SEOUL, April 29 (Korea Bizwire) — BTS will release next month a documentary series, “Break the Silence,” which follows the band’s globe-trotting 351-day concert journey last year, its management agency said Wednesday. According to Big Hit Entertainment, the seven-episode series will be unveiled exclusively on Weverse, a mobile application for the BTS fan community, at [...]
SEOUL, April 28 (Korea Bizwire) – BTS, a South Korean boy band, has decided to reschedule its upcoming world tour due to the coronavirus pandemic, its agency said Tuesday. Bit Hit Entertainment announced the decision to indefinitely put off the BTS Map of the Soul Tour, saying it was made in “foremost consideration” of the [...]
SEOUL, April 28 (Korea Bizwire) — Can an online experience really replace the emotions of an on-site concert? Thanks to a new wave of innovative online performances in the aftermath of the coronavirus pandemic and strict physical distancing measures, we’re about to find out. With the performance market frozen due to the coronavirus pandemic, attempts [...]
SEOUL, April 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Singer-actress IU has teamed up with K-pop sensation BTS’ member Suga for an upcoming digital single, the former’s management agency announced Monday. IU will release the as-yet-unnamed new single, co-produced by Suga, on May 6, according to EDAM Entertainment. Other details, such as the genre, have yet to be [...]
SEOUL, April 23 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Motor Co., South Korea’s biggest carmaker by sales, unveiled a special campaign video starring K-pop boy band BTS encouraging the global use of hydrogen on Wednesday, to celebrate Earth Day. The video talks about the ‘precious language of mother nature’ to emphasize the importance of sustainability when leaving [...]
SEOUL, April 20 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop super band BTS is releasing content tailored to the needs of fans amid the expansion of ‘untact’ culture across the globe following the coronavirus outbreak. The group has used YouTube broadcasts to share recent news, make a surprise announcement on plans for a new album, and hold online [...]
SEOUL, April 14 (Korea Bizwire) — A series of live concerts K-pop boy band BTS performed since 2014 will be shown for free on YouTube this weekend to entertain fans at home in this time of coronavirus self-quarantine. The band’s management agency, Big Hit Entertainment, said a total of eight concerts and fan meeting events [...]
SEOUL, March 31 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop super band BTS cheered up its fans and audiences across the world Tuesday with a special performance on a U.S. TV show, broadcast from the band’s own studio in South Korea, in a time of social distancing over the COVID-19 pandemic. The members of BTS were the penultimate [...]
SEOUL, March 27 (Korea Bizwire) — The management agency of K-pop boy band BTS launched a series of short video clips designed to provide Korean language education to non-Korean fans, and the series is receiving positive responses from the public. Big Hit Entertainment released the first three episodes of the series, “Learn Korean with BTS,” [...]
SEOUL, March 27 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop boy band BTS put off the American leg of its upcoming world tour, “Map of the Soul Tour,” Friday over the global spread of COVID-19. “The ‘BTS Map of the Soul Tour – North America,’ originally scheduled to take place from April 25 to June 6, will be [...]