Kang Seungsik of Victon will greet his fans on his own at a fan meet event scheduled for March 4, said agency IST Entertainment on Friday. It is likely to be the last time he meets his fans in person before he starts serving his military duty on March 20. He is to serve as a member of the Korean military band like his bandmate Hang Seungwoo, who was discharged last month. Victon hosted a concer...

V of BTS set a record on Instagram again, drawing 55 million followers on his personal account. He achieved the feat on Jan. 31, about 13 months and 25 days since he set up the account. He has been enjoying record-breaking streaks on the social network service ever since all BTS members opened individual accounts to the public in December 2021. He reached 1 million followers in 43 minutes, and ...

Stray Kids will headline Lollapalooza Paris as the first K-pop act to do so, according to label JYP Entertainment on Wednesday. The band will kick off the music festival that will be held in the French capital July 21-23. Spread over three days, the event will have a string of musicians such as Rosalia, Kendrick Lamar and Lil Nas X. The eight-member act will be the first K-pop musician to be inv...

Sanha and Moonbin of Astro will host their first standalone concert as a duo on March 18-19, announced agency Fantagio on Tuesday. The pair will hold concerts in Seoul under the title “Diffusion,” inspired by the title of its third EP “Incense” that came out earlier this month. The EP topped the iTunes Top Albums chart in 18 regions and was No. 2 on Oricon’s weekly album ranking. The music vide...

Han Seungwoo of Victon completed his mandatory military service as of Jan. 27, said agency IST Entertainment on Monday. He enlisted in July 2021 and served his duty as a member of the Korean military band. The performer thanked fans for waiting for and supporting him throughout his enlistment through his agency. He said he had learned a lot over the 1 1/2 years, and above all, he was reminded o...

The six members of girl group Momoland decided to leave their agency MLD Entertainment after their exclusive contract expired after seven years, said the company on Friday. The group debuted in 2016 as a seven-member act with album “Welcome To Momoland.” It has released a number of hit songs including “Bboom Bboom” that fronted its 2018 album “Great!” In 2017, two members joined before leaving i...

BTS extended its stay on the Billboard 200 for the 32nd consecutive weeks, with its anthology album “Proof” climbing to No. 114, up six rungs from last week. “Proof” was the band’s sixth album to make it on the chart. RM’s first solo album “Indigo” from December last year sat at No. 193. The album peaked at No. 3 on the chart and has stayed on it for six weeks, the longest period for a K-pop so...

Red Velvet’s EP “The ReVe Festival 2022: Birthday” recorded sales over 1 million copies as of Wednesday. It is the first million-selling album for the group, now in its 10th year together. The EP came out in November last year and sold over 710,000 units in preorders, another record for the group. It was No. 1 on iTunes top albums chart in 47 regions. Meanwhile, Wendy collaborated with indie du...

The Boyz will come out with their eighth EP on Feb. 27, agency IST Entertainment announced Friday. The yet-to-be-titled EP comes about six months after previous EP “Be Aware.” The teaser image for the upcoming EP had “missing” posters to remind fans of the concept photographs for the last album. The boy band celebrated its fifth anniversary last week with original content uploaded to its YouTub...

A teaser trailer for the upcoming single of BSS, a trio unit from Seventeen, was uploaded on Thursday. BSS -- consisting of Seungkwan, Dogyeom and Hoshi -- is set to drop the first single “Second Wind” on Feb. 6. “Second Wind” is the trio's hope for its new music to be like a breath of fresh air for listeners. The energetic teaser video ends with the three members shouting out words of support. ...

StayC will bring out a new album in February, according to agency High Up Entertainment on Wednesday. It comes about seven months since its third single “We Need Love.” The group debuted in November 2020 with “So Bad” and has amassed 400 million streams on Spotify so far, putting out EPs “Stereotype” and “Young-Luv.com.” Its second single “Staydom” alone generated 100 million streams on the pla...

Ive released Japanese-language version of second single “Love Dive” on Monday, signaling that it will continue to keep its fans busy in Japan this year. The six-member act officially debuted in the country in October last year with their first single “Eleven” that reached first place on Tower Records’ Best Sellers K-Pop Single Top 10 in 2022. The single also made Billboard Japan’s Top Singles Sa...

The music video for Blackpink’s “Playing With Fire” surpassed 800 million views on YouTube, label YG Entertainment said Monday. The group now has 10 videos to have achieved the feat on the platform. “Playing With Fire” is one of the double lead tracks from its second digital single, “Square Two,” which came out in November 2016. The tropical house tune comes with powerful choreography and the d...

Choi Yena will invite fans to her first fan meet since she made her solo debut in January last year, said agency Yue Hua Entertainment on Friday. Under the title “Come Over Here Yena Friends,” she will meet her fans at a live hall in Seoul on Feb. 4. She is set to release her first single album “Love War” on Monday, about five months since second solo EP “Smartphone.” It will consist of three s...

Singer and actor Lee Jin-hyuk will host a standalone concert on Feb. 11-12, said agency TOP Media on Thursday. The show is dubbed “4eVer,” combining the word "forever" and the name of his official fandom community V-Dan. It will mark his fourth anniversary as a solo musician. Lee debuted as a member of the boy band Up10tion in 2015 and participated in the audition program “Produce X 101” in 201...