Carmen Chin
Carmen is a freelance K-pop music and culture writer for NME Networks, with bylines under Teen Vogue, 1883 Magazine and more. They were also the Non-Fiction Editor for Farrago Magazine, Australia's oldest student publication. They are a queer Chinese writer who loves girl groups, specifically f(x). They also really like collecting Jelly Cats and Sonny Angels.
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SECRET NUMBER’s future in question after four members leave the group
Members Dita, Jinny and Minji alleged that their agency "decided not to maintain the contracts any further"

NewJeans and ADOR attend first trial for contract lawsuit, judge calls it a “special case”
"Saying ‘there can be no NewJeans without Min Hee-jin’ is unreasonable," ADOR told the court

Netflix drops teaser for upcoming K-drama ‘Weak Hero Class 2’
Starring Park Ji-hoon, Ryeo Un and more

ATEEZ announce 2025 ‘In Your Fantasy’ world tour
Featuring shows in New York, Glendale, Arlington, Mexico City and more

MAMAMOO’s Solar drops music video for new single ‘Want’
Her first solo music in a year

The Rose announce 2025 ‘Once Upon A Wrld’ world tour
Featuring shows in Santiago, Toronto, Chicago, Zurich and more

Jay Park announces 2025 ‘Serenades & Body Rolls’ world tour
The Korean-American singer's first tour in six years

TWS drop trailer for third mini-album ‘Try With Us’
The boyband were featured on this year's NME 100

Watch IU cover G-Dragon’s ‘Butterfly’ and ‘That XX’
The two K-pop idols also performed their 2017 collaboration, 'Palette'

Jackson Wang releases bold music video for new song ‘GBAD’
The second single off his upcoming album 'Magic Man 2'

K-pop stars turn out to support South Korea wildfire relief efforts
IVE, LE SSERAFIM, BTS and more have donated up to US$136,000 to support survivors and first responders

Park Hae-soo, Shin Min-a and more preview their characters for new Netflix K-drama ‘Karma’
The new crime-thriller will premiere next month