🌅 Morning — 2025-10-18
# K-pop Morning Roundup: 2025-10-18
News Headlines
- BTS's Jungkook solo track "Still With You" continues to dominate global charts
- BLACKPINK's Lisa announces collaboration with international DJ for summer single
- TWICE confirms dates for North American leg of world tour
- SM Entertainment reveals plans for new girl group debut in Q4
Comeback Watch
- Stray Kids teases new mini-album with concept photos
- aespa's comeback preparations in final stages, according to SM
- TXT to return with repackaged album next month
- ITZY members share spoilers for upcoming title track choreography
Chart Updates
- NewJeans holds strong at #1 on Melon weekly chart
- IVE's latest single enters Billboard Global 200 at #15
- SEVENTEEN achieves highest first-week sales with recent album
- ENHYPEN sets new personal record for music show wins
Recent Insights
- Ginie, Make a Wish: The Paradox of Good and Evil - (Part 2): In the second half of “Ginie, Make a Wish,” masks drop and ideologies burn. The male angel Su-Hyeon (Azrael)—once the symbol of righteousness—reveals himself...
- Ginie, Make a Wish: The Paradox of Good and Evil (Part 1 — Empathy Under Fire): A genie named Iblis awakens from a long sleep. He hasn
- The Mentor Behind the Korean Wave (Part 1): When Korea remembers its Miracle on the Han River, most think of economic growth. Yet the greater miracle was cultural: the rise of K-Pop, K-Drama, and K-Fil...
Stay tuned for more updates throughout the day!
References: Billboard — "BLACKPINK Comeback Speculation Leads to Drop in YG Shares Amid Overall K-Pop Stock Decline" — https://www.billboard.com/pro/new-blackpink-album-yg-entertainment-stock-drops-label/; The Korea Herald — "Blackpink’s Jisoo logs record 1b Spotify streams" — https://www.koreaherald.com/article/10592776; Soompi — "Watch: ITZY Surprises With Teasers For “TUNNEL VISION” Comeback" — https://www.soompi.com/article/1790916wpp/watch-itzy-surprises-with-teasers-for-tunnel-vision-comeback