BTS. Photo Credit: HYBE BTS diehards are railing against Spotify for allegedly undercounting total streams on the K-pop sensation’s “Butter” track. BTS released “Butter” – their second English-language single – five days back, and at the time of this piece’s publishing, the three-minute-long track had officially garnered north of 220 million YouTube views and nearly […]
Photo Credit: 7Loves in Las Vegas / CC by 3.0 Chilean television network Red Televisiva Megavisión (Mega) has officially apologized for a BTS comedy skit that it aired on a program entitled Mi Barrio. BTS ARMY diehards promptly criticized the Mi Barrio sketch in question, which featured five individuals, dressed in colorful clothing and wigs, […]
Photo Credit: I Dare U JK / CC by 3.0 The Korea Music Content Association (KMCA) has filed a formal complaint over the “unfair” military-service deferment that K-pop sensation BTS received in 2020’s final month. To recap, lawmakers in December of 2020 passed a measure that allowed BTS members to delay completing their mandatory military […]
Scooter Braun has sold Ithaca Holdings to BTS agency Hybe (formerly Big Hit Entertainment) in a more than $1 billion deal. The companies announced the billion-dollar transaction, covering the entirety of Ithaca Holdings, in a formal release this morning, though the sale amount came to light in a financial document filed by Hybe. Under the […]
Photo Credit: I Dare U JK / CC by 3.0 A 17-minute-long live-reaction video that BTS recorded while watching the Grammy Premiere Ceremony – the pre-televised portion of the annual awards show – nearly attracted more viewers than the official stream itself. The Grammy Premiere Ceremony kicked off at noon PST yesterday, March 14th, and […]
BTS agency Big Hit Entertainment has officially unveiled plans to change its name to Hybe Corporation. South Korean outlets quickly reported on the proposed name change (the new title reads “Hive” when translated from Korean by Google, however), which Big Hit shareholders will reportedly discuss and vote on at a formal meeting on Tuesday, March […]
BTS rapper Suga. Photo Credit: Korea Herald BTS agency Big Hit Entertainment has invested about $3.6 million (four million South Korean won) in Supertone, a creator of AI voice-replication technology and audio-enhancement tools. Big Hit recently unveiled the multimillion-dollar investment, which totaled approximately $3.57 million based upon the exchange rate at the time of this […]
BTS agency Big Hit Entertainment experienced a 36 percent year-over-year earnings hike in 2020, according to a newly released financial report, for total income of $717.37 million. The 16-year-old company’s 2020 financial performance encompassed a noteworthy year-over-year revenue uptick in spite of the COVID-19 pandemic and the fact that Big Hit earned north of $500 […]
Universal Music Group and Big Hit Entertainment have teamed up to create “a new global K-pop boy group” in the United States – in addition to establishing a record label for this as-yet-unformed act – as part of an “expanded strategic partnership.” The Big Three record label and the BTS agency recently unveiled their bolstered […]
BTS agency Big Hit Entertainment is reportedly preparing to invest $63.21 million (70 billion South Korean won) in Seoul-headquartered K-pop agency YG Entertainment. As part of this multimillion-dollar investment, Big Hit Entertainment will front approximately $27.09 million (₩30 billion) in the 24-year-old YG Entertainment’s YG Plus subsidiary, while Big Hit’s beNX tech subsidiary will provide […]