KPOP Events of 2019!
Meet I kept a record of all the large events and rumors that happened in k-pop this year, the things that lots of people were talking about. I’m sorry for any gaps in the information, I was sick a lot and had a few moments when I purposefully disconnected myself with the community. If there are any that I missed, send me a link with an article about it and I’ll try to get it added in! Thanks!
January
1 - BigBang Seungri talks about flirting through Inkigayo sandwiches 2 - EXO Kai and BlackPink Jennie announce that they are dating 3 - Winner Jinwoo and iKON Jinhwan are possibly caught making out in a bar 4 - HyunA and E'Dawn might be engaged 25 - EXO Kai and BlackPink Jennie break-up
February
7 - TVXQ Yunho talks about a romance novel he wrote named “Hanbi’s Story” 10 - Monsta X Jooheon changes his stage name to Joohoney 14 - Momoland Daisy and iKON Yunhyeong announce wishes to start a romantic relationship slowly 16 - Seventeen Jun (Chinese) is confused for Korean by his own company, Pledis Entertainment 18 - All remaining BAP members choose to not renew their contract
March
1 - Kang Daniel attempts to terminate contract with his company, LM Entertainment Pledis denies rumors of Pristin Kyulkyung dating a Chinese billionaire, Wang Sicong 6 - YG gets caught for tax evasion 10 - BigBang Seungri gets classified as a suspect in an investigation of Club Arena for prostitution 11 - BigBang Seungri officially retires Monsta X I.M (jokingly) asks for a fans number at a fansign 12 - Got7 maknae Yugyeom is named the leader of subunit Jus2 19 - YouTuber PewDiePie steals a tweet about BTS for clout 22 - BTOB maknae Sungjae is named leader during Eunkwang’s military service 26 - Former Miss A member Suzy leaves JYPE to pursue her acting career at SOOP Managenent 28 - BTS fans, ARMYs, confuse member Jungkook for British author JK Rowling 29 - Sunmi says that BTS paved the way for K-pop in America 30 - Ateez’s main dancer Wooyoung guesses their own choreography incorrectly
April
1 - Dispatch says BTS Jimin and Red Velvet Seulgi are dating 2 - Got7’s Jackson wins a lawsuit for defamation and donates the $9000 compensation to charity 5 - BlackPink’s “Kill This Love” breaks own record in fastest gg song to hit 50 million views 6 - Holland tweets “sorry, but fucking racists and homophobia can’t be harling :)” Stray Kids I.N tells how he was almost kidnapped by a religious cult 8 - K-netizens petition YG to remove Haruto and Choi Hyunsuk from Treasure13 because Haruto made a joke on his birthday and Hyunsuk watched a lyric video that included drugs, threesomes, and prostitutes when he was 14 18 - Harry Styles attends a BlackPink concert in L.A. 19 - A.C.E wins in The Fact Music Awards along with BTS, Super Junior, and Kang Daniel 20 - Rumors go around of BlackPink Jennie dating Harry Styles 26 - TXT’s probable fandom name is the same as Girls’ Generation Tiffany Young’s Young One The Friendship Parka group takes a trip to Cebu 28 - Twice breaks the record held by S.E.S for most albums sold by a K-pop girl group after 17 years 29 - Twice becomes first girl group to surpass 150,000 physical album sales within the first week 30 - Talk of an I.O.I reunion begins, involving attendance of K-Con LA, a new album, and an end-of-year concert Monsta X Joohoney deletes a video in which someone yelled a racial slur at him in Japan
May
1 - Former TVXQ member Park is reported to be addicted to meth and suffers hallucinations 2 - TVXQ Yunho announces solo debut 3 - EXID will have a comeback before members Hani and Jeonghwa leave the company 5 - BigHit teams up with Mnet to make a global boy group with members born from 1997 to 2008 9 - BlackPink Rosé stops performing to answer a fans question about Shiba Inus 10 - Bora and Bigstar Feeldog break up after two years Court rules in favor of Kang Daniel and suspends his contract with LM 11 - NCT Johnny insists that he’s 6 feet tall despite not being believed 14 - Former Sechskies member Kang Sunghoon exposed for leaving hate comment on other idols’ articles and positive comments on his own 15 - Eli and Kiseop announce departure from U-Kiss, mostly disbanding the 11 year old group 17 - Monsta X guest star in an episode of Cartoon Network’s ‘We Bare Bears’ 22 - Ateez let Atiny pick the title track for their next album 26 - KARA member Goo Hara is admitted to the hospital after a suicide attempt 30 - EXO D.O enlists early
June
3 - Former Wanna One member Kim Jaehwan is hospitalized for high fever and extreme fatigue for the second time in seven days 4 - Rumors that Pristin may be redebuting under a different company spread 5 - Pristin rumors are false Sunmi calls herself LGBT Queen in support at a concert 12 - iKON B.I leaves the group following drug purchasing scandal 13 - Jeon Somi debuts with Birthday 14 - Yang Hyunsuk leaves YG Entertainment 17 - Temporary group UNB is rumored to be regrouping for a new song 20 - Hwang Bokyung is named new CEO of YG after Yang Minsuk stepped down Reports that Yang Hyunsuk sent Han Seo-hee to America to cover BigBang T.O.P marijuana scandal come up 24 - BTS Jungkook wins Instagrammer Global at the MTV Millennial Awards without having an Instagram account 27 - YG doesn’t credit B.I on Eun JiWon’s song “Worthless” 28 - SHINee Taemin opens a private Instagram account 30 - I.O.I is confirmed for a comeback
July
1 - BigHit hires SM former creative director Min HeeJin to launch a girl group 2 - Park Yoochun is sentenced to ten months in prison with a two year probation period for purchasing and using drugs 5 - Male photographer assaults a female SM employee while at Incheon airport with Taeyeon TheEastLight’s former producer and agency CEO receive sentences for abuse case 7 - JYP takes legal action against rumors of Got7 Mark being involved with Seungri 8 - Got7 Mark apologizes for being rumored to be involved MONSTA X is confirmed as 1st Korean artist to guest on “Good Morning Britain” 10 - information of Yang Hyunsuk requesting call girls to entertain foreign investors arises 11 - SM releases mini fan lightstick key rings for their artists B.A.P Himchan’s lawyer claims implied consent in sexual assault case Kang Daniel’s contract with LM Entertainment is confirmed invalid Due to Twice Mina’s sudden anxiety, she will not be participating in the group’s world tour 17 - Kim Samuel’s father is murdered 18 - YG stock hits record low following news of Yang Hyunsuk being arrested 21 - PSY is accused of knowing about YG’s illegal wooing of investors 25 - Samsung will launch its Galaxy A80 BlackPink edition 27 - Police begin investigation into Produce X 101 voting controversy
August
2 - SM is reportedly launching a supergroup with members from EXO, SHINee, and NCT 3 - Broker confirms that there is a secret team within YG that is involved in BigBang Daesung’s suspicious building sale 5 - TWICE Jihyo and Kang Daniel confirmed to be dating Super Junior Kim Heechul and TWICE Como are reported to have been in a relationship for two years 11 - Monsta X Kihyun has to sit out of a concert because of a rib fracture
13 - Netizens try and force TWICE and RocketPunch’s Japanese members out of the respective groups Seungri and Yang Hyunsuk arrested for gambling
16 - JYPE postpones GOT7′s Hong Kong concerts for safety Fans realize that all the members of Victon have dimples
17 - X1 debuts at #6 on Social 50 Chart despite having no music
19 - Seventeen Hoshi goes missing during K-con
27 - TWICE Mina officially diagnosed with anxiety disorder
31 - f(x) Amber announces departure from SM
September
1 - LinLin and Kokoro are banned form activities with group Cherry Bullet and no explanation is provided Police to investigate all 4 seasons of “Produce 101″ for signs of vote manipulation
3 - AMRY build forest as birthday gift for BTS RM
5 - f(x) Luna confirmed to not renew contract with SM
9 - former YG trainee Wang Jyunhao signs with OUI Entertainment
18 - Former iKON member B.I admits to some charges during 14+ hour police interrogation
21 - Red Velvet Irene’s Instagram is restored after being removed for gaining followers too quickly
26 - BTS Jungkook and Barack Obama are the only two people to have more than one tweet with 2 million likes
October
1 - Police conduct search and seizures at Produce 48 agencies following suspect of vote manipulation
2 - YG’s earning for the third quarter are so low with only 50 million won they’re thought to be a typo
3 - PDX101 and Idol School contestants speak out about unfair treatment amid voting misconduct allegations
7 - Monsta X I.M confesses he’s secretly been through all the members’ phones
10 - Police superintendent Yoon is arrested for connections to Burning Sun and suspected of colluding with Seungri
14 - Former f(x) member Sulli passes away Announced that soloist Haze refused to be in SuperM
18 - An agency is accused of using 100,000 accounts to rig “Produce” voting
19 - Netizen gets jail sentence for spreading rumor about Girl’s Generation Sunny
23 - TWICE Nayeon has a stalker who is convinced he loves her and believes killing is okay if love is not reciprocated
26 - K-fans demand apology from Wonho for saying “me too” at a fan sign in March
27 - Kim Woojin leaves Stray Kids and JYPE
29 - CJ E&M expresses doubts about anticipated I.O.I reunion/comeback
31 - Wonho announces departure from Monster X amid rumors spread by Han Seo Hee
November
3 - BTS Jungkook is investigated after causing car accident
4 - Hollywood Life confuse Instagram model Irene Kim for BlackPink Jennie
5 - Jeon Somi announces that she will be taking the 2020 college entrance exam
6 - Produce 101 PD Ahn Joon Young admits to manipulating rankings in Produce 48 and PDX101
8 - reports of Ahn Joon Young trading sexual favors supplied by companies for trainee debut out of Produce 101 arise
10 - Rumors of Big Hit Entertainment acquiring Cube Entertainment begin to circulate
11 - X1 reportedly not being paid for activities
14 - Mnet PD admits to rigging voting in all four seasons of Produce Mobebe’s mad at Starship Entertainment’s conflicting actions amid Wonho controversy
15 - former Pristin member Kyla safe after shooting at high school
17 - Amber Liu apologizes for openly supporting police officer in incident of race driven police brutality
18 - Wooyeop and Taeseon leave TS Entertainment after filing police report of abuse from company
24 - Goo Hara passes away
25 - SM refuses to postpone activities after the passing of Goo Hara
28 - NCT 127 perform in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade
29 - Jung Soonyoung and Choi Jonghoon sentences to prison for sexual abuse
December
3 - Mnet officially apologizes for vote manipulations during Produce seasons SBS admits to falsifying “proofs” of Seungri’s participation in illegally exploiting women Rookie actor Cha In-ha passes away
5 - Kang Daniel diagnosed with depression
6 - officials from Starship, Woollim, and 8D Creative bribed Ahn Joon Young to rig votes in Produce
10 - EXO Xiumin is allegedly dating musical actress Choi Soon
13 - information regarding vote manipulation for I.O.I members claims two people were switched LOONA is 1st k-pop group to reach #1 on both U.S. iTunes’s Tope Songs and Albums charts
15 - JYPE announces that Stray Kids Han has been suffering from intermittent psychological instability
17 - DC Insider responds negatively to Kang Daniel’s lawyers’ request to shut down “Produce 101 season 2″ fan community
19 - JYPE says TWICE have been put in protective custody following concerns over Nayeon’s stalker
20 - Day6 appears on first US Magazine cover for Alternative Press
25 - Many artists injured at SBS Gayo Daejeon because of dangerous stage
27 - Mamamoo publicly calls out people who leave malicious comments
29 - Super Junior Heechul admits to raising Sulli’s cat after her passing

















