The presidential transition committee for President-elect Yoon Suk-yeol met with executives of the country’s top K-pop agencies and industry experts to discuss a range of support measures for the K-pop industry. Those who attended Monday’s closed-door meeting included Hybe CEO Park Ji-won, S.M. Entertainment co-CEO Tak Young-jun, JYP Entertainment CEO Jung Wook, MNH Entertainment CEO Lee Ju-seop and BarunsonWIP Entertainment Vice President Yun Heung-kwan. The industry stakeholders

   　 Kwon Eun-bi, formerly of IZ*ONE, held an online showcase Monday to introduce her second solo EP “Color.” 　 “I wish to be remembered as colors of the rainbow,” she said of the new EP. If the first EP “Open” signified the beginning of her solo career like opening a door, the new album is more about showing a broader range of herself, she explained. 　 “I endeavored to show the real Kwon Eun-bi rather than a prepared Kwon Eun-bi,” s

   　 Soon-to-debut group Le Sserafim will reveal part of its debut song through its debut project. 　 The six-member act will debut next month and fans will be able to create a “digital souvenir” to mark their “first encounter.” 　 It will unveil the song partially on the website for the project, dubbed “The First Moment of Le Sserafim,” and fans can pick and choose from images, messages and voices of the bandmates for a unique combination. 　 Th

K-pop supergroup Seventeen will release its first English single this month to expand its presence in the global music market, the group's agency said Friday. The digital single will hit online music services at home and abroad at 1 p.m. on April 15, Pledis Entertainment said, adding it is a pre-release song of the band's fourth full-length album set to come out in May. "It marks the first time that Seventeen releases an English song in the form of a digital single. With the release, the gr

    Sooyoung of Girls’ Generation hinted that the veteran idol group might make a comeback to mark the 15th anniversary of its debut. 　 On Wednesday during a Q&A session on her Instagram account, upon the request to comment on how she feels about the upcoming anniversary, she simply asked: “Are you ready?” 　 Earlier this month at the online signing event to celebrate the release of her third full album “INVU,” Taeyeon said it might be possible to

K-pop girl group TWICE will return for a one-day encore concert in Los Angeles as part of its fourth world tour that took it to five US cities, including L.A., in February, the group's agency said Thursday. The nine-piece group will hold the concert at the 22,000-seat Banc of California stadium on May 14 (US time), becoming the first K-pop girl group to hold an individual show at a stadium in North America, JYP Entertainment said on the band's official social media channels. The band played seve

Stray Kids topped six Billboard charts including Billboard 200 with its latest EP and main track, according to the publication’s tally that came out on Tuesday in the US. 　 The EP, named “Oddinary,” was No. 1 on Billboard’s top album sales, top current album sales and world albums chart, as was lead track “Maniac” on world digital song sales chart. The band landed atop the artist 100 list. 　 This is the first time the eight-member act made it onto Billboard

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With BTS set to hold four live concerts in front of fans in Las Vegas next month, Hybe, the K-pop powerhouse behind the boy band, is turning Sin City into BTS City through its The City project. The event will be held next month as part of the company‘s efforts to improve the fan experience for those traveling to the city for the live shows. BTS City will start welcoming visitors from Tuesday until April 17 and will take place at Allegiant Stadium, where the group will be performing, a

Moonbyul of Mamamoo will release new solo music in April, according to a local media report Tuesday.   　 Agency RBW Entertainment confirmed the news following the report.   　 She put out her third solo EP, “6quence,” in January, marking her first in almost two years. The EP topped iTunes top albums chart in 20 regions and sold over 70,000 copies in the first week.   　 Her first solo EP, “Selfish,” came out in 2018, as the second member of the quintet to

South Korean boy group Stray Kids debuted at No. 1 on Billboard's main albums chart with their latest EP "Oddinary," the US music magazine said Tuesday, becoming the third K-pop act ever to top the chart. The seven-track album began atop the Billboard 200 chart dated April 2 with 110,000 equivalent album units earned in the United States in the week ending March 24, Billboard said on its social media channels. It added that the album was not just the first chart-topper for the act but

Oh My Girl held a media showcase Monday to introduce its second studio album “Real Love.” 　 “We still have our bright and cheerful sides, but this album also shows us as more mature and solid,” said YooA. 　 It has been about three years since its first LP “The Fifth Season.” The group members hope that this new album would permeate like a subtle and gentle perfume. 　 The focus track “Real Love” highlights the wide range of vocals of the seven me

Less than a year since NCT Dream spiced up the summer season with seven different flavors of “Hot Sauce” by releasing its first LP, the boy band dropped its second LP, “Glitch Mode” on Monday evening. This marks the group’s return in nearly nine months since their previous work. In a press conference Monday, Mark described the album as “an album that has upgraded compared to when we released our first LP last year, and the album consists of a total of 11 tr

  The first girl group to debut under hit entertainment company Hybe kicked off a countdown to its launch on Friday. 　 Source Music, an agency under the mega label, opened a web page that only said “IM FEARLESS” alongside a clock. A project begin on March 28 and run until the group makes its official debut in May. 　 The company announced earlier this month that it has signed Miyawaki Sakura and Kim Chaewon, formerly of IZ*ONE, as many speculated. Bang Sihyuk, chairman of Hybe,