BTS has just unveiled the title of their new digital single, "Dynamite"! Scheduled to be released on the 21st, BTS posted the explosive logo on their official SNS on Monday, and they also replaced their SNS profile background with the new logo that features pastel colors, drawing attention from fans around the world.
Back in January 2020, Ilgan Sports released their annual survey for K-pop Idols. For this 2020's survey, 116 idols across 24 groups had taken part and answered it. One of the questions asked was which male K-Pop idol has the hottest body.
“Get in line, Ms. Han Hye Jin!” Korea’s top model, Han Hye Jin, who also represents the country in New York fashion runways, confessed on the national TV broadcast how she likes BTS Jungkook a lot in the recent episode of KBS Joy’s Love Nagger Season #3.
A handsome or a pretty face is one of the common grounds of K-pop idols, and this is also their ticket to the entertainment industry. K-pop idols who have great visuals are definitely admired by many. They easily get the attention without sweat.
The Korea Tourism Organization recently revealed the results of their international survey. The survey was answered by 12,000 worldwide K-Pop fans which revealed numerous things about K-Pop fans over the age of 50 years old. Curious which groups their favorites are? Check it out here!
These K-Pop groups and idols’ influence and dominance are indeed massive! Due to their successful songs that draw the attention of K-pop enthusiasts around the world, they are able to reach 1 Billion Views on YouTube, which is huge milestone in the K-pop industry!
BTS thrilled fans after confirming that they will release an English song! According to Big Hit Entertainment on the community platform Weverse and BTS's official Twitter account on July 27, "The digital single of BTS will be released on August 21st." The members also confirmed the date of the upcoming release.
Previously, TIME magazine revealed the collector's edition bookazine cover that features BTS in full color. It was met with backlash from fans for the alleged poor quality of the cover, slamming TIME for making the group look bad.
The Korean Business Research Institute has released its brand reputation rankings for K-Pop groups for the month of July. To determine which groups make the list, they analyzed trends such as consumer participation, community awareness, and news coverage
Despite liking all the members of these K-pop groups for being all-rounders, there are still members who shine the most for their looks, or also called as the "visuals/face" of the group. Most of the time, this title isn't only given to a specific member, but usually composed of two to four members in every group. Often, this is referred to as the "visual line" as well.
These idols are not only praised for their outstanding visuals and for their amazing talent, but also for how staggeringly tall they are!
BTS is taking a new leap as brand ambassadors for the world-famous ice cream brand, Baskin-Robbins. On July 24, Baskin-Robbins Korea launched the TV commercial "[Baskin-Robbins X BTS] Bangtan is Baskin-Robbins Launch TVCF" on its official YouTube channel.
TIME magazine revealed the collector's edition magazine cover that features BTS in full color. While many are happy for BTS for bagging another TIME magazine cover, many ended up disappointed because of the alleged poor quality of the cover, slamming TIME for making the group look bad.
Superstar global boy group BTS officially have five Guinness World Records under their belt! Guinness World Records announced on its website on July 22, that BTS's live concert "BANG BANG CON: The Live" broke the record of "Live Streaming Concert With The Most Views."
BTS recently announced its collaboration with Baskin-Robbins Korea. Today, the "BTS 7" cake was finally unveiled to the public. It's a number seven-shaped cake made up of seven varieties of ice cream flavor.
BTS has been announced to be one of the participants of the iHeart Radio Music Festival, hosted by the US online radio platform iHeartRadio. They officially unveiled the lineup for this year's festival on the 21st (local time). Other world-class stars such as Coldplay, Miley Cyrus, Khalid, Kane Brown, Usher, and many more
BTS member Jimin's solo song "Promise" is now the second most streamed song on SoundCloud! The song had replaced "1.5- XO TOUR Lif3 (Produce By TM88) by Lil Uzi Vert with over 225 million streams. The song is just one spot behing XXXTENTACION's song "F*ck Love (feat. Trippie Redd).
BTS's V self-composed OST "Sweet Night" has just topped the iTunes Chart in its 109th country, Switzerland. The song had broken numerous record and maintained its position on the charts despite being unpromoted. V is the first and only artist in the world to have a song chart at #1 in 109 countries. The song is an OST for the drama "Itaewon Class". The song is sang entirely in English.
While K-Pop companies sign on numerous trainees every year, they let go of many as well. Whether it be because they didn't make the cut in their assessments or they broke a rule, any trainee can be kicked out at any moment.
BLACKPINK and BTS are setting the newest global fashion trend with the re-invention of the traditional Korean clothing, hanbok. With the touch of both the traditional and modern Korean attire, these two phenomenal groups contribute to popularizing this new synthesized style.