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NCT rapper Taeyong, best known for being the leader of its NCT 127 sub-group, is releasing his first solo concert film, titled Taeyong: TY Track in Cinemas.
Today (September 5), distributors Trafalgar Releasing and CJ 4DPlex announced details for NCT member Taeyong’s upcoming concert film, Taeyong: TY Track in Cinemas. The film will feature footage from the K-pop idol’s Olympic Hall concert in Seoul earlier this year, alongside exclusive behind-the-scenes footage, as well as a deep dive into his music and career.
The movie is slated to hit theatres worldwide on October 16 and 19 worldwide. Additional screening dates may vary. Tickets will go on sale on Thursday, September 12 at 6am PT via its official launch website. Fans will also be able to view it in ScreenX, 4DX, and Ultra 4DX where available.
“We’re thrilled to showcase [Taeyong’s] remarkable performance for NCTzens through this concert film. Unlike previous NCT releases, this movie highlights the essence of his decade-long artistic journey under the name TY TRACK,” said CJ 4DPLEX Chief Content Officer Jun Bang.
Trafalgar Releasing and CJ 4DPlex previously released two other NCT-related projects over the last two years, namely NCT DREAM The Movie In A DREAM and NCT NATION: To The World In Cinemas.
Taeyong is currently serving in the South Korean navy as part of his mandatory military service. The rapper enlisted earlier this April, and is due for discharge sometime in late 2025.
Prior to his enlistment, Taeyong made a solo comeback with his sophomore mini-album ‘Tap’. In a four-star review of the record, NME’s Carmen Chin wrote that Taeyong is able to “tap into his vulnerabilities and anxieties the same way he does his edginess and, more importantly, hit listeners where they feel it”.
In other K-pop news, the label of rookie girl group MADEIN has received significant backlash for the heavy use of AI-generated scenes in the K-pop act’s music video for ‘Uno’. Their agency’s CEO has since issued an apology on Instagram, adding that they will release an edit of the video without AI-generated VFX in “a few days”.
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SOPHIE has been paid tribute by Google Doodle to coincide with what would’ve been her birthday today (September 17).
The hyperpop pioneer and PC Music affiliate (full name Sophie Xeon) tragically passed away on January 30, 2021 aged 34 following her accidental fall from a three storey building in Athens.
Now, the musician has been honoured by Google Doodle with a short video for her 38th birthday. Soundtracked by ‘Immaterial’, taken from her debut album ‘Oil Of Every Pearl’s Un-Insides‘, the clip depicts various portraits of SOPHIE and her Monomachine, the synthesiser she used to make her inimitable and evocative sounds from.
In the caption for the video, Google wrote: “This video Doodle celebrates the birthday of Scottish musician, producer, and DJ Sophie Xeon, who is remembered for her acclaimed experimental pop and electronic music.”
Take a look at the video below:
Recently, the eponymous posthumous album for the producer was announced in June this year. It will be released September 27 via Transgressive Records and Future Classic, with the help of her brother and long-time studio manager Benny Long.
Speaking about the forthcoming album in a statement, SOPHIE’s family wrote: “When we, Sophie’s family, took our first steps towards bringing this project to fruition we contacted the dear friends with whom she envisioned the album. We wrote, ‘We have been finding comfort in the music Sophie left us, it is a gift that we truly cherish as we try to find a way forward, with Sophie forever at the centre of our worlds’.
“Sophie didn’t often speak publicly of her private life, preferring to put everything she wanted to articulate in her music. It feels only right to share with the world the music she hoped to release, in the belief that we can all connect with her in this, the form she loved most.”
The statement concluded: “Sophie gave all of herself to her music. It’s here that she can always be found.”
So far, four singles from the record have been previewed, including ‘Reason Why (ft. Kim Petras)’, ‘Berlin Nightmare (ft. Evita Manji)’, ‘One More Time‘ and ‘Exhilarate (ft. Bibi Bourelly)’.
In other news, Sade will release her first new music in years as part of new transgender awareness compilation project alongside a SOPHIE cover courtesy of Moses Sumney.
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