SEOUL, Oct. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop girl group BLACKPINK’s latest music video “Lovesick Girls” will be edited and replaced, its agency said Wednesday, following a controversy over scenes that nurse groups criticized for sexualizing the profession. “We have decided to delete all scenes with the nurse uniform in BLACKPINK’s ‘Lovesick Girls’ music video and [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — The music video of South Korean girl group BLACKPINK’s hit song “How You Like That” exceeded 500 million YouTube views in the shortest time in K-pop history, the band’s agency said Tuesday. The music video surpassed the 500 million mark around 3:50 a.m. Tuesday, 73 days after its release [...]
SEOUL, June 12 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop giant BTS on Friday released a music video for “We are Bulletproof: the Eternal,” off of its most recent album “Map of the Soul: 7,” as part of the group’s annual fan celebration event. The animated music video shared on YouTube features adorable versions of individual BTS members [...]
SEOUL, June 1 (Korea Bizwire) — The music video of BTS’ 2017 hit song “DNA” topped 1 billion YouTube views on Monday, becoming the band’s first music video to surpass that milestone. “DNA,” the lead track of BTS’ 2017 album “Love Yourself: Her,” achieved the feat early Monday morning, according to the band’s label-management agency [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — BTS became the first South Korean boy band to hit 600 million views on YouTube with the music video for their song “DNA”. Big Hit Entertainment said that the music video reached 600 million views at 7:18 p.m. on Wednesday. The music video uses various transitional effects as if [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — Fans of BTS are flocking to the city of Jecheon in North Chungcheong Province to view its airfield, which featured prominently in one of the boyband’s music videos. As more people show interest in Mosan Airfield, Jecheon city officials have linked the music video in question to the city’s [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — The music video for “Boombayah,” K-pop act BLACKPINK’s breakout hit, has reached over 300 million views on YouTube, according to the group’s agency Monday. The song, released in August of 2016, reached the milestone earlier in the day, YG Entertainment said. Three other songs by BLACKPINK — “Playing with [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — The official music video for “Boy in Luv” from BTS exceeded 200 million views on YouTube on Tuesday, becoming the eighth video by the K-pop sensation to pass the threshold, the group’s agency said. The video of the title track off BTS’ second EP “Skool Luv Affair” topped 200 [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 15 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean rapper Psy’s “Hangover” was the most-viewed K-pop music video in the United States last year, a U.S. music service said Thursday. Released in June, “Hangover” topped the ranking of the most-viewed K-pop music videos in the U.S. for 2014 recently announced by Billboard magazine based on YouTube [...]
SEOUL, Sep. 12 (Korea Bizwire) – T-ara released its new music video of the title track Sugar Free on its official Facebook and YouTube on September 10. The group shows club girl styles in the video. The girls’ first foray into the world of big room, a kind of electronic dance music genre which [...]