SEOUL, Oct. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean girl group TWICE released its first English single Friday, its agency said, signaling a full-scale inroad into the North American music market. The band’s first English single “The Feels” was dropped at 1 p.m. (midnight EST), according to JYP Entertainment. The nine-member group, which has a strong [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean supergroup BTS and British rock band Coldplay dropped the official music video for “My Universe” on Thursday, six days after the collaboration single’s release. The premiere on Coldplay’s YouTube channel was watched by more than 950,000 people as an adjacent live chat was flooded with messages and [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop sensation BTS will hold a series of live in-person concerts in Los Angeles in November and December after two years away from such events due to the new coronavirus, the band’s label said Tuesday. “BTS PERMISSION TO DANCE ON STAGE – LA” will be held at SoFi Stadium [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — “Sticker,” the third studio album by K-pop boy band NCT 127, has debuted at No. 3 on Billboard’s main albums chart, the highest-charting release for the group. The album, which contains the lead single of the same name, placed third on this week’s Billboard 200, which ranks the most [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — The music video for K-pop girl group BLACKPINK’s “Kill This Love” has exceeded 1.4 billion views on YouTube, its management agency said Sunday. The video hit the milestone at about 6 p.m. the previous day, becoming the second video from the group to do so after the 2018 hit [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean boy band NCT 127 has made it onto Britain’s Official Charts with its latest album “Sticker.” Its third studio album debuted at No. 40 on the Official Albums Chart Top 10 on Friday (local time), just one week after its release on Sept. 17. The nine-piece K-pop [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop girl group BLACKPINK will speak and perform during a YouTube event on climate change next month, its management agency said Friday. The four-piece band will appear on “Dear Earth,” a YouTube Originals special organized to raise awareness on protecting the environment, on Oct. 23 (U.S. time), according to [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop supergroup BTS and British rock band Coldplay released their collaboration single “My Universe” on Friday, kicking off what is expected to be a fresh cycle of chart-topping, high-profile events. The song dropped on streaming services at 1 p.m. (Korean time), along with the official lyric video on Coldplay’s [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — The video featuring K-pop sensations BTS performing “Permission to Dance,” one of their hit singles, at the United Nations headquarters has exceeded 12 million views on YouTube, becoming the most viewed clip on the U.N. channel. The video that was uploaded at the U.N.’s official YouTube channel Monday has [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean superband BTS addressed the U.N. General Assembly Monday and praised the world’s young people for welcoming the challenges presented by the COVID-19 pandemic. The septet flew to New York to speak in person at the 76th U.N. General Assembly’s Sustainable Development Goals Moment event as special presidential [...]