The government is working on a plan to allow pop culture celebrities credited for contributing to improving the country’s image to postpone their mandatory military service, the military recruitment agency said Tuesday. The plan came amid talk of whether K-pop boy band BTS members should be given such favors as an exemption from or postponement...Read More
K-pop superstar groups BTS and BLACKPINK have topped the major charts of the U.S.-based music media company Billboard. The boy band’s remix of its collaborative song “Savage Love” topped the main U.S. chart Billboard Hot 100, the group’s second No. 1 on that chart after “Dynamite,” which was second this week. Billboard on Oct. 12...Read More
K-pop boy band BTS won the Top Social Artist award at this year’s Billboard Music Awards (BBMA), their fourth consecutive victory in the category. At the award event held at the Dolby Theater in Los Angeles without spectators on Wednesday (U.S. time), the septet beat Billie Eilish and Ariana Grande, as well as fellow K-pop...Read More
K-pop superstar BTS became the first-ever musical act in history to top Billboard’s Social 50 chart for 200 weeks in a row this week. Billboard said Tuesday (U.S. time) that BTS ranked No. 1 on this week’s Social 50 chart, reigning the chart for the longest ever streak by any musician. The Social 50 chart,...Read More
The group BTS has continued to make record-breaking moves on other charts, following the simultaneous top and second wins on the U.S. Billboard’s “Hot 100” chart. According to the latest chart released by Billboard, a U.S. music media outlet, on the 13th (Oct. 17), the remix version of Jason Derulo’s “Savage Love” topped the list...Read More
Fans of K-pop superstar BTS on Tuesday voiced frustration over the social media storm in China that has erupted over member RM’s recent remarks honoring those sacrificed during the Korean War. In an Oct. 7 ceremony hosted by the U.S.-based nonprofit organization The Korea Society, RM, who spoke on behalf of the group that received...Read More
South Korean boy group BTS has achieved its second No. 1 on Billboard’s main singles chart with a song featuring the South Korean septet climbing to the summit this week, Billboard reported Monday. “Savage Love (Laxed – Siren Beat),” the latest version of hit song “Savage Love” by U.S. singer Jason Derulo and New Zealand...Read More
Perhaps “Bang Bang Con: The Live,” the first virtual concert from global sensation BTS livestreamed in June, was only a prelude to the band’s second online gig “Map of the Soul: ON:E.” Eight times the scale of the June event, with an additional two massive stages, complete with up-to-date technologies like augmented reality and extended...Read More
BTS (RM, Jin, Suga, J-Hope, Jimin, V, Jungkook) held an online concert “BTS MAP OF THE SOUL ON:E” on the afternoon of the 10th of October. It was the first concert in four months since “The Live,” which was held on June 14. Initially, the concert was scheduled to be held both online and offline...Read More
A ruling party lawmaker said Tuesday members of K-pop superstar BTS should be offered preferential treatment in terms of their mandatory military duties. “Why is it OK for Son Heung-min but not for BTS?,” Rep. Noh Woong-rae of the ruling Democratic Party said in a radio interview with CBS, referring to the military exemption for...Read More
