Crystal Bell

With their eyes set on the stars, XG’s journey is one of relentless ambition, global appeal and breaking genre boundaries

“How high should I go?” Juliet Ivy calls as she scales a water tower on a graffiti-covered rooftop in East Williamsburg. Dressed in a pink puff-sleeve mini dress, her chestnut plaits tied with ribbons, she stands out like a pink cloud against the…

s Girl Group Week, a celebration of the best and most exciting girl groups of the past and present, the ones who make hit after hit and show us time and time again that friendship, girlhood, and fun choreography are timeless. Lately, the teenage…

Of all the elements ATEEZ brought to the Coachella stage — including their burning passion, incendiary charisma, bedazzled skull canes and lack of clothing — the giant inflatable Kraken was a visual spectacle only they could pull off. (Did any other…

For years, Lauren Mayberry told herself no. Don’t wear that. Don’t write those kinds of lyrics. Don’t say that on the record. Don’t do anything outside of the band. Don’t be yourself, not entirely. Call it an exercise in self-preservation, in…

Inside a packed arena in the bustling Songpa-gu district of Seoul, aespa debuted "Salty & Sweet," an enticing new track that best illustrates their charm. “‘Cause I am salty and sweet," they sing. "Irresistible, a different type of treat." And while…

A strong sense of style typically develops over time, but GISELLE has been following her own fashion instincts since she was a kid. Even at a young age, she couldn't be told what to wear, no matter how hard her fashion designer mom tried. She would…

NINGNING is in a good mood. It's more of a constant than an observation. The reality is that the 20-year-old singer has an immense enthusiasm for life — and for truly living. It's hard not to be pulled into her orbit, especially when aespa's youngest…

Ask the members of aespa to recall their first impressions of KARINA, and they'll settle on one word: mysterious. Her beauty is often compared to AI, too unreal to possibly exist in the material world. On stage, she burns with Ariean intensity,…

Step into aespa’s world and you’ll find yourself in a dimension beyond reality. Here in this pixelated wilderness, extraterrestrial flowers bloom in darkness and danger serpentines through the bush. There are no rules, no limits — just stars that…