“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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

What were the influences behind your new music? HONGJOONG: A lot of different influences shaped this new music. From our personal experiences and emotions to the energy we felt from fans on tour or ...

In this week's The Contenders, the South Korean boy band should be in the mix for its first No. 1 album on the Billboard 200. By Andrew Unterberger The Contenders is a midweek column that looks at ...

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 ...

With offices in Los Angeles, hello82 spent 2021 becoming a trusted hub for international K-pop fans to shop for physical album imports, merch, and virtual experiences like live events and artist-fan ...