[Today’s K-pop] BTS to discuss new music on talk show next week

BTS will appear in an online talk show to discuss new music on July 9 after the release of its single CD “Butter.”

In the special show titled “A Butterful Getaway with BTS,” the band will perform its new song “Permission to Dance” for the first time. It is another collaborative work with British singer/songwriter Ed Sheeran.

The upcoming single CD consists of the new song as well as “Butter,” which has set multiple records, including staying at the top of Billboard’s Hot 100 for five consecutive weeks.

EXO Baekhyun’s “Bambi” one of the best K-pop songs of 2021: Time

“Bambi,” a solo single from Baekhyun of EXO, was picked as one of the best K-pop songs released so far this year by Time magazine. 

In an online article published Thursday in the US, the latest song by the veteran idol was featured among 10 “standout K-pop songs of 2021 to date.”

“The track is smooth and sensuous, particularly seductive when his voice soars into falsetto,” it reads.

“Bambi” is from the same-titled third EP of the vocalist that sold over 1 million units in 20 days after its release in March. He has two solo EPs as well as five EXO albums that reached the milestone. The EP also topped iTunes top albums chart in 60 regions.

GOT7's Jay B gives sneak peek of unpublished song 

Jay B is making waves with his first single as a solo artist.

“Switch It Up,” his first single under his new label H1GHER Music, was released in May. The song ranked No. 6 on Billboard’s digital song sales chart, a first for a K-pop solo musician. He also became the third to enter Billboard’s R&B/hip hop digital song chart.

On Friday in the US, Cosmopolitan featured him in its “Singing in The Shower” series that previously had Coi Leray and 88 Rising’s Rich Brian.

He appeared in a black-tiled bathroom and admitted that he used to sing a lot in the shower. It was mostly ballads, the musician said with a bashful grin, and sang one of his favorites, Sung Si-kyung’s “You Made Me Impressed.” Although, his performance had drawn complaints from a neighbor who exasperatedly told him to keep it down.

Singing in the shower also gives him new ideas and inspiration for melodies, he added. He also gave a taste of a yet-to-be-released song, to the delight of his fans.

The Boyz to drop new song

The Boyz is releasing a new song titled “Drink It” on July 11 through Universe, a K-pop platform developed by NCSoft’s entertainment arm Klap, the company announced on Friday.

The new music is part of Universe’s monthly project that started in January with releases of IZ*ONE’s “D-D-Dance” followed by CIX’s “Tesseract.”

The 11-member boy band has been featured in the platform’s original entertainment show “The Blood: Death Match” since June 28 as vampires trying to fight off an invasion of wolves.

The group recently announced that it is putting out its sixth EP in August, 11 months after its previous EP “Chase.” Meanwhile, bandmate Eric dropped his first self-written song “Somewhere” last week.

By Hwang You-mee
(glamazon@heraldcorp.com)