Ive has generated 100 million streams with the group's debut song “Eleven” on Melon, the largest streaming platform in Korea, Starship Entertainment said Friday. The song became the group’s second to reach the milestone after “Love Dive,” the main track from its second single of the same title. “Eleven” came out in December last year, but has stayed among the top 30 on the Melon chart. The six...

Ren, formerly of NU’EST, is readying himself to take more bold steps as a solo musician, hosting fan concerts in Korea and Japan from early November, according to a local media report Thursday. He will be the last from the band that he has been a member of for 10 years to hold concerts on his own. The five-member act disbanded in March, as the bandmates decided to pursue careers individually aft...

Main vocalist Rose went on to say that if the band’s first LP, “The Album,” focused on music, “Born Pink” goes beyond that as it aims to highlight the essence of Blackpink. “We endeavored to try new things while keeping our identity. Overall, many genres are hip-hop based, and we’ve wanted to show Blacpink’s musical color. I’m sure we made music with our imagination that nobody has ever done bef...

Enhypen has added another show in Anaheim, California to its first international tour, said agency Belift Lab on Wednesday. The band originally planned to only perform one show in each of the six cities on its US tour -- Fort Worth, Houston, Atlanta, Chicago and New York as well as the home to the Disneyland Resort. When tickets for the first US concert in Anaheim sold out, though, it added one ...

“Sunflower” is a three-track EP that reflects the hip-hop and R&B genres she has loved and excelled in since she was a trainee. Choi participated in penning the lyrics for the main track “Sunflower (P.E.L)” and the EP’s second track “Tip Top Toes.” Choi said, “As the first solo work, I wanted to fill in the album with personally meaningful things. The album’s title became ‘sunflower’ because it ...

Experts say K-pop is more than a music genre, now a Korean-made cultural brand

AB6IX will come out with its sixth EP on Oct. 4, announced agency Brand New Music Tuesday. The news for the upcoming “Take A Chance” EP came with a poster that showed a peach-colored cake topped with a small sprout. Its previous album was fifth EP “A to B” from May. In August, the foursome held a fan meet event in Bangkok to meet fans in the Thai capital in person for the first time three years...

In looking back on their journey, Mark said, "I think our team is like an icon of growth, and we've become so because we've worked to always be at our best state right now." Chenle piped into say, "What makes me the proudest is that, even though we're seventh year into our career, we're still really ambitious and we work hard. Although we've aged and we now have to shave more, apart from such ph...

Less than 50 days since its debut, NewJeans’ debut track also made it to Spotify’s “Weekly Top Song USA” chart, according to the latest charting release by the platform on Friday. “Attention” debuted at No. 200, once again becoming the first-ever K-pop debut track to rank on the chart with an accumulated 1.6 million streams. The group also logged its debut track on weekly Spotify charts in 17 di...

Monthly sales of K-pop albums surpassed a combined 10 million for the first time in July thanks to the continued expansion of the global fandoms of idol groups, a market tracker said. According to Kim Jin-woo, head researcher of Circle Chart, which reports accumulated sales and streams, combined sales of the nation’s top 400 physical albums reached 10,827,324 copies in July, a 40.2 percent jum...

The album comes two months since Yim released the single "Consolation" in June. The song is the first track on "Seven," in the album's prologue. The press conference he held to promote the release of "Consolation" was the first time he had picly ublopened up about the excruciating pain that had held him back for seven years, and on Wednesday, he spoke of the time again. "Some people had questio...

EXID will make a full-group comeback on Sept. 29 to celebrate tenth anniversary of debut, said the bandmates in a livestream on Wednesday. The album is named “X” as it stands for ten in Greek, explained Hyerin, and also is one of the letters from the band’s name. It signifies that it will be a collaboration with fans, added Solji. The EP will have three tracks including focus track “Fire” and a...

Dia, whose name stands for "do it amazing," made their debut on Sept. 14, 2015, with its namesake LP. The group kicked off with seven singers and went through several changes in its member lineup before becoming the current six in 2020. The group consists of members Eunice, Hui-hyeon, Yebin, Jung Chae-yeon, Eun-chae and Ju-eun. Dia had a rough start, as Hui-hyeon and Chae-yeon took a tentative b...

After phenomenal success of 'Pink Venom,' girl group looks to create a sensation with full LP

Izty’s music video for “Loco” surpassed 200 million views on YouTube, said label JYP Entertainment on Tuesday. “Loco” is the lead track from its first full album “Crazy In Love” that came out in September last year. It is the quintet’s fifth music video to reach the milestone following those of “Dalla Dalla,” “Wannabe,” “ICY” and “In The Morning.” The first LP was No. 11 on the Billboard 200 and...