SEOUL, May 7 (Korea Bizwire) — RM, the leader of K-pop superband BTS, will unveil “Come Back to Me,” a prerelease track from his upcoming second solo album, Tuesday, the group’s agency said. The song will be released, along with its music video, at 1 p.m. (Korean time), two weeks ahead of the album’s release, [...]
SEOUL, May 3 (Korea Bizwire) — Members of K-pop juggernaut BTS carrying out their mandatory military service has sent a “positive signal” for men to faithfully fulfill their service, the head of the military manpower agency said, raising the possibility of abolishing exemptions given to top athletes and musicians. Lee Ki-sik, commissioner of the Military [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — RM of K-pop supergroup BTS will drop his second individual album next month, the group’s agency said Friday. The album, titled “Right Place, Wrong Person,” will hit various music services at 1 p.m. on May 24 (Korean time), BigHit Music said. It would mark the first release from the [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — Photos of K-pop supergroup BTS member V in the gear of a counter-terrorism unit have been unveiled, a Facebook page on the South Korean military showed Thursday. Images of V wearing pitch black Special Duty Team (SDT) attire were released Wednesday on the page, which serves as an anonymous [...]
SEOUL, April 17 (Korea Bizwire) – The K-pop group BTS will hold a pop-up exhibition titled ‘Monochrome’ in Seoul’s Seongsu-dong neighborhood from April 26 to May 12, their agency Big Hit Music announced on April 17. BTS shared black-and-white posters photographed before the members’ military enlistment through their official social media accounts on the same day. [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — BTS RM reaffirmed his unwavering admiration for art through his latest social media update, where he documented his recent visits to local galleries and art museums. The leader of the K-pop supergroup, who is currently serving in the Army, shared photos on his Instagram on Sunday, capturing his recent [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — J-Hope of K-pop supergroup BTS shared his perspective on music and dance ahead of the release of his new solo album Friday, saying, “Good music makes good dancing.” “Our movement is linked to music and naturally expressed through the body,” the rapper-dancer said in his handwritten letter unveiled to [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — V, a member of K-pop megaband BTS, has scored another hit on the Billboard Hot 100 main singles chart despite serving in the military. His latest digital single, “FRI(END)S,” debuted at No. 65 on this week’s chart, unveiled Tuesday (U.S. time). It marks V’s fourth entry on the chart [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — Jungkook of K-pop juggernaut BTS has become the longest-charting K-pop solo artist on U.S. Billboard’s Hot 100 main singles chart after Psy. According to the latest chart unveiled Tuesday (U.S. time), Jungkook’s “Standing Next to You” stayed on the chart for 18 consecutive weeks, the second-longest run for any [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Suga, a member of K-pop megastar BTS, will bring the energy of his latest world tour to the big screen next month with the release of a film capturing the tour’s finale gig in Seoul. BigHit Music announced Wednesday that the film, “Suga | Agust D Tour ‘D-Day’ the [...]