‘It’s ended up being nothing to no one’: can K-pop overcome crisis?
Honest playlist
‘I was too shy to tell Bieber how much I loved him’: Lisa from Blackpink’s honest playlist
K-pop singer Wheesung found dead at home aged 43
Lisa: Alter Ego review – a focus group-tested attempt at megastar success
February 2025
The UK may be waning as a pop superpower – but a new generation is being nurtured
Going for a song: investors flee to K-pop as safe haven amid Trump’s tariff war
December 2024
Best music of 2024
You and I are gonna live forever: why 2024’s pop was all about sharing the moment
K-pop idol Rosé of Blackpink fame grew up in Australia – but she could never have made it big here
Wing Kuang
October 2024
K-pop, K-movies, a Nobel prize … and now K-poetry: book of wise words adds to Korea’s cultural glory
After Han Kang’s Nobel award and South Korean cinema hits, Penguin publishes new English edition of maxims by Lee Seong-bok in wake of US success
July 2024
‘America was futuristic once. Now all the crazy things are from Asia’: why the British are going wild for kawaii culture
‘The classes just keep growing’: how K-pop dancing is taking off in the UK
June 2024
Backstage at Glastonbury with K-pop sensation Seventeen – in pictures
Guardian photographer David Levene was granted exclusive access to the 13-strong band, and captured all of the buildup and preparations, as well as the performance, when they debuted on the festival’s Pyramid stage on Friday
Seventeen make history as first K-pop band to perform at Glastonbury
South Korean 13-piece boyband take to Pyramid stage for ‘Glasteen’ in front of fanbase often overlooked by western festivals
Seventeen: who are the first K-pop act to appear on Glastonbury’s main stage?
Jin from BTS wraps up military service to the strains of K-pop hit Dynamite
Activists fly K-pop USB sticks into North Korea as ‘poo balloon’ row intensifies
May 2024
Alexis Petridis's album of the week
Aespa: Armageddon review – music is an afterthought in high-concept pop
‘It’s going gangbusters!’ How Britain fell in love with bubble tea
March 2024
One to watch
One to watch: Balming Tiger
Dua Lipa, Coldplay and SZA to headline 2024 Glastonbury festival
