SEOUL, Jan. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — Big Hit Entertainment, the music label of K-pop super band BTS, is scrambling to expand its business portfolio of K-pop artists following a sensationally successful year in 2019. A media report said earlier this week that Big Hit is on its way to acquire and merge with Pledis Entertainment, [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop stars BTS on Tuesday launched a series of art exhibitions in collaboration with 22 contemporary artists from around the world ahead of the release of its new album next month. The project called Connect. BTS will show artworks that “resonate with the BTS philosophy” of love, connection and [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Nationality or language matters less than artists’ talent or messages in today’s global music industry, an American columnist specializing in K-pop said Tuesday, referring to the phenomenal global ascent of K-pop. “Definitely language is becoming less important in music that you listen to. It’s certainly becoming more about the [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Twitter Inc. said Tuesday that 6.1 billion tweets were created last year globally about K-pop. The number is up 15 percent from 5.3 billion tweets a year earlier, according to the U.S. microblogging website. Some of the top 20 countries that tweeted the most about K-pop in 2019 include [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 13 (Korea Bizwire) –- Chen, a member of K-pop boy band EXO, made a surprise announcement Monday that he will get married soon, hinting that his fiance is pregnant. “Chen decided to get married after getting into a precious relationship,” EXO’s management agency, SM Entertainment, said. SM did not provide further details about [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 13 (Korea Bizwire) –- At the height of their high-profile K-pop careers last year, Kang Daniel and Mina, a member of sensational girl group TWICE, temporarily left show business, complaining of anxiety and other mental disorders. The Japanese K-pop star, Mina was suffering from an anxiety disorder and suspended her stage career amid [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop boy band BTS on Friday released the first teaser video for its new album slated for Feb. 21. The group uploaded “Interlude: Shadow,” the first trailer of its fourth full-length album “Map of the Soul: 7″ on its YouTube channel at 12 a.m. Friday. In the three-minute video, [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop super band BTS will drop a new digital single this month ahead of its official release of a new album in February, according to the band’s management agency Thursday. Big Hit Entertainment posted a “comeback map” on the official BTS website early Thursday morning, providing the timeline of [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — Some 180,000 fans visited a BTS pop-up store during its 80-day run in Seoul, the management agency of the K-pop boy band said Wednesday. The pop-up store, “House of BTS,” operated from Oct. 18 till Sunday in the bustling commercial and entertainment district of Gangnam in southern Seoul to [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — Kim Sung-kyu, the leader of boy band INFINITE, will return to show business following his discharge from the military Wednesday. Kim, also known by his stage name Sungkyu, officially completed his 20-month defense duty at the Army 22nd Division in Goseong, Gangwon Province. Some 1,300 fans from China, Japan [...]