Month: February 2022

Rosé of K-pop girl group BLACKPINK has tested positive for COVID-19. READ MORE: Taeyeon talks Girls’ Generation: “It always feels like home when we’re all together” Today (February 28), YG Entertainment shared in an official statement to Star News that the Korean-Australian musician has tested positive for the coronavirus ahead of a flight she had […]

Indonesian singer-songwriter Hanin Dhiya has dropped a poignant new single entitled ‘Love Language’ alongside a music video. READ MORE: Feby Putri: “What scares emigrants the most is returning to where they came from with empty hands” The song – and its accompanying music video – was uploaded onto major streaming platforms via Warner Music Indonesia […]

Indonesian singer-songwriter Hanin Dhiya has dropped a poignant new single entitled ‘Love Language’ alongside a music video. READ MORE: Feby Putri: “What scares emigrants the most is returning to where they came from with empty hands” The song – and its accompanying music video – was uploaded onto major streaming platforms via Warner Music Indonesia […]

Filipino acts SB19, BINI, BGYO and more have been announced to perform for the country’s first-ever P-pop convention. READ MORE: SB19: P-pop leading lights determined to do their fans proud and “live with a purpose” The inaugural 2022 PPOP Convention is slated to take place on April 9 and 10, at the New Frontier Theatre, […]

A Malaysian parliamentarian has urged the Petaling Jaya City Council (MBPJ) to reverse its decision to suspend live music venue Merdekarya from holding shows for the indefinite future. READ MORE: Zamaera: “When I first started out, there were so few of us that I felt a pressure to be ‘the best female rapper’” Responding to […]

In the two or so years they’ve spent working on their second album ‘Unemployment’, the band H 3 F have had some seriously bad luck in the health department – even by the standards of a global pandemic. Members of the group have caught COVID, and frontman Thepvipat “Gong” Prachumchonjaoren recently struggled with laryngitis and […]

Billy Joel has paid tribute to Procol Harum‘s Gary Brooker with a cover of the band’s classic, ‘A Whiter Shade Of Pale’ – watch it below. During his performance at Las Vegas’ Allegiant Stadium on Saturday night (February 26), Joel delivered a moving rendition of the 1967 single to celebrate the life of Brooker, who died […]

South Korean singer-songwriter, SURAN, has returned with her latest single, ‘Devils in the City’.  This is SURAN’s third single released under her independent label S-TASY.  SURAN worked on the music production, composition, and lyrics alongside her producer, Zayson. Featured on this track is Dok2, who also contributed to the writing of the lyrics. This team […]

[New Frame] Countless South African musicians are where they are today because of the rapper’s big-hearted approach to the industry. His death at the age of 34 has left many reeling.

The report revealed consumption of Korean cultural content rose in all categories in 2021. Korean cultural contents, led by the rise of K-pop and K-dramas, continued to gain global popularity in the past year, a survey showed earlier this month. An annual report jointly released by the Korean Foundation for International Cultural Exchange and the […]