Brave Girls will release new music on Aug. 23, announced agency Brave Entertainment on Monday. The announcement came with a black-and-white poster of the four bandmates staring intently into the camera. Over the photographs a heading read, “After We Ride.” This harks back to the group’s previous hit, “We Ride,” for which the “sequel” will be included in the repack of its fifth EP, “Summer...

BTOB is coming out with a new album as a unit at the end of this month, according to local media reports on Friday. Yook Sungjae and Im Hyunsik are currently serving their military duty and the remaining four members -- Peniel, Seo Eunkwang, Lee Minhyuk and Lee Changsub -- will work as a unit as they did on “Kingdom: Legendary War,” a competition show for boy bands that ended in June. Thi...

Astro surprised fans with a pop-up store in a shopping mall in Seoul to mark the successful launch of its eighth EP “Switch On.” The store opened on Thursday and will be open until Aug. 15. It features never-seen-before photographs of the bandmates as well as exclusive merchandise that range from a free pass to an autograph session to signed, Polaroid pictures. The six-member band came ou...

Rocket Punch is putting out its first EP in Japan, titled “Bubble Up!” on Wednesday. It dropped the same-titled focus track, along with a music video, last month and the song was chosen as a closing theme song for “Downtown DX,” a popular variety show on Nippon TV. “It still doesn’t feel real since we’ve been so eager for our debut in Japan,” said Yeonhee. “I’m so happy that we’re deb...

2PM uploaded a video for “Hold You,” a song dedicated to its fans, on Sunday. Addressing the band’s official fandom at the start of with the phrase “Dear Hottest,” the bandmates then appear in a montage of clips that show them recording the song, monitoring the results, as well as smiling brightly for the camera. The clip also included scenes of them practicing choreography for “Make It” and ...

Stray Kids will release its second Japanese single on Oct. 13, the group’s label JYP Entertainment announced Monday. It has been about 16 months since the band put out its best-of album “SKZ2020” in Japan. The album was No. 1 among K-pop albums released in Japan in the first half of 2020, according to Tower Records. Its first single “Top” landed atop Oricon’s weekly singles chart in June 2020...

Bae Jinyoung of CIX is venturing into acting and will star in a web drama, agency C9 Entertainment announced Friday. He has been cast as the male lead in “@AccountDeleted ,” a teen romance. He plays the most popular boy at his high school, a character who acts haughty but is actually soft and indecisive. The drama will start airing in November. Bae has been a member of CIX since July 20...

H1gher Music dismissed a report that said they had signed with Wheein of Mamamoo. The company said the report was based on groundless rumors and nothing has been decided. The report alleged that the songstress and H1gher Music, a label founded by Jay Park, was in the last stage of talks to clinch a deal. “It is true that Wheein is sought after by a number of management firms but nothing h...

Jang Wonyoung of the now-disbanded IZ*ONE was chosen as the face of Korean cosmetics company Innisfree. The brand shared a short video snippet on its Instagram, showing the idol dancing to an upbeat tune with her back to the camera, before revealing herself with the phrase, “Want Young?” It introduced Jang as the new muse who will promote the beauty of Jeju Island and carry out actions to...

The music video of BTS’ newest song “Permission to Dance” surpassed 200 million views on YouTube as of Monday. The video was unveiled on July 9 and became the band’s 22nd to reach the milestone. The dance pop number, co-written with British singer and songwriter Ed Sheeran, is the band’s third English-language song. It landed atop Billboard’s Hot 100, replacing the band’s own “Butter” tha...

Boy band ONF released teaser photographs for its upcoming summer album “Popping” on Friday. Wearing outfits that hark back to boy scout uniforms with gloves and goggles, the bandmates exude a fresh energy. The band put out its first full-length album “ONF: My Name” in February, which helped the group earn its first trophy on a television music chart show. It gained further momentum with a...

Singer and actor Park Jihoon is returning with his fourth EP early next month, announced agency Maroo on Thursday. It has been nine months since his first studio album, “Message.” He also released a song titled “Call U Up (Feat. Lee High)” in collaboration with Universe in March. Park has wrapped up “At a Distance, Spring is Green,” a TV adaptation of the eponymous webtoon. He played the ...

Golden Child shared teaser photographs for its upcoming second studio album “Game Changer” on Wednesday. In the first batch of individual photos, Choi Bo-min and Bong Jae-hyun showed a different side of them to their fans. The 10-member boy band is returning with its second LP on Aug. 2, about six months after its fifth EP “Yes.” The EP ranked among the top 10 on the iTunes K-pop albums c...

Sunmi is returning with her third EP “1/6” on Aug. 6, she announced with a poster. In the poster, she gazes at the camera leaning against a dusty pink wall, wearing a white mid-baring halter top matched with pink shorts. Multi-stranded Vivienne Westwood choker and a huge white bow in her head complete the kitsch yet lovely look. With the poster, she also posed a question: “On the moon where gra...

Hyoyeon of Girls’ Generation will drop a new solo single next month, confirmed label S.M. Entertainment on Monday. It has been about nine months since she put out “Think About Me” through S.M. Station. She has released a series of singles as a solo musician under the name DJ Hyo ever since her solo debut in 2018 with “Sober.” The veteran idol recently appeared on a cooking show hosted...