SEOUL, Feb. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — Girl group Ive is working on its first full-length album with a goal of releasing it in April, the group’s agency, Starship Entertainment, said Saturday. The group that consists of six members — An Yu-jin, Jang Won-young, Gaeul, Liz, Rei and Leeseo —- debuted in December 2021 with the [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — Kai, a member of K-pop boy band EXO, will put out a new individual EP, “Rover,” next month, the group’s management agency said Friday. The six-track album is scheduled to be released March 13, SM Entertainment said, without elaborating on the details of the album. His last release as [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop girl group Brave Girls, known for its sudden rise to fame in 2021 following the viral success of its old single “Rollin,” will be disbanded Thursday, its agency said. Brave Entertainment said the quartet will end its activities with the expiry of the four members’ exclusive contracts with [...]
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) — A wide variety of events are planned for late actress Kang Soo-youn to remember the iconic movie star ahead of the first anniversary of her death in May, an organizing committee said Monday. Kang, who made a name for herself by winning prestigious film festivals, died of a cerebral [...]
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 [...]