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Korea Herald
08-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Korea Herald
2 Oh My Girl members leave agency, but stay with group
Four members of Oh My Girl renewed their contracts with WM Entertainment, announced the management company on Thursday. They decided to extend their contracts again, after first doing so in 2022, and continue with the agency they have worked with for the past decade. Though Yua and Arin did not renew their exclusive contracts with WM, they will still be part of Oh My Girl. Yua uploaded a handwritten message on her social media, emphasizing that she will stay true to her part as a member of the group. She also shared that she will branch into acting like Arin, who played the female lead in the series 'S Line.' Oh My Girl promised to be with fans forever at its fan concert held in Seoul last month to mark its decadelong career. It performed 'Oh My,' a special single dropped in celebration of the milestone.
Korea Herald
09-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Korea Herald
Oh My Girl marks 10th debut anniversary with single
Oh My Girl is dropping a special digital single to celebrate its 10th debut anniversary, agency WM Entertainment said Wednesday. The group of six gave fans a taste of the single 'Oh My' with a teaser video Monday in which the members put together a party to mark the milestone. The future electronic tune conveys love for their fans and harks back to their decade-long career, incorporating elements that nod to their hit songs. The single comes out about seven months after the group's 10th EP 'Dreamy Resonance' and in time for its upcoming stand-alone concert 'Milky Way,' slated to be held in Seoul on April 19-20. Separately, Arin will attend the Cannes International Series Festival later this month as the drama 'S Line,' which she starred in, was shortlisted for an award.
Korea Herald
04-03-2025
- Entertainment
- Korea Herald
Blackpink's Jisoo, Rose sit high on Billboard charts
Jisoo of Blackpink debuted atop Billboard's World Digital Song Sales Chart with her solo song, 'Earthquake.' The lead single from her first solo EP 'Amortage' was unveiled on Feb. 14 and ranked No. 47 and No. 22 on Billboard Global 200 and Global 200 excl. US, respectively. The album topped the iTunes Top Albums Chart in 45 regions and sold over half a million copies in the first week. This makes her the K-pop female solo singer with the most records sold so far. Her solo single album 'Flower' from 2023 was the first-ever album from a K-pop female soloist to sell more than a million copies in the first week. Meanwhile, Rose sat at the No. 7 spot on Billboard's Hot 100 with her Bruno Mars collaboration 'APT.,' maintaining the spot for two weeks in a row. The earworm is enjoying 18 consecutive weeks on the chart after peaking at No. 3. Oh My Girl to mark 10th debut anniversary with concert Oh My Girl announced Wednesday that it will host a standalone concert in Seoul on April 19-20 to celebrate its 10th debut anniversary, via agency RBW Entertainment. The two-day live show is titled 'Milky Way,' symbolizing a bridge between the group and its fandom, Miracle. The six members will put on a series of songs chronicling their decade-long career, during which they put out two studio albums and 10 extended plays. They debuted with a namesake EP and their latest effort was their 10th EP 'Dreamy Resonance,' which came out in August last year.
Korea Herald
23-02-2025
- Entertainment
- Korea Herald
K-pop stars Hyojung, Jinho talk about AI, robots
Taking the lead roles in musical "A Thousand Blues," K-pop singers discuss how the musical has changed them for better The musical adaptation of 'A Thousand Blues,' which premiered in May last year, is returning this month and bringing two K-pop stars back to musical theater -- Jinho of boy group Pentagon and Hyojung of girl group Oh My Girl. Seoul Performing Arts Company's production of "A Thousand Blues," a musical based on Cheon Seon-ran's acclaimed sci-fi novel of the same name, has changed both Jinho and Hyojung, the actors said in a recent joint media interview. Playing the role of Collie, a humanoid jockey, Jinho shared that his personality has shifted from a "Thinking" type (in MBTI terms) to a "Feeling" type. 'I am the biggest beneficiary of this work. I'm really bad at expressing myself. My usual personality is a bit stiff, and that's how others see me. But Collie starts stiff and gradually opens up. He expresses himself and unintentionally connects with people, which makes him open his heart a little more. I also became more comfortable expressing myself and talking to people. Now, I make small talk, share silly jokes, and fun stories, and I hear a lot that I've become brighter,' the singer, songwriter, composer and vocal coach, said. Performing a robot being accidentally equipped with a chip containing a thousand words and becoming interactive with humans has also changed his thoughts about robots. 'When I first received the script, I really wondered if I should play him completely like a robot. However, overserving how fast artificial intelligence like ChatGPT became commercialized in the past year and considering this work depicts 10 years later, I was thinking about how far AI would evolve and where it would go by then,' Jinho said. As a result, Jinho performs Collie with a burst of emotions by the musical's end. Set in 2035, when humanoid robots are commercialized, "A Thousand Blues" revolves around a humanoid named Collie, created as a jockey, and the racehorse Today. Two sisters, Yeon-jae and Eun-hye, their mother Bo-gyeong join the duo on their journey of recovery from devastating situations while exploring their connections. In her role as Yeon-jae, Hyojung, who debuted in musical theater with this production last year, stated that "A Thousand Blues" enabled her to imagine a future of coexistence with advanced technology. 'While working on 'A Thousand Blues,' I felt a lot that this might happen in the near future. I definitely felt that this is how the era is changing. For example, when Yeon-jae gets fired from a convenience store, service robot Betty comes out to do part-time work, just like how robots are delivering things at restaurants these days." The musical also allowed her to confront her own pain of loss. 'Like Yeon-jae's family, my dad passed away when I was young. It's been about eight years since I last talked about my dad, so I thought maybe Yeon-jae's deficiency might be similar to the deficiency I have. I didn't really know how to bring it up before, but now I'm thinking maybe it's okay to talk about it. I think about my mom a lot,' Hyojung said. Reflecting on the impact of advancing technology on their careers as K-pop artists and musical theater performers, Jinho expressed uncertainty about AI's potential to replace live emotional performances. "It might sound presumptuous, but I question whether AI can truly convey the raw emotion I feel while singing," he said. "Seeing a live show is a unique experience that I believe is hard to replicate, though I could be proven wrong." Hyojung added, "While the future is uncertain, I see the possibility of AI replacing some aspects of girl and boy groups. This technology fulfills a need, and I think it's amazing that AI could recreate me, bringing joy and memories to fans even if I were no longer here. I have faith in science and technology."
