SEOUL, Feb. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Bang Si-hyuk, the creator of BTS and CEO of the band’s management agency Big Hit Entertainment, gave a congratulatory address at the 73rd commencement ceremony at Seoul National University (SNU), his alma mater on Tuesday. During his speech, Bang explained that he did not have a dream, rather he [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Motor Co. is expanding its partnership with BTS by providing sponsorship to the South Korean boy band’s global campaign in Britain, the company said Sunday. On Friday, BTS began to air a teaser of the K-pop band’s global campaign in London’s Piccadilly Circus aimed at informing its fans [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — Global K-pop phenomenon BTS has launched an online archive, inspired by its dedicated fans around the world, where their fans, known as Army, can get together to record memories from the band’s six-year career, the band’s management agency said Friday. “Armypedia” at www.armypedia.net has gone online and will officially [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop boy band BTS will carry out another concert tour of major cities in the United States, Europe and Japan starting in May, the band’s management agency announced Wednesday. The “Love Yourself: Speak Yourself” tour, which came after BTS’ successful, wider world tour last year, will bring the septet [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — BTS drew some 380,000 spectators on the Japanese leg of the world concert tour “Love Yourself,” which hit four major Japanese cities, the band’s management agency said Monday. BTS wrapped up the “Love Yourself ~Japan Edition~” with the final stop at Fukuoka’s Yahuoku! Dome held from Feb. 16-17, according [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — The K-pop boy band sensation BTS called their debut on the Grammy stage on Monday a moment when their dreams came true, voicing their hope to return to the prominent music award ceremony in the future. “Growing up in South Korea, we always dreamed about standing on the Grammy [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — Bang Si-hyuk, the producer of the K-pop phenomenon BTS, made Billboard’s list of “25 Top Innovators” who are “Music’s New Power Generation,” Billboard said on its website on Friday. “The K-populist: BTS — the seven-man K-pop band that South Korean songwriter-producer-executive Bang assembled in 2010 — catapulted into Western-pop [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — A student-run academic course has been launched at the University of California, Berkeley, to explore the phenomenal success of K-pop boy band BTS and its growing global impact, the school’s website showed Thursday. The 2-unit course, “Next Generation Leaders: BTS,” opened as part of the UC Berkeley’s Democratic Education [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — According to financial industry watchers on Saturday, KB Kookmin Bank has extended the promotion period for the KB X BTS installment savings account to February 28. BTS, a famous idol group in South Korea, acted as models in promotional materials for the new account. The promotion was expected to [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 31 (Korea Bizwire) — V, a member of globally celebrated K-pop boy band BTS, has released a self-created song, “Scenery,” joining other group members in releasing self-composed songs. The new song was put up on BTS’ Korean blog Wednesday night for free download. V, whose real name is Kim Tae-hyung, composed and wrote [...]