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 [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 25 (Korea Bizwire) – The dance practice video for “Pink Venom,” a 2022 hit single by K-pop girl group BLACKPINK, has surpassed 200 million views on YouTube, the group’s agency said Friday. The video hit the milestone on Thursday night, becoming the group’s 11th choreography video with more than 200 million views, YG [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — Gocheok Sky Dome will be the venue of two surprise Seoul concerts by BLACKPINK next month, which makes it the first K-pop girl group ever to perform there, the group’s agency said Thursday. Earlier this month, YG Entertainment said the group will hold two “encore concerts” in the South [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop supergroup BTS’ music video for its 2019 song “Boys with Luv” has surpassed 1.7 billion views on YouTube, making it the second-most watched video following “Dynamite,” its agency said Tuesday. The music video, uploaded on YouTube in April 2019, reached the milestone at 8:18 p.m. Monday, according to [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — BTS member Jungkook’s debut solo single, “Seven,” stayed atop the U.S. Billboard Global 200 and Global Excl. U.S. charts for the fifth consecutive week. According to the latest charts unveiled Monday (U.S. local time), “Seven” continued to lead both charts for five weeks in a row, making Jungkook the [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — Korean has been the second most dominant language among the non-English songs that have reached the top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100 chart, according to a recent report by Billboard. The U.S. music magazine said in an online article published Wednesday (U.S. local time) that only 35 songs [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — TWICE leader Jihyo made a debut as a solo artist Friday, eight years after she debuted as a member of the popular K-pop girl group. She dropped her first individual album, “Zone,” at 1 p.m. to become the second TWICE member to go solo following Nayeon. “I was excited [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop girl group BLACKPINK will hold surprise concerts in Seoul next month to wrap up its ongoing world tour, the group’s agency said Wednesday. YG Entertainment said the shows will take place on Sept. 16-17 in the South Korean capital where the quartet began the “Born Pink” world tour [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop girl group STAYC, known for its usual bubbly and bright style and image, has named its third EP “Teenfresh” to highlight its trademark concept. The album is set to come out at 6 p.m. Wednesday and has six tracks — including lead single “Bubble,” “Not Like You,” “I [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — The music video for K-pop girl group BLACKPINK’s “Lovesick Girls” has surpassed 700 million views on YouTube. The video hit the milestone at 1:06 a.m. on Wednesday, the group’s agency, YG Entertainment, said. The feat comes two years and 10 months after the video was uploaded in October 2020. [...]