SEOUL, Aug. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — Ive, one of the hottest rookie girl groups, droped its third single “After Like” Monday, drawing attention to whether the new track will be the group’s third straight hit. According to Starship Entertainment, the group’s agency, the single is composed of two songs — the title track and “My [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — The music video for K-pop girl group BLACKPINK’s 2017 hit song “As If It’s Your Last” has surpassed 1.2 billion views on YouTube. YG Entertainment said Monday the video passed the threshold at about 7 p.m. the previous day, five years and a month after it was uploaded on [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop supergroups BTS and BLACKPINK have been nominated for group of the year in the 2022 MTV Video Music Awards, the U.S. music channel has announced. The two K-pop bands will compete for Best Group Of The Year with City Girls, Foo Fighters, Imagine Dragons, Maneskin, Red Hot Chili [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop girl group BLACKPINK’s new single “Pink Venom” debuted atop iTunes charts in 69 countries around the world, the group’s agency said Saturday. YG Entertainment said the song, released the previous day, ranked No. 1 on iTunes Top Songs charts in North America, South America, Europe, Asia and Oceania [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — BLACKPINK, the top girl group in the world, is back Friday with “Pink Venom,” the first release from its upcoming second full-length album, after an almost two-year hiatus. During an online press conference held a few hours before the song’s release at 1 p.m., BLACKPINK said the song portrayed [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 17 (Korea Bizwire) – The South Korean legal drama “Extraordinary Attorney Woo” has topped Netflix’s latest weekly viewership chart of non-English TV shows for the third consecutive week, the global video streaming service said Wednesday. The TV series, which has aired every Wednesday and Thursday on the cable channel ENA since June 29, [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop girl group BLACKPINK will perform at the 2022 MTV Video Music Awards in the United States, according to the group’s agency Tuesday. YG Entertainment said the quartet is preparing a special performance at the annual event slated for Aug. 28 (local time) in the U.S. BLACKPINK will be [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — The South Korean sensation “Squid Game” has won two awards at this year’s Hollywood Critics Association (HCA) TV Awards. According to the HCA on Tuesday (Korean time), “Squid Game” was named Best International Series and its lead Lee Jung-jae won Best Actor in a Streaming Series, Drama, at its [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop superband BTS will begin a relay photo album project with the youngest member Jungkook next month, the group’s agency said Friday. Earlier in the day, Jungkook unveiled a surprise teaser image titled, “Me, Myself, and Jungkook” for the upcoming “Photo Folio” project, on social media. In the blurry [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — The K-pop industry is bracing for a heated chart competition as some of the top girl groups are ready to throw their hats in the ring with new albums this month. Girls’ Generation, the longest-running K-pop girl group, was the first to enter the ring. The octet made a [...]