Lisa of Blackpink will shoot a music video for her solo debut song this week, label YG Entertainment said Monday. 　 It confirmed an earlier media report that said she would start shooting the video and is set to drop her first solo music this summer. 　 The label announced last year that the members, except for Jennie who was the first to drop her solo album in 2018, will put out solo projects one by one after the release of the band’s full-length album in September. Rose rolled out hers

"Permission to Dance" by South Korean superband BTS snatched the No. 2 spot on Spotify's Global Top 200 chart, the global streaming giant said Sunday. The upbeat number was streamed 7,339,385 times on Spotify on the day of its release Friday, the streaming service said. The song was only second to "Beggin'" by Italian rock band Maneskin, the winner of the Eurovision Song Contest this year. "Permission to Dance" also came in first on 13 regional top 200 charts

Supergroup BTS has swept more than 90 regional iTunes charts with its new release "Permission to Dance," the act's agency said Saturday.    The upbeat number, released at 1 p.m. the previous day, debuted at No. 1 on iTunes top songs charts in 92 regions, including the United States, Canada, Germany, Italy and Japan, according to Big Hit Music.    The music video for the song, also released at 1 p.m. on Friday, has proven to be a hit, breaking 10 million views on

Twice rose to No. 1 on Billboard’s world albums chart with “Taste of Love,” according to the publication’s latest tally that became available Friday.   　 The band’s tenth EP came out on June 11 and stayed on three major Billboard charts for three consecutive weeks, ranking No. 90 on the Billboard 200 and No. 67 on the Artist 100 for the week of July 10. It has entered 11 charts in total, and is showing no signs of waning.   　 “Taste of Love”

A Japanese-language album by superband BTS has received a million-seller certification in Japan, the group's agency said Friday. "BTS, The Best," the seven-piece band's album released in the Asian country in June, received the certification by the Recording Industry Association of Japan, according to Big Hit Music. It is the first million-seller certified album in Japan this year. For BTS, it is their first album to receive the million-seller certification by the industry associatio

JYP Entertainment, the agency-label behind K-pop girl groups like ITZY, TWICE and Wonder Girls, is poised to launch a new all-female act next year. The company, which recently posted a new teaser image and video for the upcoming launch, said the new act is set to debut in February next year. JYP said it has formed a new business unit dedicated to the girl group, comprising officials who helped scout and train members of Wonder Girls, 2AM, 2PM and TWICE. As part of a pre-debut scheme, JYP is s

BTS will appear on “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon,” about a year after the group’s last visit, next week.   　 The band floated a teaser trailer on the show’s social media channel on Wednesday in the US in which RM said: “We’re coming back to ‘The Tonight Show.’ Make sure to tune in!”   　 The septet will perform “Butter” and upcoming song “Permission to Dance” on July 13 and 14, respectively. The t

K-pop is the most popular topic engaged by users on Twitter Spaces, live audio chat sessions streamed through the social media platform, with three of the five most-listened to Spaces being hosted by K-pop artists. According a survey done by Twitter, boy band GOT7’s member BamBam had the most-listened to Space with his chat on June 9, while girl group Twice ranked fifth with their Space hosted the same day. Boy band NCT, the first K-pop artist to host a Space on March 11 during the priv

Singers Kim Hee-chul and Momo have separated, roughly 1 1/2 years after acknowledging their romantic relationship, their agencies confirmed Thursday. SJ Label, which manages Super Junior, and JYP Entertainment, which represents TWICE, confirmed the couple has broken up without providing further details. The two celebrities, who are respective members of popular K-pop acts Super Junior and TWICE, were rumored to be dating since 2019. They acknowledged their relationship in January last year. T

BTS and Tomorrow X Together (TXT) -- both managed by K-pop powerhouse Big Hit Music -- have simultaneously landed on Billboard's Pop Airplay chart with their all-English tracks. BTS ranked No. 11 with "Butter" on the latest version of the radio chart, which reflects weekly data from around 160 U.S. radio stations. The chart, which counts the top 40 songs, is seen as a gauge of local popularity. The upbeat summer number, which has topped Billboard's main singles chart for the sixth st

Stray Kids’ new single “Mixtape: OH” hit Billboard’s world digital song sales chart at No. 1, the publication announced in a tweet Wednesday.   　 “It earns the group its 26th career entry on the chart and first No.1,” said the tweet.   　 The songwriting trio 3Racha -- Bang Chan, Changbin and Han -- co-authored the song that sings of how one feels like a child when faced with the feeling of love.   　 As a Forbes article pointed out, the fact

Taeyeon of Girls’ Generation returned with new song “Weekend” on Tuesday.  The songstress discussed her new song through her label SM Entertainment introducing it as one that you can listen to casually and that would lift up the mood.  “I’m happy to bring out an upbeat song after a long while,” she said. The lightheartedness let her work on it with smiles and she wants to share more good energy. She tried to be as relaxed as possible while recordi

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JYP Entertainment, the K-pop agency-label that represents acts like TWICE, Itzy and Stray Kids, said Tuesday it has opened a pop-up store in Tokyo for fans there. The venue set up in the Ginza neighborhood of the Japanese capital opened Saturday and is set to run until Aug. 31, the company said. In addition to selling merchandise related to the agency's artists, an exhibition marking boy band 2PM's 10th debut anniversary in Japan is also taking place. The company said costumes that girl groups

SF9 declared there is no limit for the band at a showcase held in Seoul on Monday.   　 The nine-piece act put out its ninth EP, “Turn Over,” a year following previous EP “9loryUS.”   　 “I feel nervous and excited at the same time coming up on the stage again after a year,” said Youngbin. The band is in high spirits, however, having built up confidence after participating in “Kingdom: Legendary War,” a contest show among boy bands, he a