SEOUL, Jan. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — CJ ENM, the operator of K-pop-oriented cable channel Mnet, said Monday it will launch a 25.3 billion-won (US$21.8 million) investment fund dedicated to the K-pop industry. The establishment of the fund, KC Vivace Investment Association, is in line with the entertainment giant’s pledge three weeks earlier to set up [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — BTS’ global contemporary art initiative, “CONNECT, BTS,” has landed in Berlin, the second destination following London, the band’s management agency said Sunday. Big Hit said, “Rituals of Care,” an exhibition of performances, kicked off at Martin-Gropius-Bau, a modern art museum in the German capital Wednesday as the second leg [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop super band BTS on Friday dropped “Black Swan,” a track from the band’s upcoming “Map of the Soul: 7″ album, scheduled for official release next month. The song hit major South Korean and overseas online music streaming services in the evening ahead of the full release of the [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — KCON, an annual overseas K-pop concert series from entertainment giant CJ ENM, will hit four global cities this year including Tokyo and New York, the company said Friday. This year’s KCON, a festival of Korean music and culture, will kick off on April 3 at the Makuhari Messe convention [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — Big Hit Entertainment, the music label of K-pop super band BTS, is scrambling to expand its business portfolio of K-pop artists following a sensationally successful year in 2019. A media report said earlier this week that Big Hit is on its way to acquire and merge with Pledis Entertainment, [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop stars BTS on Tuesday launched a series of art exhibitions in collaboration with 22 contemporary artists from around the world ahead of the release of its new album next month. The project called Connect. BTS will show artworks that “resonate with the BTS philosophy” of love, connection and [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Nationality or language matters less than artists’ talent or messages in today’s global music industry, an American columnist specializing in K-pop said Tuesday, referring to the phenomenal global ascent of K-pop. “Definitely language is becoming less important in music that you listen to. It’s certainly becoming more about the [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Twitter Inc. said Tuesday that 6.1 billion tweets were created last year globally about K-pop. The number is up 15 percent from 5.3 billion tweets a year earlier, according to the U.S. microblogging website. Some of the top 20 countries that tweeted the most about K-pop in 2019 include [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 13 (Korea Bizwire) –- Chen, a member of K-pop boy band EXO, made a surprise announcement Monday that he will get married soon, hinting that his fiance is pregnant. “Chen decided to get married after getting into a precious relationship,” EXO’s management agency, SM Entertainment, said. SM did not provide further details about [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 13 (Korea Bizwire) –- At the height of their high-profile K-pop careers last year, Kang Daniel and Mina, a member of sensational girl group TWICE, temporarily left show business, complaining of anxiety and other mental disorders. The Japanese K-pop star, Mina was suffering from an anxiety disorder and suspended her stage career amid [...]