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RM of K-pop boyband BTS has addressed the controversy surrounding a post he made about Frank Ocean‘s 2012 song ‘Bad Religion’.Earlier this month, BTS’ RM received backlash after he shared Frank Ocean’s ‘Bad Religion’ on an Instagram Story post. According to Koreaboo, the K-pop idol was called out by some for sharing what they allege to be an “Islamophobic song”, due to a line which uses the Arabic expression “Allahu Akbar“.During a August 30 live stream on the fan community platform Weverse, RM spoke out about the backlash he has received. “I know what you’re talking about, you keep telling me that I insulted a religion, but I didn’t,” he said, as translated by Koreaboo.“There was no intention to insult a religion.

K-pop boyband Tomorrow X Together (TXT) have announced their third studio album, ‘The Name Chapter: Freefall’.On August 30 at midnight KST, the five-member act unveiled a new teaser clip for ‘The Name Chapter: Freefall’. The full-length album will be released on October 13 at 1pm KST/Midnight EST.The new visual features TXT’s logo for their last mini-album, ‘The Name Chapter: Temptation’ transforming into an edgy new blue and white logo for the upcoming era.At the time of publishing, the group have yet to share details like the project’s tracklist and format.

BTS singer V has released three of his previous solo tracks on streaming platforms for the first time.On August 28, Big Hit Music shared that the idol’s solo tracks ‘Scenery’, ‘Winter Bear’ and ‘Snow Flower’ were now available via streaming services like Spotify and Apple Music. Prior to this, the three songs had only been available on SoundCloud and YouTube.BTS’ V first released ‘Scenery, his first self-composed track in January 2019, followed by ‘Winter Bear’ later that year.

BTS vocalist V has voiced his love for the recent Barbie movie.During his cover shoot for W Korea’s September issue, the K-pop idol opened up about his upcoming solo debut record ‘Layover’, due out on September 8. The singer also discussed recent happenings in his daily life, sharing that the Barbie movie had left a strong impact on him.When asked if he had watched any movies recently, V answered that he had seen Barbie, adding: “Truly, out of all the films I’ve watched recently, it had the strongest impact on me.”The singer went on to share how his love for jazz music has influenced his upcoming record.

BTS‘ V and NewJeans have met up to dance to the girl group’s hit single ‘Hype Boy’.NewJeans recently shared a new clip of BTS member V joining them in the practice studio to dance to their 2022 hit single ‘Hype Boy’ across their social media accounts.The video opens with the BTS singer posing for the camera before it pans out to reveal the NewJeans members around him as they begin to dance to the song’s choreography.Notably, both acts’ labels are under the same parent company, HYBE. V also recently teamed up with NewJeans’ label ADOR’s CEO Min Hee-jin to work on the creative direction of his upcoming debut solo record ‘Layover’.In a recent interview with W Korea, the BTS singer explained why he had decided to work with Min for his album, revealing that he was inspired by her work on girl group f(x)’s 2013 album ‘Pink Tape’ during her time under SM Entertainment.“I wanted to show a different side of my music compared to my past works and collaborating seemed like the best way to achieve that,” V shared.

V of boyband BTS has revealed the K-pop girl group that inspired his upcoming solo album, ‘Layover’.BTS’ V will officially make his solo debut in September with his first studio album ‘Layover’, which will include the songs ‘Rainy Days’ and ‘Love Me Again’. The K-pop idol’s record will be led by Min Hee-jin, the CEO of NewJeans’ label ADOR.In a new interview with W Korea, V opened up about ‘Layover’, why he decided to work with Min Hee-jin and the K-pop girl group that was the impetus for the record.“f(x)’s ‘Pink Tape’ was a big inspiration,” V revealed.

Big Hit Music has released a statement refuting claims that Jungkook of BTS‘ single ‘Seven’ was plagiarised.Earlier today (August 22), South Korean news outlet Ten Asia published a report alleging that a portion of Jungkook’s ‘Seven’ – written by Andrew Watt, Cirkut, Jon Bellion, Latto and Theron Makiel Thomas – “borrows” its “scale sequence” from K-pop girl group Fin.K.L’s 2000 song ‘Time of Mask’.In its report, Ten Asia also claimed that ‘Time of Mask’ composer Yang Joon-young requested a producer at Big Hit Music for an evaluation of the two songs.Big Hit Music has since refuted the claims made in the Ten Asia report. In a statement to My Daily, as translated by Soompi, the label said: “The claims of copyright infringement regarding Jungkook’s ‘Seven’ are not true.”“‘Seven’ is a song that was made through the collaboration of five foreign composers, and it is a creation that is completely unrelated to the song on a domestic album from 24 years ago like some are claiming,” it added.Big Hit Music also called the claims “one-sided”, and alleged that they “do not meet any criteria such as substantial similarity and principles in determining plagiarism”.‘Seven’ is Jungkook’s first official solo single, released on July 14.

RM has stated that boyband BTS will make their long-awaited return in 2025.Over the weekend on August 12, BTS’ RM hosted a livestream on the fan community platform Weverse where he opened up about the boyband’s plans for the future. Notably, BTS have been on an extended break since mid-2022 to “explore some solo projects”.During the livestream, RM spoke about how he recently spoke to Suga about the latter’s world tour and what he had learned from that experience.

BTS member V has officially announced his debut solo album, which is being titled ‘Layover’.Announced today (August 8), Big Hit Music took to social media to confirm the album, which is due for release in September. In the visualiser below, the album will be available from September 8 onwards.From V'Layover' Release23. 9.

BTS‘s Suga were the cause of a recent commotion on a Seoul subway train.Yesterday evening (August 6), South Korean police received several reports from passengers on the Seoul Subway Line 9 express train to Gimpo airport. This included over 20 reports of people allegedly getting hurt, a riot, as well as a strange smell on the train, leading to an investigation by police and firefighters, per Yonhap News.According to SBS News, panicked passengers rushed out of the train upon its arrival at Sinnonhyeon station, causing at least seven passengers to suffer “cuts and bruises” in the evacuation.

BTS rapper Suga has begun preparations for his military enlistment.Today (August 7), Big Hit Music released a statement announcing that the rapper had terminated his enlistment postponement and is currently beginning the enlistment process.Under South Korean law, all able-bodied male citizens are to serve for 18-21 months by the age of 28. The BTS members had previously been granted exemptions to defer their enlistments until they turned 30 after receiving an Order of Cultural Merit in 2018 by then-president Moon Jae-in.“We would like to inform our fans that Suga has initiated the military enlistment process by applying for the termination of his enlistment postponement,” Big Hit Entertainment said in its statement.

V (real name Kim Tae-hyung), a member of K-pop boyband BTS, has tapped NewJeans creative director Min Hee-jin for his upcoming solo album.Toda (August 2), V’s label Big Hit Music revealed to Sports Donga that the singer would be working with Min Hee-jin, the CEO of NewJean’s label ADOR, for his much-anticipated solo album. The ADOR head is set to lead the project, including elements such as the music, choreography and promotion style.Alongside the confirmation, Big Hit’s also released statements by both V and Min Hee-jin about their upcoming collaboration. “I received the offer late last year,” Min Hee-jin said, as translated by Koreaboo.

Tomorrow X Together (TXT) member Taehyun has dropped his cover of ‘Seven’ by labelmate Jungkook of BTS.Yesterday (July 31), TXT’s Taehyun released his cover of Jungkook’s ‘Seven’ on the community fan platform Weverse. For his version, the K-pop idol sang along to an instrumental version of the original.“A masterpiece, a godly song, a great song, congratulations on Number One,” Taehyun wrote in the post’s caption.

BTS’ V recently joined bandmate Jungkook on stage to perform the latter’s solo single ‘Seven’.During the July 30 episode of SBS’ music show Inkigayo, BTS’ Jungkook took first place with his new solo single ‘Seven’.

BTS member Jungkook has shared that his next solo release will be another single, followed by a mini-album by November 2023.In a new episode of BTS’ Suga’s talk show Suchwita, Jungkook appeared as a guest to discuss his recent solo debut with the single ‘Seven’ and his upcoming release plans. During the episode, the K-pop singer shared that he would be dropping his debut mini-album by November.“I have another single.

Jimin, a member of K-pop boyband BTS, has reacted to Ryan Gosling wearing his ‘Permission to Dance’ outfit in the new film Barbie.Last week, Ryan Gosling offered an acoustic guitar from the movie Barbie to Jimin as a way of apologising after he “broke the Barbie Cardinal rule”. The actor had worn the same outfit in Barbie as the K-pop idol had on in the video for BTS’ song ‘Permission to Dance’.Jimin has since reacted to Gosling in a video on Instagram. “Hi Ryan and hi Ken, it’s Jimin,” he said while holding the guitar from the movie.

Jungkook of K-pop boyband BTS has topped the Billboard Hot 100 with his solo single ‘Seven’.‘Seven’, which features American rapper Latto, debuted at Number One on the Billboard Hot 100 for the chart dated July 29, 2023, blocking Jason Aldean’s ‘Try That in a Small Town’ from the top spot.The single, which Jungkook released on July 14, is the second Hot 100 chart-topper by a South Korean solo artist, following bandmate Jimin with ‘Like Crazy’ in early-April.According to Billboard, ‘Seven’ garnered 21.9 million streams, 6.4 million in airplay audience and 153,000 combined digital and CD singles sold from July 14 to July 20.Aside from the Hot 100, ‘Seven’ also charted at Number Two on Digital Song Sales, Number Four on Streaming Songs, Number 30 on Adult Pop Airplay and Number 33 on Pop Airplay.The #Hot100 top 10 (chart dated July 29, 2023)— billboard charts (@billboardcharts) July 24, 2023‘Seven’ is also Jungkook’s seventh time at Number One on the Billboard Hot 100, having previously topped the chart with K-pop boyband BTS six times from 2020 to 2021. The group’s last chart-topper was ‘My Universe’, a collaboration with Coldplay.The song has also earned Latto her first-ever Billboard Hot 100 chart-topper.

Jungkook of K-pop boyband BTS has released four new remixes of his solo single ‘Seven’.Today (July 21), Jungkook unveiled the ‘Weekend Ver’ EP for ‘Seven’, featuring four new remixes of his new single: Lofi, Nightfall, Island and Festival. All four new versions dropped alongside video visualisers on YouTube, and are also available to listen on streaming services.The ‘Lofi Mix’ is a more laidback remix of the song, featuring jazzy horns and a backing piano melody.

J-hope, a member of boyband BTS, has opened up about his plans for 2024.J-hope recently appeared on an episode of the online talk show Suchwita, hosted by his BTS bandmate Suga. The episode was filmed prior to J-hope’s enlistment into the South Korean military in April this year. He’s expected to be discharged from military service in October 2024.During his appearance on the show, J-hope opened up about his plans for the future of his career, revealing that he has a documentary and an accompanying soundtrack in the works.“There’ll be new content about my life called Hope on the Street.

BTS member Jungkook has opened up about what it means to be a “giant pop star” and where he currently sees his own music career.The South Korean singer recently made his solo debut with the single ‘Seven’, featuring American rapper Latto. The song, which was described by his label as the start of his “official solo activities”, comes a decade after the K-pop idol made his debut as part of the boyband BTS.Speaking to Weverse Magazine on the occasion of ‘Seven”s release, Jungkook touched on his ambitions as an artist, saying that his “one big goal” is to become a “giant pop star”. The singer’s response was met with bewilderment by the interviewer, who went on to ask: “You’re already a giant pop star, aren’t you?”“No.

Tomorrow X Together (TXT) and the Jonas Brothers have dropped a new remix for their collaboration, ‘Do It Like That’.The new version of ‘Do It Like That’ is dubbed the ‘Jersey Club Remix’. The remix speed up the vocals from the original version of the song, alongside an completely reworked club-ready instrumental that features bed squeaks, twinkling synths and a bouncy bass.“Oh my God, don’t know how you do it like that / Blow my mind, then somehow you bring it right back / Yeah, oh my God, don’t know you do it like that,” the boybands sing on the chorus.TXT and Jonas Brothers first released ‘Do It Like That’ earlier this month.

V from K-pop boyband BTS has been named Cartier’s newest brand ambassador.V’s appointment as the French luxury jeweller’s new ambassador first announced today (July 19) by ELLE Singapore. According to the publication, the singer will also be the face of the brand’s new latest Panthère de Cartier campaign, as part of their new partnership.“[BTS’ V’s] distinctive characteristic as a dancer, musician and art enthusiast makes choices driven by his own creativity and shows his unique style and elegance,” Cartier said of the ambassadorship in a press statement, per The K-pop Herald..@BTS_twt V is now the ambassador of @Cartier and the new face of “Panthere de Cartier” campaign.

BTS’ Jungkook has released two new versions of his recent single, ‘Seven’.On July 17, the K-pop singer unveiled the Summer and Band remixes of his new single, ‘Seven’ featuring American rapper Latto. Both new versions of the track are now available on YouTube and streaming services.The ‘Summer Mix’ opens with a jazzy horn solo, and features a more busy, dance-heavy instrumental.

Tomorrow X Together (TXT) have opened up about working with the Jonas Brothers on ‘Do It Like That’.In a new interview with Billboard, the members of TXT spoke about their experience working with American boyband Jonas Brothers for the new single ‘Do It Like That’.Yeonjun revealed that the song was recorded in May, during the US leg of the boyband’s ‘Act: Sweet Mirage’ world tour. “I had personally been a fan of their music growing up and even practiced with their music as a trainee, so it felt surreal to be working with them,” he said.Meanwhile, Beomgyu added that the Jonas Brothers had been “incredibly welcoming from the moment we met”.

BTS member Jungkook has officially made two of his older solo songs available on streaming services for the first time.Jungkook first released ‘Still With You’ and ‘My You’ in 2022 and 2020, respectively, as part of BTS’ annual Festa celebrations. The songs, which were only available on SoundCloud or YouTube prior, are now available on streaming services such as Spotify and Apple Music.Aside from Spotify and Apple Music, Jungkook’s two solo songs are now also available on South Korean streaming platforms such as VIBE, FLO and Genie, among others.The release of both ‘Still With You’ and ‘My You’ comes just weeks ahead of Jungkook’s debut solo digital single ‘Seven’, which is set to drop on July 14.

Jungkook of K-pop boyband BTS is set to make his solo debut next month with ‘Seven’.Jungkook’s label Big Hit Music announced the upcoming release through the fan community platform Weverse. ‘Seven’ will be released on Friday, July 14 at 1pm KST/12mn ET.In its press statement, Big Hit Music described the song as “an invigorating ‘summer song’ that is sure to have you experience the full breadth of Jungkook’s charm We hope that “Seven” will bring your summer fun to the next level.”The label also called Jungkook’s upcoming single as the start of his “official solo activities”.

Halsey has opened up about what it was like working with BTS‘ Suga on the rework of ‘Lilith’ for Diablo 4.Earlier this month, Halsey unveiled a reworked version of her 2021 song ‘Lilith’, which originally appeared on her fourth album “If I Can’t Have Love, I Want Power’. The new version of ‘Lilith’ featured a brand-new verse from BTS rapper Suga.Speaking to Billboard, Halsey said that the collaboration, which she described as “revolv[ing] around our mutual admiration for dark mythology”, had been a “longstanding dream” for the singer.

Tomorrow X Together (TXT) are set to collaborate with the Jonas Brothers on a brand-new single called ‘Do It Like That’.TXT’s label Big Hit Music announced today (June 22) that the K-pop boyband would collaborate with the Jonas Brothers on the upcoming single ‘Do It Like That’. The track will be released on July 7 at 1pm KST.“This top-tier collaboration was achieved when TXT visited the United States as a part of their world tour,” the agency said of the upcoming song, per Korea JoongAng Daily.“After listening to the demo track for ‘Do It Like That,’ the band members were eager to have the song released in Summer, and the Jonas Brothers joined the boyband without hesitation,” it addedPrior to the song’s release, the two groups will also release a concept photo and an official music video teaser on June 28 and July 5, respectively.

BTS singer V has released a cover of Bing Crosby’s ‘It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas’ and Ella Fitzgerald’s ‘Cheek To Cheek’.On June 16, the BTS singer released a clip titled ‘Le Jazz de V’ on YouTube in celebration of the boyband’s 10th anniversary. In the new video, V first performs a jazzy cover of Crosby’s 1951 song ‘It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas’.“It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas / Everywhere you go / Take a look at the five and ten, it’s glistening once again / With candy canes and silver lanes that glow,” V sings.Later, he is joined by Korean singer-songwriter Minna Seo for a performance of Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong’s 1956 duet ‘Cheek To Cheek’.The new clip is one of several special releases by the members BTS in recent weeks, as part of their 2023 BTS Festa celebrations for their tenth anniversary as a group.These include the new single ‘Take Two’ which they released earlier this month, the rock version of rapper J-hope’s solo single ‘Arson’ and a special episode of Suga’s talk show Suchwita, among others.BTS are also set to release their first book, Beyond The Story: 10-Year Record of BTS next month, which the members co-wrote with journalist Myeongseok Kang.

BTS have released a trailer for their upcoming book Beyond The Story: 10-Year Record of BTS.At midnight KST on June 14, BTS unveiled a trailer for their upcoming book, which they co-wrote with journalist Myeongseok Kang and are releasing in celebration of their 10th anniversary this year. The new clip seems to suggest that the book will be split into seven distinct chapters, chronicling the boyband’s story so far.Chapter 1 and 2 are called ‘Seoul’ and ‘Why We Exist’, respectively, and are accompanied by archival footage from BTS’ early days.