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Melon names Rescene the standout act of 2026's first half for a two-year old song powered by a meme

The group's 2024 song “Love Attack” made its reverse run to No. 1 after the “Geojae Yaho” catchphrase from member Woni's YouTube channel spread all over short-form feeds this spring.

2026.7.9

Melon price madness

Sliced fruit is displayed at a large discount mart in Seoul on June 28.

2026.6.28

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Colorful MMA 2026 poster with neon lettering and event dates over a concert-stage background.

Melon Music Awards to return with first 2-day ceremony in November

The 2026 Melon Music Awards will run for two days in Seoul for the first time, adding new categories tied to Melon’s Global K-Chart.

2026.6.9

From left, logos for Tencent Music Entertainment, Kakao Entertainment and Line Music [KAKAO ENTERTAINMENT]

Melon partners with Chinese, Japanese streaming platforms to launch service for K-pop trends

Korea’s leading music streaming platform Melon will partner with Chinese and Japanese streaming platforms to launch a new service early next year that showcases the latest K-pop trends, Kakao Entertainment said on Tuesday.

2025.12.23

Singers G-Dragon, left, and Jennie receive Grand Prizes at the Melon Music Awards at Gocheok Sky Dome in western Seoul on Dec. 20. [KAKAO ENTERTAINMENT]

Solo stars dominate: G-Dragon, Jennie and Rosé sweep the Melon Music Awards

Solo singers powered through this year's Melon Music Awards (MMA), as K-pop icon G-Dragon swept seven awards, including three Grand Prizes, and Blackpink singers Jennie and Rosé also nabbed six awards together as solo artists.

2025.12.21

2025 Melon Music Awards (MMA) final lineup image [MELON]

Jennie, G-Dragon, Jay Park to perform at 2025 Melon Music Awards

K-pop stars Jennie, G-Dragon, Jay Park and others will perform at the upcoming 2025 Melon Music Awards (MMA).

2025.11.19

17th Melon Music Awards set for Dec. 20 — and only Melon subscribers can go

The 17th Melon Music Awards will occur on Dec. 20 in Seoul, featuring changes in voting criteria and ticket purchases exclusive to paid subscribers to the streaming platform.

2025.7.9

Singer G-Dragon, left, and virtual boy band Plave were the most popular artists on Melon in the first half of this year, according to the streaming platform. [MELON]

G-Dragon, Plave are Melon's most popular artists of 2025 so far

G-Dragon and Plave topped Melon’s streaming charts for the first half 2023, with Plave amassing over 950 million streams and G-Dragon the most listeners.

2025.7.7

Snack manufacturer Nongshim released Melon Kick, an artificially flavored muskmelon corn puff snack, on April 21. [NONGSHIM]

Melon-mania hits snack makers searching for summer sensation

With Melon Kick, Nongshim fired the starting gun on a a snack race to hit the next flavor trend, with muskmelon the flavor of the summer.

2025.5.20

Google planning to unbundle YouTube Premium, music streaming service in Korea

Google is reviewing a plan to launch a new YouTube Premium subscription in Korea that excludes YouTube Music.

2025.4.15