KProfiles New of the Week (3rd of January – 9th of January)
Everything you need to know about the Asian media space this week!
Releases(comebacks) OST not included: GOT the beat (Girls On Top) – Step Back (Jan. 3)Kep1er debut – WA DA DA (Jan. 3)UP10TION – Crazy About You (Jan. 3)P1Harmony – Do It Like This (Jan. 3)BLITZERS – BOBBIN (Jan 3.)Woozi (Seventeen) – Ruby (Jan. 3)LUNA (태인 Solo) – Love one day (Jan. 3)JK Kim Dong Uk – FIGHT (Jan. 3)Hyunjun Hur – Let Me Drown (Jan. 3)PADO – Breakfree (Jan. 3)TAEHWAN (VANNER) – FROZEN (Jan. 3)Eunseol x Deulre – 바람과 함께 사라지다 (Jan. 3)KOLAVO – On My Way Home (Jan. 3)Verycovbunny – Lack of love (Jan. 3)Llwyd – dryflower (Jan. 3)2ndCake – HAPPY PUMKIN TREE (Jan. 3)Woo!ah! – Catch the Stars (Jan. 4)ONEWE – Universe_ (Jan. 4)UheeSka – Prayer of Uheeska (Jan. 4)M.PEROR – Merry Go Round (Jan. 4)SoNye & Coral J – Peter Pan (Jan. 4)Achtung – Rachel (Jan. 4)HWAJA – Sunset (feat. Jung In) (Jan. 4)Kwon Min Seo – where are we going? (Jan. 4)Benny Char – End Of The World (Feat. Minsung) (Jan. 4)OMEGA X – LOVE ME LIKE (Jan. 5)WJSN CHOCOME – Super Yuppers! (Jan. 5)H1-KEY debut – ATHLETIC GIRL (Jan. 5)TRENDZ debut – TNT (Truth & Trust) (Jan. 5)Son Chamchi – Hypnobatia (Jan. 5)No Sleep Club (NSC) – SAMMY (Jan. 5)Radio Paradise – Good Night (Jan. 5)Woogotsa – All Those Diaries Just Become Letters (Jan. 5)AleXa – TATTOO (Jan. 6)JANG MIN HO – Right Answer (Jan. 6)Kim Wan-sun – Feeling (Jan. 6)LYRIK COETRY – 옥상에서 (On The Rooftop) (Jan. 6)HWANG Gina – Short film (Jan. 6)TRAVELOG – Constellation (Jan. 6)Eric Nam – Lost On Me (Jan. 7)Hitchhiker X 3RD – Alone (Jan. 7)BZ-BOYS – Find you (Jan. 7)(Special credits to https://kpopofficial.com/)Birthdays Who had a birthday this week?January 3YEARARTISTGROUP1982Park JiyoonSolo1995JisooBLACKPINK1995SeolhyunAOA1995SeunghooN.TIC1996Z.HeraSolo1997DKiKON1999O.VD-CRUNCH January 4YEARARTISTGROUP1973EunyiCeleb Five1991NaraThe T-Bird1999JaehyunGolden Child2010Somin4CARAT January 5YEARARTISTGROUP1990U-SuSE SO NEON1990YoseobHighlight2002KarinELRIS January 6YEARARTISTGROUP1983Mithra JinEpik High1993Alice ViciousSolo1994Jay BSolo, GOT71994Blue BerrySolo, ICIA, ex-Pocket Girls, Scarlet2000EunbinCLC2000Shuhua(G)I-DLE2001Chloecignature2004BellZ-Girls January 7YEARARTISTGROUP1994Kwon SojungYear 7 Class 11995AnnaMaywish1995OBONSolo, Unit Black1997GreenREDSQUARE1997JinseoN.TIC1997Saeromfromis_91997YoohyeonDreamcatcher2000SeiWeki Meki2008MinjungCoCo January 8YEARARTISTGROUP1988CRAZYNOSolo1993YongseokCross Gene1994B-JooXENO-T January 9YEARARTISTGROUP1985Hong DaekwangSolo1986SoyouBerry Chu1996Hannah JangSolo1999U-HwaSolo2000JihunTRCNG K- Gossip/News:Kep1er breaks the record for best selling girl group debut album in 24 hoursJamie Park joins Dear U Bubbleaespa becomes the 3rd Kpop artist in history to receive an ‘Artist of the Year’ award as rookiesGolden Disc Awards to be held on January 8th 2022 (KST)Girls Planet 999 debut group, Kep1er, makes their highly anticipated debut with title track ‘Wa Da Da’Kep1er reveals Official Fandom Name ‘Kep1ian’ also reveals Official Colors: Lavender & White, Lavender & YellowDispatch reveals their 2022 New Year’s coupleFormer AOA member Shin Jimin releases new songNCT’s Mark makes his first Solo appearance on Genius Korea’s K-HipHop chart with his concert track “Vibration”4 Girls Planet 999 contestants to be debuting in new girl group ‘ILY:1’ sometime in MarchEVERGOLW’s Yiren sparks debate after she greeted fans Chinese Style while other members did Korean StyleMOMOLAND drops schedule for collaboration with Natti NatashaA male version of ‘Street Woman Fighter’ to air this summer 2022ATEEZ postpones 2022 European TourTXT’s Yeonjun opens personal Instagram accountJung Hoyeon becomes the first Ever Asian to be on the cover for the U.S. VogueEXO’s Xiumin reveals he is working on a Solo album that will be released sometime this yearThe Netizen who accused APRIL’s Naeun for School Violence admits to being untruthful and apologizes; Naeun accepts their apology and withdraws from Legal ActionPSY’s Gangnam Style MV surpasses 4.3 Billion views on YouTubeBTS cancels their trip to the U.S. due to the Grammy Awards being postponed VIXX’s Ken Officially gets discharged from militarySnowdrop actress Kim Mi Soo passes away at the age of 304 Girls Planet 999 trainees announce their debut in the group ILY:1Jin, SUGA, and RM of BTS recover from COVID-19SM Entertainment’s rotational super-group Girl’s On Top makes their debutBTS’ SUGA teases new mixtapeFormer DAY6 Member Jae calls Jamie Park an impolite word; is now facing harsh criticism from fansDispatch announces online concert “DFESTA” in celebration of the anniversary of 10 years of tormenting K-celebs. Profiles of the week:This weeks top Profiles to check out!Kprofiles Author’s Picks: Our favourite albums of 2021Kprofiles News of the Week: 27th of December – 2nd of JanuaryAmoeba Culture ProfileJinyu Choi Profile & FactsDOGSEAN Profile & FactseVe Profile and FactsYOBi Profile and Facts bedside Profile & FactsWon Hyoyeon Profile & FactsMilena Profile & Factsbenkidish Profile & FactsJasin Profile & FactsRiona Profile & FactsUnchan Profile & FactsBomin Profile & FactsLiella! Members ProfileKandis Members ProfileMingginyu Profile & FactsSebin (OMEGA X, Snuper) Profile & FactsJaehan (OMEGA X, Spectrum) Profile & FactsKpop Taiwan Line “members”⭐ Small Artist Of The Week ⭐Skyle (nominated by Rey) 🌟 Small Soloist Of The Week 🌟Leenzy (nominated by ANTIROMANTIC)✨ Underrated Song Of The Week ✨2 minus 1 by Seventeen (nominated by Iav )Thank you for reading! 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