Stray Kids and Jin among the Global Concert Tours Top 20

G-Dragon has been named in a list of the ’21st Century Best Dresser’ by a US culture outlet. According to his agency, he was ranked 16th on Complex Networks’ list. The list also features Rihanna, Pharrell, and other global fashion influencers. Complex Networks described G-Dragon as someone who set the standard for fashion before K-pop’s global boom and noted that he has always stayed ahead of trends.

Meanwhile, the question of when NewJeans will make a full-group comeback remains in the spotlight; their agency ADOR announced it will take stern legal action against malicious posts targeting the group. ADOR said on NewJeans’ fan community on the 17th that the increasing severity of rights infringements such as malicious fake news and privacy invasions will be met with legal action against those who post such content. They added that they will crack down even harder on deepfake crimes.

Netflix’s reality show ‘The White Chefs: Cooking Class War 2’ is set to premiere on the 16th of next month. The teaser lineup includes Michelin 2-star chef Lee Jun, Son Jong-won who holds one Michelin star in both Korean and Western cuisines, and Seonjae Sunim, Korea’s first temple-food master, bringing a higher-profile cast. The show pits renowned ‘Baek-sujeo’ (white-spoon) chefs against self-taught ‘Heuk-sujeo’ (black-spoon) chefs in a culinary class war. Last year’s season of ‘The White Chefs’ made Netflix’s Global Non-English Shows chart for three consecutive weeks, marking a hit.

Stray Kids, ENHYPEN, and Jin from BTS landed on Pollstar’s ‘Global Concert Tours Top 20’ list. On the chart, Stray Kids ranked No. 2, ENHYPEN No. 13, and Jin No. 14. The ranking is based on city-by-city average concert ticket revenue. Other K-pop acts such as Seventeen and J-Hope of BTS were also highlighted on the Asia-focused chart ‘Top Touring Artists in Asia’.