Babymonster amassed 400 million hits on YouTube with the music video for “Sheesh,” label YG Entertainment announced Friday. The video was released in April 2024 accompanying the song that officially marked the group’s debut. It reached the milestone in the fastest time for a music video for a K-pop girl group’s debut single, passing 100, 200 and 300 million views on the platform. “Sheesh” achieved success on Billboard’s global charts, peaking at No. 33 on Global 200 and No. 16 on Global excl. US

Tomorrow X Together’s eighth EP “7th Year: A Moment of Stillness in the Thorns” is enjoying chart success at home and in Japan, according to label Big Hit Music. The mini album landed atop Oricon’s Daily Album Ranking and ranked No. 2 on the following day. The six-track EP is also the group's seventh consecutive million-selling album, with more than 1.35 million copies sold on its release day. Focus track “Stick With You” topped Bugs’ real-time and daily songs charts and LINE Music’s daily songs

What does it mean to say goodbye? For Xdinary Heroes, a six-member band under JYP Entertainment, a goodbye is not the end of the story. It's where the story gets interesting. That idea sits at the core of "DEAD AND," the band's eighth mini-album set for release Friday. The wordplay of the title doubles as a thesis — for the band, a dead end can still become a door to a new start. "An end of a certain chapter may feel literally like a dead end," leader Gunil said during an interview with The Korea Times on Wednesday at a cafe in Seoul's Seongdong District. "But for us, the idea also signals a new beginning." Rather than starting with that phrase, the band built its way toward it. "We worked around the overarching theme of 'farewell,' and once the tracklist was finalized, we chose a title that fit," Gunil said. That theme finds its clearest expression in the album's lead single, "Voyager," selected through an internal vote. Musically, it balances the band's signature intensity with a more accessible structure. "'Voyager' has a sound that fans who like our signature hard style will enjoy, b