SEOUL, Jan. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — BLACKPINK’s megahit single “Ddu-du Ddu-du” has set a YouTube record for most views for a video by a K-pop group, the quartet’s agency said Wednesday. YG Entertainment said the music video surpassed 2 billion views shortly before 9 a.m. The clip was first released on July 15, 2018. “Ddu-du [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — Netflix’s South Korean original “The Glory” starring Song Hye-kyo has placed third on the streamer’s weekly viewership chart for non-English TV shows released Wednesday. Released on Dec. 30, “The Glory” was the third-most watched non-English TV show on Netflix’s Top 10 list for the week of Dec. 26-Jan. 1 [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 2 (Korea Bizwire) – Jisoo will become the last member of the top K-pop girl group BLACKPINK to debut as a soloist this year, the group’s agency said Monday. “BLACKPINK’s Jisoo is now stepping up work to record her solo album,” YG Entertainment said in a release. “She has been working on music [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Netflix’s new South Korean original, “The Glory,” has landed at No. 5 on a global popularity chart for TV series available on the streaming service. According to data released by FlixPatrol, a streaming analytics company, Sunday (U.S. time), the drama starring Song Hye-kyo placed fifth on its daily global [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop rookie NewJeans put out a new single, titled “OMG,” Monday after a successful debut year, the group’s agency said. According to ADOR, “OMG” is a bouncy and exciting hip-hop R&B song that mixes hip-hop drum and percussion sounds with UK garage and trap rhythms Its lyrics depict a [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — All six members of K-pop boy group iKON will leave YG Entertainment with the expiration of their seven-year contracts with the agency, the company said Friday. “After a long discussion about their future activities with iKON members (Bobby, Jay, June, Song, DK and Chan), we have agreed to end [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — Six out of 10 Netflix subscribers globally watched at least one Korean title on the streaming platform this year, Netflix said Thursday. “The K-Wave is bigger than ever,” Netflix said in a release posted on its global newsroom. “Sixty percent of our members watched a Korean title and Netflix [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop boy band NCT 127 will appear on U.S. broadcaster CNN’s special live global coverage for New Year’s Eve celebrations, the group’s management agency said Wednesday. NCT 127 will join an interview with host Kristie Lu Stout during “New Year’s Eve Live” slated for Saturday (local time) to send [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Daesung of K-pop boy group BIGBANG recently terminated his contract with YG Entertainment, the agency said Tuesday, with G-Dragon expected to be the band’s only member to remain with the company. “We’re discussing signing a contract with G-Dragon as a soloist, while Daesung is seeking a new start after [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 27 (Korea Bizwire) – “Indigo,” the first solo album of BTS leader RM, has surged to No. 3 on Billboard’s main albums chart this week, making him the highest-charted K-pop soloist. Billboard said in an article on the preview of this week’s charts Monday (U.S. time) that RM became the first BTS member [...]