SEOUL, May 25 (Korea Bizwire) — The seven-piece act that continues to build up a seemingly endless list of record-breaking feats has done it again — this time with its latest single “Butter” that is poised to become the summer song of 2021. On Friday at 1 p.m., BTS — RM, Jin, Suga, J-hope, V, [...]
SEOUL, May 24 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop superstar BTS has opened or will open additional offline pop-up stores in four Asian cities to meet rising demands for merchandise among the group’s fans in the populous continent, its management agency said Monday. A BTS Pop-up: Map of the Soul store, which offers products themed around the [...]
SEOUL, May 24 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop boy band BTS has won four prizes, including the major title of Top Selling Song, at this year’s Billboard Music Awards (BBMA), the most for the group at the event ever. The septet was awarded Top Selling Song, Top Duo/Group, Top Song Sales Artist and the fan-voted Top [...]
SEOUL, May 23 (Korea Bizwire) — BTS has set another record, with its latest single “Butter” becoming the most-watched music video on YouTube in 24 hours since its debut, its agency said Sunday. The upbeat summer song had racked up 108.2 million views in its first 24 hours of release on Friday, Big Hit Music [...]
SEOUL, May 22 (Korea Bizwire) — BLACKPINK, which has one of the world’s biggest subscriber bases on YouTube, set another record Saturday by racking up 1.3 billion views with its music video “Kill This Love.” Views for the 2019 hit broke the record at 1:40 p.m. on YouTube, becoming the all-female act’s second music video [...]
SEOUL, May 22 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop dynamo BTS has topped more than 100 regional iTunes charts and surpassed 100 million YouTube views in less than a day with its latest single “Butter,” its management agency said Saturday. The vibrant pop-dance number, released at 1 p.m. on Friday here, debuted at No. 1 on iTunes [...]
SEOUL, May 21 (Korea Bizwire) — BTS, the K-pop juggernaut that has emerged as the world’s biggest band, said its music has always been the best conclusion to the numerous questions the group contemplates on. “We always question ourselves — what BTS wants to do, what we want to express and what people want to [...]
SEOUL, May 21 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop juggernaut BTS released its much-awaited digital single “Butter,” with the vibrant summer pop-dance track racking up more than 34 million YouTube views in just three hours. The seven-piece group rolled out the succinctly titled track at 1 p.m., less than a year after dropping its massively successful English-language [...]
SEOUL, May 20 (Korea Bizwire) — Gfriend, known for its powerful performances and formerly school girl concept, bid farewell to fans after their longtime agency announced the termination of their contract. Source Music, which had represented the six-piece group since its debut in 2015, on Tuesday announced their contract will end on Saturday. While the [...]
SEOUL, May 18 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop supergroup BTS is set to appear as the first performer on a summer concert series hosted by the popular American TV show “Good Morning America.” The seven-piece act is among a lineup of more than 20 musicians who will be performing at this year’s series that will run [...]