SEOUL, March 8 (Korea Bizwire) – The music video for “Likey” by K-pop group TWICE has surpassed 200 million views on YouTube, the team’s agency said Thursday. “Likey,” a track off the band’s first full-length studio album, “Twicetagram,” which was released in October last year, had garnered 200,157,388 views on the global video streaming platform as of 2 p.m., according to JYP Entertainment. [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Project boy band Wanna One took the lead in seven music streaming charts with its latest song, “I.P.U.,” on Tuesday. Wanna One’s “I.P.U.,” released at 6 p.m. Monday, was ranked No. 1 on Melon, Genie, Bugs Music, Mnet, Soribada and Naver Music as of 8 a.m. Tuesday. iKON’s “Love [...]
SEOUL, March 5 (Korea Bizwire) – More than 700,000 copies of K-pop boy band Wanna One’s new album have been pre-ordered, the group’s agency said Monday. YMC Entertainment said the pre-orders became available from Tuesday for the 11-strong act’s second EP, “0+1=1(I Promise You,” and that the number reached at 700,000 copies as of Friday. At 6 p.m. [...]
SEOUL, March 2 (Korea Bizwire) – K-pop boy band iKON will have concerts in four Japanese cities from August to December, its agency said Friday. YG Entertainment said the seven-member act will hold concerts in Fukuoka on August 25-26, Nagoya on Sept.4-5, Tokyo on Nov. 6-7 and Osaka on Dec. 22-23. Next Wednesday, the group [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 27 (Korea Bizwire) – WJSN, the largest K-pop girl group, has come back with its first record in eight months, fronted by an energetic dance number that sings of the power of love. The 13-piece South Korean-Chinese group held a media showcase for its new EP album, “Dream Your Dream,” at Yes 24 Live Hall in eastern Seoul on Tuesday. [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop artist G-Dragon will start his mandatory military service Tuesday, his agency said. The leader and main songwriter of boy band BIGBANG will begin his five-week basic Army training session in Cheorwon, Gangwon Province, later in the day, according to YG Entertainment. He will later be assigned to an [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 23 (Korea Bizwire) – The K-pop boy band Seventeen will make its debut in Japan in May, its agency said Friday. Fledis Entertainment said the 13-member act broke the news while holding a concert titled “SEVENTEEN 2018 JAPAN ARENA TOUR SVT” in front of some 15,000 fans at Yokohama Arena in Japan on [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 23 (Korea Bizwire) – The K-pop girl band GFriend will debut in Japan in May, its label said Friday. The six-member band is set to sign a contract with King Record Co., a major Japanese record company, to make inroads into the country, Source Music said. The group has recently opened an official [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 20 (Korea Bizwire) – The K-pop boy band Wanna One will release a new album next month, its management agency said Tuesday. YMC Entertainment said the 11-member project group recently finished filming a music video for its new song and that the album will come out on March 19. The band posted teaser [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 14 (Korea Bizwire) – Kim Sung-kyu, a member of the idol group INFINITE, will release his first individual studio album this month. Woolim Entertainment said the album will be out on Feb. 26 but didn’t give further details. Debuting in 2010 as an INFINITE member, Kim has put out two individual EPs — “Another Me” in 2012 and “27″ in 2015. He has appeared in stage musicals such as [...]