SEOUL, March 13 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop boy band SHINee will hold its first-ever online concert next month after coming back from a two-year hiatus, the group’s management agency said Saturday. The concert, titled “Beyond LIVE – SHINee: SHINee World,” will be livestreamed on April 4 on V Live, a streaming platform of the country’s [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — SHINee is back. Like the line that opens SHINee’s hit tracks like “Sherlock” and “Dream Girl,” the second-generation K-pop act is back with a new full album after two years and six months — a hiatus prompted by the enlistment of three of its members. The boy band known [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — Popular K-pop boy band SHINee’s member Key will begin the mandatory 21-month military service in early March as a member of the military band, his management agency SM Entertainment said Friday. The 28-year-old, whose real name is Kim Ki-bum, “will join the military on March 4, having recently got [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — Onew, the lead vocalist and eldest member of K-pop boy band SHINee, joined the armed forces on Monday to fulfill his mandatory military service, taking a hiatus from his long K-pop career. “I come to a temporary break,” Onew, whose real name is Lee Jin-ki, said in a hand-written [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — Key, a member of K-pop boy band SHINee, will debut as a solo artist next month with his first solo release, his management agency said Tuesday. The 27-year-old will drop “Forever Yours” on major local music stores Nov. 6, according to SM Entertainment. He will deliver a full-length solo [...]
SEOUL, April 6 (Korea Bizwire) – Onew, a member of K-pop boy band SHINee, has been cleared of a sexual harassment allegation that has dogged him since August of last year, his agency said Friday. SM Entertainment said Onew, whose real name is Lee Jin-ki, was cleared of his sexual harassment allegation by the prosecution [...]
SEOUL, April 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Red Velvet, Seventeen and other musicians will participate in the annual Dream Concert, a K-pop collaboration event, next month, organizers said Friday. The 24th edition will be staged at Seoul World Cup Stadium in Seoul on May 12, the Korea Entertainment Producer’s Association said. The association announced a lineup [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 1 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean K-pop boy band Shinee’s hit song “Lucifer” is making an appearance on U.S. TV show “Lucifer” on FOX. Billboard reported on January 30 that the idol group’s tune is played in a scene from the show’s third season where Lucifer (Tom Ellis) is engaging in a fight [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — The funeral for the late Kim Jong-hyun, lead singer of K-pop group SHINee, was held Thursday, attended by his family, close friends and fellow artists. Kim, better known as his stage name Jonghyun, died Monday in an apparent suicide. The 27-year-old singer left a suicide note describing his harrowing [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 20 (Korea Bizwire) – The death of K-pop superstar Jonghyun from SHINee has sparked a debate over deep-rooted problems facing the K-pop industry. In a suicide letter released by his best friend Nine9 from rock band Dear Cloud, Jonghyun said he was ‘broken from inside’ and that ‘depression slowly began eating away at me [...]