Exhibit to highlight J-Hope’s solo career

J-Hope of BTS will look back on his solo career through an exhibit slated to be held in Seoul from May 30 to June 22, according to Big Hit Music on Tuesday. Dubbed “And What?” the show will follow the growing music spectrum with songs he has put out so far, and also cast a look at his ever-growing scope of creativity showcased in documentaries and live shows. Historic moments from J-Hope's solo activities, including Lollapalooza Chicago in 2022 and performing at BMO Stadium in Los Angeles, will

April 22, 2025

TXT to drop digital single in May

Tomorrow X Together announced on Tuesday that it will release digital single “Love Language” on May 2 via label Big Hit Music. Huening Kai co-authored the lyrics of the upbeat tune based on an Afro house beat. The announcement was uploaded alongside a poster showing a lock set with the title of the upcoming single as its code. The band gave out a spoiler for the single earlier this month on its website which encouraged fans to guess the code to set off an alarm that said, “Unlocking Love … Until

April 22, 2025

Seventeen to bring out 5th LP on debut anniversary

Seventeen will mark the tenth anniversary of its debut with fifth studio album, said agency Pledis Entertainment on Tuesday. It will release LP “Happy Burstday” on May 26, about three years since the previous LP “Face the Sun” and seven months after 12th EP “Spill The Feels.” The mini album hit Billboard 200 at No. 5 and sold over 3 million copies in the first week. It cinched platinum certification in Japan and topped Oricon’s Daily and Weekly Album Ranking. The fourth LP ranked No. 7 on Billbo

April 22, 2025

Taeyang to host 1st solo fan meetup tour

Taeyang of Big Bang is set to host his first solo fan meetings in Japan and Korea, announced agency The Black Label on Tuesday. He is set to greet fans in Seoul on July 26 before heading over to six cities in Japan — Fukuoka, Hiroshima, Osaka, Shizuoka, Tokyo and Miyagi — through late November. The event's title, “01,” signifies both his first event that places fans at the forefront and "eternity." When combining the Korean word for zero (yeong) with "one," it reads as "yeongwon," the Korean wor

April 22, 2025

iKON’s Kim Jinhwan completes military service

Kim Jinhwan of iKON was discharged Saturday, agency 143 Entertainment said. He did his mandatory military service as a social service agent from July 2023, and on the day of his discharge, he hosted a livestream to catch up with fans. The main vocalist and the oldest member was the first from the six-piece band to enlist. Bobby and Jung Chanwoo began serving in May last year; Song Yunhyeong followed three months later. Before enlistment, Kim dropped “Blue Moon,” the second installment of his fir

April 21, 2025

Babymonster draws 150,000 in Japan tour

Babymonster wrapped up the Japanese leg of its first international tour, “Hello Monsters,” in Fukuoka over the weekend. Before the two-day show, the rookie girl group visited Nagoya, Osaka and Yokohama for eight concerts, and the 10-date tour drew 150,000 audience in total, in record time for a K-pop girl group. The seven-member act is slated to carry on with the tour in Singapore next month, travelling to six more cities across the region. Separately, the performance video for “Billionaire” sur

April 21, 2025

BTS’ Jimin garners 300m Spotify streams with ‘Serendipity’

Jimin of BTS amassed 300 million streams on Spotify with his solo single “Serendipity” as of last week. It is his seventh solo endeavor to reach the milestone. “Serendipity” is part of the band’s repackaged “Love Yourself: Answer” album from 2018. The single topped the iTunes Top Songs Chart in 80 regions and earned gold certification from the Recording Industry Association of America. Before unveiling the full-length single, an intro version of the R&B serenade was included in the band’s fifth

April 21, 2025

NCT Wish’s 2nd EP exceeds 1 million sales

The second EP from NCT Wish sold over a million copies in the first week, said label SM Entertainment Monday citing a local tally. “Poppop,” released last week, is also the band's first album to reach the milestone. Combined, NCT's youngest subunit has sold nearly 2 million copies of previous albums: debut single “Wish,” second single “Songbird” and first mini album “Steady.” The second EP received more than 1.2 million in preorders. The new album also topped a number of major album sales charts

April 21, 2025

BTS’ Jin to visit 9 cities for 1st fan concert tour

Jin of BTS is planning to host his first solo fan concert tour in June, said label Big Hit Music on Friday. He will launch the tour, “#RunSeokjin_EP. Tour,” with a two-date event in Goyang, Gyeonggi Province and the following weekends, visit Chiba and Osaka in Japan, respectively. The tour’s American leg will take him to Anaheim, Dallas, Tampa and Newark through July and the artist will head over to Europe in August to meet fans in London and Amsterdam. He will put songs from his upcoming second

April 18, 2025

SHINee reminds fans of upcoming concert

SHINee uploaded a new poster Friday for its seventh standalone concert slated to be held in Seoul May 23-25. The four members donned up in white suits posed for the camera ready to host the live show dubbed “Every Stage Shines Around You.” The three-day show will be their first new gig in about two years and will mark the debut anniversary of debut which falls on the last day. Live performances from the last two days will be broadcast online as well for fans who could not join in person. The ban

April 18, 2025