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Choo Ah-young's Music Box: How 'Marty Supreme' and 1980s New Wave Lay Bare Capitalism's Script

Choo Ah-young's Music Box: How 'Marty Supreme' and 1980s New Wave Lay Bare Capitalism's Script

I'm drawn to film music. Sometimes music communicates a character's intimate emotions that images and dialogue alone cannot convey. It can become a window onto a creator's hidden intent. For me, understanding film music has been one way into a movie.
| Chua-young
BTS’ I NEED U Original Music Video Surpasses 200 Million Views

BTS’ I NEED U Original Music Video Surpasses 200 Million Views

“Love Yourself” (花樣年華) title track that delivered the group’s first No. 1 on terrestrial TV music shows. The 19+ uncensored original version captures raw youth, proving its global popularity again
A portrait of youth that became an icon of the era, the 기록 of ‘Love Yourself’ that won’t end A landmark track by global megastar ‘BTS’, the ‘I NEED U’ original version music video has seized the milestone of 200 million YouTube views.
| James choi
[New Film] Cannes Opener “Live One Day” Features Celine Dion’s Beloved Songs in a Musical

[New Film] Cannes Opener “Live One Day” Features Celine Dion’s Beloved Songs in a Musical

A love triangle tied to a star chef’s return to her hometown. The opener of the 78th Cannes Film Festival blends French classics with a playful narrative
French musical evolution that captures both taste and hearing The unexpected homecoming of a star chef has been reborn on screen as a captivating new variation. The French musical film ‘Live One Day’ breaks away from the rules of a typical romantic comedy, throwing an original aesthetic—where food...
| James choi
‘Total Eclipse of the Heart’ singer Bonnie Tyler wakes from induced coma after nearly a month… battling in Portugal’s intensive care unit

‘Total Eclipse of the Heart’ singer Bonnie Tyler wakes from induced coma after nearly a month… battling in Portugal’s intensive care unit

After emergency intestinal surgery in May, she remained in an induced coma… “She regained consciousness, but is still in critical condition” She cancels all this summer’s European tour through the end of August… hopes to resume UK shows in the fall and in December Families hit by fake news express anger… a British rock legend who dominated the 1980s with a husky voice
Welsh legendary pop star Bonnie Tyler, who reigned over the world pop market in the 1980s with timeless hits such as “Total Eclipse of the Heart” and “Holding Out for a Hero,” has dramatically regained consciousness after nearly a month in an induced coma.
| Yangsimoh
BTS, Blackpink, GD sweep top categories at Japan’s

BTS, Blackpink, GD sweep top categories at Japan’s "Music Awards Japan 2026"

BTS’s Jin and G-Dragon win, while producer 250 takes three crowns including an album featuring 250—proof of K-pop’s clout
Cultural power that erases borders, and the aesthetics of the hyperconnected era proven by K-pop The awards ceremony "Music Awards Japan 2026"—created by Japan’s pop music industry to loosen conservative gatekeeping and establish new authority—ended up being a stage that acknowledged K-pop’s...
| James choi
The MMA2026 melon music awards take the stage for the first two-day edition on Nov. in Gocheok Sky Dome—linked to the Global K Chart

The MMA2026 melon music awards take the stage for the first two-day edition on Nov. in Gocheok Sky Dome—linked to the Global K Chart

Kicking off on Nov. 14-15 at Gocheok Sky Dome, the event previews the biggest festival yet as the first-time inclusion of a combined Korea-Japan-China “Global-K Chart”
Visualizing the new heartbeat of K-pop. The MMA2026 emblem unveiled by Kakao Entertainment strongly hints at the prelude to a massive solidarity that unites music fans around the world beyond Asia. A bold move for ‘MMA2026’, the first-ever two-day edition that will engulf Gocheok Dome The landscape...
| James choi
Stray Kids Breaks 100 Million Views for “Walkin On Water” MV… Their 20th All-Time Record

Stray Kids Breaks 100 Million Views for “Walkin On Water” MV… Their 20th All-Time Record

Achieving their 20th cumulative 100 million views with the title track of a Billboard No. 1 album. Proving global popularity ahead of their headlining debut at major large-scale festivals across North and South America
'Stray Kids', 'Walkin On Water' MV '100 Million Views' Surpasses… Achieves Their 20th All-Time Milestone The group 'Stray Kids' has once again set an overpowering run of box-office success records in the global music market.
| James choi
[Joo Seong-cheol’s Lockers] The Great Dancer Turned Film Director Summoned by “Michael”: Bob Fosse’s “All That Jazz”

[Joo Seong-cheol’s Lockers] The Great Dancer Turned Film Director Summoned by “Michael”: Bob Fosse’s “All That Jazz”

I can’t help but get hooked on the objects in movies. Director, cinematographer, production designer, or even an actor—why, exactly, did they put that item in front of the camera? ‘Joo Seong-cheol’s Lockers’ is a record of the movie objects that lightly landed under my gaze and, somehow, stuck there.
Everyone had been waiting. With the release of 〈Michael〉 on May 13, it shot to #1 at the weekend box office, instantly projecting a million viewers. Zafar Jackson, Michael Jackson’s real-life nephew, debuts as the youngest member of the ‘Jackson 5’ right away, drawing attention for his musical...
| Joo Seong-cheol
231万 copies in just 9 months... “Post BTS” Cortis Sparks a Storm

231万 copies in just 9 months... “Post BTS” Cortis Sparks a Storm

Cortis, entirely co-created by the whole team, captures Gen Z. By entering Billboard and sweeping Melon No. 1, they present a new K-pop hit formula
A Newcomer That Shook up the K-Pop Scene in Under 9 Months: Cortis’ Overwhelming Takeoff Cortis, a rookie boy group armed with uniquely self-produced music, is causing a seismic shift in the global music scene. They’re writing a new K-pop hit formula that blends major agency infrastructure with...
| James choi
Bae Soontak’s Heart Waiting for “Michael” ① From The Jackson 5 to Reaching “Thriller” with a Mind-Blowing 100 Million Copies

Bae Soontak’s Heart Waiting for “Michael” ① From The Jackson 5 to Reaching “Thriller” with a Mind-Blowing 100 Million Copies

“I’m going to turn the world upside down. I’m going to be fantastic. I’ll dig in deeply and keep digging. I’ll surpass what the greatest artists have accomplished.”
When I was about 11 years old, I was in the fourth grade. My father, whose job was corporate negotiator, would often travel abroad. The gifts he brought back were usually toys like LEGO. Then, one day, my father came home with an album as a present.
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