KProfiles New of the Week (3rd of January – 9th of January)
Everything you need to know about the Asian media space this week!
Releases(comebacks) *OST not included*:
GOT the beat (Girls On Top) – Step Back (Jan. 3)
Kep1er *debut* – WA DA DA (Jan. 3)
UP10TION – Crazy About You (Jan. 3)
P1Harmony – Do It Like This (Jan. 3)
BLITZERS – BOBBIN (Jan 3.)
Woozi (Seventeen) – Ruby (Jan. 3)
LUNA (태인 Solo) – Love one day (Jan. 3)
JK Kim Dong Uk – FIGHT (Jan. 3)
Hyunjun Hur – Let Me Drown (Jan. 3)
PADO – Breakfree (Jan. 3)
TAEHWAN (VANNER) – FROZEN (Jan. 3)
Eunseol x Deulre – 바람과 함께 사라지다 (Jan. 3)
KOLAVO – On My Way Home (Jan. 3)
Verycovbunny – Lack of love (Jan. 3)
Llwyd – dryflower (Jan. 3)
2ndCake – HAPPY PUMKIN TREE (Jan. 3)
Woo!ah! – Catch the Stars (Jan. 4)
ONEWE – Universe_ (Jan. 4)
UheeSka – Prayer of Uheeska (Jan. 4)
M.PEROR – Merry Go Round (Jan. 4)
SoNye & Coral J – Peter Pan (Jan. 4)
Achtung – Rachel (Jan. 4)
HWAJA – Sunset (feat. Jung In) (Jan. 4)
Kwon Min Seo – where are we going? (Jan. 4)
Benny Char – End Of The World (Feat. Minsung) (Jan. 4)
OMEGA X – LOVE ME LIKE (Jan. 5)
WJSN CHOCOME – Super Yuppers! (Jan. 5)
H1-KEY *debut* – ATHLETIC GIRL (Jan. 5)
TRENDZ *debut* – TNT (Truth & Trust) (Jan. 5)
Son Chamchi – Hypnobatia (Jan. 5)
No Sleep Club (NSC) – SAMMY (Jan. 5)
Radio Paradise – Good Night (Jan. 5)
Woogotsa – All Those Diaries Just Become Letters (Jan. 5)
AleXa – TATTOO (Jan. 6)
JANG MIN HO – Right Answer (Jan. 6)
Kim Wan-sun – Feeling (Jan. 6)
LYRIK COETRY – 옥상에서 (On The Rooftop) (Jan. 6)
HWANG Gina – Short film (Jan. 6)
TRAVELOG – Constellation (Jan. 6)
Eric Nam – Lost On Me (Jan. 7)
Hitchhiker X 3RD – Alone (Jan. 7)
BZ-BOYS – Find you (Jan. 7)
(Special credits to https://kpopofficial.com/)
Birthdays
Who had a birthday this week?
January 3
YEAR | ARTIST | GROUP |
1982 | Park Jiyoon | Solo |
1995 | Jisoo | BLACKPINK |
1995 | Seolhyun | AOA |
1995 | Seunghoo | N.TIC |
1996 | Z.Hera | Solo |
1997 | DK | iKON |
1999 | O.V | D-CRUNCH |
January 4
YEAR | ARTIST | GROUP |
1973 | Eunyi | Celeb Five |
1991 | Nara | The T-Bird |
1999 | Jaehyun | Golden Child |
2010 | Somin | 4CARAT |
January 5
YEAR | ARTIST | GROUP |
1990 | U-Su | SE SO NEON |
1990 | Yoseob | Highlight |
2002 | Karin | ELRIS |
January 6
YEAR | ARTIST | GROUP |
1983 | Mithra Jin | Epik High |
1993 | Alice Vicious | Solo |
1994 | Jay B | Solo, GOT7 |
1994 | Blue Berry | Solo, ICIA, ex-Pocket Girls, Scarlet |
2000 | Eunbin | CLC |
2000 | Shuhua | (G)I-DLE |
2001 | Chloe | cignature |
2004 | Bell | Z-Girls |
January 7
YEAR | ARTIST | GROUP |
1994 | Kwon Sojung | Year 7 Class 1 |
1995 | Anna | Maywish |
1995 | OBON | Solo, Unit Black |
1997 | Green | REDSQUARE |
1997 | Jinseo | N.TIC |
1997 | Saerom | fromis_9 |
1997 | Yoohyeon | Dreamcatcher |
2000 | Sei | Weki Meki |
2008 | Minjung | CoCo |
January 8
YEAR | ARTIST | GROUP |
1988 | CRAZYNO | Solo |
1993 | Yongseok | Cross Gene |
1994 | B-Joo | XENO-T |
January 9
YEAR | ARTIST | GROUP |
1985 | Hong Daekwang | Solo |
1986 | Soyou | Berry Chu |
1996 | Hannah Jang | Solo |
1999 | U-Hwa | Solo |
2000 | Jihun | TRCNG |
K- Gossip/News:
- Kep1er breaks the record for best selling girl group debut album in 24 hours
- Jamie Park joins Dear U Bubble
- aespa becomes the 3rd Kpop artist in history to receive an ‘Artist of the Year’ award as rookies
- Golden Disc Awards to be held on January 8th 2022 (KST)
- Girls Planet 999 debut group, Kep1er, makes their highly anticipated debut with title track ‘Wa Da Da’
- Kep1er reveals Official Fandom Name ‘Kep1ian’ also reveals Official Colors: Lavender & White, Lavender & Yellow
- Dispatch reveals their 2022 New Year’s couple
- Former AOA member Shin Jimin releases new song
- NCT’s Mark makes his first Solo appearance on Genius Korea’s K-HipHop chart with his concert track “Vibration”
- 4 Girls Planet 999 contestants to be debuting in new girl group ‘ILY:1’ sometime in March
- EVERGOLW’s Yiren sparks debate after she greeted fans Chinese Style while other members did Korean Style
- MOMOLAND drops schedule for collaboration with Natti Natasha
- A male version of ‘Street Woman Fighter’ to air this summer 2022
- ATEEZ postpones 2022 European Tour
- TXT’s Yeonjun opens personal Instagram account
- Jung Hoyeon becomes the first Ever Asian to be on the cover for the U.S. Vogue
- EXO’s Xiumin reveals he is working on a Solo album that will be released sometime this year
- The Netizen who accused APRIL’s Naeun for School Violence admits to being untruthful and apologizes; Naeun accepts their apology and withdraws from Legal Action
- PSY’s Gangnam Style MV surpasses 4.3 Billion views on YouTube
- BTS cancels their trip to the U.S. due to the Grammy Awards being postponed
- VIXX’s Ken Officially gets discharged from military
- Snowdrop actress Kim Mi Soo passes away at the age of 30
- 4 Girls Planet 999 trainees announce their debut in the group ILY:1
- Jin, SUGA, and RM of BTS recover from COVID-19
- SM Entertainment’s rotational super-group Girl’s On Top makes their debut
- BTS’ SUGA teases new mixtape
- Former DAY6 Member Jae calls Jamie Park an impolite word; is now facing harsh criticism from fans
- Dispatch announces online concert “DFESTA” in celebration of the anniversary of 10 years of tormenting K-celebs.
Profiles of the week:
This weeks top Profiles to check out!
- Kprofiles Author’s Picks: Our favourite albums of 2021
- Kprofiles News of the Week: 27th of December – 2nd of January
- Amoeba Culture Profile
- Jinyu Choi Profile & Facts
- DOGSEAN Profile & Facts
- eVe Profile and Facts
- YOBi Profile and Facts
- bedside Profile & Facts
- Won Hyoyeon Profile & Facts
- Milena Profile & Facts
- benkidish Profile & Facts
- Jasin Profile & Facts
- Riona Profile & Facts
- Unchan Profile & Facts
- Bomin Profile & Facts
- Liella! Members Profile
- Kandis Members Profile
- Mingginyu Profile & Facts
- Sebin (OMEGA X, Snuper) Profile & Facts
- Jaehan (OMEGA X, Spectrum) Profile & Facts
- Kpop Taiwan Line “members”
⭐ Small Artist Of The Week ⭐
Skyle (nominated by Rey)
🌟 Small Soloist Of The Week 🌟
Leenzy (nominated by ANTIROMANTIC)
✨ Underrated Song Of The Week ✨
2 minus 1 by Seventeen (nominated by Iav )
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