neverland, (G)I-DLE’s official fandom, wondered whether Minnie was still fangirling...
Fans are now even more curious about the album concept! K-Pop girl group NewJeans dropped the music video teaser for the upcoming pre-release of “Ditto,” which is a part of their new single album, OMG. The teaser video begins with the members running through school in uniform, smiling brightly in a dreamy atmosphere. After the teaser release, they also dropped...
The award show’s host Jeon Somi hardly spoke any Korean. Mnet‘s 2022 MAMA Awards is receiving criticism from Korean netizens and Korean news outlets due to having its host, Jeon Somi (also known as Somi), speak almost exclusively in English. Jeon Somi at the 2022 MAMA Awards | On November 29, Mnet’s annual MAMA Awards took place. As one of K-Pop’s penultimate award ceremonies,...
Yet, it doesn’t have the same negative and sexual connotations to Koreans! When it comes to the world of K-Pop, one of the biggest issues surrounding the industry has been the topic of age. Recently, HYBE‘s sublabel, ADOR, announced the debut of their newest girl group, NewJeans. With the members so young and many still considered minors, it’s raised concerns...
This is a new style of debut! Rookie girl group NewJeans recently dropped their third title track, “Cookie” music video online. With this, they have dropped a total of eight music videos as promotion for their debut album. This music video uses a simple background and benches as a prop to give off a clean and sophisticated concept. This...
