If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. Scoring tickets to a BTS concert is hard enough, but nabbing a seat at shows in their home concert can be even more difficult for international fans. Especially …
Read More »Nordstrom's Limited-Edition BTS Merch Line Is Next Best Thing If You Can't Get Concert Merch
If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. BTS proves that they’ve got every kind of concert-going fan in mind with specially-curated pieces for Nordstrom’s new BTS-themed merch collection. Dropping at Nordstrom on February 25, the …
Read More »BTS Drop Sizzling 'Butter (Hotter Remix)' Video
BTS sizzle while cutting loose in their new video for “Butter (Hotter Remix).” The first remix of their latest single is a house-flavored take on the smooth dance-pop original. Like with their official “Butter” video, they appear in suits, but the new visual finds the guys at their cheeky best. …
Read More »How a Band Becomes a Happy Meal
Want to eat like the kings of K-pop? On Wednesday (May 26th) morning, McDonald’s started serving the “BTS Meal” — 10 chicken nuggets, medium fries, a medium Coke, and sweet chili and cajun dipping sauces inspired by recipes from McDonald’s South Korea. The meal release will be followed at 7 …
Read More »Gunna's 'Wunna' Debuts at Number One as Atlanta Rap Owns the Albums Chart
Gunna‘s Wunna coasted to Number One on the latest Rolling Top 200 Albums chart. Wunna features verses from Travis Scott, Roddy Ricch, and Young Thug, along with beats from Wheezy, Tay Keith, and Turbo; the album’s 18 songs earned almost 130 million streams. In addition, Wunna sold 5,000 copies and …
Read More »BTS, Halsey Go to the Movies in 'Boy With Luv' Video Teaser
Wildly popular K-pop group BTS released a teaser for their new video “Boy With Luv,” featuring Halsey. The clip shows Halsey, decked in a flowing orange wig, leaving her job at the box office of a candy-colored movie palace. She passes by the seven BTS members, who are all dressed …
Read More »How K-Pop Conquered the West
On a humid summer afternoon in New Jersey, several thousand people are screaming their hearts out in a language they don’t speak. American devotees of Korean pop music have taken over Newark’s Prudential Center for the weekend; in the parking lot, the crowd sings along to a series of Korean-pop …
Read More »10 New Albums to Stream Now: Courtney Barnett, Lil Baby and more
ALBUM OF THE WEEK:Courtney Barnett, Tell Me How You Really FeelThe Melbourne axe-slinger’s second album “is noisy and way more pissed off than her 2015 debut, Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit, unsheathing sharp new earnestness alongside her trademark sabers of sarcasm and penetrating observation,” writes …
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