SEOUL, Sept. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop super group BTS is no stranger when it comes to smashing album sales and breaking music streaming records. But against its colossal brand recognition, the one nagging caveat for BTS especially in the West had been its lack of ample presence on radio airwaves — a key index [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — The members of global K-pop superstar BTS on Saturday delivered a powerful motivational speech for South Korean youth, sharing candid tales of their inner struggles on the path to becoming one of the world’s most popular music acts in history. The speech, delivered in turns by all of the [...]
ULSAN, Sept. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — A cafe named after its date of establishment is drawing the attention of the ARMY, the official fan club for K-pop super group BTS after the date happened to match the date of the seven-member band’s debut. Located in Nam District in the southeastern city of Ulsan, Cafe 0613 [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop super group BTS delivered a performance of “Dynamite,” its latest smash-hit single, on the popular U.S. talent competition show “America’s Got Talent.” The seven-member band presented a pre-recorded live performance of “Dynamite” on the weekly TV program, now in its 15th season, aired Monday (U.S. time) on American [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop phenomenon BTS was the most talked-about musical act on Twitter in the United States during the past six months of the novel coronavirus pandemic, U.S. media reported Wednesday. According to the news reports from outlets including Variety magazine, BTS topped the list of 10 most tweeted-about artists by [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — The themes and messages on the upcoming new album by BTS will revolve around major issues faced by the global community, the group hinted Monday. “(The album) will include various genres of songs, so it’s hard to generalize the album as being of such and such genre,” BTS leader [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — RM, the leader of K-pop super group BTS and a well-known art buff, has donated 100 million won (US$84,000) to the art foundation of the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary (MMCA) on the occasion of his birthday last week, the foundation announced Monday. The donation will be used [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop superstar BTS said Thursday that their years of efforts to overcome linguistic and racial barriers have appealed to the musical mainstream in the United States and exploded with their latest hit “Dynamite.” The boy band debuted at No. 1 on Billboard’s Hot 100 chart with the English-language song [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — Twitter is seeing a tweet spree after BTS topped Billboard’s Hot 100 with their most recent song, “Dynamite.” Twitter Inc. reported on Wednesday that nearly 46 million tweets shared the news regarding BTS’ newest release topping the Week 1 Hot 100 Chart for the period from Aug.31-Sept. 2. The [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — Netmarble Games, a South Korean mobile game developer and publisher, said Thursday its new highly anticipated mobile game inspired by K-pop boy band sensation BTS will be launched later this month. BTS Universe Story, an interactive mobile game featuring 3-D characters of the seven members, will be available both [...]