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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.

BTS member RM has assured fans that everything is on track for the group to reunite in 2025, once they’ve all got solo projects and military service out of the way.Speaking during a WeVerse livestream, he added that the hiatus was “just like a vacation”, and that each member working away from the group was “a very important journey” in order for them to come back stronger.“What I’m thinking these days, when I’m doing my solo projects, is [that] this is just like a vacation to get back to where I was, which was BTS and Army”.Army as in the BTS fanbase, of course, not the actual army. Even though the actual army is currently keeping some BTS members away from the Army.

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.

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New Music Friday! The weekend is here, which means more streaming, new playlists and the best that music has to offer. ET has you covered for everything in between.Olivia Rodrigo leads this week's releases with «Bad Idea Right?,» the second single off her forthcoming sophomore album,. Carrie Underwood, Luke Bryan and Kelsea Ballerini also join the list of new music, alongside V of BTS and Maroon 5.

BTS member V has shared a new solo single called ‘Rainy Days’ – listen below.The stripped-back song serves as the latest preview of the South Korean singer’s debut solo album ‘Layover’, which is due for release on September 8 via Big Hit (pre-order/pre-save here).Opening with piano and iPhone sound effects, the track leans into the worlds of alt-pop and R&B, combining vintage percussion and modern electronic drum sounds across its three minutes.“Rainy days/ I’m thinkin’ ’bout you, what to say/ Wish I knew how to find the way/ Right back to you, on rainy days like/ Rainy days,” V sings in the first verse as he longs to be reunited with a romantic partner.Later, the artist expresses lingering feelings of loneliness while “staring at [his] phone” and hoping to “go back to that moment again“.The official music video, directed by Shin Dongle, follows a gloomy V going about his day on his own in his apartment. You can watch it above.Earlier this week, V shared the single ‘Love Me Again’ from his upcoming first album.V has worked with Min Hee-jin, the CEO of NewJeans’ label ADOR, on ‘Layover’, with Min leading the project, including elements such as the music, choreography and promotion style.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief Hybe Corp., the Korean pop music giant behind BTS, has further expanded the scale of its empire by buying out its partner in Belift Lab, the firm backing another K-pop powerhouse Enhypen. The company said that it has signed an agreement to acquire CJ ENM’s 51.5% stake in Belift. Deal terms were not disclosed.

BTS’ V has shared ‘Love Me Again’, the first track from his upcoming solo EP ‘Layover’ – scroll down the page to watch the music video now.The song is one of two that will be released ahead of the full record, with the second – ‘Rainy Days’ – due to arrive on Friday (August 11).“I wish you would love me again / No, I don’t want nobody else,” V sings in the chorus over a minimal foundation of guitar melodies and sparse beats. “I wish you could love me again.” In the accompanying music video, he performs the song in a cavernous space, next to TVs displaying the lyrics.Following the release of ‘Rainy Days’ on Friday, ‘Layover’ will be unveiled in full on September 9.

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Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief Hybe, the Korean music and entertainment firm, achieved record revenues in the first half of the year as album sales climbed and live performances took off. This was achieved despite the hiatus being forced on BTS, the company’s most famous K-pop act, by its band members’ military enlistment. On Tuesday, Suga, who had his first solo music tour earlier this year, became the third member of BTS to begin his compulsory military service.

Following his debut solo tour earlier this year, Suga, the K-pop superstar rapper/singer/songwriter, has become the third member of BTS to begin South Korea’s compulsory military service.

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.

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Suga is the next member of BTS preparing to begin his mandatory military service.

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.

ITZY leader Yeji has performed a charming rendition of Coldplay and BTS’ ‘My Universe’.On the August 4 episode of KBS2 music talk show The Seasons: Choi Jung-hoon’s Night Park, K-pop girl group ITZY made a guest appearance to promote their new mini-album ‘Kill My Doubt’, which they released last week.During the show’s talk segment, the group’s leader Yeji performed a short cover of Coldplay and BTS’ single ‘My Universe’, from the former’s 2021 album ‘Music of the Spheres’. Accompanied by a live band, the idol sang the first verse and chorus of the track.“You, you are my universe / And I, just want to put you first / And you, you are my universe / And you make my world light up inside,” sings Yeji.Elsewhere in the episode, bandmate Ryujin also performed London-based Danish-Japanese singer Mina Okabe’s ‘Every Second’ from her 2021 album ‘Better Days’, which she had previously covered on ITZY’s YouTube channel.The girl group also performed the lead single ‘CAKE’ and pre-release track ‘Bet On Me’ from their new record, along with their 2022 summer single ‘Sneakers’.Released last Monday (July 31), ITZY’s new record ‘Kill My Doubt’ is based on personal interviews with the group.

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.

BTS’ RM recently performed an upcoming solo song at his bandmate Suga’s solo concert in Seoul.Between August 4 to August 6, Suga held three encore shows for his ‘Agust D’ tour at the KSPO Dome in Seoul. During his final show on Sunday (August 6), fellow BTS member RM joined him to perform their song ‘Strange’, as well as an unreleased solo track.‘Strange’ was originally released in 2020 as part of Suga’s mixtape ‘D-2’, and the recent concert marked the first time the pair performed it live.

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.

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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.

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Former A Place in the Sun presenter, Jonnie Irwin, who has been loved by audiences for nearly two decades, has excitingly teased a potential return to the world of presenting. In 2020, his world changed drastically when he received a devastating diagnosis of terminal cancer, which he later shared with the public in 2022.

With Jungkook’s “Seven,” featuring Latto, taking the top place on the Billboard Hot 100 songs chart, it’s a good day for both K-pop and rap.

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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.