BTS News

Older international fans—nicknamed the 'Silver ARMY' and including attendees in their 60s to 90s—are transforming BTS fandom by moving from passive listeners to active participants, attending a BTS conference in Korea and citing songs like J-Hope's solo work and 'Black Swan' as life-changing

Google’s AI Gemini and BTS are running a joint 60-second teaser campaign at the Las Vegas Sphere showcasing imagery tied to BTS’s “Arirang” release, South Korean landmarks and Gemini features through this week

Stray Kids say their 10th EP This & That shifts from their trademark intense energy to a more relaxed, hip-hop‑based 'chill' sound, with all eight tracks produced by member unit 3Racha; the group also announced upcoming Straycity festival dates in Latin America

BLACKPINK celebrates its 10th anniversary after debuting Aug. 8, 2016, having transformed K-pop into a global force with milestones like Billboard 200 and U.K. chart-topping Born Pink, a 2023 Coachella headline, and 100M+ YouTube subscribers; members have expanded solo brands while reuniting for the DEADLINE comeback

BTS' fifth studio album Arirang has surpassed 4 billion Spotify streams, becoming the fifth-fastest album overall and the fastest by an Asian artist, giving the septet eight albums with 4B+ streams as their world tour continues; Jungkook also topped 1.3 billion plays on YouTube Music with 'Seven.'

Tomorrow X Together's Yeonjun will throw the ceremonial first pitch at Dodger Stadium on Aug. 13 and perform during the Dodgers' Korean Heritage Night as part of his U.S. promotional run around his second solo EP; he also has GMA, Billboard and KCON LA appearances lined up

Brazilian first lady Rosangela “Janja” da Silva said she and President Lula plan to welcome BTS during the group's October São Paulo tour dates, and local reports say talks are underway about a possible meeting with the presidential couple, though no schedule is confirmed

BTS members J-Hope and Jungkook and Seventeen joined the Spider-Man: Brand New Day craze — J-Hope shared a Spider-Man–themed NYC Instagram story and mentioned seeing the film on tour while Jungkook mimicked the web-slinging gesture, and Seventeen hosted a red-themed group movie night

KATSEYE’s single “Animal” debuted at No. 24 on the Billboard Hot 100 and is included on their third EP Wild, due Aug. 14; their HYBE collaboration “Iconic By Mistake” with LE SSERAFIM and ILLIT slid to No. 76 after seven weeks on the chart. BLACKPINK’s Jennie held at No. 6 with “Dracula” (featuring Tame Impala), BTS placed two songs on the Hot 100 — “Swim” at No. 82 and “Normal” at No. 89 — and on the Billboard 200 BTS’s fifth studio album Arirang ranked No. 15 while the KPop Demon Hunters soundtrack was No. 29 and Cortis’s GreenGreen came in at No. 114

BTS leader RM renewed global interest in Lee Seong-bok’s 1990 poetry collection when he shared it in 2022; the English translation by Anton Hur is now published by Knopf and Lee and Hur will tour the U.S. this October