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K-pop's 10 Billion Won Debut Problem

Launching an idol group now costs a sum only the biggest agencies can risk, and 2026 is showing what that does to everyone else.

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"Xdinary Heroes, DEAD AND: the last record by the six-piece"

"The JYP band's eighth mini album casts itself as a restart. Five months later it reads as the final document of a lineup that no longer exists."

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