SEOUL, Feb. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — Of all the entertainers and musicians here who have been affected by the pandemic, Chungha may have a lot to say. The K-pop soloist had to postpone her first full album release after testing positive for COVID-19 in December when the third wave of the infectious virus began to [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 13 (Korea Bizwire) – In a country where enlisting in the military for two years is mandatory for all able-bodied men, the rule has long been an unavoidable hurdle for singers and actors in their 20s who are flourishing in their career heyday. In that sense, having completed the two-year service can be [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop soloist Chungha, who has evolved from a member of a project girl group to an aspiring K-pop soloist, is set to drop her much-awaited debut full album next week. Titled “Querencia,” the album carries 21 songs, including title track “Bicycle,” a R&B pop trap song that Chungha wrote [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — Global superstar BTS has set another record on YouTube, with its music video for the 2017 song “DNA” earning 1.2 billion views on YouTube, the band’s agency said Thursday. YouTube views for “DNA,” released in September 2017, broke the record at 3:13 a.m., becoming the seven-piece act’s first music [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 9 (Korea Bizwire) – The importance of online platforms is on the rise as K-pop fandom continues to grow worldwide, with businesses targeting fans with contact-free content instead of offline performances. Since last year, a paradigm shift is taking place among large entertainment agencies and IT businesses focusing on online platforms. The K-pop [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — BLACKPINK, which owns one of the world’s biggest subscriber bases on YouTube, set another record Tuesday by earning 1.2 billion views with its music video “Kill This Love.” Views for the 2019 hit broke the record at 12:38 a.m. on YouTube, becoming the all-female act’s second music video to [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — LOONA has made its first entry on the Billboard’s Pop Airplay chart, becoming the first K-pop girl group to rank on the radio chart since BLACKPINK. LOONA’s all-English song “Star” ranked No. 40 on the Billboard’s Pop Airplay chart, set to be updated on Saturday (U.S. time), according to [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 4 (Korea Bizwire) – K-pop related tweets remained in full force last year, reaching a new record of 6.7 billion, Twitter Inc. said Thursday. The figure represents a jump of 600 million from 6.1 billion K-pop tweets in 2019. The social media company said Indonesia ranked as the top market tweeting about K-pop [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop boy band Seventeen will be releasing its third single album in Japan in April, the band’s management said Wednesday. The new album, titled “Hitorijianai” in Japanese, meaning “you’re not alone,” will be released on April 21, according to Pledis Entertainment. It comes a year after the act dropped [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Hui, a member of K-pop boy band Pentagon, will start his alternative military service later this month, his management agency said Tuesday. The 28-year-old group leader and producer will enter a boot camp on Feb. 18 for four weeks of basic military training and then serve as a social [...]