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...

Girl group VIVIZ will put out its second EP next month, the group's management agency said Thursday. The EP titled "Summer Vibe" will hit various music services at 6 p.m. on July 6, Big Planet Made said. It will be the first release from the band since its first EP, "Beam of Prism," in February. The trio aims to become the new summer queen of the K-pop scene with the new EP after returning wit...

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 ...

Co-ed quartet Kard on Wednesday made its full group comeback after nearly two years with the new album “Re:,” through which the group hopes to embark on a new start of their musical journey. The four bandmates, consisting of two female members Minseo and Jiwoo alongside male members BM and J. Seph -- said they felt like they were redebuting in preparing the new album, so named the album “Re:.” ...

KCON, the world’s biggest Korean popular culture festival, will return to a physical location in over two years in Los Angeles in August. The event is headlined by the trendiest lineup of K-pop groups, including Enhypen, Itzy and NCT Dream. CJ ENM, the Korean entertainment conglomerate organizing KCON, revealed on Wednesday the lineup of performers to feature in the global K-pop event, slated to...

Two new singles from the BTS anthology album "Proof" have entered the Billboard's Hot 100 main singles chart for this week. According to the latest chart unveiled Tuesday (US time), "Yet To Come," the main track of the album, debuted at No. 13 and "Run BTS," also off the same album, at 73rd on the chart. Released on June 10, "Proof" started on top of the Billboard 200 main albums chart for this...

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” ...

Every year, around 30 new boy bands make their debut on the K-pop scene, dreaming of the limelight and glitter that comes with the idol lifestyle. But only a lucky few are given the chance to climb the ladder and get the recognition they aspire to. JTBC is launching a project to give a second chance to K-pop acts who have fallen short in making a successful career. According to JTBC, its upcomi...

The 28th Dream Concert took place in front of a live audience for the first time in three years at the main stadium of the Jamsil Sports Complex in southern Seoul, Saturday. The four-hour festival featured 27 budding groups and marquee names, including NCT Dream, Ive and Cravity. After the announcement of the long-awaited music event, its 45,000 tickets sold out in 20 minutes. Among the audience...

K-pop sensation BTS’ winning streak on global music charts continues with its latest anthology album “Proof” and new song “Yet To Come.” The band’s new single “Yet To Come” scored No. 1 on Billboard’s Global Excl. US chart, which ranks songs based on streaming and sales activities in 200 regions worldwide, excluding the US. According to the chart operator, BTS racked up 96.5 million streams and...

As the summer season approaches and music charts are ready to revel in new anthems, K-pop girl group Loona has eyes set on becoming the new summer queens of the K-pop scene, with a new mini album just in time for summer. The 12-member act’s new release, “Flip That” marks a return for the full group a year since the release of fourth EP “&” dropped in June last year. It is also the band’s first-e...

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...

Despite the toll it took, she was thankful for the chance to be on the show. “All the members were able to learn from other K-pop groups and took the opportunity to take a leap of faith as an idol band.” When asked which was the biggest change, Chae-hyun said the band was able to expand friendships and get closer as a group, so better teamwork paved the way for better synergy. “Just like the ha...

Underneath the system, K-pop idols continue to strive to find their own voice