Last updated Apr 4, 2026 by RSS Ingestion
After working with the stars of Disney, TikTok, and CoComelon, well-traveled exec Kevin Mayer has his eye on the K-pop industry. The Co-Founder and Co-CEO of Candle Media, who also had a brief stint as the CEO of TikTok, has joined the Board of Directors for the South Korean entertainment company HYBE. HYBE, which adopted its current name in 2021, was originally known as Big Hit Entertainment. Under that name, it operated as one of South Korea's most prominent labels. HYBE is best known for creating BTS, the Seoul-based septet that has become the most successful K-pop act of all time. Visit Tubefilter for more great stories.