SEOUL, Sept. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — Korean-American rapper Park Jae-beom, also known as Jay Park, performed at the annual Made in America (MIA) music festival in Philadelphia, the United States, as its first Korean contributor, his management agency said Tuesday. “Park was invited to MIA to perform for its Sept. 2 event as the first [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop boy band BTS left for the United States on Monday on its world tour as it scored its second No. 1 title on the Billboard 200 Albums chart with its latest work, “Love Yourself: Answer.” The seven-member K-pop sensation is set to perform at Staples Center in Los [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — JYP Entertainment, the home for top-rung girl band TWICE, beat its long-time rival SM Entertainment to emerge as the biggest entertainment firm by market capitalization for the first time in nearly two decades this week. Following steady growth since early this year, shares of JYP finished at 31,300 won [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — JYP Entertainment, the South Korean entertainment giant led by music producer Park Jin-young, will be holding auditions on a global scale in the United States and Canada. Park’s company announced yesterday plans to hold “2018 JYP Global Auditions” in four cities in North America. The first audition will be [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — The K-pop boy band BTS’ new album, “Love Yourself: Answer,” is poised to hit the world music scene Friday with its main track that blends South African dance music with traditional Korean beats and the sounds of a folk music instrument. The final, fourth part of the septet’s “Love [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — The music video of K-pop girl band BLACKPINK’s “DDU-DU DDU-DU” has surpassed the threshold of 300 million YouTube views just two months after its release. The feat was achieved on Thursday, 68 days after the release of the song and its umbrella album, “Square Up,” setting the record the [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop girl group Red Velvet will begin a tour of three Asian countries with a concert in Bangkok on Sept. 8, the group’s agency said Tuesday. The tour is an extension from the group’s solo concert, titled “Redmare,” held in Seoul on Aug. 4-5. After Bangkok, the tour will [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop boy group BTS will perform at a 40,000-seat stadium in New York City as part of their upcoming world tour, their management agency said Thursday. The band will hit New York City’s Citi Field on Oct. 6 on the American leg of their upcoming world tour, according to [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — Conventionally known as uncharted territory when it comes to K-pop, India’s interest in the music genre is said to be growing and local newspapers and magazines have been churning out features on Korean pop music in light of the Korean Wave that is headed that way. The Economic Times, [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — Long-running boy band Shinhwa will celebrate the 20th anniversary of their debut with the release of a new album and concert performances this year, their management agency said Wednesday. The sextet debuted in 1998 as one of the first boy bands formed by SM Entertainment and emerged as one [...]