Feb 12, 2026 PM EST - Hannah
KiiiKiii's "404 (New Era)" reached No. 1 on Melon's TOP100 just 16 days after release and topped every major Korean streaming platform, while the group swept three consecutive music show wins — Show! Champion, Show! Music Core, and M! Countdown — all within a single comeback cycle for their second EP Delulu Pack.
Feb 12, 2026 PM EST - Hannah
BTS member Jimin's solo single "Who" has become the first and only K-pop solo song to spend 80 weeks on the Billboard Global Excl. U.S. chart, a milestone achieved without any Western collaborations and largely while Jimin was completing his mandatory South Korean military service.
Feb 12, 2026 PM EST - Hannah
ZEROBASEONE will continue as a five-member group — Sung Han-bin, Kim Ji-woong, Seok Matthew, Kim Tae-rae, and Park Gun-wook — after Zhang Hao, Ricky, Kim Gyu-vin, and Han Yu-jin depart following the completion of their project contract, with all nine members set to perform together one final time at Seoul's KSPO Dome on March 13–15, 2026.
Feb 11, 2026 PM EST - Hannah
IVE's pre-release single "BANG BANG" topped Melon's HOT100 and YouTube's worldwide music video trending chart within 48 hours of its February 9 release, charting across 26 iTunes markets ahead of the group's second studio album REVIVE+, due February 23, 2026.
Feb 11, 2026 PM EST - Hannah
EJAE, the Korean-American singer-songwriter behind "Golden" from Netflix's KPop Demon Hunters, made history on February 1, 2026 as the first K-pop artist to win a Grammy Award, then announced her November 7 wedding to music producer Sam Kim — capping a remarkable rise from rejected SM Entertainment trainee to the defining K-pop story of 2026.
Feb 11, 2026 PM EST - Hannah
Seoul police are deploying counterterrorism units and dividing Gwanghwamun Square into 15 security zones ahead of BTS's free comeback concert on March 21, 2026, where crowds could reach 260,000 — nearly 14 times the venue's official capacity.
Feb 11, 2026 PM EST - Hannah
A South Korean hobbyist painter, Kim Young-mi, won the 2025 Incheon International Art Exhibition with an oil portrait of BTS member Jin (Kim Seok-jin), which is now on public display at Pine Country Club in Dangjin, South Chungcheong Province.
Feb 10, 2026 AM EST - Hannah
Pledis Entertainment's K-pop boy group TWS released the Korean version of their Billboard Japan Hot 100 chart-topper "Nice to see you again" as digital single "다시 만난 오늘" (Today We Meet Again) on February 9, 2026, following the original Japanese track's platinum certification and second-place finish on the 2025 Oricon Year-End New Artist Ranking. The release positions TWS for expanded 2026 activities after their viral "Angtal Challenge" from "OVERDRIVE" surpassed 1.1 million TikTok videos and drove a Melon chart re-entry.
Feb 10, 2026 AM EST - Hannah
Former BIGBANG rapper T.O.P is releasing his first solo music in 13 years this March 2026, featuring After School's Nana in the music video for his comeback single "Another Dimension." The collaboration marks T.O.P's return to music following his departure from BIGBANG in 2023 and his recent comeback through Netflix's "Squid Game 2."
Feb 09, 2026 PM EST - Hannah
BLACKPINK's JENNIE topped the K-Brand Index 2025 K-Pop Song Rankings with "Like JENNIE," surpassing bandmate ROSÉ's global hit "APT." in domestic Korean metrics based on 51 million data points analyzing trend strength, media coverage, and social engagement. While ROSÉ's "APT." dominated international charts as the #1 Billboard Global 200 year-end song, JENNIE's track generated stronger multi-dimensional engagement within Korea, demonstrating how domestic metrics differ from global streaming performance.
Feb 06, 2026 PM EST - Hannah
NMIXX's Sullyoon teams up with singer-songwriter Parc Jae Jung for the ballad duet "Always," releasing February 25, 2025, after her viral 2023 cover of his song "Let's Say Goodbye" on Lee Mujin Service impressed the artist during his military service. The collaboration marks Parc Jae Jung's first release since completing mandatory service in November 2025 and showcases Sullyoon's growing solo profile alongside NMIXX's recent chart-topping success with "Blue Valentine."
Feb 06, 2026 PM EST - Hannah
RIIZE's Japanese member Shotaro will miss the group's February 7-8 Macau concerts at Galaxy Arena, marking the latest K-pop casualty in China's systematic cultural blacklist targeting Japanese performers since November 2025 amid escalating China-Japan diplomatic tensions over Taiwan. Beijing's unspoken ban has forced cancellations of over 30 Japanese artist events across Greater China, including MBC's "Show! Music Core in Macau" on the same dates, as the Chinese Communist Party weaponizes cultural access to punish Japan's democratic government.
Feb 06, 2026 PM EST - Hannah
BLACKPINK unveiled the tracklist for their highly anticipated comeback mini album "DEADLINE" on February 5, 2026, featuring five tracks including title song "GO" and pre-release hit "JUMP," marking their first group release in over three years since "Born Pink." The album drops February 27, 2026 through YG Entertainment following the K-pop quartet's historic Deadline World Tour that made them the first female K-pop group to headline Wembley Stadium.
Feb 06, 2026 PM EST - Hannah
ENHYPEN member Sunghoon carried the Olympic torch in Milan on February 5, 2026, fulfilling his childhood dream of reaching the Olympics after transitioning from a decade-long figure skating career to K-pop stardom. The former South Korean national reserve team skater became the second K-pop artist to participate in an overseas Olympic torch relay, with ENHYPEN's "SHOUT OUT" serving as Team Korea's official cheer song for the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics.
Feb 05, 2026 PM EST - Hannah
TXT celebrates their 7th anniversary with "2026 TXT MOA CON" concerts February 27-March 1 at KSPO Dome following their August 2025 contract renewal with BigHit Music, marking the beginning of their second contract era alongside BTS's March 2026 comeback.
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