▲ Snack wars with Blackpink's Rose South Korea’s snack exports soared to a record high in February, surpassing $40 million for the first time, as global demand surged amid the sustained popularity of Hallyu, the Korean Wave.According to Korean alternative data platform KED Aicel, Korea&rs
The seven-member boy band BTS was formed in 2010 HYBE Co., the K-pop behemoth behind BTS, suffered a double-digit profit fall in the third quarter amid an ongoing feud with Min Hee-jin, the creative director of the girl group NewJeans and the absence of new albums released during the 2024 Paris
Rosé's APT., a collaboration with Bruno Mars, was released on Oct. 18 Blackpink Rosé's single APT. has debuted at No. 8 on the Billboard Hot 100, according to the music magazine Billboard on Tuesday.With the title, a collaboration with American singer and songwriter Bruno Mars, Ro
BTS Jin (Courtesy of Big Hit Music) BTS Jin released “I'll Be There,” a preview track from his first solo album, on Friday, his agency Big Hit Music announced.“I'll Be There” features an upbeat rockabilly sound, with Jin's powerful vocals over an energetic drum beat and
An Amorepacific event to mark BTS’ 10th anniversary in June 2023 While the economic impact of US singer Taylor Swift is so powerful that pundits coined words like “the Taylor Swift economy,” no less strong is the economic power of South Korean pop artists such as BTS, Blackpin
▲ Blackpink joins hands with PUBG Mobile to showcase the first in-game concert by a Kpop artist (Courtesy of K-TEACH) Blackpink, the female K-pop idol group, will hold an in-game concert, the first such event by Korean pop artists, in collaboration with Krafton Inc.'s PlayerUnknown's Battlegrou