SEOUL, Feb. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — Bang Si-hyuk, the producer of the K-pop phenomenon BTS, made Billboard’s list of “25 Top Innovators” who are “Music’s New Power Generation,” Billboard said on its website on Friday. “The K-populist: BTS — the seven-man K-pop band that South Korean songwriter-producer-executive Bang assembled in 2010 — catapulted into Western-pop [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — A student-run academic course has been launched at the University of California, Berkeley, to explore the phenomenal success of K-pop boy band BTS and its growing global impact, the school’s website showed Thursday. The 2-unit course, “Next Generation Leaders: BTS,” opened as part of the UC Berkeley’s Democratic Education [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop girl band BLACKPINK will take the stage on a late-night talk show hosted by U.S. comedian Stephen Colbert next week, the U.S. broadcaster CBS has said. CBS said Wednesday that the four-piece group is scheduled to perform at the Ed Sullivan Theater in New York and chat with [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — Hwasa, the pivotal member of the four-piece K-pop girl group Mamamoo, will release her first solo album next week, its management agency said Thursday. The 24-year-old is set to launch the solo song Feb. 13, the first solo music outside of Mamamoo since the group’s debut in 2014, according [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — The South Korean children’s song “Baby Shark” made history as part of the Korean Wave, or “hallyu,” by charting on Billboard’s most competitive Hot 100 list as the first non-pop Korean song. For the week of Feb. 2, “Baby Shark” came in 36th place on the Hot 100, stepping [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 31 (Korea Bizwire) — V, a member of globally celebrated K-pop boy band BTS, has released a self-created song, “Scenery,” joining other group members in releasing self-composed songs. The new song was put up on BTS’ Korean blog Wednesday night for free download. V, whose real name is Kim Tae-hyung, composed and wrote [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 31 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop stars including boy band iKon and solo artist Chungha, will perform for a K-pop showcase during the U.S. annual music festival South by Southwest (SXSW), the American event’s website showed Thursday. “(The Korea Creative Content Agency) is back for their 7th annual SXSW Music Festival showcase,” the website [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — “Love Yourself in Seoul,” the second documentary film capturing the thrill of live BTS concerts, attracted more than 200,000 local movie goers in the first three days after its release at some local screens last week, data showed Tuesday. The accumulated ticket sales for the film, which hit 161 [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — Jennie, the pivotal member of K-pop girl band BLACKPINK, and Kai from the boy band EXO split up less than one month after their romantic relationship was exposed by a media outlet, according to the latter’s management agency on Friday. “The two parted ways,” SM Entertainment told the media, [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — Popular K-pop boy band SHINee’s member Key will begin the mandatory 21-month military service in early March as a member of the military band, his management agency SM Entertainment said Friday. The 28-year-old, whose real name is Kim Ki-bum, “will join the military on March 4, having recently got [...]