Not long ago, the ballad genre was Korea's national soundtrack — filling karaoke rooms, topping the charts and etching itself into the country's collective memory. Then came the K-pop boom, and with ...

The birth of modern K-pop is often dated to 1992, when Seo Taiji and Boys, a dance-oriented trio led by an ex-metalhead, performed their song “I Know” on the South Korean network MBC. Not only did the ...

Who doesn’t love a good love song on Valentine’s Day? The Soompi staff has compiled a short but sweet list of our ultimate K-Pop love songs — ballads, little ditties, and of course, songs from drama ...

Most K-pop fans are probably familiar with the bops that girl groups release as title tracks, but it usually takes a more dedicated fan to give a chance to their B-side tracks and special singles.

When the Ars Nova production “KPOP” first premiered Off Broadway in 2017, the seven-member boy band BTS had only just broken through on the U.S. charts and most Americans were unfamiliar with the ...