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aespa has won a 10th music show trophy for “Rich Man”! On October 12, SBS’s “Inkigayo” returned to air after a one-week break due to the Chuseok holiday. This week’s candidates for first place were WOODZ’s “Drowning,” SEVENTEEN’s CxM’s “5, 4, 3 (Pretty woman),” and aespa’s “Rich Man.” aespa ultimately took the win with a total of 4,605 points. Congratulations to aespa! Watch a clip of the winner announcement below: Performers on today’s show included izna, KickFlip, IDID, HITGS, ONEWE, POW, MUSHVENOM, 1000°, AxMxP, W!TCHX, Yoon Seobin, cosmosy, Chae Eun Jung x Haeun, Park Sung On, and BLUHWA. Check out…

Each week, I’ll be taking a listen to the newest K-pop releases and giving my thoughts. Check back frequently for new reviews and commentary on everything K-Pop! Where to Buy K-Pop Albums Online Top 3 K-Pop Songs of August 2025 BEST OF 2024 MASTERPOST

In connection with my desire to fully keep up with the J-pop industry, I’m planning to do a weekly round-up of any new releases that have caught my ear. Some of these may have been covered on the blog already, but my hope is that this will become a one-stop shop for anyone interested in what’s new in J-pop. With that in mind, here’s where you come in: I’m one person with one set of musical preferences, so please embed any other new J-pop tracks you’ve enjoyed in the comments so we can get a fuller spectrum each week. *And…

Things are getting messy on KBS 2TV’s “Walking on Thin Ice”! “Walking on Thin Ice” is an emotional crime thriller about the dangerous partnership between Kang Eun Soo (Lee Young Ae), an ordinary housewife determined to protect her family, and Lee Kyung (Kim Young Kwang), a teacher who secretly leads a double life. Spoilers On the previous episode of “Walking on Thin Ice,” it was revealed that Phantom’s informant and the mystery blackmailer who had ensnared Kang Eun Soo and Lee Kyung were both none other than detective Jang Tae Goo, the head of the narcotics team. In newly released…

The stars of TV Chosun’s “Confidence Queen” have shared their final farewells ahead of tonight’s series finale! With just one episode left in the drama’s run, the cast took a fond look back at the show and their experience during filming. Expressing her deep affection for the series, Park Min Young commented, “Because we painstakingly filmed the drama for nine long months, I think I became even more attached to it. As always, I feel sad to have to say goodbye to the entire cast and crew, and I wish I could have done a better job. However, I wore…

Get ready for a turning point in Jung In Sun and Jung Il Woo’s relationship on “Our Golden Days”! KBS 2TV’s “Our Golden Days” is a drama based on the idea that everyone experiences their own “glory days”—whether in the present, the past, or the future still to come. Spoilers Previously on “Our Golden Days,” Lee Ji Hyuk (Jung Il Woo) became aware of his feelings for Ji Eun Oh (Jung In Sun), and he purposely distanced himself from her while hiding how he felt. However, when he saw Eun Oh with another man on her birthday, he was consumed…

“Boss” shows no signs of slowing down at the Korean box office! Following its release on October 3, the star-studded action comedy film enjoyed an impressive eight-day streak at No. 1 at the Korean box office. On October 12, the Korean Film Council announced that “Boss” had officially surpassed 2 million moviegoers, meaning that it took the film less than 10 days to reach the milestone. Not only did “Boss” hit the 2 million mark faster than director Park Chan Wook’s latest film “No Other Choice,” but it is also the fastest film released in October to surpass 2 million…

2PM’s Lee Junho will begin working at Typhoon Trading on the next episode of “Typhoon Family”! “Typhoon Family” is a new tvN drama starring Lee Junho as Kang Tae Poong, a carefree party boy whose world is turned upside down when he suddenly becomes the head of a struggling trading company during the IMF crisis of 1997. Spoilers Newly released stills from the drama’s upcoming second episode capture Kang Tae Poong’s first day of work at Typhoon Trading. Following the sudden death of his father, Kang Tae Poong sets aside his greenhouse full of flowers to take on the responsibility…

Kim Jung Hyun and Heo Nam Jun will get into a second drinking contest on the next episode of “A Hundred Memories”! Set in the 1980s, JTBC’s “A Hundred Memories” is a nostalgic coming-of-age romance drama about the friendship between two young bus attendants, Go Young Rye (Kim Da Mi) and Seo Jong Hee (Shin Ye Eun), and their shared first love Han Jae Pil (Heo Nam Jun). Spoilers Previously on “A Hundred Memories,” Jae Pil finally acknowledged the fact that his feelings for Young Rye went beyond just friendship. However, because of his inexperience when it came to romance,…

On the latest episode of “The Seasons: Pat-Pat with 10CM,” ATEEZ’s Jongho showed off his vocals with two unexpected covers! Jongho appeared as a guest on the October 10 episode of the KBS 2TV music show, where he put his famous vocals on display. First, Jongho made his entrance with an impressive cover of IU’s iconic hit “Good Day,” which is notoriously difficult to sing because of its prolonged high-note sequence. Later on in the show, Jongho serenaded a married couple in the audience with a beautiful rendition of Lee Seung Gi’s famous ballad “Because You’re My Woman.” However, because…