Japan wants to export J-pop music to the world. Go inside the strategy to broaden Japanese artist' appeal in the U.S. and other foreign markets.

Is it J-pop or K-pop. The Japanese group ONE OR EIGHT will be active in Korea in earnest. Group One or Eight held a showcase in Korea at Ilji Art Hall in Gangnam, Seoul on the 26th and expressed their ...

Japan boasts the second-largest music market in the world, valued at more than $2 billion. Even in a booming industry crowded ...

Using the playful phrase “half fruitcake” to describe her identity, she shared that she has been aware of her sexuality since ...

Over the weekend, bandmate Lara Rajagopalan took to the platform Weverse to make some confessions about her sexuality. On the ...

J-pop boy bands have a hugely contrasting style from the seamless sameness of Western groups. Boy bands in Japan are glamorous, experimental and even ‘feminine’ in their image, similar to that of huge ...

Ado, ATARASHII GAKKO! and YOASOBI graced the stage at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles for matsuri '25: Japanese Music ...

With 14 releases since 2022, BTS and Blackpink members have provided a blueprint for future K-pop performers looking to break out on their own in America. The Blackpink girls took the opposite ...

The world-famous rapper is the second member of the K-pop supergroup to sell out a U.S. tour ahead of the BTS reunion this ...

The Chanel 25 handbag campaign, filmed by Gordon von Steiner and shot by David Sims, is centered around the latest pop ...

South Korean social media platform Weverse recently shared BTS' j-hope’s playlist featuring several tracks from global icons like Rihanna and Kendrick Lamar.

Thousands of fires are currently wreaking havoc in the Amazon rainforest in Brazil. Many of them have been blazing for months, and it could take months more still to put them out. Although fires ...