SEOUL, Sept. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — The lead single of BLACKPINK’s upcoming full-length album is titled “Shut Down,” the band’s agency said Wednesday. “It’s a title that is intuitive and creates a strange tension,” YG Entertainment said in a release. “BLACKPINK will once again captivate music fans around the world with its unique charisma and [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop boy group Stray Kids will return with its seventh EP titled “Maxident” on Oct. 7, the band’s agency said Tuesday. It will mark the first release from the group since its sixth EP, “Oddinary,” in March. The last EP debuted atop the Billboard 200 main albums chart with [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — A new single by hip-hop group Balming Tiger featuring RM of BTS topped the iTunes’ global songs chart Friday, the hip-hop group said. “Sexy Nukim” debuted atop the Worldwide iTunes Song chart and top songs charts in about 50 countries around the world, a day after its release, the [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — Ive has proved its status as one of the hottest rookie girl groups with its latest single “After Like” dominating domestic charts and having sold far more copies than two preceding hits from early on. The six-member group dropped its third single “After Like” on Aug. 22, making the [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop girl group ITZY has recorded its first million seller with its latest album, “Checkmate,” the band’s agency said Thursday. Released on July 15, the group’s fifth EP passed the 1 million threshold Wednesday afternoon, JYP Entertainment said, citing data from the country’s benchmark Circle Chart. The EP earned [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — Having spent nearly 14 years in the music industry as a member of once hugely popular K-pop idol group SHINee, Key has many thoughts in his head these days before he turns 31 next month. “Am I an adult? Can I become perfect if I marry like my parents [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — Girl group BLACKPINK’s new single “Pink Venom” arrived on the U.S. Billboard’s main singles chart at No. 22, Billboard has said. Billboard said on Twitter on Sunday (U.S. time) the song ranked 22nd on this week’s Hot 100, earning the group its eighth career entry and fourth top 40 [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — BLACKPINK has won in two categories at the MTV Video Music Awards, one of the biggest U.S. pop music awards, becoming the first K-pop girl group to accomplish the feat. The South Korean group lifted the trophies for Best Metaverse Performance and Best K-pop during this year’s event held [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — The music video for K-pop girl group BLACKPINK’s “Pink Venom” passed 200 million views on YouTube on Saturday, its management agency said. The video for its latest single released Aug. 19 hit the milestone at 2:11 a.m., according to YG Entertainment. It achieved the feat in the second shortest [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — Popular K-pop girl group TWICE will return Friday with its 11th EP, “Between 1&2,” the group’s management agency said. The album consists of seven tracks connected under the theme of the bond between ONCE, the group’s global fandom, and TWICE as the title “Between 1&2″ implies, according to JYP [...]