K-pop superstar BTS’ new documentary film, “Break The Silence: The Movie,” topped the South Korean box office on its opening day, data showed Friday. “Break The Silence: The Movie,” the fourth film on the group, attracted 21,586 moviegoers on Thursday, the day of its release, outpacing other leading Korean movies, such as thriller “Diva” and...Read More
This photo, provided by Big Hit Entertainment, shows South Korean boy band BTS and American pop star Halsey (C) in the music video for “Boy With Luv.” According to the agency, BTS sent a letter of recommendation to TIME for Halsey, who was included on the TIME 100 list of the world’s most influential people...Read More
BTS are officially TikTok’s most-followed Korean act, with the K-Pop heroes passing 20 million followers on the app. They’re no strangers to smashing records, and it seems they’re not stopping there. The lads – Jimin, Jungkook, V, Suga, RM, Jin, and J-Hope – are the most popular stars from Korea with 20 million followers, while...Read More
As more and more K-pop groups create backstories and universes of their own, FNC Entertainment’s newest K-pop group, P1Harmony, is debuting in a sci-fi movie starring the six band members. The 99-minute movie, “P1H: The Beginning of a New World,” by director Yoon Hong-seung, who also goes by “Director Chang,” shows the P1Harmony universe and...Read More
Twitter Korea on Tuesday released a new report, “#KpopTwitter 2020 World Map,” which looks back on K-pop’s rapid growth on the platform over the past decade. According to the report, K-pop-related content and conversations on Twitter increased monumentally from 2010 to 2020, spanning first-generation acts like Super Junior, Big Bang and Girls’ Generation as well...Read More
In recent years, youth dramas or youth romance series have not been the pick of many South Korean TV viewers, who think such series are boring and prefer R-rated melodramas or romantic thrillers, like “The World of the Married” (2020). Now, however, the latest youth shows “Record of Youth” and “Do You Like Brahms?” are...Read More
MAMA has confirmed its first domestic event in 11 years. “MAMA(Mnet Asian Music Awards) will be held in Korea this year considering the overall situation such as COVID-19,” a K-pop industry official told on the 21st of September. The 2020 MAMA will be held on December 6. The venue will be held at CJ ENM...Read More
K-pop superstar BTS has delivered a performance of its new single “Dynamite” and several of its past hits at the iHeartRadio Music Festival in the United States. The seven-member boy band presented a prerecorded live stage performance of its new disco-pop single, along with its past hits — “Make It Right,” “Spring Day” and “Boy...Read More
A new feature-length documentary film on K-pop group BTS will hit theaters next week in South Korea following a postponement due to a resurgence of the new coronavirus across the country, multiplex chain CGV announced Thursday. “Break The Silence: The Movie” will be released on Sept. 24 exclusively at CGV theaters in South Korea, according...Read More
The number of film productions in South Korea decreased more than 20 percent in the first eight months of this year due to the protracted novel coronavirus pandemic, a report showed Thursday. A total of 18 films were shot from January through August, down 22 percent from 23 over the same period last year, according...Read More
