KProfiles News of the Week (3rd of January – 9th of January)

KProfiles New of the Week (3rd of January – 9th of January)

Everything you need to know about the Asian media space this week!

Releases(comebacks) *OST not included*: 

GOT the beat (Girls On Top) – Step Back (Jan. 3)

Kep1er *debut* – WA DA DA (Jan. 3)

UP10TION – Crazy About You (Jan. 3)

P1Harmony – Do It Like This (Jan. 3)

BLITZERS – BOBBIN (Jan 3.)

Woozi (Seventeen) – Ruby (Jan. 3)

LUNA (태인 Solo) – Love one day (Jan. 3)

JK Kim Dong Uk – FIGHT (Jan. 3)

Hyunjun Hur – Let Me Drown (Jan. 3)

PADO – Breakfree (Jan. 3)

TAEHWAN (VANNER) – FROZEN (Jan. 3)

Eunseol x Deulre – 바람과 함께 사라지다 (Jan. 3)

KOLAVO – On My Way Home (Jan. 3)

Verycovbunny – Lack of love (Jan. 3)

Llwyd – dryflower (Jan. 3)

2ndCake – HAPPY PUMKIN TREE (Jan. 3)

Woo!ah! – Catch the Stars (Jan. 4)

ONEWE – Universe_ (Jan. 4)

UheeSka – Prayer of Uheeska (Jan. 4)

M.PEROR – Merry Go Round (Jan. 4)

SoNye & Coral J – Peter Pan (Jan. 4)

Achtung – Rachel (Jan. 4)

HWAJA – Sunset (feat. Jung In) (Jan. 4)

Kwon Min Seo – where are we going? (Jan. 4)

Benny Char – End Of The World (Feat. Minsung) (Jan. 4)

OMEGA X – LOVE ME LIKE (Jan. 5)

WJSN CHOCOME – Super Yuppers! (Jan. 5)

H1-KEY *debut* – ATHLETIC GIRL (Jan. 5)

TRENDZ *debut* – TNT (Truth & Trust) (Jan. 5)

Son Chamchi – Hypnobatia (Jan. 5)

No Sleep Club (NSC) – SAMMY (Jan. 5)

Radio Paradise – Good Night (Jan. 5)

Woogotsa – All Those Diaries Just Become Letters (Jan. 5)

AleXa – TATTOO (Jan. 6)

JANG MIN HO – Right Answer (Jan. 6)

Kim Wan-sun – Feeling (Jan. 6)

LYRIK COETRY – 옥상에서 (On The Rooftop) (Jan. 6)

HWANG Gina – Short film (Jan. 6)

TRAVELOG – Constellation (Jan. 6)

Eric Nam – Lost On Me (Jan. 7)

Hitchhiker X 3RD – Alone (Jan. 7)

BZ-BOYS – Find you (Jan. 7)

(Special credits to https://kpopofficial.com/)

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K- Gossip/News:

• Kep1er breaks the record for best selling girl group debut album in 24 hours
• Jamie Park joins Dear U Bubble
• aespa becomes the 3rd Kpop artist in history to receive an ‘Artist of the Year’ award as rookies
• Golden Disc Awards to be held on January 8th 2022 (KST)
• Girls Planet 999 debut group, Kep1er, makes their highly anticipated debut with title track ‘Wa Da Da’
• Kep1er reveals Official Fandom Name ‘Kep1ian’ also reveals Official Colors: Lavender & White, Lavender & Yellow
• Dispatch reveals their 2022 New Year’s couple
• Former AOA member Shin Jimin releases new song
• NCT’s Mark makes his first Solo appearance on Genius Korea’s K-HipHop chart with his concert track “Vibration”
• 4 Girls Planet 999 contestants to be debuting in new girl group ‘ILY:1’ sometime in March
• EVERGOLW’s Yiren sparks debate after she greeted fans Chinese Style while other members did Korean Style
• MOMOLAND drops schedule for collaboration with Natti Natasha
• A male version of ‘Street Woman Fighter’ to air this summer 2022
• ATEEZ postpones 2022 European Tour
• TXT’s Yeonjun opens personal Instagram account
• Jung Hoyeon becomes the first Ever Asian to be on the cover for the U.S. Vogue
• EXO’s Xiumin reveals he is working on a Solo album that will be released sometime this year
• The Netizen who accused APRIL’s Naeun for School Violence admits to being untruthful and apologizes; Naeun accepts their apology and withdraws from Legal Action
• PSY’s Gangnam Style MV surpasses 4.3 Billion views on YouTube
• BTS cancels their trip to the U.S. due to the Grammy Awards being postponed 
• VIXX’s Ken Officially gets discharged from military
• Snowdrop actress Kim Mi Soo passes away at the age of 30
• 4 Girls Planet 999 trainees announce their debut in the group ILY:1
• Jin, SUGA, and RM of BTS recover from COVID-19
• SM Entertainment’s rotational super-group Girl’s On Top makes their debut
• BTS’ SUGA teases new mixtape
• Former DAY6 Member Jae calls Jamie Park an impolite word; is now facing harsh criticism from fans
• Dispatch announces online concert “DFESTA” in celebration of the anniversary of 10 years of tormenting K-celebs.

Profiles of the week:

This weeks top Profiles to check out!

• Kprofiles Author’s Picks: Our favourite albums of 2021
• Kprofiles News of the Week: 27th of December – 2nd of January
• Amoeba Culture Profile
• Jinyu Choi Profile & Facts
• DOGSEAN Profile & Facts
• eVe Profile and Facts
• YOBi Profile and Facts 
• bedside Profile & Facts
• Won Hyoyeon Profile & Facts
• Milena Profile & Facts
• benkidish Profile & Facts
• Jasin Profile & Facts
• Riona Profile & Facts
• Unchan Profile & Facts
• Bomin Profile & Facts
• Liella! Members Profile
• Kandis Members Profile
• Mingginyu Profile & Facts
• Sebin (OMEGA X, Snuper) Profile & Facts
• Jaehan (OMEGA X, Spectrum) Profile & Facts
• Kpop Taiwan Line “members”

⭐ Small Artist Of The Week ⭐

Skyle (nominated by Rey)

🌟 Small Soloist Of The Week 🌟

Leenzy (nominated by ANTIROMANTIC)

✨ Underrated Song Of The Week ✨

2 minus 1 by Seventeen (nominated by Iav )

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