SEOUL, May 22 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop dynamo BTS has topped more than 100 regional iTunes charts and surpassed 100 million YouTube views in less than a day with its latest single “Butter,” its management agency said Saturday. The vibrant pop-dance number, released at 1 p.m. on Friday here, debuted at No. 1 on iTunes [...]
SEOUL, May 21 (Korea Bizwire) — BTS, the K-pop juggernaut that has emerged as the world’s biggest band, said its music has always been the best conclusion to the numerous questions the group contemplates on. “We always question ourselves — what BTS wants to do, what we want to express and what people want to [...]
SEOUL, May 21 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop juggernaut BTS released its much-awaited digital single “Butter,” with the vibrant summer pop-dance track racking up more than 34 million YouTube views in just three hours. The seven-piece group rolled out the succinctly titled track at 1 p.m., less than a year after dropping its massively successful English-language [...]
SEOUL, May 20 (Korea Bizwire) — Gfriend, known for its powerful performances and formerly school girl concept, bid farewell to fans after their longtime agency announced the termination of their contract. Source Music, which had represented the six-piece group since its debut in 2015, on Tuesday announced their contract will end on Saturday. While the [...]
SEOUL, May 19 (Korea Bizwire) — A growing number of Chinese music companies are infringing on copyrights by adapting Korean songs into Chinese versions and uploading and registering them on YouTube as original songs. A string of K-pop songs, including IU’s “Morning Tears”, Brown Eyes’ “Already One Year” and Younha’s “Waiting” were adapted into Chinese [...]
SEOUL, May 18 (Korea Bizwire) — Photos and videos of K-pop stars are sweeping across Twitter as Colombia continues to struggle with a nationwide strike that has been in place for more than 20 days. Each post comes with the hashtags, “no more strike”, “we support the police” or “stop the blockade”. At first, it [...]
SEOUL, May 17 (Korea Bizwire) — Girl group aespa, the four-piece K-pop act that debuted in November under a concept of connecting with avatars, said the rare theme has added a unique touch to its profile. Trained and produced by K-pop powerhouse SM Entertainment, the band’s name comes from the English words “avatar, experience and [...]
SEOUL, May 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Hybe, the K-pop powerhouse behind BTS, Seventeen and Enhypen, has opened what it calls a “music museum” for its artists and fans at its new headquarters in central Seoul. The 4,700-square meter venue spread across two basement floors at Hybe Yongsan features giant screens that show a rotating selection [...]
SEOUL, May 12 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop superstars BTS will put on its first performance of the upcoming release “Butter” at the Billboard Music Awards (BBMAs) scheduled for later this month. The seven-piece act will be performing at the annual music awards for the fourth consecutive year, unveiling “Butter” at the ceremony scheduled for May [...]
SEOUL, May 11 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop girl group ITZY has landed on Billboard’s main albums chart for the first time in the third year of its debut. The five-piece act’s latest EP “Guess Who,” reached No. 148 on the Billboard 200, which compiles the week’s most popular albums in the United States, according to [...]