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BTS ‘Dynamite’ Outfits Sell for $162K at Auction
A painting of Snoop Dogg’s self-portrait dog wearing a “Doggy Style 25” gold chain signed by Snoop was the next top seller at $96,000. Other top-selling items featured in the auction included an original painting of Coldplay’s Chris Martin by Billy Morrison, a Schecter bass guitar signed by Nikki Sixx with a handwritten note from him, Pete Townsend’s blue boiler suit and long beige linen ‘kimono’ coat worn on stage in 2019 and Joe Walsh’s signed Gibson Les Paul Standard guitar with the original Gibson hard shell case donated by Gibson Guitars. Browse the full list of items at the auction here. All proceeds from the items sold at auction will go to MusiCares, providing aid to artists and music community professionals in times of need. You Deserve to Make Money Even When yo...
10 Standout Moments From BLACKPINK’s ‘The Show’ Livestream Concert
1. The Live Band Opening With “Kill This Love” One of the best parts about BLACKPINK’s In Your Area tour from 2019 was hearing the group reinterpret their smashes with a full, live band accompanying them. Even with COVID-19 restrictions and moving to an online concert, the group was able to bring in their backing band members to not only serve their Hot 100 hit “Kill This Love” with all the style, vocals, raps and choreography fans expect, but as well as a refreshing musical rework thanks to their drummer, bassist, guitarist and keyboardist. 2. Jisoo Taking Tove Lo‘s Track on an Emotional Journey Fans knew to expect some special solo stages from the individual members, and Jisoo full-on delivered by not only offering an emotional cover of Tove...
(G)I-DLE Releases New Mini-Album ‘I Burn’: Stream It Now
K-pop girl group (G)I-DLE released its highly anticipated mini-album I burn via Republic Records on Monday (Jan. 11). The sextet’s six-song project threads together musical arrangements and Eastern instrumentation to collect the pieces of a broken heart, as I burn describes the aftermath of a painful breakup through the motif of a blazing fire and the sequential triumph like a blooming flower. The South Korean group’s leader Soyeon earns writing credits on three songs, while Minnie scores two and Yuqi has one. (G)I-DLE reworked their 2018 single “HANN” for the EP’s opener, titled “HANN (Alone in the winter).” I burn‘s proper lead single “HWAA” ignites one’s inner-fire to avoid the cold feelings broug...
BTS Covered X Ambassadors For a New Ad and We Need the Full Version ASAP
BTS unveiled their cover of X Ambassadors‘ “Jungle” in a new Coca-Cola commercial on Monday (Jan. 4) in Indonesia. In the ad, the boy band’s version of the song plays over bottles of the fizzy drink being manufactured in a hip, music-driven Coca-Cola factory before being delivered around the world in the brand’s trademark red trucks. “I lost my mind, in the city of lights/ In the backstreets, buildings and the neon lights/ When I heard the thunder, I could feel the rain/ It’s the same to me, just a different name/ Won’t you follow me into the jungle/ Ain’t no god on my streets in the heart of the jungle,” the K-pop idols croon, transforming the rock trio’s foot-stomping 2015 hit with Jamie N Commons into a skittering, glitch...
Stephen Colbert Mocks Trump, Jokes We’d Have President BTS If Rally Sizes Determined Election Winner
Stephen Colbert poked fun at one of the arguments in President Donald Trump’s leaked phone call to “find” more votes by saying if rally sizes had the power that votes did, then BTS would be our next president. The Washington Post obtained an audio recording of Trump’s phone conversation with Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger on Jan. 3, in which Trump pressured him to find 11,780 additional votes in the president’s favor during a recount that would not indicate Joe Biden as a clear winner. “We won very substantially in Georgia. You even see it by rally size, frankly. We’d be getting 25-30,000 people a rally,” Trump argued. But The Late Show With Stephen Colbert host had a counterargument tied to a...
BTS, IU, Zico & More: A look back at Billboard’s K-Pop 100 Chart In 2020 and All Its Big Players
For music fans, the music in 2020 was been like a family you can’t visit and a friend that’s dearly missed. According to a research by Korea Broadcast Advertising Corporation, we saw a significant increase in the use of streaming service (33% in video and 32% in music) during the year, which tells us how much we rely on music. Billboard Korea looked back on the 52-week Billboard K-Pop 100 chart and picked out some of the music that provided us relief during this tough time. The popularity of “METEOR” by CHANGMO, which peaked at the end of 2019, continued in 2020. “Start Over”, a soundtrack of the popular TV series Itaewon Class, definitely helped many of us kick off the new year with an exciting start. In the spring, Zico’s “Any Song” amped up the fun of TikTok challenges while others foun...
Loona Drops Apocalyptic Teaser For ‘New Moon’ Comeback Video: Watch
While the teaser doesn’t reveal a release date for the new single or hint at the track’s sound, “New Moon” will serve as a follow-up to the group’s second release of 2020, the electropop-fueled mini-album [12:00], which featured singles “Why Not” and “Star.” Most importantly, the teaser also marks the return of HaSeul, who makes a brief appearance in the final moments of the video, looking off in profile as the screen flashes with glitchy, green light. (The band’s de facto leader had been notably absent from the previous two album cycles, citing a need to focus on her health as the rest of the girls recorded and promoted [12:00] as well as the EP that preceded it, 2020’s [Hash].) Watch Loona’s teaser for R...
‘Happy V Day’: Fans Celebrate the BTS Member’s 25th Birthday
Actress and singer Laura Marano also posted a picture of the two on Twitter today, writing, “Happy birthday to the absolutely lovely, respectful and kind Kim Taehyung.” Furthermore, China Baidu Vbar, V’s loyal Chinese fanbase, orchestrated a light show on the side of the Burj Khalifa, the tallest building in the world located in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, which stands at 2,722 ft. Messages such as “Happy V Day” and “We Purple You” as well as his full name “Kim Taehyung” sprawled across the skyscraper, while his Dubai-based fans belted the lyrics to his song “Winter Bear.” Other members of the ARMY demonstrated their love for V by drawing anime portraits of him or making collages of him with pictures from his past...
BTS’ Jimin Drops Heart-Warming Solo Holiday Jam, ‘Christmas Love’
“Did you get a good Christmas present? I really wanted to hear from you, but fortunately, I am very, very happy to be able to do so,” wrote Jimin. “The reason I came here today is the reason why I suddenly heard this bright song in such a difficult situation, I came here because I wanted to tell you a little about the reason. As you know from the song… This song is a scene where my favorite snow falls out of my childhood memories. I sing with my feelings when I first saw them. “As we grow up, it seems that we miss our childhood a lot,” he continued. “Whether that’s the situation now or not, I thought I wanted to go back to that time. A sense of responsibility for something as you grow. That responsibility makes us mature. I thought that ...
From Billie Eilish to Harry Styles, Which Jingle Ball Performer Are You Most Excited For? Vote!
Maybe you’ll be most thrilled to see which track Shawn Mendes will choose to perform from his new album Wonder, or what holiday snippet BTS will croon for ARMY during the show. And while neither are technically performing, perhaps you’re looking most forward to special appearances by Mariah Carey or Lil Nas X. The Jingle Ball is set to air across more than 95 iHeartMedia CHR radio stations nationwide, as well as on the iHeartRadio app, the CW app and CWTV.com on Thursday at 9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT. Following the show, the CW will also air the concert as a nationwide television special on Monday (Dec. 14) at 8 p.m. ET/PT. Vote for which Jingle Ball performance or appearance you’re most looking forward to in Billboard‘s official poll below! You Deserve to Make Money Even ...
Watch BTS Lose it Over ‘Life Goes On’ Hitting No. 1 on the Hot 100
Fans were overjoyed that the clip features the rapper, who was previously recovering from shoulder surgery. Topping the chart dated Dec. 5, “Life Goes On” officially becomes the first single to be sung primarily in Korean to hit No. 1 in the Hot 100’s 62-year history. It follows BTS’ first career chart-toppers: “Dynamite,” which was also their first English-language single, as well as their guest appearance on the remix of Jason Derulo and Jawsh 685’s “Savage Love (Laxed — Siren Beat),” which hit No. 1 in August and October, respectively. The band’s latest Korean-language album, Be, also debuted atop the Billboard 200 upon its Nov. 20 release, giving the K-pop group their third consecutive No. 1 album following 2018’s Love Y...
BTS ARMY Reacts to ‘Be’ Topping the Billboard 200
BTS‘ Be album landed at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, and the group’s devoted ARMY celebrated the happy news on social media on Sunday (Nov. 29). Be made its debut with 242,000 equivalent album units earned in the U.S. in the week ending Nov. 26, according to Nielsen Music/MRC Data. It is the group’s fifth No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 chart, an accomplishment they’ve achieved in just a little over two years and six months. Out of the 11 mostly non-English language albums to ever top the Billboard 200, five of them have been by BTS: Be, Map of the Soul: 7, Map of the Soul: Persona, Love Yourself: Answer and Love Yourself: Tear. You Deserve to Make Money Even When you are looking for Dates Online. So we reimagined what a datin...
