SEOUL, April 25 (Korea Bizwire) – EXO-CBX, the K-pop boy band EXO’s sub-unit, will release its first full-length album, titled “MAGIC,” in Japan next month, its agency said Wednesday. SM Entertainment said the album features 11 tracks, including eight new songs, such as “Horololo” and solo songs by its members, Chen, Baekhyun and Xiumin. With the May 9 release, the sub-unit will go on tour in Japan. Titled “EXO-CBX Magical [...]
SEOUL, April 10 (Korea Bizwire) — Media outlets of the United Arab Emirates have offered extensive coverage of a recent K-pop gala concert thrown by SM Entertainment, South Korea’s largest entertainment agency, last week in Dubai. The concert, “SM Town Live World Tour VI in Dubai,” was held at the Autism Rocks Arena in Dubai [...]
SEOUL, April 6 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean pop stars from SM Entertainment held a press conference on Thursday in Dubai ahead of their live concert SM Town Live. The press conference – part of the promos for the very first SM Town Live concert in the Arab region – garnered attention from major local media [...]
SEOUL, April 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Taeyeon of Girls’ Generation will hold her first-ever showcase tour in Japan in June as a solo artist, her agency said Friday. The tour will take her to four Japanese cities — Fukuoka, Nagoya, Tokyo and Osaka, SM Entertainment said, without releasing the exact dates for the events. Debuting [...]
SEOUL, March 21 (Korea Bizwire) — An inside look at a revamped Hyundai Solati that will carry SM Entertainment artists has been unveiled. Hyundai Motor has released first look pictures of the SOLATI Moving Hotel, as part of its collaboration with SM Entertainment on Wednesday. Based on the Solati Limousine model, the hotel-themed concept car has [...]
SEOUL, March 16 (Korea Bizwire) — After reaching a breaking point in the music industry, major South Korean entertainment companies are now bulking up to gain a competitive edge in securing cultural content. At the forefront of this shift are SM Entertainment and YG Entertainment, two of the largest entertainment agencies in South Korea boasting the [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 24 (Korea Bizwire) – K-pop girl group Red Velvet will release a repackaged album next Monday, its agency said Wednesday. S.M. Entertainment said the album, “The Perfect RedVelvet,” has 12 tracks, including nine from its second EP “Perfect Velvet,” released in November, which ranked No. 1 on the Billboard’s World Albums chart. The [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — Singer BoA collaborated with Grammy-winning singer-songwriter Siedah Garrett on a remake of a Michael Jackson song, her management agency said Monday. S.M. Entertainment said the Korean singer worked with the U.S. artist to sing “Man in the Mirror,” recorded by the late pop legend and written by Garret and [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 4 (Korea Bizwire) – S.M. Entertainment, South Korea’s leading entertainment management agency, said Thursday it plans to hold a yearlong talent audition in 10 countries in 2018. The 2018 S.M. Global Audition will begin on Jan. 21 at COEX in southern Seoul and be held successively in five other South Korean cities, including [...]
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 [...]