SEOUL, Sept. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — Rose, a member of the K-pop group BLACKPINK, picked up two trophies, including Song of the Year, at the 2025 MTV Video Music Awards on Sunday (U.S. time). She won the honor for “APT.,” her collaboration single with global pop icon Bruno Mars, and accepted Best Group on behalf [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — “My Universe,” a collaboration single between boy group BTS and global pop icon Coldplay, has surpassed 1.5 billion streams on Spotify, the world’s largest music streaming platform, BTS’ agency said Tuesday. It became the second BTS’ group song with more than 1.5 billion streams following “Dynamite.” The two bands [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — Boy band Stray Kids set a record with its latest release, “Karma,” which posted the highest first-week sales of any K-pop album this year, the group’s agency said Friday. JYP Entertainment said the group’s fourth full-length album, released on Monday, sold 3.03 million copies in its first week, citing [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Dating speculation surrounding BTS member Jimin and actress Song Da-eun has resurfaced after Song uploaded a video that features the K-pop star. The clip, posted to her TikTok account early Wednesday, showed Jimin being playfully surprised by Song as he exits an elevator in an apartment building. When the [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 25 (Korea Bizwire) – Boy group Stray Kids has achieved double-million-seller status with its fourth full-length album, “Karma,” on the day of release, the group’s agency said Monday. JYP Entertainment said the album logged more than 2 million sales on Friday, immediately topping Hanteo’s weekly physical album chart and Circle Chart’s weekly retail [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop sensation Stray Kids dropped its fourth full-length album, “Karma,” on Friday, a project it says reflects on the achievements it has made through years of hard work. Speaking at a press conference in Seoul, rapper Changbin said, “We wanted to create an album that interprets ‘karma’ in a [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — Cortis, the new boy group from BigHit Music behind BTS and Tomorrow X Together (TXT), debuted Monday with a digital single and expressed hopes of establishing a unique identity in the K-pop scene. It marks the agency’s first new boy group in six years, following TXT’s debut in 2019. [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 18 (Korea Bizwire) – V of South Korean boy band BTS will throw out the first pitch at the Los Angeles Dodgers’ home game next Monday, the Major League Baseball team and his agency announced. “ARMY, you ready? V will be at Dodger Stadium on Aug. 25 to throw out the ceremonial first [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — Police said Tuesday they have launched an investigation into K-pop star G-Dragon and Yang Hyun-suk, the founder and chief producer of major agency YG Entertainment, over alleged violation of copyright law. Seoul’s Mapo Police Station began the probe after receiving a complaint in November from a composer who claimed [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — Key of K-pop boy group SHINee is returning as a soloist with a bold, concept-driven project. For his third full-length solo album, “Hunter,” the singer embraces an “urban legend” theme in which the protagonist confronts his “other self.” It marks his first studio album since “Gasoline” in August 2022. [...]