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Back home, BTS takes aim at top 10 of Billboard Hot 100

It’s been a history-making year for BTS, the K-pop sensation that has made ripples around the globe with its recent US debut and everything in between. Having left footsteps across several continents...

Dec 10, 2017
Music
Twice’s ‘Knock Knock’ tops most popular music video on YouTube

The music video for “Knock Knock,” the lead track off Twice’s February album “Twicecoaster: Lane 2,” ranked as the most popular music video on YouTube for 2017 in Korea, the video sharing platform re...

Dec 8, 2017
Music
[Herald Interview] Choi Gonne reflects on last year’s ‘Candlelight Revolution’ in ‘Highlander’

Months have passed since hundreds of thousands of candle-holders declared victory for people power after months of protests to oust President Park Geun-hye in Seoul’s Gwanghwamun Square. The air was...

Dec 8, 2017
Music
BTS’ new Japanese single tops Oricon chart

BTS again proved its popularity in Japan, with its eighth Japanese single “Mic Drop/ DNA/ Crystal Snow” notching the No. 1 spot on Oricon’s daily singles chart. The album, released on Wednesday, lan...

Dec 7, 2017
Music
[Album review] Day6 completes puzzle with ‘Moonrise’

Day6 “Moonrise” Genie Music When Day6 announced its yearlong monthly song release project “Every Day6” in December last year, a spell was cast. Fans have been waiting for the group’s new songs...

Dec 6, 2017
Music
Super Junior’s web reality show ‘SJ Returns’ to air on TV

K-pop act Super Junior’s web reality show “SJ Returns,” which chronicled the group’s comeback preparations, is now being shown on TV. The show, which was initially streamed on the Naver TV Cast chan...

Dec 6, 2017
Music
BTS drops new promotional song for Seoul City, website crashes

The release of BTS’ promotional track for the City of Seoul on the city’s official website has sent fans into a viewing frenzy, causing the website to crash. The song, titled ‘With Seoul’ was releas...

Dec 6, 2017
Music
‘Second, third BTS should be born’: Bang Si-hyuk

Producer-CEO Bang Si-hyuk of Big Hit Entertainment, the label behind boy band BTS, hopes to pave the road for future K-pop stars on the international stage. “I believe that a second, third BTS shoul...

Dec 6, 2017
Music
Zion. T, Lee Moon-sae’s ‘Snow’ sweeps charts

“Snow,” the collaboration track between R&B singer-producer Zion. T and veteran singer Lee Moon-sae, has topped major music charts upon its release Monday. As of Tuesday, the song sits at the top ...

Dec 5, 2017
Music
Fan Bing-bing’s brother aims to be K-pop idol

Chinese actress Fan Bing-bing’s younger brother is training to be a K-pop idol. (Fan Bing-bing`s Instagram) A local news media outlet reported Tuesday that Fan Cheng-cheng, 17, has been training at...

Dec 5, 2017
Music
BTS ranks 28th on Billboard Hot 100 with 'Mic Drop'

K-pop group BTS' latest song "Mic Drop" has reached No. 28 on Billboard's Hot 100 chart making it the first Korean boy band to make it into the crucial top-40 list, according to the US music publicat...

Dec 5, 2017
Music
[Next Wave] Clara C seeks to shed YouTube star image, find roots in Korea

For singer-songwriter Clara C, who was born in New York City and raised in Los Angeles, Korea had been an unknown land. She wrote and sang in English, but deep in her heart, Chung had room for Korea,...

Dec 4, 2017
Music
Taeyeon won’t face indictment, dog unrelated to accident

Taeyeon of Girls‘ Generation admitted that her recent traffic accident was caused by her error, Seoul police said Sunday evening. But the officials denied rumors that the K-pop star’s three-month-ol...

Dec 4, 2017
Music
Jung Yong-hwa of CNBLUE to hold solo concert

Jung-Yong-hwa, the vocalist and leader of K-pop band CNBLUE, will hold his second solo concert in Seoul next month, his agency FNC Entertainment said Monday. The concert, “2018 Jung Yong Hwa Live [R...

Dec 4, 2017
Music
BTS becomes first K-pop band to enter UK, German charts

BTS became the first K-pop band to have a song listed on top 100 single charts in Germany and the UK, its agency Big Hit Entertainment said Saturday. The boy band’s remix of the song “MIC Drop,” o...

Dec 3, 2017
Music

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