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 [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — BTS member J-Hope’s debut solo album, “Jack in the Box,” has re-entered the top 10 of the U.S. Billboard’s main albums chart this week, more than a year after its release, Billboard said Monday. The album ranked sixth on Billboard 200, with 50,000 equivalent album units sold during the [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — BTS member Jungkook’s debut solo single, “Seven,” became the third most-streamed song of the summer on the global streaming platform Spotify, his agency said Saturday. “Seven” was ranked only behind “Ella Baila Sola” by Eslabon Armado and Peso Pluma at No. 1 and Bad Bunny’s “Where She Goes” on [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop girl group BLACKPINK will drop a song for the soundtrack of its new mobile video game on Friday, the group’s agency said. “The Girls” is on the original soundtrack for the mobile game, “BLACKPINK The Game,” released in May. Members Rose and Jennie participated in composing and writing [...]