[K-Enter] BTS ranks 34th on Apple Music's '10th Anniversary Most Popular Songs' list BLACKPINK’s Rosé also makes the list.

Starting off with some news on Apple Music's "10th Anniversary: Most Popular Songs" chart and it won't be a surprise to some to see who made the list.

According to Apple Music's "10th Anniversary: Most Popular Songs" chart released on Monday, BTS's "Dynamite" ranked 34th, breaking into the top 100 and making it the highest-ranking K-pop track on the list. "Butter" BTS's other song ranked 252nd, making it the second highest-charting K-pop entry. The list features the 500 most-streamed songs since the platform launched in 2015.

Both "Dynamite" and "Butter" saw massive global success upon release, each reaching the top 5 on Apple Music's "Top 100: Global" chart. Also featured were Pinkfong's children's song "Baby Shark" at No. 351 and BLACKPINK's Rosé with "APT.," at No. 459. Topping the overall chart was Ed Sheeran's hit "Shape of You."

From human idols to virtual idols let's jump into the digital world now.

Virtual idol group PLAVE has taken the top spot for streaming on Melon, South Korea's largest music platform, for the first half of the year amassing over 950 million streams from January 1 to June 18, earning PLAVE the title of the "Most-streamed artist" in the first half of 2025.

Their title track "Dash" from the third mini album "Asterum: The Shape of Things to Come – Part.1", released in February, recorded 185 million streams, making it the most-streamed song during that time. Since debuting on March 12, 2023, PLAVE have racked up more than 2.77 billion cumulative streams on Melon.

In other news, G-Dragon claimed the top spot for most unique listeners, with around 3.12 million users tuning into his music. His boy group, BIGBANG, were the most-searched artist on Melon during the same period.

Do we already see the take over of virtual K-pop artists taking over the genre? Only time will tell. Lastly, let's talk about the Korean box office.

"Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning", starring Tom Cruise, has become the highest-grossing film released in Korea this year.

According to the film's distributor, Lotte Entertainment, as of Monday morning, the movie has drawn an audience of about 3,379,000.

This surpasses the previous record held by the Korean film "The Snitch" or "Yadang" in Korean, which had attracted roughly 3,377,000 viewers as of the same date.

"Mission: Impossible 8" drew about 423,000 moviegoers on its opening day, May 17, and surpassed 3 million viewers by its 23rd day in theatres, which was June 8.

Thanks as always Walter. Now we move onto to our not virtual K-pop artist, but virtual anchor Ari for more culture related news.

Ari, over to you!