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SuperM Blast Onto ‘Ellen’ With Explosive Performance of ‘One (Monster & Infinity)’: Watch
SuperM appeared on The Ellen DeGeneres Show on Wednesday (Sept. 23) to perform their new song “One (Monster & Infinity).” Taking the stage in a separate, socially-distanced studio, the K-pop supergroup — which includes NCT 127‘s Mark and Taeyong, WayV‘s Ten and Lucas, Shinee‘s Taemin and Kai and Baekhyun of EXO — danced their way through the performance with energetic, swaggering choreography. “Alright, no games, watch me deliver every time/ Catch me in the latest, driving spaceships/ One way, we going up, ain’t no decline/ Landing in the matrix, tryna break it/ Hands up if you feeling me, yeah/ All the way to infinity, yeah/ Aim high, we going up, there’s no decline/ So if you’re aiming anywhere, aim high,R...
Tomorrow X Together Announce ‘Minisode 1: Blue Hour’ EP Release Date
Tomorrow X Together have unveiled the release date of their next mini-album. Minisode 1: Blue Hour will be coming on Oct. 26 at 6 p.m. KST, according to a video teaser the group dropped for the EP on Sunday (Sept. 20). The Minisode 1: Blue Hour clip didn’t reveal much else, but it did feature some video game-inspired sound bytes and graphics. The new set follows TXT’s previous music releases: The Dream Chapter: Eternity, The Dream Chapter: Star and The Dream Chapter: Magic. Watch the preview for their new chapter below. [embedded content] You Deserve to Make Money Even When you are looking for Dates Online. So we reimagined what a dating should be. It begins with giving you back power. Get to meet Beautiful people, chat and make money in the p...
Find Out When BTS Is Doing a Tiny Desk Concert
It’s happening! NPR announced on Sunday (Sept. 20) that K-pop superstars BTS will be doing a Tiny Desk Concert on Monday morning. National Public Radio simply tweeted, “It’s happening: @BTS_twt x NPR Music” along with a link to NPR Music’s YouTube channel and a simple black and white graphic with a few details. The septet’s set will begin at 9 a.m. ET on Sept. 21. The announcement resulted in “Tiny Desk Concert” becoming a trending topic on Twitter Sunday. To make sure you don’t miss the show, you can set a reminder on NPR Music’s YouTube page. BTS has been busy as of late. After dropping “Dynamite” — their first English-language single — on Aug. 21, the guys have broken a big YouTube record with the song, ...
iHeartRadio Music Festival 2020: 5 Can’t-Miss Moments
When the iHeartRadio Awards opened on Friday (Sept. 18), no one knew the evening would be rocked by the news that Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg had passed away. A politically loaded occurrence beyond day-to-day music news, the response was overwhelming on social media. At the same time, music fans looking to enjoy an evening of music were ready and accounted for, helping to celebrate the sounds that bring us together in the toughest times. ALICIA KEYSThe tireless champion of the underprivileged was a perfect opener for the 2020 iHeartRadio Festival. Bringing her Khalid collab “So Done,” Keys performed a beguiling set that opened the doors for the performers that followed. MIGOSThe digital festival featured a strong showing of the year’s radio MVPs, including Q...
BTS on Gaining Respect in the U.S.: ‘We Definitely Feel That’
Loud and happy screams erupt in unison from the seven-member pop stars BTS when they hear they have notched their first No. 1 hit on the all-genre Billboard Hot 100 chart. “DREAM,” yells band member RM. “It still doesn’t feel real,” adds SUGA, speaking in Korean through a translator. “We’re really happy.” “Dynamite,” the group’s first all-English song, debuted at No. 1 on the U.S. music charts this week, making BTS the first Korean pop act to top the chart. The upbeat song even supplanted “WAP,” the raunchy smash hit by Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion, to claim the No. 1 position. “Never expected it,” RM tells The Associated Press of beating “WAP” for the top spot. “Never! It’s like the song of the year.” But getting their first chart-topping track seemed inevitable for the K-pop boy band,...
Blackpink & Selena Gomez’s ‘Ice Cream’ vs. BTS’ ‘IONIQ: I’m On It’: Which Video Is Your Favorite? Vote!
The biggest K-pop stars rid this week’s hump day of its usual pressure when BTS and Blackpink dropped two brand new videos Wednesday (Sept. 2). BTS kicked things into high gear, thanks to the boy band’s partnership with South Korean car manufacturer Hyundai, with their “IONIQ: I’m On It” music video. The boys head out in their own lanes and even defy gravity in the sleek scenic visual that feels like anything but a car commercial shoot, according to them. “We had a lot of fun filming this video,” BTS said in a statement. “It’s been a while since a music video style ad has come out like this. It didn’t feel like a commercial shoot. It felt like an actual music video shoot.” Likewise, Blackpink and Selena Gomez‘s latest vis...
BLACKPINK & Selena Gomez Are ‘Ice Cream’ Chilling in a Waffle Cone for Animated Dance Performance Video
BLACKPINK and Selena Gomez served up another scoop of their sweet “Ice Cream” collaboration with an animated dance performance video out Wednesday (Sept. 2). But since the ladies couldn’t get together in person amid the coronavirus pandemic, they went virtual with Zepeto, an app from the South Korean online platform Naver that allows users to create 3-D avatars and interact with each other. The dance performance clip bears a lot of resemblance to the official music video, from the outfit changes down to the inflatable pink waffle cone. And since each member of Selpink had both hands full with their full choreography on display, the animated visual suspends ice cream cones around as delicious decor for a finale that’ll have viewers licking their lips for more. W...
Selena Gomez & Blackpink Bring Fans Behind the Scenes of ‘Ice Cream’: Watch
Selena Gomez kicked off her weekend with an inside look at the making of her sweet new “Ice Cream” video with Blackpink. “Blackpink, they’re very known for their videos and they’re known for their personalities, so I felt like I got to step into their world a little bit,” she said from the set in Los Angeles, where she was fanning herself off on a very hot day. “Ironically,” Gomez joked, “hot enough to have ice cream.” The singer got to speak over video chat to the girls of Blackpink, who were in Korea, and offered a glimpse of their adorable virtual meeting to fans. “I wish that I was there with them… I guarantee you there’s this energy that we could have if we could be in the same place, but we’re being s...
Ariana Grande Congratulates Selena Gomez on ‘Ice Cream’ With Tasty Flower Arrangement
Ariana Grande is melting over Blackpink and Selena Gomez‘s new song “Ice Cream.” Grande celebrated the release of the highly-anticipated collaboration, which she helped write, by sending Gomez a huge flower arrangement shaped like an ice cream cone. “Obsessed,” Gomez captioned a photo of the pink-and-white flowers in her Instagram Stories. Gomez also shared a snapshot of the sweet congratulatory note Grande sent along with the flowers. “Selena, Congratulations ice queen! Love & Gratitude, Ari,” the card reads. “Ice Cream” is the second pre-release single off Blackpink’s long-awaited debut album, Blackpink: The Album, scheduled for release on Oct. 2 through YG Entertainment. You Deserve to Make Money Even When you are looking for Dates Onl...
Blackpink Tease Upcoming Album, Talk Churning ‘Ice Cream’ With Selena Gomez: Watch
Selena Gomez and BLACKPINK hopped on the air with Apple Music’s Zane Lowe on Friday morning (Aug. 28) to talk about their superstar collab on “Ice Cream” and what a blast it was to blend their voices. “I’m so excited. The girls are so cool, and I love their music. I just think that they know… They have this thing about them… I had such a good time with them over FaceTime,” Gomez said in her video chat with Lowe. And while the original plan was for all of them to be together, but of course the COVID-19 pandemic changed all that. “But it felt so fun,” Gomez added, dipping into the fun she had filming the colorful, playful video for the track, which dropped Friday morning. “Recording the song, having a blast doing that, but then also...
The 13 Best Things That Happened in Music This Week (August 28)
If you’re just waking up on this glorious Friday, you’re about to discover what much of Twitter already knows: Selena Gomez and Blackpink’s epic new collaboration “Ice Cream” has arrived. We know what we’ll be doing for the next few days: “Ice cream chillin’, chillin’, ice cream chillin’!” Plus, we’re heading into VMAs weekend, and you can brush up on your music video history ahead of the big night by checking out our list of the 100 greatest music video artists of all time. Take a look at all of that — and more of the week’s biggest music happenings — below. Taylor Swift’s Folklore ruled for a fourth week Swift’s latest set topped the Billboard 200 chart once again, with 101,000 equivalent album units earned in the U.S. in the week ending Aug. 20. Billboard’s...
Treasure Scores New Peak on Social 50 Chart
The group leaps to No. 3, surpassing its previous peak of No. 5 earlier this month. K-pop boyband Treasure reaches a new peak on Billboard’s Social 50 chart, leaping to No. 3 on the list dated Aug. 29. The Social 50 is powered by data tracked by music analytics company Next Big Sound and ranks the most popular artists on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and Wikipedia. The chart’s methodology blends weekly additions of friends/fans/followers with artist page views and engagement. Its latest tracking period ended Aug. 20, and BTS is No. 1. Formed in 2019, Treasure first reached the Social 50 earlier this year, debuting at No. 40 on May 30. Its previous peak had been No. 5, achieved on Aug. 15. Treasure’s rise coincides with the release of its debut songs, “Boy” and “Come to Me,” on Aug. 7. I...
