On July 19 at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey, the 2026 FIFA World Cup final will do something no World Cup final has done since the first tournament in 1930: stop for a halftime show. FIFA and Global Citizen confirmed in a joint announcement on May 14 that BTS, Madonna, and Shakira will co-headline the performance, curated by Coldplay's Chris Martin. Sesame Street and Muppets characters will also appear, in keeping with the show's stated focus on children's education.
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Three awards in one night, and the first one - Artist of the Year - they've won before. In 2021, BTS became the first Asian act to take the fan-voted top prize at the American Music Awards. Monday at MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, they did it again.
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Grammy-winning producer Derrick Milano, who contributed to six tracks on BTS's ARIRANG, says the album meets Grammy standards — and with "Swim" becoming the first 2026 song to hit 500 million Spotify streams, the conversation about a K-pop Grammy win is no longer hypothetical.
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LISA, Anitta, and Rema released "Goals," the official FIFA World Cup 2026 anthem on May 21, racking up 2.7 million views in 24 hours. The trio will perform live at the opening ceremony at Los Angeles Stadium on June 12.
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ATEEZ announced Golden Hour: Part.5 with a teaser released May 22, setting a June 26 release date — four months after Part.4 debuted at No. 3 on the Billboard 200 and sold over one million physical copies.
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BTS will make a special appearance at the 2026 American Music Awards on May 25 in Las Vegas, competing for Artist of the Year, Song of the Summer, and Best Male K-Pop Artist — their first award show appearance in four years.
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BTS will broadcast their June 13 Busan concert live to over 3,800 theaters in 80+ countries as part of the Arirang World Tour. Tickets go on sale May 28, with Korean sales at 10 a.m. KST and global sales from 10 p.m. KST.
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Seoul police have concluded that the AI-fabricated voice recording and edited KakaoTalk screenshots used to accuse actor Kim Soo-hyun of underage dating were manufactured. An arrest warrant hearing for YouTuber Kim Se-ui is set for May 26.
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MC Mong went live on TikTok on May 18–19 to deny allegations of illegal gambling and an affair, naming Kim Min-jong, Baekhyun, and The Boyz in an escalating dispute over One Hundred Label's collapse.
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ATEEZ will headline BST Hyde Park in London on June 28, 2026 — their only UK date of the year. Artist presale is open now; general on-sale begins May 29 via Ticketmaster UK.
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