LOS ANGELES, Aug. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — KCON, a global Korean pop music and culture convention, wrapped up its Los Angeles event Sunday, bringing together tens of thousands of fans of cutting-edge South Korean musicians, fashion and other Korean-related cultural content. A crowd of 80,000 gathered at the three-day KCON LA 2017 held from Friday [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — Girls’ Generation’s latest album “Holiday Night” rose to the top of Billboard’s World Albums chart, according to the music publication Wednesday. The K-pop girl group’s sixth full-length album, released on Aug. 4, stood at No. 1 on the chart for the week of Aug. 26, according to Billboard’s website. [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — When it comes to busking, or the act of the no-frills street performance, the common notion is that the domain is reserved for, or occupied by, underground or experimental art. But in today’s K-pop, that notion is slowly being upended, with more mainstream artists hitting the streets as a [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — EXO’s “The War” has sold more than 1 million copies in less than one month, becoming the boy band’s fourth “million seller” record, its agency said Monday. The Korean and Chinese versions of EXO’s fourth full-length album have sold a combined 1.01 million copies to date, according to S.M. [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — BTS, for all intents and purposes, is one of South Korea’s truly global-scale music acts, standing shoulder to shoulder with the likes of say Rihanna, Adele or Justin Bieber in terms of name recognition. But as to how exactly it has become this big a phenomenon remains a mystery [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — From television shows to magazine covers and advertisement billboards, it wasn’t too long ago when the 11 members of mega project group I.O.I, created through the audition show “Produce 101,” virtually dominated South Korea’s pop culture — it’s been seven months since I.O.I wrapped up their monthslong tenure. But [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean actor Lee Dong-wook, who recently appeared in “Goblin: The Lonely and Great God,” successfully finished his Asia tour to meet his fans, his management agency said Thursday. The agency Kingkong by Starship said Lee wrapped up the Asian tour on July 23 in Taiwan after visiting Singapore, [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Singer-actress Suzy has renewed her contract with her management agency JYP Entertainment, the company said Wednesday. “We renewed our contract with Suzy whose seven-year exclusive partnership with us terminated recently,” the company said. “We’ve reached an agreement to pursue various meaningful activities in the future.” Suzy, who debuted through [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — YG Entertainment said Sunday it will produce its own reality TV program featuring its stars as the company is set to push its boundaries beyond the music industry. “From September, we will start shooting a reality show titled ‘YG JeonJa’ based on real-life episodes happening inside YG,” the company [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 27 (Korea Bizwire) – Girls’ Generation, one of K-pop’s longest-running girl groups today, will release its sixth full-length studio album next month, its agency said Thursday. The record “Holiday Night” will be released on Aug. 7, S.M. Entertainment said. It will be the first new material since the team’s 2015 album “Lion Heart.” [...]