The xx’s Romy Madley Croft announces debut solo single ‘Lifetime’, coming tomorrow

South Korea's Big Hit Entertainment, the company that manages global pop sensation BTS, had a dynamite trading debut Thursday in Seoul, helped by the zeal of its loyal fans. Big Hit's shares nearly doubled after their initial public offering netted more than $800 million.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefSecuring Endeavor Content to represent a second season of a cross-cultural fantasy rom-com four years after the show’s debut was good news for “Dramaworld” and its producer, Korean-American company Third Culture Content.So, too, was the attachment of major talent, including Daniel Dae Kim, Henry Lau, and feted Korean actor Ha Ji-won (“Secret Garden,” “Duelist”).But, arguably, the greater triumph was managing to produce the show this spring.

Arguably the biggest group in the world, BTS, took over the 2020 Billboard Music Awards.

Arguably the biggest group in the world, BTS, took over the 2020 Billboard Music Awards.

BENEE is set to cap off a huge 2020 with the release of her highly-anticipated debut album, ‘Hey u x’.She took to social media to make the announcement and share the Terry Hoff-designed album artwork, saying it has “thirteen songs biatch”.She also revealed the album is due out on Friday November 13.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefShares of Big Hit Entertainment, the agency behind K-pop superstars BTS, soared during their stock market debut on Thursday in Seoul.Having been offered at KRW135,000 apiece, shares began trading at KRW270,000.

Chris Willman Music WriterA two-day concert event performed by BTS from Seoul on Saturday and Sunday, “Map of the Soul ON:E,” brought in 993,000 viewers representing 191 countries or regions, reps for the group announced Monday.Although no gross was reported, in the United States, ticket prices for a basic “HD multi-view” viewing ranged from $45-55 for a single day to $81-91 for a two-day pass.

Romy Madley Croft has confirmed that The xx will return in the future, saying in a new interview that “there’s more xx music to come for sure”.The guitarist and vocalist is currently focusing on her solo material, and last week shared the single ‘Lifetime’.Speaking in a new interview with Apple Music’s Matt Wilkinson, Romy said that ‘Lifetime’ was a “more instantaneous” type of release than what she’s used to doing with The xx, given that she released the song ahead of finishing her debut solo

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Big Thief guitarist Buck Meek has announced a new solo album, ‘Two Saviors’.Meek also dropped the first single, ‘Second Sight’, from the forthcoming record. His band includes guitarist Adam Brisbin, bass, pedal steel and fiddle player Mat Davidson, drummer Austin Vaughn and Meek’s brother Dylan on piano and organ.The album is due out next year on January 15 via Keeled Scales.

CamelPhat have announced details of their debut album – ‘Dark Matter’ will arrive later this month.The production duo will release the new album on October 30 via RCA, and are previewing the record with new track ‘Witching Hour’, featuring Will Easton.The album announcement comes after the duo teamed up with Foals’ Yannis Philippakis to debut ‘Hypercolour’, their recent collaboration.Alongside the collaboration with Philippakis, the album will feature collaborations with Noel Gallagher, Jake

D Block Europe have announced the release of their debut album, ‘The Blueprint – Us Vs. Them’.Young Adz and Dirtbike LB’s upcoming LP is made up of 29 tracks and will feature collaborations with Stefflon Don and Raye.

5 Seconds of Summer‘s Ashton Irwin has dropped his second solo single today (October 2), the powerful and electric ‘Have U Found What Ur Looking For’.The single follows the release of the highly emotive ‘Skinny Skinny’, Irwin’s debut solo single, with both singles taken from his forthcoming solo debut album, ‘Superbloom’, out October 23.An accompanying visualiser for the track premiered today.

Super Smash Bros Ultimate will soon be unveiling its latest post-launch character, Nintendo has announced.The short presentation is expected to air at 3pm BST on October 1 and will run approximately for three minutes, followed by a “brief message from [game] Director Masahiro Sakurai”.

Elbow singer Guy Garvey has released new solo single ‘My Angel’, his first new solo material since his 2015 album ‘Courting The Squall’.‘My Angel’ is the theme to BBC1 drama Life. Starting tonight (September 29), it’s from Doctor Foster writer Mike Bartlett, and stars Garvey’s wife Rachael Stirling as Kelly, one of a community of neighbours in a Manchester housing development.

Royal Blood's new single Trouble's Coming is on track to become their first Top 40 hit on the Official Singles Chart this week. 

There is some disappointing news for the BTS fans in South Korea. The group had previously planned to host an offline concert in Seoul, Map of the Soul ON:E, in Seoul next month.

Zayn is back with a brand new single.

Slipknot frontman Corey Taylor has shared a new solo track – listen to ‘Culture Head’ below.Taylor will release his debut solo album, ‘CMFT’, on October 2 via Roadrunner.

Royal Blood are set to return with new music this week – hear a teaser of new material below.The track in question is called ‘Trouble’s Coming’, and will be released on Thursday (September 24).The new music arrives after the band began teasing a comeback last week, sharing a photo of a vintage orange Ford vehicle with the licence plate “ROYAL” and the caption “24.09”.From the evidence of the teaser (which you can watch below), ‘Trouble’s Coming’, which can be pre-ordered on 7″ vinyl and