Interviews Meet Sung Soo Han, the music executive behind K-Pop stars SEVENTEEN, and founder of HYBE-owned PLEDIS EntertainmentSung Soo Han founded SEVENTEEN’s label, developed the group, and oversees all creative processes for the HYBE-owned label’s roster.
News HYBE acquires Latin music label Exile Music, establishes HYBE Latin AmericaCompany behind K-pop megastars BTS expands into the booming Latin Music market
Analysis News Sales from Seventeen, Jungkook and other BTS solo stars drove HYBE’s revenues to over $400m in Q3South Korea-based entertainment giant HYBE has published its financial results for Q3
News HYBE-signed K-Pop stars Le Sserafim partner with games developer Blizzard Entertainment for Overwatch 2 collaborationThe deal marks the game’s first musical artist collaboration
Analysis News The strategic reason HYBE’s Chairman wants to retire in 10 years, and 2 other things we learned from Bang Si-Hyuk’s recent interviewBang Si-hyuk explained the logic behind HYBE's US expansion, the differences between the US and Korean music industries, and his retirement, in recent chat with Bloomberg
Uncategorized K-Pop stars NewJeans to perform anthem for 2023 League of Legends World ChampionshipPrevious artists to have performed the anthem include Imagine Dragons and Lil Nas X
Analysis News BTS renew contracts with K-pop giant HYBEHYBE revealed the news in a regulatory filing on Wednesday (September 20)
Analysis HYBE and Geffen want to globalize the ‘K-pop methodology’ – and launch the world’s biggest girl group. Will they succeed?They don't even have a name yet – but HYBE and Geffen's ambitions for their new girl group are sky high
News After 120,000+ submissions, HYBE and Geffen unveil 20 artists to compete for a spot in new global girl groupProcess of creating the group will be the subject of an upcoming untitled Netflix documentary series
News HYBE’s Weverse fandom platform just surpassed 10m active users – after company’s revenues grew 21% YoY in Q2Weverse recently introduced a payment method called Jelly, which enables users to purchase premium VODs
Analysis Kakao and K-Pop giant SM Entertainment are ramping up their US presence. What will that mean for HYBE?Korea's biggest music companies are increasing their presence in the United States – and they're hungry to grow market share
Analysis Blog ‘We should all be keeping a close eye on HYBE and how it fares in its quest to rival major labels on a worldwide basis.’The following op/ed from MBW founder Tim Ingham first appeared as the leader in the latest issue of MBW’s premium quarterly sister publication, MBUK
News Mike Molinar promoted to President at Big Machine MusicMolinar has led BMM since its inception in 2011
Analysis News From Deezer’s AI music strategy, to who HYBE might try to buy in Latin Music… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-UpThe biggest music biz headlines from the past week, all in one place
Analysis HYBE is raising a stack of capital to buy Latin Music companies. Who might it target?MBW picks out 10 companies that might just be on the minds of Scooter Braun and HYBE Chairman, Bang Si-Hyuk