Saturday, September 23, 2023

BTS

BTS renew contract with K-pop label Big Hit Music

The K-pop boy band sensation BTS have now renewed their contract with the South Korean K-pop label Big Hit Music, an off-shoot of the Korean label giant Hybe. In a statement announcing the deals, the group promised to “stay together...

Jungkook of BTS to co-headline 2023 Global Citizen Festival

Global Citizen Festival has announced that Jungkook of BTS has been added to the music festival’s 2023 lineup as a co-headliner. The K-pop idol, 26, will take the stage at the event on September 23 in New York City’s...

BTS member Suga initiates military enlistment process

BTS management agency BigHit Music on Monday said Suga has started the military enlistment process, making him the third member of the South Korean music septet to fulfil his mandatory duty. The agency shared the announcement on the global fan...

BTS star Jung Kook surprises fans as he hums ‘Naatu Naatu’ from ‘RRR’

K-pop star Jung Kook, who is the youngest member of BTS left fans awed when he started humming the Academy Award winning track ‘Naatu Naatu’ from SS Rajamouli’s global blockbuster film ‘RRR’. This incident happened, when a Korean fan...

BTS’ Jungkook ranked No. 1 on Spotify with first solo single ‘Seven’

K-Pop superband BTS member Jungkook’s first solo single, ‘Seven’, has been ranked at top of the streaming giant Spotify’s daily top song global chart.The digital single, unveiled Friday, topped the chart after being streamed nearly 16 million times, his...

BTS’ Suga and Halsey drop darkmusic video for ‘Lilith’ rework

Halsey and BTS’ Suga have dropped a reworked version of the former’s 2021 song ‘Lilith’. Originally released as part of Halsey’s fourth album “If I Can’t Have Love, I Want Power’, the new version of ‘Lilith’ is being shared...

BTS’ Jungkook makes US$750,000 donation to a Seoul children’s hospital

South Korean singer Jungkook of K-pop boyband BTS has made a donation to support a children’s hospital in Seoul.Today (April 18), South Korean media outlets Yonhap News Agency and Korea JoongAng Daily reported that the South Korean musician artist...

J-Hope becomes 2nd BTS member to join South Korean army

J-Hope, a member of K-pop sensation BTS, entered a South Korean boot camp Tuesday to start his 18-month compulsory military service, becoming the group’s second member to join the country’s army.There was heated public debate in 2022 over whether...

BTS member J-Hope to serve actively in Korean Army

K-pop suburban BTS’ member J-Hope will join the South Korean Army as an active duty soldier, the band’s agency said Saturday.“J-Hope will be enlisting in the Army as an active-duty soldier to fulfill his mandatory military service,” BigHit Music...

K-Pop slowing down, losing out to Latin music, Afrobeats, says the man behind BTS

K-Pop is facing a “very clear slowdown in growth”. That is why HYBE, the mega company behind BTS and other globally popular acts, is eyeing expansion into the US. This was stated by HYBE chairman Bang Si-Hyuk, to CNN’s...