by Ra Hwak Jin/Jiwon Woo
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| ▲This image provided by Big Hit Music shows a promotional poster for K-pop superstars BTS' one-day concert in Busan on Oct. 15, 2022. (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE) (Yonhap) |
◇ BTS to hold concert in Busan on Oct. 15 to promote port city's World Expo bid
K-pop superstars BTS will hold a massive live concert in Busan on Oct. 15 to support the southern port city's bid to host the World Expo in 2030, the group said Wednesday.
The septet said on K-pop fan community platform Weverse that the one-day concert titled "BTS in Busan" will take place on a makeshift stage to be installed in Gijang, northern Busan, in front of 100,000 fans.
It would mark the largest number of spectators for a single-day BTS concert in South Korea.
The show will be shown simultaneously on a large-screen at an outdoor parking lot of the Busan Port International Passenger Terminal with a capacity of around 10,000 people, as well as through online live streaming. Admission is free.
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| ▲ This photo shows BTS during Busan honory ambassador appointment ceremony. (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE) (Yonhap) |
As a public relations ambassador for the Busan World Expo 2030, the band plans to engage in various promotional activities to promote Busan's hosting bid starting with the live concert, according to its label Big Hit Music.
The show will be the septet's first performance in South Korea since March, when the group staged the Permission to Dance on Stage show in Seoul.
After the schedule for the group's upcoming concert was announced, accommodations near the concert venue were fully booked for the day before the show, according to Yanolja Co., a leading travel platform operator.
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| ▲This photo, captured image from Netflix, shows Top 10 for most watched non-English TV series. (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE) (Yonhap) |
◇ Popularity of ‘Extraordinary Attorney Woo’ continues even after show ends
The South Korean legal drama "Extraordinary Attorney Woo" has topped Netflix's latest weekly viewership chart of non-English TV shows for the four consecutive weeks.
The TV series marked 77.4 million hours of viewing for the third week of August, Aug. 15-21, to top Netflix's official top 10 list for non-English TV programs available on the service, according to the company on Wednesday.
This is the sixth time “Attorney Woo” topped the viewership chart.
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| ▲This photo shows the cast and voice actors for the dubbed version of the drama "Extraordinary Attorney Woo" (Yonhap) |
Although the show ended on Aug. 18, its popularity is continuing.
Meanwhile, U.S. streaming service company Netflix released the scene of making the dubbed version of the drama "Extraordinary Attorney Woo“ on Korean media.
The dubbing is taking place in Burbank, California, the film industry's epicenter. They have finished the dubbing for half of all 16 episodes, and it will be released next month.
Netflix have casted, Sue Ann Pien, a Taiwanese actress who has autism spectrum to maintain the feeling of original version in the dubbed version.
Korean American voice actor Nick Martineau also said that he paid attention to bringing up the uniqueness only Korean has.
Voice actor Ezra Weisz said, "We are trying our best to respect the Korean original version and sustain all the original version's actors' acting features." and added that "I will try my best to make the dubbed version sound like the voice actors are naturally communicating."
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| ▲ Singer Psy's "Drenched Show" concert takes place at the Jamsil Olympic Stadium in southern Seoul on July 17, 2022. (Yonhap) |
◇ Singer Psy's company under probe over death of water concert worker
An artist management company established by world famous singer Psy has come under investigation by the labor ministry over the death of an outsourced worker during the dismantling of facilities after a Psy concert, officials said Thursday.
The ministry's Gangwon Province branch office began a raid on P Nation's head office in southern Seoul and its subcontractors around 9:30 a.m., the officials said.
On July 31, a male Mongolian worker in his 20s, who was hired by one of P Nation's subcontractors, died in a fall while taking part in the dismantling of stage facilities for Psy's water-shower concert, dubbed "Drenched Show," in Gangneung, an east coast city in Gangwon Province.
It has been known that the fatal accident occurred while the man was working without adequate safety equipment despite rainy, inclement weather.
According to the Industrial Safety and Health Act, work must stop when the weather is very bad due to rain, snow or other unstable conditions.
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| ▲ This photo shows audiences near the 2022 SUMMER SWAG concert. (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE) (Yonhap) |
The labor ministry has reportedly obtained a search and seizure warrant from the court for P Nation on charges of violating the industrial safety law.
The ministry may also leave open the possibility of investigating P Nation on charges of violating the Serious Disaster Punishment Act that took effect in January this year, the officials said.
Psy controls 60 percent of P Nation but the company is now headed by another person surnamed Kim. Therefore, the officials speculate that the possibility of the singer being booked in connection with the worker's death appears to be slim despite the ongoing investigation.
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| ▲This photo, provided by YG Entertainment, shows Blackpink. (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE) (Yonhap) |
◇ Popularity of BLACKPINK’s ‘Pink Venom’ continues
Girl group BLACKPINK’s “Pink Venom,” released on Aug. 19, topped the world’s biggest streaming platform Spotify’s “Top Song Global” chart for two days.
According to their agency YG Entertainment on Monday, “Pink Venom” recorded 6,710,743 streamings on the previous day, Aug. 21, and recorded 7,937,036 streamings on the first day of its release.
“Pink Venom” also topped iTunes “Top Song” chart in 74 countries including U.S and U.K, topping the “Worldwide Song” chart for two days.
Music video of “Pink Venom” also made history, recording 90.4 million YouTube views in 24 hours, according to YouTube.
This is a world record for female artist in “views in 24 hours” category and renewed their “How You Like That” record which was viewed 86.3 million times.
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| ▲This photo, provided by YG Entertainment, shows Blackpink's "Pink Venom" choreography video. (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE) (Yonhap) |
Blackpink’s ‘Pink Venom’ choreography video exceeded 20 million YouTube views on the day of its release.
Meanwhile, BLACKPINK's upcoming second full-length album "Born Pink" has sold over 2 million copies in preorders, its agency said Thursday.
On Saturday, the song ranked No.2 on world’s biggest streaming platform Spotify’s “Top Song Global Weekly” chart again.
The streaming numbers for “Pink Venom” for the past week recorded a total of 41,286,215.
Meanwhile, the music video surpassed 200 million views on YouTube 19 at Saturday 2:11 a.m. This is a record in 7 days and 13 hours.
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