News K-Pop group Big Ocean debuted a new single at the UN’s AI summit using HYBE’s Supertone voice cloning tech Supertone said it worked on enhancing the band's English pronunciation, while preserving their vocal tone and style.
News TikTok seeking Canada meeting amid looming shutdown (report) TikTok's Steve de Eyre told Bloomberg that the company is "still looking to get [a deal] to the table."
News Spotify could exit Turkey amid government probe over ‘provocative’ playlists (report) The company is considering all options including “pausing its operations in the market or exiting Turkey altogether," The Times (UK) reported, citing sources.
News This app from SM Entertainment founder Lee Soo-man’s new company A20 will let fans chat with AI versions of K-Pop artists The app features direct messaging with artists and AI-generated responses from virtual versions of the artists.
News TikTok to integrate Chordal’s sync licensing tech with its commercial music library Rightsholders will be able to use Chordal's InstantClear tech to opt into TikTok's Commercial Music Library.
News Live Nation proposes 20% ticket resale cap to Trump administration (report) Live Nation is also proposing expanding artist control of ticket resales and stricter enforcement of the BOTS Act from 2016.
News Savan Kotecha’s Visva Records forms JV with Republic Records after ‘Kpop Demon Hunters’ chart success Republic will distribute Visva's roster, as the latter aims to develop international artists.
News Federal court blocks FTC’s ‘click-to-cancel’ rule for subscription services days before rollout A US appeals court found that the FTC failed to properly conduct a preliminary regulatory analysis.
News HYBE vows to cooperate with authorities as South Korea financial regulator aims to refer Bang Si-hyuk to prosecutors (report) South Korea's securities watchdog voted to refer HYBE Chairman Bang Si-hyuk to prosecutors.
Analysis News Oasis streams surged 320% on Spotify globally after first reunion tour concerts in Cardiff Oasis stats roll in following first first Oasis Live '25 concerts in Cardiff
News Fictional K-pop groups from Netflix’s ‘KPop Demon Hunters’ dominate streaming charts The film's two virtual bands collectively attracted over 25 million monthly listeners on Spotify.
News Rock and metal streaming platform ROKK reveals policy of ‘no fully AI-generated music’ on its service ROKK co-founder Alexander Landenburg said the platform draws the line when AI is used to create entire ‘artists’ or ‘bands’.
News Big Machine Label Group forms cross-genre label with former Republic Records exec Joel Klaiman The executives behind Taylor Swift's early music launched Ascend Music to develop cross-genre talent
News Korea Exchange offices reportedly raided amid HYBE IPO investigation The raid targeted the exchange’s Seoul office, where investigators reportedly secured data related to the listing review process for HYBE
News A2IM and Recording Academy welcome congressional passage of HITS Act The legislation provides tax breaks to record producers and artists