The seven members of U-Kiss, who held fan meetings in Tokyo and Nagoya earlier this week, have been busy with their Japanese debut since they ended “0330” promotions back in June.

At MTV Iggy, we believe that pop music is becoming increasingly borderless. The internet age brought on the birth of millennial sensibilities -- and with it, a world where western artists aren’t the only ones dominating the vernacular. Americans can listen to Korean pop. Venezuelans can fall in

French producer Onra is putting together a whopping 32-instrumental track compilation combining hip hop beats with vinyl from Southeast Asia. Chinoiseries -- the second part of a two-part series that dropped in 2007 -- samples sounds from China and Vietnam (the latter the heritage of Onra's

Say what you will about Girls’ Generation, but numbers don’t lie, and it looks like the 9-member girl group is still making waves with their latest album, The Boys. The Boys, which was released just …

Happy Chuseok, everyone! As one of Korea’s biggest national holidays, the mid-autumn festival known as Chuseok – or Korean Thanksgiving – is traditionally a time for harvest, where the whole family gathers to feast and …

Something magic happens when a hip hop album begins, proceeds, and ends in genuine vinyl crackles. In Chinoiseries Part 2, French/Vietnamese beatmaker Onra not only samples obscure southeast Asian records, his beats bow down to them, serving their strange, psychedelic whims and curating what might

Not many artists can get away with single-name eponymy: Madonna, Cher, BoA, and maybe Robyn are a few who come to mind. But to most of the Eastern world — and increasingly, the Western Hemisphere as well — X Japan drummer/prog-metal mastermind Yoshiki resonates with the same ubiquity. ...

They're called Furniture, and they're from Malaysia. The SEO may be miserable, (at least get a little more specific like "ottoman" or something) but the music is solid. The band just dropped their sophomore album They Made Me Out Of Dreams You've Forgotten, a product of five years of toil. The

Last week, I was reviewing Mondega’s new album when out of the blue I heard a fiery female voice. She was dropping spotless English, Khmer, and Jarai-language rhymes on the club hip hop track “Unity, We Rise.” Naturally, I did a double-take. Her name’s Lisha. Well, Jessica Lisha Srin. She’s a

Not many artists can get away with single-name eponymy: Madonna, Cher, BoA, and maybe Robyn are a few who come to mind. But to most of the Eastern world — and increasingly, the Western Hemisphere as well — X Japan drummer/prog-metal mastermind Yoshiki resonates with the same ubiquity. ...

Post-rock bands like Tortoise and Mogwai make beautiful music, but let's say it's beautiful music that appeals primarily to the mind. Malaysia's They Will Kill Us All makes brainy music like those bands, but they've taken a different tack with the idea of angular guitar jams. For one thing, they

Can you believe four weeks have passed since we unveiled our 10 finalists? We knew they were incredible talents, but we're honestly overwhelmed by your response. Every week, as we tracked the latest news on each band, your dedication inspired us.

Skipping the traditional weekend of turkey dinners, thousands of K-pop fans made their way over to Las Vegas this past Thanksgiving weekend for the first annual Billboard K-pop Masters concert. The two-day concert event (November 25-26), launched in honor of Billboard’s…

The idea behind the split is a friendly rivalry between After School teams Red (Kahi, Jungah, UEE, and Nana) and Blue (Jooyeon, Raina, Lizzy, and E-Young), but instead of a rivalry, it’s essentially a win-win for the group as a whole. It’s like killing two birds with one stone:

SM Entertainment artists successfully held their first SM Town Live in the United States this past weekend. The concert which was held September 9th at the Staples Center in L.A, California was filmed in it’s entirety by PACE.

In their last leg of promotions before jetting off to Japan for their overseas debut, 2NE1 has finally released their latest title track, Ugly, along with the rest of their second mini album.

Super Junior‘s highly anticipated fifth album now has a name: Mr. Simple! On July 28, SM Entertainment announced that Super Junior will hold a press conference on August 4 to introduce their new album and …

f(x) unveiled Pinocchio‘s official tracklist today and a surprising collaboration was revealed. The last song, “Lollipop,” will feature all of SHINee. Does this mean we can look forward to a collaborative live performance in the …

Just before TVXQ’s explosive performance at the SM Town Live in NYC concert at Madison Square Garden, MTV K met up with Yunho and Changmin for an exclusive backstage interview.

The title track, “Be Mine,” is perhaps Infinite’s strongest title track yet. Woollim Entertainment called it “a modern interpretation of 80s Europop style” and it’s a perfect fit for the sound that we’ve come to associate with the group.

Watch free trailers, read the latest news and plot synopsis, and see photos of the cast and crew of Dinner On The Diner: Martin Yan In Southeast Asia on MTV.com.

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Following a U.S. State Department warning of increased security threats abroad, Limp Bizkit have canceled tour dates in Indonesia, Thailand and the Philippines. The group will still play five scheduled concerts in South Korea and Japan.