MANILA, Philippines—As Kpop becomes more global especially during this pandemic, many idols have already gone into the digital space to host concerts such as BTS’ Map of the Soul ON:E, TWICE’s World In A Day, IZ*ONE’s Oneiric Theatre, even the KCON:TACT Summer 2020 which featured performances from various groups and gathered fan participation worldwide.
Meanwhile, rookie group CRAVITY officially announced their fandom name during their V live broadcast. Starting today, they will call their fans “Luvity.”
YG Entertainment rookie group “Treasure” finally announced their debut date, which will happen on July. The agency promised to fans that they will announce the exact date and other information soon.
Astro earned their first win for their recent comeback song “Knock” on MBC Music Show Champion where NCT Dream’s “Ridin”, IU’s “Eight” (ft. BTS’s Suga), OHMYGIRL’s “Nonstop” and Taeyeon’s “Happy” as their rivals.
In celebration of Monsta X’s 5th year anniversary, the group surprised their fans with a music video for their song “Monsta Truck”.
In today’s episode of KBS’s “Music Bank,” OHMYGIRL’s “Nonstop” bagged its 8th win by winning no.1 on the show. The girls got 5,922 points while their rival Astro got 5,747 points.
On the same day, Momoland’s agency confirmed the group’s comeback in early June. MLD Entertainment explained that the release date has not been decided, but the girls already finished filming their music video.
Also, Marie Claire Korea’s Youtube channel posted a video of Blackpink’s Jennie introducing “Jentle Home.” It was a pop-up store made by the eyeglass brand Gentle Monster with a collaboration with Jennie.
IU posted on her official twitter account an acoustic version of her newest released song “Eight,” which originally featured Suga of BTS. She revealed that the acoustic version was a celebration for her birthday as well as by achieving 3 million subscribers on Youtube.
These were just some of the recap for the last week’s KPOP happenings. Tune in to our page for more of our weekly highlights and stay K-Updated!
Here’s a collection of some of the K-Pop comebacks, debuts and releases that happened this week so you won’t miss anything while spending time with your love ones at home!
April 11 – “Lost Life” by Min Kyung Hoon
OCN’s “Rugal” OST PART. 3 “Lost life” is a slow-alternative rock genre track that combines medium-pitched Guitar riff, dreamy Synth pad and slow but intense Drum-beat starting from the intro. The lyrics, which yearn for the feelings of a person who lost everything he loved and fell into despair, and the dream of becoming distant like a mirage, make listeners feel a heavy sense of ordeal. Adding the uniqueness of “Min Kyung-hoon,” the nation’s top rock vocal, to the dramatic build-up sharp sound, “Lost Life” comes as a cry from a man with a torn, uncut wound to the world.
April 12 – “Actually.. I miss you” by GyeongseoYeji
“Actually.. I miss you,” is a song that expresses the feelings of honest longing and regret from the perspective of a woman and a man, and it is a song that anyone who has experienced a breakup will sympathize with, leading each of the first chorus with the words “Actually I” and “Actually Me.” Gyeongseo Yeji, a meeting between two female vocalists who have been the talk of the town on SNS, is dreaming to be the second “DAVICHI” through this debut song!
April 13 – ‘Apink’ 9th Mini Album [LOOK] – ‘덤더럼(Dumhdurum)’
Proving Apink’s infinite potential, they made a comeback with their ninth mini album “LOOK” after a year and three months. The title track “Dumhdurum” is a combination of addictive melodies and synth leads, and the expression of love in front of the audience. The addictive hook and Asian melody sensibilities are showing Apink’s new color, which is enough to show another one of their charms!
April 14 – “오빠집에 놀러와” by Lee Dae-won
Lee Dae-won, who made a big impression as a champion trot singer through TV Chosun’s “Mr. Trot,” threw his debut album “Champ and First Step.” The title track “오빠집에 놀러와” is a semi-trot dance song that breaks away from the existing trot, especially the humorous lyrics and lyrics featuring singer Lee Dae-won’s lyricist talent. The song is a song that fits well with the three beats of the vocal, which makes you shake. It is a song that showed Lee Dae-won’s charm to the maximum!
April 14 – CRAVITY SEASON1. [HIDEOUT: REMEMBER WHO WE ARE]
CRAVITY, which has drawn attention as the first boy group to be introduced by Starship Entertainment in five years, just released their debut album and took a strong first step. CRAVITY is a boy group consisting of a total of nine members, Serim, Alan, Jung Mo, Woo Bin, Won Jin, Min Hee, Hyeong Jun, Tae Young and Sung Min, which means that they will combine “Creativity” and “Gravity” to draw them into our universe with their unique charm. The title track “Break all the Rules,” which is a hopeful of young people who want to move forward without hesitation and also a consolation to themselves, compresses and conveys the charm of the eyes-overwhelming performances and passionate members under the theme of “Let’s break the frame and rules we have locked ourselves.” In particular, the tight rap-vocal line operation of the members, along with the harsh texture sound and powerful chorus, is enough to show the completed teamwork.
April 15 – LOONA’s JINSOUL – 시간은 한 바퀴 돌아 (As Time Goes)
JinSoul, a talented member of the girl group, LOONA who has excellent skills and soulful voices to perfect the high-pitched song parts challenged her OST debut with “As Time Goes”! A song by Jay Lee, a composer who participated in a number of OSTs, including Hotel Del Luna, Secret Mother, and A Perfect Wife. “As Time Goes” is an emotional ballad that adds attractive JinSoul’s voice to the melody of the piano and guitar.
April 16 – 장덕철(Jang Deok-cheol) – 그대만이 (You)
Jang Deok-cheol is back with a new song full of spring scents! The digital single “You”, composed and written by Jang Deok-cheol’s Deok-in, is a song that expresses his heart to his beloved lover. It is a ballad that conveys warm sympathy and happiness to many people who are in love with delicate and emotional lyrics and songs that feature the tone that only Jang Deok-cheol can present.
April 17 – Jung Dong Ha (정동하) – LOVE
Jung Dong-ha’s self-composed song “LOVE” is a special gift for his fans. His warm, affectionate voice that flows gently over a comfortable and soft guitar melody makes this song express the miracle of love that comes one day like a spring breeze that passes gently like warm spring sunshine. Jung Dong Ha wanted to capture that sentimental feeling through this song like “A story that makes you so beautiful and so shiny that you don’t want to know the end” .
Feel free to let us know in the comment box below what are your thoughts about these new bops!