Mamamoo

Mamamoo announced the destinations for its international tour, which will begin in June, via agency RBW Entertainment Friday. The group of four will kick off the tour with three shows in Seoul starting June 19. It will be followed by four stops in Southeast Asia, and then the US leg, which includes seven cities. In October, the quartet will resume the tour in Hong Kong and more shows will be added later. The tour is part of its plans to celebrate the 12th anniversary of Mamamoo's debut. Before l

Hwasa of Mamamoo will drop the digital single “So Cute” on April 9, agency P Nation announced Wednesday. It would be approximately six months since she enjoyed success with the single “Good Goodbye.” The previous song earned her five first-place trophies on television music chart shows and swept all major music charts in Korea. She was the only solo female K-pop singer to do the latter in 2025. In January, she had her first solo concert, “Mi Casa.” In June, Mamamoo will make a full-group return,

When recent online disputes between Southeast Asian and Korean netizens were reposted on Chinese social media, Irene Jin felt a sense of deja vu. For the longtime K-pop fan, the arguments echoed a wave of anti-Korean sentiment she remembered well from years earlier — one that had put K-pop fandom in the crossfire. “During the COVID-19 pandemic, there was a wave of large-scale criticism of Korean idol groups over cultural appropriation,” said Jin, who has followed K-pop for more than a decade. “Many groups used elements associated with traditional Chinese culture in their content — such as Chinese knotting and folding screens — but often described them broadly as ‘Oriental style.’” The disputes have played out repeatedly. In 2020, stage outfits worn by girl group Mamamoo drew criticism from Chinese netizens who argued that the designs drew too heavily from Hanfu, China’s traditional clothing. They rejected the group’s characterization of the costumes as a modernized take on hanbok, Korea’s traditional attire, framing them instead as an appropriation of Chinese cu

Korean entertainment company RBW, the agency behind girl groups Mamamoo and Oh My Girl, said Tuesday that it acquired 257 Entertainment through its subsidiary WM Entertainment as part of efforts to strengthen its global expansion strategy. According to RBW, WM Entertainment recently signed a comprehensive business transfer agreement with 257 Entertainment and has begun post-merger integration procedures. Under the agreement, WM Entertainment will take over 257 Entertainment’s intellectual proper