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SM Entertainment founder Lee Soo-man, now chief producer at A2O Entertainment, celebrated his new girl group A2O Light topping music charts and music shows with "Nion" by ringing the golden bell at a popular barbecue spot near Yaksu Station, treating every customer in the house to a meal. Diners answered with cheers and chants of his name, and one even received a bracelet from him as a keepsake. In other news, rapper Yang Hong-won is under growing scrutiny just days after his wedding, as a new video surfaces while his agency AP Alchemy admits he visited a motel intoxicated, denies any romantic behavior, and files legal complaints for extortion, stalking, and defamation. Tomorrow X Together reveals the tracklist for its ninth mini album "Perfect Storm," led by "Angel Bite," while Rescene gears up for its fourth mini album "Pulse" with the title track "With." Plus, Wu-Tang Clan's "C.R.E.A.M." gets a Seoul-flavored remix featuring Lee Young-ji for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4, Gummy teases her new single "Perfect World" and her eight-city "LOVE" tour, and Cravity's Woobin wraps his double role in the musical "Caffeine." Stay connected with K-BUZZ for your daily dose of Korean entertainment news! Visit us at https://www.kbuzz.net for more updates, episode archives, and additional content. Love the show? Leave us a review and help other K-pop and K-drama fans discover K-BUZZ. Your support helps us keep bringing you the latest from Korea's entertainment scene every day. Thanks for listening, and we'll catch you in the next episode!

BTS just became the first act this year to hit one billion Spotify streams with a 2026 song. 'Swim' got there faster than any BTS track before it, adding a seventh song to the group's billion-stream club. The track also won Song of the Summer at the American Music Awards and Song of the Year at the MTV Video Music Awards, debuted at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 and stayed on the chart for 20 straight weeks, and reached a career-best #2 on the UK Official Singles Top 100. The parent album 'Arirang' has passed 5 billion Spotify streams, the most of any album released worldwide this year, with all 14 tracks above 200 million. In drama news, tvN's 1930s spy romance 'One Hundred Days of Lies' is climbing, with praise for Kim Yoo-jung's pickpocket, Park Jin-young's elite interpreter, and the tense face-off between Kim Hyun-joo and Jin Seon-kyu. Plus, ZEROBASEONE's first unit EMP teams up with Dynamic Duo on 'RUN,' Rescene unveils the track list for their mini album 'Pulse,' TWS readies 'Call My Name,' NCT 127 rocks Saitama's Belluna Dome, and Crush reveals the nickname IU and Lee Suhyun both gave him on YouTube. Stay connected with K-BUZZ for your daily dose of Korean entertainment news! Visit us at https://www.kbuzz.net for more updates, episode archives, and additional content. Love the show? Leave us a review and help other K-pop and K-drama fans discover K-BUZZ. Your support helps us keep bringing you the latest from Korea's entertainment scene every day. Thanks for listening, and we'll catch you in the next episode!

J-Hope's debut sneaker collaboration with Japanese fashion icon Nigo and Nike, the Air Force One, vanished in under 30 seconds at Nike Brazil and in about five minutes on the U.S. SNKRS app. On the resale platform StockX, pairs that retail for $150 are now going for around $554. Meanwhile, Justin Bieber touched down at Incheon Airport with his wife Hailey Bieber for his first Korea visit in 13 years, reportedly for his brand Skylrk's Seoul pop-up in Seongsu-dong. The BTS celebration keeps rolling as "2.0" crosses 200 million YouTube views during the Arirang world tour, and Jungkook's "3D" hits 300 million views. ILLIT's "Break Even" passes 500,000 Spotify pre-saves, Netflix unveils the cross-border crime thriller The Blue Road, Enhypen meets the WHO Director-General over their blood donation campaign, and ATEEZ drops the trap-heavy "Drip." Stay connected with K-BUZZ for your daily dose of Korean entertainment news! Visit us at https://www.kbuzz.net for more updates, episode archives, and additional content. Love the show? Leave us a review and help other K-pop and K-drama fans discover K-BUZZ. Your support helps us keep bringing you the latest from Korea's entertainment scene every day. Thanks for listening, and we'll catch you in the next episode!

SEVENTEEN's Jeonghan and Joshua just showed how strong their pull is in Japan. Their first mini album, 'Dreamscape,' went straight to #1 on Oricon's daily album ranking with over 53,000 points on day one, and it also topped iTunes Japan while reaching #5 on Apple Music Japan. Back home it sold more than 650,000 copies on day one, the highest first-day record ever for a K-pop unit album, and the duo now heads to Belluna Dome with shows streaming live in cinemas worldwide. NCT Wish's fourth mini album, 'I SPY,' sold over 1.2 million copies in a day for their fourth straight million-seller and swept the Hanteo and Circle Chart rankings. KiiiKiii's 'WhyKiiiKiii' was named Most Popular Korean Album of the quarter on NetEase Cloud Music. Plus, Ahn Hyo-seop stars in JTBC's cooking-survival drama 'Final Table,' Joy leads TVING's 'One and Only Romance,' Lee Jin-wook turns forensic pathologist in tvN's 'Unnatural,' and Kenshi Yonezu sells out three Incheon shows on day one of ticket sales. Stay connected with K-BUZZ for your daily dose of Korean entertainment news! Visit us at https://www.kbuzz.net for more updates, episode archives, and additional content. Love the show? Leave us a review and help other K-pop and K-drama fans discover K-BUZZ. Your support helps us keep bringing you the latest from Korea's entertainment scene every day. Thanks for listening, and we'll catch you in the next episode!

Ma Dong-seok is going global, set to play fierce gang boss Jang Dong-su again in the Hollywood remake of the 2019 hit 'The Gangster, the Cop, the Devil.' Saw and Conjuring director James Wan is behind the camera, and Keanu Reeves is reportedly in talks to join. The original sold to 174 countries and even topped the overseas sales record of 'Train to Busan.' In other big news, Twice's Jihyo is leaving JYP Entertainment after 21 years to launch her own label, EMITHAUS, while Crush and IU finally team up on the duet 'Ppigeodeok.' On Netflix, Kim Ji-won's 'Doctor X: The Age of the White Mafia' topped the global non-English chart for a second week with 7.1 million views, and Lee Chang-dong's 'Possible Love' drops a stunning final trailer. Plus, BTS earns a Camerimage nomination for the 'SWIM' music video, Spotify removes more than 50 million AI tracks from its recommendations, and rookies A2O Light win on 'The Show' just one week after debuting. Stay connected with K-BUZZ for your daily dose of Korean entertainment news! Visit us at https://www.kbuzz.net for more updates, episode archives, and additional content. Love the show? Leave us a review and help other K-pop and K-drama fans discover K-BUZZ. Your support helps us keep bringing you the latest from Korea's entertainment scene every day. Thanks for listening, and we'll catch you in the next episode!

IVE is proving its global pull before its comeback: the "Looks Can Kill" music video hit #1 on YouTube's worldwide music video trending chart on its first day, topped charts in six countries and regions including South Korea, Japan, and the United Kingdom, and reached trending charts in 34 countries and regions. The superhero-inspired video flips the idea from IVE playing heroes to IVE being heroes, and the full six-song album, with tracks like "Mirror Mirror," "Snakeskin," and "Crumbs," is on the way. Elsewhere, Ejae, the Grammy-winning voice behind "Golden" from KPop Demon Hunters, married producer Sam Kim in Seoul at the former home of her grandfather, legendary actor Shin Young-kyun. PLAVE set a new career high as their fifth mini album "Hyperdrive" sold over 1.32 million copies in its first week on Hanteo Chart, while Tempest announced a pause in group activities and NCT Dream surprised fans with the "The Sun" music video from their sixth album "Dream After Dream." We also cover Kim Hee-sun's possible reunion with Go Soo in MBC's "The Wife," rookie A20 Light's first music show win with "Neon," and fresh dating rumors around Blackpink's Lisa and Thai actor Blue Pongtiwat. Stay connected with K-BUZZ for your daily dose of Korean entertainment news! Visit us at https://www.kbuzz.net for more updates, episode archives, and additional content. Love the show? Leave us a review and help other K-pop and K-drama fans discover K-BUZZ. Your support helps us keep bringing you the latest from Korea's entertainment scene every day. Thanks for listening, and we'll catch you in the next episode!

BTS is turning all of Singapore into a canvas for the new album 'Arirang,' with Big Hit Music announcing 'BTS The City Arirang Singapore' on Weverse as the longest run in the history of 'The City.' Singapore's tourism board calls it the largest citywide project it has ever done with a single artist, with landmarks like Mandai Wildlife Reserve, the National Gallery Singapore, and Resorts World Sentosa joining in. SEVENTEEN is also making history, landing at number one on Pollstar's Asia Focus Chart with about $97.4 million in tour revenue across 22 large-scale concerts, while KATSEYE stole the spotlight at the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show in Los Angeles with live performances of 'Pinky Up' and 'Animal.' Elsewhere, Yeon Sang-ho's 'Paradise Lost' has already earned back its net production cost by selling to 118 countries before opening in theaters, and Netflix's 'Severe Trauma Center' will film seasons two and three at the same time after reaching top ten lists in 63 countries. Plus, comeback season heats up with IVE's 'Looks Can Kill,' RIIZE's acoustic single 'Insomnia,' NMIXX's 'Strange Muse,' and Jeonghan and Joshua's 'Dreamscape.' Stay connected with K-BUZZ for your daily dose of Korean entertainment news! Visit us at https://www.kbuzz.net for more updates, episode archives, and additional content. Love the show? Leave us a review and help other K-pop and K-drama fans discover K-BUZZ. Your support helps us keep bringing you the latest from Korea's entertainment scene every day. Thanks for listening, and we'll catch you in the next episode!

ILLIT's Iroha is nursing an ankle injury just days before the group's fifth mini album 'Break Even' drops, with agency Belift Lab confirming she sprained it during rehearsals for the two-day 'Press Start Encore in Korea' shows at Incheon's Inspire Arena—though she's determined to perform as her recovery allows. Elsewhere, LE SSERAFIM teases 'AEIOU' from their single album 'Made My Night,' an infectious house track featuring Kid Milli and sokodomo that's set for its live debut at Osaka's Kyocera Dome as their sold-out European tour rolls on. Legendary idol Son Ho Young celebrates 20 years as a solo artist with his new single 'Go Around' and an upcoming Seoul concert, 'Horizon,' spotlighting his solo discography. This week's comeback wave also delivered fresh tracks from OH MY GIRL's Hyojung, Nam Woo-hyun, PLAVE, NCT WISH, and Xdinary Heroes, while Seoul's Grand Mint Festival battled heavy rain that forced cancellations and refunds, and singer HYNN sparked backlash after her Sunchang Jang Festival set was paused for a politician's stage greeting. Stay connected with K-BUZZ for your daily dose of Korean entertainment news! Visit us at https://www.kbuzz.net for more updates, episode archives, and additional content. Love the show? Leave us a review and help other K-pop and K-drama fans discover K-BUZZ. Your support helps us keep bringing you the latest from Korea's entertainment scene every day. Thanks for listening, and we'll catch you in the next episode!

Lee Soo-man is proving the old-school SMP formula still reigns supreme as his new girl group A2O Lite shatters records with debut track 'Neon,' hitting number one on Melon's Top 100 in just 29 hours, cracking the global Top Ten on Apple Music, and topping China's QQ Music chart — all while defying trends with a full three-minute, choreography-heavy anthem. BTS fans in Japan get their own reason to celebrate as TBS announces an exclusive broadcast of 'BTS World Tour Arirang in Japan,' bringing the group's unforgettable 110,000-fan Tokyo Dome concert and viral 'Body to Body' singalong to the small screen for the first time. Meanwhile, TWICE lights up Seoul with their 'TWICE THE THRILL' pop-up and ONCE UPON A THRI11 fan party to mark their 11th anniversary, And Team kicks off their biggest-ever 'Mark on You' tour fresh off a fourth consecutive million-selling album, and Kick Flip scores a triple crown on music programs with 'Incomplete' and 'Kick Off The Wall,' racking up over 530,000 first-week album sales. Plus, KATSEYE's Lara drops her vulnerable solo single 'Unloveu,' and RESCENE's Won-i opens up about chasing a number-one spot with the group's all-original comeback. Stay connected with K-BUZZ for your daily dose of Korean entertainment news! Visit us at https://www.kbuzz.net for more updates, episode archives, and additional content. Love the show? Leave us a review and help other K-pop and K-drama fans discover K-BUZZ. Your support helps us keep bringing you the latest from Korea's entertainment scene every day. Thanks for listening, and we'll catch you in the next episode!

BTS has officially shattered Spotify history, becoming the first act ever to hit 10 billion streams in a single year, a staggering 122% surge powered by their fifth studio album 'Arirang' and its title track 'Swim,' which scored the biggest single-day debut of the year and swept the top 14 spots on Spotify's Daily Top Songs Global chart. The milestone caps off a huge week for K-pop giants: Big Bang confirms their return to the stage at the 2026 MAMA Awards' Chapter Two show in Osaka, fulfilling G-Dragon's promise of a reunion following his four-award sweep last year, while ATEEZ rides their own winning streak with a new 'Golden Hour Part 6' comeback after topping the Billboard 200 for the third time. Elsewhere, NCT Dream celebrates their 10th anniversary with the album 'Dream After Dream,' Crush and IU team up for the collaborative single 'Peakaboo,' and Jang Nara returns as a razor-sharp divorce attorney in the highly anticipated 'Good Partner 2.' From Spotify chart history to idol comebacks and drama sequels, this episode is packed with K-pop's biggest moments. Stay connected with K-BUZZ for your daily dose of Korean entertainment news! Visit us at https://www.kbuzz.net for more updates, episode archives, and additional content. Love the show? Leave us a review and help other K-pop and K-drama fans discover K-BUZZ. Your support helps us keep bringing you the latest from Korea's entertainment scene every day. Thanks for listening, and we'll catch you in the next episode!

Lee Soo-man's brand-new venture A2O Entertainment is making industry history as its girl group A2O LITE storms to #1 on Melon's main chart in under 30 hours with 'NEON,' a rare feat for any rookie act, while also topping Bugs and iTunes charts in Italy and Malaysia. Sister act A2O SOUL isn't far behind, as their synthwave track 'SUPERSTAR,' produced by hitmakers behind Justin Bieber and Drake, climbs charts in Luxembourg and dominates China's QQ Music, with both groups set to hit the stage on Mnet's M Countdown. Elsewhere, N FLYING celebrates their own career milestone, selling over 111,000 copies of their ninth mini album 'Still' in its first week to top the Circle Chart retail album chart and claim their best-ever sales record. The Melon Music Awards also kicks off its 'Top Ten' fan voting with heavyweights BTS, aespa, IVE, LE SSERAFIM, and ATEEZ in the running ahead of a historic two-day ceremony at Seoul's Go-cheok Sky Dome. Plus, director Lee Chang-dong's Venice Grand Jury Prize-winning 'Love That Is Possible' unveils its star-studded Netflix poster, and tvN's genre-bending 'My Guilty Human' preps its premiere with Lim Si-wan and Seol In-ah. Stay connected with K-BUZZ for your daily dose of Korean entertainment news! Visit us at https://www.kbuzz.net for more updates, episode archives, and additional content. Love the show? Leave us a review and help other K-pop and K-drama fans discover K-BUZZ. Your support helps us keep bringing you the latest from Korea's entertainment scene every day. Thanks for listening, and we'll catch you in the next episode!

BTS continues to rewrite history as their album 'ARIRANG' smashes past 5 billion Spotify streams, officially becoming the most streamed album of the year and outpacing Olivia Rodrigo and Bruno Mars by billions of plays. Every one of the album's fourteen tracks has topped 200 million streams, while title track 'Swim' nears its own billion-stream milestone after topping the Daily Top Songs Global chart, and the group makes history as the first act since Mumford and Sons to hold the Billboard 200's top spot for three straight weeks, now celebrating with their 'ARIRANG' world tour stop in Santiago, Chile. Meanwhile, Kim Ji-won is dominating the small screen too, as her medical drama 'Doctor X: Age of the White Mafia' seizes the #1 spot on Netflix's Global Top Ten non-English chart across 36 countries, backed by an 11.4% nationwide rating. Elsewhere in K-entertainment, actor Ha Jung-woo and actress Cha Jung-won announce their December wedding after a six-year relationship, SEVENTEEN's Jeonghan and Joshua tease their 'Dreamscape' mini album with the disco-funk single 'Twelve O'Clock,' and Lee Soo-man's new label A2O Entertainment stuns fans with a double debut, sending 'NEON' by A2O LITE straight to #1 on Bugs. From KATSEYE's songwriting spotlight to Boy Next Door's Billboard comeback, it's a jam-packed day of chart-topping moments and major milestones in K-pop and K-drama. Stay connected with K-BUZZ for your daily dose of Korean entertainment news! Visit us at https://www.kbuzz.net for more updates, episode archives, and additional content. Love the show? Leave us a review and help other K-pop and K-drama fans discover K-BUZZ. Your support helps us keep bringing you the latest from Korea's entertainment scene every day. Thanks for listening, and we'll catch you in the next episode!

Big news breaks in the Kim Soo-hyun controversy as a police forensic investigation reportedly clears the actor of allegations tied to a widely circulated 2016 messaging conversation involving late actress Kim Sae-ron, with device forensics and handwriting analysis instead pointing to a different celebrity as the true sender behind the disputed messages. Meanwhile, PLAVE proves unstoppable as their fifth mini album 'Hyperdrive' and title track 'Star Trace' sweep Melon's Top 100, claiming the top five spots in a stunning all-kill. NCT WISH also keeps their hot streak alive, scoring a fourth consecutive million-selling album with 'I SPY' and topping China's QQ Music chart, while Aespa wraps a sold-out North American tour finale in Vancouver ahead of their European leg. Elsewhere, Cha Ga-won of One Hundred faces trial over billions in alleged fraud tied to Taemin and Chen Baek Xi contracts, and Kick Flip shatters their own sales record with 'KICK OFF THE WALL Pt. 1.' Stay connected with K-BUZZ for your daily dose of Korean entertainment news! Visit us at https://www.kbuzz.net for more updates, episode archives, and additional content. Love the show? Leave us a review and help other K-pop and K-drama fans discover K-BUZZ. Your support helps us keep bringing you the latest from Korea's entertainment scene every day. Thanks for listening, and we'll catch you in the next episode!

Lee Soo-man is officially back in the K-pop spotlight, making his first domestic public appearance since leaving SM Entertainment to introduce A2O Entertainment at a star-studded showcase in Ilsan. The industry veteran unveiled two new groups at once—the 15-member A2O SOUL and 9-member A2O LITE—both set to drop debut tracks 'SUPERSTAR' and 'NEON' simultaneously, backed by producer Yoo Young-jin and groundbreaking 4DGS filming technology. Elsewhere, Charlie Puth proved why Korea feels like his second home, filling Goyang Stadium with 38,000 fans for a 100-minute set packed with hits like 'Attention' and 'See You Again,' plus surprise moments including a 'Left and Right' tribute to BTS's Jungkook and a duet with TWICE's Nayeon on 'We Don't Talk Anymore.' LE SSERAFIM also celebrated a massive milestone as 'HOT' crossed 200 million Spotify plays, becoming their 12th song to hit the mark ahead of their first European tour stop at London's The O2 Arena. Rounding out the buzz, TOMORROW X TOGETHER announced their comeback single 'TO US,' Triple S kicked off their 24-member 'Endless' world tour at Jangchung Arena, and tvN's 'Hundred Days of Lies' claimed the number one timeslot spot with Kim Hyun-joo and Park Jin-young's gripping spy thriller twist. Stay connected with K-BUZZ for your daily dose of Korean entertainment news! Visit us at https://www.kbuzz.net for more updates, episode archives, and additional content. Love the show? Leave us a review and help other K-pop and K-drama fans discover K-BUZZ. Your support helps us keep bringing you the latest from Korea's entertainment scene every day. Thanks for listening, and we'll catch you in the next episode!

(G)I-DLE's Jeon Soyeon keeps proving she's unstoppable on the charts, as her solo hit 'I Quit' nabs a fourth music show win on SBS's Inkigayo, outscoring Ateez's 'Bad' and LE SSERAFIM's 'Love Attack' with a massive combined score of 5,366 points while also sweeping Melon's charts. The track, a tribute to a 2005 MBC University Song Festival grand prize winner, continues its reign following previous victories on M Countdown and Music Core. Elsewhere, boy group POW closed out the Seoul leg of their '2026 Color On' tour at YES24 Wonderrock Hall with a surprise encore premiere of 'Love Again,' a new single written by members Hyunbin and Yochi that officially dropped on their third debut anniversary. MAMAMOO brought their '4WARD' world tour to Kuala Lumpur's UNIFI Arena with a trot-flavored twist on classics like 'Taller Than You,' ahead of upcoming stops in Tokyo and Taipei. AKMU also wrapped a sold-out three-night run at KSPO Dome for their 'Rumored Paradise' tour, drawing 30,000 fans with a Mongolian-inspired stage honoring their childhood roots. In legal news, composer Yoo Jae-hwan's forced indecency conviction was upheld by South Korea's Supreme Court, closing a case that began back in 2023. Stay connected with K-BUZZ for your daily dose of Korean entertainment news! Visit us at https://www.kbuzz.net for more updates, episode archives, and additional content. Love the show? Leave us a review and help other K-pop and K-drama fans discover K-BUZZ. Your support helps us keep bringing you the latest from Korea's entertainment scene every day. Thanks for listening, and we'll catch you in the next episode!