Former TREASURE Member Bang Ye Dam Signs With New Agency

Former TREASURE member Bang Ye Dam has joined a new agency!

On August 24 KST, Bang Ye Dam took to Instagram to personally announce that he had signed with GF Entertainment, the agency that currently houses the group KINGDOM.

Bang Ye Dam, who left both TREASURE and his longtime agency YG Entertainment last year, shared the following message:

Hello, this is Bang Ye Dam.

I have joined a new agency, GF Entertainment.

I’m thankful to all the TREASURE MAKERS who have cheered me on starting from my promotions with TREASURE, and I’m also very thankful to YG Entertainment, who made it possible for me to grow over a long period of time and become the person I am today.

I will promote through a variety of ways in the future, so please keep a close eye on me.

Thank you.

Former TREASURE Member Bang Ye Dam Opens Personal Instagram Account

CELEB

May 6, 2023

by S. Cho

Former TREASURE member Bang Ye Dam is now on Instagram!

To ring in his birthday, at midnight KST on May 7, Bang Ye Dam shared his first post on his new personal Instagram with the following caption:

Hello, this is Bang Ye Dam.

First off, I sincerely thank the fans who have supported and waited for me for a long time.

I’m preparing diligently as I also want to greet you all soon, so I will seek you out with good news if you wait just a bit longer.

I will return as a cool Bang Ye Dam! Thank you always.

November Boy Group Member Brand Reputation Rankings Announced

CELEB

Nov 19, 2022

by E. Cha

The Korean Business Research Institute has revealed this month’s brand reputation rankings for individual boy group members!

The rankings were determined through an analysis of the consumer participation, media coverage, communication, and community awareness indexes of 703 boy group members, using big data collected from October 19 to November 19.

BTS’s Jin rose to the top of the list this month with a brand reputation index of 6,436,711, marking an impressive 151.82 percent increase in his score since October.

High-ranking phrases in Jin’s keyword analysis included “solo,” “The Astronaut,” and “enlistment,” while his highest-ranking related terms included “hit No. 1,” “release,” and “enlist.” Jin’s positivity-negativity analysis also revealed a score of 83.67 percent positive reactions.

BTS’s Jimin came in at a close second with a brand reputation index of 6,164,948, marking a 9.73 percent rise in his score since last month.

Wanna One’s Kang Daniel climbed to third place after seeing a 63.74 percent increase in his brand reputation index, bringing his total score to 5,903,575 for November.

BTS’s Jungkook took fourth place for the month with a brand reputation index of 5,761,641, marking a 18.70 percent rise in his score since October.

Finally, ASTRO’s Cha Eun Woo rounded out the top five with a brand reputation index of 4,997,134, marking a 19.78 percent increase in his score since last month.

Check out the top 30 for this month below!

BTS’s Jin

BTS’s Jimin

Wanna One’s Kang Daniel

BTS’s Jungkook

ASTRO’s Cha Eun Woo

BTS’s V

SF9’s Chani

BTS’ Suga

BTS’s RM

Wanna One’s Park Ji Hoon

EXO’s Baekhyun

BIGBANG’s G-Dragon

BTS’s J-Hope

WINNER’s Song Mino

TREASURE’s Bang Ye Dam

Wanna One’s Ong Seong Wu

Super Junior’s Kyuhyun

BIGBANG’s Taeyang

SHINee’s Minho

Highlight’s Yoon Doojoon

Wanna One’s Kim Jae Hwan

TVXQ’s Changmin

NU’EST and Wanna One’s Hwang Minhyun

Super Junior’s Kim Heechul

SHINee’s Key

WINNER’s Kim Jin Woo

BTOB’s Yook Sungjae

NCT’s Jaehyun

Highlight’s Yang Yoseob

WINNER’s Kang Seung Yoon

YG Entertainment Clarifies WINNER’s Song Mino’s Attendance At His Sister’s Wedding During Military Service

YG Entertainment has responded to confusion surrounding WINNER’s Song Mino’s attendance at his sister’s wedding.

On May 28, Song Mino’s younger sister Song Dana held her wedding in San Francisco, California. Despite having enlisted in the military back in March, Song Mino was present at the wedding where he walked his younger sister down the aisle in place of their late father, who passed away last year.

To clarify, Song Mino’s agency YG Entertainment shared with News1, “It’s true that Song Mino flew out after going through formal procedures to attend the wedding of his younger sister Song Dana.”

Song Dana debuted with the girl group New.F.O in 2011 and made an appearance in Epik High’s “Born Hater” music video in 2014 alongside her brother. Last December, she appeared on Coupang Play’s dating program “Workplace Romance.”