In February, LOEN Entertainment’s five member boy group HISTORY played O2 Academy Islington in London as part of a European tour. Unfortunately, Beyond Hallyu couldn’t send anyone to the gig but we hear the boys put in a great performance and everyone had a rather lovely time. Here…
Many a joke has been made about the cult-like nature of K-pop fandom but now it appears an actual cult may be targeting K-pop fans.
A couple of days ago someone sent me a message on Facebook asking if they could post about an event they were…
We finally got a date for B.A.P’s second London concert last week and now the actual details of the show are starting to emerge.
The group will be playing The Coronet at 8pm on the 13th of May. It’s a 2,800 capacity theatre venue but…
One of the most listened to, renowned, and dynamic podcasts around right now just made an episode about K-pop.
In my real job, (and part of the reason Beyond Hallyu has been a little neglected lately) I am a radio journalist and, in my spare time, I am also…
Wearing a plain black polo neck sans make-up looking exhausted and slightly terrified in a recording with the grainy bleakness of a hostage video, Tzuyu taught us all one thing: Chinese nationalism is scary.
Nationalism across North East Asia can be pretty…
You may remember a few months ago, we posted a survey from Master’s student Maur-Anne Griffonnet-Barge asking K-pop fans various questions about their preferences and beliefs and asked you to consider filling it out. We also said we’d be posting some of the results of…
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Ah, winter – the perfect time of year to hibernate for several weeks just in time to put on your sparkles and dance all night. Winter is a time of cosy nights, hot chocolate, and glittery lights, and we’ve chosen some of our Korean songs for…
