SEOUL, Nov. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — The music video for K-pop girl group BLACKPINK’s debut song “Boombayah” has surpassed 1.5 billion views on YouTube, the group’s agency said Saturday. YG Entertainment said the video passed the milestone at about 3:50 a.m. the same day, six years after the K-pop quartet launched its debut EP album, [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — RM, rapper and leader of the K-pop supergroup BTS, said Friday he will release his first official solo album, “Indigo,” on Dec. 2. “Finally, my first album is coming thanks to you. I have been preparing for it for four years,” RM wrote in entertainment agency Hybe’s fan community [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — Jin, a vocalist of the K-pop giant BTS, has earned his first solo entry on the U.S. Billboard’s main songs chart for his first individual release, “The Astronaut.” The single debuted at No. 51 on the Hot 100 with 4.9 million U.S. streams and 44,000 downloads sold in the [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — Smash-hit Netflix series “Squid Game” actor Lee Jung-jae will star in “The Acolyte,” an upcoming Star Wars series to be streamed on Disney +, according to production company Lucasfilm. “The Acolyte” is a mystery thriller written and directed by Leslye Headland for Disney+ and has begun production in Britain, [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop girl group ITZY will put out a new EP, titled “Cheshire,” this month, the group’s management agency said Tuesday. The EP will hit music services on Nov. 30 at 6 p.m., JYP Entertainment said in a press release. The band’s latest release is its fifth EP, “Checkmate,” which [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — “Hype Boy,” one of the debut singles by newbie girl group NewJeans, has garnered 100 million streams on Spotify, the world’s largest music streaming platform, the group’s agency said Tuesday. The song hit 100,704,055 streams as of Sunday, less than 100 days after its release in August, ADOR said. [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — “The Astronaut,” the first official single by Jin of the K-pop supergroup BTS, has landed at No. 61 on the British Official Singles Chart Top 100. According to the latest chart updated Friday (British time), the song entered the chart together with Rihanna’s “Lift Me Up” (No. 3) and [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — A concert by K-pop boy group NCT 127 in Jakarta ended early on Friday after some excited fans caused chaos to get closer to the stage, a local event agency said. “An unexpected situation occurred at the end of the show,” Dyandra Global Edutainment said on social media on [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 4 (Korea Bizwire) – Jin, a member of K-pop supergroup BTS, has submitted an application with the Military Manpower Administration (MMA) to cancel his request to postpone his military conscription, according to sources Friday. The move to revoke the delay came after Big Hit Music, the singer’s management agency, announced last month that [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — Rookie girl group Le Sserafim has entered the Billboard 200 main albums chart for the first time, after its debut six months ago. The K-pop act ranked No. 14 on this week’s Billboard 200 chart with its second EP, titled “Antifragile,” the group’s agency Source Music said Tuesday, quoting [...]