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RESCENE opened up about near-departures and financial doubts on MBC's Omniscient Interfering View, just as their 'Pretty Girl' triple-crown run peaked.
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SF9 kicks off a full promo rollout on the 10th ahead of their 10th-anniversary album 'TENACITY', with a showcase and Seoul concert lined up.
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Koyote's Shindee, 44, has shows lined up in Chuncheon and Yongpyeong. She posted a fresh update ahead of the performances.
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Seulgi's August 7 YouTube vlog from the 'Velvet Summer' MV shoot shows her rejecting a stylist's crop-top idea over wardrobe malfunction fears.
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The awards show, which debuted in 2017 as Soribada Best K Music Awards, hits its 10th anniversary on August 27 in Goyang, Gyeonggi Province.
8/8/2026

WHIB launches a nine-city global fan concert tour starting Sept. 12 in Seoul, then moving through Ho Chi Minh, Tokyo, Osaka, Taipei, Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver, and Hong Kong.
8/8/2026

TOMBOY crossed 400M views on August 7, joining Queencard and Nxde in (G)I-DLE's exclusive 400M club.
8/8/2026

Harisu went on Ahn Sun-young's YouTube channel to shut down a persistent rumor: that her ex-husband lost 3 billion won in business before their 2017 divorce.
8/8/2026

NUEVA topped KBS2's Music Bank on Aug. 7 with '.exe', their fourth mini-album title track, two days after winning Show Champion.
8/8/2026

Apink's Jung Eun-ji drops 7-track mini album 'Summer, I' on Aug 11, then plays two nights at Ticketlink 1975 Theater in September.
8/7/2026

Im Young-woong hits 14.2 billion Melon streams on his 10th debut anniversary—the same day BLACKPINK turns a decade old, as fans openly criticize the group's dormancy.
8/7/2026

Red Velvet's 'Velvet Summer' hit #1 on iTunes Top Albums across 17 regions and dominated three major Chinese music charts.
8/7/2026

Joy walked through her blood sugar management routine on MBC's 'I Live Alone,' weeks after Red Velvet dropped their five-track summer mini album 'Velvet Summer' on July 3.
8/7/2026
Wax, whose album dominated female solo sales charts for two decades, guests on MBC's live lottery broadcast August 8 at 8:35 PM.
8/7/2026

Park Ji-hyun dropped a live clip for '아름다운 인생 이야기' on YouTube July 7.
8/7/2026

Park Hyun-bin's trot hit '샤방샤방' topped prenatal education charts over Beethoven and Mozart—then got banned from broadcast for one lyric.
8/7/2026

Jung Il-woo stars in Amazon Prime's 'Criminals' in his first Japanese series, while Yeon Sang-ho produces Netflix Japan's 'Gas Human' and Disney+ casts Japanese actors in a Korean production.
8/7/2026

wave to earth drops an 11-track LP steeped in lo-fi jazz. Their 'courage' MV channels John Lennon's 1969 Bed Peace protest. A world tour kicks off in September, hitting Radio City Music Hall.
8/7/2026

Jung Hae-in and Ha-young appeared on KBS2's '옥탑방의 문제아들' on Aug 7, the same night their romantic comedy 'This Damn Love' aired its first episode.
8/7/2026

Lydia dropped '아름다운 사랑속에' on August 7 at noon—a love song produced by Pilseungbulpae and Jang Seok-won.
8/7/2026

The 2024 SBS Best New Actor winner returns for season 2 of the network's first season-format drama of 2026, which premiered August 7.
8/7/2026

Former Pentagon member Dun dropped solo single "Too Much" on Aug. 7—his first music in roughly three years, now independent.
8/7/2026

Directed by Kim Dong-ho and produced by Super Big, this original anime follows singer-songwriter Mita and four ghost bandmates racing toward a dream concert stage.
8/7/2026

Singer Runch and producer Ahn Sung-hyun, creative partners for eight years, marry in Gangnam on August 8 and premiere a self-composed track at the ceremony.
8/7/2026

BIGBANG launches a 14-country world tour Aug 21 at Goyang Sports Complex. Stray Kids, ENHYPEN, and NCT 127 all have new albums dropping this month.
8/7/2026

Young K headlines Sound Planet Festival 2026 (Sept 5–6, Paradise City, Incheon) with his second solo album YOUNGEST in tow.
8/7/2026

Hyundai Card's member program is backing Jay Park's world tour opener and Silica Gel's first KSPO DOME show this August and September.
8/7/2026

Five members return with 'The Phase' on Sept. 4 — their first domestic release in about a year. I.M sits out due to military service.
8/7/2026

Seo Eve teams up with Japanese creator ISSEI—93 million subscribers combined—on dance track 'CHOCOLATTE', August 10.
8/7/2026

YOUNITE dropped a Jovem Dionisio remake on August 7, four weeks before their September tour hits 8 Brazilian cities.
8/7/2026

Park Hye-won's new EP arrives Aug 13 at 6 PM KST. Dancer Choi Ho-jong choreographed and directed the double title track MV with dancer An Yu-jin.
8/7/2026

ASTRO's MJ plays dual roles in a concept trailer for his debut single album 'Right..?', arriving August 19.
8/7/2026

Oh Yoon-ah announced her remarriage to a non-celebrity in July, 11 years after her divorce. Her JTBC drama *Fly, Butterfly* premieres September 19.
8/7/2026

An Hyo-seop and Khalid's 'Something Special' music video drops August 7—his solo debut and Khalid's first collaboration with a Korean artist.
8/7/2026

UNIS's first Japanese mini album *UNI☆Sparkle!* hit #4 on Oricon and #1 on iTunes J-Pop charts in Canada and the Philippines, setting up the English 'GimmeSummer☆' release.
8/7/2026

Singer-songwriter Ju-eun (주은) drops 'Neo-rang Naneun (Feat. SHIRT)' on August 9 at 6 PM—a project track with her former agency Brotherhood Entertainment.
8/6/2026
Jennie's *Less than a Lover* hit #11 on Billboard Global (excl. US), #26 on Global 200, and topped all three major Chinese music platforms.
8/6/2026

Kiki returns August 10 with album *Waikiki*, led by electronic synth-pop title track *Pop Off Pop Off*. It follows the hit *404 (New Era)* from earlier this year.
8/6/2026

Stray Kids dropped their tenth mini album 'THIS & THAT' on August 7 with eight tracks, eight consecutive Billboard 200 #1s behind them, and a sold-out Seoul tour opener.
8/6/2026

LATENCY sub-guitarist Ji Ji-won posted an indoor selfie on August 5, her first public update in a while.
8/6/2026

This week's Beat column spotlights three Korean underground acts: KING SOUTH G's speed-driven rap, Y2MATE and CCR's collab '호걸', and 거리의 시인들.
8/6/2026

H2H's Jiwoo stopped by Sana's YouTube channel to talk convenience-store casting, seven years training, and what happens when an ENFP meets an ISTJ.
8/6/2026

Director Chris Applebum recalls the day Justin Timberlake texted Britney Spears to end their relationship—day two of the 2002 Dark Child Remix video shoot.
8/6/2026

ZEROBASEONE's YouTube series headed to the countryside. Kim Tae-rae and Sung Han-bin grabbed an acoustic guitar at grandma's house and played an impromptu duet.
8/6/2026

Trot singer Doori (Bong Doori, 34) released 'Seoul Kkaknjaengi' on August 6—her first single in three years—with a live TV performance coming August 10.
8/6/2026

KATSEYE's third EP 'WILD' arrives August 14. HYBE is running pop-ups at its Yongsan HQ (Aug 14–19) and Universal Music Store Harajuku (Aug 14–23).
8/6/2026

YG announced a BLACKPINK 10th debut anniversary Meet & Greet on Aug. 8 with only 40 random spots. Applications opened for nine hours on Aug. 6. Full member attendance unconfirmed.
8/6/2026
Variety's 2026 Young Hollywood Impact Report named four Korean acts among the 18–28-year-olds poised to shape entertainment. The list dropped August 4.
8/6/2026