SEOUL, June 9 (Korea Bizwire) — Photos of BTS member Jungkook, uploaded to promote a bill on legalizing tattooing, have provoked the ire of BTS fans who say a lawmaker has unfairly dragged the K-pop star into politics. Rep. Ryu Ho-jeong of the progressive minor Justice Party posted several photos of Jungkook on her Twitter [...]
SEOUL, June 8 (Korea Bizwire) — McDonald’s celebrity collaboration with K-pop supergroup BTS is sweeping across South Korea. McDonald’s Korea, the South Korean unit of U.S. fast food chain, reported a 283 percent increase in Chicken McNugget sales between May 27 and June 3, compared to four weeks prior to the “BTS meal”s release. The [...]
SEOUL, June 8 (Korea Bizwire) — “Butter,” the latest hit by boy band BTS, again ranked No. 1 on the Billboard’s main singles chart in its second week after debuting. “BTS’ ‘Butter’ adds a second week at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 songs chart, a week after it soared in at the summit, [...]
SEOUL, June 7 (Korea Bizwire) — RM, the leader of global dynamo BTS, has released a self-written solo song based on his experience of riding his bike across the South Korean capital. The 3 minute and 23 second song, uploaded on YouTube and SoundCloud, is a relaxed and comforting track in which RM raps and [...]
SEOUL, June 2 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop supergroup BTS has achieved another historic milestone, landing at No. 1 on the Billboard’s main singles chart with its latest single, “Butter.” “BTS’ “Butter” bounds in at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 songs chart,” Billboard said Tuesday (U.S. time), citing figures from MRC Data showing how [...]
SEOUL, May 28 (Korea Bizwire) — On Friday afternoon at a McDonald’s store in Seoul, people were seen lining up in front of kiosks to buy the “BTS meal” introduced early that day. The U.S. fast food giant released the BTS meal, in collaboration with the K-pop supergroup, in 10 countries on Thursday morning. McDonald’s [...]
SEOUL, May 26 (Korea Bizwire) – K-pop supergroup BTS’ new single “Butter” has stormed major music charts in the United States and Japan following its release last week, the band’s agency said Wednesday. The English-language single debuted at No. 26 on the Billboard’s pop airplay chart, which measures airplay of pop songs at some 160 [...]
SEOUL, May 25 (Korea Bizwire) — The seven-piece act that continues to build up a seemingly endless list of record-breaking feats has done it again — this time with its latest single “Butter” that is poised to become the summer song of 2021. On Friday at 1 p.m., BTS — RM, Jin, Suga, J-hope, V, [...]
SEOUL, May 24 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop superstar BTS has opened or will open additional offline pop-up stores in four Asian cities to meet rising demands for merchandise among the group’s fans in the populous continent, its management agency said Monday. A BTS Pop-up: Map of the Soul store, which offers products themed around the [...]
SEOUL, May 24 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop boy band BTS has won four prizes, including the major title of Top Selling Song, at this year’s Billboard Music Awards (BBMA), the most for the group at the event ever. The septet was awarded Top Selling Song, Top Duo/Group, Top Song Sales Artist and the fan-voted Top [...]