SEOUL, June 17 (Korea Bizwire) — The music video for global sensation BTS’ “Dynamite” passed 1.5 billion views on YouTube on Friday, becoming the second most-viewed video from the band, its management agency said. The video for the megahit single released in August 2020 reached the milestone at 1:11 p.m., Big Hit Music said. It [...]
SEOUL, June 17 (Korea Bizwire) — Global streaming giant Netflix has recently announced its plans to renew a slew of its hit Korean-language originals, like the smash-hit survival drama “Squid Game,” for more seasons in an apparent bid to gain fresh momentum as the pandemic winds down. Earlier this week, Netflix confirmed that “Squid Game” [...]
SEOUL, June 17 (Korea Bizwire) — Jeonghan, a member of K-pop group Seventeen, has received an operation for an elbow injury, the group’s management agency said Friday. “Jeonghan recently visited the hospital due to increased pain in his elbow, and it has been determined that surgery was needed, which he received Wednesday,” Pledis Entertainment said [...]
SEOUL, June 17 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop supergroup BTS’ new album “Proof” sold over 2.75 million copies in the first week of its release, a record for all K-pop albums released so far this year, its agency said Friday. The anthology album had sold a total of 2,752,496 copies as of Friday, just a week [...]
SEOUL, June 17 (Korea Bizwire) — Jungkook, a vocalist of K-pop giant BTS, will drop a collaborative single with U.S. singer-songwriter Charlie Puth next Friday. Puth unveiled a video of Jungkook and him humorously discussing their plans to release “Left and Right” on TikTok on Friday. The BTS member sang a verse of the song [...]
SEOUL, June 16 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop supergroup BTS flatly rejected rumors Thursday that the band is taking steps to disband itself following its recent announcement of a pause in group activities. “We’ll try to show good performances either as a team or individuals,” RM, the band leader, said in a post to Weverse, a [...]
SEOUL, June 15 (Korea Bizwire) — Members of K-pop supergroup BTS, who recently decided to put group activities on hold, are expected to work on projects individually, with rapper J-Hope spearheading the move. In an announcement made on YouTube on Tuesday, the group said it will take a collective break but members will return with [...]
SEOUL, June 15 (Korea Bizwire) — Aside from being a superstar with many chart-topping hits and a global fandom, BTS has strongly influenced the world with its heartfelt messages of consolation and hope for youth and those against Asian hate crimes. The band made its first big stride toward the move in November 2017, when [...]
SEOUL, June 15 (Korea Bizwire) — Since K-pop supergroup BTS abruptly announced it will bring a halt to its group projects, social media has been flooded with messages of the septet’s fans expressing grief but support for the decision. In a YouTube video clip released Tuesday, BTS said it will take a break and pursue [...]
SEOUL, June 15 (Korea Bizwire) — The abrupt decision by global sensation BTS to pause working together as a group appears to have come from a need to restore its identity and take a break in order to explore the growth of individual members, exhausted after working for nine years without a rest. The bandmates [...]