J-Hope of BTS. J-Hope of K-pop supergroup BTS on Tuesday announced a 12-date solo tour for this spring. The Hope on the Stage trek includes two dates at Oakland Arena on March 31 and April 1. This will be the rapper, singer and dancer’s first solo tour in North…

The best K-pop songs of 2023 are (clockwise from top left): Jungkook, Le Sserafim, NewJeans, RIIZE, Jimin, EXO, Red Velvet, Taemin, Monsta X and Enhypen. In 2023, we saw the domination of girl groups, as well as the return of groups that paved the way for the current generation.…

UMI performs at Oakland Arena in Oakland on Dec. 2, 2023. Matt Pang/STAFF. Updated: Dec. 25 OAKLAND — Seattle-born, L.A.-based neo-soul artist UMI and BTS’ Kim Tae-hyung, better known as V, recently announced on social media a collaborative song the two worked on remotely. UMI (Tierra Umi Wilson), who…

SUGA of K-pop group BTS on the “Today” Show at Rockefeller Plaza in New York City on on Feb. 21, 2020. Photo by Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images. Suga on Tuesday became the first member of K-pop giants BTS to announce a solo tour The tour begins with two nights in…

The best Kpop songs of 2022 are (clockwise from top left): Stray Kids, Blackpink, Seventeen, Tomorrow X Together, Taeyeon, NewJeans, Le Sserafim, Key, Psy and IVE. From the singles of already established groups like BLACKPINK and Stray Kids to up-and-comers like NewJeans, 2022 showcased a slew of K-pop hits.…

Just after the two-year anniversary of the passing of emo-rap’s patron saint, Juice WRLD, we received the second posthumous album from the rapper, aptly titled Fighting Demons. With a lengthy catalog of songs still in the archives, we’ll be hearing from Juice for quite some time. This new release coincides…

Insert Foot discovers BTS. Editor’s note: Work with us here… Mr. Insert Foot, in many ways, is like RIFF’s curmudgeonly dad. He’s open to new ideas, but it takes a while! Next month, we’ll talk to him about the 23-member NCT. I was messing around the other day (working)…

Among the shows we most regret were canceled or postponed: BTS, Taylor Swift, Billie Eilish, Nathaniel Rateliff, The Killers, Mew, Guns N’ Roses, Metallica, BottleRock Napa Valley, Bad Religion, Rage Against the Machine, My Chemical Romance, Bob Dylan, Outside Lands, Kraftwerk, Supergrass, Roger Waters, Tame Impala, The Airborne Toxic…

Korean superstars BTS released their hotly anticipated seventh studio album, Map of the Soul: 7, and the record number of fans who preordered it won’t be disappointed. Map of the Soul: 7 BTS Big Hit/Columbia, Feb. 21 While billed as a sequel to their 2019, EP Map of the…

K-Pop supergroup BTS announced today that they will kick off a North American stadium tour with two shows at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara. The “Map of the Soul Tour” follows six stadium shows that sold out in minutes in 2019. The tour will begin on April 25 and 26…