SEOUL, July 21 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop girl group NewJeans on Friday rolled out its second EP, titled “Get Up,” the band’s agency said. The album hit music services worldwide at 1 p.m., a day before the band’s first anniversary, according to ADOR. The group’s last release was “OMG,” a single released in January. The [...]
SEOUL, July 21 (Korea Bizwire) — Jungkook of K-pop supergroup BTS has expressed his anticipation for the group’s future reunion after all the members complete their military service, saying their synergy will be much more powerful then. “It’s good that we all have time to grow up individually through our solo projects that reflect our [...]
SEOUL, July 17 (Korea Bizwire) — Fans of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI), a self-report personality test, will be able to easily catch what the name of K-pop boy group NCT Dream’s upcoming third full-length album, “ISTJ,” means. “ISTJ” refers to one of the 16 personality types in the test that is greatly popular among [...]
SEOUL, July 17 (Korea Bizwire) — BLACKPINK, the world’s biggest girl group, has garnered over 90 million subscribers on YouTube, cementing its position as the most-followed musical act on the global video sharing service. The quartet hit the milestone at 5:36 a.m. Monday, about seven years and a month after its YouTube channel was created, [...]
SEOUL, July 17 (Korea Bizwire) — J-Hope of K-pop juggernaut BTS will release a CD edition of his debut solo album “Jack in the Box” released a year ago, the band’s agency said Monday. BigHit Music said the album’s “HOPE Edition” will be put out on Aug. 18. The edition will have three live tracks [...]
SEOUL, July 16 (Korea Bizwire) — BTS member Jungkook’s first solo single, “Seven,” has landed atop streaming giant Spotify’s daily top song global chart, his agency said Sunday. The digital single, unveiled Friday, topped the chart after being streamed nearly 16 million times. The agency, BigHit Music, said the feat made Jungkook the first Korean [...]
SEOUL, July 15 (Korea Bizwire) — BTS member Jungkook’s first solo single, “Seven,” topped iTunes Top Song charts of 106 countries around the world Saturday, one day after its release, its agency, BigHit Music, said. Jungkook unveiled the digital single Friday, becoming the sixth member of the septet to debut as a soloist, after J-Hope, [...]
SEOUL, July 15 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop girl group NewJeans’ new song, “Super Shy,” has entered the British Official Singles Chart Top 100 one week after its release. According to the latest data released Friday (British time), the song debuted at 59th on the prestigious chart. “Super Shy” was released July 7 and will be [...]
SEOUL, July 14 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop boy group Super Junior’s members Eunhyuk, Donghae and Kyuhyun will leave SM Entertainment, their agency for over 10 years, the company said Friday. SM Entertainment said the three members will pursue individual activities, as they have decided not to renew their contracts with the agency. This marks the [...]
SEOUL, July 8 (Korea Bizwire) — Jungkook of K-pop megastar BTS will headline this year’s “Good Morning America” Summer Concert Series, an annual summer concert hosted by the famous U.S. morning talk show. The vocalist will open the concert on July 14 at New York’s Central Park with “Seven,” his first official solo song set [...]