As an LP stores long-playing records of a musician, boy band Verivery took a chance to broaden the group’s musical horizons by dropping “Series O (Round 3: Whole),” released Monday evening. It’s the first full-length album since the seven-piece act debuted in 2019. This marks a quick return, just about a month since the group dropped the digital single “Series O (Round 0: Who)” on March 23. When asked how it feels to now have put out an LP, Yong-seung sai

aespa unveils unreleased English song “Life’s Too Short” at US music festival

Ateez surpassed 1 billion streams combined on Spotify, according to agency KQ Entertainment on Friday.   　 The group has almost 2.25 million followers on the global platform and over 3 million monthly subscribers.   　 In the meantime, the eight bandmates left for Paris on Wednesday for the European leg of their international tour. Starting from Madrid on Saturday, they will visit London, Paris, Berlin and Amsterdam, performing eight times.   　 The Fellowship: Beginning of the E

First new release in seven months features group’s first English-language single “Darl+ing”

The music video for K-pop superstars BTS' 2019 hit song "Boy With Luv" has become the group's first video to exceed 1.5 billion views on YouTube. The song hit the milestone at about 5 p.m. Thursday, five months after surpassing 1.4 billion views in November, according to the group's agency Big Hit Music. It became the first BTS music video to garner more than 1.5 billion views. The upbeat track, featuring American singer-songwriter Halsey, was released in April 2019 as part of the band

The debut EP of Le Sserafim, the first girl group to be launched under Hybe, sold over 270,000 copies in preorders, according to agency Source Music on Thursday. 　 It has only been a week since the prepurchase began, and the numbers will easily surpass 300,000, predicted the company. 　 The six-member act will officially debut on May 2 with the EP “Fearless” and will host an in-person showcase for fans later on the day. The event will be broadcast live as well. 　 The teaser clip fo

Hybe to continue the project as a new business model around the world

Singer-songwriter Bol4, whose real name is Ahn Ji-young, first moved to Seoul from her home city of Yeongju in 2014 to attend college. She officially kicked off her music career in 2016 after gaining fame through a TV audition program as a duo group. With her new EP, “Seoul,” Bol4 draws out the years of joys and sorrows of the restless years she spent in the city. “The EP ‘Seoul’ is Bol4’s Seoul. My Seoul embraces the different shades of my emotions, from t

The upcoming EP of Tomorrow X Together sold over 816,000 copies in preorders, according to label Big Hit Music on Wednesday. 　 The preorders for the fourth EP “Minisode 2: Thursday’s Child” started only six days ago. This surpasses those of its second full album “The Chaos Chapter: Freeze” that recorded 700,000. It entered the Billboard 200 at No. 5. It was the most-sold K-pop album, and the fifth-bestselling CD altogether, in the US last year, according to a Forbe

Quartet becomes first K-pop act to perform at Coachella’s main stage on Saturday

Jimin of BTS will sing a duet with Ha Sungwoon for the soundtrack of a drama series, according to Nyamnyam Entertainment on Tuesday.     The two idols -- who are known to be friends -- teamed up for drama series “Our Blues,” which boasts an A-list cast that includes Lee Byung-heon, Cha Seung-won and real-life couple Shin Min-a and Kim Woo-bin.   　 Jimin’s soothing vocals and Ha’s captive voice struck a perfect harmony and made the song even more beau

Apink gifts fans with a new special single, “I want you to be happy,” in celebration of the band‘s 11th anniversary

Six out of 10 South Koreans support the alternative military service of K-pop sensation BTS, whereas a larger number than that agreed the septet could contribute better by promoting the national prestige through alternative service than by serving active military duty. According to a survey of 500 adults nationwide by pollster Realmeter, 65.5 percent of the respondents answered that they agreed the members of BTS should serve alternative military service, whereas 30.2 percent were against it a

K-pop supergroup BTS returned home Tuesday after wrapping up live concerts in Las Vegas that drew about 620,000 fans. Six members of the septet -- Jin, Jimin, V, J-Hope, Jungkook and Suga -- arrived at Incheon International Airport in Incheon, about 40 kilometers west of Seoul, in the early hours of the day. Their return came three weeks after they left for the United States on March 28. The singers in masks then silently walked out of the airport, occasionally waving to fans who had been waitin

Blackpink set another record, as each song from its first studio album has now surpassed 100 million streams on Spotify.   　 “You Never Know,” from the album titled “The Album,” reached the milestone on the platform on Monday, the last of the eight songs from the LP to achieve the feat, according to label YG Entertainment.   　 The band’s megahit “How You Like That” had logged 600 million streams as of last month, as the first song by a K-pop