SEOUL, April 21 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop superstar Suga on Friday released his first official solo album, “D-Day,” under a stage name for his individual projects, Agust D, the group’s agency said. Unveiled simultaneously with the album at 1 p.m. was the music video for its lead track, “Haegeum.” When his unofficial mix tapes are [...]
SEOUL, April 20 (Korea Bizwire) — Streaming platform Tving’s dystopian series “Bargain” has received the best screenplay award at this year’s Cannes International Series Festival, becoming the first Korean drama to win a trophy at the French event. Its three co-writers — Jeon Woo-sung, Choi Byeong-yun and Kwan Jae-min — were honored at the 6th [...]
SEOUL, April 19 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop rookie Fifty Fifty’s first single “Cupid” stayed in the Billboard Hot 100 for the fourth consecutive week. According to the major U.S. music chart released Tuesday (U.S. time), Fifty Fifty’s “Cupid” rose to No. 60 this week, up from No. 85 a week ago. The quartet debuted on [...]
SEOUL, April 19 (Korea Bizwire) — Netflix’s political drama series “Queenmaker” ranked No. 1 on the streamer’s weekly viewership chart for non-English TV shows released Wednesday. Premiered on April 14, the new Korean-language series was the most-watched non-English TV show on Netflix’s top 10 list for the week of April 10-16 with 15.87 million viewing [...]
SEOUL, April 18 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop girl group BLACKPINK has set a Guinness world record for the most-viewed music channel on YouTube, the group’s agency said Tuesday. The band’s official YouTube channel surpassed 30 billion views Monday last week, outstripping the channel of Justin Bieber, YG Entertainment said. It took BLACKPINK’s channel about six [...]
SEOUL, April 18 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop girl group aespa will roll out its third EP, “My World,” on May 8, its management agency said Tuesday. The quartet’s last release was in July, when its second EP “Girls” came out. The upcoming EP will have six tracks and tell a story based on the band’s [...]
SEOUL, April 17 (Korea Bizwire) — A new K-pop unit composed of three members of the K-pop supergroup NCT made a debut with its first EP on Monday, the group’s agency said. NCT Dojaejung, which consists of Doyoung, Jaehyun and Jungwoo, dropped the EP “Perfume,” SM Entertainment said. They first performed as a unit during [...]
SEOUL, April 17 (Korea Bizwire) — The latest album from Ive, one of the hottest K-pop girl groups, became a million seller in the first week of its release, the band’s agency said Monday. “I’ve Ive,” the sextet’s first full-length album released last Monday sold 1,102,107 copies in the first week, surpassing the 1 million [...]
SEOUL, April 17 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean girl group BLACKPINK has heated up the stage of the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, North America’s largest music festival, as the first K-pop act to headline it. Appearing as the final performer at the event held in Indio, California, on Saturday (U.S. time), the quartet [...]
SEOUL, April 16 (Korea Bizwire) — The South Korean government said Sunday it will hold special screening and showcasing events at this year’s Cannes International Series Festival to promote Korean-made content to global media and producers. Three Korean TV and web series are invited to the festival’s non-competition Rendez-vous section — “Island” (2022), “Midnight Horror: [...]