SEOUL, March 11 (Korea Bizwire) – IZ*ONE, a project girl group that debuted through a reality audition TV show, will disband next month as planned. “IZ*ONE’s project will wrap up in April as planned,” said music channel Mnet that had aired the series as well as the act’s management agencies. Swing Entertainment and Off the [...]
SEOUL, March 10 (Korea Bizwire) — In today’s world where social media is omnipresent, random things that fascinate people — think viral cat videos, TikTok dance challenges, political conspiracies — tend to go viral with the smallest triggers. For one K-pop girl group, this happened in an unexpected yet dramatic way. Brave Girls, a once-forgotten [...]
SEOUL, March 8 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop sensation BTS, which earned a nomination from this year’s Grammy Awards, is set to perform at music’s biggest night in the United States next week, the event’s organizers have said. The Recording Academy on Sunday (U.S. time) announced the full performers lineup for the 63rd Grammys. BTS is [...]
SEOUL, March 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Following female K-pop solo singers Sunmi and Chungha’s successful music releases in late February, March is expected to be another impressive month with top-tier acts getting ready for comebacks. Sunmi, the K-pop queen who has carved out a unique discography with her charismatic songs, and Chungha, one of the [...]
SEOUL, March 5 (Korea Bizwire) — Last weekend, global K-pop fans on Spotify faced a blackout of hundreds of songs by popular artists, including Zico, Mamamoo and IU, after the Swedish audio giant’s licensing agreement with South Korea’s top music distributor Kakao M Corp. came to an end. While some music has since been restored [...]
SEOUL, March 5 (Korea Bizwire) — After spending a phenomenal year with megahits “Dynamite” and “Life Goes On” in 2020, BTS has been crowned Global Recording Artist of the Year by an organization representing the worldwide recording industry. The win on Wednesday (U.S. local time) marks a first for an act that performs primarily in [...]
SEOUL, March 4 (Korea Bizwire) — IU, one of the K-pop scene’s most prominent female solo acts, is set to drop her fifth full album later this month, her agency confirmed Thursday. Titled “Lilac,” the singer-songwriter’s studio album will be released March 25, according to EDAM Entertainment. It did not elaborate on the details of [...]
SEOUL, March 3 (Korea Bizwire) – A K-pop concert hall tailored for online events will be created in Seoul to meet the increasing demand for online performances, the culture ministry said Wednesday. The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism said it plans to renovate K-art hall, a multi-use concert venue in Olympic Park in southeastern [...]
SEOUL, March 3 (Korea Bizwire) – Global superstar BTS has set another record, this time by claiming No. 1 on the Billboard’s Artist 100 chart for a 16th week, the most for a group act. The seven-piece act ranked No. 1, up four notches from the previous week, on the metric that measures artists’ popularity [...]
SEOUL, March 2 (Korea Bizwire) — BLACKPINK member Rose, known as the main vocalist of the four-piece K-pop girl group, will be releasing her debut solo album next week, her agency said Tuesday. YG Entertainment shared two teaser images for her upcoming album, showing the date “March 12, 2021.” It did not elaborate on the [...]