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Hello, everyone!
Welcome to the 36th Korean Music Monthly Newsletter! A recap of everything that happened in the month of September. This newsletter is modeled after this thread.
News in Korean music
- All members of BTS renew contracts with BIGHIT Music
- BLACKPINK’s JISOO and JENNIE to reportedly establish one-man-agency each
- RO WOON halts group activities with SF9 to focus on acting career
- ITZY’s LIA announces temporary hiatus for health reasons
Editorial Feature
https://genius.com/a/jung-kook-enlists-jack-harlow-for-new-song-3d
Community Feature Highlights
https://genius.com/discussions/472690-7-k-pop-songs-that-are-inspired-by-famous-literary-works
https://genius.com/discussions/473098-Song-highlight-what-is-the-meaning-of-dionysus-by-bts
Top Scholars
@PlanNine @metawink @DellasMashups @Assistant-74 @Cilvi @Kashim93 @ssaa10dec @PhtV @livin4kaia @PotatoAlien
Genius Korea Spotify
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Genius Korea’s Pick for Artist of the Month goes to KIM SEJEONG. Check out the curated playlist here.
Song Recommendations
Must Listens
- Jung Kook — “3D (ft. Jack Harlow)”
- RIIZE — “Get A Guitar”
- DPR IAN — “So I Danced”
- D.O. — “Somebody”
- TOMORROW X TOGETHER & Anitta – “Back For More”
Off The Radar
- KIM SEJEONG — “Top or Cliff”
- GEMINI — “Body On Me (ft. PENOMECO)”
- DAWN — “기억 (Memory)”
- Loossemble — “Sensitive (English Version)”
- YUJU – “따라랏 (DALALA)”
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