SEOUL, Jan. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — Forget the pure, cute and innocent image of Suzy. The singer-actress is back with her first EP in a year with a hardened heart to face up to the sober truth of love. “Faces of Love” follows her first EP, “Yes? No?” which was released about a year ago, [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — Many have attributed the high popularity of the K-pop boy band BTS to its clever use of social media, but the group said its sincerity and quality were more integral to its success. “People pay attention only to the fact that we have well communicated with our fans on [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — Japan has been designated the first country to host South Korea’s largest convention of Korean pop music and culture for this year, organizers said Monday. First launched in Irvine, California, in 2012, KCON is hosted by CJ E&M and held in multiple countries throughout the world. Attending the event [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — Sixteen-year-old K-pop singer Samuel had himself a sweet sixteen on January 18. The singer’s entertainment agency told Yonhap News that fans had put up signs wishing Samuel a happy 17th birthday (Samuel is 17 in Korean age) on digital screens at New York City’s Times Square. According to Brave [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop boy group BTS sold more than 500,000 copies of its eighth single “MIC Drop/DNA/Crystal Snow” in Japan in December, becoming the only foreign artist last year to pull off such sales, the group’s agency Big Hit said Tuesday. BTS was awarded double platinum status by breaking the half-million [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — The Korean pop music market saw sharp increases in the consumption of digital music through streaming and the sales of physical albums in 2017, a market tracker said Friday. Twelve songs, up from only two in the previous year, streamed more than 100 million times, indicating a major shift [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — Gfriend will go on its first Asian tour next month, its management agency said Thursday. According to Source Music, the girl group will begin the tour titled “Season of Gfriend” on Feb. 28 in Taiwan and continue to Thailand, Hong Kong, Singapore and Japan. The band had its first-ever [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 9 (Korea Bizwire) – Idol group Oh My Girl came back Tuesday with a new EP, jumping into the early 2018 K-pop chart race. The seven-member act held a media showcase for its fifth EP, “Secret Garden,” at Shinsegae Mesa Hall in central Seoul, previewing five songs from the EP before its release [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 8 (Korea Bizwire) – INFINITE returned with its third studio album, ”Top Seed”, on Monday, marking the first major K-pop boy band release of 2018 as well as the group’s first record after being downsized into a six-member act. “In sports, top seed refers to the highest ranking team (in a tournament). We named the album in the spirit [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 29 (Korea Bizwire) – K-pop girl band MAMAMOO will release its first new single in six months next week, its agency said Friday. RBW said the song, titled “Paint Me,” is about their wish to “paint” the new year together with fans. The agency unveiled a teaser image on its social media accounts. [...]