Real-life couple HyunA and Dawn will be releasing their first duet together. Their agency, P Nation released the first teaser and scheduled the duo’s debut on September 9. On Instagram, HyunA shared snippets of the music video and described the music video filming experience as “meaningful and special”.

This February 2021, HyunA talked about struggling with depression, panic disorder and vasovagal syncope. In her Instagram post, she reassured her fans that she will “perform as much as [her] body can handle” and will “eat well and work out more”. Finally, she thanked Dawn and expressed her love for him.

Twice’s Jeongyeon is set to go on another hiatus due to mental health concerns. The K-pop artist first took a break for her mental health back in October 2020 for three months. According to JYP Entertainment, Jeongyeon is “currently experiencing panic and psychological anxiety” and after discussions, the company “decided that is needed for Jeongyeon to have sufficient time to focus on her recovery and rest”.

The statement didn’t mention how long the singer will be on a break but noted that she will be “unable to attend Twice’s activity for a while”.

JTBC's Snowdrop Teaser! Omg Kim Jisoo and Jung Haein 😭💓

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— Red ً (@cvntyrowsie) August 17, 2021

Blackpink’s Jisoo and Jung Hae-in’s highly anticipated K-drama, Snowdrop, just released its first sneak peek, leaving fans and K-drama lovers excited. Jtbc, the network airing the drama, announced its lineup including Snowdrop. The most significant change is that the drama moved its time slot of Saturday and Sunday, from September.

In the first glimpse of the series, Jisoo and Jung’s characters were seen dancing together. The two stars were also seen looking at each other in another scene. Further details haven’t been revealed yet.

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Mount Jirisan, Jun Ji-hyun’s (Gianna Jun) long-awaited K-drama, also starring Kingdom co-star Ju Ji-hoon, has announced its star-studded soundtrack lineup. The tvN drama will feature Girls Generation’s Taeyeon, Kim Jong-wan (Nell) and Gaho.

The drama is expected to premiere on October 23.

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All the members of K-pop group, Winner—Kang Seung-yoon, Lee Seung-hoon, Song Mino and Kim Jin-woo—renew their contracts with YG Entertainment. The label announced that the members will stay with them for five more years.

“We really want to say that we respect Inner Circle [the name of the band’s fandom], who has always remained by our sides. We exist thanks to all of you. We want to continue on this endless journey of music while sharing more memories with you,” the group said in a statement via their company.

The group is currently on hiatus due to members Kim Jin-woo and Lee Seung-hoon finishing their mandatory military service.

(G)i-dle member Soojin will be leaving the group according to a statement from Cube Entertainment. Soojin has been on a break since March, following online posts alleging that the artist was involved in school bullying. Both Soojin and Cube Entertainment denied the accusations. 

The statement from Cube Entertainment states, “First, the agency apologises for having caused concern through the controversy associated with our artist Soojin. Today, we are announcing the decision that Soojin will be leaving the group.”

They added that (G)i-dle will continue as a five-member group.

Entertainment Weekly has revealed the first look of Ma Dong-seok as Gilagameh in the Chloé Zhao-directed Marvel movie, The Eternals. On the cover, Ma wears his uniform with a determined look on his face.

The magazine introduced Ma as being “well-known internationally for his breakthrough role in the movie, Train to Busan”. They added that Ma was offered a number of Hollywood roles since then but Gilgamesh is the “first role he’s ever been attracted to”.

In the interview, the actor said that he's always been a big fan of Marvel and really “loved Gilgamesh’s character”. Through his character, he “saw the possibility of inspiring the younger generation as the first Korean superhero of the Marvel cinematic universe”. He also described his character as the “strongest warrior of Eternals” but also “a funny guy and has a sense of humour”.

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Jungmin of Super Junior is confirmed to be making a comeback with a new solo album. Local news media Osen reported that Sungmin has already finished filming a music video for the solo album, which is expected to be released in September.

A source from his agency, Label SJ also confirmed the news through local outlet YTN Star. The upcoming solo album is the follow-up to his solo mini-album, Orgel, which was released in November 2019.

Last April, it was announced that Lee Jong-suk will be making his comeback to the small screen in Big Mouth which will be helmed by Start Up’s director. He’s set to play Park Chang-ho, a lawyer who only has a case success rate of less than 10 per cent.

It’s reported that the drama will begin filming in early September and end in March 2022. Lee is still in talks, as are Girls Generation’s Yoona, Kwak Dong-yeon, Kim Joo-hun and Yang Kyung-won. Both Kwak and Yang previously worked together in Vincenzo.

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