SEOUL, Aug. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — J-Hope of the K-pop superband BTS has performed as the final act of Chicago’s annual Lollapalooza festival, becoming the first Korean artist to headline a major U.S. music event, his agency said Monday. The rapper-dancer closed the four-day festival that drew a total of 105,000 music fans with an [...]
SEOUL, July 26 (Korea Bizwire) — J-Hope of K-pop superband BTS made a good start high on the U.S. Billboard’s main albums chart for this week. The rapper-dancer placed 17th on the Billboard 200 with his first formal solo album, “Jack in the Box,” Billboard said on a social media Tuesday. “Arson,” one of the [...]
SEOUL, July 15 (Korea Bizwire) — J-Hope of K-pop supergroup BTS dropped his first formal solo album Friday. “I did my best to make this album in order to show you a new side that you haven’t seen so far and myself having grown more,” the dancer-rapper said in a YouTube video introducing the new [...]
SEOUL, July 12 (Korea Bizwire) — J-Hope, the first BTS member to launch a solo venture, entered the U.S. Billboard’s main singles chart with “More,” the chart has said. The song debuted at No. 82 on the Hot 100 chart for this week, Billboard said on social media on Monday (U.S. time). It came out [...]
SEOUL, July 8 (Korea Bizwire) — “Jack in the Box,” the upcoming first solo album by BTS’ J-Hope, will contain a total of 10 tracks, the group’s agency Big Hit Music said Friday. According to the list unveiled by the agency, the album will have “Intro,” “More,” “Pandora’s Box,” “Stop,” “=,” “Music Box: Reflection,” “What [...]
SEOUL, July 2 (Korea Bizwire) — J-Hope, a rapper and dancer of K-pop supergroup BTS, topped the iTunes music charts in 84 countries with his first official solo single “More” on Saturday. Released on Friday, J-Hope’s new EP ranked No. 1 on iTunes Top Songs charts in the United States, Canada, Spain, France and other [...]
SEOUL, July 1 (Korea Bizwire) — J-Hope, a rapper and dancer of K-pop supergroup BTS, released his highly anticipated first official solo single “More” on Friday. The song came out in a digital format through the Weverse Album app at 1 p.m., to be the first formal solo track from the band. It followed the [...]
SEOUL, June 28 (Korea Bizwire) — J-Hope, a rapper and dancer of K-pop supergroup BTS, will prerelease “More,” a track on his upcoming debut solo album, this week, his agency said Tuesday. The song will hit music services at 1 p.m. Friday in Korea, when it will be midnight U.S. EST, two weeks ahead of [...]
SEOUL, June 26 (Korea Bizwire) — J-Hope, a rapper and dancer of K-pop supergroup BTS, plans to release his solo album “Jack in the Box” next month, his agency said Sunday. J-hope will debut his first solo album on July 15 and drop a prerelease single Friday, according to Big Hit Music. He will be [...]
SEOUL, June 15 (Korea Bizwire) — Members of K-pop supergroup BTS, who recently decided to put group activities on hold, are expected to work on projects individually, with rapper J-Hope spearheading the move. In an announcement made on YouTube on Tuesday, the group said it will take a collective break but members will return with [...]