StayC will bring out a new album in February, according to agency High Up Entertainment on Wednesday. It comes about seven months since its third single “We Need Love.” The group debuted in November 2020 with “So Bad” and has amassed 400 million streams on Spotify so far, putting out EPs “Stereotype” and “Young-Luv.com.” Its second single “Staydom” alone generated 100 million streams on the pla...

NCT 127 is launching a virtual concert in collaboration with Roblox. SM Entertainment on Wednesday announced NCT 127 will hold a global virtual concert, "The NCT 127 Concert Experience," in the metaverse space of Roblox. Along with the platform's developer Roblox Corp., the nine-piece K-pop band will launch the first-ever K-pop concert inside the metaverse space. From Jan. 28-30, the concert wi...

NewJeans, the fresh K-pop sensation, has placed its track “Ditto” on the Billboard Hot 100 for the first time among the fourth generation K-pop groups. “Ditto,” the side track from its latest single album “OMG,” hit the chart dated Jan. 21 at No. 96. Such an accomplishment comes only within a year since its debut on last August. The success of the track “Ditto” comes as its streaming gradually...

Aespa invited to the Governors Ball festival as the first K-pop girl group

Ive released Japanese-language version of second single “Love Dive” on Monday, signaling that it will continue to keep its fans busy in Japan this year. The six-member act officially debuted in the country in October last year with their first single “Eleven” that reached first place on Tower Records’ Best Sellers K-Pop Single Top 10 in 2022. The single also made Billboard Japan’s Top Singles Sa...

Cheeky and fresh is how public broadcaster KBS wants to make over its 30-year legacy of late-night music talk shows, with the first new version of “The Seasons,” starting next month. The program will be a one-year project divided into four different seasons, each hosted by different stars. The first season, “The Seasons-Jay Park’s Drive,” will be led by the Korean singer and rapper Jay Park. I...

Seven-piece girl group ends 14-month hiatus with third EP

Choi Yena celebrates first anniversary with her first single 'Love War.'

The music video for Blackpink’s “Playing With Fire” surpassed 800 million views on YouTube, label YG Entertainment said Monday. The group now has 10 videos to have achieved the feat on the platform. “Playing With Fire” is one of the double lead tracks from its second digital single, “Square Two,” which came out in November 2016. The tropical house tune comes with powerful choreography and the d...

GOT the beat, a seven-member female unit from K-pop powerhouse SM Entertainment, unveiled its first mini-album “Stamp On It” on Monday. The title track “Stamp On It” is a R&B hip-hop dance song composed of a groovy piano sound and strong 808 bass beats. The lyrics center on the extreme competition to become the best on stage. Likewise, the music video for the title track is rough and powerful w...

Taeyang, BTS' Jimin's collaborative single 'Vibe' tops iTunes, YouTube trending charts

Blackpink is returning to Paris to perform at the Yellow Pieces Gala next Wednesday, according to local reports. The Yellow Pieces Gala is a musical charity event held to raise funds for the Hospital Foundation, a charity institution chaired by France’s first lady Brigitte Macron. Brigitte Macron took over the chair position of the foundation from the former first lady of France, Bernadette Chi...

The legendary K-pop idol group Bigbang’s Taeyang has made a comeback with a collaboration with BTS member Jimin. His new digital single, “Vibe,” was released Friday, six years after his last solo release, his third studio album “White Night.” “Vibe” is composed of addictive and strong beats that sing of subtle emotions in a relationship. Not only did the K-pop megastar take part by featuring t...

Choi Yena will invite fans to her first fan meet since she made her solo debut in January last year, said agency Yue Hua Entertainment on Friday. Under the title “Come Over Here Yena Friends,” she will meet her fans at a live hall in Seoul on Feb. 4. She is set to release her first single album “Love War” on Monday, about five months since second solo EP “Smartphone.” It will consist of three s...

Singer and actor Lee Jin-hyuk will host a standalone concert on Feb. 11-12, said agency TOP Media on Thursday. The show is dubbed “4eVer,” combining the word "forever" and the name of his official fandom community V-Dan. It will mark his fourth anniversary as a solo musician. Lee debuted as a member of the boy band Up10tion in 2015 and participated in the audition program “Produce X 101” in 201...