Universal Music Comes to Viki!

Have you been enjoying the music videos and exclusive footage on Viki's music section lately? Since we launched this exciting category one year ago at Music Matters, Asia's biggest music and culture showcase, we've brought you everything from exclusive online fan hangouts to contests and music video premieres. But this is only the beginning!

Today, we are proud to announce our partnership with Universal Music Group, the largest music label in the world. We'll be bringing 7,500 new music videos from global superstars like Jay-Z, Lady Gaga, Maroon 5, Rihanna, and a host of international artists like PSY, 2AM, B2ST, Wonder Girls, Vanessa Paradis, Sheryfa Luna, Eason Chen and Kelly Chen. All will be available to our viewers in Southeast Asia and Qualified Contributors worldwide.

You can enjoy the videos even more with subtitles including karaoke! Just head over to Viki U and get started with our subtitle tutorials before you add song lyrics.



Here are some of the other amazing artists you can now watch on Viki, as part of our new partnership with Universal Music Group:

B2ST
Black Eyed Peas
Carly Jae Repsen 
Demi Lovato
Lady Gaga
Maroon 5
Rihanna
Psy  
Taylor Swift  
Ne-Yo   

EXO Releases Teaser Video for Its Upcoming Album!

EXO fans rejoice! The first teaser video of the South Korean and Chinese boy band’s long-awaited comeback is here!

EXO will give the first comeback performance of their title track "Wolf" on May 30th. For this release, the 12 members of EXO will be performing together rather than separately as the two six-member subunits, EXO-K (Korean) and EXO-M (Mandarin). "Wolf" is a dubstep/hip-hop track with a wild and powerful beat. It also has a storytelling side to it, which reminds one of a European fairytale, accompanied by lyrics full of wit.

The group’s first full-length album,“XOXO (Kiss & Hug),” will contain 10 tracks in both Korean and Mandarin, including songs that were used in the teasers for their "MAMA" album, such as "Baby, Don't Cry," and "My Lady." EXO's new album will hit the shelves on June 3rd worldwide.

Since its debut in 2012, EXO has won numerous New Artist awards in both Korea and China and has been lauded for the members’ high-energy hip-hop dance and vocal skills.

Add the EXO Channel to your Favorites on Viki to be notified when more teaser videos and full-length music video are released!

Revenge K-Drama ‘Shark’ Is Coming to Viki

On May 27th, one of the most highly-anticipated Korean dramas of the year will premiere on Viki. Shark (상어), starring top actors Kim Nam Gil and Son Ye Jin, is a revenge thriller about a man who changes his identity to strike back against the family who ruined his life. Watch the dark, foreboding trailer below:

“Shark” will be the comeback drama for both leading actors. It is Kim Nam Gil’s first TV project after being released from his two-year mandatory military service, and fans are eager to see him top his previous performance as a vengeful homme fatale in “Bad Boy” (2010). Son Ye Jin, known for her strong versatility as an actress, will be returning to the small screen for the first time since “Personal Taste” (2010), in which she starred opposite Lee Min Ho.

Add the “Shark” channel to your Favorites to receive updates about new episodes!

‘Shark’ is available to viewers in the Americas and QC's worldwide. 

Hot Spring Trend: Polka Dots!

If you need an any more obvious indicator that playful polka dots are the latest fashion rage this spring, you don’t have to look any farther than your favorite celebrities and recent popular Asian dramas. Here are just a few celebrities who’ve been seen sporting this in-again pattern recently.

Nikki Hsieh wears a pink star-spotted sweater, a twist on the classic polka-dot print, in the current Taiwanese drama “Princess’ Stand In.”

Nikki Hsieh and James Wen in “Princess’ Stand In”

Check out which Hollywood stars, including Christina Aguilera, Emma Stone, and Kourtney and Khloe Kardashian (“Keeping Up With the Kardashians”), are seeing spots!

Yoon Eun Hye’s character wore a variety of spotted patterns in the recent drama “I Miss You” (2012).

Yoon Eun Hye in “I Miss You”

Secret’s Song Ji Eun and Han Sunhwa look bright and ready for summer in polka dots and ponytails in their teaser photos for their latest mini-album, “Letter From Secret.”

Secret’s Sunhwa

Secret’s Jieun

Whether it’s the classic polka dot or a variety of spots made up of stars or animals, this fashion trend will definitely be “spot on” with the warmer weather!