Twice is set to kick off the new year big with a new English song and a mini album. JYP Entertainment on Wednesday announced Twice will drop a new English song in January, before making an official comeback in March with its 12th Korean mini album. The English single will be a pre-release from the upcoming album, the company's announcement poster on Twice's social media showed. Hinting about th...

K-pop girl group Kara dropped a new album in Japan on Wednesday to mark their 15th anniversary. The Japanese-language album “Move Again” is their first album to be released in the country in seven years and six months. It carries six tracks including the lead track “When I Move” and a new track, “Queens,” exclusively unveiled in the Japanese edition of the album. Prior to the release of the Ja...

Girl group Ily:1 will gift fans a song in time for Christmas, said agency FNC ENM on Tuesday. “Thanks to…” is from its first EP “A Dream of Ily:1” that will be released on Jan. 5, 2023. The six members participated in writing the lyrics for the song full of a heartfelt message to everyone who has been there for them since be the beginning, and who will stay with them for their journey ahead. Th...

NewJeans’ pre-release track “Ditto” from their upcoming single “OMG” topped local charts just within a few hours following its release on Monday at 6 p.m., setting a new record for the rookies. “Ditto,” a winter-themed subtle pop song, helped the girls take the throne once again following the success of their previous singles "Attention," "Hype boy," and "Cookie," in local music charts including...

K-pop sensation BTS' latest concert in Busan will be screened via CGV in February around the world. CGV, the leading multiplex franchise run by the local entertainment giant CJ ENM, said on Tuesday that it is releasing the live recording of "BTS 'Yet To Come' in Busan" as a movie on Feb. 1. The film will be officially titled "BTS: Yet To Come in Cinemas," and get a global release via the multip...

Singer Eru was booked for investigation Tuesday for allegedly driving while under the influence of alcohol, police said. The 39-year-old singer, whose real name is Cho Sung-hyun, crashed his car into a guard rail on Seoul's Gangbyeon expressway around 11:25 p.m. Monday, according to the Yongsan Police Station. His blood alcohol content exceeded a level high enough to have his driver's license s...

Veteran duo TVXQ! will celebrate the 19th anniversary of its debut on Dec. 26 with a livestream, according to label SM Entertainment on Monday. Yunho and Changmin will chat online with fans looking back at their music career and also play games and put on live performances on their YouTube channel. The two will also be part of SM Town: SMCU Palace, the label’s project that includes winter speci...

NewJeans, a rookie group that has dominated the K-pop scene this year, dropped the track “Ditto” from the upcoming single album “OMG” on Monday at 6 p.m. The release comes four months after the girl group made its debut in August with the breakout album “New Jeans.” “Ditto," a reinterpretation of the Baltimore club music genre, was specially produced for NewJeans’ official fandom Bunnies. The g...

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NewJeans will open two pop-up stores in Seoul from Dec. 23 to Jan. 21, 2023, according to agency Ador on Friday. It will be a collaborative work with dessert maker Nudake and offer five exclusive types of cakes. The cakes appear in the music video of “OMG,” the titular track from its upcoming single album that will roll out on Jan. 2. Rearranged songs of the rookie girl group will be played as b...

Hook Entertainment, the former longtime agency of singer and actor Lee Seung-gi, said Friday that it has settled the invoice for Lee’s long overdue payments for digital streams of his songs. A total of 4.1 billion won ($3.13 million) which includes 2.9 billion won for digital streams of the artist’s songs and 1.2 billion for the arrears of interest has been paid to the artist by the agency. Acc...

Customers can buy the medals from South Korea’s commemoration token retailer Poongsan Hwadong Corp., Hyundai Department’s online shops, Shinhan Bank branches across South Korea, KOMSCO Mall, Weverse Shop and Gmarket Global. The medals will be available for sale until Dec. 25. KOMSCO plans to allocate some sales profits from the medals for promoting South Korean cultural content.

Ily:1 will release its first EP early next month, agency FNC ENM said Thursday. It will be the first physical album from the six-member act that has dropped two digital singles so far – “Love in Bloom” and “Que Sera Sera” – since debuting in April. The second single entered Billboard’s World Digital Song Sales chart at No. 6 in June and topped four of Amazon Music’s charts, including for bestse...

Girl group Dreamcatcher is taking the month off after wrapping up all its promotional activities, Dreamcatcher Company said Wednesday. The group has been busy throughout the year and will recharge. Handong, the only non-Korean member from the seven-piece act, will spend time with family in China, the company added. Dreamcatcher won first place on a television music chart show for the first time...