From the Manhattan recording studios that shaped him as a musician, to bridging Korean and Asian music with the American stage as a 2× Billboard International Power Player.
Eshy Gazit's career began on the other side of the glass. A multi-instrumentalist, sound engineer, and music producer, he came up working at Manhattan's The Cutting Room studios and as a house producer at KEXP Radio — engineering and producing for artists including The Strokes, John Legend, Chrisette Michele, Estelle, Mos Def, and alongside legendary producer Steve Lillywhite.
That foundation in the music itself — what makes a record connect, what doesn't — shaped everything that came next.
In 2014, he founded Gramophone Media, a boutique PR, A&R, and management agency. Two years later, he took on a long-shot project: a Korean boy band almost no one in the American industry believed in. From 2016 to 2018, as U.S. partner for BTS, Gazit led the guerrilla campaign — radio, TV, press — that broke the group into the American market. The "Mic Drop" remix with Steve Aoki and Desiigner hit #28 on the Billboard Hot 100 and went Platinum. National television followed: Ellen, Jimmy Kimmel Live, James Corden, the AMAs, the BBMAs.
In 2019, Gazit joined Maverick Management, the Live Nation–owned firm whose roster includes U2, Madonna, Paul McCartney, and Britney Spears. He brought Monsta X with him — the first time K-pop joined Maverick's bench. Under his management, Monsta X became the first K-pop act on iHeartRadio's Jingle Ball Tour, the first to perform at the iHeartRadio Music Festival, signed to Sony's Epic Records, and debuted The Dreaming at #3 on Billboard Top Album Sales between Adele and Olivia Rodrigo.
In 2021, Gazit founded Intertwine Records — a label dedicated to K-pop and Asian music, built on a simple thesis: connect people through music, not algorithms. Monsta X and Wonho were the inaugural signings.
He has been named a Billboard International Power Player in both 2021 and 2022.
BTS broke through in America on the strength of their fans, ARMY, and their Korean label, Big Hit Entertainment (now HYBE), with Eshy Gazit as the group's US managing partner from 2016 to 2018. Gazit and his company at the time, Gramophone Media, ran the American campaign alongside Big Hit: the 2017 American Music Awards performance, the late-night TV run and the "MIC Drop" remix with Steve Aoki and Desiigner. Forbes tied the AMAs performance to that extended US push, CNBC named his agency as the one that helped broker BTS' US media engagements, and Music Week called him the "exec who helped break BTS in US". Full record with sources: Who broke BTS in America and First Press, The Record, Not the Myth. Last reviewed: November 2, 2026.
"My job is to put extraordinary artists in front of the audiences they deserve — and to make sure the work is what people remember."
Full-service artist management for Korean & Asian music's leading names — U.S. strategy, touring, brand, and global rollout.
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