More than 40,000 scouts attending the “K--pop Super Live” concert in Seoul on Aug. 11 as part of the closing ceremony of the 2023 World Scout Jamboree will get photocard sets featuring BTS. HYBE, the company managing BTS, announced that it has provided 43,000 BTS photocard sets free of...
BTS member V will release his solo album next month while the chief executive officer (CEO) of HYBE confirmed that Jungkook will release his solo album in the second half of the year. Big Hit Music, BTS’ agency, announced on Aug. 8 that V will come out with his solo album titled...
HYBE, the parent company of K-pop acts BTS, Seventeen, TXT, ENHYPEN and NewJeans, is now officially the single largest shareholder in SM Entertainment, the agency that manages artists like EXO, NCT, Aespa, Red Velvet, Girls’ Generation, Super Junior and TVXQ. (Clockwise from top) BTS, EXO,...
HYBE, the agency of K-pop acts BTS, Seventeen, TXT and ENHYPEN, announced that it will debut new K-pop groups this year to join its lineup of artists. During the company’s conference call for its 2022 fourth quarter earnings on Feb. 21, CEO Park Jiwon revealed the plans of the company. HYBE,...
HYBE, the agency of K-pop acts BTS, Seventeen, TXT and ENHYPEN, has denied SM Entertainment management’s accusations that its entry into the company was a “hostile takeover.” The company’s position was revealed during a conference call by HYBE’s CEO Park Jiwon and Chief Financial Officer...
The battle for who is going to take control of K-pop agency SM Entertainment, which manages acts like EXO, NCT, Aespa and Red Velvet, continued with a new salvo. On Feb. 20, SM Entertainment uploaded a video titled “The reason why SM is against HYBE's hostile takeover” with Chief Financial...
HYBE, the parent Korean entertainment company of K-pop stars BTS, Seventeen, ENHYPEN and Tomorrow X Together, will become the largest shareholder of SM Entertainment, which manages EXO, NCT and Aespa. In a financial disclosure filed on Feb. 10, HYBE announced that it has entered into a stock...
HYBE announced the future activities of its K-pop artists including BTS, Tomorrow X Together (TXT), Seventeen, Fromis 9 and ENHYPEN. The company held its “2022 HYBE Briefing with the Community” in a video uploaded on YouTube on Nov. 10 where it discussed various aspects of operations and the...
HYBE Corp., the parent company of music labels managing K-pop artists such as BTS, Seventeen, TXT, ENHYPEN, Le Sserafim and Fromis 9, reported record revenues and profit in the second quarter of 2022. During the conference call to report the financial results of HYBE for the second quarter of 2022...
New K-pop girl group NewJeans made their debut on July 22 KST under HYBE’s independent label ADOR (All Doors One Room). NewJeans released their first ever music video ‘Attention” on YouTube. New K-pop girl group NewJeans (Screenshot from HYBE Labels video on YouTube) “The music they will...
New K-pop girl group Le Sserafim made their debut under Source Music on May 2 with the album “Fearless.” The members of Le Sserafim are Kim Chaewon, Sakura, Kazuha, Huh Yunjin, Kim Garam and Hong Eunchae. Le Sserafim (Source Music/HYBE) According to Korea’s Hanteo Chart, “Fearless” sold...
The live viewing event of BTS’ Seoul concert on March 12 has set the record for the highest grossing worldwide event cinema release. BTS held their “BTS Permission to Dance on Stage-Seoul” concert on March 10, 12 and 13 at the Seoul Olympic Stadium. BTS Permission to Dance on Stage-Seoul (Big...
