"BiiiG" arrived at 6 p.m. KST Wednesday, marking BIGBANG's first release since April 2022's "Still Life" and the trio's first new music since T.O.P. announced his departure in May 2023. G-Dragon, Taeyang, and Daesung co-wrote the track alongside producers Kush, IDO, TARZZAN, lil aaron, Kaine, 24, and longtime YG collaborator Teddy - a writing credit list that spans the label's veteran hitmakers and newer names brought in for the group's 20th anniversary return.
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Recording Academy CEO Harvey Mason Jr. said Friday the organization is rethinking its two-month-old Best Asian Pop Music Performance category, weeks after BTS became the highest-profile act to refuse to submit for it. "Regardless of our intent, it has become clear that some artists feel this category does not properly represent the music they have worked so hard to create," Mason said in a statement, adding that he takes those concerns seriously "as a music creator" himself.
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All six members of NCT Dream have renewed their contracts with SM Entertainment, marking the label's second full-unit NCT renewal this summer following NCT 127 in July.
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Girls' Generation's Tiffany Young released her debut full-length solo album, "Edge of Calm," her first Korean solo material in nearly a decade, alongside an eight-city Asia tour launching in September.
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Jennie's agency, OA Entertainment, announced legal action against the creators and distributors of manipulated videos from her Summer Sonic 2026 performances, citing privacy and likeness violations.
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BOYNEXTDOOR released its second Japanese digital single, "Boom Boom Boom," three days ahead of the Japan leg of its "Knock On Vol. 2" world tour.
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LUCY vocalist Choi Sang-yeop announced his upcoming marriage to a non-celebrity partner in a handwritten letter to fans, with his agency confirming the private ceremony will take place this August.
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NMIXX announced a three-night finale for its debut world tour "EPISODE 1: ZERO FRONTIER," returning to Incheon's Inspire Arena from November 27 to 29 where the tour first began.
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TWICE's Chaeyoung announced her departure from JYP Entertainment after 14 years, becoming the second member to exit the agency this month while confirming she will remain part of the group.
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TWS's "SODA SODA" reached No. 1 on Billboard Japan's Hot 100, becoming the first K-pop song to top the chart in 2026 and the group's second Japan Hot 100 chart-topper.
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