K-Pop Idols starring Jessi, CRAVITY, & BLACKSWAN on Apple TV+: All you need to know

A trailer for Apple TV+'s upcoming six-part documentary series, K-Pop Idols, was released on August 20. Fans can watch the trailer on the official YouTube channel of Apple TV. The documentary is slated to premiere globally on August 30.

It follows K-Pop artists BLACKSWAN, CRAVITY, and Jessi behind-the-scenes as they deal with the personal and professional obstacles of working in the unstable field. As CRAVITY and BLACKSWAN provide an intimate look at their development and goals, musician Jessi considers her life, career, and destiny.

Boat Rocker's Matador Content is producing K-Pop Idols for Apple TV+. Executive producers Todd Lubin and Jack Turner are involved, along with Jay Peterson, Bradley Cramp, Chris Kasick, Eric Yujin Kim, Sue Kim, and Elise Chung.

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K-pop Idols: Trailer and more

In the K-Pop Idols trailer released on August 20, the idols get candid about their experiences in the industry. Allen of CRAVITY talks about the demanding schedules that deny K-Pop idols of sleep, while Jessi tearfully describes an experience during her European tour.

BLACKSWAN member Gabi is also seen in the trailer, tearing up as she questions her standing in the girl group. Another member, Fatou, talks about how tough it is not seeing her family for years.

According to an exclusive by Billboard from August 19, Elise Chung, the executive producer of Bling Empire, spoke about the show and said,

“With K-Pop Idols, our goal was to pull back the curtain on the highly competitive world of K-pop and reveal the human stories behind the stars, This series is a tribute to the relentless passion and perseverance of artists like Jessi, CRAVITY and BLACKSWAN who are shaping the future of music on a global scale.”

The documentary was reportedly filmed in several countries, including the US, South Korea, France, Belgium, Germany, and Cambodia, to help demonstrate K-pop's global reach. K-Pop Idols was created for Apple TV+ by Matador Content, a Boat Rocker company whose credits include Vice's What Would Diplo Do?, ABC's Boy Band, and Paramount's Lip Sync Battle (Paramount Network).

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More about the cast

The show features K-pop girl group BLACKSWAN, boy group CRAVITY, and soloist Jessi. Fans can also anticipate well-known acquaintances of the various artists making brief appearances in the series.

BLACKSWAN are a 4 member global K-pop girl group under DR Music. Currently, the group comprises Fatou, Nvee, Sriya, and Gabi. Sriya and Gabi joined the group on May 26, 2022. December 25, 2022, saw the addition of Nvee.

The group originally was originally known as Raina and debuted in 2011 with the EP Teddy Riley, the First Expansion in Asia. After changing their name to BP Rania in December 2016, the group released two EPs, Start a Fire and Refresh 7th. They finally changed their name to BLACKSWAN and released the album Goodbye Rania in October 2020.

The nine-member boy band CRAVITY are signed to STARSHIP Entertainment. Serim, Allen, Jungmo, Woobin, Wonjin, Minhee, Hyeongjun, Taeyoung, and Seongmin are the members. On April 14, 2020, they made their debut with the release of the album HIDEOUT: REMEMBER WHO WE ARE–SEASON 1.

Rapper and singer Jessi is a Korean-American K-pop soloist. Although Jessi was raised in New Jersey, she was born in New York City. At 15, she relocated to South Korea. Under the stage name Jessica H.O., Jessi made her solo debut on December 1, 2005, with the single album Get Up.