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Yeonjun in Miu Miu Fall/Winter 2026 Collection for Harper’s Bazaar Korea.
Photography: Sinae Kim
Stylist: Yejin Kim
#MiuMiuEditorials #MiuMiuFW26
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President of Mexico @Claudiashein Explains Stray Kids’ Absence at the National Palace After Confirming Group’s Visit: "We have already invited them to come to our country on another occasion."
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📻📈 #KPop Artists Currently Rising on Pop Radio
Tame Impala & Jennie, "Dracula" - 14,118 Spins
Khalid & Ahn Hyo-seop, "Something Special" - 1161 Spins
KISS OF LIFE, "Sweat" - 815 Spins
Rosè, "new trick" - 538
LNGSHOT, "Moonwalkin'" - 521
Kihyun of Monsta X, "So Good" - 365
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Breaking: @GlblCtzn 2026 scheduled for this weekend will be canceled: "Due to the extreme weather forecast for NYC this weekend, we have made the difficult decision, in consultation with the City of New York and NYC Parks, to cancel this year's Global Citizen Festival"
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It's the first time in the festival's 14-year history to cancel
Food set for at the fest will be donated to local organizations
In positive news, @GlblCtzn reports securing $208.8 million in financial commitments to impact more than 9.5 million people. More details:
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Jackson Wang offered 30 selected fans an all-expenses-paid trip to Japan for a special project. They were selected from thousands of fans across 80 countries around the world.
The fans joined him to shoot the music video for his song “Thank You” in collaboration with Apple, and all 30 fans are credited in the music video.
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After Tame Impala and Jennie's "Dracula" remix makes history topping Billboard's all-format Radio Songs chart, it's called to attention that U.S. radio seems to appreciate K-pop artists when they're collaborating or in English...but rarely on its own
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Full analysis: the-xover.com/p/kpop-collabo…
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#MicheleMorrone, #ChoiSan, #HandeErçel, and @levantecanta attended #VogueWorld Milano 2026 at Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II dressed in #DolceGabbana.
Photographed by Antonio de Masi, Getty Images, and Lucas Possiede
#DGFattoAMano
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ICYMI: Rosé, Jackson Wang, Lisa, JYT and More Prove the Global Stage Is Now an @Apple iPhone, A @PlayStation Controller and Your Local @Gap Store the-xover.com/p/kpop-global-…
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📈 @LE_SSERAFIM's "Made My Night" debuts at No. 14 on the @Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 this week 🎉
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aespa Open U.S. Leg of SYNK : COMPLæXITY World Tour at New York’s UBS Arena: 11 Best Moments
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BTS, NMIXX, CORTIS, RIIZE and ATEEZ Take Top Honors At 2026 The Fact Music Awards (@thefact_TMA)
Full winners list, highlights and more on @Forbes: forbes.com/sites/jeffbenjami…
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So many great group and solo moments at @aespa_official's first U.S. stop on the #SYNKComplaexity World Tour at @UBSArena last night
Have a whole new level of admiration for aespa after this show — well done
My top moments on @Billboard: billboard.com/lists/aespa-sy…
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if you read through the whole interview, you’ll know that hj talks about feeling lost musically at the beginning of the year, and how writing ‘enough’ was like a love letter to himself after feeling lacking almost his whole life— he’s finally slowing down to look around him and see that he already has and he’s already been enough, and those are words he wants to convey to people feeling the same way too ❤️🩹
then he goes on to say how the song could be interpreted as a love song, and he doesn’t mind because it is! it’s a love song to himself, to his craft, to ateez, to atiny, to a girl, or to another person. ‘enough’ isn’t about any specific person or thing, but that’s the whole message of his song— that the things and people we already have around us, our love for them and the love we receive back, is already more than enough 🫳🏼
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During ATEEZ’s Biggest Year, Leader Hongjoong Wanted to Share a Song About Having ‘Enough’
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You're good, thank you for reading
if you read through the whole interview, you’ll know that hj talks about feeling lost musically at the beginning of the year, and how writing ‘enough’ was like a love letter to himself after feeling lacking almost his whole life— he’s finally slowing down to look around him and see that he already has and he’s already been enough, and those are words he wants to convey to people feeling the same way too ❤️🩹
then he goes on to say how the song could be interpreted as a love song, and he doesn’t mind because it is! it’s a love song to himself, to his craft, to ateez, to atiny, to a girl, or to another person. ‘enough’ isn’t about any specific person or thing, but that’s the whole message of his song— that the things and people we already have around us, our love for them and the love we receive back, is already more than enough 🫳🏼
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You’ll love ENOuGH even more after read this. Big thanks for such a meaningful article 🤍
So special to sit down with @ATEEZofficial's Hongjoong to discuss not only "ENOuGH" but his mindset as a leader, artist and person. I want to thank Hongjoong for the great talk and can confirm he helped at least one person feel they are "enough" (me) billboard.com/music/pop/atee…
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