Pop Star Says She’s Trapped in Cryptic ‘Khia Asylum’—It’s Not How It Sounds

"Guys please help me. It’s so lonely in here," the "In the Name of Love" singer Bebe Rexha posted on social media.

BTS propelled K-pop to global stardom. Nearly four years later, they’re back

BTS is back – and coming to a city near you. As the clock strikes midnight on Wednesday in Seoul, the group will announce the ...

Should any of our 2025 greatest pop star honorable mentions have made the top 10 - and who got left off altogether?

Our first Greatest Pop Stars podcast episode about our 2025 list focuses on all the artists who didn't make our top 10, but ...

Will K-pop earn its first Grammy in 2026? Experts explain how the genre has hit the mainstream

K-pop is an inextricable force in global pop culture but it has long been under-celebrated at institutions like the Grammys ...
Yahoo

What is 'recession pop' — and why is it making a comeback? New music from Kesha, Lady Gaga signals return to 'escapist pop bangers.'

The year is 2008, and the Great Recession has settled in. With the bursting of the housing bubble, the collapse of major investment banks like Lehman Brothers and Bear Stearns, as well as the rise in ...
Bloomberg L.P.

K-Pop Reimagined

On a breezy May evening in Los Angeles, thousands of K-pop fans mill outside the Peacock Theater. They’re waiting for rookie boy band Riize’s first US fan-concert — a hybrid mix of songs and ...
The New Yorker

The Summer of Girly Pop

Katy Perry’s breakout moment, in the late two-thousands, had a type of frivolity and irreverence that feels difficult to summon now. Her début single, “I Kissed a Girl,” from 2008, is just what it ...