Enhypen Releases New Album "DIMENSION: DILEMMA," And 5 More K-Pop Headlines You Need To Read
1.SHINee's Key performed a flawless cover of Lizzo's "Juice!"
2.Enhypen explained the meaning behind their new single "Tamed-Dashed" at their press conference this week:
3.Seoul Fashion Week featured EXO's Kai as its global ambassador and amazing performances by Heize and DPR Live.
The 2022 spring/summer season of Seoul Fashion Week was held digitally from Oct. 7 to Oct. 15 with EXO's Kai at the forefront as its global ambassador. Outside of his own artistry, the 27-year-old is no stranger to a phenomenal fashion moment; in the last two years alone, he's landed at #7 on GQ's Best Dressed Men of 2020 list, become a global ambassador for Gucci Eyewear, and even created his own Gucci capsule collection.
As the global ambassador for Seoul Fashion Week, Kai filmed multiple promotional videos and was photographed for the event in a bespoke BMUET(TE) suit. "At this Seoul Fashion Week, you can meet a variety of fashion proposed by the Seoul Collection Team and the Generation Next Team,” he said. “You can see the present and future of fashion presented by Korea’s representative designers online."
But Kai wasn't the only one bring the power of music to the runway; fellow musicians DPR Live, Heize, and Lee Hee-moon OBSG all performed as part of Seoul Fashion Week in different historical sites throughout the city. Hip-Hop artist DPR Live kicked off the Fashion Week festivities by giving an effortlessly cool performance in front of Gyeonghuigung Palace.
On Oct. 10, R&B musician Heize sang a medley of slow-grooving hits including "You, Clouds, Rain" amongst a collection of different art installations at The Hyundai's Beyond the Road Virtual Gallery in Yeouido. Last but not least, the genre-bending artist Lee Hee-moon OBSG will close out Seoul Fashion Week with a lively performance at Deoksugung Stone House.
You can find out more information about Seoul Fashion Week and catch up on all of the latest designer presentations via its website, Naver, and its YouTube channel.
4.Epik High announced they will be going on a North American tour in 2022!
Did u miss us? Tickets go on-sale at https://t.co/qivcxrHser on FRIDAY OCT 15, 10AM YOUR CITY’S LOCAL TIME! Tell everyone. LFG!!! 🎫💎#EpikHighIsHereTour #에픽하이 #epikhigh
5.Kang Daniel & Blackpink's Jisoo will star in two upcoming Disney+ series.
On Oct. 13, Disney revealed 18 new original films and television series that will be "produced over the coming year in territories including Japan, South Korea, Indonesia, greater China and Australia" according to The Hollywood Reporter.
One of the programs is the South Korean series Rookies, which will see solo artist Kang Daniel make his official acting debut opposite Chae Soo-bin. The series is a "coming-of-age, romantic series set in Korea’s elite police academy" that will focus on a "team of first-year police recruits" who "come together to pursue their dreams" and "serve and protect the community" per The Hollywood Reporter.
But he's not the only K-Pop idol who will make their Disney+ debut! Blackpink's Jisoo is also set to star in a Disney+ original: the "romantic melodrama series" Snowdrop. The series is "a heartwarming story of a young couple set in Seoul in the late 1980s" that will feature Jisoo acting alongside Jung Hae-in. But all that glitters might not be gold, as the couple "find themselves caught in a tangled web of intrigue and upheaval."
In addition to Snowdrop, Blinks will also be able to catch Jisoo in Blackpink The Movie which will also be released on Disney+. You can read the entire list of upcoming Disney originals here.
6.Finally — IU, Ailee, 2AM, and more announced new music is on the way!
IU Digital SingleImage Teaser #2 🍓🌝 2021.10.19 00:00 (KST)#아이유 #IU#strawberry_moon
That's it for this week! Have a lovely weekend and be sure to catch up on the last news wrap-up if you missed it!
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