In a quiet corner of Seoul’s Hyuga Cafe, a warm, honey-toned space nestled inside what once served as the dormitory for K-pop superband BTS, two young men sip iced americanos, sketching out their own dreams of superstardom.

With two out of five of its members North Korean defectors, the K-pop group 1VERSE is breaking new ground as it debuts its single album Friday.The band represents an unusual convergence of backgrounds: North Korea-born rapper Hyuk and singer Seok join Nathan from Arkansas,

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Hyuk and Seok fled North Korea separately as teenagers. Now, after intense K-pop training, they are making their debut as members of the boy band 1VERSE. Speaking to CNN at a cafe in Seoul, they share their excitement and their dreams.

Tickets for the tour, which is being produced by the group’s Korean label SM Entertainment and promoted by AEG Presents, are set to go on sale for the general public on Aug. 8 at 4 p.m. local time. Fans can register for an early presale on Weverse, the Hybe-owned fan platform, beginning Wednesday, July 17 at 4 p.m. PT.

Peter Phillips, who has died aged 86, was a pioneer of Pop art in Britain; of all his peers, he emerged as “the most straightforward and most uncomplicated in his response of sheer delight in the brash vigour and vitality of popular products and graphics,

French band Yelle canceled their North American tour due to worries about U.S. immigration policies and freedom of speech, adding to a trend of artists reconsidering American tours.

"Punkrocker," Iggy Pop's collaboration with Teddybears, underscores the blockbuster's emotional final scene — and has seen streaming gains as a result.

When our ears pop, the sensation comes from the Eustachian tube. “ [The Eustachian tube]’s whole job is to help keep the pressure equalized from the outer portion of the ear to the middle portion of the ear,” says Gaffney, who is also a professor of audiology at Nova Southeastern University in Florida.

From Burberry at a Somerset hotel to Loro Piana at an Italian flower stand, here are the pop-ups bringing a new meaning to the word lifestyle.