On a breezy May evening in Los Angeles, thousands of K-pop fans mill outside the Peacock Theater. They’re waiting for rookie boy band Riize’s first US fan-concert — a hybrid mix of songs and ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Kesha performs during Lollapalooza in 2024. (Josh Brasted/FilmMagic) As the economy cratered, pop music thrived. Recession woes ...
The genre peaked in terms of global awareness with “KPop Demon Hunters,” while the industry’s most promising new act was mired in a legal morass. By Jon Caramanica This year, from a distance, the ...
The 2026 Grammy nominations were announced on Friday. This is K-pop's moment. Nominations for the 68th Annual Grammy Awards were announced Friday, and several K-pop artists, as well as one global girl ...
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Jeff Benjamin is a New York-based writer covering global pop music. After 2024 saw the likes of RM, Rosé, NewJeans, ATEEZ, aespa, ...
In this op-ed, writer Chyenne Tatum explores where K-pop has thrived in 2024, and argues that an obsession with charts is keeping listeners from exploring new music. If you discovered K-pop 10 years ...
Editor’s Note: A new episode of “The Whole Story: K-Pop: A Star is Made,” following a group of teen girls’ journey to becoming idols and much more airs Sunday, January 5th at 8pm ET on CNN. Seoul, ...
Katy Perry’s breakout moment, in the late two-thousands, had a type of frivolity and irreverence that feels difficult to summon now. Her début single, “I Kissed a Girl,” from 2008, is just what it ...
Strawberry, a humanoid Pop-Tarts mascot, emerged from inside a giant blue toaster shortly before kickoff, waving to the crowd in Orlando. But the 31,111 fans in half-empty Camping World Stadium had ...