Made up of members Irene, Wendy, Seulgi, Joy and Yeri, Red Velvet debuted under SM Entertainment in August 2014 with its first digital single "Happiness." Ever since, the band has released a stream of hits including "Psycho," "Russian Roulette," "Peek-A-Boo" and "Queendom." With "Feel My Rhythm," the quintet proved their unwavering position in the K-pop scene, instantly topping local music chart...

Jin, a member of K-pop supergroup BTS, holds his single "The Astronaut," his first first official single that has landed at No. 61 on the British Official Singles Chart Top 100. According to the latest chart updated Friday, the song entered the chart together with Rihanna's "Lift Me Up" and SZA's "Shirt.” "The Astronaut" is a pop-rock genre song co-written by British band Coldplay, which also pla...

Enhypen reached first place on Oricon’s weekly album ranking with its first studio album in the country. According to the latest tally released on Friday, LP “Sadame” was No. 1 on the chart, its fifth consecutive album to have done so. The boy band is the third international artist to top the weekly chart with five albums in a row, after BTS and Tomorrow X Together. The LP was the chart-topper ...

Tving's latest original series “Bargain” is scheduled to premiere globally via Paramount+ in 2023, the local streaming service announced Friday. The six-part thriller will be Tving and Paramount+’s second shared series, following director Lee Joon-ik’s sci-fi series “Beyond the Memory,” widely known by its Korean title “Yonder.” Paramount+ landed in South Korea as a free-to-view addition to Tvi...

The drama series debuted on Sept. 23 and currently airs every Friday and Saturday. Born Jeon Chang-ha, he is a social media sensation with some 22 million followers, offering a variety of content, mainly dancing and short videos, geared towards the younger generation. In February 2021, the TikTok celebrity was included in a TikTok billboard advertisement placed in central Tokyo. Apart from his...

Eric Nam finalized a date for his concert in Seoul as part of his international tour. It will be held on Nov. 20, more than 3 1/2 years since his previous gig “I Color U.” He has been touring the world since the release of second studio album “There And Back Again.” He went live about 50 times in North America and Europe so far and this month, will hit Philippines, Thailand, Singapore, Taiwan, ...

Highlight released another batch of teaser photographs for its fourth EP “After Sunset” on Wednesday. The four members posed in a room with a bed all sporting denim-on-denim looks. A ray of light indicated the coming of dawn, continuing the timeline from the previous teasers themed “night” and “midnight.” The promotional content was originally to be released on Monday, but agency Around Us told...

BTS continued its US success in 2021, with three more chart-toppers. Smooth like butter, the septet’s “Butter” landed at No. 1 on June 5. The addictive summer song later became the 40th in the chart’s history to spend 10 weeks or more atop the Hot 100. The track also made the biggest YouTube debut of all time. BTS’ “Permission To Dance” hit the top spot in July. The single, co-written by Englis...

Award-winning director says he is done with films on Korean society, getting ready for international project

Born in 1991, he took his first horn lessons at the age of 5. He turned what people saw as a weakness into a strength, becoming a professional horn player. At 13, he joined the University of Music and Theater in Hannover, Germany. Currently, he is in a two-year residency with the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra and teaches at the Muenster University of Music. Describing the instrument as offering...

Kim Se-in, director of the film “The Apartment With Two Women” which has screened at local and overseas film festivals, talked about the difference in reactions between Korean and foreign audiences during a press conference held at Lotte Cinema Konkuk University on Tuesday. Kim’s debut feature, which was created for a feature film production program organized by the Korean Academy of Film Arts, ...

(G)I-dle also recorded its first Billboard 200 entry with its fifth EP, “I Love,” released last month. The group debuted in 2017. Cube Entertainment announced that the quintet’s album has landed at No. 71. The main track on the album, “Nxde” also peaked at No. 13 on Billboard’s World Digital Song Sales chart, which shows the week’s most popular downloads. It also peaked at No. 198 on the Global...

Contrary to the figures, other data from the same report revealed the local copyright market’s vulnerable side. The value of the association’s music royalty collections-to-domestic product ratio came to 0.014 percent, lower than the world average of 0.015 percent. It took the 38th highest position among 119 member nations, the data showed. It was due to a decrease in live and background collecti...

Apart from the new album, RM will also co-host tvN’s upcoming television program “The Dictionary of Useless Human Knowledge,” set to premiere sometime this winter. Meanwhile, BTS announced in June that it would go on a temporary hiatus from full group activities while the members pursue solo endeavors. Last month, the band rolled out its military enlistment plans. The group’s agency announced t...

Jin of BTS sold more than 731,000 sales of his first solo single in five days, according to a local tally on Tuesday. It sold 700,000 copies on the first day, the third-highest for a K-pop solo male musician. His single “The Astronaut” is his first solo work officially released on its own since he debuted as a member of BTS in 2013. He has released a series of solo songs including “Awake,” “Epi...