SEOUL, Aug. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — J-Hope of the K-pop superband BTS has performed as the final act of Chicago’s annual Lollapalooza festival, becoming the first Korean artist to headline a major U.S. music event, his agency said Monday. The rapper-dancer closed the four-day festival that drew a total of 105,000 music fans with an [...]
SEOUL, July 28 (Korea Bizwire) — Cake Corp., an edu-tech subsidiary of popular smartphone camera app developer Snow Co., said Thursday it has published an educational recipe book on Korean dishes enjoyed by members of K-pop group BTS. “BTS Recipe Book” features recipes of 15 dishes enjoyed by the septet, providing various cooking method details, [...]
SEOUL, July 27 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean superband BTS has won four nominations at this year’s MTV Video Music Awards, the U.S. TV station said Tuesday (U.S. time). The septet was nominated in the categories of Best K-pop, Best Choreography, Best Metaverse Performance and Best Visual Effects. The band has been awarded at the [...]
SEOUL, July 26 (Korea Bizwire) — J-Hope of K-pop superband BTS made a good start high on the U.S. Billboard’s main albums chart for this week. The rapper-dancer placed 17th on the Billboard 200 with his first formal solo album, “Jack in the Box,” Billboard said on a social media Tuesday. “Arson,” one of the [...]
PYEONGCHANG, July 26 (Korea Bizwire) — Airbnb said Tuesday it has teamed up with Hybe, the entertainment company behind BTS, to offer fans of the K-pop band a chance to relive moments featured in season two of the “IN THE SOOP BTS” reality show. Airbnb said up to two guests can stay overnight at an [...]
SEOUL, July 21 (Korea Bizwire) — Four BTS members — Jin, Jimin, V and Jungkook — will drop a collaboration project with U.S. producer-singer-songwriter Benny Blanco and rapper Snoop Dogg next month, the K-pop group’s agency said Thursday. The song “Bad Decisions” will come out Aug. 5 and will be included on Blanco’s third full-length [...]
SEOUL, July 15 (Korea Bizwire) — J-Hope of K-pop supergroup BTS dropped his first formal solo album Friday. “I did my best to make this album in order to show you a new side that you haven’t seen so far and myself having grown more,” the dancer-rapper said in a YouTube video introducing the new [...]
SEOUL, July 13 (Korea Bizwire) — Google Inc. announced Tuesday that it had launched a project in collaboration with BTS to view various cities and buildings visited by members of the K-pop supergroup. Google Arts & Culture, the tech giant’s online exhibition site, hosted the BTS x Street Galleries to commemorate July 9th, the ‘birthday’ [...]
SEOUL, July 12 (Korea Bizwire) — Three titles featuring K-pop superstar BTS will become available on Disney+, the flagship streaming service of U.S. media giant Walt Disney Co., under a deal between the streamer and the entertainment company behind the group, the companies said Tuesday. They are “BTS: Permission to Dance On Stage – LA,” [...]
SEOUL, July 12 (Korea Bizwire) — J-Hope, the first BTS member to launch a solo venture, entered the U.S. Billboard’s main singles chart with “More,” the chart has said. The song debuted at No. 82 on the Hot 100 chart for this week, Billboard said on social media on Monday (U.S. time). It came out [...]