SEOUL, Apr. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — When globally loved K-pop boy band BTS announced last month the title of its highly anticipated new album set for release this week, fans were thrilled, having been recommended a book with the same title from the band three months ago. The Korean version of the book “Jung’s Map [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — IZ*ONE, a project girl group formed through the idol competition show series “Produce,” sold more than 130,000 copies of its latest album titled “HEART*IZ” in the first week of its sales, breaking a previous record set by TWICE. “IZ*ONE’s ‘HEART*IZ’ sold 132,109 copies during the April 1-7 period. It [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — Following an enormous fire engulfing South Korea’s eastern coastal region, sensational K-pop girl band BLACKPINK called off its press conference set for Friday morning to announce the release of a new album, “Kill This Love.” YG Entertainment, the management agency for the girl band, made the decision, formally citing [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — Park Ji-hoon, a member of the disbanded boy band Wanna One, dropped his first solo debut album, “O’CLOCK,” on Tuesday, joining two former band mates in launching a solo career after the wildly popular group parted ways in January. Park followed Yoon Ji-sung and Ha Sung-woon to become the [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop girl band BLACKPINK will put out a new album, “Kill This Love,” next month, its management agency said Monday. YG Entertainment released a teaser image on its official website for the upcoming EP, announcing its release set for April 5. The image shows the band’s Thai member, Lisa, [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop supergroup BTS will return to the music scene next month with a new album, the group’s management agency said Tuesday. The boy band will put out the new EP “Map of the Soul: Persona” on April 12, the first release since it completed its “Love Yourself” album trilogy [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — Girl group Mamamoo will return to the K-pop scene with a new album next month, its agency said Thursday. The four-member act’s new EP, the title of which has yet to be revealed, is scheduled to be unveiled on March 14. “The upcoming album will be the finale of [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Six-piece K-pop girl band GFriend released their second full-length album, “Time for us,” Monday as the group marked their successful fourth year on the K-pop scene. “Time for us” is the band’s first full-length album since the release of their first, “LOL,” in July, 2016, and their first music [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Apink, one of the front-running K-pop girl groups, will release their new album this week, the latest part of the band’s efforts to tweak their long-established angelic concept, the group members said Sunday. “In our initial days, we dealt with innocent and lovely appeals, (but) going forward, we plan [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Hwang Chi-yeul, a leading light in the phenomenal popularity of Korean pop culture worldwide, will release a new album this month, the second full-length record of his 12-year music career, his management agency said Wednesday. The 37-year-old Hallyu star will return with the release on Jan. 21, according to [...]