BTS wrapped the first North American leg of its 'Arirang' tour, drawing about 840,000 attendees across five cities with 15 sold-out shows in Tampa, El Paso, Mexico City, the San Francisco Bay Area and Las Vegas; extra dates were added due to overwhelming demand
Taiwanese BTS fans have been visiting Taipei’s Bangka Longshan Temple, laying out purple-wrapped snacks, merchandise and seat maps while praying to Yue Lao, the Taoist god of love, in hopes the deity’s ‘red thread’ will help them secure concert seats
Seventeen placed seventh on Billboard’s midyear Top Tours list, earning $88 million and drawing about 574,000 fans across 25 shows through March 31; fellow K-pop acts TWICE and Tomorrow X Together ranked 12th and 15th respectively
Seventeen ranked seventh on Billboard's midyear Top Tours chart, underscoring the K-pop boy group's strong showing on the global concert circuit
Stray Kids' music video for “Miroh” surpassed 200 million YouTube views on May 29, marking the group's ninth video to hit 200M, and their song “Easy” reached 100 million views the next day, becoming their 21st video to pass 100M
BTS will mark its 13th debut anniversary with the 2026 BTS FESTA — nearly two weeks of archival releases and digital content — plus two sold-out stadium concerts in Busan; the festival kicks off with the annual family photo and a performance video for “Hooligan.”
STAYC will return on June 16 with their sixth physical single, 2:Love, via HighUp Entertainment, showcasing a more mature sound; member Yun has recently denied disbandment rumors amid the group's break between releases
BTS will revive their variety series Run BTS and officially release the song "Come Over" as part of this year’s Festa celebrating their June 13 debut anniversary, timed with their Arirang world tour concerts in Busan on June 12–13
Seventeen earned No. 7 on Billboard's biannual top tours list — the highest rank for a K-pop artist — after their New_ world tour grossed $88 million from 25 shows (over 574,000 in-person) and drew more than 900,000 fans on- and offline
j-hope’s “Choreography version” music video for “Killin’ It Girl (Solo Version)” surpassed 100 million YouTube views on June 1 at around 3 a.m. KST; that version was originally released on June 16, 2025
Lee Young Ji issued an Instagram apology on May 31 KST over recent posts in which she shared photos wearing a red T‑shirt and newly red-dyed hair, using CORTIS’s track “REDRED” as background music
BTS's studio album ARIRANG returned to the Billboard 200, rising to No. 9 and marking its 10th consecutive week in the chart's Top 10