Rookie band aespa set a record with its second EP “Girls.” 　 The EP sold more than 1 million copies in the first week of sales, a first for a girl group in K-pop history. 　 The album consists of nine songs including titular track and its first English-language song “Life’s Too Short” which was dropped in advance to the full release. 　 The quintet “has been surrounded by a lot of buzz since its debut … but the root of it all is the music,” said

K-pop July 14, 2022

Twice will return with its 11th EP on Aug. 26, announced label JYP Entertainment on Wednesday. 　 The EP is titled “Between 1&2,” hinting that the group is ready for the second part of its career. All nine members renewed their contracts with the label before their expiration in October. 　 It has been about nine months since its third studio album, “Formula of Love: O+T=<3,” hit the Billboard 200 at No. 3, the band’s career-high. 　 Last month the group cel

K-pop July 13, 2022

All nine members of Twice have renewed their contracts, label JYP Entertainment announced Tuesday. 　 Their exclusive contracts were due to expire in October but all of them decided to stay and signed well in advance. 　 The group debuted in 2015 with studio album “Twicetagram.” It has established itself as one of the leading female bands in K-pop, setting a series of records. It put its third full album at No. 3 on Billboard 200 and has 20 music videos with over 100 million views e

K-pop July 12, 2022

   　 Tomorrow X Together will team up with American rapper and songwriter iann dior, according to their label Big Hit Music on Monday. 　 The band will put out the single “Valley of Lies (feat. iann dior)” on July 22. The American artist, whose collaboration with rapper 24kGoldn “Mood” topped Billboard’s Hot 100 in 2020, suggested working together. 　 K-pop columnist Jeff Benjamin touted the collaboration as the boy band’s “next crossover m

K-pop July 11, 2022

Enhypen shared the where it will be performing during its upcoming international tour on Friday. 　 The group will kick off its tour with two concerts in Seoul on Sept. 17 and beginning Oct. 2, will visit six cities in the US, from Chicago and Atlanta to New York. 　 The “Manifesto” tour, named after the boy band’s third EP “Manifesto: Day 1,” will bring the septet to Japan the following month. The group will perform six times in three cities, including Osaka. 　 T

K-pop July 8, 2022

   　 The first solo album from Twice’s Nayeon debuted on the Billboard 200 at No. 7, a record for a K-pop solo artist, according to label JYP Entertainment on Thursday. 　 “Im Nayeon” also topped the top current album sales, top album sales and world albums charts while placing the singer at No. 5 on its Artist 100. She is the first of the girl group’s nine members to release a solo album. 　 This is the third time the singer has made the Billboard 200 -- Tw

K-pop July 7, 2022

Jessi has decided to leave her agency P Nation upon her contract’s expiration, according to the company on Wednesday. 　 She was the first artist represented by the firm established by Psy, signing with the company in 2019. She had released a series of hit songs including “Nunu Nana” and “What Type of X.” The music video for the former amassed 180 million views on YouTube. In April, she dropped the single “Zoom,” whose music video surpassed 97 million v

K-pop July 6, 2022

　 Zico will make a comeback on July 27 with a new album, according to a local media report Tuesday. 　 He is gearing up for return and more details will be announced later, agency KOZ Entertainment said following the report.  　 It will be his first activities since he was discharged in April. 　 The musician debuted as a member of Block B, a seven-piece boy band, in 2011. He went solo in 2014 and has been releasing a series of hits songs, including the megahit “Any Song” in 202

K-pop July 5, 2022

Rose of Blackpink amassed 200 million views with the music video for her solo song “Gone” as of Sunday, said label YG Entertainment on Monday. 　 The video generated 100 million views in half a day since its release, and had the most views in 24 hours on the platform. 　 The single is the second track from the two-track album “R,” her first solo work from March 2021. It reached 100 million streams on Spotify last month following the opener “On The Ground,” wh

K-pop July 4, 2022

Cha Eunwoo of Astro is considering taking a lead role in “K-Pop: Lost in America,” according to a local media report on Friday. 　 He is looking at the proposal favorably, but nothing has been confirmed yet, said agency Fantagio following the report. 　 Cha has appeared in a series of dramas including “True Beauty” and the movie “My Brilliant Life.” He recently finished shooting the drama “Island.” 　 The feature-length movie is set to premiere in

K-pop July 1, 2022

　 Stray Kids topped Billboard Japan‘s weekly top album sales chart with its second EP there. 　 “Circus” was also No. 1 on the Hot Albums chart and the Tower Records chart. 　 The six-track EP came out on June 22 and headed straight to the top of Oricon’s daily album chart. It topped the iTunes album chart in 17 regions, and the music video for the title track generated 10 million views on YouTube in four days. 　 Meanwhile, the eight-member act performed live in Kobe and

K-pop June 30, 2022

　 Tomorrow X Together will release a third single in Japan on Aug. 31, said label Big Hit Music on Wednesday. 　 The single “Good Boy Gone Bad” consists of three songs: a Japanese version of the song of the same title that was the focus track from its fourth EP “minisode 2: Thursday’s Child” and two new songs. One is written by the band members. 　 The fourth EP topped Oricon’s weekly album chart when it came out in May, and the band became the first internati

K-pop June 29, 2022

Enhypen will kick off its international tour with a Seoul concert in mid-September, according to a local media report on Tuesday. The band will also have dates in US and Japan. 　 Agency Belift Lab confirmed the news. 　 It will be the band’s first international tour, having debuted in November 2020. The seven members formed the group through an audition reality show, “I-Land.” 　 On Monday, its agency released the tracklist for the third EP, “Manifesto: Day 1.” The

K-pop June 28, 2022

Seventeen will come out with a repackage of their fourth studio album on July 18, said agency Pledis Entertainment on Monday. 　 The news of the repackaged album, “Sector 17,” was first announced during the band’s Seoul concert. The 13-member act held two concerts, on Saturday and Sunday, and shared the news at the end of the second day’s show. 　 Its fourth LP, “Face The Sun,” was released in May and sold more than 2 million copies in its first week, becomin

K-pop June 27, 2022

NCT Dream will hold its second standalone concert series in Seoul from July 29-31, SM Entertainment announced Friday. 　 It has been over 2 1/2 years since its previous standalone concert, and it will be an upgrade in terms of music and performance, the band’s label proclaimed. The last day’s performance will be broadcast live as well via Beyond Live. 　 The septet put out their second full-length album “Glitch Mode” and repackaged album “Beatbox” in March an

K-pop June 24, 2022