SEOUL, Apr. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — SM Entertainment, South Korea’s leading music label-entertainment agency, said Monday some 15,000 K-pop fans gathered at the company’s first joint Arab-region concert held in Dubai last week. The concert, “SM Town Live World Tour VI in Dubai,” was held at the Autism Rocks Arena in Dubai on Friday. A [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — The music video for “Boombayah,” K-pop act BLACKPINK’s breakout hit, has reached over 300 million views on YouTube, according to the group’s agency Monday. The song, released in August of 2016, reached the milestone earlier in the day, YG Entertainment said. Three other songs by BLACKPINK — “Playing with [...]
SEOUL, April 6 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean pop stars from SM Entertainment held a press conference on Thursday in Dubai ahead of their live concert SM Town Live. The press conference – part of the promos for the very first SM Town Live concert in the Arab region – garnered attention from major local media [...]
SEOUL, April 6 (Korea Bizwire) – Project K-pop band Wanna One will launch its envisioned 13-city world tour on June 1, the group’s production company said Friday, announcing a detailed schedule for the tour. On Tuesday, CJ E&M announced the group’s plan to hold the world tour titled “Wanna One World Tour – One: The World” but said it will unveil the exact dates and venues later. [...]
SEOUL, April 6 (Korea Bizwire) – Onew, a member of K-pop boy band SHINee, has been cleared of a sexual harassment allegation that has dogged him since August of last year, his agency said Friday. SM Entertainment said Onew, whose real name is Lee Jin-ki, was cleared of his sexual harassment allegation by the prosecution [...]
SEOUL, April 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Taeyeon of Girls’ Generation will hold her first-ever showcase tour in Japan in June as a solo artist, her agency said Friday. The tour will take her to four Japanese cities — Fukuoka, Nagoya, Tokyo and Osaka, SM Entertainment said, without releasing the exact dates for the events. Debuting [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop boy band BTS on Friday released a new cinematic video hinting at the themes and sounds of its upcoming new album. Titled “Euphoria: Theme of Love Yourself: Wonder,” the nine-minute-long teaser video was shared on YouTube at midnight. In similar fashion to BTS’ promotional videos in the past, [...]
SEOUL, April 5 (Korea Bizwire) — Pop star Seohyun has expressed hope South Korean musicians’ recent performance in Pyongyang will serve as a stepping stone in improving inter-Korean relations. She joined the 160-member troupe, which held rare concerts on Sunday and Tuesday in reciprocation to North Koreans’ performance in the South in February in celebration [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — Netmarble Games, South Korea’s top mobile game developer, has made a major investment in the country’s entertainment agency behind K-pop sensation BTS, corporate sources said Thursday. In a regulatory filing issued Wednesday, Netmarble Games said it will acquire a 25.71 percent stake in Big Hit Entertainment for 201.43 billion [...]
SEOUL, April 4 (Korea Bizwire) — Veteran singer Cho Yong-pil, a key member of the South Korean artist troupe to Pyongyang, has suggested that music can serve as a tool for the two Koreas to communicate emotionally. The 160-member group returned home early Wednesday after staging two concerts in Pyongyang. “Just like the concert’s title, [...]