[K-POP Weekly HOT NEWS🔥] _ 1st Week of January

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1. The ‘TWICE’ concert held in two years was successfully concluded.

: TWICE 4TH WORLD TOUR 'Ⅲ', the fourth world tour concert of 'TWICE', was held at the Olympic Gymnastics Stadium (KSPO DOME) in Seoul from the 25th to the 26th.

: This is a face-to-face concert held in about two years since the third world tour concert held in May 2019. The title of the world tour, 'III', is the perfect love (Ⅲ) by adding the love (Ⅰ) that Twice fan 'ONCE' gives to 'TWICE' and the love (Ⅱ) that 'TWICE' gives to 'ONCE', and it contains affection for the fans who have not been able to meet for two years. This concert consisted of TWICE's hit songs and songs from the recently released 3rd full-length album. In particular, Twice made a special Christmas with the fans by singing 'Merry & Happy' as the ending song of the concert.

: TWICE's fourth world tour will be held in five cities in the United States and Tokyo, Japan, starting with this Seoul performance, to meet with global fans around the world.

#TWICE #TWICEConcert #WorldConcert

2. BTS' Suga, RM, and Jin – Corona 19 confirmed

: BTS member 'SUGA' was diagnosed with COVID-19 on the morning of the 24th while self-isolating after receiving a PCR test right after entering Korea from the United States on the 23rd.

: On the next day, the 25th, it was announced that members 'RM' and 'JIN' were confirmed to have COVID-19 one after another. Both members returned from the United States, completed self-quarantine, and were tested before being released from quarantine.

: Fortunately, it was confirmed that all three members had no contact with other members, and 'Jin' had mild symptoms such as a slight fever, but 'Sugar' and 'RM' did not show any special symptoms.

#BTS #SUGA #RM #JIN

3. SMTOWN Winter Album Release – Title song ‘Light’ released

: On the 27th, singers from SM Entertainment got together and released a winter album. This is SMTOWN's winter album to be released for the first time in 11 years since 2011.

: 'Light' is one of the songs on H.O.T's 3rd album, released in 1998, and the 2021 version has been re-arranged to create a winter feel while preserving the bright and hopeful atmosphere of the original song. In addition to Kangta, who wrote and composed the original song, artists from SM Entertainment representing K-pop participated, including BoA, TVXQ, Super Junior, Girls' Generation-Oh!Gigi, SHINee, EXO's Kai, Red Velvet, NCT, and Aespa.

: With this winter album, SM Entertainment announced the beginning of SMCU, which extends beyond SMTOWN, a country united through music, to the universe.

#SMTOWN #SMUniverse #SMCU #WinterAlbum

4. All ‘ONF’ members enlist in the military

: All members of the group 'ONF' have enlisted except for the Japanese member 'U'.

: In order to shorten the hiatus during military service, 'ONF' has exceptionally chosen to enlist together with all members. Starting with 'MK' on the 21st, 'J-US' and 'WYATT' on the 27th, and 'HYOJIN' and 'E-TION' on the 28th. .

: This is a different move from other groups that enlisted with a gap due to concentration on individual activities, etc. All members are scheduled to be discharged at the end of June 2023, and after 1 year and 6 months, they will be able to meet again with the complete group ONF.

: ‘ONF’, which debuted in 2017, has grown steadily with their unique energetic and refreshing atmosphere and excellent skills. All four albums released in 2021 broke their own records, surpassing previous album sales.

#ONF #Goodbye #Takecare😥

5. SM Entertainment’s new project – Girls On Top (GOT) unveiled

: SM Entertainment is starting a new project, 'Girls on Top'.

: ‘Girls on Top’ is a project that introduces a new unit composed of female artists from SM Entertainment. As a start, group and individual teaser photos of the first unit ‘GOT the beat’ were released.

: ‘God the Beat’ is a unit based on intense music and performance. It consists of ‘Boa’, ‘Taeyeon’ and ‘Hyoyeon’ of Girls’ Generation, ‘Seulgi’ and ‘Wendy’ of Red Velvet, ‘Karina’ and ‘Winter’ of Aespa.

: The stage of ‘God the Beat’ was first unveiled at the SMTOWN online concert to be held on January 1, 2022. As it is composed of artists whose excellent skills have been verified, the response from fans was high.

#SMEntertainment #SMTOWN #GodtheBeat #GirlsonTop

6. 'Kep1er' members 'Xiaoting' and 'Mashiro' fully recovered from Corona 19 - Debut promotion resumed

: Members XIAOTING and MASHIRO of the rookie girl group 'Kep1er', who were diagnosed with Corona 19 on the 14th, were released from quarantine on the 26th and were completely cured of Corona 19. All members, including two members, are said to be in good health.

: Also, the debut promotion of 'Kep1er', which had been stopped, was restarted in earnest. On the official account, the promotion scheduler, track list, and music video teaser video were released one after another.

#Kep1er