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📊 Group Display Order · Ranked by how many subscribers pick each group as a favorite (#1–17) Today, 11 / 17 groups appear in the body. | |||||||||||||||||
Jisoo · Jennie · Rosé · Lisa Met Gala 2026 — all four members on the carpet, Jennie debuts as a brand patron BLACKPINK's four members appeared together at Met Gala 2026 on 5/4 (local) at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York under the "Anna Wintour Coronation" theme. Lisa drew the spotlight in a four-armed Vivienne Westwood blue dress; Jisoo wore a Saint Laurent gold gown inspired by Edward Burne-Jones's painting "Side of the Princess"; Rosé matched the Coronation theme in a Saint Laurent white corset; and Jennie made her first official Met Gala appearance as a Chanel global patron in a vintage black tuxedo. 📑 "팔 4개 리사→명화 입은 지수…멧갈라서 뭉친 블랙핑크 완전체" — 텐아시아 | |||||||||||||||||
RM · Jin · SUGA · j-hope · Jimin · V · Jungkook April KM Chart sweep — and V tops the male solo category too BTS landed at #1 in both song and artist categories on April's KM Chart, reasserting their global pop status. The new track "SWIM" took K-MUSIC, while V claimed the HOT CHOICE Male category, keeping the group and his solo profile at the top simultaneously. The KMA (Korea Music Awards) 2026 ceremony will be held on 7/25 at Korea University's Hwajeong Gymnasium in Seoul. 📑 "방탄소년단, 4월 KM차트 2관왕…역시 글로벌 팝 아이콘" — OSEN | |||||||||||||||||
S.Coups · Jeonghan · Joshua · Jun · Hoshi · Wonwoo · Woozi · The8 · Mingyu · DK · Seungkwan · Vernon · Dino Two Japanese domes in May for "YAKUSOKU" — a promise to CARAT SEVENTEEN will hold their Japan fan meeting "YAKUSOKU" at Tokyo Dome on 5/13–14 and Kyocera Dome Osaka on 5/23–24. The title is the Korean word for "promise" and signals that SEVENTEEN and CARAT (the fandom) will meet again — and stay together for a long time. A separate 10th-anniversary fan meeting "CARAT LAND" will follow in Incheon on 5/15. 📑 "세븐틴, 5월 일본 2개 돔서 팬미팅 ‘YAKUSOKU’ 개최" — 헤럴드뮤즈 | |||||||||||||||||
Jungwon · Jay · Jake · Sunghoon · Sunoo · Ni-ki BLOOD SAGA — 21 cities, 32 shows across Latin America, the U.S., and Europe ENHYPEN have revealed a full lineup for BLOOD SAGA: 21 cities and 32 shows running through March 2027. The tour opened with three nights at KSPO DOME in Seoul on 5/1–3 (32,250 fans across the run, the group's first tour as a six-member lineup). July brings a first-ever Latin American leg in São Paulo, Lima, and Mexico City; the U.S. follows with five stops in Dallas, San Diego, Tacoma, Oakland, and Las Vegas. The tour wraps in winter 2027 across Europe and the U.K. — Milan, Paris, Amsterdam, Berlin, and London. | |||||||||||||||||
Soobin · Yeonjun · Beomgyu · Taehyun · Hueningkai Live viewing for the four-city Japan run — reservations open 5/7, broadcast to 53 countries Live-viewing reservations for TXT's four-city, eight-show Japan run — 5/23–24 Aichi, 5/27–28 Chiba, 6/16–17 Fukuoka, 6/23–24 Hyogo — opened at 10:00 KST on 5/7 exclusively at CGV in Korea. The live viewing will be simulcast to 53 countries and regions, carrying the momentum of mini 8th album "7TH YEAR: 가시덤불에 잠시 바람이 멈췄을 때" released on 4/13 as part of the group's debut 7th anniversary special project. 📑 "투바투, 데뷔 7주년 맞아 스페셜 콘서트 개최…日 공연 일정 공개" — MHN스포츠 | |||||||||||||||||
Ruka · Pharita · Asa · Ahyeon · Rami · Rora · Chiquita Mini 3rd album "CHOOM" goes viral on YouTube — choreography and MV travel fast BABYMONSTER's title track "CHOOM" from their mini 3rd album has been pulling huge global engagement on YouTube since its 5/4 release. The choreography and MV are fueling a fast-spreading wave of dance challenges and reaction videos across overseas fandoms. 📑 "지금 유튜브에서 난리라는 그 노래, 베이비몬스터 '춤'" — 마이데일리 | |||||||||||||||||
Karina · Giselle · Winter · Ningning "WDA" pre-release on 5/11, full album "LEMONADE" on 5/29 — G-DRAGON joins the collab aespa will drop their second studio album "LEMONADE" at 13:00 KST on 5/29. Ahead of that, the pre-release single "WDA (Whole Different Animal)" arrives at 18:00 KST on 5/11, with a Countdown Live the same day at 17:00 KST. G-DRAGON joins the "WDA" collaboration team, anchoring the dark-evolution "Whole Different Animal" concept. In August, aespa take their first main-stage at Lollapalooza Chicago. | |||||||||||||||||
Sakura · Chaewon · Yunjin · Kazuha · Eunchae "BOOMPALA" teaser drops — second studio album "PUREFLOW pt.1" lands 5/22 LE SSERAFIM unveiled the "Just BOOMPALA" video on 5/8, offering a first taste of the title track from their second full-length album "PUREFLOW pt.1." The five members keep up their invented-name signature: PUREFLOW reads as an anagram of "POWERFUL," and "BOOMPALA" is a coined term meant to spark global curiosity. The album drops 5/22, with a music preview on 5/18, a highlight medley on 5/19, and two music video teasers on 5/20–21. 📑 "르세라핌, 신곡 'BOOMPALA' 티저 공개.."생각 멈추고 춤할까?" — OSEN · "LE SSERAFIM unveils title track 'BOOMPALA' ahead of 2nd studio album" — The Korea Times | |||||||||||||||||
Lily · Haewon · Sullyoon · Bae · Jiwoo · Kyujin Mini 5th album "Heavy Serenade" on 5/11 — Han Roro joins the lyrics team NMIXX will release mini 5th album "Heavy Serenade" at 18:00 KST on 5/11. The same-name title track has singer-songwriter Han Roro as a featured lyricist. The album runs six cuts, including "Crescendo," "IDESERVEIT," "Different Girl," "Superior," and "LOUD," with members Lily and Bae credited on some B-side lyrics. The "Crescendo" music video was unveiled in advance on 4/28. | |||||||||||||||||
Yunah · Minju · Moka · Wonhee · Iroha "It's Me" hits Korean and Japanese charts at the same time — Oricon #1, biggest first-week ever ILLIT's mini 4th album MAMIHLAPINATAPAI debuted at #1 on Japan's Oricon Daily Albums chart, and the first-week run (4/30–5/6) totaled 411,654 copies, a new high for the group. Title track "It's Me" jumped from #46 (5/4) to #36 (5/5) to #15 (5/7) on Melon Top 100, debuted at #6 on Spotify's Global Top Songs Debut, and entered Apple Music's Today's Top 100 global chart. Critics are calling the techno turn a smart bet that extends the "ILLIT core" rather than breaking it. 📑 "아일릿, 테크노 변신 통했다…고정관념 깬 승부수 적중" — 마이데일리 · "‘최다 초동’ 아일릿, 韓·日 음반 차트 접수" — 스포츠경향 · "아일릿, 한계 없는 '아일릿 코어'..'It's Me'로 입증한 영리한 승부수" — OSEN · "아일릿 'It's Me', 한국이 들썩 일본도 깜짝" — 마이데일리 | |||||||||||||||||
Hanbin · Jiwoong · Matthew · Taerae · Gunwook First five-member comeback "Ascend-" on 5/18 — Gunwook's first self-written track ZEROBASEONE return as a reorganized five-member lineup with mini 6th album "Ascend-" at 18:00 KST on 5/18. The lineup is Hanbin, Jiwoong, Matthew, Taerae, and Gunwook, and the title track is "TOP 5." The full tracklist runs seven cuts — Intro., V for Vision, Customize, Exotic, Changes, and Zero to Hundred — with "Customize" marking Gunwook's first self-written track. 📑 "제로베이스원, 5월 18일 컴백..미니 6집 ‘Ascend-’ 발매" — 헤럴드뮤즈 | |||||||||||||||||
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💡 Today's Detail 1 — ILLIT's "It's Me" stages a simultaneous Korea–Japan chart attack ILLIT's "It's Me" climbed 31 spots on Melon Top 100 in just three days — #46 on 5/4, #36 on 5/5, #15 on 5/7. Over the same window in Japan, mini 4th album MAMIHLAPINATAPAI debuted at #1 on Oricon's Daily Albums chart, and the first-week run (4/30–5/6) totaled 411,654 copies — a new high for the group. Globally, the song entered Spotify's Global Top Songs Debut at #6 and made Apple Music's Today's Top 100 Global at the same time. Critics are calling the techno turn a smart bet that extends the "ILLIT core" rather than breaking it. | |||||||||||||||||
💡 Today's Detail 2 — Five major K-pop releases and tours land in mid-May At 18:00 KST on 5/11, two majors hit the same hour — aespa's "WDA" pre-release and NMIXX's mini 5th album "Heavy Serenade." Same week, SEVENTEEN's Tokyo Dome "YAKUSOKU" fan meeting opens 5/13–14, followed by the 10th-anniversary fan meeting "CARAT LAND" in Incheon on 5/15. The next week brings ZEROBASEONE's first five-member comeback "Ascend-" on 5/18, LE SSERAFIM's 2nd full-length album "PUREFLOW pt.1" on 5/22, and aespa's 2nd full-length album "LEMONADE" on 5/29 — five majors in a single month on the Korean K-pop calendar. In parallel, BTS wrap their Mexico City run with the 5/9–10 dates, and ENHYPEN BLOOD SAGA, TXT's four-city Japan tour, and KCON JAPAN 2026 all run alongside. | |||||||||||||||||
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