We’re back with a new Label Deep Dive and this time we’re taking a look at indie record label MPMG Music. MPMG Music MPMG Music is the parent company of the two record labels Happy Robot Records and Label GHS. They’ve been active for 20 years and are armed “with an aspiration of artists from diverse music genres to spread ...

We’re back with a new Label Deep Dive and, this time we’re taking a look at ONGRAY.  The record label was founded in 2017 and currently has four artists signed with them. One of those artists is GRASS. GRASS is a singer-songwriter and YouTuber. She has a travel vlog and has her own R&B music. The second artist under ONGRAY ...

For this week’s Label Deep Dive, we want to talk about a relatively new agency that totally surprised us with its current artist and origins. Let’s talk about the hip-hop agency Standard Friends. This groundbreaking agency, founded by the one and only Zion.T, officially came into existence in June 2021, but the world had to wait until August 2022 for ...

We’re back with a new Label Deep Dive and this time we’re taking a look at the artists under Biscuit Entertainment.  This entertainment company was founded in 2021 by Han Ji-seok. Here’s their introduction on their site: “Biscuit Entertainment presents a new vision of K-pop flow. We are a company that creates new value through creative cultural content. Bringing sweetness ...

We’re back with a new label deep dive and this time we wanted to take a closer look at record label INPLANET MUSIC. INPLANET MUSIC was founded in 2008 and focuses on ‘artist-led music production’ of genre music like R&B, Hip-Hop and soul. Currently they have these artists signed with them: Boni, Wilcox, OuiOui, DAMYE, bobae, Choi Cello, XINZWA, Jeong ...

We’re back with a new Label Deep Dive, this time we’re taking a closer look at Coridel Entertainment. The entertainment company was founded in 2015 by Tyler Kwon. Cordidel Entertainment is a subsidiary of the American Coridel Group which is a global alternative asset manager. The label has both singers and actors signed with them. Most famously, Jessica Jung signed ...

For this week’s Label Deep Dive, we are diving into the current talent pool of an indie label focussed on independent Hip-Hop artists. This week we are talking about ‘Talented’. Formerly known as ‘Passport Seoul’ and ‘Whip’, this label was founded by Shin Sang-hyun in 2018. Currently the label is home to over thirty-five indie artists, some of them with ...

We’re back with a new Label Deep Dive and this time we’re taking a closer look at the electronic record label YOUNG,GIFTED&WACK.  As written on their website: “Young planning YOUNG, GIFTED & WACK is a record label that produces young (YOUNG), blessed (GIFTED) and awesome (WACK) music and contents.”  The name of the label was inspired by ‘To Be Young, ...

We’re back with a new Label Deep Dive and this time we’re taking a closer look at the indie label Peponi Music. The label was created alongside the now very popular band Jannabi. The South Korean record label was made official in 2012 while the members of Jannabi were participating in ‘Superstar K5’. Member Choi Jung-hoon’s older brother headed the ...

For this week’s Label Deep Dive we are talking about the independent label HYPLE Entertainment. Formerly known as High Fly Music between the years 2018 and 2020. Now, HYPLE Entertainment was created by KEEBE, a former member of the Hip-Hop duo Eluphant.  One of the first artists signed into the company was EB in 2019. She debuted under this agency ...