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Press and coverage

Coverage of the company's leadership, and a selection of the press and U.S. television the team has worked on for artists. Every item links to the source.

About the company and its leadership

Billboard: Eshy Gazit Launching New Label With BMG To Release Monsta X, Wonho (2021)

Music Business Worldwide: What is 'Asian Pop'? Op-ed by Eshy Gazit (July 2026)

Los Angeles Times: K-pop, Monsta X and the major labels (2019)

Music Week: Maverick Management recruits exec who helped break BTS in US (2019)

Music Business Worldwide: Eshy Gazit, manager of K-pop stars Monsta X, joins Maverick (2019)

Forbes: BTS' AMAs Performance Comes After Extended Push Into The U.S. Market (2017)

Billboard: The Year Pop Went Global: What 'Despacito' and BTS Meant In 2017

Eshy Gazit, CEO of LUSIVEX, was named to Billboard's International Power Players list in 2021 and 2022. More about the company on the about page.

Selected artist coverage and U.S. television

Each result belongs to the artist named.

Billboard

BTS: The Year Pop Went Global: What “Despacito” and BTS Meant in 2017 (quotes Eshy Gazit)

BTS: Stars in Billboard Package Featuring 8 Different Covers (Feb 2018)

Monsta X: “All About Luv” Debuts in the Top Five on the Billboard 200

Wonho: 20 Questions With Wonho

DaYoung: Shiloh Jolie Makes Surprise Cameo in “What’s a Girl to Do”

Shaun: “Way Back Home” Tops BTS and BLACKPINK on Charts

Rolling Stone

KiiiKiii: KiiiKiii Are K-Pop’s Latest Shining Stars

Balming Tiger: Alt K-Pop Collective Proudly Represents Korea’s Rising Subculture

Big Ocean: Meet the Deaf K-Pop Group That’s Breaking Barriers

DAWN: DAWN Goes Deep on His New Single and Life After HyunA

SISTAR19: Sistar19 Come Back With “No More (Ma Boy)”

Time

BTS: 25 Most Influential People on the Internet (2017)

Forbes

Wonho: Wonho Talks Finding His Way Anew With “Losing You”

DaYoung: DaYoung Is Ready For Her Pop Rockstar Era

Variety

Samuel: “Samuelito”: Blending Latin, Reggaeton and K-Pop

Bryan Chase: Okasian, Bryan Chase Signed by Universal Music Korea (Exclusive)

The Hollywood Reporter

KiiiKiii: First Look at the New K-Pop Group (Exclusive)

DaYoung: The 40 Best K-pop Songs of 2025

People

DaYoung: Angelina Jolie’s Daughter Shiloh Is Her Twin in New K-Pop Video Cameo

Monsta X: People in 10: video feature

Paper

Monsta X: Sitting Down With Monsta X at Their Historic Jingle Ball Debut

Wonho: Former Monsta X Member Wonho Goes Solo With “Losing You”

Tiffany Young: Tiffany Young: Asian-American Idol

Elle & Teen Vogue

DaYoung: Elle: See Shiloh Jolie Dance in Dayoung’s Music Video

DaYoung & Monsta X: Teen Vogue: 15 Best K-pop Music Videos of 2025

Monsta X: Teen Vogue: Team Spirit With MONSTA X

Vogue <span class="noL">(Video)</span>

Tiffany Young: Vogue: Beauty Secrets: Tiffany Young’s 18-Step Beauty Routine

Tiffany Young: Vogue: On the Go: Tiffany Young’s Tour Bus Travel Routine

NME & GRAMMY.com

KiiiKiii: NME: “Uncut Gem” review

1300: NME: “Foreign Language” review

Armaan Malik: GRAMMY.com: Global Spin: Representing India With “You”

Culture & Tastemaker

KiiiKiii: Consequence: Fan Chant interview

KiiiKiii: Dazed: Their Journey to Stardom

eaJ: Nylon: Former Day6 Member eaJ On Going Solo

DAYOUNG: Clash: What’s A Girl To Do: CLASH Meets DAYOUNG

Omega Sapien: Stereogum: Band To Watch: Balming Tiger

CIFIKA: Interview: CIFIKA Is the Korean Arca

Rich Brian: Complex: “Yellow” and the New Album “The Sailor”

NIKI: NPR: Tiny Desk Concert

Tiffany Young: Galore: Ready For Her Solo Spotlight

U.S. Television

BTS: American Music Awards 2017 (ABC): U.S. TV debut, first K-pop group at the AMAs

BTS: Jimmy Kimmel Live! (ABC)

BTS: The Ellen DeGeneres Show: U.S. daytime debut, “MIC Drop”

BTS: Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve 2018 (ABC): first Korean group on the broadcast

Monsta X: Good Morning America (ABC): “Who Do U Love”

Monsta X: Jimmy Kimmel Live!: with French Montana

Monsta X: The TODAY Show (NBC): “You Can’t Hold My Heart”

Monsta X: The Kelly Clarkson Show (NBC): first K-pop artist on the show

Tiffany Young: iHeartRadio Music Awards 2019: Best Solo Breakout

CRAVITY: Good Day New York (FOX 5)

DAY6: Good Day New York (FOX 5): first U.S. TV appearance

Vanner: FOX 13 Seattle: “Peak Time” win & new album

Big Ocean: FOX 13 Seattle: K-pop’s first hard-of-hearing idol group

Press contact

For interviews, quotes or background on U.S. market entry for international artists, email info@lusivex.com.

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