Jul 02, 2026 AM EDT - Hannah
BABYMONSTER closed three sold-out Seoul concerts on June 28 to launch their "CHOOM" world tour, with the "I Like It" music video set for July 6 and Japan dates beginning July 8 in Kobe.
Jul 01, 2026 AM EDT - Hannah
South Korean outlet Edaily reported that BTS's Suga invested in SpaceX through a Korean venture capital firm before 2022, potentially generating returns of 20 to 40 times his initial investment following SpaceX's record-breaking June IPO. HYBE declined to comment.
Jul 01, 2026 AM EDT - Hannah
TXT's Yeonjun will perform at ABC's GMA Summer Concert Series on August 7, while LE SSERAFIM joins BTS in the lineup for the iHeartRadio Music Festival in Las Vegas on September 18–19.
Jul 01, 2026 AM EDT - Hannah
BTS broke The Rolling Stones' seven-year Billboard Boxscore record in May 2026, grossing $127.8 million from 12 shows on the Arirang World Tour — the highest monthly total by any group since the chart launched in 2019.
Jun 30, 2026 AM EDT - Hannah
BoyNextDoor wrapped promotions for "Home" on June 28 after the album became their fourth consecutive million-seller and earned the group's best-ever placements on the Billboard 200 and Japan's Oricon charts.
Jun 30, 2026 AM EDT - Hannah
Stray Kids' new single "RUN IT" topped iTunes charts in 41 countries within a day of release but failed to chart on any of South Korea's four major streaming platforms, exposing a split between the group's international and domestic reception.
Jun 30, 2026 AM EDT - Hannah
Stray Kids' "RUN IT" World Tour opens with five Seoul shows at KSPO Dome from July 25 through August 2. Global presale runs June 30 with general sale opening July 1 through NOL World.
Jun 29, 2026 PM EDT - Hannah
BTS's Arirang World Tour European leg runs June 26 through July 18 across Madrid, Brussels, London, Munich, and Paris. All official tickets are sold out; resale options remain through each country's Ticketmaster platform.
Jun 29, 2026 PM EDT - Hannah
BTS's Arirang World Tour has expanded to 88 shows across 23 countries after new dates were added in Jakarta and Bulacan, with the group also set to headline the FIFA World Cup Final halftime show on July 19 alongside Madonna and Shakira.
Jun 29, 2026 PM EDT - Hannah
Le Sserafim, Illit, and Katseye's "Iconic by Mistake" debuted at No. 38 on the Billboard Hot 100, the highest-charting K-pop girl group song of 2026, testing HYBE's multi-label strategy with measurable fanbase crossover data.
Jun 27, 2026 AM EDT - Hannah
ATEEZ's GOLDEN HOUR: Part.5 delivers a Brazilian funk title track built for stadium performance and a standout b-side in "MAMACITA," while the EP's 14-minute runtime and compressed production leave its conceptual ambitions only partially fulfilled.
Jun 27, 2026 AM EDT - Hannah
BIGBANG's Goyang stadium shows for their 20/26 World Tour sold out in 22 minutes with 210,000 simultaneous users — the highest ticketing demand in South Korea this year — as G-Dragon, Taeyang, and Daesung launch their first world tour in nine years following a momentum-building Coachella 2026 headline.
Jun 27, 2026 AM EDT - Hannah
BTS performed in Spain for the first time on June 26 at Riyadh Air Metropolitano in Madrid, opening the Arirang World Tour's European leg with a 26-song set that debuted "Merry Go Round" live and included the now-standard Busan unit stages.
Jun 25, 2026 PM EDT - Hannah
Seventeen's Joshua delivered a speech at UNESCO headquarters in Paris on June 25, representing the group as Youth Goodwill Ambassadors at the Going Together program scale-up ceremony, with 10 youth grant recipients from across the globe present alongside UNESCO Director-General Khaled El-Enany.
Jun 25, 2026 PM EDT - Hannah
BTS's Arirang topped Oricon's First-Half 2026 Album and Combined Album rankings simultaneously — a first for any non-Japanese group — while surpassing 700,000 Japanese copies sold, the first overseas male artist to reach that mark in a six-month window since Queen in 2004.
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