SEOUL, Oct. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — Irene, a member of popular K-pop act Red Velvet, admitted to allegations that she verbally attacked a stylist during a recent shoot and apologized over the incident. “I sincerely apologize for hurting the stylist with my foolish attitude and careless words and action,” Irene said in an Instagram post [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop quartet BLACKPINK performed and shared its stories on “Jimmy Kimmel Live,” becoming the first K-pop girl group to appear on the U.S. late-night show. The band, which Kimmel introduced as “the most popular all-female group in the vast realm of music known as K-pop” joined the show through [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — Boy band Seventeen, king of youth consolation and empathy among K-pop acts, on Monday returned with a highly anticipated new “special album” that’s all but guaranteed to become the group’s biggest commercial success. The six-track record, the band’s first new release in just four months since “Heng:garae” is titled [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — Jeongyeon, a member of popular South Korean girl group TWICE, will not take part in promotional activities for their upcoming second album due to anxiety issues, her agency said Saturday. The JYP Entertainment made the announcement on the official TWICE fanclub community site, saying that her absence will be [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — Chen, a member of K-pop boy band EXO, will join the military later this month to fulfill his mandatory military service, his agency said Friday. The 28-year-old, whose legal name is Kim Jong-dae, is set to enlist on Oct. 26, according to SM Entertainment. The agency did not elaborate [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop boy band BTS won the Top Social Artist award at this year’s Billboard Music Awards (BBMA), their fourth consecutive victory in the category. At the award event held at the Dolby Theater in Los Angeles without spectators on Wednesday (U.S. time), the septet beat Billie Eilish and Ariana [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop superstar BTS became the first-ever musical act in history to top Billboard’s Social 50 chart for 200 weeks in a row this week. Billboard said Tuesday (U.S. time) that BTS ranked No. 1 on this week’s Social 50 chart, reigning the chart for the longest ever streak by [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean girl group BLACKPINK called its latest project — appearing in the first K-pop documentary produced by Netflix — something that gave “much-needed time” for the quartet that has emerged as one of the most successful acts in the K-pop industry. Netflix is set to release “BLACKPINK: Light [...]
WASHINGTON/SEOUL, Oct. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean boy group BTS has achieved its second No. 1 on Billboard’s main singles chart with a song featuring the South Korean septet climbing to the summit this week, Billboard reported Monday. “Savage Love (Laxed – Siren Beat),” the latest version of hit song “Savage Love” by U.S. [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — Nearly 1 million viewers watched an online concert of K-pop superstar BTS held over the weekend, the band’s agency said Monday. Some 993,000 viewers from 191 countries and territories watched “BTS MAP OF THE SOUL ON:E” that was streamed online due to the pandemic, according to Big Hit Entertainment. [...]