According to the music industry tracker Hanteo Chart, a total of 550,170 copies of the EP were sold in its first week of release. This is the highest sales figure for a debut EP by a female K-pop solo artist in its first week of release. According to Yuqi’s agency, Cube Entertainment, all of the songs on the seven-track EP, including the lead track “Freak”, have charted on Melon’s daily Hot 100 chart. “Yuq1” topped the iTunes Top Albums chart in six regions, including Russia and Chile, and the iTunes Top K-Pop Music Albums chart in 15 regions, including the US, UK and Germany, the label said ..read more

Carats rejoice after Seventeen releases a compilation album of their greatest hits featuring a few new tracks. The album was released Monday, April 29th, and includes classic title tracks from every era of the 13-member boy band. But that isn’t the only cause for celebration – the album also boasts four new bangers, including the title track, MAESTRO, as well as “Lalali,” “Spell” and “Cheers to Youth.” The album celebrates their tenth anniversary and gives fans one last heartfelt look at their career thus far. Although it may seem like a parting gift to their fans, Seventeen hinted at what’s t ..read more

In 2016, Seventeen was one of the many Korean pop bands that performed at the Seoul World Cup Stadium for the joint Korean pop event ‘Dream Concert’. Their fanbase, Carat, filled a small section of the stadium. Eight years later, the boy band filled the arena to the rafters and entertained around 35,000 fans with their ‘Follow Again’ encore. “One of my biggest dreams started right here: When I saw the one section [of seats] where Carats were sitting, I thought we’d never fill the stadium together. It was such an unrealistic dream, but now we’ve achieved it after years of relentless running ..read more

SM Entertainment’s girl group Aespa have announced the details of their 2024 world tour, including dates and cities. The group are set to release their comeback album on the 27th of May and will embark on their SYNK: Parallel Line 2024 tour in June. Aespa will conclude their first Synk: Hyper Line world tour in Paris on 30 September 2023. The Black Mamba crooners toured 21 cities in 12 countries and performed over 31 concerts. One of the highlights of Aespa’s concerts was their carefully curated set list, which included a solo track from each of the members. K-pop girl group Aespa have announc ..read more

Enhypen’s Jay has teamed up with Japanese rock band GLAY to release the single “whodunit-GLAY×JAY(ENHYPEN) / Share” on May 29th as part of GLAY’s 30th anniversary. Jay will be featuring on the single’s lead track “whodunit-GLAY × JAY(ENHYPEN)” and is also responsible for writing the lyrics, the singer’s label Belift Lab announced on Thursday. This is the first time that the Enhypen member has written lyrics in Japanese. He is said to have written the lyrics for ‘Sweet Venom’, the lead track of the band’s fifth EP ‘Orange Blood’. For the 30th anniversary of our debut, we decided that we would p ..read more

BB Girls’ Yujeong has left the four-member girl group, it was announced by BB Girls Company on Monday. The group will continue their activities as a trio under their new label, BB Girls Company, which will be under the management of their partner company GLG, which is another entertainment agency. BB Girls had recently ended their contract with Warner Music Korea, the agency said. We express our gratitude toward Yujeong, who’s been with BB Girls for so long and always did her best, and we wish her the best, BB Girls Company BB Girls made their debut in 2011 under the name Brave Girls, but wer ..read more

Korea Joong Ang Daily is reporting that girl group NewJeans are set to return to the K-pop scene in May as planned, despite the ongoing dispute between HYBE and its subsidiary ADOR. “NewJeans will be making a comeback in Korea with a new single in May, regardless of whether ADOR CEO Min Hee-jin cooperates with HYBE or not”. Despite the ongoing dispute, the source said that “it is their duty to move forward according to plan and HYBE’s duty”. NewJeans are due to release a new single in Korea on 24th May and make their Japanese debut on 21st June with the singles ‘Supernatural’ and ‘Right Now ..read more

ILLIT has set a new Spotify record with their track Magnetic as the fastest K-pop group debut song to hit 100 million streams. Know more. In just under a month since their debut, ILLIT has already etched their name in Spotify’s record books. Their first song, Magnetic, has shattered the record as the fastest K-Pop group debut to reach 100 million streams. Comprising five talented members – Yunah, Minju, Moka, Wonhee, and Iroha – ILLIT is already making waves in the music scene. Their debut song has received immense love from fans. BELIFT LAB, ILLIT’s agency made it official on April 22 that as ..read more

Singer and rapper Jay Park is set to launch a new music series called “Jay Park Season” with the first single “Jay Park Season 1” on 25 April. “‘Jay Park Season’ will be a series that contains the new journey of Jay Park in 2024 and the music world he has built so far,” his agency More Vision said on Friday. “Jay Park Season 1” is a two-track single with the lead track “Your/My” and the B-side track “Like I Do”. More details about the music will be revealed in the coming days. In the past year, Park released the single “Yesterday” and the digital single “Candy (feat. Zion.T)” and “Why”. He als ..read more

The encore concert will take place three months after the bands’ first solo concert in Korea called “Island: Finally We Landed” in February last year. The May concert will be held at the Yes24 Live Hall music venue in eastern Seoul. Tickets will go on sale to members of the fan club at Yes24 Ticket from 8pm on 24 April. The general public will be able to purchase tickets from 8pm on 26 April. Omega X had their debut as an 11 member boy band under Spire Entertainment in 2021. The band left Spire Entertainment in December 2022 and joined IPQ Entertainment in May 2023. The 11 members of the group ..read more