Babymonster garners 100m views with ‘Psycho’ music video

Babymonster generated 100 million views with the music video for “Psycho” as of Wednesday, said label YG Entertainment. It is the group’s 15th video to achieve the feat, reaching the milestone in 14 days. “Psycho” is a B-side track from Babymonster's second EP “We Go Up.” The visuals unveiled on Nov. 19 claimed the top spot on YouTube’s most-watched videos within 24 hours of its release, and stayed atop its trending music video worldwide chart for three days. The group of seven announced via a t

Dec. 4, 2025

I-dle announces tour plans for 2026

I-dle will launch its fourth international tour “Syncopation” in February next year, according to agency Cube Entertainment on Wednesday. The five-member group will kick off the trip in Seoul on Feb. 21, going live for two days at KSPO Dome. Between March and June, it will fly around five cities in Asia and two in Australia: Taipei, Bangkok, Singapore, Hong Kong and Yokohama, Japan, as well as Melbourne and Sydney. More stops will be announced later. The quintet performed at arenas in Saitama an

Dec. 4, 2025

Blackpink’s Rose ruled on Spotify this year with ‘APT.’

Rose of Blackpink ruled Spotify with her Bruno Mars collaboration, “APT.,” according to the platform on Thursday. Spotify's Wrapped 2025 — based on data compiled over the year — illustrated the single’s dominance worldwide. “APT.” was the most-streamed K-pop track globally and the third most-played overall, behind only Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars' collab “Die With A Smile” and Billie Eilish’s “Birds of a Feather.” This made her the fourth most-streamed K-pop artist globally, after BTS, Stray Kids a

Dec. 4, 2025

Jennie’s 1st solo LP makes Rolling Stone’s best albums list

Jennie of Blackpink received another token of acknowledgement for her solo music. Her first solo album “Ruby” was included in Rolling Stone magazine's “The 100 Best Albums of 2025." The list was published Wednesday in the US, with the album ranking No. 29, the highest spot for a K-pop artist. “The quick-moving ‘Ruby’ leans heavily into the ideas that dominated R&B-leaning pop in the 2000s and ’10s, sometimes updating them in intriguing fashion,” wrote the magazine, touting her “impressive abilit

Dec. 4, 2025

Blackpink’s Rose dominates Apple Music's year-end chart

Rose of Blackpink claimed the honor of the most-streamed song globally on Apple Music in 2025 with her Bruno Mars collaboration, “APT.” The music platform published its year-end charts, with the smash hit topping four of them — Top Songs of 2025: Global, Top 100: Shazam, Top 100: Global Radio and Top 100: Lyrics. “‘APT.’ was the biggest track of 2025,” Apple Music said, adding: “In a year that featured high-profile releases from Bad Bunny, Taylor Swift, Morgan Wallen, and Drake, 2025 belonged to

Dec. 3, 2025

Katseye makes NME’s best songs of 2025, logs record run on Billboard chart

Katseye’s breakout hit “Gnarly” ranked No. 5 on British music publication NME's 50 Best Songs of 2025. The song fronted its second EP, the June release “Beautiful Chaos,” but was put out in advance in April. “They unceremoniously booted all sweetness out of the picture with the attitude and divisive edge of ‘Gnarly,’” the magazine said. “Taking us on a mind-bending journey.” The experimental dance tune tallied 11 weeks on Billboard’s Hot 100 peaking at No. 90, and ranked as high as No. 52 on UK

Dec. 3, 2025

Seventeen to return to Hong Kong next year for tour

Seventeen will host another show in Hong Kong on Feb. 28 and March 1, agency Pledis Entertainment announced Wednesday. The 13-piece act will return to Kai Tak Stadium, where it drew an audience of over 70,000 at a two-day show in September. Following the news that the group is set to perform in Singapore and Bulacan, Philippines, in March, there was a surge in requests for another show in Hong Kong, and the management company decided to meet the fans' demands. This expands the group’s ongoing wo

Dec. 3, 2025

NewJeans hits 200m Spotify streams with ‘Supernatural’

NewJeans' "Supernatural" surpassed 200 million streams on Spotify as of Monday, agency Ador said Wednesday. “Supernatural” is the group’s 12th song to reach the milestone. It is the title track from its debut single in Japan, released in June last year. It was the group's last release before it halted activities in a legal dispute with its agency. “Supernatural” was the only K-pop entry on the Best Songs of 2024 list by The New York Times. The physical single sold over 1 million copies and becam

Dec. 3, 2025

Nmixx tops Melon’s monthly chart for 1st time

Nmixx nabbed the top spot on Melon’s monthly chart for November, a first for the group, label JYP Entertainment said Tuesday. The track “Blue Valentine” has been reigning atop Melon’s Top 100 as well as daily and weekly charts, since its release in mid-October, logging the longest run atop the daily chart for a K-pop group this year. With the song, the group won eight trophies from domestic television music chart shows. The single is the main track from its first studio album of the same title.

Dec. 2, 2025

Enhypen to return in mid-January: report

Enhypen is gearing up for a January comeback, according to a local media report on Monday. The band of seven will release a new album in mid-January, approximately seven months since its sixth EP “Desire: Unleash.” The mini album topped the iTunes Top Albums chart in 12 regions as well as Oricon’s Daily and Weekly Album Rankings. The eight-track set debuted on the Billboard 200 at No. 3 and stayed on the chart for five more weeks. The album sold over 2 million copies in the first week and focus

Dec. 2, 2025