Tag: BTS

EXO, BTS, and BIGBANG Gain Impressive Number of New Subscribers on Naver’s V App

During the month of December, several K-Pop groups have made big increases in their number of subscribers on Naver’s V app, with EXO in particular getting a huge number of new fans on V! According to Top Star News, from December 8 to January 4, the EXO channel gained 404,568 new subscribers and has now… Continue reading EXO, BTS, and BIGBANG Gain Impressive Number of New Subscribers on Naver’s V App

Weekly K-Pop Music Chart 2016 – January Week 1

Happy New Year!  This is the first music chart of 2016. There are some changes on the chart scoring. MBC’s Music Core is no longer having a music chart, so we adjust the total TV Network ranking from 45% to 40%, while GAON chart increases from 20% to 25%. At some point this year, we… Continue reading Weekly K-Pop Music Chart 2016 – January Week 1

K-Pop Idols Share Their New Year’s Greetings

Happy New Year everyone! We hope you are all having a wonderful day! Many K-pop stars have shared their special New Year’s greetings through various SNS channels. Be sure to check out every page to see your favorite stars! BIGBANG A video posted by Lee seung ri (@seungriseyo) on Dec 31, 2015 at 8:48am PST… Continue reading K-Pop Idols Share Their New Year’s Greetings

Watch: “Music Core” 1.2.16: BTS, Lovelyz, UP10TION, and More

Today’s performing artists on MBC’s “Music Core” include BTS, Lovelyz, UP10TION, Laboum, Royal Pirates, B.I.G, Lee Ye Joon, Road Boyz, RionFive, Purfles, Super Kidd, K-Much, Jangmi, Sookhee, CocoSori, and Hooni Yoongi. Watch it streaming live below! Watch individual performances below! BTS – “Butterfly” and “RUN” UP10TION – “Catch Me” Lovelyz – “For You” and “Ah-Choo”… Continue reading Watch: “Music Core” 1.2.16: BTS, Lovelyz, UP10TION, and More

Billboard Names its Top K-Pop Picks of 2015

American music chart Billboard has wrapped up 2015 with a list of their top 20 K-pop songs, and top 10 K-pop albums of 2015! The top 20 songs list names some of the usual suspects, as well as some new faces and indie groups. At No. 20 was B1A4 with “Sweet Girl,” followed by Brown… Continue reading Billboard Names its Top K-Pop Picks of 2015

Performances from the MBC Gayo Daejejun

Capping off the year end music festivals, MBC’s Gayo Daejejun (Song Festival) rang in the new year with many of K-Pop’s biggest acts. We live recapped the show here. This year many groups covered past hit songs as special stages: B1A4 did g.o.d‘s “Lies,” Red Velvet  did S.E.S.‘ “I Love You”, UP10TION with H.O.T‘s “Candy, ” A Pink did… Continue reading Performances from the MBC Gayo Daejejun

QUIZ: Name the 2015 K-Pop Music Video From a Single Screenshot

Featuring huge budgets, awesome visuals, and sometimes crazy storylines, K-pop music videos are always fun to watch. A unique video can always make a song much more memorable for fans. Featuring the nominees from the Soompi Awards 2015 Best Music Video category, can you guess the music video from a single screenshot? The quiz is temporarily unavailable,… Continue reading QUIZ: Name the 2015 K-Pop Music Video From a Single Screenshot

BTS’s Rap Monster Unlikely to Attend MBC Gayo Daejejun

It seems that there is one more bad news left in 2015 for BTS fans, as their management agency Big Hit Entertainment revealed on December 31 that Rap Monster is unable to attend MBC Gayo Daejejun. Rap Monster fell on a slope while going through a rehearsal for another music festival on December 30, and although he… Continue reading BTS’s Rap Monster Unlikely to Attend MBC Gayo Daejejun

Performances from the 2015 KBS Song Festival

Following up to the SBS Gayo Daejun, The KBS Gayo Daechukjae (Song Festival) was the second major year end music show to air. While we live blogged the entire event last night, you can check out all the performances below. A special dance performance by  GOT7 + BTS + VIXX was definitely a fan favorite. Girl… Continue reading Performances from the 2015 KBS Song Festival