Tag: Music

NewJeans Drops Single ‘OMG’. Here’s Where It Charted In The Middle East.

K-Pop rookie group NewJeans kicked off the new year with the single 'OMG.' New single The lyrics of the hip-hop, R&B track talks about the desire to get close to a love interest for the first time, with awkward distance and cautious emotion. According to the album's distributor YG Plus, preorders for 'OMG'…

January 2, 20230Comments

BLACKPINK’s Jisoo To Make Solo Debut This Year

YG Entertainment has revealed BLACKPINK's Jisoo will be making her solo debut this year. Solo debut Her agency revealed that the K-Pop artist is currently working on recording songs and dedicating the time she has while on a world tour with her bandmates. While she completed shooting the album's jacket cover, details on the concept…

January 2, 20230Comments

December 30, 20220Comments

ATEEZ Closes 2022 With Powerful Comeback, Charts High In Middle East

ATEEZ closed the year with a powerful comeback! iTunes ranking The album dominated in Saudi Arabia, taking top place on the iTunes Top Albums chart — and the only country in the region. Songs from ATEEZ's previous releases, alongside the new lead 'Halazia' took over the iTunes albums chart. The lead song charted within the…

December 30, 20220Comments

iKON Ends Contract With YG Entertainment

YG Entertainment has announced that all six members — Jay, Song, Bobby, DK, Ju-ne, and Chan — of the boy band iKON have mutually agreed to end their exclusive seven-year contracts with the agency. iKON's contract termination "Apart from the end of the contract, all six members will act as a group: iKON," the…

December 28, 20220Comments

BTS, BLACKPINK Among Top K-Pop Artists On Anghami In 2022

From concerts to SM Entertainment expanding its footprint in Saudi Arabia, there is no doubt that K-Pop had a great year in the Middle East. Taking the top spot as the reigning K-Pop artist on Anghami, a music streaming platform and distribution company operating in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), in 2022…

December 27, 20220Comments

Business

Weverse Fandom Report 2022: Here’s What To Know

Weverse recorded 330 million posts from 53.9 million users in 245 nations in 2022, according to the fan platform’s year-end report, up 17.9 million from last year. Fandom trend The ‘2022 Weverse Fandom Trend,' which analyzed this year’s most popular trends and contents, revealed the app launched 44 new communities this year, bringing the…

December 26, 20220Comments

Here’s The Behind-The-Scenes Look Of Jung Kook’s ‘Dreamers’ MV In Qatar

BIGHIT MUSIC released a behind-the-scenes look of Jung Kook's music video for the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 soundtrack 'Dreamers.' The video shows the BTS member shooting at Qatar's tourism landmarks, including the Spice Market at Souq Waqif as well taking a photo with a falcon on his hand and meeting Qatari singer Fahad…

December 26, 20220Comments

BIGBANG’s Taeyang Signs With The Black Label

BIGBANG's Taeyang has signed with The Black Label, a subsidiary of YG Entertainment run by Teddy Park. YG departure "We're truly happy to announce Taeyang's new start. There is no change in his status as YG family and a member of BIGBANG," his former agency YG said, according to Yonhap News Agency. "Since we know…

December 25, 20220Comments

These Artists Dropped New Christmas Tunes

It's that time of year when it's perfectly acceptable to blast the best Christmas songs on loud. And whether it's carols, classics, or new hits, one can't go not having a K-Pop playlist to ring in the holidays. Here are artists who've blessed the holidays with new wintry tunes: 1. Verivery 2. Weeekly 3. NCT’s…