49-year-old singer-songwriter, one-time Buddhist nun says jazz music is her ‘second ascetic practice’

“Seung-woo” also won the Agora Award, which is given by fellow filmmakers. The Netpec Award, which is given to the best Asian film, went to “The Boys Club” by Chen Yihwen. The audience award this year went to “At the Feet of My Mother” directed by Vincent Sparreboom and “Mast” by Korean actor-turned-director Lee Ju-seung.

“I think Ah-yi’s stories, dreams, hopes and childhood innocence can resonate with everyone. Allowing viewers to empathize with the character was the most important in playing Ah-yi,“ Choi said. The six-part fantasy musical drama will be released on Netflix on Friday. By Lee Si-jin ( sj_lee@heraldcorp.com )

The South Korean performing arts scene has experienced a sharp rise in revenue thanks to the lifting of nearly all social distancing rules, like gathering limits, about two weeks ago, industry data showed Wednesday. The combined revenue of 2,051 theatrical plays, musicals, classical concerts and other performances reached 17.3 billion won ($13.7 million) from April 18 to Sunday, according to the...

The K-pop boy band forays into a new music style with its fourth EP “Flashback”

Ryeowook of Super Junior released his third solo EP “A Wild Rose” on Tuesday. It has been three years since his second solo EP “Drunk On Love.” “I am so happy to be promoting a solo album and returning to my main job,” he said in a series of Q&A statements released through his agency Label SJ. He had been busy appearing in musicals last year. The focus track from the seven-track EP is...

From introducing forgotten female composers to crossing over beyond classical music into K-culture, the Korean National Symphony Orchestra unveiled plans to impress its name on the minds of music lovers at home and abroad. The orchestra’s artistic director David Reiland introduced various artistic plans and initiatives to reporters during a press conference at Seoul Arts Center on Tuesday. Reila...

Created in 1960, the Annecy International Animated Film Festival takes place every year at the beginning of June. It is considered one of the big four international animated film festivals along with the Ottawa International Animated Film Festival in Canada, the Hiroshima International Animation Festival in Japan and the Zagreb World Festival of Animated Films in Croatia. This year’s Annecy Fest...

The 39-year-old Koo wished to remain silent about the next season, but said that he is also curious about how the “Monstrous” storyline will continue in the future. “People’s hearts change every time, so I cannot answer about season 2. But I have been working on my YouTube channel, ‘[2x0HD] Koo Kyo-hwan x Lee Ok-seop.’ I am writing scripts, starring in and producing an independent film. I hope t...

Korean hip-hop legend Tiger JK is gearing up for the release of a new digital single sometime in June, an industry source told The Korea Herald on Tuesday. “Tiger JK has completed recording and is going to start mastering the record and film a music video for the upcoming song,” the source said. It will likely to mark the musician’s return to music nearly nine months after the release of “Love ...

The upcoming full-length album by K-pop supergroup Seventeen has sold more than 1.74 million copies in preorders, a new record for the group, its management agency said Tuesday. Preorders for the band's fourth studio album "Face the Sun" began a week ago. It became the most-preordered album from Seventeen, surpassing 1.41 million copies for the band's previous release, ninth EP "Attacca." With...

Victon will come out with a new album by the end of this month, said agency IST Entertainment on Monday. It has been only four months since it released its third single, “Chronograph.” The single ranked among the top 10 of the iTunes top songs chart in four regions. The seven-piece act debuted in 2016, but it took three years before the band won its first trophy at a music chart program i...

Leading the album is the title track “Fearless,” which Chae-won described as “a funk-based alternative pop genre song that talks about marching forward without thinking about the past.” Eun-chae said she got emotional when she first heard the original track with the group’s voices, saying she couldn’t believe the song was making its way to the world. Garam went on to say that the powerful catwa...

“It’s her (Gomez’s) birthday today. So she’s just turned 16. She was 14 when we started this. She’s just brilliant,” he said. “And she’s such a fresh lovely human being, very enthusiastic and has all the requisite energy to fill the boots of this quite iconic recent character in the comics.” Cumberbatch also pointed out that Gomez’s character brings representation to mainstream media. ”It’s a v...

After its last episode aired in early April, the SBS’ 12-part series remains strong in South American and East Asian countries, including Brazil, Venezuela, Colombia, Taiwan, Japan, Hong Kong and more. Though it slid down from the global chart as of Sunday, tvN’s coming-of-age romance drama “Twenty-Five Twenty-One” also remained on the Top 10 chart until the end of April. By Lee Si-jin ( sj_le...