SEOUL, Feb. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — Singer-actress IU’s song from a decade ago has resurged to top spots on major music charts here after her performance videos went viral on social media. As of 1 p.m. Friday, “Hold My Hand,” the singer-songwriter’s first self-produced song, ranked No. 4 and No. 11, respectively, on music streaming [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — KCON, a major K-pop and Korean culture festival that draws millions of viewers each season, will be held online again next month amid the prolonged coronavirus pandemic, its organizer said Tuesday. The third season of the online event, titled “KCON:TACT,” will stream from March 20-28 through YouTube and the [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — Of all the entertainers and musicians here who have been affected by the pandemic, Chungha may have a lot to say. The K-pop soloist had to postpone her first full album release after testing positive for COVID-19 in December when the third wave of the infectious virus began to [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 13 (Korea Bizwire) – In a country where enlisting in the military for two years is mandatory for all able-bodied men, the rule has long been an unavoidable hurdle for singers and actors in their 20s who are flourishing in their career heyday. In that sense, having completed the two-year service can be [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop soloist Chungha, who has evolved from a member of a project girl group to an aspiring K-pop soloist, is set to drop her much-awaited debut full album next week. Titled “Querencia,” the album carries 21 songs, including title track “Bicycle,” a R&B pop trap song that Chungha wrote [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — Global superstar BTS has set another record on YouTube, with its music video for the 2017 song “DNA” earning 1.2 billion views on YouTube, the band’s agency said Thursday. YouTube views for “DNA,” released in September 2017, broke the record at 3:13 a.m., becoming the seven-piece act’s first music [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop megastar BLACKPINK’s debut studio album has rebounded big on Billboard’s main albums chart this week following its first online concert held late last month. “The Album” has resurged to No. 59 on the Billboard 200 chart updated Tuesday (U.S. time), ascending 89 notches from a week before. It [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — Global superstars BTS will be appearing on “MTV Unplugged” later this month, becoming the first Korean act to perform on the iconic music program produced by American broadcaster MTV. “On Feb. 23, Jin, Suga, J-Hope, RM, Jimin, V and Jungkook will bring their collective energy to an update of [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — BLACKPINK, which owns one of the world’s biggest subscriber bases on YouTube, set another record Tuesday by earning 1.2 billion views with its music video “Kill This Love.” Views for the 2019 hit broke the record at 12:38 a.m. on YouTube, becoming the all-female act’s second music video to [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop girl group TWICE will hold a digital concert that will be broadcast live in Japan next month, the act’s management agency said Friday. “TWICE in Wonderland” will air at 7 p.m. on March 6 in collaboration with Japan’s biggest mobile operator NTT DoCoMo, according to JYP Entertainment. The [...]