“We just wanted to go meet where the demand was with the supply,” says Sang H. Cho, co-founder of hello82’s parent company KAI Media and its current COO, from his Beverly Hills office. “We just felt ...

Hello82 is hosting 82Valley, a Coachella-themed pop-up for fans of festival performers ATEEZ and LE SSERAFIM, and the Grammy Museum is opening an exhibit featuring ATEEZ and junior label mates xikers.

Fans of K-Pop boy group Tomorrow X Together flocked to an event at the company's Beverly Boulevard space, only to be treated by a surprise visit from their idols. By Nicole Fell Assistant Editor ...

The Los Angeles-based label/distributor behind physical releases by ATEEZ and P1Harmony is set to launch a new brick-and-mortar "fan space" in Atlanta. By Glenn Peoples KAI Media, a company that ...

Choi Jae-yoon, CEO of Hello82, was named in the U.S. Billboard '2025 Indie Power Players' (2025 Indie Power Players) for the first time. According to Billboard in the United States on the 10th (local ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Laura Sirikul is a L.A.-based reporter covering film/TV and music. P1Harmony’s latest EP, “EX,” debuted at #9 on the Billboard 200 ...

“LA feels like a second home to us,” says ATEEZ leader Hongjoong. From their pre-debut training days at a dance studio in the valley, to their historic Coachella performance last year — the first male ...

The California media company stood out with amusing, moving, multilingual K-pop content, and expanded into retail by working alongside and shining the spotlight on fans. By Jeff Benjamin To millions ...

As Coachella inches closer, K-Pop fans in Los Angeles will have the chance to visit a pair of pop-ups centered around their favorite artists. Among them is 82Valley, a Coachella-themed pop-up for ...