Broadcast date: Feb. 24
Starring: Black Pink, Rainz, The Boyz

Black Pink

Jisoo of Black Pink visited a playground for dogs in the latest episode of the girl group’s reality show “Black Pink House,” which aired via Naver’s V app Saturday.

The broadcast showed how the four bandmates of Black Pink enjoy their free time.

“Dalgom (Jisoo’s dog’s name) and I spend most of the time at home. When other bandmates are still sleeping, if I go outside, Dalgom barks and cries, which wakes the bandmates. I felt sorry about that,” Jisoo said, explaining her reason for visiting the playground.

After a short intelligence test, Jisoo took Dalgom for agility training. At first, her dog refused to pass over a hurdle, but with the help of snacks, Jisoo succeeded in getting Dalgom to cross over the hurdle.

“I’m so proud of what we did today,” Jisoo said. “I thought ‘I raised him well.’”

Rainz

(Naver V app)

Boy band Rainz celebrated its member Ju Won-tak’s birthday in a live broadcast via Naver’s V app Saturday.

During the broadcast, the group sat at a table full of food, most of which was prepared by Ju’s parents.

“We thought it would be great if you could celebrate together so we prepared (the broadcast),” Kim Seong-ri said opening up the broadcast.

The Rainz bandmates sang Happy Birthday to Ju, who blew out the candles on his birthday cake.

During the broadcast, Ju also expressed his gratefulness to his parents.

“When I was younger I was just happy that it’s my birthday and I was busy just celebrating it but as I’m older, I felt gratefulness to my parents on my birthday,” he said.

“So I called them this morning and thanked them for giving birth to me. I love you and thank you for giving birth to me. I will work hard growing up.”

Rainz consists of seven singer trainees who starred in the second season of Mnet’s K-pop competition show “Produce 101.”

The second season of “Produce 101” brought together 101 male trainees to compete for spots in a new group. The seven members of Rainz failed to secure spots in the final 11-member group, but they enjoyed high popularity thanks to the show, which eventually led to their debut as a group jointly managed by their seven agencies.

The Boyz

(Naver V app)

Behind-the-scenes footage of the birthday celebration of The Boyz’s Kevin was released via Naver’s V app Saturday.

In the short black-and-white video, the group celebrated the member’s birthday, which fell on Friday. They happily shouted out Happy Birthday while Kevin held his birthday cake.

However, the cake slipped down from the box while he was moving.

Having debuted in December, The Boyz consists of Juhaknyeon, Hyunjae, Sunwoo, Younghoon, Hwall, Kevin, Sangyeon, Juyeon, New, Q, Jacob and Eric. Most of the group already enjoyed high popularity even before their debut, as they had already made several media appearances.

The group is working on its new release due out the first half of this year.

Naver’s real-time broadcasting app V allows fans to interact with their favorite K-pop stars through live broadcasts. The app is available for Android and iOS. For more information, visit http://www.vlive.tv.

By The Korea Herald (khnews@heraldcorp.com)

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