SEOUL, Jan. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — Koo Junhoe and Yoshi, members of K-pop boy groups iKON and TREASURE, respectively, tested positive for COVID-19 on Tuesday, their management agency said, as the country recorded more than 8,000 new infections for the first time. “iKON’s Koo Junhoe was classified as a coronavirus patient in addition to three [...]
SEOUL, May 7 (Korea Bizwire) — SM Entertainment, the K-pop powerhouse behind acts like SuperM and EXO, on Friday unveiled a plan to launch a new K-pop band in the United States through a televised audition program. SM and MGM Worldwide Television will introduce a competition series to pick members of a new boy band [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — For a group that debuted less than 72 hours ago, the hopes and anticipation riding on TREASURE, the new boy band under YG Entertainment, as well as the pressure it has come to bear, couldn’t be bigger or heavier. As arguably this year’s “monster rookie” in K-pop, the media [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — Following in the footsteps of BIGBANG, WINNER and BLACKPINK, YG Entertainment’s ambitious boy band TREASURE officially debuted Friday, with its 12 members thanking fans who have waited for the launch since the group’s creation through an audition television show. TREASURE is YG’s first new K-pop act in four years [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — Big Hit Entertainment, which manages K-pop boy band BTS, on Friday unveiled the first member of a new boy band it is set to launch. Big Hit uploaded photos of and an introductory film about the new band’s first member, Yeonjun, on its website and social media accounts, as [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — Kakao M, a Kakao Corp. subsidiary specializing in content-making, will hold an audition to form a next-generation boy band. Kakao M announced on Thursday that it will hold the Kakao M Boy Audition at the Starhill Building in Gangnam-gu, Seoul, on January 19. The audition will include vocal performances, [...]
SEOUL, June 29 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean boy band BigBang will hold a special concert to celebrate its 10th anniversary in August, the group’s agency said on Wednesday. The five-member hit K-pop group will stage “BigBang10 the Concert – 0.TO.10″ at the Seoul World Cup Stadium on Aug. 20, according to YG Entertainment. The [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 27 (Korea Bizwire) – If you thought “locally produced” applied to food only, think again — S.M. Entertainment is trying to apply that idea to boy bands, its founder Lee Soo-man says. “New Culture Technology” is the term he used when he presented the idea to reporters at SM TOWN Coex Artium in [...]