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K-pop

July 2024

  • A figure made out of east Asian food items, standing on a bright pink and blue plinth, against a yellow background

    ‘America was futuristic once. Now all the crazy things are from Asia’: why the British are going wild for kawaii culture

  • Several dancers pose as they learn the choreography

    ‘The classes just keep growing’: how K-pop dancing is taking off in the UK

June 2024

  • Seventeen pose for photograph beside the Pyramid stage.

    Backstage at Glastonbury with K-pop sensation Seventeen – in pictures

    Guardian photographer David Levene was granted exclusive access to the 13-strong band, and captured all of the buildup and preparations, as well as the performance, when they debuted on the festival’s Pyramid stage on Friday
  • K-pop band Seventeen performing on Glastonbury Pyramid stage

    Seventeen make history as first K-pop band to perform at Glastonbury

    South Korean 13-piece boyband take to Pyramid stage for ‘Glasteen’ in front of fanbase often overlooked by western festivals

    • Seventeen: who are the first K-pop act to appear on Glastonbury’s main stage?

    • Jin from BTS wraps up military service to the strains of K-pop hit Dynamite

    • Activists fly K-pop USB sticks into North Korea as ‘poo balloon’ row intensifies

May 2024

  • Aespa.

    Alexis Petridis's album of the week
    Aespa: Armageddon review – music is an afterthought in high-concept pop

  • A woman holds a large cup of bubble tea with a plastic lid.

    ‘It’s going gangbusters!’ How Britain fell in love with bubble tea

March 2024

  • six young korean people in mathcing red jackets and trousers standing in a line, one in front of the other

    One to watch
    One to watch: Balming Tiger

    A tight unit with a riotous party spirit, K-pop collective are bringing their culture to the masses
  • Pyramid schemes … Dua Lipa, Coldplay's Chris Martin and SZA.

    Dua Lipa, Coldplay and SZA to headline 2024 Glastonbury festival

    Coldplay become act to headline most times with their fifth top slot, while Shania Twain is booked for the Sunday teatime ‘legend’ set as the lineup is announced
  • The Myeongdong neighbourhood in Seoul at night.

    BTS, Blackpink, Squid Game, kimchi … what’s the secret of South Korea’s world-conquering culture?

    From K-pop to K-beauty, via film and fashion, South Korea is punching way above its weight. The boyband BTS alone rakes in billions every year. Are there lessons for other countries?

February 2024

  • Lalisa Manobal at Paris Fashion Week in 2020

    The White Lotus: Blackpink member Lisa joins cast for third season

    Lalisa Manobal will be the second member of the K-pop girl group to appear on HBO, joining a cast led by Parker Posey, Natasha Rothwell and Jason Isaacs

January 2024

  • Erika De Casier

    R&B sensation Erika de Casier: ‘I don’t know if I ever think – yep, I’m a musician’

    One of pop’s most sought-after artists, de Casier has written for K-pop stars and remixed Dua Lipa, but hid behind her bolshie alter ego Bianka for her own music. Now she’s finally found the confidence to drop the act

November 2023

  • K-pop band BTS in 2017.

    From K-pop to reggaeton, English language music no longer reigns supreme

    Shain Shapiro
    Generous investment in Seoul, Bogotá and beyond has created local artists who can rip up the world stage. Meanwhile, the UK cuts its funding, says Shain Shapiro
  • Jung Kook wearing a white vest

    Jung Kook: Golden review – BTS star searches for his own sound

    The K-pop boyband star nods to Craig David, Justin Timberlake and more on a solo debut that’s best when his dreamy falsetto soars
  • Going solo … Jung Kook.

    Alexis Petridis's album of the week
    Jung Kook: Golden review – a sexed-up, hook-filled but unremarkable solo debut

    The talented BTS singer follows a well-worn path from boyband member to solo star, plunging into competent pop-R&B – including an Ed Sheeran co-write

October 2023

  • Javier Milei and Victoria Villaruel in Buenos Aires on 18 October.

    BTS and Taylor Swift fans give Javier Milei and his running mate an earful

    Argentinian Swifties say ‘Milei is Trump’ as devotees of BTS decry ‘hatred and xenophobia’ of Victoria Villarruel’s tweets about group
  • K-pop band STAYC mistakenly wore the wrong Rangers shirts for their gig in Texas.

    K-pop band mistakenly sport wrong Rangers shirts at Dallas gig

    Members of STAYC wore retro kit for the Glasgow football team instead of baseball jerseys for the Texas Rangers on their US tour
  • Hollowell-Dhar on stage in 2011.

    ‘I saw fan-made compilations. It blew my mind’: the music producer who found accidental K-pop fame

    Musician Kshmr, also known as Niles Hollowell-Dhar, is one of the genre’s biggest names behind the scenes. He makes next to nothing from the hits that use his sounds, but says he doesn’t mind
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