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Inside the big business of boy paper, a booming sub-industry of the K-pop machine
K-pop photo card trading is a blood sport that's equal parts lottery and enterprise, and there's money to be made for record ...
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SEVENTEEN to Showcase 'Thunder' on America's The Kelly Clarkson Show
This photo, provided by Pledis Entertainment on June 5, 2025, shows K-pop boy group SEVENTEEN posing for the popular American ...
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K-pop album cover designer explains her job, creations
How did you enter K-pop? While working at a design company in 2010, I had the opportunity to design Lee Hyori's album "H-logic." The first project my studio received was for a poster for a concert by ...
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Ateez Is the Fourth K-Pop Group With a No. 1 Album in 2023
By Ben Sisario This week on the music charts, Ateez becomes the latest K-pop act to score the top album with a menu of collectible packages, while Brenda Lee’s 65-year-old chestnut “Rockin ...
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Is K-pop sustainable? Fans buy multiple CD copies for the photo cards inside, but Chungha went eco-friendly with new Querencia album release as South Korea’s entertainment ...
The idol’s new CD was made with less lamination – save for those all-important photo cards ... on the K-pop industry. Songstress Chungha dropped her much-awaited full album “Querencia ...
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K-pop boyband KINGDOM to “discard and redesign” all copies of new album over “similarity” to the Quran
K-pop boyband KINGDOM ... of the group’s new album over its “similarity” to the Quran. Earlier this month, KINGDOM and GD Entertainment shared a preview for the design of the boyband ...