SEOUL, May 5 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop sensation BTS will release a new compilation album that includes three new tracks next month, its agency said Thursday. “Proof” is set to be released June 10, Big Hit Entertainment said in a statement through the group’s Weverse page. The three-CD album will be BTS’ first official release [...]
SEOUL, May 4 (Korea Bizwire) — Brave Girls, the K-pop group known for its sudden rise to fame last year, spurred by the viral success of its old single “Rollin’,” will undertake its first-ever tour of the United States, the group’s agency said Wednesday. The group will begin the tour in Philadelphia on July 9 [...]
SEOUL, May 3 (Korea Bizwire) — The upcoming full-length album by K-pop supergroup Seventeen has sold more than 1.74 million copies in preorders, a new record for the group, its management agency said Tuesday. Preorders for the band’s fourth studio album “Face the Sun” began a week ago. It became the most-preordered album from Seventeen, [...]
SEOUL, April 29 (Korea Bizwire) — Psy, who rose to global fame through his viral video “Gangnam Style,” made a long-awaited comeback Friday with his ninth full-length album that he said was made “with great care.” “It’s an album I have prepared for a long time, with great care,” the 44-year-old singer-rapper said during a [...]
SEOUL, April 27 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop group Stray Kids has been on the Billboard’s main albums chart for a fifth consecutive week with its latest EP “Oddinary.” The EP ranked No. 117 on the Billboard 200 this week, up 16 slots from 131st the previous week. Fully unveiled on March 18, the seven-track album [...]
SEOUL, April 26 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop boy group Tomorrow X Together (TXT) will hold its first world tour since its debut, the group’s management agency said Tuesday. The “Act: Love Sick” tour will begin in Seoul on July 2-3 and continue in seven U.S. cities, including Chicago, New York, San Francisco and Los Angeles, [...]
SEOUL, April 26 (Korea Bizwire) — Singer-rapper Psy has co-produced the lead track on his upcoming ninth full-length album “Psy 9th” with Suga of K-pop supergroup BTS, Psy’s agency said Tuesday. Suga has also participated in the writing of the lyrics, composition and arrangement of “That That,” according to P Nation. “At first I was [...]
SEOUL, April 26 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop boy group Astro will return with its third full-length album next month, the group’s management agency said Tuesday. The six-member group will drop the album titled “Drive to the Starry Road” on May 16, Fantagio said. It will be the band’s first studio album since “All Yours” was [...]
SEOUL, April 24 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean girl group aespa performed at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, the largest outdoor music festival in the United States, the group’s agency said Sunday. The quartet made its Coachella debut Saturday (U.S. time) with its hit singles, such as “Savage,” “Next Level” and “Black Mamba,” [...]
SEOUL, April 23 (Korea Bizwire) — The music video for K-pop superband BTS’ “Fake Love” passed 1.1 billion views on YouTube on Saturday, its management agency said. The video for the main track of its third full-length album, “Love Yourself: Tear,” released in May 2018 reached the milestone at 3:44 a.m., Big Hit Music said. [...]