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New Straits Times
16-07-2025
- Entertainment
- New Straits Times
#SHOWBIZ: K-Pop star Hwasa suffers burst eardrum during recent tour
SEOUL: K-Pop sensation Hwasa, a member of the popular girl group Mamamoo, has disclosed that she has suffered from a significant hearing impairment following an alarming incident during a performance. The 30-year-old singer revealed on a recent episode of the Crazy Rich Koreans reality show that her in-ear monitor exploded, leading to severe damage to her left eardrum. Hwasa explained that the unfortunate event occurred due to her habit of maximising the volume of her ear monitor to clearly hear the music over fervent fan cheers. "Often when the fans' cheers are very loud, I turn up the ear monitor volume to the maximum level so I can hear the music clearly," she said. Recalling the specific moment, Hwasa said, "While performing in Boston, the device actually exploded, damaging my eardrums and causing me to experience tinnitus." As a direct consequence, she now suffers from hearing loss in her left ear. Adding to the ordeal, Hwasa also endured intense leg pain during the same performance but bravely continued with the show. "It was so painful that I couldn't stand at that time, but I had to continue anyway. I couldn't let the fans down," she added, highlighting her dedication to her fans. The incident took place during the opening night of her debut solo tour, 'Twits', at the MGM Music Hall in Boston, United States. The concert featured a dynamic setlist comprising her solo hits, Mamamoo's popular tracks, and cover versions of songs by artistes who have influenced her career. Hwasa has an impressive solo discography, including the mini-albums Maria (2020) and O (2024), the single album Guilty Pleasure (2021), and chart-topping singles like "Twit." Alongside Hwasa, Mamamoo's lineup includes members Solar, Wheein, and Moonbyul.
Korea Herald
10-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Korea Herald
Mamamoo's Hwasa expands solo tour to Europe
Hwasa of Mamamoo added Europe and Thailand to her "Twits" solo fan concert tour, her agency P Nation announced Tuesday. She is planning to visit Bangkok in August and from Oct. 21, six cities in Europe: Paris, Berlin, London, Poland's Warsaw, Amsterdam and Frankfurt, Germany. The songstress toured 11 cities in the US and Canada between March and April for 'Twits,' her first visit to the region as a solo act. She went live in Seoul on April 20 and in Hong Kong in May and is set to perform in Taipei and Singapore later in June. Hwasa signed with P Nation in 2023 and dropped her second solo EP 'O' last year. The mini album topped the iTunes Top Albums Chart in seven regions.
South China Morning Post
22-02-2025
- Entertainment
- South China Morning Post
Authenticity checks and balances help writers stay within fine lines
Published: 11:00am, 22 Feb 2025 In 2023, British children's publisher Puffin updated the work of author Roald Dahl to exorcise perceptions of bias and prejudice. Their goal was to retrofit the work for new generations of global readers. Out went the casual name calling, fat-shaming, othering and general linguistic cruelty. Witches were no longer 'old hags', but rather, 'old crows'. The terrifying Twits were still 'beastly', but no longer deemed 'ugly'. The work of Dahl, long criticised for his antisemitic views , was considered ripe for review. 'Of course they're real people,' he wrote about the Oompa-Loompas, arguably enslaved and trafficked workers who staffed Willy Wonka's chocolate factory, originally conceived as African pygmies. 'Imported direct from Loompaland … And oh, what a terrible country it is!' Textual adjustments were not merely altruistic. With a sale of Dahl's catalogue to Netflix in 2021 for a reported £500 million (then around US$685 million), preserving the value of the IP portfolio also meant heading off any future possibility of 'cancellation' amid the ongoing culture wars. The backlash that followed changes to Dahl's work , however, was swift and clear: don't mess with our stories. For American filmmaker Steven Spielberg, the writer's original work should be considered 'sacrosanct', and the edits tantamount to 'censorship'. Oompa-Loompas on the set of Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (1971), a film based on Roald Dahl's 1964 novel, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Then-British prime minister Rishi Sunak asserted that literature should be 'preserved and not airbrushed'. Even Britain's Queen Camilla appeared to weigh in, imploring authors to 'please remain true to your calling, unimpeded by those who may wish to […] impose limits on your imagination'. Criticism of the tampering was far from unanimous, however. Writers including Philip Pullman , the prize-winning author of fantasy trilogy His Dark Materials (1995-2000), spoke up in defence of cancellation, asserting on BBC Radio 4 that if Dahl's writing is indeed offensive, 'let him go out of print' and make space for the new generations of writers who are more relevant to today's readers.
