SEOUL, Feb. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop boy band Seventeen will be releasing its third single album in Japan in April, the band’s management said Wednesday. The new album, titled “Hitorijianai” in Japanese, meaning “you’re not alone,” will be released on April 21, according to Pledis Entertainment. It comes a year after the act dropped [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Hui, a member of K-pop boy band Pentagon, will start his alternative military service later this month, his management agency said Tuesday. The 28-year-old group leader and producer will enter a boot camp on Feb. 18 for four weeks of basic military training and then serve as a social [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop boy band BTS has been included in a list of the world’s top 10 best pop bands in history selected by American men’s magazine Esquire. Esquire announced Friday (U.S. time) that it included the South Korean septet in the publication’s retrospective feature article highlighting the “10 Best Pop [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 31 (Korea Bizwire) — At a time when online concerts featuring live communication with fans and state-of-the-art technology have become a new norm in the K-pop industry, BLACKPINK decided to go back to the basics in its first livestream concert Sunday, urging the audience to focus solely on its music and performance. The [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop songstress HyunA, known for her bold and powerful performances, said her new EP “I’m Not Cool” is a diary of her life that contains feelings and stories of her life on and off stage. The 28-year-old, who postponed her single “Good Girl” release last year due to health [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Veteran K-pop boy band Super Junior has dropped its first new Japanese album in eight years, the act’s agency said Wednesday. The second-generation boy band released “Star,” a 30-track album whose namesake title track features an energetic dance beat, according to Label SJ. The band’s previous Japanese album was [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — NCT 127, a sub-unit of the popular K-pop boy band NCT, is set to release a new EP in Japan next month, its agency said Tuesday. The band will be releasing the Japanese EP “Loveholic,” its first new Japanese album in two years, on Feb. 17, according to SM [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — D.O., member of K-pop boy band EXO, has completed his mandatory military service and was officially discharged Monday. D.O., whose legal name is Doh Kyung-soo, was recently on his final leave and was discharged without having to return to his base, according to the military’s COVID-19 guidelines, according to [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — Fans looking forward to the solo debuts of BLACKPINK members Rose and Lisa can get a glimpse of Rose’s solo material in the quartet’s online concert this weekend. Rose is set to perform her first solo song during BLACKPINK’s online concert “The Show” scheduled for Sunday, YG Entertainment said [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop dynamo BTS is set to drop a new edition of its hit album “BE” next month, the band’s agency said Monday. The new edition, titled the “Essential Edition,” will drop on Feb. 19, according to Big Hit Entertainment. BTS initially released the “Deluxe Version” of “BE” in November. [...]