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All posts tagged "K-pop"

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  Star Wars releases EXO collaboration ‘Lightsaber’

  “Lightsaber,” a digital single and film collaboration by K-pop boy band EXO and Star Wars, was unveiled today. The special project is for the promotion of the seventh installment in the series, “Star Wars: The Force Awakens,”...

  • Posted November 10, 2015
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  EXO becomes best-selling S. Korean debut act in Japan

  SEOUL, Nov. 10 (Yonhap) — Boy band EXO has sold the most debut singles as a South Korean act to enter Japan ever, its agency said Tuesday. EXO sold more than 147,000 copies of its first single...

  • Posted November 10, 2015
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  EXO X Star Wars collaboration ‘Lightsaber’ coming this week

  The force awakens for K-pop superband EXO, who will release a new song and music video — “Lightsaber” in a collaboration with the newest Star Wars film. The digital single and video will both be released Wednesday,...

  • Posted November 9, 2015
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  Rapper Beenzino’s first US tour coming December

  By Tae Hong Beenzino, a standout rapper and chart topper in South Korea’s red-hot hip-hop scene, will kick off his first-ever U.S. tour next month for a five-city run. Fresh off a new release last month, “Break,”...

  • Posted November 5, 2015
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  [WSJ] Psy-chology 101: Academics put spotlight on K-pop culture

    Academic minds around the world are tackling some tough new questions about South Korea: —Why do Korean soap opera plotlines seem to defy the basic principles of microeconomic theory? —What can we...

  • Posted November 4, 2015
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  South Korea’s favorite song? Busker Busker’s ‘Cherry Blossom Ending’

  South Korea’s favorite song for the past nine years, at least according to one popular music streaming site, Mnet.com, has been the spring go-to “Cherry Blossom Ending” by Busker Busker, Yonhap reported. Mnet said Wednesday it gathered...

  • Posted November 4, 2015
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  Star Wars announces K-pop music video collaboration

  Who’s ready for a Star Wars/K-pop mash-up? Star Wars announced Tuesday  a music video collaboration with K-pop stars, to be released Thursday. “Star Wars: The Force Awakens,” the seventh installment in the explosive franchise, is slated for...

  • Posted November 3, 2015
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