SEOUL, Sept. 8 (Korea Bizwire) – V, a member of the K-pop giant BTS, put out his first solo album, “Layover,” on Friday. The singer has released various original soundtracks for TV dramas, including “Christmas Tree,” and self-composed songs on SoundCloud and YouTube. However, he had never dropped an individual album before “Layover.” “Layover” rolled [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop boy group Seventeen kicked off the largest Japanese dome tour since its debut to a strong start, drawing 100,000 fans to its two concerts at Tokyo Dome earlier this week, the group’s agency said Friday. The group heated up the shows with various hit songs, including “Super,” known [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — Jungkook, a member of K-pop juggernaut BTS, will headline 2023 Global Citizen Festival, a large-scale U.S. charity concert set to be held this month, the group’s agency said Thursday, citing the festival’s official social media accounts. The Global Citizen Festival is a large-scale charity concert organized by Global Citizen, [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 4 (Korea Bizwire) – K-pop girl group Ive will return next month with “I’ve Mine,” its first EP, the group’s management agency said Monday. Leading the EP set to come out on Oct. 13 will be three main tracks — “Either Way,” “Off the Record” and “Baddie” — Starship Entertainment said. Ahead of [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean boy band Stray Kids ranked second in the United States for album sales so far this year, according to their agency, JYP Entertainment, on Monday. The agency said Stray Kids came in second place after Taylor Swift on “chart data,” an account on X, formerly known as [...]
SEOUL, Sep. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — A unique pop-up store dedicated to the popular K-pop group Seventeen will run until September 10 at Shinsegae Department Store Gangnam, as announced by the leading department store chain on Sunday. This event marks a significant milestone as it will be the very first K-pop artist pop-up to grace “The [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean girl group BLACKPINK has secured six nominations at this year’s MTV Video Music Awards, alongside other K-pop bands that have also received nominations, according to the U.S. TV station. According to a list of nominees announced by MTV on Friday (U.S. time), BLACKPINK was nominated for Best [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop boy group Tomorrow X Together (TXT) will return in October with its third studio album, the group’s agency said Wednesday. BigHit Music said the album, titled “The Name Chapter: Freefall,” will roll out Oct. 13. It will be the first full-length album from the quintet since 2021, when [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — BTS member V officially released three of his self-composed songs — “Winter Bear,” “Snow Flower (feat. Peakboy)” and “Scenery” — on Tuesday, his agency, BigHit Music, said. The release comes over a week ahead of the release of his debut solo album, “Layover,” on Sept. 8. The songs were [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop supergroup NCT will return with all members Monday, dropping its fourth studio album. “Golden Age” will be unveiled at 6 p.m. alongside the music video for “Baggy Jeans,” one of the album’s two main tracks, according to the group’s agency, SM Entertainment. It will mark the first LP [...]