SEOUL, May 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Hybe, the K-pop powerhouse behind BTS, Seventeen and Enhypen, has opened what it calls a “music museum” for its artists and fans at its new headquarters in central Seoul. The 4,700-square meter venue spread across two basement floors at Hybe Yongsan features giant screens that show a rotating selection [...]
SEOUL, May 12 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop superstars BTS will put on its first performance of the upcoming release “Butter” at the Billboard Music Awards (BBMAs) scheduled for later this month. The seven-piece act will be performing at the annual music awards for the fourth consecutive year, unveiling “Butter” at the ceremony scheduled for May [...]
SEOUL, May 11 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop girl group ITZY has landed on Billboard’s main albums chart for the first time in the third year of its debut. The five-piece act’s latest EP “Guess Who,” reached No. 148 on the Billboard 200, which compiles the week’s most popular albums in the United States, according to [...]
SEOUL, May 10 (Korea Bizwire) — NCT Dream, a subunit of SM Entertainment’s boy band brand NCT, said its first studio album “Hot Sauce” marks its transition into adulthood as well as a bookmark of its yearslong bond. The 10-track album also titled “Mat,” which translates to taste or flavor in Korean, is the unit’s [...]
SEOUL, May 10 (Korea Bizwire) — A new season of KCON, a major K-pop and Korean culture festival series, will kick off online next month amid the pandemic, its organizer said Monday. The fourth season of the online event, titled “KCON:TACT 4 U,” will be streamed from June 19-27 through YouTube channels of KCON and [...]
SEOUL, May 9 (Korea Bizwire) — From K-pop dynamo BTS to boy band brand NCT’s subunit NCT Dream, some of the scene’s biggest acts as well as rookie groups are getting ready to come back with new music this month. At the forefront is BTS. The seven-piece group, which released Japanese single “Film Out” in [...]
SEOUL, May 7 (Korea Bizwire) — SM Entertainment, the K-pop powerhouse behind acts like SuperM and EXO, on Friday unveiled a plan to launch a new K-pop band in the United States through a televised audition program. SM and MGM Worldwide Television will introduce a competition series to pick members of a new boy band [...]
SEOUL, May 6 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean entertainment giant CJ ENM said Thursday it is planning to launch an audition program in Latin America to create a K-pop style boy group. The collaboration with HBO Max and Endemol Shine Boomdog will bring together K-pop artists and Hispanic acts to select potential members of a [...]
SEOUL, May 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Rookie K-pop girl group aespa will release new single “Next Level” on May 17, the group’s agency said Thursday. The four-piece group, trained and produced by K-pop powerhouse SM Entertainment, made its debut in November with single “Black Mamba.” The song made a splash on global music charts, landing [...]
SEOUL, May 4 (Korea Bizwire) — J-hope, a member of popular K-pop band BTS, has donated 100 million won (US$89,000) for children in Tanzania, a Seoul-based charity said Tuesday. According to ChildFund Korea, J-Hope expressed hope that his donation will be a helping hand to children in overseas countries on South Korea’s Children’s Day, which [...]