SEOUL, June 19 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop girl group NewJeans will return after six months with its second EP, “Get Up,” next month, the group’s management agency said Monday. According to ADOR, the band will release the album on July 21 and “New Jeans” and “Super Shy,” the first two of the album’s six tracks, [...]
SEOUL, June 19 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop girl group ITZY will put out a new EP, titled “Kill My Doubt,” on July 31, the group’s agency said Monday. The quintet’s latest release was “Cheshire,” its sixth EP dropped in November. The upcoming EP will comprise six tracks, led by “Cake,” according to JYP Entertainment. It [...]
SEOUL, June 15 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop boy group Ateez hopes it will be able to take the stage for prestigious U.S. music awards, such as Billboard Music Awards and Grammy Awards. The eight-piece group had a media showcase here for “The World Ep. 2: Outlaw” on Thursday, one day before the album’s release. Debuting [...]
SEOUL, June 13 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop boy group NCT Dream will release its third full-length album, “ISTJ,” next month, the group’s agency said Tuesday. It is composed of 10 songs, including the title track, “ISTJ,” according to SM Entertainment. The group will pre-release the track “Broken Melodies” on June 19 ahead of its official [...]
SEOUL, June 12 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop boy group Stray Kids has claimed No. 1 on U.S. Billboard’s main albums chart for the third time in their career with their third studio album “5-Star.” The 12-track album debuted atop the Billboard 200 chart for this week with 249,500 equivalent album units earned in the United [...]
SEOUL, June 10 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop supergroup BTS’ 10th anniversary song “Take Two” has debuted atop iTunes Top Songs charts in 92 countries around the world, the band’s agency said Saturday. The countries include the United States, Britain, France and Germany, according to BigHit Music. Released Friday, the song expresses the band’s gratitude and [...]
SEOUL, June 9 (Korea Bizwire) — Jihyo of popular K-pop girl group TWICE will make a debut as a solo artist in August, the band’s agency said Friday. She will become the second member of the nine-piece group to go solo, following Nayeon, who released her first solo album a year ago. JYP Entertainment has [...]
SEOUL, June 8 (Korea Bizwire) — RM, the leader of K-pop superband BTS, will attend the main event of the BTS Festa to celebrate its debut anniversary, the group’s agency said Thursday. The BTS Festa@Yeouido will take place at the Han River Park in Seoul’s Yeouido area on June 17 to wrap up the two-week-long [...]
SEOUL, June 6 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop idol G-Dragon’s contract with YG Entertainment has expired, but the entertainment agency plans to discuss signing an additional contract with the singer when he resumes his music career, an agency official said Tuesday. “The exclusive contract with G-Dragon has expired,” a YG official told Yonhap News Agency, adding [...]
SEOUL, June 6 (Korea Bizwire) — The music video of K-pop superband BTS’ 2020 megahit single “Dynamite” has topped 1.7 billion YouTube views, becoming the most-viewed music video by the boy group, its agency said Tuesday. The “Dynamite” music video surpassed the threshold on YouTube at 8:37 p.m. on Monday, becoming the first music video [...]