SEOUL, Feb. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — The music video for K-pop girl group TWICE’s hit single “What is Love?” surpassed 700 million views on YouTube on Wednesday, the group’s agency JYP Entertainment said. “What is Love?” is the main single off the group’s fifth EP of the same name released in April 2018. Written and [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — Leading K-pop boy group NCT Dream will take its ongoing world tour to the United States and Europe this year, the band’s agency said Wednesday. “The Dream Show 2: In a Dream” world tour began at Seoul’s Olympic Stadium in September before going to Nagoya, Yokohama and Fukuoka in [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — Suga, a member of K-pop supergroup BTS, said Wednesday he will begin his first-ever individual world tour in April. The rapper announced the news with detailed tour dates on Weverse, a K-pop fan community platform. Starting with Belmont Park on April 26-27, the tour will take him to other [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — STAYC, a leading fourth-generation K-pop girl group, returned Tuesday with what it can do best: a so-called “teen-fresh” genre that refers to the group’s usual bubbly and bright style and image fully charged with the confidence of teenagers. “Teddy Bear” is the group’s fourth single and latest release since [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop girl group Le Sserafim has sat atop the Japanese Oricon’s monthly singles ranking with its debut single “Fearless” in the market, the band’s agency said Tuesday. “It became the first K-pop girl group to top the ranking in four years,” Source Music said in a release. The five-member [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop group Tomorrow X Together has stayed in the top three on the U.S. Billboard’s main albums chart for the second consecutive week. Billboard said Sunday (U.S. time) in a preview of this week’s charts that the South Korean group ranked third on the Billboard 200 with its latest [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — Netflix survival show “Physical: 100″ has topped a global popularity chart for TV shows available on the streaming giant, just 15 days after its release, becoming the most successful Korean TV variety show to date. First released on Jan. 24, “Physical: 100″ ranked No. 1 on streaming analytics website [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean girl group Red Velvet will take part in the Primavera Sound, a large annual music festival held in Spain, the group’s agency said Thursday. This year’s event will be held from June 1-3 in Barcelona and in Madrid on June 8-10. Red Velvet will appear on the [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop girl group TWICE will debut its first unit, composed of the band’s Japanese members Mina, Sana and Momo, in July in Japan, the group’s agency said Thursday. JYP Entertainment also unveiled a group photo and video of the three members on its official Japanese social media channel. “Misamo [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop boy group NCT Dream rolls out its first Japanese single, “Best Friend Ever,” on Wednesday, the group’s management agency said. The single composed of two tracks — the title track and the Japanese-language version of its hit song “Glitch Mode” — hit various music streaming platforms, SM Entertainment [...]