SEOUL, Sept. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — The summer season in the Korean popular music scene has traditionally been a market exclusively reserved for girl bands. This summer, however, female K-pop groups have surrendered their reign to unusually high-performing ballads. A heartrending breakup song, “Drunk on Love,” a collaboration by career balladeers Jang Hye-jin and Yun [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — ITZY, a new girl group managed by JYP Entertainment, officially debuted on Tuesday with an aim to replicate the wild success of groups that came before it, such as Wonder Girls and TWICE, both from the same K-pop label. The five-member teenage group unveiled their debut digital single, “IT’z [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — JYP Entertainment, the label of the globally celebrated K-pop girl band TWICE, will team up with Japan’s Sony Music to launch a new girl band composed of Japanese members, the company said Tuesday. “(JYP chief) Park Jin-young will host a press conference for local media outlets at Sony Music’s [...]