Mina ParkDracula is No. 8, in its 22nd week in the Hot 100 top 10
Dracula is No. 8 on the Hot 100, its 22nd week in the top 10. Jennie joined Kevin Parker's song in February, and American radio still has it at No. 1.
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Anika RaoProya's firming and repair lines arrive at 400 Ulta stores in November
Proya is bringing its Advanced Firming line and Original Repair serum to 400 Ulta stores in November, about a quarter of the chain in the US.
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Jisoo set ADDICTED for October 30. The light stick gets here first.
Jisoo's digital single ADDICTED is dated October 30, Korea time. The teaser is a heart made of lightning. Her ice cream light stick goes on sale October 26.
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Anirudh and Kavya Maran's reception card is for November 21 in Chennai.
Anirudh Ravichander and Kavya Maran have a reception card for November 21 at the ITC Grand Chola in Chennai. Talk of a private ceremony in Greece still has no printed invitation.
Image: Dani Charles (CC BY-SA 3.0)
The Weeknd set a Tony Leung photo to Faye Wong's Chungking Express song.
The Weeknd is in Hong Kong a week early for four Kai Tak nights. He had dinner with Tony Leung and Carina Lau, then set a photo of the two of them to Faye Wong's Cantonese cover from Chungking Express.
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BTS passed 10 billion Spotify streams. The US seat is in a theater next Saturday.
Big Hit says BTS is the first group to pass 10 billion Spotify streams in a single year. US theaters carry the Buenos Aires show live on October 24.
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The Big 4 are off the Grammys' Asian pop list. Japan and the Philippines are on it.
A submissions tracker shows no HYBE, YG, JYP, or SM songs in the new Grammy Asian pop category. Japanese and Filipino acts are campaigning in public.
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Rosé will perform at LACMA's Art+Film Gala
LACMA booked Rosé as the musical guest for its November 7 Art+Film Gala, honoring Vija Celmins and Denis Villeneuve. She has already attended the dinner twice.
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YG wouldn't license BLACKPINK's music for 'Always Lalisa'
Sue Kim says YG would not license BLACKPINK's music or footage for Always Lalisa. The documentary opens in IMAX and theaters October 12, then on YouTube Premium later this year.
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i-dle's Soyeon wins Music Core with 'I'm gonna TOESA'
Jeon So-yeon won Show! Music Core on October 10 with I'm gonna TOESA, 6,670 points to BOYNEXTDOOR's 4,667. It is the song's third music-show win.
Image: K-POPIT (CC BY 3.0)
Between Steps premieres on Disney+ and Hulu with Choo Young-woo and Kim So-hyun
Ahn Pan-seok’s final drama, Between Steps, premieres Oct. 5 on ENA in Korea and on Disney+ and Hulu in the U.S., with Choo Young-woo and Kim So-hyun as robotics grad students figuring out how to fall in love.
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BTS’s Arirang tour just crossed $500M. No pop group had done that before
Billboard Boxscore says BTS’s Arirang world tour has surpassed $500 million in ticket sales, the first pop group to hit that mark on one tour. About 40 shows remain, with a possible path toward $1 billion.
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Stray Kids sat out the Grammys. The Academy kept its Asian pop category anyway
JYP confirmed Stray Kids filed nothing for the 2027 Grammys, joining BTS after Harvey Mason Jr. said Best Asian Pop Music Performance will proceed. The group can still vote. Their music will not compete.
Image: K-POPIT (CC BY 4.0)
Stray Kids open STRAYCITY in Mexico City tonight
Two sold-out nights at Estadio GNP Seguros, Sept. 25-26. NEXZ plus Mexican openers RENEE and Andrés Obregón. Mexico's president named the show Thursday and floated a BTS 2027 return that HYBE has not confirmed.
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HYBE Cine Fest goes global, with BTS live from South America
BTS is in Argentina for the first time, and HYBE is selling that night to multiplexes worldwide. Oct. 24-31, more than 60 territories, tickets Sept. 30.
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KATSEYE's first Billboard 200 No. 1 asks what counts as K-pop now
Wild opens at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 dated Aug. 29 with 170,000 equivalent album units, the biggest week an all-woman group has posted since the chart switched to consumption units in 2014. Two of KATSEYE's six members are sitting out the victory lap.
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Gong Hyo-jin’s assassin pivot just took the Friday-Saturday slot. 8% in two episodes.
Married Woman Killer episode 2 hit 8.0 percent nationwide, up from a 7.4 percent premiere, topping Friday-Saturday dramas as Gong Hyo-jin’s MBC return holds the post–Agent Kim slot.
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Jihyo told ONCE her heart is heavy. TWICE's JYP renewal is the story.
TWICE leader Jihyo posted on Bubble that her heart feels heavy while JYP contract renewal talks continue, promising a careful decision and affirming she loves the group.
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Team Falcons PH is the Philippines' last MSC hope at the Esports World Cup
After Team Liquid PH exited early, Team Falcons PH swept sister org Team Falcons MENA to reach the MLBB Mid-Season Cup knockout stage in Paris and earn a July 30 rematch with Indonesia's Team Vitality.
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BTS's Arirang is back in the Billboard 200 Top 10. The World Cup helped.
Arirang jumps 26 to 9 on the Billboard 200 dated Aug. 1 after a special vinyl push and BTS's World Cup final Dynamite set, putting the March album back in the Top 10 four months later.
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Cortis is taking its LA tour stop to 870 movie theaters
Big Hit Music and Trafalgar Releasing will broadcast Cortis's Aug. 13 YouTube Theater show to more than 870 cinemas in 29 countries, with tickets on sale July 31 and Lollapalooza plus a North American theater run first.
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Five Korean dramas just took half of Netflix's non-English Top 10
For the July 13–19 week, Agent Kim Reactivated held Netflix non-English No. 1 with 8.2 million views while The East Palace debuted at No. 2, and three more Korean titles filled half the global chart.
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BTS fans blame reverse streaming for SWIM's Melon drop. Old posts cut both ways.
After IVE’s Bang Bang took Melon daily No. 1 from BTS’s SWIM, some ARMYs alleged a multi-fandom reverse-streaming plot. Melon showed no UL spike. Netizens dug up 2023 reverse-stream calls aimed at NewJeans’ Ditto.
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A Shop for Killers S2 just set Disney+'s Korean first-day record
Disney Korea says A Shop for Killers Season 2’s July 22 drop was the most-watched Korean original first day worldwide on Disney+, beating Season 1 and topping APAC Korean content the same day.
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While Dracula owns the Hot 100, Jennie wants a little less than a lover
Jennie’s first solo single of 2026, Less than a Lover, lands while her Tame Impala remix still sits at Hot 100 No. 5 and Pop Airplay No. 1. Festival soft-launch, then a quiet song about wanting less intimacy.
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NewJeans opens summer as four, before ADOR opens a schedule
On their fourth debut anniversary, NewJeans dropped 2026 Summer of NewJeans films and photos with Minji, Hanni, Haerin, and Hyein. ADOR calls it a gift for Bunnies; the schedule still waits on finished talks.
Image: ADOR / NewJeans
How RESCENE turned a two-year-old song into a Melon No. 1
RESCENE's 2024 single LOVE ATTACK reached No. 1 on Melon's Top 100 after a viral catchphrase led listeners back through two years of music and more than 1,500 pieces of fan content.
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So Ji-sub is 48, exhausted, and suddenly leading Korea's biggest miniseries of 2026
Three episodes in, Agent Kim Reactivated is already the highest-rated Korean miniseries of 2026. The July 3 episode drew an 18.8 percent nationwide Nielsen rating, putting So Ji-sub's father-revenge drama at the center of Korea's summer TV conversation.
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Taeyeon's Korean "Bansanka" remake tops Melon's Hot 100
Taeyeon released a Korean remake of tuki's "Bansanka" on June 29. By early July it hit No. 1 on Bugs and topped Melon's 30-day Hot 100, the first entry in a J-pop cover project built for domestic streaming.
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Scene Report: what July streaming is actually fighting for
July 2026 is an attention auction, not a catalog problem: East Palace anchors Nam Joo-hyuk's comeback, June carry titles still deserve catch-up, and Wonderfools waits on word of mouth while Cha Eun-woo is offline.
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ATEEZ takes Daesang at the 35th Seoul Music Awards as BTS wins Hallyu honor
The 35th Seoul Music Awards crowned ATEEZ with the Daesang on June 20 at Inspire Arena, while BTS received the Korean Wave Special Award and LE SSERAFIM took Best Song.
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The Goldscene DeskHow idol fandom logistics shape U.S. chart weeks
Hot 100 weeks are not only about streams. For K-pop and global idol acts, chart life depends on release clocks, fan purchasing coordination, vinyl variants, and U.S. time zones stans treat like shift work.
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How K-beauty retail landed in North American suburbs
K-beauty did not conquer America through Soho flagships alone. Olive Young, Sephora endcaps, and suburban strip malls built a shelf strategy that treats Asian beauty as repeat grocery logic, not museum gift-shop novelty.
Image: LA Magazine / Olive Young
ATEEZ drops eerie BAD music video trailer ahead of Golden Hour Part 5
ATEEZ unveiled a music video trailer for BAD on June 19, the title track from GOLDEN HOUR Part.5, their 14th mini album due June 26 at 1 p.m. KST before a British Summer Time Hyde Park headline debut.
Image: KQ Entertainment / Photo via STARNEWS
Secret returns after 12 years with Secret Flavor and new member Yebin
Secret released the special mini album Secret Flavor on June 18 at 6 p.m. KST, marking a 12-year group hiatus with a trio lineup of Jeon Hyosung, Jung Hana, and new vocalist Yebin under RBW, led by the title track Ice Cream.
Image: RBW / Photo via STARNEWS
U-Know Yunho launches his first solo Asia tour with SCENE#1
TVXQ's U-Know Yunho announced U-KNOW PROJECT 26 : SCENE#1, a seven-city Asia solo tour opening with three sold-out nights in Seoul before stops in Macau, Singapore, Bangkok, Taipei, Jakarta, and Hong Kong.
Image: The Korea Times
Katseye's Pinky Up climbs back to No. 85 on the Hot 100
Katseye's Pinky Up rose five spots to No. 85 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the chart dated June 20, staying on the list for an eighth cumulative week after peaking at No. 28 in April.
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BTS unlocks Come Over on streaming for FESTA and a Busan anniversary weekend
BTS released Come Over on global streaming June 12 as the centerpiece of FESTA 2026, after the track had been vinyl-only on ARIRANG since April.
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LE SSERAFIM, Illit, and Katseye drop Hybe's triple-group single Iconic by Mistake
LE SSERAFIM, Illit, and Katseye released the joint single Iconic by Mistake on June 12, after debuting the track on M Countdown as a rare cross-group Hybe project.
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Jung Kyung-ho and Sooyoung end 14 years without a scandal attached
Actor Jung Kyung-ho and Girls' Generation's Sooyoung ended their 14-year relationship in June 2026. Both agencies confirmed the split and framed what comes next as collegial, not chaotic.
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TXT's Yeonjun opens a free Petra Collins photo show in Seoul
A free Seoul exhibition of about 90 Petra Collins photos of Tomorrow X Together's Yeonjun runs through June 21 at a Seongsu-dong pop-up tied to Vogue Salon.
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Drāvida maps South Asian cooking across continents in the East Village
Chef Aarthi Sampath's East Village restaurant follows South Asian food traditions through India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Nepal, Trinidad, Guyana, Malaysia, South Africa, and the neighborhoods that reshaped them.
Image: Drāvida
TREASURE's NEW WAV sweeps Japan and Korea in the same comeback week
TREASURE's fourth mini album NEW WAV debuted at No. 1 on Oricon and Billboard Japan while crossing one million first-week copies on Hanteo, ahead of three Seoul arena shows June 19–21.
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Jennie's Tame Impala remix puts Dracula back in the Hot 100 top 10
A Tame Impala remix featuring BLACKPINK's Jennie rose to No. 10 on the Billboard Hot 100, making her the second BLACKPINK member with a solo top-10 hit after Rosé.
Image: The Korea Times
Zhao Lusi's concert gown put Vietnamese couture in front of millions of C-drama fans
Zhao Lusi wore Phan Huy couture from the Golden Branch and Jade Leaf collection at her Stay Romantic solo concert in Bangkok, giving a Paris-calendar Vietnamese designer C-drama scale on a Thailand stage.
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Korean American chef Austin Kang is building MLB watch parties for Seoul mornings
Chef Austin Kang is running MLB Breakfast Club at his Seoul restaurant Mukjung, turning awkward morning game times into a Korean-Mexican brunch ritual with player-named dishes and a social watch-party format.
Image: Yonhap News Agency / Photo via The Korea Times
Chinese consumer brands are pushing harder into everyday US shopping
Major Chinese brands, including names like Luckin Coffee, Urban Revivo, and Pop Mart, are competing for American consumers in categories where US labels have long dominated.
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Warner Music Korea partners with Feelghood Music on BIBI
Warner Music Korea formed a global partnership with Feelghood Music to represent BIBI for worldwide release and promotion, timed to her single BUMPA and more than one billion streams in the past year.
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Sephora opens its first small-format store in Vancouver
Sephora Canada opened its first small-store format in Kitsilano, Vancouver, on June 5, a compact retail model for a major beauty chain in a dense urban neighborhood.
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Mainstream grocers are widening their Asian food aisles
As shopper interest in Asian food grows, large retailers including Whole Foods and Target are stocking more Asian grocery items in pursuit of a one-stop-shop experience.
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Korean Gen Z is tuning into Taeko Onuki and classic Japanese city pop
Korean Gen Z listeners are showing growing appetite for Taeko Onuki, Japanese city pop, and J-rock, framing a cross-border listening shift rather than a single domestic trend.
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Sacramento's AAPI Night Market returns for a fifth year
The AAPI Night Market returns on Capitol Mall, billed as part of the city's largest Asian American and Pacific Islander celebration.
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Major labels are betting bigger on South Asian music in the U.S.
Investors and major labels are buying into the South Asian music market in the U.S., with Warner Music Group, Anjula Acharia, and 5 Junction part of the narrative.
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BTS set for 2026 iHeartRadio Music Festival
BTS is among the performers lined up for the 2026 iHeartRadio Music Festival.
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T&T Supermarket prepares its first California store in San Jose
T&T Supermarket is opening its first California location in San Jose on June 18, marking the Canadian Asian grocer's U.S. expansion into Silicon Valley.
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Sacramento Valley's Korean culture festival drew food, music, and history to Rancho Cordova
The 2026 Sacramento Valley Korean Culture Festival ran May 30 at KP International Market in Rancho Cordova with free admission, K-pop finals, taekwondo demos, and food vendors across six hours of programming.
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Goldscene Desk briefing: spring 2026
A spring briefing on Asian entertainment and luxury: Lisa's Vegas residency milestone, BTS FESTA logistics, prestige beauty retail expansion, luxury ambassador stacking, and the streaming stories diaspora group chats kept passing around.
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Olive Young opens its first U.S. store in Pasadena
Olive Young, the Korean skincare retailer, has opened its first U.S. store in Pasadena, turning a familiar overseas haul destination into a local stop.
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Amorepacific is scaling its North American beauty footprint brand by brand
Amorepacific is expanding house labels such as CosRX and Laneige across North America's competitive beauty retail landscape.
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China Machado's legacy returns for AAPI Heritage Month
China Machado's AAPI Heritage Month retrospective highlights her path as a pioneering Asian model and her place in fashion history.
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Velveting, explained as a Chinese kitchen technique
Velveting is the Chinese prep step that keeps stir-fry chicken and shrimp tender instead of rubbery: a cornstarch-and-oil coat, a rest, then a quick par-cook before the wok. Here is how it works and why diaspora cooks are finally seeing the name match the method.
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Today's Radar: five things worth watching
Five stories on Goldscene's radar today: tour infrastructure, fandom logistics, beauty moodboards, luxury casting, and streaming debate fuel.
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China's unofficial K-pop ban is still shaping BTS's world tour map
BTS's comeback tour skips mainland China because of a decade-long entertainment restriction a decade after Beijing quietly restricted most South Korean entertainment.
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Fandom is the new distribution strategy
For Asian pop acts and their teams, organized fan communities now function like distribution partners, shaping chart performance, tour demand, and brand heat.
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