Watching K-pop from China and then moving to South Korea to train and eventually debut as K-pop artists turned out to be two very different experiences for AM8IC. Mingkai, Roux, Saho, Chungyi and Chen had all admired K-pop artists before becoming trainees themselves, but once the five members were living and training in Seoul, the…
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The A Festival: One Role at a Time – TOP Piyawat on Acting, Preparation and What Comes Next – Exclusive Interview
TOP Piyawat describes preparing for a role in practical terms: learning, rehearsing and beginning again. “Every character is different, so I have to start from zero,” he tells View of the Arts. It is a brief answer, but a useful introduction to an actor whose work already includes romantic series, a crime drama and music…
The A Festival: In Conversation with Emmanuelle Amelin, Fouder and President of 5 Oceans Entertainment
Women have always been part of the machinery that keeps the entertainment industry moving, but increasingly they are the ones deciding how that machinery should work. Behind concerts, festivals, tours and international productions are women working as promoters, producers, strategists, publicists and company founders, often managing the less visible side of the business: negotiations, budgets,…
The A Festival Is Bringing Asia to Paris – And It’s Much Bigger Than You Think
Paris is hardly short of festivals, but on 24 and 25 October 2026, something rather different is taking shape at the Paris Event Center. The A Festival is setting out to bring several corners of Asian entertainment into the same space: K-pop and T-pop, P-pop, Japanese rock and pop, Chinese artists, Thai hip-hop, music from…
K-EXPO INKIGAYO PARIS – In Conversation with 82MAJOR
Those who listen to K-pop non-stop know that new groups pop up like French croissants in a café – it’s honestly hard to keep up. However, among the chaos of all the rookie groups out there, there are always a few that catch your attention purely because of their talent and good music. One of…
Inside K-EXPO Inkigayo Paris: A Night Where K-Culture Took Over the City – Concert Review
On a night driven as much by symbolism as by performance, the 2026 K-EXPO INKIGAYO in Paris managed to feel celebratory and carefully assembled. Staged as part of the programme marking 140 years of diplomatic relations between Korea and France, the concert could easily have placed too much weight on its own significance. Instead, it…
