SEOUL, Oct. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — Global pop stars BTS and Charlie Puth will stage a joint performance next month for a local music award event, the organizers said Monday. The two sides will go onstage together for 2018 MGA, a music award jointly organized by the broadcasting service MBC Plus and the online music [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop superstars BTS have renewed their seven-year exclusive contract with Big Hit Entertainment, the agency announced Thursday. “Based on our solid trust in and affection for BTS, we have signed a new seven-year contract,” Big Hit said. The renewal came one year ahead of their current seven-year deal’s expiration [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — Thanks to the rise of the Korean pop band BTS, sales of the group’s latest album released this year are expected to jump compared to last year. According to the Korea Music Copyright Association, the value of copyright fees collected from BTS’ new album during the first three quarters [...]
PARIS, Oct. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean President Moon Jae-in received possibly the most enthusiastic welcome he has ever enjoyed from a foreign population Sunday when he hosted a cultural event to mark his trip to France that offered a rare performance by famous South Korean boy group BTS. Some 400 French officials and [...]
LONDON, Oct. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — About 20,000 European fans of different skin colors, nationalities and ages enthusiastically sang the Korean-language lyrics of a BTS song when the massively popular K-pop boy band hit London’s O2 Area on Wednesday (local time). Many top global stars such as Coldplay, Madonna, Beyonce, Adele and Ed Sheeran have [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — A task force composed of officials from the Military Manpower Administration and the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism with the goal of improving the process of military service exemptions for artists and athletes was launched on October 1. Controversy surrounding the current system was sparked during the 2018 [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — The massively popular boy band BTS will appear on “The Graham Norton Show,” a popular BBC talk show, next week, the group’s agency said Monday. The band will appear on an episode of the show at 10:35 p.m. on Oct. 12 alongside actors Whoopi Goldberg, Rosamund Pike, and Jamie [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — Responding to a wild outcry by fans, BTS canceled its plan to release a new Japanese song in collaboration with a Japanese producer accused of chauvinism and misogyny. “Due to reasons concerning the production, the track list for the Japanese album scheduled for release in November will be changed. [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 13 (Korea Bizwire) – K-pop phenomenon BTS has been nominated for the annual American Music Awards (AMAs), slated for Oct. 9, becoming the first Korean act to receive such recognition, according to its organizer Thursday. “On Sept. 12 local time, the 2018 American Music Awards announced its nominees, and BTS has been included [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — The members of mega-popular K-pop group BTS have said they feel a “responsibility and burden” regarding their achievements but vowed to “try harder to have a right mindset in all areas.” The boy band members made the remarks during the event called “A conversation with BTS” on Tuesday (U.S. [...]