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Global K-pop fest KCON to be streamed on YouTube amid outbreak

May 14, 2020

KCON, a major K-pop and Korean culture festival series held overseas every year, will be held partly online due to the COVID-19 pandemic, its organizer announced Thursday. Under this year's banner t...
With BIGBANG, BTS on course to return, K-pop scene to present dream team lineup

May 13, 2020

With two K-pop sensations, BTS and BIGBANG, warming up to release new albums, the K-pop community is on course to host a unprecedentedly star-studded lineup of artists coming back to rock the music s...
How Chung Ha’s house-inspired ‘Stay Tonight’ came to life

May 12, 2020

From the catchy top-line melody to voguing, here is an inside look at the quarantine playlist essential.
BIGBANG's 2nd documentary featuring Taeyang to hit YouTube next week

May 11, 2020

The second documentary film by iconic K-pop band BIGBANG will hit YouTube next week, featuring member Taeyang, in the runup to the band's upcoming music release, its agency said Monday. The first ep...
Bang Si-hyuk named chairman of Big Hit

May 11, 2020

Big Hit Entertainment, home to the likes of BTS and TXT, announced Monday that founder and largest shareholder Bang Si-hyuk added the title of chairman of the company in a recent shareholders meeting...
Boy band NU'EST drops new alum 'The Nocturne'

May 11, 2020

Returning to the K-pop scene with a new album, "The Nocturne" Monday, five-member boy band NU'EST explores the thrill and fascination of nighttime with an homme fatale concept. The EP is NU'EST's fi...
DAY6 temporarily suspends team activities

May 11, 2020

Five-piece boy band DAY6 will suspend all upcoming team activities, its label, JYP Entertainment, announced late last night via social media. “Recently, several members acknowledged suffering sympto...
BLACKPINK's 'Playing with Fire' tops 500m views

May 8, 2020

The video for BLACKPINK's 2016 song "Playing with Fire" topped the milestone of 500 million YouTube views Friday. The music video surpassed the threshold early in the day, becoming the group's fifth...
Bol4 releases duet ‘Leo’ with EXO’s Baekhyun

May 7, 2020

Bol4 released the new single “Leo,” featuring Baekhyun of EXO, on Thursday. Released as one of two lead tracks from the one-man band’s upcoming “Youth Diary II” EP, “Leo” is a relaxing love song tha...
[Herald Review] Twice’s ‘Seize the Lights’ shows girl group as genuine as can be

May 7, 2020

Last year, Twice embarked on the girl group’s most monumental journey since debuting -- their first world tour: “Twicelights.” It was their longest tour yet, spanning almost a whole year, kicking of...
IU, Suga's collaboration song 'Eight' becomes chart sensation

May 7, 2020

Topping iTunes singles charts in 59 countries and territories Thursday, "Eight," a high-profile collaboration song between K-pop queen IU and BTS' Suga, became a chart sensation. Following its offic...
IU drops collaboration single with BTS’ Suga

May 6, 2020

Ready to reign K-pop charts, IU’s new single “Eight,” featuring Suga of BTS, was released Wednesday evening. The much-anticipated song has been co-written and composed by the singer-songwriter and t...
Girl group TWICE to release new Japanese single 'Fanfare' in July

May 6, 2020

K-pop sensation TWICE will release a new Japanese single, "Fanfare," in July, with the aim of making another megahit in the Japanese music scene. Uploading a video clip on its Japanese social media ...
[Herald Interview] Designing cover of BTS’ ‘Map of the Soul: 7’

May 6, 2020

One of biggest records of the year came in septet’s seventh year with cover that captures group’s history and identity
BTS joins Obamas, Lady Gaga in YouTube virtual commencement next month

May 6, 2020

K-pop band BTS will join ex-US President Barack Obama, former US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and American pop icon Lady Gaga in giving speeches during a virtual commencement event by YouTube ...