SEOUL, June 26 (Korea Bizwire) — Jihyo of popular K-pop girl group TWICE will make a debut as a solo artist in August with her debut solo album, “Zone,” her agency said Monday. The singer will drop the EP, led by the lead track “Killin’ Me Good,” at 1 p.m. on Aug. 18, JYP Entertainment [...]
SEOUL, June 26 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop boy group Ateez’s latest EP, “The World Ep. 2: Outlaw,” has landed at No. 2 on the Billboard 200, marking the band’s highest-charting entry yet. The EP had earned 105,500 equivalent album units in the United States since its release on June 16, including 101,000 units of album [...]
SEOUL, June 22 (Korea Bizwire) — Fifty Fifty has become the longest-charting K-pop girl group on the Billboard Hot 100 in history as it stayed on the U.S. music chart for the 13th consecutive week. According to the latest chart unveiled Tuesday (U.S. time), the group ranked 24th this week, three places down from the [...]
SEOUL, June 20 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop girl group Le Sserafim will roll out its second Japanese-language single on Aug. 23, the band’s agency said Tuesday. The single, “Unforgiven,” will have three tracks, including Japanese language versions of “Unforgiven,” the title track of the group’s first studio album of the same name released in May, [...]
SEOUL, June 20 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop girl group Nmixx will return with its third single, “A Midsummer Nmixx’s Dream,” on July 11, the group’s agency said Tuesday. JYP Entertainment teased the upcoming release on the band’s official social media channels earlier in the day. The six-piece group’s last release was “Expergo,” its first EP [...]
SEOUL, June 19 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop girl group NewJeans will return after six months with its second EP, “Get Up,” next month, the group’s management agency said Monday. According to ADOR, the band will release the album on July 21 and “New Jeans” and “Super Shy,” the first two of the album’s six tracks, [...]
SEOUL, June 19 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop girl group ITZY will put out a new EP, titled “Kill My Doubt,” on July 31, the group’s agency said Monday. The quintet’s latest release was “Cheshire,” its sixth EP dropped in November. The upcoming EP will comprise six tracks, led by “Cake,” according to JYP Entertainment. It [...]
SEOUL, June 15 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop boy group Ateez hopes it will be able to take the stage for prestigious U.S. music awards, such as Billboard Music Awards and Grammy Awards. The eight-piece group had a media showcase here for “The World Ep. 2: Outlaw” on Thursday, one day before the album’s release. Debuting [...]
SEOUL, June 13 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop boy group NCT Dream will release its third full-length album, “ISTJ,” next month, the group’s agency said Tuesday. It is composed of 10 songs, including the title track, “ISTJ,” according to SM Entertainment. The group will pre-release the track “Broken Melodies” on June 19 ahead of its official [...]
SEOUL, June 12 (Korea Bizwire) — A two-week-long festival kicked off Monday to celebrate K-pop juggernaut BTS’ 10th debut anniversary, organizers said. BTS’ 10th Anniversary Festa will be held jointly with the Seoul metropolitan government till June 25 at various places in the capital city, under the slogan “BTS presents everywhere,” the band’s agency, BigHit [...]