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D.O. drops a 360-degree highlight medley for 'DOPAMINE', his first mini album since 'BLISS' in July 2025, out September 8 at 6 PM.
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Kim Sejeong posted a Paris street photo on September 4, months after switching agencies to BH Entertainment and wrapping a five-city fan concert tour.
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NouerA earned their first music show wins with a July comeback. Now they're headed to the 2026 SPOTV K-POP AWARDS on December 6.
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Kim Sim-ya's first full-length album in 6 years arrives Sept. 9 with a 26-minute visual by Park Chan-kyung, artist-director and younger brother of filmmaker Park Chan-wook.
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EXO's D.O. made his stance crystal clear on YouTube's 채널십오야 on September 4: he won't be doing a dating show.
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JISOO's first solo single in ~11 months hits 1.7M views and 70K+ comments within 4 hours of release, topping global X trends.
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Onew drops a trailer for his first single album '착각' and announces a staggered three-track release plan running from September 29 through October 20.
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The trot star opened up about the pressures of public life in a September 3 YouTube video. Her songwriter alter ego '장공장장' released a new track on August 20.
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Voting for the Asia Artist Awards 2026 popularity prizes starts September 4. BTS, BLACKPINK, and 12 actor nominees are in the running.
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Park Ji-hoon earned three nominations at the 35th Buil Film Awards, set for October 7 in Busan. Kim Nam-gil and Cheon Woo-hee return as MCs for a second consecutive year.
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Nam Gyu-ri's new digital album uses one melody split into two contrasting arrangements, with violinist KoN featured on Part.2.
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Lisa released hip-hop single 'SaWaDiKa' on Oct 4, ahead of EP 'PRESS PLAY' on Oct 23 and a four-night Las Vegas residency that sold out in 10 minutes.
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MONSTA X dropped 'The Phase' on September 4. The six-track mini has Jooheon co-writing the guitar-heavy title track 'MAGIC'.
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TWEED's debut album cracks the all-time top 10 for girl group first-week sales. 'SUN KISS' and 'GRLS' hit 160K TikTok videos in four days.
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Ten acts confirmed for the third Korea Grand Music Awards on Nov. 7–8 in Seoul. Three more lineup waves still coming.
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Seo Ho completes military service in time for ONEUS's first release under BeWave Entertainment on September 23.
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Cosmosi will debut at a domestic awards show on September 6, performing an unreleased track for the first time at the 2026 SPOTV K-POP AWARDS in Ilsan.
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NH NongHyup Card and Visa are giving away 9 MAMA Awards packages and 10 M Countdown tickets this September to eligible cardholders.
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Ten releases 'OUTWEST' on September 4, the first project he oversaw end-to-end after co-founding creative company Illiment following his SM Entertainment departure.
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Chuu posted a transit selfie—her first public update since releasing full-length debut 'XO, My Cyberlove' on January 7, 2026.
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Moon Geun-young posted a makeup-free photo on September 1 with the caption "Skin, stay like this just for today"—her first SNS post since announcing her July 29 wedding.
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The 16-year veteran behind the 100M-stream hit 'Naneun Banditbul' was doing snap photography gigs between schedules during the song's own promotions.
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Chaeryeong will release a solo album in November 2026, roughly 7 years and 9 months after ITZY's debut, with MV filming preparations currently underway.
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IU drops a digital single September 10 while her 6th studio album and tour remain sidelined by Eustachian tube dysfunction.
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Lee Jun-hyuk, 41, posted a white-shirt-and-tie selfie on Sep 3 with a beer emoji—a quiet moment between Netflix, TVING, SBS, and tvN roles.
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KARD's Jeon Somin turned 29 on August 22, marking the occasion on Instagram while her solo EP 'UNVEIL' and the group's world tour 'NOW HERE' both run in parallel.
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JIMFF's 22nd edition opened September 3 at Jecheon Arts Center with Song Joong-ki, Park So-dam, and director Park Chan-wook walking the red carpet for its biggest year yet.
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AtHeart performed their Rula cover '3!4!' on M Countdown Sept. 3—the second TIME TRAVEL PROJECT single, with its MV nearing 10M views.
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뻔푸소년CIIU, JYP China's five-member boy group, marked one year since their August 2025 debut with a Shanghai fan meeting, a Hong Kong awards show performance, and their first mini album.
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Young Taek drops 'GOGO' on September 14 with 11 of 12 tracks self-written. His five-city solo tour TAK SHOW5 kicks off in Seoul on October 3.
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NCT 127's final night at KSPO Dome on September 20 will stream live to 1,030 movie theaters across 40 regions worldwide.
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PENTAGON drops their first full-lineup single in three years on Sept. 11, then launches the '101010' tour across Osaka, Tokyo, Seoul, and Hong Kong.
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Actor Gwak Si-yang and Lovelyz member Yoo Ji-ae are marrying Nov. 28 in Seoul. No one knew they were dating.
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ONEW's dropping five tracks for 'KAKERA -運命のピース-', his first Japanese release in about a year. The title track hits September 9.
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Kim Beom-su covered HYNN's new title track on September 2. The song climbed to #1 on Vibe Rising and #2 on YouTube Music Rising.
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Kim Na-young covers Ha-rim's 2004 ballad *사랑이 다른 사랑으로 잊혀지네*, out September 3 with arrangement by Han-bam (Midnight).
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'Butter' hits 1.5B Spotify streams, joining 'Dynamite' and 'My Universe' as BTS group tracks to cross that mark five years after its May 2021 release.
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RBW's mentee project LIT808 returns with five tracks reinterpreting world literature as K-pop, complete with an AI-animated music video.
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ASC2NT performs 'If I Die Tomorrow' on Sept. 3, one day before 'Still with you' — the finale of their 사계 project — releases.
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Lee Jong-suk is out of 'Lee Seop's Romance' after a production schedule shift made it impossible to keep him on board, despite his involvement from the planning stage.
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SF9 wrapped their 10th-anniversary album cycle on September 2. TENACITY hit top 10 in 9 regions, with a Seoul concert coming in October.
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Kwon Eun-bi returns with digital single 'DEJAVU' on September 3, her first release under RBW Entertainment, and speaks candidly about music recognition and an IZ*ONE 10th-anniversary reunion.
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Japanese entertainer Kasama Sho recounted two humbling Korean airport arrivals on MBC's Radio Star, including one where fans he thought were his own vanished with IVE's Yujin.
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September 3, 2014. Lady's Code member EunB died in a highway crash. Four days later, RiSe was gone too.
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'Merry Berry Love' hits Disney+ and Nippon TV on October 7. Ji Chang-wook's first Japanese series and first rom-com since 2023's 'Welcome to Samdal-ri'.
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hrtz.wav drops a 6-track mini album on September 9, with title track 'ALIVE' featuring RIIZE's Seongchan, capping a debut run across 10 festivals.
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D.O. drops the tracklist for 'DOPAMINE', a 5-track mini album arriving September 8 — his first album release since 'BLISS' in July 2025.
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Grande wrapped the 41-city Eternal Sunshine Tour at London's O2 Arena on Sept. 2, then addressed her planned hiatus directly from the stage.
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