SEOUL, Feb. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — Resuming its high-profile music career, girl band IZ*ONE will release a new album, “Bloom*Iz,” this month, its management agency said Monday. The new album, set for release on Feb. 17, is the 12-member girl group’s first full-length album, marking the resumption of the band’s activities after a three-month hiatus. [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 31 (Korea Bizwire) — Next month will see an unusually feverish K-pop scene with a new album release by superstars BTS. But the music world here will be further abuzz as a number of other high-profile music acts will unveil new albums in February. On the calendar for February is an unprecedentedly eventful [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — The return of a group of A-list K-pop bands will heat up the music scene here this spring. After setting a record for most album sales with “Map of the Soul: Persona” last year, K-pop super band BTS will drop “Map of the Soul: 7″ on Feb. 21, the [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop girl band IZ*ONE will return to the music scene next month, resuming its high-profile music career that was put on hold amid a vote-rigging scandal involving the band’s native audition show last year. “Mnet and the management agencies of IZ*ONE members decided to resume their activities in respect [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — The K-pop scene has a new — or some may say old — shining star. Yang Joon-il, a 50-year-old singer who was considered an outcast in the early ’90s, has enthralled fans in a dramatic comeback that took nearly three decades to happen. The fairy tale story all began [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — Big Hit Entertainment, the music label of K-pop super band BTS, is scrambling to expand its business portfolio of K-pop artists following a sensationally successful year in 2019. A media report said earlier this week that Big Hit is on its way to acquire and merge with Pledis Entertainment, [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Nationality or language matters less than artists’ talent or messages in today’s global music industry, an American columnist specializing in K-pop said Tuesday, referring to the phenomenal global ascent of K-pop. “Definitely language is becoming less important in music that you listen to. It’s certainly becoming more about the [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Twitter Inc. said Tuesday that 6.1 billion tweets were created last year globally about K-pop. The number is up 15 percent from 5.3 billion tweets a year earlier, according to the U.S. microblogging website. Some of the top 20 countries that tweeted the most about K-pop in 2019 include [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 13 (Korea Bizwire) –- Chen, a member of K-pop boy band EXO, made a surprise announcement Monday that he will get married soon, hinting that his fiance is pregnant. “Chen decided to get married after getting into a precious relationship,” EXO’s management agency, SM Entertainment, said. SM did not provide further details about [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 13 (Korea Bizwire) –- At the height of their high-profile K-pop careers last year, Kang Daniel and Mina, a member of sensational girl group TWICE, temporarily left show business, complaining of anxiety and other mental disorders. The Japanese K-pop star, Mina was suffering from an anxiety disorder and suspended her stage career amid [...]