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[Show Review] At her solo concert ten years after her debut, Moonbyul shines brighter than ever

"I never thought about going solo, at first. It just wasn't something that crossed my mind," Moonbyul said.

Mamamoo’s Moonbyul is back in Singapore for a concert. But this time, the 31-year-old singer-rapper is here as a solo artist.

She had been to Singapore on multiple occasions, and her most recent was last year, for sub-unit Mamamoo+’s fan concert.

Titled [MUSEUM : an epic of starlit], Moonbyul was glowing and shining in her own right, for fans to know and see her as herself, instead of in a group setting. Held at the Capitol Theatre, here are four highlights from her show.

1. Solo concert only came ten years after her debut

Moonbyul is one-quarter of Mamamoo and she has pretty much toured the world with her bandmates. But this solo world tour is special to her as she finally has the chance to embark on this voyage, ten years after her debut.

However, Moonbyul had her fair share of doubts, which probably explains why she’s only going solo now. She shared via a video played: “I never thought about going solo, at first. It just wasn’t something that crossed my mind”.

She added, “I wasn’t sure I would still be a singer ten years later. But when the opportunity to be a solo career was presented, it felt like the beginning of a new dream.”

2. Crisp live vocals

Mamamoo is a group that is known in the industry for always bringing live vocals to the audience. Moonbyul, a member of the band, demonstrated that during her solo show too. Hearing her resonant vocals and rap live? Chef’s kiss.

She also made the effort to sing songs that were not originally on her setlist. And she presented them with acapella.

Even as an avid concert reviewer, I was sold by Moonbyul’s live performance. Her vocals sounded exactly like her studio version, and everyone in the crowd would agree too. While she’s a rapper, Moonbyul never fails to hit every high note with ease.

3. Endearing bond with fans

Moonbyul has a close-knit relationship with Moomoos, a term endearingly given to Mamamoo’s fans.

On some level, they’re like her friends to whom she sometimes dishes advice. Between her songs, Moonbyul said: “No matter who is around you, before you think of others, you should love yourself first.

“Because if you love yourself, you get to share that love with others,” she added.

Another case in point: before she performed an unreleased song titled Take Off, she said, “If you are a Moomoo, you would know what song this is”. Of course, the crowd would know, responding with defeating cheers.

4. Fans sing the encore instead

Encore stages are always the time for artists to sing a few songs before they officially part. Rarely do they get their audience to sing with them, let alone by themselves.

Not for Moonbyul.

“You know I wouldn’t be singing it, right? You would be singing the encore,” Moonbyul later chimed in and accompanied the crowd in singing too.

For concerts, the show’s setlists are usually planned. But Moonbyul prefers to go freestyle at times. She took in song requests from the crowd during the encore.

For an idol to be so comfortable in their element and be able to perform without excessive pre-preparation, it’s refreshing and respectable. And this just shows how much experience Moonbyul has under her belt.

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[ARTICLE] 221007 | K-Pop Group LOONA Discuss Styling Hopes and Regrets During 1st World Tour, ‘LOONATHEWORLD’

Snapshot! is a Teen Vogue style series where we ask artists to take candid pics and share a glimpse of their style and beauty routines. In this installment, the members of LOONA open up to Teen Vogue about touring, the styles that brought them to this moment, and a few they’re happy to leave in the rearview. READ THE FULL ARTICLE HERE By Abby Webster, 7th October 2022

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BTS’s Jin To Sing Main Theme Song For Jun Ji Hyun & Joo Ji Hoon’s New Drama “Jirisan”

BTS’s Jin will be lending his voice to the soundtrack of Jun Ji Hyun and Joo Ji Hoon’s upcoming drama “Jirisan”!

On October 1, “Jirisan” production company AStory officially announced that Jin would be singing the main theme song for the highly-anticipated drama.

Astory stated, “BTS’s Jin’s song for the ‘Jirisan’ OST will be the main theme song for ‘Jirisan,’ and you will be able to hear it starting from midway through the drama. We will announce the release date [for the song] at a separate time.”

“Jirisan” is a mystery drama starring Jun Ji Hyun as Seo Yi Kang, a top ranger at Mount Jiri National Park, and Joo Ji Hoon as her rookie partner Kang Hyun Jo, who is hiding an unspeakable secret. The drama, which is penned by “Kingdom” writer Kim Eun Hee and helmed by “Goblin” director Lee Eung Bok, will follow the two rangers as they investigate the truth behind a mysterious accident that occurred on the mountain.

“Jirisan” premieres on October 23 at 9 p.m. KST and will be available with subtitles on Viki. In the meantime, check out a latest teaser for the drama here!

Are you excited to hear what Jin has in store for the “Jirisan” OST?

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[NEWS] Whee In is named as one of Top 10 Aces Of K-Pop In 2021

4. MAMAMOO's Whee In

Whee In soared as a fully realized artist in 2021 with her debut EP "Redd" making waves on charts and fans' hearts alike. It was also this year that Whee In took a big step towards her future as an artist by signing with THE L1VE. We cannot wait to see what Whee In has in store for us in the future!

article by kpopmap

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[ARTICLE] Billboard: NCT Dream Set New Album 'Reload,' Scrap Age-Based System With Return of Mark

Yo, Dream! Fans of NCT Dream, the youth-oriented K-pop act can look forward to a new album, Reload, from the act on April 29, as well as some exciting changes to their lineup following its release. 

On Monday night (April 13, April 14 in South Korea), the team’s company SM Entertainment announced that NCT Dream’s new album will be the last with the current lineup as Dream will shift away from its current, age-based rotational system. Reload will feature the current lineup of members Jeno, Jaemin, Chenle, Renjun, Jisung, and Haechan, but after its release they will move away from the age-determined format that Dream is based around. To put it simply, the teen-aged unit of the larger NCT boy band is growing up. 

Previously, NCT Dream was operating with a graduation-based system, so that when members reached the age of adulthood in South Korea, 19 internationally, they would move on from it. This led to Mark, who also is part of other NCT groups as well as SuperM, age out at the end of 2018. But this year will see the age-based system come to a halt, and Mark return to NCT Dream, bringing it back to its seven-member original lineup, known to fans and the band as "7Dream." Following the release of Reload at the end of this month, NCT Dream will become a fluid-style team that SM Entertainment says is similar to what's associated with another NCT unit, NCT U, and members will be able to participate in both their own projects as well as partake in releases under the NCT Dream name. 

According to a post shared on the fan-board Lysn, the NCT Dream members who are not currently active in other NCT groups -- Renjun, Jaemin, Jisung, Chenle, and Jeno -- will become members of new NCT teams in the future.

Read the full article: here

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BTS’s ‘Butter’ Scores Biggest Song Debut In Spotify History

BTS’s “Butter” got off to a smooth streaming start on Friday, notching the biggest song debut in Spotify history.

The hotly anticipated disco-pop anthem earned 11.042 million global Spotify streams yesterday, breaking the platform’s opening day record formerly held by Ed Sheeran and Justin Bieber’s “I Don’t Care” (10.977 million on May 10, 2019). “Butter” debuted at No. 2 on the global Spotify chart overall, behind Olivia Rodrigo’s “Good 4 U” (12.192 million), which has ruled the global chart since Monday.

BTS’s newest single scored the ninth-biggest single-day streaming total overall, behind two Rodrigo songs ( “Good 4 U” and “Drivers License”) and a handful of Christmas classics.

“Butter” debuted at No. 10 on the U.S. Spotify chart with 1.917 million streams—a career best for the group—trailing nine songs off Rodrigo’s new album, Sour, which came out yesterday. It’s a testament to BTS’s global popularity that more than 9 million of the first-day streams for “Butter” came from outside the United States.

BTS also enjoyed some hefty supplemental streams from the instrumental version of “Butter,” which debuted at No. 43 on the global Spotify chart with 1.883 million streams. Cumulatively, both versions of BTS’s new single earned close to 13 million global first-day streams.

“Butter” marks BTS’s best single-day Spotify performance by a huge margin. Their previous best came last summer with “Dynamite,” a similarly ebullient disco-pop smash that debuted with 7.778 million global and 1.824 million U.S. Spotify streams.

This is not the first record formerly held by “Dynamite” that “Butter” has broken. The music video for “Butter” earned the biggest premiere in YouTube history, drawing more than 3.9 million concurrent viewers (nearly a million more than former reigning champ “Dynamite”), and it has tentatively broken YouTube’s 24-hour debut record with an estimated 112.855 million views, surpassing the 101.1 million first-day views earned by “Dynamite.”

“Dynamite” ignited a remarkable, ongoing commercial hot streak for BTS, becoming their first of three consecutive No. 1 singles on the Billboard Hot 100. “Butter” will face stiff competition Rodrigo on next week’s Hot 100, but it could very well earn the pop septet its fourth No. 1 hit.

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[ARTICLE] 211029 'Girls Planet' Kim Shinyoung PD "Debut group Kep1er, I hope you do well worldwide." — Naver

"The production team of "Girls Planet 999" delivered a message of warm support and affection for the debut group Kep1er."

by Woo Dabin

Full translated article here.

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RBW "(Hate) Comment crimes, no room for leniency no matter what" "RBW disclosure of legal action being taken towards hateful comments." 

(200830 RBW Notice) RBW have confirmed that they have been filling charges against malicious comments towards Mamamoo and that the people that were involved have been identified on 17th July. They are under investigations now, the accused asked for leniency, on 19th August, RBW have submitted a statement to the prosecutor office to reject it and asked for a more severe punishment towards them. Due to the damage that was already done by them.

RBW also mentioned that they are aware of our concerns towards malicious comments that were targeted towards Mamamoo. They apologised for not being able to convey the message in regards to the investigation process back then.

There have been cases where the said artist have to be directly involved in the investigation process for the hateful comments that were targeted towards them. So the company have to be more careful and precise with that process.

In cases where the company needs help from fans who have worked hard to protect the artist, they will also do their very best in working alongside with fans actively as well. RBW have also mentioned that they are currently monitoring those comments as well

RBW is looking into all the PDF files with evidences of hateful comments that fans sent them. They mentioned that those are a great help for them to identify the ppl involved. RBW ask for fans to keep all the evidences coming in the future as well.

RBW will do their best to update fans on the investigation progress as well. [summary translation by lunaestrellados]

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[ARTICLE] Moon Byul hopes to be more than just the rapper of MAMAMOO

Moon Byul spent the first decade of her career as the rapper of girl group Mamamoo. She now plans to break that frame as an all-rounder artist with her first full-length solo album, “Starlit of Muse,” featuring band music, brass music and more.

“I’ve spent the last 10 years as the rapper of Mamamoo, but I didn’t want to lock myself under that title. I didn’t want to be afraid of taking new challenges,” Moon Byul said during a group interview ahead of the release of “Starlit of Muse” on Tuesday.

The group interview was held at Space Sophora, the art gallery in Jung District, central Seoul where Moon Byul also hosted her special exhibition before the release.

“This is why I started my own battle to break that frame in 2022, joining competition shows and releasing new solo albums. I think I can pack that final punch with my full-length album,” she said.

“I needed all 12 tracks in my album to fully express myself.”

The album's 12 songs come in a variety of styles and genres, including “Touchin&Movin,” the lead track featuring funky brass tunes, “Memories,” a song featuring live instrumentals and “Gold,” the artist's first English B-side.

“All the genres that I’ve tried before in my past solo lead tracks are included in ‘Starlit of Muse’,” Moon Byul said. “There’s a song similar to ‘Lunatic’ (2022), ‘C.I.T.T.’ (2022), I have a powerful song just like ‘Eclipse’ (2020) and much more.”

Moon Byul joined and took victory in JTBC’s competition show “The Second World” (2022), which saw girl group rappers such as Oh My Girl’s Mimi, WJSN’s EXY and Billlie’s Moon Sua competing.

But Moon Byul, despite her history as a singer-songwriter who has written lyrics for both her own and Mamamoo's music, is only credited as a producer on two of the album's tracks — “Like a Fool” and “After Sunset,” which Moon Byul wrote three years ago, but has been saving for her full-length release.

“I’ve only decided to put two of my own songs in the album because I wanted to be open to different perspectives — I didn’t want my album to be limited by my vocabulary and the language I use. I wanted to sing songs of love, youth and other different stories seen in different perspectives.”

Nevertheless, Moon Byul clarified that she was at the center of the album's production process, thinking of ideas and making decisions to craft an album that she, herself, would want to buy.

“When I was in a group of four, the agency gave us the big picture and we didn’t have much input in the album. When I was in a duo in Mamamoo+, I could put half of my input into the album. With a solo release, I can have all my input in the album,” Moon Byul said. “Everyone can release a bland album, so I wanted to make a fun and exciting album.”

Out of the many songs in the album, “Memories,” featuring RBW’s boy band Onewe, was Moon Byul’s favorite B-side track.

“'The Second World’ really taught me that I like band music and made me realize that I’m quite good at it,” she said. “'Memories’ is a song that fits just right in that category. It revolves around the theme of refreshing youth, and I think it will be best performed live.”

“I’m so glad and thankful to have Onewe as instrumental performers in the song, because imitating band music using synthesizers just didn’t feel lively,” Moon Byul said. “Listening to Onewe’s live performances, I could feel the liveliness, and I could sense how the band communicates with the listeners.”

But despite praising her collaborators, Moon Byul remained humble and cautious about debuting her own band.

“You know, as much as I want to start my own band, I’m very much well aware that people around me would have to suffer [in helping me],” Moon Byul said with a laugh. “I also can’t play any instruments. I think I’ll have to be ready first.”

Moon Byul hopes that fans will enjoy the merchandise she's prepared to accompany the album, including a limited-edition tote bag made out of demo and various “unique and fun” photocards.

But the most important thing, the artist said, is that she, herself, is happy with her work.

“I never felt the feelings of satisfaction as I released my previous albums, but I was truly satisfied with everything with my album as I produced it,” Moon Byul said. “So regardless of how other people judge me, I’ll be happy with my album.”

But, she emphasized, “I hope my fans will listen to the album and be proud of their favorite singer.” She added, “I hope it turns out to be an album I’m not ashamed of and one that’s worthy of Mamamoo’s name.”

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[ARTICLE] 201102 LOONA Takes Orbits Behind the Scenes of EP “[12:00]” — Teen Vogue

The group shared personal photos tied to their new songs. By Elizabeth de Luna. “2020 has been a major bummer of a year, to say the least, but that didn’t stop K-pop girl group LOONA from throwing a massive (virtual) party last month — their Midnight Festival, a live digital concert celebrating their third EP [12:00], pronounced “midnight.” On stage, ViVi, Yves, JinSoul, Kim Lip, Chuu, HeeJin, HyunJin, Go Won, Choerry, Olivia Hye, and YeoJin shared the group’s vision for the new release: ‘[12:00] contains our message that all LOONAs are always together, that we are all dignified, equal, and worthy of freedom. We hope this message can be spread around the entire world.’

“The album’s lead single, ‘Why Not?’, is an anthem for that vision and encourages listeners to pursue what makes them happy and revel in their uniqueness. ‘Follow your mood, follow your feeling, why not? Do it!’ the lyrics exclaim. ‘Dance all night... Don’t worry about what others think.’ It’s a sentiment that LOONA has expressed throughout their career, and it has earned them a loyal legion of fans, called Orbits.

“In this exclusive video, LOONA takes Teen Vogue behind the scenes as they prepared to release [12:00]. We followed them to choreography rehearsal (’I am inviting you guys to our practice room!’ proclaims HeeJin warmly) and heard from the group about what they’ve been thinking about lately — including why JinSoul thinks that ‘spending time together [to rehearse] has decreased and spending time on ourselves has increased’. “We wanted to know what LOONA’s life is like outside of the practice room, too, and to learn more about the album from their perspective. To see the world from LOONA’s eyes, we asked each member to scroll through their camera rolls and send us exclusive snaps that remind them of the word ‘Midnight’ and their new single, “Why Not?” They sent in everything from selfies to sunsets, and below, you can dive deep into LOONA’s Orbit.” Click here to read the full article.

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BTS’s “Life Goes On” Scores Historic No. 1 On Billboard’s Hot 100

BTS makes history again as “Life Goes On” enters Billboard’s Hot 100 chart at No. 1! Billboard has now announced that “Life Goes On” takes the top spot on the chart for the week dated December 5. The Hot 100 ranks the most popular songs in the United States across all genres based on streaming (official audio and official video), radio airplay, and sales data. This is BTS’s third No. 1 on the chart, following “Dynamite” and their “Savage Love (Laxed – Siren Beat)” remix collaboration with Jawsh 685 and Jason Derulo — which all topped the chart within the past three months. BTS has now achieved the fastest accumulation of three Hot 100 No. 1s in over 42 years, since the Bee Gees did so in two months and three weeks with songs from the “Saturday Night Fever” soundtrack beginning in December 1977. On top of that, BTS is the fastest act since The Beatles to land their first three No. 1s. The Beatles scored three Hot 100 top songs in two months and three days back in 1964. “Life Goes On” has become the first track sung predominantly in Korean to make it to No. 1 on the Hot 100 in the chart’s 62-year history. It’s also the first track sung in a non-English language to debut at the summit, and BTS is the first duo or group in history to have two songs debut at the top of the chart. “Life Goes On” garnered 14.9 million U.S. streams and 150,000 sales in the week ending November 26, according to Nielsen Music/MRC Data. It also drew 410,000 radio airplay audience impressions in the week ending November 29. “Life Goes On” also tops the Digital Song Sales chart and takes No. 14 on the Streaming Songs chart. Meanwhile, “Dynamite” rises on the Hot 100 this week to take No. 3, after scoring No. 14 last week.

It was previously also announced that BTS’s new album “BE” has grabbed the No. 1 spot on the Billboard 200 chart. Billboard’s charts will update for this week on its website on December 1. Congratulations to BTS! Source (1)

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[ARTICLE] Mamamoo Whee In, 1st mini-album 'Redd' concept photo released

As this is her first mini album since debuting, Whee In took part in the overall making of the album, and it has solo artist Whee In's music color in its entirety.

English translation by @ch0ssh1

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200819 Naver Article

THE BOYZ Younghoon, transformed into 'Love Revolution' Lee Kyungwoo...who gives off a cold handsome man's charms.

In some cuts, which was released on the same day, Younghoon transformed himself into a chic, cold-hearted man, Lee Kyungwoo, and showed off his heartthrob charm. In the original weebtoon, Lee Kyungwoo’s trademark long bangs covering one eye were not only digested in a cold, cool-looking man style, but also attracted attention by boasting a perfect proportion like a model in a school uniform outfit. With his cold expression and eyes, he is a luxury visual with a mysterious atmosphere and even his daily appearance standing at a bus stop or looking at a mobile phone stimulated by excitement.

On the other hand, he showed a different charm of his charisma on the stage with THE BOYZ, as a fresh high school student. It was an ordinary high school student styling, such as a slightly loose tie, casually wrapped hoodies and bags, reminds viewers of their real boyfriends or popular students.

Leee Kyungwoo who is played by Younghoon, is a chic, playful, and secretly warm character with the main character Gong Jooyoung in ‘Love Revolution,’ expectations are rising for Lee Kyungwoo, who is drawing attention due to his handsome look.

The production team of ‘Love Revolution’ said, “Younghoon, who is acting for the first time, is charmingly playing the character of Leee Kyungwoo, who is chic, warm, and playful.” 

“Please look forward to the original Lee Kyungwoo and the Lee Kyungwoo Younghoon.”

It will be aired in September with 30 episodes and 20 minutes each through KaKao TV and Naver Series On.

Article translation | Original article 

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[ARTICLE] South China Morning Post: Renjun of NCT Dream, Chinese K-pop star who is passionate, focused and goal-driven

While some K-pop idols begin their careers with an unexpected on-the-street casting or because they were convinced by friends to attend an audition, others got started because it’s been a dream of theirs for a long time. 

Renjun was so determined to make it that, with less than one day’s notice, he made the life-changing decision to travel hours to reach an audition. How that decision has paid off for him. 

His early life 

Renjun was born Huang Ren-jun in Jilin province, northeast China, in March 2000. Korean is commonly spoken in the area because it is close to the Korean peninsula, so he grew up bilingual. 

A young Renjun was not just interested in studying the Korean language, but Korean music as well. He was inspired by the boy band Exo and, in particular, the international success of the band’s Chinese member Lay. 

While his schoolmates set their sights on university, Renjun wanted to become an idol and elected to study at the Beijing Contemporary Music School (alongside NCT band member Chenle), from where he graduated with full marks. 

Renjun was nervous about sharing his dream with his parents but, after learning he passed the initial stages, they gave him permission to enter auditions in China for Exo’s label SM Entertainment. The second round of auditions were three hours away by train, but he still went even though he had found out about them only the night before. His persistence paid off, and he became a trainee with SM Entertainment. Renjun made his debut in August in 2016 as a member of NCT Dream.

Read the full article: here

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[TWITTER] 200626 inthemoodforbp:

[TRANS] Today (June 26), BLACKPINK will release their new song “How You Like That”… after 1 year and 2 months “This year BLACKPINK will not just be breaking records, they will go beyond that to make it more meaningful.” http://naver.me/5df2iFDx #블랙핑크 @ygofficialblink

[TRANS] 200626 Naver Article on BLACKPINK’s ‘How You Like That’ by inthemoodforbp on Twitter