The Boyz gave fans a taste of its second full-length album in Japan, releasing main track on Wednesday in advance to the full release of the album. “Delicious” is the titular track from the LP, due out on June 13. The track is an upbeat pop dance tune full of hope and energy. The album consists of eight tracks including “Here Is,” which was used as a main theme song for Japanese animation “Flagl...

Boy band WEi will mark the release of its sixth mini album with a showcase on June 28, one day before the album drop, announced agency WE Entertainment on Wednesday. The six members will put on focus track from EP “Love Pt.3: Eternally” in advance at the event giving the audience a sample of the upcoming album. The EP comes about eight months since its previous EP “Love Pt. 2: Passion” and will ...

Monsta X will greet fans at a fan concert in Seoul on July 7-8, announced agency Starship Entertainment on Tuesday. It will be the first such event since leader Shownu returned after completing his mandatory military service. Minhyuk, however, will be absent as he is serving his duty. The band celebrated the eighth anniversary of its debut earlier this month, looking back at its career, which i...

Wooyoung of 2PM will release its third EP in Japan, “Off the Record,” on June 7, according to JYP Entertainment on Friday. He participated in writing all five tracks including the main track of the same title, which was unveiled in advance Tuesday. From Wednesday, he is touring the country on his own, about five years since he performed at Nippon Budokan arena in Tokyo. He kicked off the solo t...

Boy band MCND will visit six countries in Latin America from May 26 for its "World Adventure 2023" tour, said agency TOP Media on Wednesday. The tour will begin in Porto Alegre, Brazil and bring the fivesome to Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Panama and Mexico. It is returning to the region about eight months since its weeks-long tour. Early this month, the band performed in Dubai, United Arab Emirat...

The Boyz has uploaded a poster for its second international tour with added destinations. The ongoing tour, dubbed “Zeneration,” will bring the band to six cities in Japan from end of May until early July. The tour will continue in seven more regions -- Taiwan, Macao, the Philippines, Singapore, Indonesia and Thailand -- for 15 concerts in total. The 11-piece went live in Seoul last week to kic...

SHINee will host a pop-up store in Seoul from May 25 to June 14, according to label SM Entertainment on Monday. The event store, dubbed “The Moment of Shine,” celebrates the 15th anniversary of its debut and offers an exhibit of unpublished photographs, and a four-cut photo booth as well as a range of the band’s merchandise. The veteran idol band is planning to go live in Seoul next week at its...

I.M of Monsta X will bring out a solo EP on June 23, announced agency Sony Music Entertainment Korea on Friday. EP “Overdrive” will be rolled out across the world after a series of teaser photos and trailers for music video. It is the musician’s first new music since he signed with the agency and signals a new chapter as a solo artist. He is the only member of the six-piece group who did not re...

Jonghyeon and Mingyu of boy band DKZ will launch a subunit, said agency Dongyo Entertainment on Thursday. The pair will form duo Nine to Six and will bring out an album late this month, said the company, uploading a logo motion trailer showing a digital clock that runs from nine to six. The two appeared in the drama “The Heavenly Idol” earlier this year as boy band Nine To Six. It will be the b...

Choi Byungchan of Victon will greet his fans at his first solo fan meeting event in Japan, said agency New Way Company on Wednesday. He will hold two fan meetings, titled “Picnic – Always With You,” in Tokyo on July 1. The news comes two days after the agency announced that it has signed with the singer and actor. Choi debuted as a member of Victon in 2016 and has branched into acting, appearin...

Boy band Cravity will officially debut in Japan on July 5 with the single “Groovy – Japanese Ver.,” it announced in an interview on a Japanese TV morning show on Tuesday. It will fronted by the Japanese-language version of the main track from the fifth EP “Master:Piece,” and will also include its first original Japanese song, “I Can’t Fight the Feeling.” The bandmates will greet their fans in pe...

NCT Dream will go live one more time in Seoul on June 1, said label SM Entertainment on Monday. It was set to hold two encore concerts in Seoul on June 2-3, as part of its second international tour “The Dream Show 2: In Your Dream,” but decided to add one after all tickets sold out fast. The seven-piece act is in the middle of the tour that brought them across North America, Europe and Asia sin...

Boy band Blitzers marked its second anniversary on Friday with a series of events. Agency Wuzo Entertainment uploaded content on the band’s social media channels to celebrate the event, including a video themed after its second single “Macarena” that harks back to the '90s. On the day of the anniversary, there was a photograph showing the six bandmates sitting at a birthday party. Another video...

Le Sserafim logged 10 million monthly listeners on Spotify, according to the streaming platform’s latest data. The number is led by “Unforgiven (feat. Nile Rodgers),” which was streamed over 16 million times and stayed in the daily top songs global chart from May 1-9, hitting No. 73. “Unforgiven” is the titular track from its first full-length album unveiled on May 1. The physical album came ou...

The Boyz will release its second full-length album in Japan on June 13, said agency IST Entertainment. LP “Delicious” will consist of eight tracks including the titular track. As the concept photograph suggests, the album will be full of kitsch and hip ambience. The 11-member act put out its first LP in Japan, “Breaking Dawn,” in 2021 and ranked No. 3 on Oricon’s daily album chart. Separately,...