K-Pop
BTS Partners With YouTube for #MyBTStory Fan Challenge
BTS have come up with a new way for ARMY to share their memories with the boy band, and it’s all happening on YouTube. On Monday (June 6), the K-pop idols announced their new fan initiative #MyBTStory, which officially launches this Friday in an exclusive partnership with the streaming hub’s YouTube Shorts. “Dear ARMY, For nine years you have been our greatest champions,” the septet wrote in a letter posted to YouTube’s official blog. “As we embark on the journey to our tenth year as a band, we want to remember and celebrate all the special moments we’ve had together so far. Beginning this Saturday, we want to ask you to share your BTS stories with us, and each other, on YouTube Shorts.” Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news The note continue...
Fans Choose SEVENTEEN’s ‘Face the Sun’ as This Week’s Favorite New Music
SEVENTEEN’s highly anticipated album, Face the Sun, has topped this week’s new music poll. Music fans voted in a poll published Friday (May 27) on Billboard, choosing the K-pop collective’s new project as their favorite new music release of the past week. Face the Sun brought in 94% of the vote, beating out new music by Calvin Harris with Dua Lipa and Young Thug (“Potion”), Eminem (“Jimmy, Brian and Mike”), Tate McRae (I Used to Think I Could Fly), and Blackbear with Machine Gun Kelly (“GFY”). Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news Face the Sun is SEVENTEEN’s fourth studio album and first in almost three years. Spanning nine tracks, the new set features the group’s first English-language song “Darl+ing.” As one of the act’s main producers and ...
BTS Share Memories of Early Songs in First Episode of ‘Past & Present’ Radio Series on Apple Music
BTS took a trip down memory lane during the first episode of BTS Radio: Past & Present on Apple Music 1. The K-pop superstars launched the weekly limited series on Saturday (May 28) with an hour-long show that gave listeners an inside look into some of the septet’s early recordings dating back to 2013. “We wanted to use this radio show to celebrate nine years of BTS with you guys and with our ARMY all over the world,” RM said in announcing the three-episode series. “Every episode is dedicated to you,” the singer continued. “We wanted to share the BTS songs that help tell our story.” Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news During Saturday’s inaugural episode, the South Korean group discussed songs including “Intro: The Most Beautiful Moment ...
BTS Share Secrets From the Set of ‘My Universe’ Video With Coldplay in New Making-Of Clip
It’s time to go BTS with BTS. On Wednesday (May 25), the K-pop act shared a new behind-the-scenes look at making the “My Universe” video for their Billboard Hot 100-topping collaboration with Coldplay. “The concept of this [music video] is that we’re in a world without music and Coldplay and BTS stand up against it,” RM explains in front of a massive green screen from the set, while Jin adds, “Everything here will have CGI. And we’re in these outfits like a group of rebels. … We each have planets. So we have our planet and there are aliens out there too. But this is a world where music is forbidden. We still sing out ‘My Universe’ from each of our planets. We go against the oppression and sing our song.” Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news Later on...
Rosé Talks Life After BLACKPINK & Feeling Inspired Seeing Dua Lipa Live: ‘I Was Blown Away’
BLACKPINK is back. The K-pop girl group sat down with Rolling Stone to discuss what’s on the horizon for them as a group as well as individually, and Rosé’s solo interview was published by the outlet on Wednesday (May 25). In her profile, she talks about what it was like to go solo in 2021, what life might be like when BLACKPINK is over, and took a moment to fangirl over Dua Lipa. Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news Rosé made her solo debut in March of 2021 with the arrival of her two-song project, -R-, which featured tracks “On the Ground” and “Gone.” While it was a successful release for the New Zealand-born singer, she revealed that putting herself out there without the members Lisa, Jennie and Jisoo to stand behind her. “It was very cha...
How to Get Tickets to SEVENTEEN’s 2022 Tour
K-pop superstars SEVENTEEN are hitting the road this summer for “WORLD TOUR [BE THE SUN] – NORTH AMERICA” in celebration of their forthcoming album, Face The Sun. Get tickets here, and read on for more details including pre-sale dates. What Is SEVENTEEN’s Next Tour? SEVENTEEN — comprised of S.COUPS, JEONGHAN, JOSHUA, JUN, HOSHI, WONWOO, WOOZI, THE 8, MINGYU, DK, SEUNGKWAN, VERNON and DINO — are visiting North America as part of their first world tour in over two years. Between August and September 2022, they’ll play shows in Vancouver, Seattle, Los Angeles, Houston, Chicago, Toronto, and more. Advertisement The tour comes in support of SEVENTEEN’s upcoming album, Face The Sun, which has already racked up an impressive 1.74 million orders in pre-sale. The nine-track album follows the band’s...
Stanning BTS: Proof of a Comeback
Listen via Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Google Podcasts | Radio Public | Pocket Casts | RSS BTS’ big comeback is just around the corner, as the group is planning up to release their first anthology, Proof, on June 10th. Like the rest of ARMY, Stanning BTS hosts Kayla and Bethany are getting hyped for the 3-disc release, and they’re diving into Proof on the latest episode of the podcast. Related Video Join the pair as they explore the Proof release schedule, tracklists, anticipated lead single “Yet to Come (The Most Beautiful Moment),” and so much more. Listen now via the player above. Advertisement Make sure you like, review, and subscribe to Stanning BTS wherever you get your podcasts. You can also show your Iconic s...
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SEVENTEEN Announce WORLD TOUR [BE THE SUN] – NORTH AMERICA
K-pop act SEVENTEEN will be returning to the US this summer for the “BE THE SUN” tour in celebration of their forthcoming album, Face The Sun. SEVENTEEN — comprised of S.COUPS, JEONGHAN, JOSHUA, JUN, HOSHI, WONWOO, WOOZI, THE 8, MINGYU, DK, SEUNGKWAN, VERNON and DINO — will be hitting North America as part of their first world tour in over two years. They’ll head abroad after kicking off with two dates in Seoul in June, making their way through Los Angeles, Chicago, Atlanta, and more before wrapping up in Newark. Catch the full list of dates and venues below. Fans can apply for a Verified Fan pre-sale code through Ticketmaster’s Verified Fan program, and those with codes will have access to a pre-sale beginning Wednesday, June 1st, ahead of general public on-sale. Verified Fan registration...
B.I Opens Up: K-pop Star Talks Love, Ambition and the Year That Nearly Broke Him
B.I (Kim Hanbin) has spent a lot of time recently thinking about love and being young. He’s also been hitting the gym and studying for the Korean History Proficiency Exam, a test that’s notoriously difficult and usually taken by history buffs or those wanting to impress future employers. He’s not too keen on working out, an admission he makes sheepishly, but he holds the exam prep in a more favorable light: “I’m not getting smarter from it, but it’s fun and I’m doing it with my friends. When I was younger I didn’t study too much!” Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news He persists in his gym routine for one reason: It’s important that he presents “the best version of myself” and, in turn, his fans’ appreciation creates in him a sense of conten...
Holland Speaks Out After Suffering Homophobic Attack in Seoul: ‘I Want People to Recognize the Pain & the Courage’
To an online following of millions of fans, Holland is the slender, soft-spoken singer-songwriter whose experiences of growing up gay in South Korea have created a musical safe space as rare visibility for LGBTQ people in the K-pop scene. But to one man in Seoul, his existence ignited a homophobic hatred that elicited an attack in one of Seoul’s most foreigner-friendly areas. Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news Late on May 5 local time, Holland shared through Instagram and Twitter that a stranger physically attacked him and called him “a dirty gay” in Seoul’s Itaewon area, primarily known for having a large foreigner population and a handful of gay bars. Writing, “this is obviously a hate crime,” Holland, who is not fluent in English, refle...
Everything We Know About BTS’ Anthology Album PROOF (So Far)
All right, ARMY, buckle up, because we have plenty of details to unpack together. After initially confirming new music on June 10th at the closing night of their Las Vegas shows, BTS have been slowly rolling out details for the upcoming album, PROOF. This now includes the fact that PROOF will be an anthology album, chronicling BTS’ nine (!) years of music, and will include a mix of existing favorites and brand new music. The anthology record will be broken into three parts, arriving as three disks in physical form. Pre-orders are now open on BTS and management company HYBE’s proprietary communication platform, Weverse. Advertisement The announcement of an anthology album led fans to speculate that the collection, which required the difficult task of working through BTS’ enor...
Which BTS Member Is an Introvert or Extrovert? Watch Them Take a Myers-Briggs Test
BTS are putting their personalities to the test. Jin, Suga, J-Hope, RM, Jimin, V and Jungkook sat down for a special video, published Friday (May 6), in which they sat down with pen and paper to figure out what their Myers-Briggs personality types are. The Myers-Briggs personality test is an introspective questionnaire that is designed to measure psychological responses to get an idea of how said person perceives the world, reacts around others and makes decisions. With seven members in the group, the test determined which of the 16 total personality types the K-pop stars fell into and if there was any overlap between the guys. Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news Despite being international superstars, most of the BTS members tested as “I” ...
