SEOUL, Aug. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — Big Hit Entertainment, the label-management agency of K-pop group BTS, said Monday it has launched a new character brand called TinyTAN, inspired by and modeled after the band’s seven members. TinyTAN, consisting of BTS-inspired animated characters, revolves around a fictional universe in which the alter egos of BTS members [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — Following in the footsteps of BIGBANG, WINNER and BLACKPINK, YG Entertainment’s ambitious boy band TREASURE officially debuted Friday, with its 12 members thanking fans who have waited for the launch since the group’s creation through an audition television show. TREASURE is YG’s first new K-pop act in four years [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Throughout the course of the COVID-19 pandemic, the strength and popularity of K-pop, a bedrock pillar of South Korean soft power, has proven to be as unrelenting and far-reaching as the virus itself. According to the Korea Music Content Association-operated Gaon chart, the number of top 100 albums sold [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — Top actors and celebrities in South Korea have offered hefty donations to assist victims of the recent heavy rain that has left 15 dead and nearly 1,600 people forced out of their homes. Actor Park Seo-joon, star of the hit TV drama “Itaewon Class” and also known for his [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — In an about-face from its usually contemplative and edgy sound and imagery, K-pop girl group (G)I-dle said Monday its new single “Dumdi Dumdi” was intended to be a bright dance song inspired by the spirit of youthfulness and the sizzling summer heat. “While writing the new song, I asked [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop giant BTS on Monday announced that its new single album set to drop later this month is titled “Dynamite.” The group announced the name of the upcoming English-language single through a teaser image shared on the group’s social media. The K-pop septet announced last week that the new [...]
SEOUL, July 31 (Korea Bizwire) — From its inception, SSAK3, a one-off K-pop team created for MBC TV’s weekend variety show “Hang Out With Yoo,” was intended to be a silly tongue-in-cheek project, riding on the coattails of the retro boom in today’s pop culture landscape. At best, the co-ed trio, formed of two late [...]
SEOUL, July 31 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop giant BTS won three nominations for the 2020 MTV Video Music Awards in the United States, according to the American television network Thursday (local time). The South Korean septet’s “ON,” the lead song on the band’s album “Map of the Soul 7,” was nominated in the categories of [...]
SEOUL, July 28 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop quartet BLACKPINK will drop its first full studio album in October, the group’s management agency said Tuesday. On its official blog, YG Entertainment posted an album teaser poster titled “The Album,” with a pink tiara in the middle and the date “2020.10.02″ at the bottom. It is expected [...]
ROME, July 28 (Korea Bizwire) — A bimonthly magazine dedicated to all things related to K-pop giant BTS has been launched in Italy, in a reflection of the band’s growing popularity, according to the publisher Monday. Italian publishing house Sprea S.p.A launched the magazine, BTS, last month, with the full-color launch edition consisting of some [...]