🎧 EXO's 'Monster' tops 276 million Spotify streams The 2016 title track from 'EX'ACT' reached 276,017,364 plays on Spotify's public count as of Oct. 26. It is EXO's second most-streamed song on the platform, behind 'Love Shot' at 464 million.

📱 Eunha, SinB and Umji launch new official social media under their own names Their agency UNCORE opened the trio's official accounts on Oct. 26 under the ID 'ehsbuj_official', combining their names instead of using VIVIZ, and they also unveiled new individual profile photos. UNCORE, which signed the former GFRIEND and VIVIZ members on Oct. 5, said earlier this month that talks with their previous agency Big Planet Made Entertainment over the VIVIZ name had not reached a final agreement.

🚀 PLAVE hit a career-high No. 31 on the Billboard 200 with 'HYPERDRIVE' The virtual group's fifth mini album debuted at No. 31 on the chart dated Oct. 31, a 114-spot jump from their first entry, 'Caligo Pt.2', which debuted at No. 145 in May. 'HYPERDRIVE' also took No. 1 on World Albums and No. 4 on Independent Albums, while PLAVE topped Emerging Artists and placed No. 25 on the Artist 100, according to Newsis.

🏆 NCT 127’s “Blingy” takes a Circle Chart digital double crown #1 Overall Digital + #1 Downloads (Aug 23–29) · only new release in the digital top 5 (Soompi)

🌪️ TXT's 'PERFECT STORM' tops Spotify's pre-save chart with about 300,000 pre-saves The group's ninth mini album took No. 1 on Spotify's Top 10 Countdown on Oct. 26, Big Hit Music said. Day-one pre-save participation was about 3.5 times that of their previous album. 'PERFECT STORM' arrives Nov. 16 at 6 p.m. KST.

🎧 BTS's Jung Kook passes 22 million Spotify followers, the fastest Asian act to get there He reached the mark about three years and eight months after opening his account on Feb. 11, 2022, according to STARNEWS, without a new solo single or album since 2023. 'Seven' and 'Standing Next to You' each top 1.5 billion streams, and 'Seven' has passed 3.1 billion.

🎬 TWICE's Dahyun stars in the romance film 'Clouds Roll Like Gureumi' Production company Take One Studio said on Oct. 21 that filming has begun, with a 2027 release targeted. Dahyun plays Gu Reum, a high schooler who uses a pink wheelchair, opposite Cha Woo Min as a young swimmer.

🩹 XLOV's Hyun to miss comeback showcase after leg injury StrangeLab said on Oct. 27 that Hyun was hurt during practice and will sit out the Oct. 28 showcase for the group's third mini album 'i=!', which will go ahead with three members on medical advice. His music show and fan sign schedules will be decided based on his recovery. 'i=!' drops Oct. 28 at 6 p.m. KST.

👑 RESCENE top October's Rising Singer brand reputation rankings The group led the Korea Business Research Institute's list with an index of 6,750,110, based on big data collected from Sept. 27 to Oct. 27, though their score was down 17.29% from September. ATEEZ placed second and Kim Yong Bin third, followed by CORTIS and Seongri.