SEOUL, Aug. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop boy group Tomorrow X Together (TXT) will return in October with its third studio album, the group’s agency said Wednesday. BigHit Music said the album, titled “The Name Chapter: Freefall,” will roll out Oct. 13. It will be the first full-length album from the quintet since 2021, when [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — BTS member V officially released three of his self-composed songs — “Winter Bear,” “Snow Flower (feat. Peakboy)” and “Scenery” — on Tuesday, his agency, BigHit Music, said. The release comes over a week ahead of the release of his debut solo album, “Layover,” on Sept. 8. The songs were [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop supergroup NCT will return with all members Monday, dropping its fourth studio album. “Golden Age” will be unveiled at 6 p.m. alongside the music video for “Baggy Jeans,” one of the album’s two main tracks, according to the group’s agency, SM Entertainment. It will mark the first LP [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — BTS member J-Hope’s debut solo album, “Jack in the Box,” has re-entered the top 10 of the U.S. Billboard’s main albums chart this week, more than a year after its release, Billboard said Monday. The album ranked sixth on Billboard 200, with 50,000 equivalent album units sold during the [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — BTS member Jungkook’s debut solo single, “Seven,” became the third most-streamed song of the summer on the global streaming platform Spotify, his agency said Saturday. “Seven” was ranked only behind “Ella Baila Sola” by Eslabon Armado and Peso Pluma at No. 1 and Bad Bunny’s “Where She Goes” on [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop girl group BLACKPINK will drop a song for the soundtrack of its new mobile video game on Friday, the group’s agency said. “The Girls” is on the original soundtrack for the mobile game, “BLACKPINK The Game,” released in May. Members Rose and Jennie participated in composing and writing [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 25 (Korea Bizwire) – The dance practice video for “Pink Venom,” a 2022 hit single by K-pop girl group BLACKPINK, has surpassed 200 million views on YouTube, the group’s agency said Friday. The video hit the milestone on Thursday night, becoming the group’s 11th choreography video with more than 200 million views, YG [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — Gocheok Sky Dome will be the venue of two surprise Seoul concerts by BLACKPINK next month, which makes it the first K-pop girl group ever to perform there, the group’s agency said Thursday. Earlier this month, YG Entertainment said the group will hold two “encore concerts” in the South [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — Korean has been the second most dominant language among the non-English songs that have reached the top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100 chart, according to a recent report by Billboard. The U.S. music magazine said in an online article published Wednesday (U.S. local time) that only 35 songs [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — TWICE leader Jihyo made a debut as a solo artist Friday, eight years after she debuted as a member of the popular K-pop girl group. She dropped her first individual album, “Zone,” at 1 p.m. to become the second TWICE member to go solo following Nayeon. “I was excited [...]