Writer: Suhasini Singh (Pune, Maharashtra, India) Editor: Arpita Jena (Baripada, Odisha, India) Kingdom, the battle among six trending boybands: IKON, SF9, Ateez, Straykids, Theboyz and BtoB is known as the male counterpart of Queendom. It is the sequel of ‘Road to Kingdom’, hence the winner team (TheBoyz) secured place in this show. Picture Credit: IMDb…
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K-Event Coverage: ‘The Watsons Kfinity Music Festival 2025’ in Malaysia
Writers: Karen Wong (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia) and Riya Choudhary (Delhi, India) Editor: Pooja Vishwanathan (Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh, India) On November 1st, 2025, The Watsons Kfinity Music Festival 2025 lit up the Exhibition & Convention Centre of IOI Mall Damansara with an incredible lineup, including TAEYANG, Minzy, JU-NE, Thama, SOLE, and Yuju. Malaysian Fans gathered for…
K-Drama Review: Twinkling Watermelon
Writer: Mansi Bisht (Delhi, India) Editor: Arpita Jena (Baripada, Odisha, India) “Life is filled with all kinds of metaphors. Interpretation is solely up to the receiver. There are no right answers. Viva la vida. Long Live Life!” This quote from Twinkling Watermelon speaks a lot to me when I think of this drama. Picture Credit:…
Text Painting in K-pop: A concept that will blow your mind
Written by: Vedansh Varshney, Delhi Edited by: Bagmita Gogoi, Tinsukia, Assam Explore text painting in K-pop, where music brings lyrics to life for an enhanced and deeper listening experience. Imagine you’re listening to a song and the lyrics “breathe in, breathe out” come up. Interestingly enough, the lyrics are immediately followed by actual “breathing sounds”…
5 Mouth-Watering Recipes by K-Pop Idols
Abhilasha Rawat, Pune, Maharashtra Ever wonder what your favourite K-Pop idols eat during their cheat days? Even though idols have strict diets, it does not stop them from indulging in unique, sometimes weird, and tasty food! Training from a young age leads to many idols cooking for themselves and sometimes idols even cook as an…
The Third Generation of K-Pop: The Breakthrough
Chhavi Sharma, Surat, Gujarat and Ashley Kumar, New Delhi: K-pop (Korean pop music) originating from South Korea, is vast content-driven music, divided into several categories, one of which are “Generations”. Seo Taiji and Boys is considered to be the first K-pop group that gave birth to the K-pop industry. Groups debuting around the short timeline 2012-2016 are considered to be a part of the 3rd generation of K-pop. The Third Generation of K-Pop artists plays a significant role in the breakthrough of the K-pop industry in the true sense.