K-pop sensations NewJeans performed “Super Shy” and “OMG” during the 2023 Billboard Music Awards on Sunday. Appearing first in a futuristic set with pulsating lights that framed each of them in separate booths, the quintet — Danielle, Haerin, Hyein, Hanni and Minji — then moved to centerstage where they were …
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Leading up to the Grammy nominations on Nov. 10, Rolling Stone is breaking down 16 different categories. For each, we’re predicting the nominees, as well as who will (and who should) win on Grammy night. After a couple of years of emerging artists feeling the brunt of how the pandemic …
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NewJeans delivered a winner for this year’sLeague of LegendsWorld Championship anthem, making them the first K-pop group in the game’s history to provide a song for the event. “Gods” also marks the 10th anniversary of anthems for the game’s world championship. The new track arrived on Wednesday along with a …
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If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. It’s been over a year since the K-pop group NewJeans dropped their viral self-titled EP, and the world still can’t get enough. By October of that same year, …
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NEWJEANS IS, IN FACT, one of the buzziest music groups today. When their self-titled EP dropped in the summer of 2022, it sold 400,000+ pre-orders within four days, surpassing any debut EP from a Korean girl group. Over a year since the drop, they have amassed ambassadorships with Gucci, Chanel, …
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Lollapalooza 2023‘s opening day kicked off on Thursday in Chicago’s Grant Park, and it was a scorcher, thanks to artists bringing the heat and the sweltering humidity. The festival inked a 10-year contract with the city last year, and it came with the expansion in capacity, up from 100,000 people …
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Jon Batiste has announced the follow-up to his Album of the Year-winning We Are, with an all-star guest list joining the former Late Show bandleader for World Music Radio. The 20-track album, out August 18 via Verve Records/Interscope Records, sticks to its name by recruiting global talent, including Lil Wayne, …
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I n the short but exhilarating story of NewJeans, there’s one date that stands out above all the rest: July 22, 2022, the day they went from being unknown teens to one of the buzziest groups in the world. “I knew that it would be a date of excitement for …
Read More »NewJeans Owned 2022. They're Going Even Bigger in 2023
No one brightened up our year quite like NewJeans did with their debut this summer. Formed under ADOR, a new subsidiary of Hybe Corporation, the group brought nostalgic yet experimental and refreshing music, took Nineties and Y2K fashion to the next level, and gave us some truly addicting choreography. Minji, …
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