From Minnesota to Melbourne, demand for Jungkook's LP keeps outrunning supply - and his streaming records tell the same story. By the time BTS announced ARIRANG, their first album in nearly four years, the vinyl pre-order race had already started. One edition sold faster than the rest everywhere it went. It was always Jungkook's.
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When NOL Ticket opened reservations at 8 p.m. Monday for BTS's free comeback concert at Gwanghwamun Square, more than 100,000 fans were waiting at the same moment. Those who made it through the virtual queuestill ran into trouble - screens going white mid-booking, payment confirmations collapsing with a message reading "seat already reserved." By 8:35 p.m., 99% of tickets were gone.
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Show Me The Money 12 airs Thursdays at 9:20 p.m. KST on Mnet and TVING. The parallel TVING shorts rap battle Yaksha's World PART 2 — where five wild card contestants compete for a special stage spot via view counts and likes — drops new rounds every Saturday at noon KST.
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HWASA will make her Brazilian debut at Rock in Rio 2026 on September 11, joining Stray Kids — the festival's first-ever K-pop headliners — and Elton John on one of the most K-pop-heavy lineups in the festival's 40-year history, riding the wave of her chart-dominating hit "Good Goodbye."
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INFINITE's Sunggyu ends a 2-year-8-month solo hiatus with his 6th mini album OFF THE MAP, featuring title track "When I Think About You" co-written with NELL's Kim Jong-wan, dropping March 2, 2026.
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AKMU's Lee Chan-hyuk dominated the 23rd Korean Music Awards (KMA) 2026 with three wins — Song of the Year, Best Pop Song, and Best Pop Album — for his solo album EROS and viral track "Endangered Love," while BLACKPINK's Jennie swept both K-pop categories with her solo album Ruby and "like JENNIE" at South Korea's most prestigious critic-voted music ceremony.
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BLACKPINK released their long-awaited third Korean mini album DEADLINE on February 27, 2026 — their first full-group project in three and a half years — featuring five tracks including title song "GO" and pre-release Billboard Global 200 No. 1 hit "JUMP," arriving on the heels of a record-breaking stadium world tour and becoming the first artist in YouTube history to surpass 100 million subscribers.
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President Lee Jae-myung and the Democratic Party face a massive U.S. retaliation, including a 7-hour congressional probe into Coupang and potential Section 301 sanctions. The movement for a "Second Founding" gains momentum as the PPP consolidates support for Yoon Suk-yeol, framing the current administration's pro-China shift as a "self-inflicted crisis."
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Cho PD's ChoCo Entertainment released ChoCo La Familia on February 24, 2026 — the label's first family album featuring pre-debut trainees Yechan, Taejo, Anpan, and Yunji, with hip-hop-driven double title tracks "GIMME" and "FRENZY" marking the group's boldest statement yet ahead of their official debut.
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IVE held a showcase for their second full-length album REVIVE+ in Seoul on February 23, 2026, unveiling a 12-track project with dual title tracks "BLACKHOLE" and "BANG BANG" that marks the group's biggest artistic shift yet — expanding their signature "I"-centered identity into a collective "we" as seven-time consecutive million-sellers enter their sixth year with all members now adults.
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