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Set to Take Over Alamodome Oct. 28–31, 2026

KPOPWORLD Festival & Worldwide Dance Competition

For their new album &lt;itsnotover&gt;, idntt sat down with KPOPWORLD to talk about where they've been, what this group has demanded of them, and what they refuse to let go of

idntt: The KPOPWORLD Digital Cover

Closing a trilogy is easy. Closing it by handing the story back to the people who lived it is something else. EPEX's Youth: Epilogue wraps up two years and three albums of coming-of-age storytelling

EPEX Talks Youth Epilogue, Ownership and Growth

On July 14, inner beauty brand LifePharm announced that genderless group XLOV will become their newest Global Ambassadors. The brand is known for their viral dietary Mood Change Alpha Plus range, described as self-care for K-pop idols

XLOV Announced as Ambassadors for Inner Beauty Brand LifePharm

K-pop’s contract system has undergone many changes since the industry’s inception in the 1990s. From 13-year slave contracts to a reduced term of seven years — with options for renegotiation

K-pop’s Contract System, Explained – And Why So Many Artists Are Leaving Big Labels

There's a particular kind of pressure that follows a debut year. The introductions have been made, the foundations laid, and suddenly the question shifts from who you are to what you are becoming. For ifeye, that question has an answer – and they're ready to give it

ifeye: The Start of Something Special

This February, OMEGA X took their RE:CONNECT tour across Europe, moving through Paris, Frankfurt, Berlin, Warsaw, Budapest, Helsinki, and Milan across a two-week run that marked a significant moment in the group's relationship with their international fanbase

OMEGA X Take Europe: A Tour Diary in Their Own Words

On their fourth EP Imperfect-I'mperfect, FIFTY FIFTY push into new sonic territory – cyberpunk electronics, dreamy hip-hop, euphoric pop – all while carrying a message that hits close to home: it's okay to be imperfect. It's okay to not be okay

FIFTY FIFTY: The KPOPWORLD Digital Cover

For ORβIT, a Korea–Japan joint group formed from contestants of Produce 101 Japan, the journey to a Korean debut has wound through a global pandemic, military service, and a creative evolution quiet enough to miss if you weren't paying attention

ORβIT: Finding Their Orbit

kimseungjoo doesn't want to be a superstar anymore. He's said as much, and he's also said that he once held that admission up to the light and wondered if it was a loser's way of thinking. He decided it wasn't

kimseungjoo: The Boy Who Stopped Wanting to Be a Superstar

KB, JISUNG and NINE don't talk about QQQ the way most groups talk about a debut. The ambition is there, but they start somewhere else entirely: trust

QQQ Talk Dreams, Doubt and Doing It Their Way

Big Ocean have spent their career making the case that K-pop has room for them – just by continuing to show up, release music, and refusing to disappear. THE GREATEST BATTLE, their third mini album, is the fullest version of that argument yet

Big Ocean: Still Standing, On Their Own Terms

In a music scene as vast and varied as South Korea's, HANRORO has carved out a territory that is entirely her own: indie rock with the emotional weight of a confession. Since her debut in 2022, she has built an audience through the oldest mechanism in music

HANRORO: Entirely On Her Own Terms

When Kep1er debuted in January 2022, the group arrived with a built-in audience, faces already known, and the particular pressure of having been chosen. Formed through the Mnet survival show Girls Planet 999, they launched into a scene that had already watched them closely for months

Interview