TWS will unveil official characters and celebrate their launch with a pop-up store in Seoul, which opens Monday and runs to Oct. 4, Pledis Entertainment said Tuesday. The temporary setup, Twimi: 42 Forest, will showcase six animal characters based on each of the bandmates. An animation in which the characters go on an adventure into the forest in search of the fabled "42" treasure, named after the group’s fandom community, was uploaded to the team’s YouTube channel recently. Separately, the six-

Rescene will return with the girl group's fourth mini album, “Pulse,” on Nov. 3, the Muse Entertainment said Tuesday. It will mark the group’s first new album in about a year, since third EP “Lip Bomb,” which sold over 100,000 copies in the first week, hitting a career-best for the quintet. Between the two sets, the group dropped two digital singles: “Runway” in April and “Pretty Girl” in June. The latter is a remake of Kara’s 2008 hit song, and earned Rescene four trophies from TV music chart s

Tomorrow X Together’s “Love Language” reached 100 million-stream mark on Spotify as of Sunday, becoming the group's 20th song to do so, Big Hit Music said Tuesday. The quintet surprised fans with the digital single in May, releasing it during its world tour. The upbeat afrohouse number topped the iTunes Top Songs Chart in nine regions. It hit Oricon’s Daily Digital Single Ranking at No. 2 and LINE Music’s Daily Songs Top 100 at No. 1. The group will perform at the 2026 Global Citizen Festival in

Yuqi of I-dle is planning to visit four cities in China for fan concerts, according to Cube Entertainment on Monday. She will host “27,” referring to her age, with stops in Guangzhou, Chengdu, Beijing and Shanghai, although specific dates for each stop have yet to be announced. Yuqi hails from the Chinese capital city. Her solo digital single “Radio (Dum-Dum)” from last year spent 52 weeks among the top 10 on Tencent Music’s Korea chart. The performer was chosen as one of the “Women of the Year

Seok Matthew and Park Gunwook of Zerobaseone are dropping a mixtape as the hip-hop subunit EMP on Monday, their agency WakeOne Entertainment announced. They are forming the first subunit from the five-piece group and rolling out “EMP Mixtape Vol. 1: We the Extra.” The two idols helped write lyrics and melodies of all four songs, and “EMP” and “Pina C” will be the lead singles. Park demonstrated his songwriting abilities with “Customize,” a self-written song that was part of Zerobaseone’s sixth E

Jessica, formerly of Girls’ Generation, uploaded a picture of her and Park Myung-soo together on stage on her social media account on Sunday. Writing “‘Naengmyeon,’ it’s been a while,” she shared a picture of the two performing the song at the 2026 Infinite Challenge Run in Gyeongju, North Gyeongsang Province, Saturday. They sang duet for the first time in about 17 years, rekindling the chemistry they had in 2009 on the variety show “Infinite Challenge,” as duo “Myung-ca Drive.” The Saturday gig

Jungkook of BTS now has four songs with more than 500 million plays on YouTube Music. His solo single “Standing Next to You” reached the milestone on the platform, joining “Seven (feat. Latto),” “3D (feat. Jack Harlow)” and “Left and Right,” a Charlie Puth collaboration. As the main track for his first solo album “Golden,” the retro funk tune debuted on Billboard’s Hot 100 at No. 5, and atop both its Global 200 and Global excl. US. It hit the UK Official Singles Top 100 at No. 6. On Spotify, it

Nmixx will release the girl group's sixth EP, titled “Strange Muse,” on Oct. 19, according to JYP Entertainment on Monday. The upcoming EP will consist of six tracks full of dreamy ambience, with lead single “Birthday Wish” as well as three songs each featuring two members. This is the first time the group has included subunit materials on an album. The new work is to come about five months since its previous mini album, “Heavy Serenade.” The titular track from the fifth EP ranked No. 5 on Melon

Riize generated 100 million streams on Spotify with “Love 119,” SM Entertainment said Thursday. This is the second time the six-member act has reached the milestone, after “Get A Guitar.” “Love 119” is the team’s hit song from 2024. The track earned the group its first top spot on a television music chart show, and climbed to No. 3 on Melon’s Top 100. The group is set to release its second album in spring 2027, and will release a prologue single on Oct. 26. Riize shared the news at a fan meetup

BTS exceeded 1.6 billion views on YouTube with its music video for “Mic Drop (Steve Aoki Remix)” as of Wednesday, Big Hit Music announced Thursday. It is the group’s fourth music video to reach the threshold, after “Dynamite,” “Boy with Luv (feat. Halsey),” and “DNA.” The remix dropped in November 2017, about two months after the track was released as part of its fifth EP “Love Yourself: Her.” The Steve Aoki version landed on Billboard’s Hot 100 at No. 28 and enjoyed a ten-week stay on the chart

Chen, Baekhyun and Xiumin of EXO, known as subunit CBX, will meet and greet fans in China, according to a local media report on Wednesday. Xiumin and Chen will each host fan meetups in Shanghai on Sept. 26 and 27, respectively. Baekhyun will visit three cities in the country: Shanghai on Oct. 2, Qingdao on Oct. 4 and Dalian on Oct. 6. The events are organized by Stardream, a Chinese agency. The trio is in the middle of a lawsuit against agency INB100, which Baekhyun established in 2023 and was a

Jimin of BTS banked 1 billion filtered streams on Spotify with his solo single “Like Crazy,” a first for a fully Korean song, Big Hit Music announced Thursday. “Like Crazy” was released in March 2023 as the lead track for his first solo set, “Face.” The synth-pop tune made a chart-topping debut on Billboard’s Hot 100, the only Korean-language song from a K-pop solo act to do so in chart history. It spent five weeks on the main songs chart while the album charted seven weeks on Billboard 200, pea

Kim Jaehwan unveiled the album cover for his physical single “Love, From Here” on Wednesday via his agency WakeOne Entertainment. Due out on Oct. 7, it will be his first new music since dropping the digital single “I’ll Be There” after completing his mandatory military service earlier this year. The singer participated in writing the lyrics and melodies of the song and played guitar as well. He is also planning a concert, “Blank,” to be held in Seoul on Oct. 31 and Nov. 1. The concert poster rel

Jin of BTS made Spotify’s Billions Club with his solo single “Don’t Say You Love Me.” The music platform announced the list of newest members from August, writing, “Great songs never go out of style. Welcome these classics into the Billions Club.” “Don’t Say You Love Me” amassed 1 billion streams, a first for him as a solo artist, as of Aug. 18. It is the lead single from his second solo EP, “Echo,” released in May 2025. The restrained pop tune entered Billboard’s Hot 100 at No. 90, his third so

The music video for Katseye’s “Animal” passed 100 million views on YouTube on Wednesday, said agency Hybe X Geffen Records. The video reached the milestone in 54 days, the fastest time for the group, and is the seventh to accomplish the feat. “Animal” is the prerelease track from Katseye's third EP “Wild” and has spent seven weeks on Billboard’s Hot 100, climbing three spots from the previous week to No. 27 on the chart dated Sept. 19. The track's highest spot was No. 24. The single ranked No. 1