Quickie: BTS Voted First for Time’s Person-of-the-Year Honors

On December 7, 2018, it was revealed that BTS won the Time Magazine’s Reader’s Poll vote for Person-of-the-Year. BTS, who debuted in 2013 with “No More Dream” under Big Hit Entertainment, have earned worldwide fame and recognition steadily...

5Dec

Making HISTORY in 2018

Stills of HISTORY from their 2016 Queen MV. From Left to right: Sihyoung, Yijeong, Dokyun, Kyungil and Jaeho. HISTORY – Their story This five member group featuring Kim Sihyoung, Jang Yijeong, Na Dokyun, Song Kyungil and Kim Jaeho, was...

3Dec

KCRUSH Interview with K-pop Boyband, Seven O’Clock

(From left to right, Jeonggyu, Taeyoung, Hangyeom, 2Soul, Hyun) Seven O’Clock (Hangul: 세븐어클락) is a K-pop boy group formed by Staro Entertainment and KDH Entertainment in 2017. The group made their debut in March of the same year with...

6Nov

The East Light Shines Light on Alleged Abuse

Unless your head is in the sand, it should be known that the K-Pop world is a dark, shady place. What’s on-stage isn’t necessarily what happens behind-the-scenes. Members of the now-former K-Pop rookie group, The East Light, are bringing forth...

28Oct

Perceptions of Kenyans Regarding K-pop and K-drama

I detested idling around in between lessons in Campus. I needed a challenge to keep busy while adding value to my life. I came across a poster advertising Korean language club during my second-year studies and decided to give it a try. This is what...

19Oct

BTS Renewed Their Contract With Big-Hit Entertainment

BTS, who are adorable and having world-wide popularity at this time, have renewed their contract with their original management company, Big-Hit Entertainment. Big-Hit Entertainment and BTS have announced that, there was faith and love between them...

3Sep

Unpopular Opinion: BitHit Should Focus on BTS’ Core Fans Instead of Global Fame

BTS are everywhere. From South Korea to Europe to the United States, it’s hard to go anywhere without running into an A.R.M.Y, BTS’ music, or their faces. Even in the United States, their songs and likeness are featured on products (most...

13Aug

Meet Kpop’s Best Absolute Perfect – B.A.P.

The recent America-based activities of Kpop giants BTS and GOT7 has catapulted Kpop into the limelight for mainstream American music fans, giving a taste of what South Korea has to offer. To that end, we take a look at another male Kpop group...

16Jul

Top 5 Choreographers in S. Korea

South Korea, widely known and respected for its huge beauty and cosmetic brands has gradually entered the entertainment scene with the country’s styled music genre. With the increasing rise in Korean pop or K-pop, it comes as no surprise that a...

21May

Where are Your Idols From?

Broken down into eight provinces, six metropolitan cities, one special city, one special self-governing city, and one special self-governing province, South Korea has a lot to offer with activities and experiences to help make it an interesting...

9Feb

Girlkind

Girlkind, a hip-hop Girl group rookie, published their debut single ‘FANCI’ on the 17th of January, 2018. Girlkind is currently contracted with Next Level Entertainment. Girlkind was already popular among many fans even before their debut,...

15Jan

Great Hard Rock Korean Bands

Foreigners these days often associate Korean music with Psy’s mega hit ‘Gangnam Style’ or BTS, a boy group garnering international praise. Indeed, it is not easy to be exposed to music genres other than “K-pop” in daily life in Korea as...

1Jan

What you need to know about Bang Si-hyuk: The Mastermind of BTS

Bang Si-hyuk (born August 9, 1972) is a Korean record executive, songwriter, producer and founder of Big Hit Entertainment. He is currently best known for being the man behind the hottest K-pop boy band, BTS. Born and raised in Seoul,...

31Jul

KCRUSH Interview with “Paris is our Seoul”

France is probably the country in Europe which has the most K-pop fans. Last month, BTS was named the most popular K-Pop group in France. La Monde reported that several French students missed their graduation test, the Baccalauréat, just to...

6Jun

KPOP Fashion

When an idol group debuts there are many things a company must handle such as fashion and KPOP fashion has definitely changed over the past few years. If you look back as far as 1990, there will be a huge difference than from today’s fashion...

Quickie: BTS Voted First for Time’s Person-of-the-Year Honors