SEOUL, Feb. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — The music video for K-pop giant BTS’ 2016 song “Save Me” has surpassed 700 million views on YouTube, the group’s agency said Tuesday. The video hit the milestone at about 8 p.m. Monday, bringing to 11 the number of the band’s music videos seen more than 700 million times, [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — Suga, a member of K-pop supergroup BTS, on Monday released images of him camping in a desert area as part of the group’s photo book project. The photo book, titled “Wholly or Whole me,” will come out on March 9, making him the last runner in the septet’s “Special [...]
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. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop juggernaut BTS has failed to secure its first Grammy for the third consecutive year. BTS ran for best pop duo or group performance with “My Universe,” along with the British rock band Coldplay, and best music video for “Yet to Come” at the 65th Grammy Awards in Los [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop megastars BTS will unveil a photo book this month featuring images of member J-Hope, the group’s management agency said Thursday. The photo book, titled “All New Hope,” will come out Feb. 17 as part of the septet’s “Special 8 Photo-Folio” project launched in September to show off the [...]
GUNSAN, Feb. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — The wall surrounding an elementary school in Gunsan, North Jeolla Province, has been painted with images of members of the K-pop supergroup BTS. Lee Jong-bae, a graffiti artist from the city, painted the faces of each BTS member on the wall, which can be recognized from afar. Since 2021, [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — A behind-the-scenes documentary about the creation of BTS star J-Hope’s solo debut album, “Jack in the Box,” will be released on Feb. 17, his agency said Friday. According to Big Hit Music, the documentary film produced by Hybe follows about 200 days spent by the rapper-dancer to make the [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — Jin, a member of the K-pop superband BTS, has shared his first photos taken after joining the military as he completed five weeks of basic training at a front-line boot camp. Jin entered the army recruit training center of the 5th Infantry Division in Yeoncheon, 60 kilometers north of [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — A new single by boy group BIGBANG’s Taeyang featuring Jimin of BTS topped iTunes’ global songs chart, his management agency said Saturday. “Vibe,” rolled out Friday, claimed the No. 1 spot on the Worldwide iTunes Song chart and topped iTunes’ top songs charts in about 60 countries around the [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop girl group BLACKPINK has racked up four nominations for the 2023 iHeartRadio Music Awards, one of the American music industry’s awards shows, and boy group BTS has landed two. According to the full list of nominees for this year’s event announced on the homepage of the annual music [...]