Baekhyun of EXO talked about his new EP, “Bambi,” at an online media conference Tuesday. 　 “Through ‘Bambi,’ you will be able to see that Baekhyun has grown from a boy into a young man,” said the artist, adding that fans would feel his maturity as a 30-year-old (Korean age). He agonized over how to be sexy without coming on too strong, he added. 　 The EP, his third as a soloist, consists of six R&B tracks. One, “Amusement Park,” was dropped

K-pop March 30, 2021

  Hoshi of Seventeen floated two concept photos for his first solo gig at midnight on Monday. 　 Befitting the title of the mixtape, “Spider,” the idol struck a pose amid an entangled web, against a bold red backdrop. 　 He is coming out with his first solo mixtape on April 2 that will be rolled out on major music sites including iTunes, Spotify and Apple Music as well as global platform SoundCloud, said agency Pledis Entertainment. 　 Hoshi has been leading the performance team

K-pop March 29, 2021

  Kang Daniel has announced the name of his title track from his upcoming EP - “Antidote.” 　 His agency Connect Entertainment posted a video snippet of his new EP “Yellow” at Friday midnight along with the title of the lead track. The musician participated in writing the lyrics for the alternative R&B number infused with rock, a signal that he is attempting to push the limits of his musical spectrum. 　 “It will be interesting to see how the story weaves in

K-pop March 26, 2021

Rose of Blackpink is taking the world by storm with her solo work. 　 The dance video for “On the Ground” from her solo debut album, “R,” surpassed 10 million views just two days after release, said label YG Entertainment on Thursday. 　 The music video went on to amass over 116 million views on YouTube, raising expectations that it could reach the 200 million milestone in record time for a K-pop female solo artist. It was the most watched music video in the world over

K-pop March 25, 2021

Baekhyun of EXO will croon love-themed songs on “Bambi,” his upcoming EP. 　 He revealed the list of all six tracks from the R&B-based EP, his third. In the title track, he sings about mature love to the tune of poetic guitar sounds. “Love Scene” describes the feeling of a person who falls in love as if they were experiencing a scene from a movie. Rising American R&B singer-songwriter Tone Stith wrote the heartwarming melody for “All I Got,” and SM E

K-pop March 24, 2021

  NCT Dream is coming out with new music almost a year after it released its fourth EP, “Reload,” label SM Entertainment confirmed Tuesday. 　 Fans will be even more delighted to hear that Mark is returning as a member. The company changed the rules, which previously forced singers over 20 to leave the band. Although the seven members performed a new song together last year -- “Deja Vu” from NCT’s second studio album, “Resonance” -- the last time the

K-pop March 23, 2021

ITZY took fans by surprise on Sunday when a poster announcing that it will put out a new album titled “Guess Who” on April 30 was uploaded to social media. 　 It has been eight months since the group’s last EP, “Not Shy.” 　 “Keep up your expectations as our new music will be a series of surprises for you,” the band said in a recent interview with Forbes. 　 The quintet held a live fan meet event over the weekend and presented “Midzy,” a so

K-pop March 22, 2021

Stray Kids recently joined forces with international musicians to put out a mobile game song. 　 The band teamed up with Swedish producer Alesso and DJ Corsak, who hails from China, and will release a Korean version of “Going Dumb,” part of the soundtrack for Battle Ground, which will come out Friday at midnight.  Alesso is a hit EDM artist with a multi-platinum record. Corsak, who created the original version, is reaching out to a wider audience. It was rearranged to add Ko

K-pop March 19, 2021

Kang Daniel signaled an upcoming music release with a surprise teaser on Thursday. 　 He floated a “Coming Soon” poster and said he would come out with new music April 13. 　 2021 will be a turning point for the singer, he promised, saying he was putting his plan into action on the heels of the success of his previous single, “Paranoia.” 　 “Paranoia” came out last month, and within only two weeks it swept charts and television music programs. The video set

K-pop March 18, 2021

Jessi held an online showcase to mark the release of a digital single, “What Type of X,” Wednesday. 　 There wasn’t much time to produce the song and it took a toll on the singer, she confided, acknowledging with a bashful smile that she was trying not to get her hopes too high. 　 “We only had two days to shoot the music video, and it was the longest two days,” she went on, expressing her gratitude for Psy, the head of her label and collaborator on the song, for

K-pop March 17, 2021

Super Junior hosted an online media conference Tuesday and discussed its 10th studio album, “The Renaissance.” 　 “We were supposed to release it in December last year but wanted to push it to better quality,” said Leeteuk. With the LP that came out that day, fans will understand why the timeline was moved, he said confidently. 　 “EPs and singles are quite common these days but we’re coming out with an album filled with 10 tracks,” Eunhyuk went on. &ld

K-pop March 16, 2021

BTS collected eight trophies from a major Japanese music awards show, setting a record for a foreign artist. 　 According to the announcement from the 35th Japan Gold Disc Award Monday, the band was the winner in eight categories: best artist (Asia), album of the year (Asia), best three album (Asia, for two), best music videos (Asia), and song of the year by download (Asia) as well as the new awards best song of the year by streaming (Asia) and best five songs by streaming (Asia). 　 The group

K-pop March 15, 2021

Shinee is hosting an online concert on April 4, a first digital concert for the band.  Under the title “Shinee World,” the four-piece act will take to the stage and the paid concert will be livestreamed via Naver’s Beyond Live channel. This is not only the first online gig for the band but also the first standalone concert in over three years since its “Shinee World The Best 2018 ~ From Now On ~” held in Japan.  The ticket goes on sale from March 18.&

K-pop March 12, 2021

NCT 127 rose to the top of Oricon monthly chart with its second Japanese EP, said its management company SM Entertainment Thursday. The band’s “Loveholic” was rolled out in February and was given a “Gold Disc” endorsement that is awarded to albums that sold more than 100,000 units.  The EP landed at the top of Oricon’s daily albums chart and topped its weekly album charts as well as Billboard Japan’s weekly top album sales chart, LINE Music&rsqu

K-pop March 11, 2021

   Treasure is slated to officially debut in Japan on March 31, but the group is already proving to be popular. 　 The boy band dropped Japanese versions of four songs -– “Boy,” “I Love You,” “Mmm” and “My Treasure” –- early Wednesday ahead of its debut and “Boy” landed at the top of LINE Music’s real-time chart. “My Treasure,” “I Love You” and “Mmm” made the list as well,

K-pop March 10, 2021