HYBE launches ABD, short for A Bold Dream, a label dedicated to girl group production, with the first project launching in the second half of 2026.

HYBE, the entertainment corporation behind BTS, ENHYPEN, and LE SSERAFIM, has announced the launch of their new label dedicated to girl group production, ABD ABD, short for “A Bold Dream,” represents ...

Pop artists Ariana Grande and Justin Bieber, rap artists Migos and Lil Baby and K-pop groups BTS and NewJeans all have one thing in common. As of this year, these artists and music groups are managed ...

The Seoul Western District Court recently dismissed HYBE Labels’ lawsuit against YouTube channel FastView, which accused girl group ILLIT of copying other artists. Now, HYBE must pay legal fees to the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Just days after launching an audit into subsidiary label ADOR and asking its CEO, Min Hee-jin, to exit, Korean entertainment giant ...

A struggle over the popular K-pop act NewJeans erupted this week after Korean entertainment giant HYBE filed a police report accusing the head of its own subsidiary music label of trying to secretly ...

HYBE, which manages BTS, has announced the creation of ABD (A Bold Dream), a new subsidiary dedicated entirely to girl groups ...

2026 looks like being a big year for new label-imprints, whether they’re joint ventures between entrepreneurs and bigger music companies, or expansion.

Following a favorable ruling in its long-running legal battle between NewJeans, HYBE shares rose on Thursday, climbing from 316,500 Korean won (approximately $221.77) to 324,500 KRW ($227.38) on the ...

A new Netflix doc shows the formation of Katseye, a new girl group whose commercial success could indicate if the K-pop model can work with Western audiences. In the first episode of Netflix’s new ...