SEOUL, June 1 (Korea Bizwire) — EXO members Baekhyun, Xiumin and Chen have notified their agency, SM Entertainment, that they are terminating their exclusive contracts with the agency, their lawyer said Thursday, a move that is likely to cause a stir in the K-pop scene. The trio cited the agency’s practice of imposing “unfairly long-term” [...]
SEOUL, May 31 (Korea Bizwire) — J-Hope of globally popular K-pop boy group BTS will work as an assistant instructor at an Army boot camp during the remainder of his mandatory military service, sources in the music industry said Wednesday. The sources revealed the member has recently been chosen for the position at the recruit [...]
SEOUL, May 31 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop supergroup BTS will release a new digital single, “Take Two,” with a full lineup on June 9 as part of events marking the 10th anniversary of its debut, its agency said Thursday. Seven members participated in the new single to thank its fans and express wishes for their [...]
SEOUL, May 30 (Korea Bizwire) – Boynextdoor, a new boy group from Hybe, the K-pop powerhouse behind BTS, made its debut Tuesday amid wide media attention. It is the first boy group from Hybe in about two and a half years since Enhypen in 2020. “I’m very thrilled to finally come to make a debut,” [...]
SEOUL, May 30 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop girl group Brave Girls will resume activities this summer under a new name, BB Girls, the band’s new agency said Tuesday. Warner Music Korea said Brave Girls’ former members — Minyoung, Yujeong, Eunji and Yuna — will continue their musical journey as BB Girls with the music label. [...]
SEOUL, May 26 (Korea Bizwire) — The music video for K-pop girl group BLACKPINK’s “Kill This Love” has surpassed 1.8 billion views on YouTube. The video hit the milestone at 2:28 a.m. Friday, about four years and one month after the song was released in April 2019, YG Entertainment said. BLACKPINK is now the only [...]
SEOUL, May 25 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop supergroup BTS will hold a two-weeklong festival at various venues in Seoul next month to mark the 10th anniversary since its debut, the group’s agency said Thursday. The septet has annually held the BTS Festa to celebrate its debut anniversary, which falls on June 13, with its fans. [...]
SEOUL, May 24 (Korea Bizwire) — J-Hope, a member of the K-pop supergroup BTS, said Wednesday he has completed five weeks of basic training as part of his mandatory military service. The dancer-rapper posted on Hybe’s K-pop fan community platform Weverse, sharing two photos of himself in a military uniform. “Your letters and words of [...]
SEOUL, May 24 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop girl group NewJeans has been selected as one of the Next Generation Leaders by the U.S. Time magazine for this year. The group made it on the Next Generation Leaders 2023 list released Tuesday (U.S. time), alongside celebrities like British actor Florence Pugh and Brazilian journalist and activist [...]
SEOUL, May 24 (Korea Bizwire) — Fifty Fifty has become the longest-charting K-pop girl group on the Billboard Hot 100 in history as it stayed on the U.S. music chart for the ninth consecutive week. According to the latest chart unveiled Tuesday (U.S. time), the group ranked 18th this week, a step down from the [...]