K-Pop

Kep1er departed for overseas activities on May 15 with CRACK CODE, their bold 8th mini album introducing a reinvented 6-member group to international audiences.

Tiffany Young performed her 2009 solo debut song live on KBS, joined by Rain, Kyuhyun, and Lee Chaeyeon for one of the most emotionally memorable episodes of The Seasons.

SAINT SATINE, a new HYBE x Geffen Records girl group featuring members from the US, Sweden, Brazil, and Japan, has made their debut with pre-release singles PARTY b4 the PARTY and WE RIDE.

BOYNEXTDOOR releases pre-single Dokdokdok ahead of their first full album HOME on June 8, and announces the 24-city KNOCK ON Vol.2 world tour starting in Seoul in July.

Jimin's solo track 'Who' crossed 2.4 billion Spotify streams after 659 consecutive days on the global chart — a record for Asian solo acts without collaborations.

AKMU's Lee Chan-hyuk revealed he felt emotionally empty weeks after their chart-topping 4th album FLOWERING debuted at #1, in one of 2026's most resonant artist posts.

aespa's WDA feat. G-Dragon debuted on M Countdown as a first performance and topped iTunes charts in 17 countries ahead of their full album LEMONADE releasing May 29.

After 43 consecutive Death Note performances and IV drip recovery sessions, Kyuhyun still showed up to sing live — revealing K-pop's quiet musical theater revolution.

Krystal drops her second solo single 'PWLT' on May 26 with collaborators including the producer who discovered Bruno Mars, Hyukoh's Oh Hyuk, and Sunset Rollercoaster's Guo Guo.

Taeyang ends a 9-year studio album silence with QUINTESSENCE, out May 18. A new 15-minute documentary reveals the creative journey behind the album and its title track LIVE FAST DIE SLOW.

KBS Kpop's May birthday playlist spotlights 10 K-pop idols born in May — including IU, EXO's Suho, and GOT7's BamBam — with standout tracks from each artist.

DRIPPIN's first-ever unit CHA DONG HYEOP — formed by Cha Jun-ho, Kim Dong-yun, and Lee Hyeop — made their debut on M Countdown with the NU-DISCO spring single 'Doogeundae'.