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 [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — BTS’ V will release his new English song ‘FRI(END)S’ next Friday, Big Hit Music said Monday. The pop soul song is the artist’s first solo music since “Layover,” his debut solo album released in September. The company said V had prepared it before he started his mandatory military service [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Jungkook of K-pop supergroup BTS and Le Sserafim’s Huh Yunjin collaborated with another BTS member J-Hope for his upcoming new solo album, the group’s agency said Tuesday. BigHit Music unveiled a preview of the special album, titled “Hope on the Street No. 1.” The highlight medley features clips from [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — BTS’ J-Hope will make a guest appearance on Tving’s original show “DNAcers,” the streaming service said Friday. The rapper-dancer will make a surprise appearance as a messenger to give missions to the participants of the dance battle show. Tving’s original show, set to premiere Monday, features competitions taking place [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 19 (Korea Bizwire) – BTS’ J-Hope will drop a new album and a documentary about street dance, the rapper-dancer’s music roots, BigHit Music said Monday. The special album, titled “Hope On the Street VOL.1,” containing six tracks, will be released on March 29. Along with the album, a new documentary of the same [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 31 (Korea Bizwire) — From Korean abstract art master Yoo Young-kuk (1916-2002) to Seundja Rhee (1918-2009), one of the few female first-generation Korean abstract artists, the Korean Pavilion has a lot to offer at this year’s Venice Art Biennale. The 60th edition of the Biennale, one of the world’s largest and most influential [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — RM and V of K-pop supergroup BTS completed five weeks of boot camp training Tuesday, the Army said, after enlisting late last year to carry out their mandatory military service. The two members earned the rank of private after undergoing various training, including basic combat and chemical, biological and [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — The BTS docuseries “BTS Monument: Beyond the Star” will be released Wednesday on Disney+, BigHit Music said. The docuseries will show “an emotional ten year journey from before their start to beyond their solo projects and ahead to their anticipated reunion in 2025,” according to the streaming platform. The [...]