KCON, the world’s largest Korean pop music and culture convention, has attracted more than 1 million fans over the past eight years, its organizer said Monday. According to organizer CJ ENM, the convention’s cumulative audience reached 1,069,000 over the weekend when the Korean wave, also called “hallyu,” festival was held in Los Angeles. KCON 2019...Read More
The boys of BTS may be on a break, but their music keeps on kicking. On Wednesday, their agency Big Hit Entertainment announced that three of the band’s releases are on Billboard’s 200 albums chart, which was updated on Tuesday. “‘Map of the Soul: Persona’ sits at No. 110 on the Billboard 200 chart, [appearing...Read More
Big Hit Entertainment, the agency behind BTS, said it has acquired midsized agency Source Music, home to girl group GFriend. Under the recently completed acquisition, Big Hit disclosed that Source Music would become its subsidiary, but declined to reveal the value of the deal and details of the agreement. “Source Music will retain its current...Read More
Ophelie Cambay, an 18-year-old French tourist, looked absolutely thrilled as her long-cherished dream of attending a K-pop concert in Korea was about to come true. The girl, from Aix-en-Provence, southern France, is one of 88 French K-pop fans who came to Korea, Monday, on a tour program, PackHallyu, organized by the Korea Tourism Organization (KTO)....Read More
K-pop superstars BTS went on a long-term break to recharge themselves following the band’s Billboard-topping back-to-back album releases, its management agency said Monday. Get your SOBA VIP ticket – in front of the stage “Group BTS will have its first official long-term vacation since its debut,” Big Hit Entertainment said on the band’s Twitter account...Read More
KPOP artists with high popularity at home and abroad, including the group’s LOOΠΔ, A.C.E, ONEUS and Newkidd will make a splash on the stage of the “2019 Soribada Best K-Music Awards.” Get your SOBA VIP ticket – in front of the stage These four teams will be putting on a series of very unique collaboration...Read More
Parksal Company’s girl group RENDEZVOUS scouted Vegas Ling Yi as a new member. She was the last one to join the group through V-Square online audition. Vegas Ling Yi is 163cm/5’4”, has a well-toned body with boxing, and can fluently speak Korean, English, and Chinese. Her forte is dancing and rapping; Vegas Ling Yi has...Read More
The Mnet Asian Music Awards, or MAMA, the biggest annual K-pop awards series held outside of South Korea, is reconsidering Japan and Hong Kong as its destinations for this year’s event, according to the event’s organizer. Having been among the biggest consumers of K-pop outside of Korea, Japan and Hong Kong have hosted the high-profile...Read More
EXO, SHINee and NCT members have come together for new boy band “Super M” that will debut in America in October. The members are Baekhyun and Kai from EXO, Taemin of SHINee, Taeyong and Mark of NCT 127, and Lucas and Ten from Chinese pop band WayV. NCT 127 and WayV are sub-groups of the...Read More
ITZY, Nature, Lee Hyun, Yang Da-il and Lee Woo, who represent the local K-pop scene, will participate in the “2019 Soribada Best K-Music Awards” to form a stage of harmony. Get your SOBA VIP ticket – in front of the stage The “2019 Soribada Best K-Music Awards which will be held at Olympic Park Gymnastics...Read More
