ITZY’s “Wannabe” music video surpassed 300 million views on YouTube, setting a record for the group, said management company JYP Entertainment on Tuesday. “Wannabe” is from the band’s second EP, “IT’z ME,” which came out in March last year, and is about how the performers want to show their true colors and not be bound by what others think. Since its debut in 2019 with “Dalla Dalla,” all the ...

Super Junior will unveil a special video to celebrate their music video “House Party” for surpassing 10 million views on YouTube. The veteran idol band, now in its 17th year and down to nine members, had promised that it would share a dance video for the song produced by Shindong if the music video logged 10 million views by March 23. The title track, from its tenth studio album “The Rena...

Hyukoh will hold a digital concert that will be broadcast over the weekend. The performance was filmed in advance in Gyeongju, North Gyeongsang Province, and made the most of the region’s lush pine tree forests. The four-piece band announced a plan for an international tour last year that would have brought them to 42 cities in 19 countries as it came out with its fifth studio album “thro...

Enhypen is preparing to come out with new music by the end of April, said agency Belift Lab on Thursday. It has been about five months since the release of its debut album, “Border: Day One,” the No. 1 bestseller among K-pop bands that debuted last year. The EP illustrates the seven members’ mixed feelings as they begin a new chapter in their lives, as well as their ambitions. It sold ove...

Loona set a record for a K-pop girl band with the English single “Star.” The song ranked No. 37 on Mediabase’s Top 40, a tally of popular songs on the radio in North America, for nine consecutive weeks, according to agency Blockberry Creative. This breaks the record set by Blackpink -- whose “Ice Cream,” a collaboration with Selena Gomez stayed on the chart for eight weeks. Loona was the ...

Twice added another video to its list of videos with over 400 million views. Its management company, JYP Entertainment, said Tuesday that the music video for “Ooh-Aah” had amassed more than 400 million views as of Monday -- becoming the sixth Twice video to pass the milestone, the others being “TT,” “Likey,” “What Is Love?” “Cheer Up” and “Fancy.” “Fancy” hit the 400 million mark last week. ...

Ateez began a variety show of their own that airs on Universe, a media platform developed by NCSoft’s entertainment arm Klap, on Monday. In the show titled “Pirate Reboot: The Five Treasures,” the eight bandmates turn into pirates and sail across the sea of the universe. In the first episode, they are running a guest house after their pirate license has been revoked after getting caught rooti...

Jessi’s newly released music video for her digital single “What Type of X” topped YouTube’s Trending Worldwide chart Friday. The music video -- full of her signature powerful performance -- is a delight to watch, set against dramatic backgrounds that switch between black and white and dazzling colors. It drew over 7.5 million views within less than two days of its release. The pop rock tu...

Treasure ranked No. 1 on Japan’s leading music chart with the prerelease drop “Boy.” The song landed at the top of Line Music’s real-time chart, the biggest music chart in Japan, stayed at the top of its daily chart through the week and also claimed the No. 1 spot on its weekly chart. The 12-piece act dropped four songs -- “Boy,” “I Love You,” “Mmm” and “My Treasure” -- in Japanese in adv...

BI, formerly of iKON, is putting out an EP, his agency, 131 Label, said Wednesday. Titled “Midnight Blue,” it is a rearrangement of work he has posted on SoundCloud before. All the proceeds from the sales, as well as the royalties, will be donated to the international charity organization World Vision. Through the project, BI wishes to play whatever small part he can to make the world a b...

Pentagon rose to the top of a music chart for the first time with its new music. The band put out its 11th EP, “Love or Take,” Monday and the track “Do or Not” topped a local music chart -- a first for the group. “We are so delighted and happy,” the band said, “and the fact that we can share the feeling with Universe makes it even better.” Universe is the band’s official fandom. The fans ...

Woodz, also known as Cho Seungyeon, held an online showcase for his first single Monday. There are three songs -- title track “Feel Like” as well as “Touche” and “Rebound” -- all written by the musician himself. He participated in making all tracks in his previous EP “Woops!” “I’ve spent the most time on writing the songs,” he said admitting that he pushed himself quite far for creating t...

Mingyu of Seventeen resolved misunderstanding with a person who claimed to have been bullied in the past. His management company Pledis Entertainment said on Friday that it has been discussing the matter and verified surrounding facts with the person who went to the same private institute. Through a series of talks, they have been able to sort things out and, added the company. The idol explain...

Kim Wooseok will meet fans from around the world at an online fan meet event slated for March 28. The event, dubbed “Kim Woo Seok 1st Ontact Fan Meeting: N423,” will be the first time he meets fans on his own. N423 is inspired by B612, the asteroid from Antoine de Saint-Exupery’s The Little Prince and the numbers refer to the date, April 23, the name of his official fandom, Nia, was announced. ...

Ateez showed strength with its newest EP sweeping the charts at home and ranking high abroad. The group put out its sixth EP “Zero: Fever Part 2” on March 1 and landed atop major music charts and picking up trophies from various television music shows with title track “I’m The One.” The EP rose to the top of iTunes top albums charts in 36 regions and, according to data that became availab...