SEOUL, Nov. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — A fall from grace by “Produce 101,” South Korea’s most sensational idol audition show to date, is derailing the burgeoning K-pop careers of the show’s winners. Last week, police put in custody An Joon-young, the director of the Mnet cable show, and the program’s chief producer over suspicions of [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — Korean singer-songwriter Zion.T has been known as one of the best-selling singers on local online music charts for years. His unique voice and lyrics have gained prominence, especially in the Korean hip-hop and R&B scene. In the late fall of 2019, after a one-year hiatus, he returned with his [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop girl band IZ*ONE has postponed the release of its new album amid snowballing vote-rigging allegations at “Produce 48,” a popular K-pop competition show. “Off the Record, the management agency of IZ*ONE, has decided to delay the release of the group’s first full-length album, originally scheduled for Nov. 11, [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — As police have been speeding up a probe into snowballing allegations of vote rigging at a popular K-pop TV series of “Produce 101,” South Korean cable channel Mnet is seeing its sensational competition show lineup lose its decadelong reputation on the entertainment scene both at home and abroad. Launched [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — Returning to the K-pop scene in the depth of autumn on Monday, K-pop boy band GOT7 is “flattered and nervous” about the release of “Call My Name,” a rare sexy concept album for the dance group. The six-track album is due to hit major online music stores Monday evening, [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — Jung Yong-hwa, a member of K-pop boy band CNBLUE, was discharged from the military Sunday after fulfilling nearly two years of mandatory service. He thanked his fans and expressed hope that he would return to his job as early as possible during a special fan event at a community [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — The roaring K-pop boom in South Korea is reviving the fate of perishing CD music and other physical music record formats. Since the early 2000s, compact disc as a music distribution format has been increasingly replaced by other digital storage and distribution formats such as internet streaming. Reversing the [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — Tears and sweat wrapped up K-pop superband BTS’ year-long world concert tour in the capital of their home country on Tuesday. The famous home ARMY’s fan chant consecutively naming the seven BTS members brought to a close BTS’ “Love Yourself” world tour at the thundering Olympic Stadium in southern [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — Nine in 10 K-pop fans would like to visit South Korea in the future, a survey showed Monday, highlighting K-pop’s positive impact on the local tourism sector. In a survey of 12,663 people in 111 countries who identified themselves as K-pop fans, 89.8 percent of the respondents said they [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — Tomorrow X Together, a new idol group managed by the agency of global superband BTS, dropped its first full-length album Monday. The eight-track full-length album titled “The Dream Chapter: Magic” is the quintet’s second music release following their breakout debut in March. The debut album, “The Dream Chapter: Star,” [...]