SEOUL, July 4 (Korea Bizwire) – Today’s K-pop has a plethora of talented, self-producing idol artists, such as Highlight, WINNER and EXID, just to name a few. But the supposed first-generation bands back in the ’90s were almost exclusively manufactured and tailored — from songs, to style and even public behavior — as are still [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop idol group Girls’ Generation will come out with a new full-length album next month, its agency said Tuesday. The record will be released on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the group’s debut, which falls on Aug. 5, S.M. Entertainment said. No further details of the album [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — Actor Lee Min-ho will release a photo book that was shot in the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) dividing the two Koreas, his agency said Monday. The album, titled “DMZ, The Records of 500 Days,” will come out July 10, according to MYM Entertainment. The pictures were taken while filming “DMZ, [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — AOA 53 months, EXID 52 months, Girl’s Day 32 months and Mamamoo 30 months. TWICE and BLACKPINK? Unknown. You might think these are how long it took for the respective K-pop artists to break out. But no. These groups actually built their name recognitions much faster. They’re how long [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — With an early summer heat wave gripping the nation, dormant K-pop players are coming out of the woodwork to wage a hot music chart war this summer — with Mamamoo taking aim with its fifth EP album “Purple.” “The color purple is produced by mixing pink and blue. Pink [...]
SEOUL, June 20 (Korea Bizwire) – Season two of “Produce 101,” Mnet’s all-male idol audition show, topped a TV popularity index for 10 weeks straight, data showed Tuesday. “Produce 101″ scored 285.1 points on the Content Power Index (CPI), becoming the most popular TV program from June 5-June 11. CPI, developed by entertainment company CJ [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — G-Dragon of K-pop group BIGBANG has stormed onto the Billboard 200 album chart, marking the artist’s third time to do so, his management company said Tuesday. YG Entertainment said his fourth solo album “Kwon Ji Yong,” released on June 8, ranked 192nd on the chart as of June 12, [...]
SEOUL, June 9 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean filmmaker Bong Joon-ho’s English-debut film “Snowpiercer” will be remade into a TV series in the United States, according to foreign news reports on Thursday. Oscar winning actress Jennifer Connelly has signed on for a role in a one-hour pilot for the U.S. television network TNT’s “Snowpiercer,” Variety [...]
SEOUL, June 9 (Korea Bizwire) – G-Dragon’s new solo album has conquered Apple’s iTunes album charts in 39 countries upon its release, his agency said Friday. “Kwon Ji Yong,” the fourth solo album released by the singer-rapper of boy band BIGBANG, has stormed the charts in the United States, Canada, Argentina, France and Hong Kong, [...]
SEOUL, June 8 (Korea Bizwire) – Contrary to his stage name T.O.P, Choi Seung-hyun, member of the popular K-pop boy band BIGBANG, hit the rock bottom of his successful 10-year-plus career this week. He has been indicted on charges of smoking marijuana and his military service that began in February was put on hold pending [...]