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 ...

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Even many superfans will tell you that K-pop's pageantry has often masked a troubled business model, where impressionable young trainees commit to a life run entirely by their agencies. Signing on the ...

K-pop, short for Korean pop, originated in South Korea in the 1990s and has become a global phenomenon. ATEEZ's sold-out Nashville concert exemplifies K-pop's growing popularity in Music City. The ...

As October 2025 comes to a close, it’s once again clear that K-pop didn’t just participate in the month’s global music conversation but was one of the drivers. Across pop, R&B, electronic, and rock, ...

The band’s label said it had dropped one of the girl group’s five members. NewJeans’s legal battle has drawn public scrutiny of the K-pop industry. By Jin Yu Young The K-pop band NewJeans plunged ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. Rosé and Ejae make Grammy history as the first solo K-pop acts to ...

As a mother of two, Ashley Pine, 41, has sometimes struggled with her children’s musical selections. “I have gone through a whole variety of kids’ music like ‘Baby Shark’ that always made my ears ...