The number landed on Monday. "Seven (feat. Latto)," Jungkook's 2023 solo debut single, crossed 3 billion streams on Spotify - the first time any Asian artist has reached that threshold with a single track in the platform's history. BigHit Music confirmed the milestone on Tuesday. As of this writing, "Seven" is the only song by an Asian artist in Spotify's all-time Top 100 most-streamed tracks, sitting at No. 64.
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At midnight KST on June 22, JYP Entertainment released a teaser for "Run It" - Stray Kids' first music in seven months - and announced, in the same post, that a full album called This & That would follow on August 7, and that a new world tour of the same name was coming. No slow build. No separate announcements spaced across weeks. One midnight drop, three reveals.
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Ryeowook's 10th anniversary solo single Runaway is a three-track pop-rock release that makes a credible case for a new sonic direction, with a summer-themed title track that keeps his signature vocal precision intact while adding genuine musical edges.
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EVAN's debut solo single Ride or Die is a two-track release that swaps the R&B expectations fans brought from his ENHYPEN years for alt-rock and hyperpop, with a committed title track that establishes a new direction more convincingly than it fully executes it.
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Seventeen confirmed that Mingyu, DK, Seungkwan, Vernon, and Dino will begin mandatory military service in the second half of 2026 during an emotional Carat Land fan meeting at Incheon Asiad Main Stadium, with the full OT13 reunion projected for 2028.
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Seventeen's new unit V8 — Vernon and The8 — debuts June 29 with an eight-track mini-album featuring production from Pharrell Williams, Mechatok, and DPR, followed by concert dates in Goyang and Hong Kong in July.
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K-pop in 2026 is splitting along gender lines, with girl groups converging on house and techno optimized for algorithmic virality while boy groups like TXT and BoyNextDoor return to melodic dance-pop built for live performance — a divide that reflects two different theories of how music travels in a streaming-and-touring economy.
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BTS has added a third show in Jakarta (December 29, 2026) and Bulacan (March 16, 2027) for the Arirang World Tour following sellouts, with ARMY Membership presale opening June 19 via tiket.com and Ticketmaster Philippines respectively.
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BTS's "Swim" has charted eight consecutive weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 at No. 43, with the "Merry Go Round" music video dropping June 19 as the Arirang World Tour prepares its first European stops in Madrid on June 26–27.
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Secret's first comeback in 12 years, Secret Flavor, delivers a strong title track in "ICE CREAM" and a capable new member in Yebin, but the partial lineup — Hyosung and Zinger without Jieun and Sunhwa — and thin b-sides make this a nostalgia vehicle more than a full artistic statement.
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