Boy band T1419 will come out with a Spanish-language single on July 3, said agency MLD Entertainment on Wednesday. The single “When The Sun Goes Down” targets South America and will add momentum to the band’s growing popularity in the region, said the company. It will also be the first album originally made in Spanish from a K-pop band. The titular track is a tropical house dance tune abo...

Twice shared handwritten messages with fans to mark the fifth anniversary of its debut in Japan on Tuesday. Jihyo thanked fans for gifting the group with many good memories over the past five years and wished they could continue to be together. Tzuyu declared that Once, the band’s official fandom community is the most important thing to the group. “Let‘s ’celebrate‘ the fifth anniversa...

TVXQ! announced that it will put out a new single in Japan on Aug. 17. The duo has been touring six cities in the country under the title “The Garden” and greeted fans 21 times. On the last day of the fan meet marathon, the two told fans about the upcoming single “Utsuroi.” It has been about 2 1/2 years since the band performed in front of its fans, and the single comes almost two years s...

V of BTS left for Paris on Friday to attend spring-summer 2023 menswear shows. He has been invited by Celine, whose menswear show will be held on June 26. V and close friend and actor Park Bogum are to sit in the front row as special guests. The French house’s director of couture and events started following the artist recently, raising expectations from fans for a collaboration. Utz post...

Billlie will put out new music through a new project whipped up by Yoon Jongshin, head producer of agency Mystic Story, in mid-July. The seven bandmates of the girl group have finished shooting a music video and are in the final stages of preparing to officially return, the company said Thursday. Yoon participated in producing the group’s song, offering a new perspective on its unique narrati...

Rookie girl group Kep1er sold more than 153,000 copies of its second EP on the first day of its release, a record for the six-month-old group. The EP “Doublast” consists of five songs that span across genres from pop dance to R&B. Main track “Up!” is full of energy and freshness, inviting listeners to enjoy summer on “Kep1er Island.” The nine members admitted that they hoped to win first ...

Girl group aespa will put out its first English-language single “Life’s Too Short” on June 24. The band performed the upbeat song for the first time at Coachella in April. It will be dropped in advance to the release of second EP “Girls” that is due out on July 8. On Monday, “Next Level,” a video that further expands its narrative was unveiled. In the clip, the bandmates faced “sync out” ...

Mamamoo shared its plans for the latter half of this year through agency RBW Entertainment on Monday. The quartet celebrated its eighth anniversary of debut on Sunday and uploaded a video that showed the bandmates get together at a jjimjilbang, a Korean-style sauna. They marked the occasion with a cake shaped like a white radish (moo in Korean), a nod to their endearing term for fans, “moomoo...

Enhypen uploaded a mood board for its forthcoming EP on Friday. The band used an image collage for its third EP, “Manifesto: Day 1.” It includes graffiti, hinting that it will be full of the bandmates’ raw energy. It also showed “Don’t Judge Me,” a phrase that appeared in the teaser video and promotion calendar as well. The seven-member act’s first full-length album “Dimension: Dilemma” ...

Girl group Dreamcatcher will tour the US and Mexico from June 28, the group’s management firm Dreamcatcher Co. said Thursday. Under the title “Apocalypse: Save Us,” the seven members will perform in nine cities, from New York and Chicago to San Francisco and Mexico City. It has been almost three years since the group performed in front of its fans in the US. Separately, its second studio ...

The music video of (G)I-dle’s “Hwaa” reached 100 million views on YouTube, said agency Cube Entertainment on Wednesday. The video surpassed 10 million views in 29 hours since its release and was No. 1 on YouTube’s Trending Worldwide chart at the time. It was the group’s seventh music video to reach the milestone. “Hwaa” is the lead track from the fourth EP “I Burn” that came out in Januar...

GOT7 surprised fans with a choreography video for “Nanana” on Monday. The bandmates danced freely, yet showed off their chemistry in the video for the main track from its namesake EP that came out in May. The EP landed atop the iTunes top albums chart in 95 regions, becoming the second K-pop artist to rise to the top of the chart in more than 90 regions. The song was No. 1 on the iTunes to...

Rookie girl group Ily:1 will put out a new album on July 19, agency FNC ENM announced Monday. It marks another release just three months since debut album “Love in Bloom” sold more than 10,000 copies. The music video for the titular track has generated over 5.7 million views on YouTube. The six bandmates from Korea, Japan and China include four participants from “Girls Planet Saga: 999,” ...

Girl group Class:y will release its first single in Japan on June 22, said agency M25 Entertainment on Friday. The single will include the Japanese version of “Shut Down,” its debut song from first EP “Y: Class Is Over” that came out last month. In the teaser photographs, the seven bandmates went for chic and bold, a dramatic change from the cute image they presented for the debut EP in Korea...

WJSN will release a special single on July 5, announced agency Starship Entertainment on Thursday. The group uploaded an image for single “Sequence” that showed pink and yellow flowers against a background of blue. On the day of release it will host a showcase to mark the occasion. Its previous album was EP “Unnatural” from March last year. WJSN has been keeping busy during the while, app...