SEOUL, March 31 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop super band BTS cheered up its fans and audiences across the world Tuesday with a special performance on a U.S. TV show, broadcast from the band’s own studio in South Korea, in a time of social distancing over the COVID-19 pandemic. The members of BTS were the penultimate [...]
SEOUL, March 30 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop girl group TWICE has canceled its Japanese concerts, originally scheduled for mid-April, amid the global COVID-19 outbreak. An announcement on the band’s official Japanese website last week said “Twice World Tour 2019 ‘Twicelights’ in Japan,” scheduled to be held at Tokyo Dome on April 15 and 16, has [...]
SEOUL, March 27 (Korea Bizwire) — The management agency of K-pop boy band BTS launched a series of short video clips designed to provide Korean language education to non-Korean fans, and the series is receiving positive responses from the public. Big Hit Entertainment released the first three episodes of the series, “Learn Korean with BTS,” [...]
SEOUL, March 27 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop boy band BTS put off the American leg of its upcoming world tour, “Map of the Soul Tour,” Friday over the global spread of COVID-19. “The ‘BTS Map of the Soul Tour – North America,’ originally scheduled to take place from April 25 to June 6, will be [...]
SEOUL, March 26 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop boy band BTS will join a star-studded lineup for a “special self-quarantine edition” of popular American TV show “The Late Late Show with James Corden,” set for next week, according to its broadcaster. BTS will be one of the high-profile acts performing from home for the “Homefest: James [...]
SEOUL, March 24 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop boy band BTS announced Tuesday it will cut down the itinerary of its upcoming world tour, “Map of the Soul Tour,” due to the coronavirus pandemic. “With the global spread of COVID-19, in some countries and cities, the level of unpredictability is becoming higher to prepare for the [...]
SEOUL, March 24 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop concerts, showcases and various other promotional events have been canceled due to the spreading of the new coronavirus. But that does not mean the industry is at a total standstill. Many established and rising K-pop artists, including Kang Daniel and EXO leader Suho, are ready to drop new [...]
SEOUL, March 23 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop boy band BTS sent out a message of encouragement for South Koreans Monday as the country struggles to stem the spread of COVID-19. The video message was uploaded on BTS’ official YouTube account and its “Love Myself” campaign account on Twitter, in response to a request by a [...]
SEOUL, March 23 (Korea Bizwire) — The management agency of K-pop boy band BTS will this week launch a series of short video clips designed to provide Korean language education to non-Korean fans, the agency said Monday. Big Hit Entertainment said the first three episodes of the series, “Learn Korean with BTS,” will hit Weverse, [...]
SEOUL, March 20 (Korea Bizwire) — In a remix of British pop star Dua Lipa’s latest song, “Physical,” released earlier this week, K-pop artist Hwasa opens up the sensual synth-pop number with her signature raspy voice singing in the Korean language. The remix featuring Hwasa gives more color and trendiness to the original version, which [...]