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Learn Korean with K-POP News | A2O SOUL, RIIZE, BTS exhibit, MAMA, BOL4 & more (Oct 22) | 10 min
Hello and welcome to K-POP News Korean! I'm Hana, your teacher, and our anchor Narae is at the news desk. This video has subtitles in 21 languages, so tap the settings gear and choose yours. Every day, we look at the latest K-POP news and learn real Korean from it. For each story, listen to one news sentence, repeat it, and learn three key words. Today we have seven stories from October 22nd. Let's begin!
- 에이투오 소울, 11월 9일 데뷔 앨범 'SUPERSTAR'
- 라이즈, 'Insomnia' 드라마 티저 공개
- K팝 전시 'D'Festa' 23일 서울 개막
- 2026 마마 어워즈, 시상자 25명 공개
- 볼빨간사춘기, 10번째 EP 'October Archive'
- FNC, YG플러스와 투자 제휴
- 댄스 크루 위댐보이즈, 11월 9일 첫 싱글 'Cinema'
에이투오 소울, 11월 9일 데뷔 앨범 'SUPERSTAR'
Our top story: Lee Soo-man's new boy group A2O SOUL will release their debut album on November 9th at 6 p.m. The group has fifteen members. The EP, 'SUPERSTAR', has five songs, and the agency calls the sound 'new synthwave'. Its title song already came out early, on October 13th. In Korean, a group member is 멤버, and to debut is 데뷔하다.
라이즈, 'Insomnia' 드라마 티저 공개
Next, RIIZE showed a drama-style music video teaser today for their new single 'Insomnia'. Two writers helped create the story, and the members act in it. More side stories come out on October 23rd and 24th, and the single arrives on October 26th. The word insomnia is 불면증 in Korean, and a short preview video is 티저.
방탄소년단 · 스트레이 키즈 · 에스파 외 · BTS, Stray Kids, aespa
K팝 전시 'D'Festa' 23일 서울 개막
A big K-POP exhibition opens in Seoul tomorrow, October 23rd. It is called 'D'Festa The Origin', and it shows portraits of 48 artists, including BTS, Stray Kids, aespa and G-Dragon. You can visit it at a mall in Yeongdeungpo until November 30th, and a Tokyo show is planned for January. An exhibition is 전시회, and a photo is 사진.
2026 마마 어워즈 · 2026 MAMA AWARDS
2026 마마 어워즈, 시상자 25명 공개
The 2026 MAMA AWARDS shared its list of presenters. The show will be held at Kyocera Dome in Osaka, Japan, on November 20th and 21st. Twenty-five stars will hand out the awards, including Lee Junho, Hwang Minhyun, Kim Hye-soo and Jang Keun-suk. In Korean, an award show is 시상식, and a person who presents an award is 시상자.
볼빨간사춘기, 10번째 EP 'October Archive'
Singer BOL4, the solo project of An Ji-young, is back with her tenth EP, 'October Archive'. It has five songs. The lead track, 'Golden Hour', is a modern rock song with a retro sound, and a second lead song, 'Full Count', was inspired by baseball. In Korean, a lead song is 타이틀곡, and baseball is 야구.
FNC · YG플러스 · FNC Entertainment & YG PLUS
FNC, YG플러스와 투자 제휴
Two music companies are now working together. FNC Entertainment, home of CNBLUE, FT Island and P1Harmony, made an investment partnership with YG PLUS. Since October 1st, YG PLUS has handled the release of FNC's albums, and the two will also work together on goods and concerts. A company is 회사, and when two sides team up, Koreans say 손을 잡다, to hold hands.
위댐보이즈 · We Dem Boyz
댄스 크루 위댐보이즈, 11월 9일 첫 싱글 'Cinema'
Finally, a famous dance crew is making its own music. We Dem Boyz, led by Vata, will release their first single, 'Cinema', on November 9th. The crew has made dances for stars like Jay Park, CL, G-Dragon and Jennie, and now they will create the music too. Choreography is 안무 in Korean, and a dance team is 댄스 크루.