SEOUL, Dec. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — The government on Tuesday opened a studio for immersive online concerts to support and nurture the digital capabilities of the local music industry amid the prolonged coronavirus pandemic. The KOCCA Music Studio, completed last month through a remodeling of a music hall at Olympic Park in southeastern Seoul, will [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop powerhouse JYP Entertainment on Monday revealed its much-anticipated first boy group in six years since the debut of Day6 in September 2015. Xdinary Heroes landed in the highly competitive K-pop music scene, dropping its debut digital single titled “Happy Death Day.” During a media showcase for the upcoming [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — Kai, a member of popular K-pop boy group EXO, said Tuesday he wanted to show his new side “as sweet as a peach” in his new release as an individual artist. “If I had a weighty image as an EXO member and individual artist, I wanted to show a [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop boy band Monsta X released its 10th mini album “No Limit” Friday, expressing their determination to keep challenging their limits and going forward. “This album is the outcome of our identity and our persistence to go our own way,” the group said during an online press showcase event [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — The K-pop market is booming once again as South Korea’s ‘With Corona’ scheme is leading to an increasing number of festivals. K-pop girl group Oh My Girl is making an appearance at a college festival at Yeungnam University in Daegu this Thursday, following their performance at Myongji University in [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — The Hong Kong Cultural Center in Tsim Sha Tsui district of Hong Kong was filled with a K-Pop dance heat on Saturday night. Some 1,200 spectators showed up at the “K-pop Dance Festival: The Evolution of K-pop” to watch Hong Kong choreographers perform K-pop cover dances in the center’s [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — Rising K-pop rookie band Enhypen became a “million-seller” through its first full-length album, the group’s management agency said Thursday. “Dimension: Dilemma” has sold 1,139,099 copies since its release on Oct. 12, Belift Lab said, citing data from music market tracker Gaon Chart. The album sold more than 810,000 copies [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop boy band NCT 127′s latest album has sold more than 3 million copies, its management agency said Wednesday. According to SM Entertainment, the accumulated sales of “Sticker,” the group’s third full-length album released on Sept. 17, and “Favorite,” a repackaged version released on Oct. 25, had come to [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — A large number of Indonesians gathered at CGV Grand Indonesia, a cinema located at Grand Indonesia Shopping Mall in Jakarta Sunday afternoon, not to watch a movie but to enjoy a K-pop performance. The K-pop fans, mostly women in their 20s and 30s, showed their strong affection towards K-pop, [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop girl group ITZY will debut in the Japanese market next month with a new album, according to its agency JYP Entertainment on Monday. The agency announced the group will release a Japanese-language compilation album titled “IT’z ITZY” on Dec. 22, including its hit numbers, such as “Dalla Dalla,” [...]