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Korea Herald
5 days ago
- Entertainment
- Korea Herald
Spooky songs to cool down summer heat
Horror-themed songs and music videos might help you overcome Korea's steaming summer 'My Sweet Home' by Ahn Ye-eun Singer-songwriter Ahn Ye-eun has showcased horror-themed series since 2020, drawing inspiration from Korea's traditional ghost stories to release fresh and unprecedented tracks. The series includes 'Trumpet Creeper,' adapting the tale of a court lady who died waiting for her king; 'Ratvolution,' a horror tale about a rat that eats a human fingernail and transforms into a doppelganger to take their place; and 'Changgwi,' which draws on the vengeful spirit of someone killed by a tiger. Ahn dropped the sixth song of her unique series, 'My Sweet Home,' on July 17. Based on the story of a ghost bound to a single location, the track is written and composed by Ahn. Her distinct vocal style — reminiscent of traditional Korean pansori — adds to the eerie atmosphere. The music video heightens the chilling mood with striking contrast of deep red and black animation, evoking the feel of a short horror animation. 'Voodoo Doll' by VIXX Known for its bold and distinctive concepts — ranging from cyborgs, Greek and Roman mythology to vampires — boy group VIXX captivated K-pop fans in 2013 with its first full-length album 'Voodoo,' whose main track 'Voodoo Doll' was inspired by the theme of a curse. Conveying a chilling yet heartbreaking story about a man who became a voodoo doll willing to do anything for a loved one, the song brought fresh images to the K-pop scene. In the music video, which shocked many teenage fans with its graphic visuals, the members, portrayed as pale voodoo dolls, endure torturous pain to grant the wishes of the one they love and remain unable to escape their fate. On stage, the group wielded a skull-topped cane that enhanced the eerie atmosphere. Used like microphones and pendulum on stage, the cane was even used for illusionary choreography that looked like it pierced the member's body. With a striking concept, VIXX won its first music show trophy. 'Zombie" by Everglow Everglow's 'Zombie,' released in October 2024, is another track that blends spooky visuals, chilling choreography and a haunting concept. The song portrays the emotional scars left by a betrayal of one's lover, with a moody yet addictive sound and a catchy hook. The choreography amplifies the unsettling tone, mimicking the jerky, unnatural movements of a zombie. Set in a hospital, which evokes the creepy mood of a classic horror film, the music video is drenched in blood-red images. Scenes of members transforming into zombies or trying to escape from something reinforce the horror theme. Dressed in ethereal white outfits with platinum-blonde hair, six members pull off a surreal visual concept.
Yahoo
6 days ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Iconic '90s Band Shares Never-Before-Seen Footage of Late Lead Singer and Everyone's in Tears
Iconic '90s Band Shares Never-Before-Seen Footage of Late Lead Singer and Everyone's in Tears originally appeared on Parade. Although it has been over five years since Dolores O'Riordan passed away, the impact that The Cranberries' lead singer had on music is still felt today. As the principal songwriter for the beloved '90s alternative rock band, O'Riordan delivered her passionate lyrics with one of the most recognizable voices of the decade. Ahead of the band celebrating a major milestone, fans are revisiting just how powerful a voice she was. The surviving members of The Cranberries will soon release a 30th anniversary edition of their landmark second album, No Need To Argue, on Aug. 15. In the lead-up to its release, the band has shared some never-before-seen, behind-the-scenes footage from that time, including rare footage of the "Zombie" video shoot in 1994. In the TikTok posted on July 22, the band—O'Riordan, guitarist Noel Hogan, bassist Mike Hogan and drummer Fergal Lawler—perform "Zombie" in the ruins of a building as Dolores delivers the now-iconic chorus. Although the song is three decades old, it can still move the hearts of listeners. "I still remember the first time I heard this song as a teen. I was floored by Dolores's power and emotion. She was so inspiring," commented one fan on TikTok. "I miss her unique voice," said another. The following day, The Cranberries posted a clip showing different angles to the "Ode to My Family" video, footage they said contained "unseen moments until now." The tender track opens with "No Need To Argue," and TikTok explained that O'Riordan wrote it to remind people that "rockstars are human people who love their parents." "[This song] always makes me cry," wrote one fan. "Thank you for the soundtrack of my youth," commented another. Many said that they still miss O'Riordan, who in 2018 at age 46, died due to accidental drowning. Fans can purchase the 30th anniversary edition of No Need To Argue in three formats: a three-LP edition, a 2-LP/2-CD edition, or a single album/CD version. The special 3-LP edition will contain a previously unreleased demo of "Zombie," live recordings from the band's set at Woodstock '94, and their 1995 episode of MTV '90s Band Shares Never-Before-Seen Footage of Late Lead Singer and Everyone's in Tears first appeared on Parade on Jul 24, 2025 This story was originally reported by Parade on Jul 24, 2025, where it first appeared.
New Paper
18-07-2025
- New Paper
Alleged Kpod deliveryman charged with six offences after Bishan sting
An alleged delivery man of vaping devices was handed six charges on July 18. Jodan Chin Wei Liang, 27, was charged with selling and being in possession of e-vaporisers. His appearance in court comes in the wake of an operation in Bishan where a man was detained in Bishan Street 13 on July 10. A seller who claimed he could sell Kpods had arrived in a car but tried to drive off after Health Sciences Authority (HSA) officers had identified themselves. On July 18, the court heard that for Chin's case, quite a large number of Kpods were seized. His case has been adjourned to Aug 28. According to court documents, he allegedly had more than 800 Kpods in assorted flavours for sale. They came with different names such as "Zombie" and "Lucifer". Chin is also accused of being in possession for sale items that included 24 pieces of vaporisers without pods. Kpods are vapes that contain vape juice mixed with potent ingredients such as etomidate or ketamine. Used in hospitals to induce sedation during medical procedures, etomidate is meant to be injected into the veins under clinical supervision and is never intended to be inhaled. When vaped, it enters the lungs directly and may trigger spasms, breathing difficulties, seizures and even psychosis. HSA officers detaining Jodan Chin Wei Liang (in green shirt) at a carpark in Bishan Street 13 on July 10 during a sting operation targeting vaping offences. ST PHOTO: GAVIN FOO It is classified as a poison under the Poisons Act and a licence is required for its importation or sale. Under the Act, those found in possession of or using pods containing etomidate can be jailed for up to two years, fined up to $10,000, or both. Kpods are a cause for concern in Singapore. On July 12, the Ministry of Health and Ministry of Home Affairs said in a joint statement that current legislation around vaping may be strengthened following the increased detection in Singapore of e-vaporisers containing substances such as etomidate and other controlled drugs. They added that government agencies are considering further steps to better address the vaping issue, including whether current laws for enforcement can be enhanced. Jodan Chin Wei Liang arriving at the State Courts on July 18. ST PHOTO: KELVIN CHNG The ministries said that within the first half of 2025, HSA had detected 28 cases where e-vaporiser pods were found to contain etomidate. This is nearly three times as many as the 10 cases detected in 2024. ST launched its anti-vaping campaign, Vaping: The Invisible Crisis, on July 13 to raise awareness about the issue here. To report vaping offences and the sale of vaping devices to the authorities, the public can contact HSA's Tobacco Regulation Branch on 6684-2036 or 6684-2037 from 9am to 5.30pm on weekdays.
Straits Times
14-07-2025
- Straits Times
HSA intensifies crackdown on vapes; young suspected Kpod peddlers nabbed in Bishan, Yishun
Find out what's new on ST website and app. Vapes that contain vape juice mixed with potent ingredients like etomidate or ketamine are known as Kpods. SINGAPORE - The ongoing crackdown on e-vaporisers turned dramatic on July 10 when an enforcement officer dived into a moving car to stop a suspected peddler from escaping. The scene played out on Bishan Street 13, when the alleged pusher tried to escape during an operation by the Health Sciences Authority (HSA). As HSA officers moved in to surround the car, the driver revved his engine and tried to speed away. One officer opened the left front door and jumped in, which forced the driver to stop about 50 metres away. The Straits Times, posing as an interested buyer online, had contacted four sellers who were pushing e-vaporisers and etomidate-laced pods, or 'Kpods' on social media platforms including Telegram. Vapes that contain vape juice mixed with potent ingredients like etomidate or ketamine are known as Kpods. Etomidate is currently classified as a poison under the Poisons Act. This means a licence is required for its importation or sale. Top stories Swipe. Select. Stay informed. 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After a brief exchange of messages, the peddler agreed to meet at Bishan, saying a 'delivery man' would drop off the item. At 3.45pm, a grey car arrived at the location and an HSA officer, posing as the buyer, approached the car. The officer identified himself as an enforcement agent and the man panicked and tried to make a getaway. That was when another officer jumped into the car as it accelerated. After the man was detained, officers searched his car and found several white envelopes filled with Kpods that had been marked for delivery. Officers also found multiple folders, each named with different brands of Kpods such as 'Zombie' or 'USDT'. In total, HSA officers seized 28 vape devices and 814 vape pods from the man's car. ST understands the majority of the pods may be Kpods. The haul was larger than anticipated. The suspect, who is 27 years old, claimed he was just the delivery man. Officers later raided his residence nearby and found a small stash of vape and related components in his bedroom. He was the second young peddler to be caught within a matter of weeks. Vapes that contain vape juice mixed with potent ingredients like etomidate or ketamine are known as Kpods. ST PHOTO: GAVIN FOO Acting on a tip-off, HSA had raided a residence in the vicinity of Yishun Avenue 6 on June 23, where they caught a 22-year-old woman. Three of her friends - two women, aged 22 and 33, and a 32-year-old man - were also in the flat. The four suspects appeared disorientated and groggy when HSA officers checked them. The suspects later claimed to have inhaled Kpods just before the raid. HSA officers found 219 vapes and its related components. A large proportion of the products are believed to be Kpods. ST, who accompanied the enforcement officers on the raid, understands the four are colleagues from a nightclub. The 22-year-old woman, who works as a hostess, had allegedly sold Kpods on social media. Her customers included her colleagues. More raids The operation was one of many HSA has been conducting to tackle the vaping scourge, which has become more insidious with the influx of drug-laced vapes. The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime had warned in a report in May of the emergence of etomidate abuse in East Asia and South-east Asia, including Singapore. The number of cases involving etomidate-laced vape pods have nearly tripled in Singapore to 28 cases in the first six months of 2025, compared to the 10 cases found across 2024. In response, the Ministry of Health (MOH) and the Ministry of Home Affairs told ST that the Government is considering if current enforcement laws should be enhanced with the emergence of laced e-vaporisers. HSA conducts multiple operations a week targeting trade in e-vaporisers. The agency also works closely with the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority to deter and detect attempts at smuggling vaping products through Singapore's borders. From January 2024 to March 2025, more than 20,800 travellers were checked at air, land and sea checkpoints during joint operations between HSA and ICA. HSA said 101 people were caught with e-vaporisers during these operations. It added: 'Additionally, ICA detected e-vaporiser smuggling cases involving 91 smugglers and referred them to HSA.' One of the largest hauls this year occurred in January when the agency raided an industrial unit and seized more than 8,700 vapes and its components, worth around $137,000, including etomidate-laced devices. Between January 2024 and March 2025, MOH and HSA said more than $41 million worth of vapes and its related components were seized. More than 14,600 people were caught by the authorities in 2024, compared to just 4,916 in 2022. Those arrested have also included major distributors. One of the largest hauls to date happened in March 2024. Two men transporting two packages of vapes were stopped at a roadblock near St Andrew's Road. This led authorities to raid two warehouse units which held more than 400,000 vapes worth more than $6 million. The previous record haul was in 2021, when HSA seized more than $2.2m worth of e-vaporisers and related components from a storage facility in Boon Lay. The $6 million raid was in the news recently when two men were charged in court with trying to break into a warehouse HSA uses to store evidence, including confiscated vapes. They were planning to steal vapes seized by HSA. The men were allegedly working for one Chua Wee Ming, who had imported vapes and its related components into Singapore for distribution. Chua is said to be connected to the $6 million worth of e-vaporisers and related components seized by HSA. As part of efforts to tackle vaping, HSA also collaborates with e-commerce and social media platforms to take down e-vaporiser online listings. It said: 'More than 6,800 listings of e-vaporisers and related components online were removed from January 2024 to March 2025. This was more than double the 3,100 listings removed in 2023.' HSA added that 15 individuals were also identified and fined for posting photographs or videos of e-vaporisers on their social media accounts in the same period.
USA Today
11-07-2025
- Entertainment
- USA Today
'Zombies 4' star Milo Manheim on his 'weird' career, dealing with nosebleeds while acting
Even though he's only 24, Milo Manheim has been a singing Disney zombie for so long that the youngsters who grew up watching him are now his costars. That was extremely helpful going into 'Zombies 4: Dawn of the Vampires' because Manheim and fellow returning mainstay Meg Donnelly didn't have to explain the franchise vibe: catchy tunes, group dancing, fun monster stuff, good times had by all. But Manheim wasn't expecting so many of the new kids to be old-school 'Zombie" fans. 'They were clearly like, 'Oh my God, that's Zed and Addison!' ' Manheim recalls. 'To know that we've made such an impact is really crazy.' Join our Watch Party! Sign up to receive USA TODAY's movie and TV recommendations right in your inbox In the latest "Zombies" (streaming now on Disney+), gridiron-dominating zombie boy Zed (Manheim) and his human/alien cheer captain sweetheart Addison (Donnelly) go on a road trip the summer after their busy freshman year of college. They wish they could spend more time with each other, and they do, although it winds up being trying to bring peace to two new warring factions: Daywalkers and Vampires. Manheim, who's also an executive producer on the film, has been a staple of the 'Zombies' world since the first 2018 movie, and his star's been on the rise since. He competed on a season of 'Dancing with the Stars,' starred in the movies 'Thanksgiving' and 'Journey to Bethlehem,' and currently plays a high school football phantom on the teen supernatural show 'School Spirits,' which starts production on Season 3 soon. Plus, he just wrapped a stint playing Seymour opposite Elizabeth Gillies' Audrey in the off-Broadway revival of 'Little Shop of Horrors.' The California native, son of Emmy-winning actress Camryn Manheim, discusses the new 'Zombies,' his 'Little Shop' run and what's next. Question: In recent years, you've either played or been around zombies, ghosts, vampires, werewolves, a man-eating plant and a holiday-themed serial killer. Are you just drawn to horror and the supernatural, or have you just followed the best characters and projects so far? Milo Manheim: I don't know why the industry seems to pull me in this direction. Not that I disliked horror movies or paranormal activity TV shows or anything, but I never watched them. The best part of this all is that I have totally opened my mind and found what makes them so awesome. So maybe the universe was trying to teach me something. I have no idea why I'm always like a dead football player or something that has to do with the afterlife but I'm not complaining. What's new this time around playing Zed? Zed has always been a leader, but the biggest change is he's no longer the young 'un. He has now kind of taken on the, I don't even want to say father figure, but that's kind of what it is. He is inspiring the next generation to pick up where he left off. But outside of the movie, having all these new young kids that reminded me so much of my experience on the first movie, I really wanted to step up to that position. I am looking forward to seeing how they take hold of this franchise. Was that emotional for you and Meg, to pass the torch on to the new folks because it has been such a big part of your life? We did a lot of crying before, during and after shooting the movie. But I will say before we started the movie, I was nervous. I was scared, and a small part of me didn't want to pass the torch because I'm like, "We've done this thing, we've created it." But literally immediately after we had our new cast members, it was like, "I can't wait for them to take this torch and run with it and burn the flame even brighter." What did you learn about yourself playing Seymour in 'Little Shop' eight shows a week? Not to toot my own horn, but I learned that I am a better singer than I thought I was. I went into this show seeing the names of the past Seymours in the dressing room – Darren Criss, Jeremy Jordan, Jonathan Groff – and being like, 'I don't know what I'm doing here.' I sort of told myself, 'Milo, don't worry about the singing. Seymour doesn't have to be a good singer. He just needs to serve the story.' And I really focused on the comedy of it all and the physical aspect. And then as I went through the show with Liz, I really grew my confidence as a singer and just a performer on stage. Did the show fuel your passion to do more musical theater or to be on Broadway? It fueled everything. It fueled my drive, my excitement, my passion. It also fueled my fear, for sure, but that's the best part of it. There was one show where I had a nosebleed on stage, and I ran off and I put a tissue in my nose. We fixed it really fast. After the show, I went up to a cast member and I was like, "Ugh, this is why I hate theater." And she goes, "No, this is why you love theater." Seymour getting a nosebleed would be in character. I know. (Laughs) It's very obviously kind of a nerdy look to have a tissue in your nose. But also it happened before the plant opened up, so I was like, 'I started bleeding too early. Come on, Milo!' Zed's now in college, and you're now moving to a phase in your career where maybe you're not playing teens all the time. What are you most excited and most nervous about? It's probably the same thing. The nerves and the excitement go hand in hand. I don't necessarily have a "this is what I want to do" mindset. I have a "let's see what comes my way" mindset. I'm a big believer that things will work out and the universe sort of will push things your direction when it's time. I'm just looking forward to stepping into different shoes, whatever they are. I've already done so many different things. I mean, I played Joseph as in Mary, Jesus and Joseph. I played an (expletive) boyfriend in a horror movie. I'm a zombie in a musical franchise. I hope it's continuously weird and diverse in the things that I do.
