SEOUL, Nov. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Suga, a member of K-pop megastar BTS, will take a break from official activities, including promotion for an upcoming album, to fully recover from a recent shoulder surgery, the band’s agency said Friday. “Suga underwent surgery to repair his torn shoulder labrum on November 3,” Big Hit Entertainment said [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — SM Entertainment said Monday that aespa, the agency’s first K-pop act in four years, is set to officially debut on Nov. 17. The all-female quartet will release its first single “Black Mamba” at 6 p.m. on Nov. 17, the agency said. SM Entertainment recently released the profiles of the [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — Mino, the witty rapper and lyricist of K-pop boy band WINNER, said Friday his upcoming second solo album is all about showing what kind of musician he is. Mino, whose real name is Song Min-ho, is set to drop the album “Take,” in the evening, two years after he [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop act Tomorrow X Together said Monday their upcoming album captures the stories and sentiments of teens who are living in an unprecedented world amid the new coronavirus pandemic. “Like everyone else, we were taken aback and confused by the situation that we’re experiencing for the first time. Above [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — After becoming the first K-pop girl group to rank No. 2 on the Billboard main album chart, BLACKPINK has set another record by becoming the first all-female act to sell more than 1 million albums, its agency said Monday. “The Album,” the group’s first studio album released earlier this [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — Popular K-pop girl group TWICE said Monday that its upcoming full-length album “Eyes Wide Open” will likely surprise fans with the band’s darker and bolder side. “It portrays the danger and anxiety that come from standing on the boundary between the good and bad,” rapper Dahyun said in a [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — Irene, a member of popular K-pop act Red Velvet, admitted to allegations that she verbally attacked a stylist during a recent shoot and apologized over the incident. “I sincerely apologize for hurting the stylist with my foolish attitude and careless words and action,” Irene said in an Instagram post [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop quartet BLACKPINK performed and shared its stories on “Jimmy Kimmel Live,” becoming the first K-pop girl group to appear on the U.S. late-night show. The band, which Kimmel introduced as “the most popular all-female group in the vast realm of music known as K-pop” joined the show through [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — Boy band Seventeen, king of youth consolation and empathy among K-pop acts, on Monday returned with a highly anticipated new “special album” that’s all but guaranteed to become the group’s biggest commercial success. The six-track record, the band’s first new release in just four months since “Heng:garae” is titled [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — Jeongyeon, a member of popular South Korean girl group TWICE, will not take part in promotional activities for their upcoming second album due to anxiety issues, her agency said Saturday. The JYP Entertainment made the announcement on the official TWICE fanclub community site, saying that her absence will be [...]