Published on: 2025/02/03 14:00
It's now time for our daily dose of K-entertainment news with Walter Lee who also talked about a number of these groups we saw in Yoo-jin's report.
Yes, "KickFlip" was a big story for us over the past month, we are still waiting for "Hearts2Hearts", which I am looking forward to personally and what are YG going to do with their new group? So much mystery surrounding them.
But Walter let's now move on to your latest K-enter news. Our first story definitely no rookies anymore news on two BlackPink members.
The music video for "APT.", a hit collaboration between BLACKPINK's Rosé and pop star Bruno Mars, has surpassed 1 billion views on YouTube, according to Rosé's entertainment company The Black Label on Saturday.
This is the fastest time for any K-pop artist to hit 1 billion views and is the fifth fastest music video worldwide to achieve this feat.
Ahead of Rosé is..
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Rosé beat out Psy's "Gangnam Style" by 56 days, with Psy taking 158 days to reach the one billion mark.
The song is still dominating global charts, peaking at No. 3 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and No. 2 on the UK Official Singles Chart Top 100.
And next up, the second member we are going to talk about is Jennie, and she has recently released a new single. Let's talk about that.
On Friday, BlackPink's Jennie released her third single titled "Love Hangover" off her upcoming album "Ruby", less than a week after also releasing hard hitting single "Zen". Both singles are quite in contrast to each other with "Zen" coming in with some power vocals and bass while "Love Hangover" shows the versatility of Jennie's voice and the high-pitch, angelic side of her range.
This is the third release coming off Jennie's album with the first song being "Mantra", leaving fans wanting more. Jennie's "Ruby" album is set for release on March 7.
We have more girl group news. What's next?
To celebrate their 10th anniversary, K-pop girl group Red Velvet will release a live concert film titled "Red Velvet Happiness Diary: My Dear, ReVeluv in Cinema". The film, which is available in special formats such as 4DX, SCREENX, and ULTRA 4DX, showcases the incredible talent that the group has built over the last decade and feature some of their greatest hits such as, "Happiness," "Ice Cream Cake," "Psycho," "Feel My Rhythm," "Cosmic," and "Red Flavour." .
The film captures the Seoul performance of their fan concert tour and is set for an exclusive CGV release on February 5.
Thanks for that news Walter stick around.
And now time for other culture-related news with our AI anchor Ari who has exciting events to introduce for us today. Ari!
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