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KEYVITUP apologizes for noise during dawn music video shoot: “We will visit residents in person”

KEYVITUP apologizes for noise during dawn music video shoot: “We will visit residents in person”

Police respond after speakers are used during a shoot in an Incheon residential neighborhood at dawn on the 30th of last month Incode says, “We’re sorry we failed to take sufficient care and will visit residents in person to apologize” Five-member boy group, which debuted in April this year, faces controversy ahead of its new release in November
Boy group KEYVITUP has officially apologized for causing a noise disturbance while filming a music video near a residential neighborhood late at night. According to the Incheon Michuhol Police Station and the group’s agency, iNKODE Entertainment, a resident called 112 at around 3:20 a. m.
Jo Young-nam mourns C'est Si Bon's Lee Baek-chun, 'commander-in-chief of Korean folk,' who dies at 93

Jo Young-nam mourns C'est Si Bon's Lee Baek-chun, 'commander-in-chief of Korean folk,' who dies at 93

The former PD-turned-critic who led the acoustic-guitar movement in the 1960s and '70s died on the 21st, with his funeral procession set for the 23rd.
C'est Si Bon's Lee Baek-chun dies at 93; Jo Young-nam mourns 60 years of Ddolgang Former TBC PD pioneered Korea's acoustic-guitar movement in 1964; funeral procession set for 7 a.m. on the 23rd Lee Baek-chun, a popular-music critic who served as a mentor to Korean 'folk music' in the 1960s and '70s...
“Girl Who Doesn’t Know Songs”: Sim Soo-bong Takes Aim at 17-Year-Old Kim Da-hyun, Then Apologizes After Website Crash

“Girl Who Doesn’t Know Songs”: Sim Soo-bong Takes Aim at 17-Year-Old Kim Da-hyun, Then Apologizes After Website Crash

The singer acknowledges inappropriate remarks directed at a junior performer 54 years her junior at a local festival and shares a story about “A Million Roses.”
Official website crashes after inappropriate remarks targeting 17-year-old junior singer at local festival Singer Sim Soo-bong, 71, officially apologized after facing intense criticism for directing the phrase “girl who doesn’t know songs” at 17-year-old singer Kim Da-hyun, who is 54 years her...
“Suspended for letting customers dance?” Culture Ministry moves to overhaul live-club rules, puts 80.2 billion won into next year’s budget

“Suspended for letting customers dance?” Culture Ministry moves to overhaul live-club rules, puts 80.2 billion won into next year’s budget

Public debate grows over revising the Food Sanitation Act enforcement rules that led to a live club’s suspension, as next year’s popular music budget is set at 80.2 billion won and concerns mount that four major agencies could monopolize FANOMENON
Music industry trapped by outdated standards as major overhaul of Food Sanitation Act rules looms The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism is finally moving to address an absurd rule that can suspend a business simply because customers swayed to the music.
JYP Ex-Dinary Heroes’ Gunil Faces Backlash Over “Fan Insults” Recording; Agency Terminates Contract

JYP Ex-Dinary Heroes’ Gunil Faces Backlash Over “Fan Insults” Recording; Agency Terminates Contract

As an ex-girlfriend’s post spread, JYP issued an official apology and said it will continue activities with a five-member lineup going forward
The Last Chapter of the “Fan Deception” Controversy… JYP Draws the Line Band ‘Xdinary Heroes’ member ‘Gunil’ has, in the end, been hit with an ignominious exit. Just days after the so-called ‘fan insult recording’ scandal erupted, the agency and the artist have put a period at the end of their...
[Photo&] Stray Kids Aim Not for Awards, Releases New Album ‘THE? & THAT’… Grammy and Military-Halt Hiatus Feelings ‘Reporter Press-Talk Scene’

[Photo&] Stray Kids Aim Not for Awards, Releases New Album ‘THE? & THAT’… Grammy and Military-Halt Hiatus Feelings ‘Reporter Press-Talk Scene’

The mini album with eight tracks drops at 1:00 p.m. on the 7th, setting its sights on a ninth consecutive No. 1 on the Billboard 200
The group 'Stray Kids' returned after a 9-month silence with a new album, 'THE? & THAT' (THIS & THAT). At a release-day press event held at the Conrad Seoul hotel in Yeouido, Seoul, on the 6th, the members laid bare not only their overwhelming confidence in the new record but also their weighty...
[Interview] “It’s a bigger sin not to release this video.” How should it have been handled? Director Tomoaki Fujino ①

[Interview] “It’s a bigger sin not to release this video.” How should it have been handled? Director Tomoaki Fujino ①

When it was released in Japan, the film posed pointed questions about families with disabled relatives and issues of caregiving, and interest continues as it opened in South Korea on the 29th of last month.
There’s a film that has sparked buzz on every front, from the source material—an older sister’s schizophrenia and the parents’ confinement of her—to the production of a private documentary recorded by the family, and to the theater release format despite the absence of IPTV, VOD, OTT, and other...
Jecheon International Music Film Festival Breaks Reliance on 4 Billion Won 'Singer Performances' with 188 Screenings—Major Expansion, 'Fly Together' Slogan

Jecheon International Music Film Festival Breaks Reliance on 4 Billion Won 'Singer Performances' with 188 Screenings—Major Expansion, 'Fly Together' Slogan

Moves the main venue to downtown Art Center Jecheon... Built a star-studded lineup led by Committee Chair Jang Hang-jun, featuring Park Chan-wook and Bong Joon-ho
'Jecheon International Music Film Festival' A Reversal with a 4 Billion Won Investment… A Sharp Knife for a 20% Drop in Audience 188 Screenings Expand Genres and Move the Main Venue Entirely to Art Center Jecheon in the Heart of the City The 'Jecheon International Music Film Festival' , which pours...
[Photo &] BTS launches surprise boycott of Grammy 'Asian Pop'… Will BLACKPINK and Stray Kids win first trophy as deadline nears

[Photo &] BTS launches surprise boycott of Grammy 'Asian Pop'… Will BLACKPINK and Stray Kids win first trophy as deadline nears

With the submission deadline set for Oct. 21 next month, HYBE says it will respect artists' wishes… Support for the boycott spreads across the music industry, including Tablo and critics
BTS launches a surprise boycott of the Grammy 'Asian Pop'… A twist ahead of the Oct. 21 deadline Controversy over alleged Grammy maneuvering aimed at the world's No. 2 music market draws fire, with Stray Kids and BLACKPINK seen as indirect beneficiaries Global pop icons 'BTS' have declared a...
BTS Declines to Submit to 69th Grammys, Rejecting Division by Region and Language

BTS Declines to Submit to 69th Grammys, Rejecting Division by Region and Language

Despite taking No. 1 on the Billboard charts with its regular fifth album ‘Arirang,’ it makes the unprecedented choice to skip the ceremony… The controversy erupts over exclusion from major awards after the Grammys’ new ‘Best Asian Pop’ category is introduced
BTS Backs Out of Submitting to the 69th Grammys on the Spot… Rejects Limits of ‘Arirang’ by Region Backlash After the Creation of ‘Best Asian Pop,’ Even as It Reaches No. 1 on Billboard; An Unusual Boycott Declaration for the Ceremony for the Third Straight Year An Unprecedented Move by the Global...