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YG Entertainment opens 'Special Audition: Go! Debut' in search of new stars

YG Entertainment is looking for talent to create the next Blackpink and Treasure, with chief producer and founder Yang Hyun-suk personally overseeing the selection.

2026-01-21

Source Music launches global boy band auditions

Source Music, the K-pop agency behind girl group Le Sserafim, is recruiting talented trainees to put together a boy band.

2026-01-06

K-pop agency P Nation announces audition for next boy band

K-pop agency P Nation is holding an audition to recruit trainees for its next boy band, the company said Wednesday. Anyone born between 2008 and 2016 can apply in more than one category.

2025-12-31

SM Entertainment’s audition site wins two grand prizes at Web Award Korea

SM Entertainment’s official audition website won two accolades at the annual Web Award Korea this year, the agency said Friday.

2025-12-19

SM Global Audition scouts for new talent, with preregistration partially opening on Dec. 1

SM Entertainment will host the “2026 SM Global Audition,” a large-scale global audition to search for fresh talent, the K-pop powerhouse announced on Monday.

2025-12-01

Jay Park's AOMG to recruit members for new girl group

AOMG is set to recruit members for its first girl group through an audition program, the hip-hop record label said Tuesday.

2025-11-04

Audition TV show to search for talented musicians to form new Korean rock band

Kakao Entertainment and CJ ENM will partner up to produce a new audition series to put together a new band in Korea, the two companies said Tuesday. The new series, titled "Steel Heart Club," will begin airing Oct. 21 on cable music channel Mnet.

2025-09-30

Mnet's K-pop audition program 'Boys II Planet' debuts new boy band Alpha Drive One

New boy band Alpha Drive One (ALD1) was formed through Mnet’s K-pop audition program “Boys II Planet,” which had its final broadcast on Thursday. The group’s name symbolizes its ambition to become “the official team that drives forward to the top.”

2025-09-26

What's it like to be a HYBE trainee? Find out at this Tokyo pop-up.

HYBE will hold a pop-up store in Shibuya, Tokyo, from Aug. 27 to 30 to give K-pop fans a peek into what it would be like to become a trainee at Korea's largest K-pop agency.

2025-08-19

HYBE, Geffen Records announce audition project to find new K-pop girl group

HYBE and Geffen Records are gearing up for a joint global audition project to launch a new K-pop girl group, the K-pop powerhouse said Thursday. Titled “World Scout The Final Piece,” the audition project is held across Japan.

2025-08-07