🎧 ATEEZ's 'BAD' passes 100 million Spotify streams The song from 'GOLDEN HOUR : Part.5' crossed the mark on Oct. 26, reaching 100,410,996 plays on Spotify's public count. It is ATEEZ's 12th song to hit 100 million streams on the platform.

🚀 Jin's 'The Astronaut' turns 4 BTS' Jin released his first official solo single on Oct. 28, 2022, a song he co-wrote with Coldplay, who also played on the recording. It debuted at No. 51 on the Billboard Hot 100 as his first solo entry and opened at No. 1 on Digital Song Sales.

🩹 XLOV's Hyun sits out the 'i=!' comeback showcase with a leg injury Strangelab said Hyun was hurt during practice and, following medical advice to rest, the Oct. 28 showcase went ahead with Wumuti, Rui and Haru. Hyun's participation in music shows and fan signings will be decided based on recovery. XLOV's third mini album 'i=!', led by double title tracks 'Hush' and 'Tooth Gem Chiwawa', is out today at 6 p.m. KST.

🧢 IVE's Gaeul becomes the first celebrity ad model for NOT EVEN MORE Starship Entertainment announced on October 27 that Gaeul has been chosen as the face of the unisex accessories brand, which launched for spring/summer 2026. The campaign photos show her in a white tee with wide pants, and in a pink knit with a ball cap. The brand said her mix of lovely and free-spirited styling fits its image.

🎪 KATSEYE to headline Lollapalooza India 2027 HYBE x Geffen Records announced that the group will be the main act on day two of the festival, Jan. 24 in Mumbai. It will be the fifth Indian edition of Lollapalooza. Before then, KATSEYE continue 'The Wildworld Tour' in North America, with Boston on Oct. 28 as the sixth stop of the leg and 13 more shows through the end of November.

📱 Eunha, SinB and Umji launch new official social media under their own names Their agency UNCORE opened the trio's official accounts on Oct. 26 under the ID 'ehsbuj_official', combining their names instead of using VIVIZ, and they also unveiled new individual profile photos. UNCORE, which signed the former GFRIEND and VIVIZ members on Oct. 5, said earlier this month that talks with their previous agency Big Planet Made Entertainment over the VIVIZ name had not reached a final agreement.

🚀 PLAVE hit a career-high No. 31 on the Billboard 200 with 'HYPERDRIVE' The virtual group's fifth mini album debuted at No. 31 on the chart dated Oct. 31, a 114-spot jump from their first entry, 'Caligo Pt.2', which debuted at No. 145 in May. 'HYPERDRIVE' also took No. 1 on World Albums and No. 4 on Independent Albums, while PLAVE topped Emerging Artists and placed No. 25 on the Artist 100, according to Newsis.

🌪️ TXT's 'PERFECT STORM' tops Spotify's pre-save chart with about 300,000 pre-saves The group's ninth mini album took No. 1 on Spotify's Top 10 Countdown on Oct. 26, Big Hit Music said. Day-one pre-save participation was about 3.5 times that of their previous album. 'PERFECT STORM' arrives Nov. 16 at 6 p.m. KST.

🎧 BTS's Jung Kook passes 22 million Spotify followers, the fastest Asian act to get there He reached the mark about three years and eight months after opening his account on Feb. 11, 2022, according to STARNEWS, without a new solo single or album since 2023. 'Seven' and 'Standing Next to You' each top 1.5 billion streams, and 'Seven' has passed 3.1 billion.

👑 RESCENE top October's Rising Singer brand reputation rankings The group led the Korea Business Research Institute's list with an index of 6,750,110, based on big data collected from Sept. 27 to Oct. 27, though their score was down 17.29% from September. ATEEZ placed second and Kim Yong Bin third, followed by CORTIS and Seongri.