BTS makes ‘Saturday Night Live’ debut

BTS arrives at the 61st annual Grammy Awards.PHOTO: AFP BTS on Saturday made its much-anticipated debut on NBC's "Saturday Night Live," becoming the first K-pop group to perform on one of the most popular comedy sketch series in the US. The seven bandmates -- V, Jungkook, Jimin, Suga, Jin, RM and J-Hope -- performed the track "Boy...

New BTS album featuring Halsey, Ed Sheeran hits world music scene

K-pop band BTS’ new album featuring two high-profile pop stars, Halsey and Ed Sheeran, hit the world music scene Friday, revealing the band’s stories of love, self and the outside world. Map Of The Soul: Persona, released on major online music stores Friday evening, is the opener of BTS’ new Map Of The Soul album series following their...

BTS’ ‘Boy With Luv’ is fastest video ever to top 100 million YouTube views

The video of massively popular boy band BTS’s new song has surpassed 100 million views on YouTube at the fastest pace ever. The music video for Boy With Luv, the main track off the group’s latest album, Map Of The Soul: Persona,” released Friday at 6pm, topped 100 million views at about 7.37am Sunday, according to the band’s...

Korean actor Park Bo-gum feels a deep connection to Malaysia

Do you know why Malaysia holds a special place in Park Bo-gum’s heart? That is because he left his heart in Kuala Lumpur when he kicked off his very first Asian tour in 2016-2017, basking in the love of Malaysian fans right here in December 2016. “Malaysia is where I conducted my very first fan-meet. That is...

Fans of BTS and Blackpink go to ‘war’ as their idols release new albums

The albums from BTS and Blackpink are supposed to lift K-pop from its current scandals. But another controversy has blown up over tactics used by the fans of the two groups in the battle to conquer the album charts. There is talk that Blackpink fans paid streaming service Spotify to ensure that a Blackpink advertisement is...