SEOUL, Sept. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop sensation BTS will catch the eyes of its long-waiting fans with fresh up-to-date viewing experiences at its upcoming live online concert next month, its management agency said Tuesday. The online concert titled “BTS Map of the Soul ON:E” will be livestreamed at 7 p.m. on Oct. 10 and [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean girl group BLACKPINK became the second most-subscribed musician on YouTube on Tuesday, its management agency said. The official YouTube channel of BLACKPINK saw the number of its subscribers surpass 48.8 million, pushing down the American DJ Marshmello to No. 3, according to YG Entertainment. Justin Bieber topped [...]
WASHINGTON, Sept. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean boy group BTS’ recent hit “Dynamite” has returned to the top spot on Billboard’s main singles chart, helped by the recent release of remixes, Billboard reported Monday. On Billboard’s latest Hot 100 chart dated this Saturday, “Dynamite” finished first and was trailed by the former No. 1 [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop supergroup BTS’ upcoming Seoul concert in October will be held virtually only, according to the band’s management agency Friday, canceling the in-person element that was planned together. The Oct. 10-11 Seoul concert, “BTS Map Of The Soul ON:E,” was announced in August as an in-person show with government-mandated [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop project group SuperM said Friday it hopes to deliver positive energy through its inaugural studio album “Super One” to fans during the difficult times of the pandemic. “We’ve felt a lot of pressure from the great achievement we had from our debut album. We’d be satisfied if (fans) [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — Global K-pop act BTS has said the team’s great internal chemistry was driven by genuine friendship among members and the singers being fully aware they are committed to each other businesswise. “We’re all very good friends. We always talk and communicate with each other. And we know that BTS [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — A promotional video of K-pop superstars BTS introducing the South Korean capital topped 100 million views in the first 10 days of its release, the Seoul city government said Thursday. The video, which launched Sept. 11 on the city’s tourism platform and social media channels, had racked up 104,893,115 views [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop super group BTS on Wednesday presented a special message at the 75th United Nations General Assembly, urging the world’s youth to remember and seek out their dreams despite the challenges that they may face from the COVID-19 pandemic. “Now more than ever, we must remember who we are [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop band Monsta X will star in an online video series aimed at promoting treasured Korean cultural heritage overseas, according to cultural heritage authorities Wednesday. The YouTube series, titled “Korean Heritage Travelog,” will premiere next Tuesday and will feature the six-member K-pop group alongside Seo Kyoung-duk, a liberal arts [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — Despite COVID-19 having bogged down the global entertainment industry at large, the conversation and buzz surrounding K-pop on the social media platform Twitter has increased substantially in volume in the past year, according to data from the company Tuesday. The number of K-pop-related tweets from July 2019 to June [...]