EXO REAPS MORE SUCCESS WITH THEIR SECOND COMEBACK THIS YEAR ON THE UK ITUNES ALBUM EXO’S CHANYEOL AND CHART! WINNER’S MINO AND It would be no surprise to hear that EXO had performed well on the SEUNGHOON STEAL international charts in addition to THE SPOTLIGHT AT topping various domestic charts, the SM boy group became the highest LONDON FASHION charting group with the release WEEK! of ‘The War’ in July at #3 and then It looks like those in attendance during one of the most prestigious events in the fashion industry were all in abuzz at the appearance of these three rappers. Chanyeol turned heads sitting front row at the Tommy Hilfiger Fall 2017 Show while Mino and Seunghoon caught attention during the Burberry Spring 2018 Collection Show. Even Vogue were full of praises for these three, appreciating the difference in how they rock their fashion styles— whether it’s bold or casual, they always make it work and look good too!
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KOREAN BILLY MADE AN APPEARANCE IN A CARPHONE WAREHOUSE AD! You may have come across this YouTuber, with his videos on different accents in the UK ranging from the many different English dialects to even covering the Welsh accent. He’s been featured on BBC News a couple of times and even taken part in interviews with BBC Radio in varied regions, so it’s no wonder that Carphone Warehouse have collaborated with Korean Billy to promote the new Galaxy Note8 from Samsung by learning ‘Roadman’ slang!
proceeded to break their own record on September 5 with their 4th full repackaged album ‘The War: The Power of Music’ at #2. This only continues to show how supportive UK EXO-L’s are and how strong the K-Pop fanbase is over here!
KOREAN ARTISTS COVER SONGS FROM ED SHEERAN! There’s been plenty of covers of wellknown British singer Ed Sheeran’s hit songs by a handful of Korean artists from Lunafly’s Sam, Gray, Day6, Sam Kim, BLACKPINK’s Rosé, AKMU’s Suhyun, Lee Hi and more. The tracks ‘Thinking of You’ and ‘Shape of You’ were particularly popular choices. Which only goes to show that while he has fans all over the world, he’s can be considered an inspirational figure to all these artists in the Korean music industry.