BTS' J-Hope, Don Toliver collaboration releases
American rapper Don Toliver's new song featuring J-Hope of BTS and Pharrell Williams was officially dropped Friday.
'LV Bag,' produced by Pharrell Williams, was first unveiled last month at the fall-winter 2024 menswear show for Louis Vuitton, for which Williams is the creative director. The hip-hop track played while J-Hope sat in the front row.
The single is J-Hope's first new song since he was discharged from his mandatory military service in October last year. He is set to roll out a solo set next month, about a year since special album 'Hope on the Street Vol. 1.'
From next week, the artist is to embark on a 'Hope on the Stage' solo world tour. After a two days in Seoul, he will head to North America and perform in six cities before hopping around eight cities in Asia.
Xikers announce 2nd world tour
Boy band Xikers is set to go on tour in May, KQ Entertainment announced Friday.
The band of nine will kick off the 'Road to XY: Enter the Gate' tour with a concert in Seoul on May 3, its first standalone live show in the city. It will then go to the US to visit New York, Chicago, Atlanta, Dallas and Los Angeles.
The bandmates will be returning to the states about 1 1/2 years after its first tour took them to six cities there. The previous tour also included two cities in Japan, two in Australia and seven in Europe.
Separately, Xikers started airing a show on YouTube earlier this month, having partnered with Japanese satellite broadcaster Wowwow after enjoying time off in Tokyo.
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