KPOP Updates 2019

1 June

Berry Good's Daye Posts Personal Statement Denying Allegations Of School Bullying

A post was uploaded online on May 28 that accused Daye (whose real name is Kim Hyun Jung) of being a bully in school. Her agency responded by denying the accusations and stating plans to take legal action.

Someone else then came forward to say that she had been bullied by Daye. In an interview with "Entertainment Weekly" in the May 31 episode of the show, she stated that according to her memory, when she was in 13 years old in 2012, she was surrounded by a group of eight people including Daye.

She stated that the group looked through the photos she'd taken with her friends and mocked them. She also said her friends were sworn at for no reason by Daye as they were just walking by, and they were told to keep their heads down.

She said that while she'd wanted to forget the memory, she saw that Daye had responded to the first person by stating plans to take legal action. She was angered by this and decided to upload her own post. "I really hope she will apologize," she said. "It's not that I want to come to an agreement and receive money; I want her to reflect and apologize."

Netizens are Confused by the Song Selections for Next Week's 'Position Evaluations' on 'Produce X101'

In a preview for next week's episode of Mnet's ' Produce X101 ', the program introduced the song selections for the trainees' next 'position evaluation' stages, including in the fields of rap, dance, vocals, as well as an "X" category.

The songs selected for this season's 'position evaluations' are:

Rap Positions - Zico's " Yes Or No", HAON x Vinxe n 's " Barcode "

Dance Positions - Imagine Dragons 's " Believer ", Bruno Mars 's " Finesse ", Jason Derulo 's " Swalla "

Vocal Positions - Paul Kim 's " Me After You ", MAMAMOO Hwa Sa 's " Twit ", Bolbbalgan4 's " To My Youth ", Wanna One 's " Day By Day "

X (Vocal & Dance combined) - Charlie Puth 's " Attention "

X (Rap & Dance conbined) - Ja Mezz , Andup , & Song Min Ho 's " Turtle Ship "

Many netizens commented that this season's song selections were "terrible" and "overdoing it", and added, "'Believer'? That's so random..?", "What kind of choreography even makes sense with 'Turtle Ship'?!?!", "All of these songs better be remixed hella good", "These songs are all so weird", and "I always thought 'Twit' was more of a dance song", "Leave Charlie [Puth] alone TT", "All of these are just asking for disaster", and more.

BTS ARMY Take over the Streets of London Hours Before the Concert at Wembley Stadium

Another BTS festival overseas?

On June 1, fans who were excited for BTS' 'Love Yourself: Speak Yourself' concert at Wembley Stadium took to the streets of London during the day.

A BTS flash mob took place at Piccadilly Circus, where a BTS video played on loop for about an hour on the billboard screen. Furthermore, many other places including private stores and public facilities in some of the busiest areas of the city celebrated the D-Day by playing BTS' songs.

Nam Tae Hyun took "Rocket Man" to a different level on 'Immortal Song'.

For the June 1st Elton John special of the song, Nam Tae Hyun covered the legendary English singer-songwriter's 1971 hit song "Rocket Man". The South Club vocalist stated, "When I thought of Elton John, I thought 'cute.' He's like an idol, but he still has the bad boy feeling," and on the song he's covering, he expressed, "I looked at the lyrics while researching this song, and I felt like my childish side was reawakened. It's mysterious, and I learned another thing. It's so good, and I was inspired to know such a famous song. I think it was a blessing."

However, Nam Tae Hyun lost the round to musical actor Kim Ho Young, and it was Romantic Punch who took the final win.

Cosmic Girls Are Ready for Summer Fun in 'Boogie up' MV Teaser

The MV teaser follows the Cosmic Girls who are ready to have summer fun at a beachside carnival. "Boogie Up" is the title track of their upcoming album 'For the Summer', and member Exy participated in writing the lyrics for the song.

NU'EST Release Sweet Remake of NU'EST W's 'I Don't Care' with Spoonz

As previously reported, NU'EST and Spoonz's collaboration is a remix of NU'EST W's track "I Don't Care" with Spoonz released in October of 2018.