Blackpink’s Jennie floats teaser for solo EP

Jennie of Blackpink uploaded teaser photographs for her upcoming solo EP, titled “Fallen Angel,” via social media on Monday. "I'm so happy that these songs are finally being released as ‘Fallen Angel,’ and I hope you'll listen to them soon,” she said in a release from her agency, OA Entertainment, that accompanied pictures inspired by old Hollywood glamour. The EP will consist of six tracks, including the eponymous lead single and “Less than a Lover,” which dropped last month. The song debuted a

2026-08-24 10:51:45:00

Katseye tops Billboard 200 with 3rd EP

Katseye has scored its first chart-topper on the Billboard 200, landing at No. 1 on the main albums chart with its third EP “Wild,” according to the chart preview published on Sunday in the US. The group became the fourth female group to sit atop the ranking since 2020, after Blackpink, NewJeans and Twice. The EP consists of five genre-spanning tracks, including the prerelease “Animal.” The song entered Billboard’s Hot 100 at No. 24, the highest among the group’s six entries. In the UK, the EP d

2026-08-24 10:33:33:00

Riize debuts on US radio chart with 2nd EP lead single

Riize made it onto the Top 40 Radio Chart, a US airplay weekly ranking tallied by Mediabase, according to label SM Entertainment on Friday. The six-member act’s “Do Your Dance” ranked No. 40 on the latest chart as the only K-pop entry in the week, reflecting its popularity in North America. “Do Your Dance” is the main track from the group’s second EP “II,” released in June. The mini album sold over 1 million copies in four days and was Riize’s fourth album to do so. On Wednesday, Riize will rele

2026-08-21 11:57:10:00

Kwon Eunbi to drop single next month

Kwon Eunbi is poised to release a digital single on Sept. 3, her agency RBW Entertainment said Friday. She is releasing the single “Dejavu,” her first new music in close to 1 1/2 years, and the first since she joined the management company in April. The performer chose not to renew her contract with Woollim Entertainment when it expired in March, after more than seven years. “I would like to convey a deeper story through music,” Kwon said in a July interview. “I want to be more involved in makin

2026-08-21 11:33:47:00

T.O.P to release music video for solo single

T.O.P is set to release a music video on Friday for “Stendhal Syndrome,” a single from his first solo LP, his agency TopSpot Pictures said. He teamed up with Chae Kyoung-sun, the Emmy-winning art director of “Squid Game." The two previously worked together on the six-minute-long music video for “Studio54,” which fronted the LP, “Another Dimension.” The 11-track album was released in April. It marked his return as a solo performer after almost 13 years, following the digital single “Doom Dada.” I

2026-08-21 10:57:50:00

Stray Kids unveil follow-up track music video on Spotify

Stray Kids released a music video for a B-side track from their latest album on Spotify, according to the platform on Thursday. The video for “After You” portrays how the group overcomes emotional struggles through sympathy and building inner strength. The video will first be available exclusively on Spotify. “After You” is part of the group’s tenth EP “This & That,” with which it set a historic record: debuting atop the Billboard 200 with nine albums in a row for the first time in the chart's h

2026-08-21 10:32:17:00

NCT127 to open pop-up store for 7th album

NCT127 will run a pop-up store in Seoul to celebrate the release of its seventh album, “Blingy,” label SM Entertainment announced Thursday. The space will bring the album's concept to life, recreating a lost-and-found center that doubles as a secret lair for the five members, who turned into “fixers in Seoul.” The pop-up runs Aug. 25 to Sept. 1 in Seoul before heading to Shanghai, Tokyo and Bangkok. The NCT subunit is releasing the album on Aug. 24, featuring five members, as Doyoung and Jungwoo

2026-08-20 11:54:20:00

Big Bang takes over charts right after single drop

Big Bang dropped the single “Biiig” on Wednesday, and within an hour, it had ascended to the top of all major music charts in Korea, YG Entertainment said Thursday. The single is part of the trio’s celebration of its 20th year, its first official group effort in almost 4 1/2 years. G-Dragon co-authored the single as he did the last, “Still Life,” in 2022. On Friday, the three musicians will hit the stage in Goyang, Gyeonggi Province for a three-show run which marks the beginning of their “XX: Co

2026-08-20 11:30:21:00

All 6 NCT Dream members renew contract with SM Entertainment

NCT Dream’s remaining six members all extended contracts with SM Entertainment, the label said in a statement issued Thursday. Haechan signed a renewal last month, as did the members of NCT 127. Renjun, Jeno, Jaemin, Chenle and Jisung also inked a deal, “based on the deep trust in each other and unwavering affection for the team,” the company said. NCT Dream debuted in August 2016 and has released five studio albums and six mini albums over the decade. Its most recent endeavor, the sixth EP “Bea

2026-08-20 11:10:14:00

Zerobaseone lands atop Oricon chart with 2nd EP in Japan

Zerobaseone’s second mini album in Japan debuted atop Oricon’s Daily Album Ranking, agency WakeOne Entertainment said Thursday. The EP “Love” is a three-track set led by the single “Existence,” featuring Japanese band Omoinotake. It is followed by “Aphrodite” and a Japanese-language version of “Top 5,” which fronted its sixth EP overall, “Ascend.” Z The EP is the group’s first new album in the country in about ten months, after special EP “Iconik,” which ranked No. 2 on Oricon’s Daily Album Rank

2026-08-20 10:32:56:00