SEOUL, Feb. 14 (Korea Bizwire) – Jisoo of K-pop girl group BLACKPINK will return as a solo artist after two years with her new EP, “Amortage,” her agency said Friday. “Amortage” due out at 2 p.m. marks Jisoo’s first album since her solo debut single album, “Me,” which featured the hit song “Flower,” in 2023 [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — “Gratitude” sets the tone for the upcoming new album from the youthful K-pop rock band Day6. Returning after nearly three years of hiatus, with all members having fulfilled their mandatory military service by late 2023, the four-piece band is set to release its eighth EP, “Fourever,” on Monday. “I’m [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — YG Entertainment’s new girl group Babymonster will feature the hip-hop track “SHEESH” as the title song on its upcoming debut album, its chief producer said Monday. Appearing in a video clip on the company’s official blog, Yang Hyun-suk, founder and former CEO at the company, expressed anticipation for the [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — Singer-actor IU has written the lyrics for all the songs on her forthcoming sixth EP, “The Winning,” her agency announced Monday. According to the album’s tracklist unveiled by Edam Entertainment, it contains five songs, including “Shopper,” “Spore,” “Shh..” and “Love Wins All.” The last track was prereleased last month. [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop diva IU will drop her sixth EP, titled “The Winning,” on Feb. 20, her agency said Tuesday. Edam Entertainment revealed the news in a teaser video for the forthcoming release, which was posted on social media. “The Winning” will mark IU’s first album in about two years and [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop girl group (G)I-dle will put out its second full-length album Monday, the group’s agency said. “Two” will be available in music stores at 6 p.m., according to Cube Entertainment. Led by “Super Lady,” the eight-track album will also feature “Wife,” “Revenge,” “Doll” and “Vision.” Members participated in composing [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop girl group Le Sserafim will put out its third EP “Easy” next month, the group’s agency Source Music said Monday. “Easy,” due out on Feb. 19, will mark the group’s first release in nine months since its first studio album “Unforgiven” in May. The EP explores “the anxieties [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop group TVXQ will make a comeback this month with its ninth full-length album, the group’s agency said Monday. The album, titled “20&2,” will be put out on Dec. 26, according to SM Entertainment. It marks the duo’s first release in about five years since “New Chapter #2: The [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop boy band Seventeen’s latest album has debuted at No. 2 on Billboard’s Top 200 Albums chart, after Taylor Swift’s new album, Billboard said. “Seventeenth Heaven,” the boy band’s 11th EP, earned a total of 100,000 equivalent album units in its first week ending Nov. 2, driven almost entirely [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — Boy group Seventeen has set a new record for first-week album sales in K-pop history as its latest album sold over 5 million copies, the band’s agency said Monday. “Seventeenth Heaven,” the group’s 11th EP, sold 5,090,000 units in the first seven days of its release last Monday, Pledis [...]