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Bae Na-ra and musical actor Han Jae-a are getting married. The exact date hasn't been set yet.
7/17/2026
Big Hit Music confirms TXT's 'ENDLESS RIDE' VR concert launches in South Korea and Japan first, then worldwide, with a bigger setlist than previous editions.
7/17/2026
BBGIRLS dropped 'BODY WAVE' on July 16, 2026—their first original track since remaking 'Huimang Sahang' in May 2025.
7/17/2026
GIRLSET dropped 'CHAT' on July 17 and performed it on Music Bank the same day—their first domestic broadcast stages under the GIRLSET name.
7/17/2026
KiTbetter's July Week 3 Weekly KiTalbum Spotlight landed three acts at once: DAV, E:ON, and US-based Tell Me Why.
7/16/2026
(G)I-DLE sold out their August 29 Galaxy Arena Macau show 16 days after tickets went on sale, extending a run of Asian sellouts on the 'Syncopation' world tour.
7/16/2026
KATSEYE's first theatrical documentary 'WILD HEARTS' hits theaters August 12, just before their third EP 'WILD' drops two days later.
7/16/2026
B THE HOOD, LEVVELS' five-member virtual group, hit 5M YouTube views and 850K subscribers in six weeks. Their pre-release single 'Lowkey' charted on YouTube Music Shorts.
7/16/2026
'Red Red' hit 70 daily chart-toppers on July 12. Cortis launches their first world tour 'PUT YOUR PHONE DOWN' on July 18.
7/16/2026
Cube Entertainment shared fresh profile photos of actor Park Do-ha on July 15—his first new set in roughly 2 years and 10 months.
7/16/2026
go!go!vanillas closed their first Asia tour with a two-hour set at Yes24 Live Hall in Seoul on Dec. 12, before heading home for a 20-show Japan run starting in October.
7/16/2026
Jeong Dong-ha dropped four new profile photos on July 15. First mini album in seven years is coming in the second half of 2026.
7/16/2026
Sydney-based Korean alt-hip-hop group 1300 released their 13-track debut album under Universal Music Korea, featuring a Grammy-nominated producer and four guest artists.
7/16/2026
ASC2NT's second digital single arrived July 16, five months after their debut mini album. The release came with an animated MV featuring members as original characters.
7/16/2026
RESCENE scored their debut music-show win on July 14. The same week, their agency launched a fan-powered reporting site for malicious posts and copyright violations.
7/16/2026
V's 'Layover' hit iTunes #1 in 110 countries—more than any other Asian solo album this decade. The EP peaked at #2 on the Billboard 200, with every track surpassing 100M Spotify streams.
7/16/2026
Show Me The Money 12 champion Kim Ha-on returns with a 20-song millennium-themed project on July 20, 2026.
7/16/2026
Kim Hee-jae visited MBC FM4U's trot radio on July 16 to discuss his June 26 digital single, fully produced by Jang Yun-jeong.
7/16/2026
KiiiKiii's January release topped Billboard's staff-selected K-pop ranking, beating 24 other tracks. A mid-August comeback is already locked in.
7/16/2026
10CM's new acoustic ballad is the episode-ending theme for 'Strange: Itou Junji's Sleepless, Bizarre Tales,' dropping July 22 at noon.
7/16/2026
The group drops a two-track single 9 months after debut EP 'PAPARAZZI ARRIVE', pairing a New Jack Swing title track with a ballad B-side.
7/16/2026
Park Junil and Roik of pre-debut group AGD will perform together at Waterbomb Seoul 2026, with the seven-member MME trainee team drawing early buzz.
7/16/2026
Music talk show '빈칸채우기' held its press conference in Seoul on July 16, bringing together Park Hak-gi, Park Seung-hwa, and Lee Se-jun.
7/16/2026
J.Y. Park drops reggae single 'WET' on July 23 as the Waterbomb 2026 main theme — his first summer track since 'When We Disco' in 2020.
7/16/2026
Im Young-woong's three-night Goyang stadium concert opens ticket sales July 16 at 8 PM via NOL Ticket.
7/16/2026
Red Velvet returns as a full group on August 3 with new mini album 'Velvet Summer,' a contemporary take on their signature Velvet concept.
7/16/2026
Shim So-jung drops 'Perfect Timing' on July 17. The classical harp singer-songwriter's new digital single arrives at noon across major platforms worldwide.
7/16/2026
'ARIRANG' held No. 1 for three weeks and now sits at No. 25 on the July 18 Billboard 200; 'NORMAL' MV and two new audio versions arrive July 17 on Spotify.
7/16/2026
Wonho's new album *CORE* drops July 21 at 6 PM. Highline Entertainment teased it with three mood sampler videos—'RAW,' 'SHELL,' 'CRACK'—released July 13–15.
7/16/2026
M.I.B's Gangnam drops '치킨과 그녀' on July 16. The city pop track pairs his own production with lyrics from webtoon artist Gi An-84.
7/15/2026
Hyolyn dropped the step film for her fourth mini album 'OriginaLyn' on July 15. The full 7-track project arrives July 22 at 6 PM.
7/15/2026
Im Young-woong's *ULSSIGU* performance MV hit 10M views on July 15. His album *IM HERO 2* crossed 1.4B cumulative streams on Melon.
7/15/2026
ATEEZ's latest EP debuted at #1 on Billboard 200, Top Album Sales, and World Albums simultaneously, with 223K first-week US copies — outselling positions 2–31 combined.
7/15/2026
*첫 만남은 계획대로 되지 않아* hit 200 million YouTube Music streams in a year. TWS's debut single has owned Korea's daily charts since January 2024.
7/15/2026
KM차트 opened voting for its July monthly chart awards across 6 categories. Fans can vote on MyOnePick and IdolChamp through July 24.
7/15/2026
Cadenza won last year's revived festival. The 38th MBC University Song Festival opens applications tomorrow, with finals at Pukyong National University on Oct. 31.
7/15/2026
A 7-day Dcinside poll with 37,208 votes named IVE's Jang Wonyoung the star whose favorability dropped most due to airport manner controversy.
7/15/2026
Bibi had no idea Ji Ye-eun and Bata were dating until a YouTube video revealed it on camera.
7/15/2026
Lee So-ra broke six years of silence on tvN's Yu Quiz on the Block, revealing the severe health crisis that forced her away from music.
7/15/2026
TXT's Yeonjun performs at Z100 Summer Bash on Aug. 6 in New York—the first Korean act ever on the bill.
7/15/2026
Kwon Jin-ah dropped her third mini album 'SAVE ME' on July 15—a five-track all-rock project she wrote and composed entirely herself.
7/15/2026
RISENNÉ swept every scoring category to beat two male groups. Their 2024 debut track *Love Attack* hit No. 1 on Melon's Top 100.
7/15/2026
Lisene won their first music broadcast trophy on July 14, then landed the halftime slot for Man City vs Atlético Madrid on August 9.
7/15/2026
Ha Ji-won and Kim Min-gyu both turned down offers for the new drama 'Affair Hunter' after considering them earlier this year.
7/15/2026
Song Ga-in dropped dance trot track '꽃이 아니면 어떤가(질경이)' on July 2. Two weeks later, she showed up at her agency to perform it live for staff and hand out pocket money.
7/15/2026
LE SSERAFIM, ILLIT, and KATSEYE's *ICONIC BY MISTAKE* hit No. 60 on the July 18 Hot 100 after entering at No. 38, plus landed MLB Network sync.
7/15/2026
LUN8 drops their fourth mini album July 22, then plays their first solo fan concert and heads to eight European cities.
7/15/2026
Kim Soo-hyun broke 17 months of silence on July 15 with a social media post. His agency confirmed his return, and roughly 40 film and drama offers are already waiting.
7/15/2026
