SEOUL, May 10 (Korea Bizwire) — NCT Dream, a subunit of SM Entertainment’s boy band brand NCT, said its first studio album “Hot Sauce” marks its transition into adulthood as well as a bookmark of its yearslong bond. The 10-track album also titled “Mat,” which translates to taste or flavor in Korean, is the unit’s [...]
SEOUL, May 10 (Korea Bizwire) — A new season of KCON, a major K-pop and Korean culture festival series, will kick off online next month amid the pandemic, its organizer said Monday. The fourth season of the online event, titled “KCON:TACT 4 U,” will be streamed from June 19-27 through YouTube channels of KCON and [...]
SEOUL, May 9 (Korea Bizwire) — From K-pop dynamo BTS to boy band brand NCT’s subunit NCT Dream, some of the scene’s biggest acts as well as rookie groups are getting ready to come back with new music this month. At the forefront is BTS. The seven-piece group, which released Japanese single “Film Out” in [...]
SEOUL, May 7 (Korea Bizwire) — SM Entertainment, the K-pop powerhouse behind acts like SuperM and EXO, on Friday unveiled a plan to launch a new K-pop band in the United States through a televised audition program. SM and MGM Worldwide Television will introduce a competition series to pick members of a new boy band [...]
SEOUL, May 6 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean entertainment giant CJ ENM said Thursday it is planning to launch an audition program in Latin America to create a K-pop style boy group. The collaboration with HBO Max and Endemol Shine Boomdog will bring together K-pop artists and Hispanic acts to select potential members of a [...]
SEOUL, May 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Rookie K-pop girl group aespa will release new single “Next Level” on May 17, the group’s agency said Thursday. The four-piece group, trained and produced by K-pop powerhouse SM Entertainment, made its debut in November with single “Black Mamba.” The song made a splash on global music charts, landing [...]
SEOUL, April 30 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Telecom Co. said Thursday the launch of a ‘K-pop Metaverse Project’ using mixed reality (MR) technology and next-generation K-pop stars. The ‘metaverse’ refers to a three-dimensional world where the borders between reality and virtual space don’t exist. The project aims to lead the K-pop fever by introducing new [...]
SEOUL, April 30 (Korea Bizwire) — ITZY, the five-piece act known for its empowering vibes, has continued to appeal to fans with its energy and confidence with its upcoming EP “Guess Who.” The all-female act — consisting of members Yeji, Lia, Ryujin, Chaeryeong and Yuna — is set to drop its six-track EP, fronted by [...]
SEOUL, April 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Being a rookie is a once-in-a-lifetime phase. K-pop boy band Enhypen, which debuted late last year, shrewdly put together the feelings they went through over the past few months in their second EP “Border: Carnival.” The six-track album, which includes an intro and outro, as well as the main [...]
SEOUL, April 25 (Korea Bizwire) — The music video for the 2018 BTS hit “Idol” has surpassed 900 million views on YouTube in the latest feat for the K-pop dynamo. “Idol,” the main track of the seven-piece act’s repackaged album “Love Yourself: Answer,” hit the milestone at 5:59 a.m. on Sunday, according to Big Hit [...]