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hey everyone this is david kim from
korea now with the weekly k buzz in
today's k buzz we begin with some
exciting news about bts and the busan
expo plus j-hope's solo album
isenguan the new deputy mayor of busan
city announced on the 6th that the city
would materialize bts's activity plan
for the busan world expo 2030 ambassador
activities deputy mayor lee met with
reporters at busan city hall on the same
day and said that the 2030 expo bidding
committee busan city and bts's agency
hai would meet in seoul to fix concrete
measures deputy mayor lee also said that
the city of busan and hive are in
discussions about bts's global busan
performances regardless of the expo hybe
recently conducted on-site due diligence
at busan north port shinsu park and
tamnak ecological park also the asiad
main stadium is being reviewed as a
performance venue thoroughly as bts has
experienced performing there in the past
we really hope to see bts perform
together once again in busan soon in the
meantime we have j-hope at the rescue
with his upcoming new album
10 songs are to be included in bts j
hope's solo album the album's title
track is more in arcid big hit music
pointed out these double title songs are
the core message of jack in the box with
a consistent genre and story flow from
the beginning to the end the already
released song more is a song that
expresses j-hope's aspiration to show
various sides to the world in the old
school hip-hop genre with a unique
shouting technique arson will be a song
about the story of coming out of the box
and bumping into the world it captures
j-hope's anguish at the crossroads of
choice congratulations to j-hope and his
successful solo career next who knew a
day like this would come next month
girls generation and black pink the two
top k-pop groups will face each other
on the 6th yg entertainment announced
blackpink is in the final stages of
recording for a new album and will
release a new song in august blackpink's
comeback as a complete group is the
first in a year and 10 months attention
is also focused on meeting with girls
generation who is making a comeback in
the same month girls generation
previously announced a comeback as a
group to commemorate the 15th
anniversary of their debut in august
girls generations group activities will
be the first in five years since their
sixth full-length album holiday night
which was released in august 2017
as they are returning after a long time
girls generation is raising the fever by
launching jtbc's exclusive entertainment
show toshitam tum but did you know that
this is not the first time the two mega
groups have met each other in the same
time frame
earlier when blackpink debuted in 2016
girls generation released their 9th
anniversary digital single that summer
on august 5th of that year and blackpink
announced their debut with their first
single square one on the eighth three
days later in addition blackpink
released their third single album as if
it's your last in june 2017 and girls
generation released their last album in
august of the same year above all a
veteran group representing k-pop with a
9-year career and a freshly debuted
rookie would have not become rivals
anyways but this time girls generation
and blackpink are meeting again as a
group representing each generation
although a comeback date has not been
specified yet being able to see the
activities of the two groups within the
same month is expected to be a historic
moment in k-pop music industry
so that was it for this week's kbuzz
today's news was filled with exciting
news from bts and busan j-hope solo
album and blackpink girls generation
coming back together what are your
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