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2022 MAMA

Look Out for 2022 MAMA, Korean Dramas, Movies and more on Astro

Wednesday, November 09, 2022

This November, all K-fans can enjoy the hottest K-pop awards show and binge on the latest K-dramas and K-movie with delightful stories including romance, mystery-thriller, crime-action and more on TV via tvN (Ch 395 HD), ONE (Ch 393 HD), KBS World (Ch 392 HD) and tvN Movies (Ch 416 HD).

Fans can also stream available episodes anytime, anywhere via On Demand and Astro GO. Fans can look forward to the following shows:

Live awards show, 2022 MAMA Awards, featuring the best K-pop performances by Stray Kids, TXT, Kep1er, JO1, ITZY, ENHYPEN, IVE, TREASURE and more, on 29 and 30 November, via tvN (Ch 395 HD).
Mystery-thriller drama series Summer Strike, premiering 24 hours after Korea, starring Im Si Wan, Kim Seol Hyun and more, on 22 November on ONE (Ch 393 HD).
Romance drama series Love in the Moonlight, starring Park Bo Gum, Kim Yoo Jung and more, now available every Tuesday and Wednesday on KBS World (Ch 392 HD).
Mystery and supernatural drama series The Ghost Detective, starring Choi Daniel, Park Eun-Jin and Lee Ji-Ah, premiering on 8 November on KBS World (Ch 392 HD).
Crime-action movie The Roundup, starring Ma Dong-Sik, Don Lee, Son Sukku, Choi Guy-Hwa and more, premiering on 26 November via tvN Movies (Ch 416 HD).

Programme Highlights:

2022 MAMA Awards [Live]

29 & 30 November, Saturday & Sunday

Red Carpet at 3pm
Live Awards at 5pm

tvN (Ch 395 HD), On Demand & Astro GO

'MAMA‘, which introduces the world to differentiated values and experiences of K-POP, is coming back as 'MAMA AWARDS'! The awards recognises the year’s top K-pop acts as well as musicians across Asia.

Summer Strike [24 hours after Korea] [Premiere]

22 November, Tuesday & Wednesday, 6.55pm

ONE (Ch 393 HD)

Based on a webtoon of the same title, the drama revolves around two people, Ahn Dae Bum (Im Si Wan) and Lee Yeo Reum (Kim Seol Hyun). Dae Bum is currently holding down a job as a librarian in Angok, a little town by the seaside. He is a Math whizz who competed against Seoul National University some 20 years ago while Yeo Reum has just been made a permanent employee after working for five years. However, just as she receives recognition in her company, she quits her stressful city job. She calculates that she can probably sustain for two years on her life savings, and hence plans to relocate to Angok to do absolutely nothing.

Love in the Moonlight

Every Tuesday & Wednesday, 9.05pm

KBS World (Ch 392 HD), On Demand & Astro GO

To protect herself and her family, Hong Ra On disguises herself as a man and counsels men on dating. Due to a love letter she wrote for a client, she meets Crown Prince Hyo Myung. Ra On is unaware that he is the Crown Prince, and Hyo Myung is unaware that Ra On is a woman. Soon after Ra On is forced to become a eunuch by loan sharks, and the Crown Prince and Ra On become interested in each other. As Ra On tries to survive the palace and the Crown Prince navigates his journey to become king, will their love prosper?

The Ghost Detective [Premiere]

8 November, Tuesday to Friday, 11.50pm

KBS World (Ch 392 HD)

Detective Lee Da-Il, who catches ghosts, tries to solve the case of his assistant, Jung Yeo-Wool's Younger sibling's bizarre death. He run into a mysterious woman in red called Sunwoo Hye who appears at every crime scene.

The Roundup [Premiere]

26 November, Saturday, 10pm

tvN Movies (Ch 416 HD), On Demand & Astro GO

4 years after the events of Garibong district round up operation, Geumcheon Police’s Major Crimes Unit is given a mission to repatriate a fugitive who fled to Vietnam.

For more information, visit content.astro.com.my.

TOMORROW X TOGETHER

Spotify and TOMORROW X TOGETHER to release the Enhanced Album on May 9

Monday, May 09, 2022

SEOUL – May 5, 2022: Spotify, the world’s most popular audio streaming subscription service, announced that it will release an Enhanced Album with Gen Z ‘it’ boys TOMORROW X TOGETHER on May 9, 2022. Packed with exclusive content, the album titled ‘TOMORROW X TOGETHER presents minisode 2: Thursday’s Child, the Enhanced Album’ aims to celebrate the release of the group’s new EP ‘minisode 2: Thursday’s Child’.

Created for global listeners everywhere, the Enhanced Album offers various content made exclusively for Spotify to better experience the group’s long-awaited five-track album, delivering a story of the boy who fell in love in the previous ‘The Chaos Chapter’ album series experiencing a breakup with his first love and going through complex emotions.

Watch TOMORROW X TOGETHER "Good Boy Gone Boy" Music Video below:

Spotify’s Enhanced Albums are unique to the Spotify experience, allowing artists to connect with fans and listeners around the world more closely through not-seen-before artist content. Artists can deliver new information about their artwork and express their creativity in different ways, while fans can learn more about artists and several songs through the exclusive content.

The Enhanced Album ultimately aims to allow artists and fans form a deeper connection by sharing their inspiration and special behind-the-scenes stories to global listeners.

TOMORROW X TOGETHER is the fifth Korean artist group following BTS, BLACKPINK, TWICE, and NCT127 to release Spotify’s Enhanced Album.

‘TOMORROW X TOGETHER presents minisode 2: Thursday’s Child, the Enhanced Album' offers a new multimedia playlist experience including clips, vertical videos, audio liners (spoken-word audio content), Canvases (bespoke 8-second video loops on every song), and Storylines (personal written commentary on each track). The Enhanced Album also features videos of the group members individually talking about the fun memories from the creation process of the album. Spotify’s Enhanced Album will enliven the three key concepts (Hate, End, and Mess) of the highly anticipated album presenting a mix of hardcore rock, hip-hop with rock sounds, R&B, and tuneful songs.

“We are thrilled to present this new, immersive content to MOA and all listeners on Spotify in addition to our new EP,” said TOMORROW X TOGETHER’s leader Soobin. “As we put tremendous efforts into making our new album and collaborating with Spotify, we hope you enjoy the special behind-the-scenes experience and feel a deeper connection by taking a journey through our exclusive, personally curated content available only on Spotify.”

“TOMORROW X TOGETHER has been evolving into one of the most globally impactful K-pop groups on Spotify,” said a Spotify spokesperson. “We are happy to release TOMORROW X TOGETHER’s Enhanced Album, marking the fifth Enhanced Album with a K-pop group for K-pop fans all over the globe.”

In addition, Spotify will promote TOMORROW X TOGETHER on the billboards in different cities including New York City and Seoul, on top of more promotional activities to celebrate their new release.

On Spotify, over 7.3 million monthly listeners stream TOMORROW X TOGETHER’s tracks with 0X1=LOVESONG (I Know I Love You) feat. Seori, CROWN, Blue Hour, Anti-Romantic, 9 and Three Quarters (Run Away) as the top 5 most streamed tracks globally. The U.S., Indonesia, India, the Philippines and Mexico are the countries with the most TOMORROW X TOGETHER listeners in the past 28 days.

"We are grateful to partner with Spotify, which has always been leading the global music industry by supporting various artists worldwide to bring their creative vision to life,” said a HYBE spokesperson. “We will continue to collaborate with Spotify in producing innovative content to help and motivate our artists to reach more music lovers.”

Check out the Enhance Playlist below:

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TOMORROW X TOGETHER

Global Teen Favourites, TXT Unveils 'Blue Hour' Japenese version

Wednesday, January 27, 2021

Global teen favourites TOMORROW X TOGETHER’s latest EP minisode1 : Blue Hour achieved sales of over 470,000 copies last year. This set a new self-record and achieved No.1 on the iTunes Top Album Chart across 30 countries/regions around the world. Following the group’s 2nd EP The Dream Chapter: ETERNITY released last May, the album achieved 1st place on the Oricon weekly album ranking. They also achieved No.25 on the Billboard 200 chart,” a new self record, and placed 7th on the US Billboard year-end chart “Social 50 Artists”. Soon to celebrate their third anniversary as a group, TOMORROW X TOGETHER continues to grow at an unstoppable momentum.

TOMORROW X TOGETHER releases their first Japanese Studio Album STILL DREAMING today. This long-awaited album bears the message that those who are running through youth toward the same dream are “still dreaming.” Motoki Ohmori of Mrs. GREEN APPLE wrote the new Japanese original track “Force,” which is the Opening theme for TV Animation 『World Trigger』 2nd Season. Released January 10, The song has recorded No.1 on the daily chart of LINE MUSIC song Top 100 (as of Jan.10 through Jan.16) and also hit No.1 on Yahoo! Japan’s real-time search.

The music video centers around a “deserted amusement park.” Symbolizing fragility and loneliness, the old amusement park is where TOMORROW X TOGETHER’s imaginations turn into reality. 5:53 is a metaphor expressing the moment of transition from boyhood to adulthood. The first and second verses represent "childhood" as the last chorus represents "adulthood."

TOMORROW X TOGETHER, who made their debut in March 2019, swept the rookies awards ceremonies, winning a total of ten rookie awards as well as a 2019 MAMA (Mnet Asian Music Awards) main award proving that they are the next big thing. In addition, this year they won “FAVORITE DANCE PERFORMANCE GROUP” and “WORLDWIDE FAN’S CHOICE” at 2020 MAMA (Mnet Asian Music Awards), “Best Performer” at 2020 TMA (2020 THE FACT MUSIC AWARDS), and “Album Division” at The 35th Golden Disc Awards with CURAROX. The momentum never stops worldwide. Keep an eye on the future of TOMORROW X TOGETHER.

Listen to the full length album: https://UMM.lnk.to/StillDreaming

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Big Hit

Early Noise 2019: Tomorrow X Together (TXT) Playlist is Now Available On Spotify

Tuesday, March 05, 2019

Spotify’s Early Noise initiative is back in full swing to uncover the next big thing in music, and this year we’re featuring the highly anticipated K-Pop group – TOMORROW X TOGETHER, also known as TXT. Announced earlier this year by Big Hit Entertainment, the label behind global sensation BTS, fans will finally get to tune in to TXT’s debut EP The Dream Chapter: STAR, released today.

As part of this Early Noise 2019 feature announcement, Spotify is thrilled to host brand new TXT content with fans including their debut tracks, a selection of the group’s favourite songs, and a special audio interview for a first-hand listen into their music inspirations – all available now on Spotify’s Early Noise 2019: TOMORROW X TOGETHER playlist.

Taking on the mantle from Stray Kids, last year’s Early Noise feature, TXT is a five-piece K-pop boy band destined for K-Pop superstardom. The name of Big Hit’s latest group, TOMORROW X TOGETHER, signifies how the act came together under one dream in hopes of building a new tomorrow. The group’s members include Soobin, the band’s leader; Yeonjun, a rapper and dancer; the multi-talented Beomgyu; the darling of the group, Taehyun; and 16-year-old Huening Kai, the group’s maknae (the youngest member of the group).

Although TXT has only just released their debut EP, The Dream Chapter: STAR, the group has already amassed over 1.4 million and 2.7 million followers on Twitter and Instagram respectively. All this before even dropping a single track! How’s that for a huge fanbase?

Spotify’s Early Noise 2019: TOMORROW X TOGETHER playlist includes:

A special audio interview with TXT for fans to find out more about them, their inspirations and their music. Some questions TXT will address include, who their favourite artist is, what they want fans to take away from their music and the dreams they want to achieve as a group.

Full Track List includes "Blue Orangeade", "CROWN", "Our Summer", "Cat & Dog", "Nap of a Star"

A selection of the group’s favourite tracks curated specially for their fans

Can’t get enough? Be sure to follow @SpotifyKDaebak, Spotify's dedicated K-Pop channel on Twitter, for more exciting TXT treats!

Make some noise for your #EarlyNoise2019 featured artist, @TXT_bighit! ★ Listen to their debut EP #TheDreamChapter #STAR, and a selection of their favourite songs right here: https://t.co/dbeWBAtlvm #SpotifyxTXT #KPopDaebak #TOMORROW_X_TOGETHER #투모로우바이투게더 #TXT #CROWN pic.twitter.com/q23kQ890EH
— Spotify ❤️ K-Pop (@SpotifyKDaebak) March 4, 2019

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