SEOUL, Aug. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — The music video for BTS’ 2021 megahit single “Butter” has surpassed 800 million YouTube views, becoming the eighth video from the K-pop group to hit the milestone. The video passed the 800 million threshold at about 4 p.m. Thursday, about 15 months after it was uploaded online on May [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — Girl group BLACKPINK’s upcoming second full-length album “Born Pink” has sold over 2 million copies in preorders, its agency said Thursday. “This is a record for K-pop female acts of all time,” YG Entertainment said. “We can expect the album to break 3 million with about three weeks left [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop superstars BTS will hold a massive live concert in Busan on Oct. 15 to support the southern port city’s bid to host the World Expo in 2030, the group said Wednesday. The septet said on K-pop fan community platform Weverse that the one-day concert titled “BTS <Yet to [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — Ive, one of the hottest rookie girl groups, droped its third single “After Like” Monday, drawing attention to whether the new track will be the group’s third straight hit. According to Starship Entertainment, the group’s agency, the single is composed of two songs — the title track and “My [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — The music video for K-pop girl group BLACKPINK’s 2017 hit song “As If It’s Your Last” has surpassed 1.2 billion views on YouTube. YG Entertainment said Monday the video passed the threshold at about 7 p.m. the previous day, five years and a month after it was uploaded on [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — Rallies around the home of former President Moon Jae-in will be banned starting Monday as the Presidential Security Service expanded the guard zone for the former president amid persistent noisy and menacing protests. The decision to ban rallies within 300 meters from Moon’s home in Yangsan, about 310 kilometers [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop supergroups BTS and BLACKPINK have been nominated for group of the year in the 2022 MTV Video Music Awards, the U.S. music channel has announced. The two K-pop bands will compete for Best Group Of The Year with City Girls, Foo Fighters, Imagine Dragons, Maneskin, Red Hot Chili [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop girl group BLACKPINK’s new single “Pink Venom” debuted atop iTunes charts in 69 countries around the world, the group’s agency said Saturday. YG Entertainment said the song, released the previous day, ranked No. 1 on iTunes Top Songs charts in North America, South America, Europe, Asia and Oceania [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — BLACKPINK, the top girl group in the world, is back Friday with “Pink Venom,” the first release from its upcoming second full-length album, after an almost two-year hiatus. During an online press conference held a few hours before the song’s release at 1 p.m., BLACKPINK said the song portrayed [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop girl group BLACKPINK will perform at the 2022 MTV Video Music Awards in the United States, according to the group’s agency Tuesday. YG Entertainment said the quartet is preparing a special performance at the annual event slated for Aug. 28 (local time) in the U.S. BLACKPINK will be [...]