SEOUL, Feb. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop boy band BTS has been included in a list of the world’s top 10 best pop bands in history selected by American men’s magazine Esquire. Esquire announced Friday (U.S. time) that it included the South Korean septet in the publication’s retrospective feature article highlighting the “10 Best Pop [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 31 (Korea Bizwire) — At a time when online concerts featuring live communication with fans and state-of-the-art technology have become a new norm in the K-pop industry, BLACKPINK decided to go back to the basics in its first livestream concert Sunday, urging the audience to focus solely on its music and performance. The [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Big Hit Entertainment, the agency behind global star BTS, announced on Wednesday that it plans to invest 70 billion won (US$63 million) in YG Entertainment, one of the biggest K-pop agencies in South Korea. Under the deal, Big Hit and its affiliate beNX will invest 30 billion won and [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Veteran K-pop boy band Super Junior has dropped its first new Japanese album in eight years, the act’s agency said Wednesday. The second-generation boy band released “Star,” a 30-track album whose namesake title track features an energetic dance beat, according to Label SJ. The band’s previous Japanese album was [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — NCT 127, a sub-unit of the popular K-pop boy band NCT, is set to release a new EP in Japan next month, its agency said Tuesday. The band will be releasing the Japanese EP “Loveholic,” its first new Japanese album in two years, on Feb. 17, according to SM [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — Fans looking forward to the solo debuts of BLACKPINK members Rose and Lisa can get a glimpse of Rose’s solo material in the quartet’s online concert this weekend. Rose is set to perform her first solo song during BLACKPINK’s online concert “The Show” scheduled for Sunday, YG Entertainment said [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop dynamo BTS is set to drop a new edition of its hit album “BE” next month, the band’s agency said Monday. The new edition, titled the “Essential Edition,” will drop on Feb. 19, according to Big Hit Entertainment. BTS initially released the “Deluxe Version” of “BE” in November. [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — The music video for “Dynamite,” the historic BTS song that topped the Billboard’s main singles chart last year, has earned 800 million YouTube views, the band’s agency said Sunday. YouTube views for “Dynamite” hit 800 million views at 12:26 p.m. on Sunday, becoming the septet’s sixth music video to [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop soloist HyunA is set to drop a new EP next week, returning from a yearlong hiatus related to her health condition. The singer, known for her bold performances, will be releasing the album “I’m Not Cool” at 6 p.m. on Thursday, according to P Nation, an agency-label founded [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — Rookie K-pop act TREASURE is set to release its first full album in Japan in March, officially debuting in the Asian country, its agency said Thursday. “The First Step: TREASURE Effect,” set to drop on March 31, is a Japanese version of the band’s debut full album and carries [...]