MAMAMOO know exactly who they are. Twelve years in, Solar, Moon Byul, Whee In, and Hwa Sa have returned with 4ward – their first full-group album in over three and a half years – and a world tour that opened in Seoul before heading to arenas across the United States this August

At 17, xiihu was studying computer programming. Then she opened GarageBand on a whim, recorded herself through a pair of earphones, and never looked back. Since then, she's built a creative world entirely on her own terms – producing, songwriting, and DJing, each role feeding into the next

TAEMIN, the SHINee vocalist dubbed the 'Idol's Idol', has spent the better part of two decades building one of K-pop's most distinctive performance identities. At the end of June, he played his biggest UK show to date at BST Hyde Park – and we were there

POSER know what it means to be called a poser. The South Korean punk rockers – vocalist and guitarist Kim Jiho, guitarist Choi Jingeon, drummer Jeong Seong Ju, and bassist Song Kwang, who joined the band as its manager before picking up the instrument entirely

AND2BLE are five members with a point to prove. ZHANG HAO, RICKY, KIM GYUVIN, HAN YUJIN, and YOO SEUNGEON debuted on May 26 with Sequence 01: Curiosity – a mini-album about identity, curiosity, and what it looks like to build something on your own terms

DAYOUNG once thought "body" might be the only solo song she ever released. Going into it, she was convinced there was no room left for her in an industry oversaturated with talent – so she treated the September 2025 release as if it might be her first and last shot at music on her own terms

For our latest tmrw digital cover, we spotlight &TEAM's NICHOLAS – known for his sharp stage presence, his connection to the group's werewolf concept, and now, officially, a creative director

Bryan Chase has been building his sound for over a decade – from the underground corridors of Seoul's hip-hop scene to a deal with Universal Music Korea – and "OUTSIDE" feels like the exhale after all of it