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Mar 27, 20262:37 AM
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Cortis shares promotion schedule for 2nd EP
Cortis will bring out second EP “GreenGreen” on May 4 and drop the lead single in April, along with a supporting music video. The rookie boy group will upload a series of teaser content leading up to the album release, starting with a batch of photographs on April 6. The title of the main track is to be disclosed a week before the drop, accompanied by a music video teaser. The five-member act is also planning to host two in-person release parties, celebrating the main track in April and the albu
Mar 27, 20267:07 AM
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'KPop Demon Hunters,' Rosé win big at iHeartRadio Music Awards
K-pop artists, including BLACKPINK's Rosé, swept multiple categories at the 2026 iHeartRadio Music Awards held at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles on Thursday night (U.S. time). The Netflix animation sensation "KPop Demon Hunters" and its in-film girl group Huntr/x took home three awards — Duo/Group of the Year and Favorite Soundtrack, which was decided by fan voting, and K-pop Song of the Year for "Golden" from its original soundtrack. Rosé won Best Collaboration for "APT.," her collaboration single with American pop star Bruno Mars, and also claimed K-pop Artist of the Year. Rosé's BLACKPINK bandmate Jennie earned K-pop Album of the Year with her solo release "Ruby." The K-pop Group of the Year went to boy group Stray Kids, while rookie group Cortis was honored as Best New Artist in K-pop. K-pop artists also maintained a strong presence in the fan-voted segments of the ceremony. J-Hope of the group BTS claimed two awards, winning Favorite TikTok Dance for his solo track "Mona Lisa" and Favorite K-pop Collab for "Sweet Dreams," a collaboration with American R&B singer Miguel. The Disn
Mar 27, 202610:07 PM
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Comebacks flood April in packed K-pop calendar
The K-pop industry is moving at full speed in the first half of 2026, with little room to slow down. February was anchored by the 2026 Winter Olympics and high-profile activities from BLACKPINK, one of the genre’s most dominant names. In March, BTS followed, reclaiming the spotlight with its fifth full-length album and a landmark concert at Gwanghwamun Square in central Seoul. The calendar only gets tighter from here. June will be packed with Korea’s nationwide local elections and the FIFA World Cup in North America. With global attention already divided across major events, April has emerged as the industry’s last open runway, with idol groups and soloists stacking their releases into a single, high-stakes window. One of the most anticipated returns is that of five-member boy group TOMORROW X TOGETHER (TXT), who is set to drop its eighth mini album, “7TH YEAR: A Moment of Stillness in the Thorns,” on April 13. The project marks the group’s first release following contract renewals with BigHit Music and signals a turning point as they move into what is being framed as their
Mar 27, 20265:52 AM
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BTS releases remix album featuring individual versions of 'Swim'
K-pop supergroup BTS on Friday released an album featuring remix versions of "Swim," the lead track of its new album "Arirang." The nine-track album, titled "Keep Swimming," includes the original and instrumental versions of "Swim," as well as seven remixes reflecting each member's musical taste, BigHit Music, the group's agency, said in a release. Leader RM reimagined the song in a chill hip-hop style, while Jin delivered a high-energy alternative rock version. Suga explored melodic techno with layered club sounds, and J-Hope infused the track with Afrobeats rhythms. Jimin's interpretation takes a smooth slow-jam R&B approach, V opts for an electronic remix, and Jungkook offers a warm acoustic lo-fi rendition built around gentle guitar textures and soft vocals. A Netflix documentary film titled "BTS: The Return," which traces the band's production process for the new release, is also set to premiere at 4 p.m. on Friday.
Mar 27, 20265:15 AM
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BTS' 'Arirang' shatters own records with 4.17 million first-week sales
BTS set a new industry benchmark with the group's latest album, "Arirang," selling approximately 4.17 million copies in its first week, according to data released Friday by music sales tracker Hanteo Chart. This surpasses the group's own previous record of 3.37 million copies held by its 2020 release "Map of the Soul: 7." "Arirang" achieved million-seller status within just 10 minutes of its launch and moved 3.98 million units on the first day alone, marking the highest single-day sales figure f
Mar 27, 20264:43 PM
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Watch: BTS Takes 3rd Win For “SWIM” On “Music Bank”; Performances By Yuna, Moonbyul, And More
BTS has taken their third win for “SWIM”! On the February 13 episode of “Music Bank,” BTS’s “SWIM” was announced as the winner with 10,703 points over 3,042 points for IVE’s “BANG BANG.” Congratulations to BTS! This week’s “Music Bank” featured performances by AB6IX, ALL(H)OURS, AmbiO, AtHeart, Baby DONT Cry, cosmosy, CSR, DIGNITY, H1-KEY, NouerA,… The post appeared first on .
Mar 27, 20265:32 AM
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NCT 127, TXT, ZEROBASEONE to headline KCON LA 2026
K-pop boy groups NCT 127, Tomorrow X Together (TXT) and ZEROBASEONE will headline KCON LA 2026 this August, the event's organizer said Friday as it unveiled a star-studded lineup for the upcoming U.S. leg of the annual overseas Korean culture festival. Korean media and entertainment giant CJ ENM announced the artists for the "M Countdown" show, the festival's signature K-pop concert series. Each headliner will perform an expanded one-hour set, offering a concert-scale experience to global fans. The Los Angeles event is scheduled for Aug. 14-16 at Crypto.com Arena and the Los Angeles Convention Center. It follows the festival's 2026 kick-off in Japan, which will take place from May 8-10 at Makuhari Messe in Chiba. According to the organizer, NCT 127, celebrating its 10th anniversary this year, will be joined by Zerobaseone, which recently recorded its sixth consecutive million-seller album, and TXT, which is currently preparing for a highly anticipated comeback. The U.S. lineup also features a diverse array of rising K-pop acts, including ILLIT, izna, Meovv, P1Harmony, TREASURE and &Team.
Mar 27, 20265:10 AM
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NCT 127, TXT, Zerobaseone to headline KCON LA 2026
SEOUL, March 27 (Yonhap) -- K-pop boy groups NCT 127, Tomorrow X Together (TXT) ...
Mar 27, 20262:27 AM
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BTS' 'Arirang' sells record 4.17 million copies in debut week
K-pop megastars BTS' latest album, "Arirang," sold about 4.17 million copies in its first week, data from music sales tracker Hanteo Chart showed Friday. Released last Friday, the album broke the group's own record for first-week sales, exceeding its previous mark of 3.37 million copies set by "Map of the Soul: 7" in 2020. In the K-pop industry, first-week sales are considered an important measure of an artist's popularity and fandom size. "Arirang" sold 1 million copies within about 10 minutes of its release and 3.98 million on the first day alone, the highest first-day sales of any album released in 2026, according to the group's agency BigHit Music. On Apple Music, "Arirang" has topped album charts in 115 countries and regions around the world. The album also recorded the highest first-day streaming numbers of any BTS release, making the group the most-streamed artist on Apple Music last Friday. The lead track "Swim" has stayed at No. 1 on Spotify's Daily Top Songs Global chart for six consecutive days, from March 20 to 25. In Japan, "Arirang" debuted atop Oricon's weekly combined album
Mar 27, 20261:57 AM
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BTS' 'Arirang' tops Apple Music charts in 115 countries
K-pop megastar BTS has topped Apple Music's global albums chart in 115 countries and regions with its new album, "Arirang," the streaming platform said Friday. The album's main track "Swim" also led the platform's global streaming chart, while all songs from the release entered the Today's Top 100: Global ranking as of Friday, according to Apple Music. The company said BTS recorded the highest daily streaming total ever by an artist on the day of the album's release last Friday. The K-pop septet staged a free concert for tens of thousands of fans at Gwanghwamun in central Seoul on Saturday before flying to the United States, where it held a Spotify event in New York on Monday and appeared on NBC's "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon" on Wednesday.
Mar 27, 20261:57 AM
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Foreigners account for 25% of BTS comeback concert crowd
Foreigners accounted for a quarter of attendees of K-pop group BTS' comeback concert in downtown Seoul last weekend, city data showed Friday. A total of 19,170 foreigners attended the event at Gwanghwamun Square on Saturday evening, accounting for about 25 percent of 75,927 people in the area at the time, according to the data from the Seoul city government. Among the foreigners, 13,898 were long-term visitors, indicating that most of them were residents in the country, such as students, not tourists, the latest data showed. The city earlier gave real-time estimates of up to 48,000 people in the area, but a city official said the latest figures are more accurate as they are based on base station data. By nationality, 1,740 Thais are presumed to have attended the event, followed by 1,184 Vietnamese, 1,126 Indians and 1,098 Japanese, according to the data, which also analyzes foreigner entry statistics. Police had initially expected the concert to draw up to 260,000 people, prompting strict crowd control and safety measures.
Mar 27, 20261:54 AM
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BTS tops 115 Apple charts, selling 4.17m in 1 week
The fifth studio album from BTS, “Arirang,” sold 4.17 million copies in one week, a career-best for the septet, Big Hit Music said Friday, citing a local data firm. The album dropped on March 20 and sold 3.98 million copies on the day of its release, easily surpassing the first-week sales of its previous LP, “Map of the Seoul: 7,” in 2020. It landed atop Apple Music albums charts in 102 regions and added 13 more by Friday, notching No. 1 spots on Oricon’s weekly, weekly combined and weekly digit
Mar 27, 20261:45 AM
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NCT’s Taeyong to roll out 1st solo LP: report
Taeyong of NCT is returning as a solo musician, according to a local media report Friday. He is gearing up to drop a digital single next month, followed by a studio album, his first, due out in May. The digital single, however, is not a prerelease from the upcoming set, as is practically the rule in the K-pop scene these days. Taeyong’s first solo endeavor was EP “Shalala” in June 2023. He further solidified his solo music spectrum with second EP “Tap,” released in February 2024, before he enlis
Mar 27, 20263:07 AM
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Cha Hak Yeon, N.Flying’s Kim Jae Hyun, And More Inspire Kim Hyang Gi’s BL Novel In New Drama
Upcoming drama “Absolute Value of Romance” has unveiled character posters of its five leads! “Absolute Value of Romance” tells the story of high school student Yeo Eui Ju (Kim Hyang Gi), who secretly writes a BL novel featuring her handsome teachers as the main characters. However, when she winds up running into these teachers in… The post appeared first on .
Mar 27, 20262:21 AM
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Park Jinyoung And Kim Min Ju Are Separated By Unexpected Incidents In “Still Shining”
Park Jinyoung and Kim Min Ju are about to attempt a long-distance relationship for the second time on JTBC’s “Still Shining”! Starring GOT7’s Park Jinyoung and IZ*ONE’s Kim Min Ju, “Still Shining” is a new drama about young people who once shared a world of their own and gradually become the light in one another’s… The post appeared first on .
Mar 27, 20261:48 AM
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BTS Achieves Their Highest 1st-Week Sales Yet With “ARIRANG”
BTS has set a new personal record with their latest album! Last week, BTS made their long-awaited comeback with their fourth full-length album “ARIRANG” on March 20. By the end of the day, “ARIRANG” had already sold over 3.9 million copies, smashing BTS’s previous first-week sales record of 3,378,633 (set by their 2020 album “Map… The post appeared first on .
Mar 27, 20261:26 AM
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BTS To Release “SWIM” Remixes For Each Member
Get ready for seven new remixes of BTS’s latest hit! On March 27, BIGHIT MUSIC announced that they would be releasing seven different “member remixes” of “SWIM,” the title track of BTS’s new album “ARIRANG,” later that same day at 1 p.m. KST. BTS’s new remix album “KEEP SWIMMING” will contain nine tracks, including the… The post appeared first on .
Mar 27, 20265:32 AM
TWS lands on Rolling Stone’s ‘Future 25,’ set for Seoul fan meeting this week
K-pop group TWS has made it to Rolling Stone magazine’s “Future 25” list, earning recognition as one of the acts the publication sees as likely to help shape the future of music. Rolling Stone announced this year’s “Future 25” list on its website Thursday. The annual project selects 25 artists or industry figures expected to influence the direction of music, and this year’s lineup included TWS. “The most exciting and energetic young K-pop groups today,” the magazine wrote in introducing the group. “They’ve won praise for their music, their stage presence, and their model-like visuals.” Rolling Stone said the six-member group has embraced a feel-good pop sound built on retro influences, lush harmonies and clever wordplay. It also described “Overdrive,” the title track of TWS’ fourth mini album “playhard,” as a viral hit. In an interview with Rolling Stone, TWS said the boyhood pop genre — the term which the group uses to define its music — is ever widening and broadening. “It could be exciting, it could bring peace and comfort, or it could deliver po
Mar 27, 20261:23 AM
SHINee’s Taemin drops 1st English-language single
Taemin of SHINee is unveiling his first digital single in English on Friday, according to Galaxy Corp. “Long Way Home” comes ahead of his festival debut at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio, California, where he will hit the stage on April 11 and 18. He is set to become the first male K-pop solo artist to join the festival lineup. The lyrical pop ballad tinged with R&B is the first new music he is releasing since he signed with the new agency earlier this month. From April 1,
Mar 27, 20261:14 AM
BTS' 'Arirang' tops Apple Music charts in 115 countries
K-pop megastar BTS has topped Apple Music's global albums chart in 115 countries and regions with its new album, "Arirang," the streaming platform said Friday. The album's main track "Swim" also led the platform's global streaming chart, while all songs from the release entered the Today's Top 100: Global ranking as of Friday, according to Apple Music. The company said BTS recorded the highest daily streaming total ever by an artist on the day of the album's release last Friday. The K-pop septet