Feb 16, 2026 PM EST - Hannah
IVE appeared on JTBC Newsroom on February 15 to discuss their February 23 comeback with "REVIVE+." The article highlights their three-year Golden Disc Awards streak, Wonyoung's lyric writing for "BANG BANG," and their ongoing world tour expansion across multiple continents.
Feb 16, 2026 PM EST - Hannah
Starship Entertainment's rookie girl group KiiKiii celebrated their first Lunar New Year with fans by releasing Princess Hours-inspired concept photos, while their latest single "404 (New Era)" reached number one on Melon TOP100 just 16 days after release.
Feb 16, 2026 PM EST - Hannah
BTS became the first Korean artist to appear on GQ magazine covers across 15 countries simultaneously on February 13, ahead of their March 20 album release "ARIRANG" and Netflix-streamed comeback concert at Gwanghwamun Square on March 21.
Feb 16, 2026 PM EST - Hannah
WJSN celebrated the 2026 Seollal in traditional hanbok ahead of their 10th anniversary on February 25, thanking fans as their hit song "As You Wish" topped Korean music charts for the seventh consecutive New Year's Day.
Feb 13, 2026 PM EST - Hannah
BTS will broadcast their April 11 Goyang and April 18 Tokyo 'ARIRANG' world tour concerts live to 3,500+ theaters in 75 countries, with tickets on sale February 25 — offering fans locked out of sold-out stadiums a chance to watch the group's long-awaited comeback on the big screen.
Feb 13, 2026 PM EST - Hannah
IVE covers Cosmopolitan Korea's March 2026 issue with seven covers — one group shot and six solo — each themed around lyrics from the group's own songs, with interviews released ahead of their second full-length album REVIVE+ dropping February 23.
Feb 13, 2026 PM EST - Hannah
HYBE posted record 2025 revenue of $1.86 billion as BTS prepares a long-awaited full-group comeback with their album ARIRANG, KATSEYE becomes the first girl group since Destiny's Child to place two songs simultaneously in the Billboard Hot 100 top 30, and Latin newcomers Santos Bravos earn a Premio Lo Nuestro nomination just three months after debuting — validating Bang Si-hyuk's multi-market expansion strategy ahead of what analysts project will be the company's strongest year yet.
Feb 13, 2026 PM EST - Hannah
KATSEYE will perform at Lollapalooza Argentina, Chile, and Brazil in March 2026, joining headliners Sabrina Carpenter, Chappell Roan, and Tyler, the Creator, before heading to Coachella in April.
Feb 12, 2026 PM EST - Hannah
KiiiKiii's "404 (New Era)" reached No. 1 on Melon's TOP100 just 16 days after release and topped every major Korean streaming platform, while the group swept three consecutive music show wins — Show! Champion, Show! Music Core, and M! Countdown — all within a single comeback cycle for their second EP Delulu Pack.
Feb 12, 2026 PM EST - Hannah
BTS member Jimin's solo single "Who" has become the first and only K-pop solo song to spend 80 weeks on the Billboard Global Excl. U.S. chart, a milestone achieved without any Western collaborations and largely while Jimin was completing his mandatory South Korean military service.
Feb 12, 2026 PM EST - Hannah
ZEROBASEONE will continue as a five-member group — Sung Han-bin, Kim Ji-woong, Seok Matthew, Kim Tae-rae, and Park Gun-wook — after Zhang Hao, Ricky, Kim Gyu-vin, and Han Yu-jin depart following the completion of their project contract, with all nine members set to perform together one final time at Seoul's KSPO Dome on March 13–15, 2026.
Feb 11, 2026 PM EST - Hannah
IVE's pre-release single "BANG BANG" topped Melon's HOT100 and YouTube's worldwide music video trending chart within 48 hours of its February 9 release, charting across 26 iTunes markets ahead of the group's second studio album REVIVE+, due February 23, 2026.
Feb 11, 2026 PM EST - Hannah
EJAE, the Korean-American singer-songwriter behind "Golden" from Netflix's KPop Demon Hunters, made history on February 1, 2026 as the first K-pop artist to win a Grammy Award, then announced her November 7 wedding to music producer Sam Kim — capping a remarkable rise from rejected SM Entertainment trainee to the defining K-pop story of 2026.
Feb 11, 2026 PM EST - Hannah
Seoul police are deploying counterterrorism units and dividing Gwanghwamun Square into 15 security zones ahead of BTS's free comeback concert on March 21, 2026, where crowds could reach 260,000 — nearly 14 times the venue's official capacity.
Feb 11, 2026 PM EST - Hannah
A South Korean hobbyist painter, Kim Young-mi, won the 2025 Incheon International Art Exhibition with an oil portrait of BTS member Jin (Kim Seok-jin), which is now on public display at Pine Country Club in Dangjin, South Chungcheong Province.
Feb 12, 2026 PM EST - Hannah
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