SEOUL, Jan. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Veteran K-pop boy band Super Junior has dropped its first new Japanese album in eight years, the act’s agency said Wednesday. The second-generation boy band released “Star,” a 30-track album whose namesake title track features an energetic dance beat, according to Label SJ. The band’s previous Japanese album was [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — NCT 127, a sub-unit of the popular K-pop boy band NCT, is set to release a new EP in Japan next month, its agency said Tuesday. The band will be releasing the Japanese EP “Loveholic,” its first new Japanese album in two years, on Feb. 17, according to SM [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — D.O., member of K-pop boy band EXO, has completed his mandatory military service and was officially discharged Monday. D.O., whose legal name is Doh Kyung-soo, was recently on his final leave and was discharged without having to return to his base, according to the military’s COVID-19 guidelines, according to [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — Fans looking forward to the solo debuts of BLACKPINK members Rose and Lisa can get a glimpse of Rose’s solo material in the quartet’s online concert this weekend. Rose is set to perform her first solo song during BLACKPINK’s online concert “The Show” scheduled for Sunday, YG Entertainment said [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop dynamo BTS is set to drop a new edition of its hit album “BE” next month, the band’s agency said Monday. The new edition, titled the “Essential Edition,” will drop on Feb. 19, according to Big Hit Entertainment. BTS initially released the “Deluxe Version” of “BE” in November. [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — The music video for “Dynamite,” the historic BTS song that topped the Billboard’s main singles chart last year, has earned 800 million YouTube views, the band’s agency said Sunday. YouTube views for “Dynamite” hit 800 million views at 12:26 p.m. on Sunday, becoming the septet’s sixth music video to [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop soloist HyunA is set to drop a new EP next week, returning from a yearlong hiatus related to her health condition. The singer, known for her bold performances, will be releasing the album “I’m Not Cool” at 6 p.m. on Thursday, according to P Nation, an agency-label founded [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — Rookie K-pop act TREASURE is set to release its first full album in Japan in March, officially debuting in the Asian country, its agency said Thursday. “The First Step: TREASURE Effect,” set to drop on March 31, is a Japanese version of the band’s debut full album and carries [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — On a chilly January afternoon, four young men are at a white and wooden kitchen studio set up at a traditional Korean house, cooking up a street-meets-royal Korean dish. They are Woobin, Hyeongjun, Seongmin and Allen — members of nine-piece rookie boy band Cravity — who are making gungjung [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — Baekhyun, the lead singer of K-pop boy group EXO, will release his first solo album in Japan this week, his agency said Tuesday. His first Japanese EP, titled “BAEKHYUN,” is set to hit Japan on Wednesday, according to SM Entertainment. It is his first time to release a Japanese [...]