Artist Ji-Min Park on Channeling Her Visual Practice Into Her First Acting Role in the Film ‘Return to Seoul’The French-Korean artist opens up about her star turn in the film, which premiered at Cannes in 2022. Return to Seoul could have been a very different movie without its star, French-Korean visual artist Ji-min Park. The film, which premiered at… Feb 22 23February 22, 2023Article at ArtNet News
K-pop’s first openly queer boy band, Lionesses, on fighting for visibility in the industrySouth Korean radio station MBC’s broadcast ban of boy band Lionesses’ new song, “It’s OK to Be Me (with Mi-no),” was direct in its reasoning: “homosexuality.” With lyrics like the first verse saying, “The place where finally I live as me, the… Feb 17 23February 17, 2023Article at Xtra Magazine
Broker Is a Masterful Korean Drama That Challenges You to the CoreAmong the most difficult tasks a film could possibly tackle, surely “making the audience fall in love with the people who sell babies for cash” would have to be somewhere near the top of the list. It’s easy to feel the ice dripping down the… Dec 26 22December 26, 2022Article at Den of Geek
How K-Pop Star and Budding Mega-Collector RM Wove His Favorite Art and Artists Into His First Solo Album, ‘Indigo’The album references artists Yun Hyong-keun and Jackson Pollock, among others. Noted art collector and influencer RM, leader of K-pop boy band BTS, has put his passion for art center stage for his December 2 album release. Indigo, his debut solo… Dec 07 22December 07, 2022Article at ArtNet News
BTS’s RM Talks About His Growing Influence And Appreciation of ArtRM, the 27-year-old leader of Korean pop group BTS, has become an avid enthusiast, collector, and promoter of contemporary art. In just the last few months, RM was featured on Intersections: The Art Basel Podcast and he and the other members of BTS… Jul 26 22July 26, 2022Article at ARTnews
BTS’s RM Has Sent K-Pop Fans Flooding to Art Museums Thanks to His InstagramWhen Korean pop superstars BTS visited the White House in May to talk about the recent spike in anti-Asian hate crimes, over 300,000 people watched the briefing live – compared to a more typical 16,000. The pop group, which announced in June tha Jun 28 22June 28, 2022Article at ARTnews
How Apple TV+’s Pachinko Made the Most of Its Changes From the Original BookFrom its opening scene and title cards, Pachinko invokes the concept of intergenerational familial bonds, with a woman we will learn is Sunja’s mother outside Busan, Korea in 1915 begging for a curse to be lifted from her bloodline. She talks about… May 13 22May 13, 2022Article at Paste
The Stunning Artistry of BTS’s “Black Swan”Welcome to Close Reads! In this series, Leah Schnelbach and their guests dig into the tiny, weird moments of pop culture—from books to theme songs to viral internet hits—that have burrowed into our minds, found rent-stabilized apartments, started… Apr 12 22April 12, 2022Article at Tor.com
Why Squid Game Was InevitableWhile to many Americans it may seem like Squid Game came out of nowhere to dominate more than 90 countries, for the millions of people worldwide who watch South Korean television and movies, it’s another stellar entry in an ever-growing field. Korean… Oct 15 21October 15, 2021Article at Den of Geek
Korean Pop Fans Get into Gardening with #NamuForNamuWith a fan-dominated online campaign, BTS fans grow a global garden. Ankita Singh has taken up gardening, and she credits the leader of Korean pop group BTS for inspiring her to take up the new hobby. Ankita’s father has always been into gardeni Oct 12 21October 12, 2021Article at The Million Gardens Movement
Squid Game’s Scathing Critique of CapitalismThis Squid Game article contains MAJOR spoilers. From the very first game of ddakji out in the real world with Train to Busan actor Gong Yoo, Squid Game poses the question: how far would you go for money? How much of your body, your life, would you… Sep 28 21September 28, 2021Article at Den of Geek
