SEOUL, Aug. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop girl group BLACKPINK said Friday it looks forward to one day standing on stage with Selena Gomez to perform “Ice Cream,” the band’s latest bubble-gum pop single featuring the American pop singer. BLACKPINK at 1 p.m. Friday released “Ice Cream,” the second prerelease single from its inaugural studio [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — BTS is no stranger to breaking records, but this time the K-pop band may be on the verge of making history, as the chance of it becoming the first-ever South Korean music group to conquer the highly coveted Billboard Hot 100 chart appears more and more within range. Upon [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop girl group BLACKPINK is gearing up to drop its second song of this summer, “Ice Cream,” having invited a special guest artist for the track and adopted a new visual style that represents a sharp departure from its previous hit “How You Like That.” The K-pop quartet plans [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — Global K-pop sensation BTS on Monday expressed gratitude toward a fan-led charity project to benefit the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement in the United States that was organized as a direct response to the hefty donation the band made earlier to the same cause. “We just want the world [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — The three-letter acronym of global K-pop sensation BTS, which stands for either the Korean expression Bangtan Sonyeondan, meaning Bulletproof Boy Scouts, or Beyond The Scene, may as well stand for Break The Stats, with the band’s new digital single “Dynamite” blowing up international chart and YouTube records. At 1 [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — Sometimes a small slice of comforting, feel-good entertainment, whether it be music, television or film, can go a long way in dealing with stress and fatigue, especially now more than ever amidst the raging COVID-19 pandemic. And that’s exactly what global K-pop sensation BTS had in mind when preparing [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — Korean pop culture is gaining popularity in India, where the so-called Korean wave has always struggled to make inroads. With the onslaught of the coronavirus, Indians are beginning to find new interest in Korean entertainment as they are forced to stay indoors. For long, India’s Bollywood and the country’s [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 18 (Korea Bizwire) – J-hope, a member of popular K-pop band BTS, donated 100 million won (US$84,416) for children suffering economic hardship due to the new coronavirus pandemic, a charity group said Tuesday. According to ChildFund Korea, J-hope expressed hope that his donation will be delivered to children in crisis, especially to those [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop band SuperM will present the live performance debut of its upcoming song “100″ on U.S. television network ABC, the group’s agency said Thursday. The seven-piece boy band’s live performance of “100″ will be aired on ABC’s “Good Morning America” on Aug. 20 (local time), according to SM Entertainment. [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — For a group that debuted less than 72 hours ago, the hopes and anticipation riding on TREASURE, the new boy band under YG Entertainment, as well as the pressure it has come to bear, couldn’t be bigger or heavier. As arguably this year’s “monster rookie” in K-pop, the media [...]