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(Bloomberg) -- From boy band BTS to the addictive “Baby Shark” songs and now survival drama Squid Game, Korean entertainment has become hugely popular with consumers and stock investors alike, prompting some chatter about where the next hits will come from.
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Squid Game, the country’s latest sensation topping Netflix Inc. charts around the world, has also sparked some big share-price gains. Bucket Studio Co., which holds a stake in the agency representing the show’s lead actor, has more than doubled this month. ShowBox Corp., whose predecessor had invested in Siren Pictures, the show’s privately-owned production firm, has climbed 55%.
Global streaming services are stepping up their investment in Korean content, with Netflix boosting its planned spending on the country’s movies and TV shows to $500 million this year. Still, like winning stocks, hit content can be hard to foretell.
“Any company can produce a hit,” said Lee Kihoon, an analyst at Hana Financial Investment Co. who has buy ratings on Studio Dragon Corp., CJ ENM Co. and Jcontentree Corp. “We cannot tell who will produce the next ‘Squid Game’ because anyone can make it,” he said.
Still, Studio Dragon is a “must-buy” for investors who want to make bets in the Korean entertainment space given its sizable $2.2 billion market valuation in a field with many small players, Lee said. The producer of “Hometown Cha-Cha-Cha,” another currently high-rated Netflix show, Studio Dragon is a subsidiary of Korean movie giant CJ ENM.
In contrast, Oh Taewan, an analyst at Korea Investment & Securities Co., likes smaller names that don’t have long-term partnerships with Netflix, giving them more flexibility. One he believes may have growth potential is Astory Co., the firm behind the Netflix period zombie thriller series “Kingdom.”
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For analyst Douglas Kim, shares of Pan Entertainment Co. and Barunson Entertainment & Arts Corp. could outperform on growing demand for Korean content. Barunson, the producer of Oscar-winning movie “Parasite,” jumped more than 30% in February 2020, the month the film won the award, though it has since wiped out all of that gain.
“Over the next 2-3 years, there is a strong probability that other Korean dramas and movies on the Netflix or Disney OTT platforms could become very popular as well,” Kim wrote in a recent note on Smartkarma.
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Following a quiet stretch at the domestic box office, Sony’s comic book sequel “Venom: Let There Be Carnage” looks to make some noise. The film opens in theaters on Friday after five delays, something of a pandemic-record.
Directed by Andy Serkis and starring Tom Hardy as an otherworldly lethal protector, the superhero movie is estimated to collect at least $50 million in its opening weekend. But, given the unpredictable moviegoing landscape, that figure comes with a symbiote-sized asterisk. Some industry experts have indicated that pent-up anticipation could propel inaugural ticket sales for “Venom: Let There Be Carnage” as high as $65 million. After all, theaters have been without a buzzy new release since Disney’s “Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings” opened on the big screen nearly a month ago. That should mean the box office is primed for a hit. Sony, however, is tempering expectations, knowing that we’re still living through a generational public heath crisis. The studio behind the follow-up film is projecting a debut closer to $40 million.
The “Venom” sequel cost $110 million to produce, not including hefty promotional fees. The PG-13 film appeals mostly to male audiences, which could work in its favor. As the film exhibition industry attempts to recover from the pandemic, younger men have fueled box office returns for Marvel’s “Black Widow” and “Shang-Chi,” Universal’s “Fast and Furious” installment “F9″ and the Ryan Reynolds sci-fi comedy “Free Guy.” That’s not to say every movie geared toward boys has been a hit. There have been several duds, like the Warner Bros. superhero adaptation “The Suicide Squad” and Paramount’s “G.I. Joe” entry “Snake Eyes.”
A potential benefit is that “Venom: Let There be Carnage” is playing only in theaters, a factor that helped sustain revenues for exclusive big screen offerings like “Free Guy” and “Shang-Chi.” More often than not, pandemic-era movies that landed day-and-date on streaming platforms — such as “Disney’s “Jungle Cruise” and Warner Bros.’ “Space Jam: A New Legacy,” have suffered steep declines in the weeks following its opening in theaters.
There’s one thing that “Venom 2” may not need in order to entice audiences, and that’s positive reviews. Critics panned the first “Venom” (it has a 30% on Rotten Tomatoes), which did little to deter comic book enthusiasts. The 2018 film became an unexpected box office success, grossing $80 million in its debut and ending its theatrical run with $213 million in North America and $856 million worldwide. It also inspired Sony to greenlight even more superhero properties, Jared Leto’s “Morbius” among them, inspired by its arsenal of Marvel characters.
“Venom: Let There be Carnage” will easily top the domestic box office, but it won’t be the only new movie to open nationwide. Two newcomers — the animated comedy “The Addams Family 2” and “The Many Saints of Newark,” a prequel story set in “The Sopranos” universe — will compete for second place, with the former expected to pull ahead.
“The Many Saints of Newark,” playing in 3,180 venues, looks to be the latest Warner Bros. movie to debut to $10 million or less while it opens simultaneously on HBO Max. The studio’s executives have maintained that streaming hasn’t cannibalized ticket sales, saying that movies striking out at the box office have also been failing to draw a big audience on HBO Max. “The Many Saints of Newark” isn’t on track to have a big turnout in theaters, but it could prove the exception to the HBO Max effect. “Sopranos” fans have been trained to catch up the happenings of the all-powerful mobsters from the comfort of their couch, and longtime devotees to the HBO series could prefer to watch the latest addition at home.
“The Many Saints of Newark” follows the teenage years of Tony Soprano (portrayed by Michael Gandolfini, son of the late “Sopranos” star James Gandolfini) and company as rival gangsters begin to challenge the crime family’s hold over the city. David Chase, who created “The Sopranos,” co-wrote the script with Lawrence Konner.
Targeting a very different kind of family audience, the PG-rated “The Addams Family 2” is projected to make $15 million to $17 million from 3,700 theaters in its first weekend in theaters. That would be a much smaller start than its predecessor, 2019’s “The Addams Family,” which amassed $30 million in its opening. However, the sequel will be available on premium video-on-demand platforms on the same day as its theatrical debut, which will cut into ticket sales. Unlike the HBO Max release plan, in which subscribers can watch new movies at no extra cost, patrons will have to pay $19.99 to rent “The Addams Family 2” and witness the adventures of the morbid Morticia and Gomez and their kooky kin. Oscar Isaac, Charlize Theron and Chloe Grace Moretz round out the voice cast.
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TWICE have released a new teaser of the music video for their forthcoming single ‘The Feels’.
On September 29, the nine-member act shared the second music video teaser for their new song ‘The Feels’, which arrives on Friday (October 1). The forthcoming track will be TWICE’s first official English-language single.
In the new visual, the members of TWICE have fun taking playful photos with each other at a photo booth while dressed up for the prom, in line with the theme established in the first teaser.
“Cause I can feel a real connection / A supernatural attraction / I got the feels for you, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah,” sing TWICE in the brief snippet of the upcoming song.
In the first teasear, released on September 27, the girl group receive a mysterious envelope from under their door. The camera pans over the members as they pass the envelope to one another before finally landing on rapper Chaeyoung, who opens it to reveal an invitation. “You are cordially invited to ‘The Feels’ PROM,” reads the enclosed card.
The clip cuts to a montage of TWICE getting ready for the event, soundtracked by a snippet of the new song. “Boy I, boy I, boy I know, I know you’ve got the feels / Boy I, boy I, boy I know (uh!) / I’m so curious,” they sing over a funky bassline.
Last week, JYP Entertainment had shared that the girl group would be making their debut appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on October 1, shortly after the release of ‘The Feels’. It will also be the first time TWICE will be performing on the American late-night talk show.
Additionally, the the group will also be appearing on American TV network ABC’s GMA3: What You Need To Know on October 6. According to KoreaJoongAngDaily, TWICE will be performing ‘The Feels’ and participating in an interview during the appearance.
In 2020, the girl group had released English-versions of their singles ‘More & More’ and ‘I Can’t Stop Me’. They also dropped their first original English track ‘What You Waiting For’ as a B-side on their 2019 Japanese-language album ‘&Twice’. However, ‘The Feels’ will be their first official English single.
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Sept. 27 (UPI) -- South Korean singer and rapper Key is back with a new music video.
The 30-year-old K-pop star, a member of the boy band SHINee, released the solo EP Bad Love and a music video for the title track of the same name on Monday.
The "Bad Love" video shows Key perform on stage and travel through space in an UFO that explodes.
Bad Love also features the songs "Yellow Tape," "Hate That..." featuring Taeyeon, "Helium," "Saturday Night" and "Eighteen (End of My World)."
The EP is Key's first solo Korean EP. He released his debut solo album, Face, in November 2018, and the Japanese EP Hologram the next month.
Key discussed the making of Bad Love in an interview with NME published Monday.
"I finally became 'me.' I have a chance to show the audience that this is me. This album is the album-version of Key."
Key came to fame with SHINee, which also consists of Onew, Minho and Taemin. The group released its seventh studio album, Don't Call Me, in February.
Article From & Read More ( SHINee's Key releases 'Bad Love' solo EP, music video - UPI News )Good Data Corporation has released its weekly rankings of the most buzzworthy dramas and cast members!
This week, tvN’s “Hometown Cha-Cha-Cha” topped Good Data Corporation’s list of the dramas that generated the most buzz. The company determines each week’s rankings by collecting data from news articles, blog posts, online communities, videos, and social media about dramas that are either currently airing or set to air soon.
Not only was “Hometown Cha-Cha-Cha” the No. 1 buzzworthy drama this week, but the drama’s stars continued to dominate the actor rankings. Kim Seon Ho and Shin Min Ah defended their spots at No. 1 and No. 2 respectively for the fifth consecutive week, and their co-star Lee Sang Yi also ranked No. 8 on the actor list.
SBS’s “One the Woman” came in at No. 2 on the list for buzzworthy dramas with Honey Lee taking the No. 3 position among actors. Lee Sang Yoon from the show rounded out the list at No. 10. MBC’s “The Veil” followed closely behind at No. 3 with Namgoong Min at No. 4 for the actor rankings.
tvN’s “Yumi’s Cells” continued to maintain its position as the No. 4 most buzzworthy drama, and the drama’s star Kim Go Eun placed No. 5 on the actor rankings while Ahn Bo Hyun rose an impressive 12 slots to come in at No. 6.
JTBC’s “Lost” rose two spots on the list to rank as the No. 5 most buzzworthy drama while Ryu Jun Yeol from the show became the No. 9 most buzzworthy actor for this week. Newly premiered dramas also joined the list for buzzworthy dramas with KBS2’s “Young Lady and Gentleman” at No. 8, KBS2’s “Dali and Cocky Prince” at No. 9, and tvN’s “Hometown” at No. 10.
The top 10 dramas that generated the most buzz in the fourth week of September are as follows:
1. tvN “Hometown Cha-Cha-Cha”
2. SBS “One the Woman”
3. MBC “The Veil”
4. tvN “Yumi’s Cells”
5. JTBC “Lost”
6. SBS “Lovers of the Red Sky”
7. tvN “High Class”
8. KBS2 “Young Lady and Gentleman”
9. KBS2 “Dali and Cocky Prince”
10. tvN “Hometown”
Meanwhile, the top 10 drama actors that generated the most buzz this week are as follows:
1. Kim Seon Ho (“Hometown Cha-Cha-Cha”)
2. Shin Min Ah (“Hometown Cha-Cha-Cha”)
3. Honey Lee (“One the Woman”)
4. Namgoong Min (“The Veil”)
5. Kim Go Eun (“Yumi’s Cells”)
6. Ahn Bo Hyun (“Yumi’s Cells”)
7. Jo Yeo Jeong (“High Class”)
8. Lee Sang Yi (“Hometown Cha-Cha-Cha”)
9. Ryu Jun Yeol (“Lost”)
10. Lee Sang Yoon (“One the Woman”)
Watch “One the Woman” with subtitles here…
…and “The Veil” here…
…and “Yumi’s Cells” below!
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Sept. 28 (UPI) -- South Korean boy band Seventeen is gearing up to release its new EP.
The K-pop group shared a concept trailer for its mini album Attacca on Tuesday.
The trailer, titled "Rush of Love," shows the members of Seventeen creating and performing. The music features electric guitar riffs.
Seventeen shared a release schedule for Attacca on Sunday. The group will release official photos for the EP on Oct. 4, 6 and 10, followed by a track list Oct. 14 and a highlight medley Oct. 18.
Seventeen will release music video teasers for the title track Oct. 19 and 20. The group will release Attacca and the full music video Oct. 22.
Seventeen confirmed plans for the EP and announced the album's title Thursday.
Attacca will be Seventeen's first EP since Your Choice, released in June.
Seventeen consists of S.Coups, Jeonghan, Joshua, Jun, Hoshi, Wonwoo, Woozi, DK, Mingyu, The8, Seungkwan, Vernon and Dino. The group made its debut in 2015.
Article From & Read More ( Seventeen performs in 'Rush of Love' concept trailer for 'Attacca' - UPI News )Squid Game’s enormous success has led to much-needed recognition for several of the actors. This time it’s Wi Ha Joon’s turn.
Netflix’s latest Korean survival show has received critical acclaim worldwide, becoming the number 1 show on Netflix in several countries. Squid Game has been praised for its tight plot, direction, and incredible acting by the cast.
While rookie actors like Lee Yoo Mi and Anupam Tripathi have received much love from fans, another young actor gaining a lot of attention is Wi Ha Joon, who plays the brave police officer Hwang Jun Ho. Contrary to other participants, Hwang Jun Ho enters the Squid Game, not searching for money but looking for his brother.
In an old clip, which some fans had unearthed, Wi Ha Joon shows off his multiple talents, including dancing! In the video, the Midnight actor can be seen performing to none other than Cheer Up by the girl group TWICE.
Fans seem to agree that his great moves would put experienced dancers to shame!
This clip from 2016 is from an event called Star, which Wi Ha Joon was promoting. The star can be seen dancing to the classic track with lots of enthusiasm and excitement.
Fans were particularly impressed with how much effort the actor put into the routine. Unlike other male performers in the clip, Wi Ha Joon danced just like the original members, without making the routine more masculine.
He genuinely appeared to enjoy both the track and the performance.
Several viewers of the clip were unaware of the actor, but they admitted that his enjoyment was infectious and called him adorable.
Wi Ha Joon is no stranger to the world of K-dramas. While he has gained the most attention for Squid Game, Wi Ha Joon has been in the industry since 2012, having played substantial roles in K-dramas like 18 Again, Romance is a Bonus Book, and Something In the Rain.
Apart from his acting, Wi Ha Joon has also gained a lot of attention for his good looks. The actor, a professional model, had viewers raving about his chiseled face and well-built body.
Several fans of the show, and the actor, took it upon themselves to find out more about everyone’s favorite cop, and they sure have delivered by unearthing the above video.
In Squid Game, the grand prize for winning the game is a whopping 45.6 billion Korean won – but just how much money is that? In the same vein as Alice in Borderland, The Hunger Games, and James Wan’s Saw movies, Squid Game pits ordinary people against each other in a series of death games. But apart from staying alive, the prize for winning Squid Game involves more than enough money for its desperate players to start anew.
Indeed, the 45.6 billion won grand prize is Squid Game’s proverbial dangling carrot. It’s there to motivate and extract the maximum effort from all of Squid Game’s 456 players, every single one of which is an extremely desperate and heavily indebted individual. In Squid Game episode 2, it’s revealed that the death of each player contributes 100,000,000 won to the massive piggy bank displayed above the player’s dorm room. As players die one by one, more and more money is funneled into this piggy bank, and the prize gets closer and closer to the promised 45.6 billion won. And finally, during the ending of Squid Game, this amount is reached when Seong Gi-hun (Lee Jung-jae) becomes the sole survivor.
45.6 billion Korean won is currently worth around $38.6 million or £28.2 million. That’s more than enough for Gi-hun to pay off his debts and get custody of his daughter, for Kang Sae-byok (Jung Ho-yeon) to extract her family from North Korea and live a nice life in Seoul, or for Cho Sang-woo (Park Hae-soo) to give back what he stole and avoid going to prison. Although 45.6 billion isn’t nearly enough for a person to be considered a billionaire on U.S. soil, $38.6 million is still a large sum of money, especially taking into account that the average American citizen will earn approximately $3 million in their lifetime, for example.
Moreover, the number 456 is a recurring theme throughout the survival drama series. In Squid Game episode 1, Gi-hun earned 4,560,000 won after betting on horses during his daughter’s birthday. And as the last player chosen for Squid Game, Seong Gi-hun is also known as Player 456. This is important because Squid Game isn’t just about money, as it deeply explores themes of morality and wealth inequality.
Indeed, 45.6 billion Korean won is not just the grand prize – it also represents every single one of the players in Squid Game’s cast of characters. Moreover, the fact that the people behind Squid Game can give away 45.6 billion won, while financing the island’s day-to-day operations, is also telling of just how rich and powerful the VIPs behind the games truly are.
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Vogue and party ready, the TWICE girls have planned a prom and you are invited. In a new teaser video for their first English single, TWICE has a cute ‘The Feels’ themed celebration in place as they pump up for it.
The first music video teaser shows a blue wax sealed envelope being slid into a teen girl room as a signature TWICE rug glimmers in the centre. Picking it up, Nayeon passes it down to the girls as they sit around a couch. Chaeyeong opens it up to reveal the invitation for prom 2021 as the words ‘You are cordially invited to ’The Feels’ PROM’ makes the girls giddy.
One by one, Momo, Nayeon, Jongyeon, Mina, Tzuyu, Sana, Jihyo, Dahyun and Chaeyeong doll up themselves over the peppy tune of “boy I know you got the feels”. The teaser culminates with the release date as “I’m so curious” plays over it.
Previously, the second set of individual teaser images were shared as the group can be seen dressed in sparkly modish outfits. They all look ready for new romance in their lives posing around a teen inspired room with its cute accessories and modern decor.
TWICE’s ‘The Feels’ will release on October 1 at 1 PM KST (9:30 AM IST) with its first performance to be aired on the same day on ‘The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon’ with another appearance on the ‘Good Morning America’ show on October 6.
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Article From & Read More ( Watch: TWICE is in 'The Feels' for a prom night in new music video teaser - PINKVILLA )TWICE have released a teaser of the music video for their forthcoming single ‘The Feels’.
On September 27, the nine-member act shared the first music video teaser for their new song ‘The Feels’, which arrives on Friday (October 1). The forthcoming track will be TWICE’s first-official English-language single.
In the new visual, the girl group receive a mysterious envelope from under their door. The camera pans over the members as they pass the envelope to one another before finally landing on rapper Chaeyoung, who opens it to reveal an invitation. “You are cordially invited to ‘The Feels’ PROM,” reads the enclosed card.
The clip cuts to a montage of TWICE getting ready for the event, soundtracked by a snippet of the new song. “Boy I, boy I, boy I know, I know you’ve got the feels / Boy I, boy I, boy I know (uh!) / I’m so curious,” they sing over a funky bassline.
Last week, JYP Entertainment had shared that the girl group would be making their debut appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on October 1, shortly after the release of ‘The Feels’. It will also be the first time TWICE will be performing on the American late-night talk show.
Additionally, the the group will also be appearing on American TV network ABC’s GMA3: What You Need To Know on October 6. According to KoreaJoongAngDaily, TWICE will be performing ‘The Feels’ and participating in an interview during the appearance.
In 2020, the girl group had released English-versions of their singles ‘More & More’ and ‘I Can’t Stop Me’. They also dropped their first original English track ‘What You Waiting For’ as a B-side on their 2019 Japanese-language album ‘&Twice’. However, ‘The Feels’ will be their first official English single.
SHINee member Key has made his long-awaited solo comeback with the new single ‘Bad Love’.
In the stunning new visual for the ’80s-inspired synthpop track, Key pays homage to retrofuturism through its fashion and colourful sets. In between shots of the high-energy choreography, the singer is seen travelling through space in a UFO, which explodes dramatically at the end.
“Don’t need that kind of love, called love (Run away further, it’s bad love) / I’m sick of this bad love / Don’t need that kind of love, called love (Curse more and harder to bad love) / There isn’t a piece of you in me,” he declares in the chorus.
‘Bad Love’ is the title track of Key’s new solo mini-album of the same name. The six-track record features his August single ‘Hate That…’, which featured vocals from SM Entertainment labelmate Girls’ Generation’s Taeyeon.
‘Bad Love’ marks the SHINee member’s first solo project in nearly three years, since his 2019 project ‘I Wanna Be’. That release was a repackaged version of his 2018 debut solo studio album ‘Face’, and featured collaborations with SISTAR‘s Soyou, (G)I-DLE‘s Soyeon and South Korean singer Crush.
Earlier this year, SHINee made their long-awaited return with the album ‘Don’t Call Me’. The group later released a repackaged edition of the album titled ‘Atlantis’, which featured three new tracks.
In a four-star review, NME’s Puah Ziwei, said that ‘Atlantis’ showed that “the Princes of K-pop add a final coat of lacquer to ‘Don’t Call Me’ with three exceptional new tunes that give it that much-needed sheen of perfection”.
The latest smash hit from the Korean entertainment world “Squid Game” is also proving popular with investors, who have been snapping up shares of at least two companies related to the thriller series.
A dramatized survival game in the vein of “Hunger Games,” the show currently tops the global rankings on Netflix Inc., and is the first Korean drama to claim the No. 1 spot in the U.S. on the service, according to data from streaming ratings firm FlixPatrol.
A new collaboration between Coldplay and BTS is taking on Ed Sheeran in the race for the top spot in the UK singles chart.
In the Official Charts Company provisional rankings, their new release My Universe currently trails Sheeran’s track Shivers by just 1,000 chart sales.
Shivers topped the chart last week.
If My Universe holds its current position, it will be Coldplay’s best performing single in the chart since their 2017 hit Something Just Like This, which was a collaboration with Chainsmokers.
Sir Elton John and Dua Lipa currently sit third in the provisional rankings with Cold Heart.
Bad Habits, another track by Sheeran, is fourth, followed by Out Out by Joel Corry and Jax Jones featuring Charlie XCX and Saweetie.
The final rankings will be revealed on Friday.
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On Sunday, BTS released a documentary titled ‘Coldplay X BTS Inside My Universe Documentary’ which gave a closer look at how their recently released song My Universe was made. The video, shared on the K-pop group's YouTube channel Bangtan TV, revealed Coldplay's lead singer Chris Martin was approached by BTS about 18 months before the song was recorded.
“About 18 months ago, I got a message from somebody. They said BTS want to do a song with you. I said, ‘How? How would that work?' I didn’t understand how that could be possible,” Chris said at the start. He revealed the title, My Universe, was something his friend once said and he thought it was a ‘cool’ title for a song and he then penned the track.
Chris travelled to South Korea for two days, bearing gifts for the BTS members, and recorded the song with them. While RM, Jin, Suga, J-Hope, Jimin, V and Jungkook were in awe of the singer, they were also excited to record the song.
“This song is all about us creating something together. That's why Chris came here in person and recorded with us as well. I really loved the theme 'not alone but together',” V said. J-Hope added, “It could have been done remotely but we could add more sincerity to the song this way.”
As they each took turns to record their individual parts for the song, Chris doubled up as a cheerleader and encouraged them. When Jungkook was set to head into the recording studio, he admitted he was scared he might mess the song up. “It feels like when I first debuted. Chris Martin will be directing my performance and I'm worried I'll mess up,” he said. However, Chris was impressed with him. “Please tell JK he's so impressive,” he requested the translator.
Speaking about the lyrics of the song, BTS leader RM said that Chris told him the song is very personal to him as he was frustrated over not being able to perform live in concerts. “I thought about how to make this relevant to BTS. Since the lyrics go, 'You are my universe,' this song should definitely be dedicated to ARMY. I wrote the lyrics while picturing the day we reunited with ARMY,” RM said.
Chris added, “I think it's very special to me that the most popular artist in the world speaks Korean and is like a group of brothers, not from the West, and it just feels very hopeful to me in terms of thinking of the world as one family. Then of course, when you see how they are as people and their songs, it's really a message of togetherness and finding, being yourself, all the stuff I agree with.”
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BTS and Coldplay released the song on Friday. Ahead of the song's release, the members of both groups met in New York and posed for a picture. It was then revealed that BTS had gifted Coldplay with modernised hanboks. Later, Jin revealed he received a guitar from Chris. Coldplay and BTS debuted the song at Global Citizen Live, which took place this weekend.
JYP Entertainment’s prized female quintet ITZY has recently released their first full-length album CRAZY IN LOVE.
Before dropping their highly-awaited album on September 24 at 1 PM KST, the girls first participated in an interview with media outlets where they shared their excitement about their music release.
ITZY’s charismatic leader Yeji said, “Since it’s a full album that many fans have been waiting for, I prepared the album with even more joy. It was especially nice to be able to listen to more songs to the fans. Also, we filmed the music video for the b-side song for the first time. I hope you will like it a lot. As it is an album that all the members put all their heart into preparing, I have high expectations for this activity as well.”
The girls also talked about their new concept. “It seems different for ITZY to sing about the feeling of loving someone. In particular, the feeling of love is expressed with ‘LOCO,’ another word for ‘Crazy.’ It has a new feeling musically, so I hope you will listen carefully to how it has changed,” said Lia.
For Yuna, she said fans can see another side of them through their comeback. “Until now, we dealt with themes revolving around ‘me,’ or ‘for myself.’ With this new album, we’ll show what it’s like to be so caught up in love that you don’t know what to do with yourself. It captures all the ups and downs that come with being attracted to someone. I think can come across as endearing,” she said.
CRAZY IN LOVE contains 16 songs bannered by the title track “LOCO.” When asked what song they would like to recommend to fans, Yeji chose the feel-good song “Chillin Chillin.” Lia and Chaeryong picked “LOVE is” because it is emotional and moving. Moreover, Ryujin recommended “Gas Me Up” while Yuna suggested “Sooo LUCKY.”
Watch their stunning “LOCO” music video below:
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A new collaboration between Coldplay and BTS is taking on Ed Sheeran in the race for the top spot in the UK singles chart.
In the Official Charts Company provisional rankings, their new release My Universe currently trails Sheeran’s track Shivers by just 1,000 chart sales.
Shivers topped the chart last week.
If My Universe holds its current position, it will be Coldplay’s best performing single in the chart since their 2017 hit Something Just Like This, which was a collaboration with Chainsmokers.
Sir Elton John and Dua Lipa currently sit third in the provisional rankings with Cold Heart.
Bad Habits, another track by Sheeran, is fourth, followed by Out Out by Joel Corry and Jax Jones featuring Charlie XCX and Saweetie.
The final rankings will be revealed on Friday.
Article From & Read More ( Coldplay and BTS challenging Ed Sheeran for top spot in the singles chart - The Irish News )There’s no doubt the South Korean group BTS has taken the world by storm and reached superstardom. Besides breaking records, topping the charts, winning numerous awards, and making appearances at prestigious events, the Korean band is capable of selling out stadiums, products and everything they promote in seconds and minutes. Many artists worldwide are in-line to collaborate with BTS and till now, all the collaborations that BTS have proven to become smashing hits. With the most recent collaboration with Coldplay on the track ‘My Universe’ which released on September 24, the lyric was released though an official video is yet to come.
Here is the list of the times BTS collaborated with the biggest names in the international music scene:
BUTTER feat. MEGAN THEE STALLION
Rapper Megan Thee Stallion featured in the South Korean group’s summer hit ‘Butter’ which topped the Billboard hot 100 chart for 9 weeks. Megan’s adlibs and signature ‘Ah!’ was even featured in the dance video that the 3J – j-hope, Jungkook and Jimin dropped.
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Fans around the world have been very excited ever since the famous K-pop boy band BTS collaborated with Coldplay. The collab named My Universe was dropped by the famous bands on Friday. However, Coldplay took My Universe to the next level as they performed the new song on Global Citizen Live.
Coldplay-BTS new song My Universe took centre stage as the British band decided to surprise fans with a special performance. The band took the stage in New York to perform the song in front of the live audience. Making things special, the band performed while their collaborators, BTS, were shown behind them on the big screen.
The performance reached its peak when Coldplay’s lead singer stopped mid-song for the rap segment. Chris Martin said that he couldn’t perform the portion and turned back and watched the hologram of BTS along with the fans while the song played. The fans were fully behind the performance and even chanted the two bands’ names by the performance’s end. Meanwhile, a pre-recorded performance by BTS was also played in Paris for the grand charity event.
BTS didn’t miss out on the Global Citizen Live event as the K-pop band kicked off the broadcast of the event with a special performance. The band joined in on the event as they performed from Seoul. The band their hit song Permission to Dance as they welcomed masked backup dancers to share the stage. This was the band’s big performance after they rocked the UN headquarters last week with a powerful speech.
Global Citizen Festival is termed to be one of the biggest-ever international charity events initiated by an organization founded in 2008 named Global Citizen that aims to eradicate extreme poverty in the world by 2030. The music festival, dubbed “Global Citizen Live,” is part of Global Citizen’s Recovery Plan for the world, a year-long campaign to help end COVID-19 to help kickstart an equitable global recovery. While Priyanka Chopra and Denis Brogniart hosted the show, numerous artists performed at the event held in New York, Paris, Los Angeles, London, Lagos, Rio de Janeiro, Mumbai, and Sydney. Coldplay, Billie Eilish, Camila Cabello, Jennifer Lopez, Ed Sheeran, Elton John, Black Eyed Peas, Doja Cat, Måneskin, Stevie Wonder, Adam Lambert, Chloe x Halle, Demi Lovato, H.E.R., Migos, ONEREPUBLIC and Amit Trivedi are a few of the 60 artists involved in the event.
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