U-KISS releases ‘STOP GIRL’ MV in black-and-white

At noon KST on September 20th, U-KISS has returned with their 7th mini-album STOP GIRL.

The group has been quite busy this past year, not only releasing two Japanese singles, with a third one on its ways, but also releasing two Korean mini-albums earlier this year. STOP GIRL marks U-KISS’ third Korean promotions, though they are going this round of promotions without rapper AJ, who is currently taking a leave to study at Columbia in the United States.

The MV has been released in black-and-white on YouTube and in color through music sites such as Bugs and melOn. Fans should be pleased at this concept as the members take on a new sound and a chic, confident look as they croon “Stop girl in the name of love”.

Source: ukiss2008

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U Kiss receives a special achievement award for spreading Korean Wave

U Kiss will be receiving an award from the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism for greatly contributing to the Korean Wave.

On September 19, U Kiss will be attending an event of Arirang TV that celebrates its customers exceeding 100million, and will be awarded ‘Korean Wave Special Achievement Award’ from the minister of Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Korea.

Previously on September 5, U Kiss held a concert at Budokan in Japan and communicated with 10,000 fans. Even before this particular event, U Kiss greatly influenced Korean Wave and took a part in spreading this culture.

U Kiss reveals, “We are glad to receive the award as an idol group for spreading Korean music across the world. We will keep trying our hardest in Korea, and wherever we go.”

U Kiss will release their new EP, Stop Girl on September 20, and plans to promote in 10 different countries including Thailand, Philippines, U.S, Malaysia, and China.

Source: TV Report

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U-KISS releases a new group picture for ‘STOP GIRL’

Boy group U-KISS has released a new group picture for their 7th mini-album STOP GIRL.

Earlier on September 13th at noon KST, the official MV teaser for their title track of the same name was released. There were two versions of the teaser: one in black & white, which was released through their official YouTube channel, and one in color, which was shown through music sites Bugs and MelOn. NH Media decided to give one more surprise to fans and released the above group picture.

The new group picture provides a contrast from the previous group teaser released. Whereas its predecessor featured the six members silhouetted against the white background, the light shines on the six members, who walk confidently in their sleek outfits against the dark background. Their new image has impressed fans, who are fighting hard to stay patient until the mini-album’s release.

STOP GIRL will be released on September 20th.

Source: @ukisskorea

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U-KISS releases a black-and-white MV teaser for ‘STOP GIRL’

Boy group U-KISS has just released the MV teaser for their upcoming title track, STOP GIRL.

STOP GIRL is the title track of their 7th mini-album of the same name and on September 13th at noon KST, the group released the MV teaser. Their YouTube channel features the MV teaser in black-and-white, while their teaser released through Melon and Bugs is in color. The 30 second teaser shows a manlier and chicer side of the members and their choreography is just as great, though AJ’s presence can be felt.

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U-Kiss releases teaser images for its new EP, Stop Girl

Before returning to TV, the “idol” group U-Kiss has released teaser images.

On September 12, the group consecutively revealed individual teaser images on Twitter and Facebook, announcing its return to the industry.

In the pictures, each member is posing under a bright spotlight with an indifferent facial expression. The way they pose seems to be just sufficient to sport their own masculine charm. The images look as if they were professionally shot for a magazine.

Netizens who saw the posting reacted: “They look like the ‘cold boys from the city!’ I’m so looking forward to their new music.” “I’m excited for their teaser clip tomorrow.” “I want to hear the song asap. I’m so looking forward to see what kind of music they came up with.”

The group’s new album Stop Girl which is scheduled to be released on September 20 is classified as a pop with hip-hop beat. The composer Ryan Jhun who worked on the group’s second official album, Neverland, also participated in the current project.

Before the release of the new EP, the boys will pre-release the teaser of the title track “Stop Girl” on September 13 on YouTube.

Source: TV Report

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U-KISS reveals last ‘STOP GIRL’ teasers featuring Hoon and Dongho

The last individual teasers for U-KISS’ 7th mini-album STOP GIRL have finally been unveiled.

Since a couple days ago, the group has been releasing teasers in pairs (Kiseop/Eli, Soohyun/Kevin), and now the final pair featuring Hoon and Dongho have been revealed.

Like their fellow members before them, both Hoon and Dongho bask under the bright camera light while dressed in snazzy outfits. Two things of interest have been noted: 1) each featured pair stands under the lights in different settings – Kiseop, Kevin, and Hoon stand against a dark blue background while Eli, Soohyun, and Dongho stand against a purple-burgundy background; 2) the same groupings wear similar outfit tops, perhaps providing for some sort of theme.

U-KISS will release the MV teaser for STOP GIRL on September 13th at 12PM and the mini-album on September 20th.

Source: @ukisskorea

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U-KISS will release their 5th Japanese single in November

Just fresh off their fourth Japanese single release of One of You last week and their Korean comeback in the works, it seems that there just are no breaks or rest periods for boy group U-KISS as it was announced that they would release their 5th Japanese single in just two and a half months’ time.

On September 11th, via the group’s Japanese website, news regarding the new Japanese single was released. The single will be out on Wednesday, November 21st, and though currently unnamed, it is a ballad that will mark the Christmas season.

Besides this announcement, no other information was revealed. Fans can pre-order the single via Tower Records.

Source: U-KISS Japan, Tower Records

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U-KISS’ Kiseop and Eli are in the spotlight for ‘STOP GIRL’ image teasers

U-KISS has just unveiled the first two individual image teasers for 7th mini-album STOP GIRL and they feature Kiseop and Eli.

Both members are seen shining in their own respective ways as they are both cast under the spotlight, thanks to a bright camera light. It appears that the pictures were taken off the set of perhaps their latest MV and indeed they will stop girls in their tracks with their handsome and charismatic looks.

In addition, the 11th and 12th will see two members’ concept pictures each with the MV teaser coming out on the 13th.

Source: @ukisskorea

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Over 10,000 fans go crazy for U-Kiss in Japan

Idol group U-Kiss successfully held their exclusive concert in Japan.

On September 7, the agency, NH Media, said that U-Kiss held their exclusive concert in Tokyo on September 5 and made over 10,000 fans go crazy.

U-Kiss sang their hit songs and gave special performances for about three hours.

Each member also gave individual performances and they were greeted with ecstatic cheering. AJ, who is currently studying in the United States, surprised his fans by saying hello through a video screen.

Over 200 local reporters attended the concert to report on the group and proved that the group has become popular in Japan.

U-Kiss released their fourth Japanese single “One Of You” on September 5 and ranked third on the Oricon Daily Chart following Kanjani 8 and EXILE on the same day.

The group will complete their Japanese schedule in September and release their new EP Stop Girl in Korea on September 20.

Source: Starnews

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U-KISS releases MV still for 7th mini-album ‘STOP GIRL’

Boy group U-KISS is set to make their Korean comeback later this month with 7th mini-album STOP GIRL.

The official Twitter of the group officially announced the news on the afternoon of September 3rd with a release of an MV still for STOP GIRL and tweeted, “U-KISS’ 7th MINI-ALBUM ‘STOP GIRL’ MV still released! 7th mini-album to be released mid-September! Please expect it!”

The MV still depicts members Soohyun, Eli, Kevin, Kiseop, Hoon, and Dongho in dark-colored outfits, sharply contrasting against the bright white background. As previously reported, member AJ has returned to Columbia to resume his studies and will be taking a hiatus until at least March. He will not join his fellow group members for this comeback.

This will be U-KISS’ third round of promotions in Korea, following the release of 6th mini-album DORADORA in April and special mini-album The Special to KissMes in June. Are you excitedly awaiting their comeback?

Source: ukisskorea

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U-Kiss’ Dong Ho earns his driver’s license

U-Kiss’ Dong Ho recently took a picture while holding his driver’s license.

On August 2, Dong Ho tweeted a picture with the comment, “I will drive safe and follow traffic laws too. Thank you very much for supporting me.”

In the picture, Dong Ho is holding his driver’s license and smiling at the camera. His big framed glasses, disheveled hair, and cute face drew a lot of attention.

Dong Ho previously announced that he earned his driver’s license by tweeting, “I passed the final test. Thank you.”

People responded: “Congratulations to you!” “You have already become an adult.” “Dong Ho is so cute.” “Drive safe.”

Source: Starnews

U-Kiss enters Oricon Top 5 chart with new EP

Group U-Kiss recently ranked fifth on the Japanese Oricon chart.

The group’s third Japanese EP Dear My Friend was released on July 25 and ranked fifth on the Oricon chart on the first day of its release.

Since Japanese national groups EXILE and AAA also released their new EPs on the same day, the result is a lot more meaningful to U-Kiss.

Their new EP includes the title song “Dear My Friend,” “Beautiful,” and the live version of “Believe.” A music video for the title song features members living their everyday lives and it drew a lot of attention even before it was released.

Their agency says, “U-Kiss is working with Avex, one of the best Japanese agencies, following a star marketing plan. They have made TVXQ and BoA successful in Japan and U-Kiss is also selected as the most promising artist in Japan as a Hallyu star.”

U-Kiss will hold their last concert of their Japanese tour in Tokyo. They will hold their exclusive concert on September 5 at Budokan and return to performing in Korea in mid-September.

Source: Starnews

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U-Kiss tours nine Japanese cities and meets over 80,000 fans

Group U-Kiss has created a sensation in Japan.

On July 25, the group’s agency, NH Media, said that U-Kiss has been touring Japan since early July and over 80,000 tickets for their concerts have sold out.

U-Kiss started touring Japan in Osaka in July. They are holding sixteen concerts in nine cities, including, Fukuoka, Sapporo, and Tokyo.

Their songs ranked high on the Oricon chart and have received a lot of attention.

A spokesperson for the agency says, “U-Kiss is the next big Hallyu group in Japan and they are expected to take the reigns from TVXQ. We think that the group has a bright future ahead of them.”

U-Kiss will hold their last tour concert at NHK Hall in Tokyo on July 28 and 29. They will also release their third Japanese single Dear My Friend on July 25.

Source: Starnews

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U-KISS releases a special MV for ‘Dear My Friend’

After wrapping up activities in Korea with 6th mini-album DORADORA and special mini-album The Special to KISSME, U-KISS will be resuming their promotional activities in Japan with 3rd Japanese single Dear My Friend.

The single is set to be released on July 25th and ahead of the single release date, a short PV has been revealed. Instead of your conventional, traditional PVs where the groups dance and sing to the song, a rather special PV has been made. The PV is comprised of recording BTS footage from the song as well as clips from U-KISS’ visit to South American country, Columbia. Though fans may be disappointed that there will not be a regular PV, their hearts should be touched by seeing U-KISS’ happy expressions.

Source: AvexNetwork YouTube

U-Kiss to hold first Budokan concert in Japan

Idol group U-Kiss will hold their Japanese concert at Budokan.

On July 2, the group’s agency, NH Media, said that the group announced that they will hold their Japanese concert at Bukokan on September 5 through their Japanese agency, AVEX, on July 1.

U-Kiss debuted in Japan 7 months ago, since last November.

Budokan invited around 10,000 people and this is a little less than the number of other concert venues, including Tokyo Dome and Arena. But it is the ‘Stage of Dreams’ for local singers.

Many Hallyu stars, including, BoA, TVXQ, Ryu Si Won, and 2PM have performed at the venue and U-Kiss will join them by bringing a new genre of Hallyu.

U-Kiss says, “We heard that many Japanese and foreign celebrities have performed at the venue. Even though we have only been officially debuted for half a year, we are so glad to hold our concert at Budokan.”

Source: Starnews

U-Kiss to attend the Japanese concert ‘a-nation’

Idol group U-Kiss will attend the biggest Japanese summer music festival ‘a-nation.’

U-Kiss will perform at the ’a-nation’ festival, which will be held on August 29 in Tokyo, Japan.

The ‘a-nation’ is an annual summer festival, which is held by Avex, the biggest Japanese entertainment company. The festival has been active for over 10 years, and over 3 million people have attended the festival so far. Japanese top artists, including, Hamasaki Ayumi, Exile, and AAA will appear at the festival. From Korea, U-Kiss, TVXQ, Super Junior, and Big Bang will also appear.

Even though U-Kiss debuted in Japan only a half year ago, they were cast to the festival with top artists, including, TVXQ, Hamasaki Ayumi, and AAA.

U-Kiss will also attend the ‘Asian Male Group Festival’ under the title of ‘Asia Progress M,’ which will be held in Tokyo on August 9, with AAA and Deep from Japan and Aaron from Taiwan as Asian male group representatives.

U-Kiss released their special album The Special to Kiss Me on June 5. The group will appear in the June 6 episode of Mnet’s M Countdown to perform their title song “Believe” for the first time.

Source: Star Daily News

U-Kiss’ Soo Hyun may have a girlfriend?

U-Kiss’ Soo Hyun may have a girlfriend?

The June 5 episode of MBC Music’s Show Champion, which will air live at 7:00 at night, will unveil Infinite, U-Kiss, B.A.P, SNSD’s Taetiseo’s inner most thoughts with a lie detector.

When Soo Hyun was asked if he has a girlfriend by Ki Seop, he replied “No” but the lie detector said it was a lie. B.A.P’s Him Chan and Young Jae were asked if they ever regretted joining the group, they said “No” but the lie detector said it was a lie.

In addition, results of Infinite, Girl’s Day, and SNSD’s Taetiseo using a lie detector, will be unveiled in the June 5 episode of the show.

Baek Ji Young, G.NA, Infinite, B1A4, Mighty Mouth, Dlamatian, JJ Project, Hello Venus, A-Jax, and She’z will also appear on the show to give vivid performances.

The show will air live on June 5 at 7:00 PM on MBC Music.

Source: TV Report

SNSD, U-Kiss, and B.A.P will hold a large-scale concert in Macao

SNSD, U-Kiss, SHINee, and B.A.P will spread K-pop in Macao.

The four groups will hold a large-scale concert titled K-POP Nation Concert in Macao 2012 at Cotai Arena in the Venetian Hotel on June 2 at 8:00 p.m. (local time)

Cotai Arena is one of the biggest indoor concert halls in Asia. Including such world-renowned singers as Beyonce, Lady Gaga, Linkin Park, Chris Brown, and Celine Dion, Rain and Super Junior held concerts at the hall.

At the concert, including SNSD, U-Kiss, SHINee, and B.A.P, several K-pop artists who are popular in overseas countries will also perform.

K-POP Nation Concert in Macao 2012 is a mini-concert in omnibus format. Each singer or singing group will give special performances that couldn’t be given at their exclusive concerts or TV music shows.

DBM Meida, a co-host of the concert says, “We sold tickets for the concert on a website run by an overseas server. After hearing this, phone calls from people from Korea and overseas countries flooded in inquiring about the concert, and the work was paralyzed for a while.”

Source: Starnews

U-Kiss Kevin, Kiseop and Eli battle for sexiness?

If the lyrics of U-Kiss’ comeback single “Doradora” asks you to leave and never look back, the boys’ sexiness unearthed in their performances is asking the opposite. Instead of doradora (leave, leave) it entices you toborabora (look, look).

Next week’s episode of Arirang TV’s Simply K-Pop will show U-Kiss’ sexy dance choreography for Doradora. Among the seven members of the group Kevin, Kiseop and Eli receive the most attention from many fans who were at the studio to watch the performance live.

Eli showing off his broad muscular shoulders after performance, Kiseop flaunting his abs while at the center doing the sexy wave and Kevin’s unbeatable sexy facial expression and hand gestures. Judging the pictures, who do you think is the sexiest? Hosted by LED Apple’s Hanbyul, the said episode will be aired on Arirang TV on May 22nd at 11am (KST).
Source: Korea.com

U Kiss Dongho’s nickname is “casanova”?

U Kiss’s Dongho who showed off his acting skills on Holy Land that ended on May 19, covered the back page of men’s magazine, Maxim with his tough charms.

After shooting the pictorial in a leisurely manner since he debuted five years ago, he confidently and honestly participated in the interview.

When he was asked if he was ever injured during the shooting of Holy Land, he started by saying, “Yes, I got hurt a lot of times.” He also added, “When I had to break a piece of lumber, I hurt my ankle because I kicked it at the opposite site from where other actor made cracks. Not only that, if you look carefully in the poster of Holy Land, there is a scar on my nose. I got that scar during the shooting of the series.”

He smiled and said, “I never fought once in my life, but I pretty much did all the actions in Holy Land. I only used a stand-in only for the most dangerous scenes. It would be interesting to try and find the stand-in on the series.”

When the reporter asked, “Why does your ideal type change so often?” He replied, “Well, when someone asks me, ‘Is she pretty?’ I can’t say, ‘No, she’s not pretty at all.’ Thanks to that, I now have a nickname ‘Casanova.’” When he was asked about his current ideal type, he responded, “No comment.”

He also candidly confessed, “I now want to show off my manliness and my strong charms to the fans.” Dongho also shared his story about how he made money from stock marketing, starting to knit as a hobby, and the distribution of profit among the members.

Dongho’s pictorial and his interview will be available on the July edition of Maxim.

Source: TV Report