Korean R&B singer GEMINI will embark on his first North American tour this spring. He will travel to ten cities beginning March 16.

K-Pop has encountered decades of accusations that the genre is manufactured. But three groups are challenging this notion— and at times turning it on it’s head.

K-Pop’s second generation groups were given no creative control when they debuted. A decade later the surviving groups are reclaiming their names and legacies.

As a teen, SHINee’s Onew would sing on his company’s rooftop. Fifteen years later with the release of his first Japanese album, he’s still heeding the lessons he learned there.

XENZU a force to be reckoned from China. With “Jelly”, she wants her fans to embrace self-love and confidence.

The “Departed” tour, which soon travels to North America, represents a change for the rapper: “This is a new me.”

Eight years after SHINee’s Taemin released his first debut album “ACE”, Minho concludes a series that each SHINee member contributed to.

“We’re liars. We’re so mischievous,” HELLO GLOOM tells me in this exclusive interview about one of the most exciting labels to emerge from South Korea, headed by two former idols.

In celebration of Jay B’s first European tour, I’m writing about some of his best eras. This week we are revisiting JJ Project, a unique group with GOT7’s Jinyoung that explored the concept of youth — and growing older.

Six years after disbanding, KARA returns with new music. They thought it was impossible. But this is a story of resilience.

JUNNY, a talented Canadian-Korean pop singer, just completed his first tour. But he has one last year-end gift for fans: the English language release of “Not About You”.

As he begins his first European tour, Loopy is emerging as a voice of a global hip-hop community.

Jay B brings his “Tape: Press Pause” tour to Europe and the UK this December with a diverse output of music for fans.

The eleven members of OMEGA X detailed devastating claims of abuse at a press conference on Wednesday. They hope their story will inspire others to act.

In the second installment of my “BoA in Japan” series, BoA makes history by hitting number one on the Japanese Oricon charts. But she struggles to adapt to life as a celebrity.

On his first United States tour, Kim Woojin dreams big — and brings pop catharsis to his fans.

Weverse announced this week that V-Live, the biggest archive of idol videos on the internet, will shut down on December 31. Fans are scrambling to archive videos.

A surprise song from OMEGA X’s leader JaeHan dropped this week. It’s worth listening to.

ITZY’s “Boys Like You” charts a concept they’ve built since the beginning: The importance of self-love and friendship.

N.Flying releases a final album- for now- before military enlistments begin and finally find a seat at the K-Pop table.