SEOUL, May 26 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop act Monsta X on Tuesday thanked fans for helping them achieve a career-changing success in the United States earlier this year. “All we have are happy memories when looking back. Our hearts swell up with emotions,” Monsta X rapper I.M, whose real name is Im Chang-kyun, said during [...]
SEOUL, May 23 (Korea Bizwire) — Popular girl group TWICE will make a comeback with its ninth EP, “More & More,” next month, the first in a series of major K-pop comebacks expected to heat up the early summer chart race. JYP Entertainment’s nine-piece multinational team will release its new record on June 1. It [...]
SEOUL, May 18 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop quartet BLACKPINK plans to release their first full studio album in September, preceded by serial releases of two new singles starting next month, the group’s management agency announced Monday. Through an online announcement addressed to fans, YG Entertainment said the four-piece female act have finished recordings and production [...]
SEOUL, May 6 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop sensation TWICE will release a new Japanese single, “Fanfare,” in July, with the aim of making another megahit in the Japanese music scene. Uploading a video clip on its Japanese social media accounts Tuesday, the girl group broke the news of the album release. “We will release our [...]
SEOUL, May 4 (Korea Bizwire) – Global band BTS has begun a new journey to produce an album, possibly the first self-produced album in the band’s high-profile seven-year music career. Appearing on a live video log on YouTube last week, BTS member Jimin shared the news on the project, the band’s new discographic journey that [...]
SEOUL, April 28 (Korea Bizwire) — Boy band Tomorrow X Together will drop a new album, “The Dream Chapter: Eternity,” next month, returning to dazzle the K-pop scene, its management agency said Tuesday. “The Dream Chapter: Eternity,” the band’s second EP set for release on May 18, is the third album under the “The Dream [...]
SEOUL, April 23 (Korea Bizwire) — “1719 is a compilation of music and writings about events that happened during the darkest and cruelest three-year period of my life. If you don’t want gloomy stories, you’d better close the book.” This is a warning Ha:tfelt, better known as Park Ye-eun from the band Wonder Girls, gives [...]
SEOUL, April 20 (Korea Bizwire) — “Dye,” the new EP by K-pop boy band GOT7, marks a dramatic style change for the six-year-old band, turning the seven members into medieval balladeers as if from a classical romance novel. The 10-track album, led by “Not by the Moon,” hit major online music stores at 6 p.m. [...]
SEOUL, April 20 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop super band BTS is releasing content tailored to the needs of fans amid the expansion of ‘untact’ culture across the globe following the coronavirus outbreak. The group has used YouTube broadcasts to share recent news, make a surprise announcement on plans for a new album, and hold online [...]
SEOUL, April 14 (Korea Bizwire) — High-profile pianists travel the world several times a year to have concerts or recitals at famous halls in such cities as New York, Paris, London and Berlin. The life of South Korean pianist Cho Seong-jin, one of the most sought-after artists in the world, is no different. Since he [...]