SEOUL, Dec. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop boy band NCT 127 will appear on U.S. broadcaster CNN’s special live global coverage for New Year’s Eve celebrations, the group’s management agency said Wednesday. NCT 127 will join an interview with host Kristie Lu Stout during “New Year’s Eve Live” slated for Saturday (local time) to send [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Daesung of K-pop boy group BIGBANG recently terminated his contract with YG Entertainment, the agency said Tuesday, with G-Dragon expected to be the band’s only member to remain with the company. “We’re discussing signing a contract with G-Dragon as a soloist, while Daesung is seeking a new start after [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 27 (Korea Bizwire) – “Indigo,” the first solo album of BTS leader RM, has surged to No. 3 on Billboard’s main albums chart this week, making him the highest-charted K-pop soloist. Billboard said in an article on the preview of this week’s charts Monday (U.S. time) that RM became the first BTS member [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — Taeyang of boy group BIGBANG has signed a management contract with The Black Label headed by K-pop producer Teddy, his former agency said Monday. “BIGBANG’s Taeyang came to work as an artist of The Black Label affiliated with YG Entertainment,” YG said in a press release. Founded by Teddy, [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop boy band NCT 127 will release “Ay-Yo,” a repackaging of its fourth full-length album, next month, the group’s management agency said Monday. The album will come out Jan. 30 and has 15 tracks, including three new songs, SM Entertainment said. The band’s latest album, “2 Baddies,” was released [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean actor Song Joong-ki has been in a romantic relationship with a woman, his entertainment agency said Monday, following a newspaper report that he’s been dating a British woman. “Song is dating a woman who he has good feelings toward,” High Zium Studio said in a statement Monday, [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean boy group Stray Kids will put out their first Japanese-language studio album on Feb. 22 to take a step further into the market, the band’s agency said Friday. JYP Entertainment made the announcement in a press release while also unveiling a teaser video of the upcoming album [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop superband BTS has become the first overseas act to top the Japanese music tracker Oricon’s total annual sales ranking for the second consecutive year. The South Korean band ranked No. 1 both in the total rankings and digital rankings in the “artist sales” category, according to the annual [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — The choreography video for “How You Like That,” a 2020 hit single by K-pop girl group BLACKPINK, has surpassed 1.3 billion views on YouTube. The group’s agency, YG Entertainment, said Friday the video hit the milestone at about 7:30 a.m., becoming the quartet’s fourth video with more than 1.3 [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop girl group TWICE will release a new English-language single in January and its 12th EP two months later, the group’s agency said Wednesday. The band also tweeted a teaser image showing the schedules for the upcoming releases, with text apparently indicating the English song will come out Jan. [...]