Posted : 2021-02-01 17:03
Updated : 2021-02-01 17:29
Singer IU performs at the 35th Golden Disc Awards at KINTEX in Goyang, Gyeonggi Province, Jan. 9. / Courtesy of Golden Disc Awards
By Park Han-sol
Actor and singer-songwriter IU will star in the award-winning Japanese director Hirokazu Kore-eda s upcoming film, tentatively titled Baby, Box, Broker, production company Zip Cinema announced Monday.
The singer has thus joined the film s star-studded cast which includes Song Kang-ho of Oscar-winning Parasite, Gang Dong-won of zombie thriller Peninsula and Bae Doo-na of epic sci-film Cloud Atlas and Netflix original series Kingdom.
The details regarding her role in the movie have not been confirmed yet.
Jan 27, 2021 02:37 AM EST
Still can t get over Hotel del Luna ? Then you now have a reason to rejoice! On Wednesday, Jan. 27, it was announced that the tvN drama will be getting a theatre musical stage adaption! Hotel del Luna is a 2019 tvN drama that starred IU and Yeo Jin Goo, who played the hotel owner Jang Man Wol and manager Gu Chan Sung, respectively. The drama revolves around a hotel that only caters to ghosts and helps them reach the afterlives by assisting them in resolving their grudges. If they are able to hold their grudges, they can proceed to the afterlife and begin the cycle of reincarnation.
TXT s first Japanese album STILL DREAMING dominates Oricon Chart
Posted : 2021-01-26 18:58
Updated : 2021-01-26 21:52
K-pop boy group Tomorrow by Together, better known as TXT, released its first Japanese studio album STILL DREAMING, Jan. 20. Courtesy of Big Hit Entertainment
By Lee Gyu-lee
K-pop boy group TXT, short for Tomorrow by Together, has been dominating Japan s Oricon Daily Album Chart for six consecutive days with its album STILL DREAMING.
According to the chart, the group s first Japanese studio album has achieved over 3,000 sales Monday, defending the first spot it nabbed since its release Jan. 20. The album has sold 87,000 copies.
This is the longest time the group has topped the Oricon chart, Japan s mainstream music ranking platform.
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Jan 24, 2021
On Sunday, Jan. 24, The Korean Brand Research Institute released their brand reputation rankings for singers in South Korea.
Want to know who made it to top 10? Then keep on reading!
10. Song Ga In
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Song Ga In is considered one of South Korea s most famous female trot singers. In 2019, she won the reality show Miss Trot and often appears on the KBS 1TV show Golen Oldies . Her last musical release is the studio album Mong , which was released on Dec. 26, 2020.
9. NCT
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NCT (Taeil, Doyoung, Jaehyun, Taeyong, Ten, Mark, Yuta, Winwin, Haechan, Renjun, Jeno, Jaemin, Chenle, Jisung, Johnny, Jungwoo, Lucas, Kun, Xiaojun, Hendery, Yangyang, Shotaro, and Sungchan) is a boy group under SM Entertainment. The group is composed of sub-units NCT U, NCT 127, NCT Dream, and WayV. Member Sungchan revealed in an interview with Star News that a new NCT sub-unit will be debuting this year,