SEOUL, April 23 (Korea Bizwire) — The music video for K-pop act BLACKPINK’s “Boombayah” passed 1.4 billion views on YouTube on Saturday, its management agency said. The video for the main track of its debut album released in August 2016 reached the milestone at 5:56 a.m., YG Entertainment said. It became the female band’s third [...]
SEOUL, April 22 (Korea Bizwire) — The music video for K-pop superstars BTS’ 2019 hit song “Boy With Luv” has become the group’s first video to exceed 1.5 billion views on YouTube. The song hit the milestone at about 5 p.m. Thursday, five months after surpassing 1.4 billion views in November, according to the group’s [...]
SEOUL, April 22 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop boy group Seventeen will release its fourth full-length album titled “Face the Sun” on May 27, the group’s agency, Pledis Entertainment, said Friday. The band unveiled a teaser poster featuring various objects that hint at the concept of the highly anticipated album, such as stairs, ropes, the sun [...]
SEOUL, April 19 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean girl group aespa will perform at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, the largest outdoor music festival in the United States, the group’s agency said Tuesday. The quartet will make its Coachella debut on Saturday (U.S. time) during the second week of the festival, SM Entertainment [...]
SEOUL, April 19 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop supergroup BTS returned home Tuesday after wrapping up live concerts in Las Vegas that drew about 620,000 fans. Six members of the septet — Jin, Jimin, V, J-Hope, Jungkook and Suga — arrived at Incheon International Airport in Incheon, about 40 kilometers west of Seoul, in the early [...]
SEOUL, April 17 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop sensation BTS is ready to drop a new album in June, its agency here said Sunday. “BTS will be back with another new album on June 10, 2022,” Big Hit Music said in a statement posted on BTS’s fan community Weverse. “Details on the new album will be [...]
SEOUL, April 15 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop supergroup Seventeen rolled out its first English-language song “Darl+ing” on Friday, seeking to expand its presence in the global music market. The digital single hit online music services at home and abroad at 1 p.m. ahead of its appearance on the band’s fourth full-length album that will come [...]
SEOUL, April 14 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop group The Boyz will begin its first-ever world tour, encompassing North America and Europe, next month, its management agency said Thursday. The 11-piece group will kick off the tour titled “The Boyz World Tour: The B-Zone” in Los Angeles on May 29, IST Entertainment said. It will mark [...]
SEOUL, April 13 (Korea Bizwire) — The first girl group from K-pop powerhouse Hybe will release its first album next month, its management agency said Wednesday. Le Sserafim will drop the debut EP “Fearless” and hold a showcase for fans at the Jangchung Arena, an indoor sports stadium that can house 4,000 people, on May [...]
SEOUL, April 11 (Korea Bizwire) – Onew, leader and lead vocalist of popular K-pop group SHINee, said Monday that “diversity” is the keyword that best represents his latest album to be released after more than three years of hiatus as an individual artist. “I wanted to show that Onew is a person who can do [...]