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  Fans are always eagerly waiting for their favorite idols to go live as it is one of the most potent ways that fans can interact with them. The platforms used for going live include Youtube, Instagram, and V Live. While live streams of entire groups are as chaotic as they are entertaining, individual idols themselves add their personal flavor to the same amount of entertainment quotient when they go live alone. While some are wholesome with fans, others behave almost like friends with them, not worrying about maintaining or keeping up their image. Here are 6 K-Pop idols that have live-streams so entertaining that they deserve their own show! Chan’s Room STRAY KIDS ’ leader  Bang Chan  calls his V-Live episodes ‘Chan’s Room’ where he speaks about anything and everything under the sky. Chan has an innate ability to make anyone comfortable just with his words. It is extremely reassuring to hear him talk, especially when the global situation outside is not the best. Chan’s R...

  Following data from September 24, 2020, and October 24, 2020, the Korean Brand Research Institute dropped their brand reputation rankings for Korean singers (including both soloists and groups) for October. See who made the top 50 here! The Korean Brand Research Institute analyzed 168,915,428 data from September 24 and October 24. They analyzed the consumer participation index, media index, communication index, and community reception index of 50 singers. The data that they had to analyze increased by 32.71% from last month, with September having 127,384,784. Why does the Korean Brand Research Institute release brand reputation rankings? The data shows which artist is loved by consumers and is used to analyze consumer behaviors. With the brand reputation rankings, we can find out who, where, how, why, and how people talk about a certain artist. First place is trot singer  Na Hoon A . He has a brand reputation index of 17,027,294 with a brand participation index of 6,257,989,...

  China's favorite K-pop boy,  BTS's V,  once again claims his unmatched popularity status in China as he becomes the only BTS member to enter the Top 100 of the  "Super  Topic"  list on  Weibo , the biggest social platform in China. "Super Topic"  list promoted by Weibo indicates the power of a celebrity's personal fan clubs in China, which is the most important popularity scale in China. However, it is not easy for foreign celebrities to enter the Top 100, but V easily managed to make it to the Star List. V is placed in the "Star List" (Stars ranked 1-100) with 738661 points, while other BTS members and the group itself is located in the "Potential List" (Stars ranked 101-200) ; SS Cr. Purple Tree

  BTS's music video for number one hit single "Dynamite" has surpassed 500 million views on YouTube. (Photo : Naver) The music video for "Dynamite", which was released back on August 21 at 1:00 p.m. KST, surpassed 500 million views on YouTube at 9:06 a.m. KST on October 20. This marks the 10th time a BTS music video has reached the feat. BTS's "Dynamite" is a bright and exciting song with disco-pop influences. As it was released during the COVID-19 pandemic, the song is a unique healing song that delivers the message of vitality and hope despite the difficult times of hardship. The music video tries to deliver this message as well, making use of colorful colors and sets and the boys donning retro-themed costumes. During the music video's release "Dynamite" broke the record of the biggest premiere on the platform, with more than three million unique users simultaneously watching the music video upon its release. The boys also broke the...

  On October 13,  Cedric Faiche , a French journalist and a BFMTV correspondent in New York, posted a beautiful short clip on his official Twitter with 53.5K followers. He captioned it in French,  “Danser sur un écran sous la pluie à Times Square #NewYork  (Dancing on a screen in the rain in Times Square.) The amount of aesthetic and serenity this empty street of NewYork time Square holds bcz of that 1 billboard ad where jimin dancing with just a piece of cloth ,it was captured by a French journalist,only jimin’s presence can make a place look this peaceful  pic.twitter.com/vrntZqDfnq — JIMIN VOCAL | threads & analyses (@PJM_vocal)  October 19, 2020 The short video beautifully shows a usually busy street in  New York Times Square,  which was then empty due to the rainy weather. It can be seen that there have been several flashy commercial billboards, but then there’s one in particular that caught the journalist’s attention. It is not surprisin...

  BTS  announced earlier they will be making the release for their album ' BE '. This worldwide popular boy group revealed that they will be producing the album completely by themselves as they excite fans with this special album. On October 20 at midnight KST, BTS unveiled the first concept photo for the album through social media. In the concept photo, the boys are sitting casually in a room filled with music production equipment as they all gaze charismatically into the camera. The album 'BE' will be released on November 20 at 0 AM EST/ 2 PM KST. Pre-orders for the album have already started so don't miss out!

  Yunda Express , China's fifth-largest logistics company, said it would not ship items related to the group  BTS . According to a Chinese portal site,  Sina.com,  on October 19, the Korean branch of Yunda Express stated on its  Weibo  account, " There are many inquiries related to the delivery of BTS items. However, we have suspended deliveries on all BTS related items currently." The logistics company did not state any specific reasons why, but they stated, " The reasons are what  we all know ." As a result, some point out that the logistics company is taking issue with  BTS's recent '6.25 Korean War' remarks during the 'Van Fleet Award' acceptance speech. Previously, RM made an acceptance speech during the Van Fleet Award ceremony in which he mentioned the suffering of the two countries of South Korea and the U.S. The Van Fleet Award is given to individuals or organizations who made exceptional contributions to the South Korea-US relations...

  (Photo : Naver)  MBC's popular music show "Show! Music Core" aired on the afternoon of the 17 th  of October, 2020! In "Music Core," BTS' "Dynamite," Blackpink's "Lovesick Girls," and Sandeul's 'Look Out' competed for first place candidates. BTS is writing a new history of K-pop with "Dynamite," which was released in August. It was the first Korean song to take the top spot on the Billboard Singles Chart in the United States and peaked for two consecutive weeks. On the chart on October 3, it succeeded in driving backward and regained first place. It ranked first in the Billboard Global (excluding the US) chart, which ranks streaming and sales in more than 200 regions worldwide, for two weeks in a row, and ranked second in the Billboard Global 200. Also, on Spotify, the world's largest music streaming company, BTS has maintained the top ranking since the release of "Dynamite." On the 17 th  of Octo...

  (Photo : BTS Jimin Rule Over October’s Male Idol Brand Reputation Ranking: See Top 30) BTS Jimin ranked No.1 again for Boy band member brand reputation ranking this October! On Friday, The Korea Research Institute for Corporate Reputation released its big data analysis result for October 2020 boy group member brand reputation. The world-famous idol Jimin of BTS topped the ranking, followed by EXO's Baekhyun and Pentagon Hui as second and third places, respectively. In order to analyze big data of the boy group's member brand reputation, the Korea Institute for Corporate Review extracted 113,571,467 brand big data from 653 individual members of the boy group from September 16, 2020, to October 16, 2020. The institute analyzed the ranking considering the participation index of consumers, media index as well as the community awareness index and consumer's behavioral analysis on the boy group member brands. The big data increased by 11.43 percent, compared to September's ...

  (Photo : Big Hit Entertainment) The lineup for the BTS Universe drama, titled "YOUTH", is now revealed! Composed of fresh and rookie actors, the drama gives a sneak peek at the upcoming plot and character descriptions, that the seven confirmed actors will be portraying in the drama. In particular, the drama which is based on BTS Universe, hereinafter "YOUTH", is a project that will be launched by Big Hit Entertainment in collaboration with Chorokbaem Media. The drama will be produced by the infamous Producer Kim Jae Hong and will be penned by Kim Soo Jin, who are notable for their recent works, "Your Neighbors' Wife," and "Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok Joo, respectively. (Photo : Big Hit Entertainment) The drama will feature the struggles and hardships of the BTS members unveiling how they were able to overcome their personal issues together and started walking to the flowery path. On Monday, the official cast members are identified to be rookie a...