WJSN’s second unit the Black uploaded a teaser trailer for its forthcoming debut album on Sunday. The music video snippet gave fans a taste of their title track “Easy,” from their debut album “My Attitude,” with members Exy and Eunseo, SeolA and Bona pairing up as detectives and suspects. The scenes were a stark change from the idols’ previous innocent and chaste image. The quartet’s debu...

Ateez will be performing for an event organized by Amazon Music, said agency KQ Entertainment on Friday. The boy band will present a special performance for “Identity 2021,” a follow-up charity event that commemorates the contribution from those of Asian American and Pacific Islander heritage and helps support those impacted by the COVID-19 outbreaks. Jay Park and Hyolyn were the guests at the l...

Fans of BTS’ V celebrated the third anniversary of his solo work “Singularity,” putting it on the top of Billboard’s world digital song sales chart. It was the intro for the band’s third full-length album “Love Yourself: Tear” that came out in May 2018 and garnered a lot of attention from fans and ranked No. 3 on Billboard’s world digital song sales chart, No. 4 on iTunes chart. It also was t...

ITZY’s “Mafia in the Morning” rose to No. 5 on Spotify’s global chart, announced label JYP Entertainment on Tuesday. The group’s lead track from new EP “Guess Who” landed at the spot on the platform’s global song debuts chart. The song entered Spotify’s global top 200 chart at No. 79 last week and climbed to No. 66 this week. The EP topped iTunes albums chart in 13 regions upon its release. ...

Twice thanked fans for helping it get a diamond button from YouTube, announced label JYP Entertainment Monday. The nine members thanked Once, the band’s official fandom community, for supporting them and shared their excitement at receiving the memorabilia, which is given to those with 10 million subscribers. They celebrated the occasion with an unboxing video and pictures. The group started ...

G(I)-dle’s new single “Last Dance” have stormed music charts at home and abroad. The song was unveiled on Thursday and rose straight to the top tier of major music charts in Korea. It also landed at the top of iTunes K-pop song charts in five regions, while ranking among the top 10 in 18 regions for top song single charts. The five members showed off dazzling performances to the hypnotic ...

BTS uploaded an image with the timeline for promoting its upcoming digital single “Butter” on Thursday. According to the schedule, it will start releasing four concept clips every four to six days, starting from Sunday. Teaser photos will follow in two installments over two weeks and a teaser trailer for the music video will be floated on May 19. The single, along with the full video, will be...

Seungri, a former member of Big Bang, was included in the profile picture for the band’s Facebook account that was updated last weekend. The black-and-white photo features G-Dragon, Taeyang, T.O.P, Daesung and Seungri walking down a road with five stripes, representing the quintet. Seungri left the band and retired from the entertainment industry itself, with an official statement in March 2...

Lee Hyun-joo, formerly of the band April, announced that she will take legal action against a netizen who exposed her private life through an online post. Her lawyer said on Tuesday that she sued the person for defamation and blackmail the day before. The person claimed that he used to work for DSP Media, the band’s management company. The post said that Lee had allegedly gotten plastic s...

AB6IX came out with fourth EP “Mo’ Complete: Have a Dream” on Monday. It has been only three months since previous album “Salute: A New Hope,” which sang of establishing one’s identity. The new EP is a sequel to the band’s debut album, “B:Complete,” from May 2019. It consists of five tracks, three of which were produced by Lee Daehwi. Lead track “Close” is in the same vein as its debut hit ...

Baekhyun of EXO on Friday rolled out the remix version of “Bambi.” Titled “iScream Vol. 8: Bambi Remixes,” it is the eighth single of a remix music project and comes in two versions of the song. Producer/DJ BRLLNT reinterpreted the R&B tune into a future bass EDM number while h4dy remixed it into an upbeat garage rendition. “Bambi” is the lead track from the same-titled EP that came out o...

Jackson of GOT7 will come out with an album in Korea this year, the musician said in a magazine interview. In a recent interview with Harper’s Bazaar Korea, he talked about starting fresh on his own and how he will continue to be a part of the band. “GOT7 will carry on, and nothing’s changed. It’s just that not I have slightly more room now than before when I had to cram solo and team act...

Reports from stock analysts forecast that the BTS bandmates may start serving their military duty next year. An analyst report on Hybe, the parent company of the band’s label, Big Hit Music, predicted that the artists would enlist concurrently and create music in advance so that their activities would be interrupted for no more than a year. Given their popularity, they could continue generati...

BTS has teamed up with McDonald’s and roll out a meal named after the band, according to Reuters on Monday. The “BTS Meal” will go on sale in 11 countries, including the US, Canada and Brazil, on May 26 and will be expanded to 49 countries across the world. It will consist of 10-piece chicken nuggets, medium-sized fries and coke, along with sweet chili and cajun dipping sauce, which are popular ...

The bandmates of Twice are currently on Jeju Island shooting a music video and preparing to come out with new music in June, according to local media reports Monday. The girl group’s label JYP Entertainment confirmed the report. Jeongyeon, who was absent from promotional activities for the group’s second studio album “Eyes Wide Open” last year due to anxiety issues, is also back with her ...