SS501′s Kim Kyu Jong will hold his last fan meeting before joining the army

SS501′s Kim Kyu Jong will hold his last fan meeting on June 3 before joining the army in July.

Kim will meet around 2,000 fans through the fan meeting Thank U ThankYU with TripleS, which will be held in the auditorium of Yonsei University on June 3 at 5.00 p.m.

At the fan meeting, Kim will perform some of his songs and talk with his fans.

A spokesperson for Kim says, “This is the last one of Kim Kyu Jong’s fan meeting tour in Asia which started in February. Kim Kyu Jong is preparing a lot for the meeting because it is the last event with his fans before joining the army.”

Kim has released albums as a member of a unit group with SS501 members and a solo singer. He also performed in some drama series.

Source: TV Report

Teaser video of Big Bang’s Taeyang is released on June 1

A teaser video of Big Bang’s Taeyang was released after G-Dragon, T.O.P, and Seungri’s before the release of Big Bang’s special edition album Still Alive.

The teaser video released on YG Life blog on June 1 implies that Big Bang’s new song “Monster” will be an intense, charismatic song as it includes a soaring beat and Taeyang’s soulful voice.

While the teaser videos of G-Dragon, T.O.P, and Seungri are showing the sad part of “Monster,” Taeyang’s video is leading the song to a climax by showing Big Bang becoming monsters.

Taeyang is dressed in black accessorized with belts and showing off his moderate look. At the end of the video,   Taeyang with nervous blue eyes is highlighted, increasing people’s curiosity about the music style of “Monster.”

Big Bang are releasing Still Alive as an extension of their mini-album Alive to show their musical passion. It includes “Blue,” “Fantastic Baby,” “Bad Boy,” and “Love Dust,” which made a hit early this year.

It also includes five new songs, “Still Alive,” “Feeling,” “Ego,” “Bingle Bingle,” and “Monster.” Big Bang are releasing these songs to express their appreciation to their fans.

The lead track “Monster” is especially sensational both musically and visually. Including the large-scale music video of “Monster,” Big Bang’s new album will be released on June 3 online and on 6 offline.
Source: TV Report

Rain wins appeal against tenant

Singer Rain seems to be a winner, even when he is away fulfilling his compulsory military service. On May 31, Seoul Central District Court ruled in favor of the Hallyu singer for the second time against his tenant, a local designer who had not been paying any rent and failed to move out of Rain’s building after the lease had run out.

“We maintain our ruling from the first trial that the tenant should take the money deducted from his 100 million won ($84,700) deposit and leave the premises,” the court said, ordering the tenant to vacate the premise that he has been using as a gallery.

According to the court, the singer and the designer entered into a contract back in August of 2009 with a deposit of 100 million won and 4 million won rent as well as an additional 400,000 won in maintenance fees per month.
The contract was valid until March 2011 and although the designer used this space as a gallery, he failed to pay maintenance fees from December 2009 and then stopped paying rent altogether from September 2010.

Rain brought a suit against the designer back in January to kick him out but the designer said that because of leakage in the building, he was owed money from damages and failed to vacate the building. He felt that he was the victim and appealed for the case against Rain.
By Carla Sunwoo [carlasunwoo@joongang.co.kr]

Source: Korea Joongang Daily

EXO-K attends Calvin Klein event in Seoul

In March, rookie group EXO-K was chosen to be models for clothing brand Calvin Klein and just last week, the boys were invited to the Calvin Klein, Inc. Multi-Brand Event in Seoul.

The event was a prestigious one in which many Hollywood actors and actresses attended. It marked an honor for the boys, who are still relatively new in the KPOP industry, but have been seen as one of the ambassadors for the Hallyu Wave.

EXO-K also had the honor of posing with the Creative Director of Calvin Klein Jeans, Kevin Carrigan, and showed off their good fashion, going from the colorful orange pants and jacket to blue denim jeans, black jackets, and black attire.

Source: Calvin Klein’s Facebook

The ‘trendy idol’ Infinite ranks first place on M Countdown

The ‘trendy idol’ Infinite ranked first place on M Countdown after their comeback stage three weeks ago.

Infinite’s new song “The Chaser” ranked first place on M Countdown on the last week of May.

This episode of M Countdown has been reorganized as a summer special. All the singers who ranked first place appeared and performed; Infinite revealed their thoughts about ranking first place through the video and received the fans’ congratulations.

Infinite who has been a strong candidate of M Countdown in just two weeks, finally ranked first place in three weeks.

Netizens commented: “Infinite sure is the trend.” “The song ‘Chaser’ is amazing. Congratulations on ranking first place.” “I’m proud to be a fan of Infinite.”

Infinite is establishing a strong foothold as the ‘trendy idol’ with the release of their new song “The Chaser” on various music websites.

Source: Xportsnews

Super Junior’s Kyuhyun says farewell to Catch Me if You Can

Super Junior’s Kyuhyun will be Frank Jr. no more as he wrapped up his final performance for his second musical Catch Me if You Can.

For a few months, Kyuhyun played the role of Frank Jr., who was infamous for his exquisite forgery and con artist skills. But all good things must come to an end sooner or later and Kyuhyun shared a picture with his cast as well as a farewell tweet.

He tweeted, “Catch Me if You Can Kyu-rank’s final performance..I grew on this stage a bit..To the actors, staff members and audience, thank you for such a happy time. Please give your love to the remaining performances as well!!~~Goodbye~~ㅜ ㅜ”

In related news, Super Junior finished their Super Show 4 World Tour with their encore performances in Seoul this past weekend. The group will be working on their 6th album, which will be released later this year.

Source: Kyuhyun’s Twitter

The handsome trio: Donghae, Yunho, and Yesung captured together

Recently, the trainees of SM Entertainment in 2001, Super Junior’s Yesung, Donghae, and TVXQ’s Yunho gathered.

On the afternoon of May 31, Yesung uploaded a picture and posted on his Twitter, “My fellow trainees of SM Entertainment from year 2001.”

Smiling brightly, Yesung, Donghae, and Yunho are all dressed in black suits. Yunho attracted attention with his recent looks.

Netizens commented: “I didn’t know you were all trainees of the same year.” “So handsome.” “Welcome back Yunho.”

Source: Starnews

SNSD’s Taeyeon is spotted everywhere with a pea doll

SNSD’s Taeyeon has fallen in love with peas.

Recently, a posting titled “Taeyeon has fallen in love with pea-shaped dolls” was uploaded on an online community board.

The posting included several pictures of the star holding some pea-shaped dolls. She seems to take them wherever she goes because she was spotted holding them in a bedroom and a car.

Netizens who saw the posting reacted: “She seems especially in love with this pea-shaped doll.” “Taeyeon and her dolls look alike.”

SNSD will release a new single “Paparazzi” in Japan on June 27.

Source: TV Report

Super Junior’s Eunhyuk dresses to the nines

Super Junior’s Eunhyuk recently took a self portrait.

On May 31, Eunhyuk tweeted a picture with the short comment, “Going on a splendid outing.” In the picture, Eunhyuk is wearing a black suit and a bow tie. His blond hair and elegant facial expression captured the public’s attention.

People who saw the picture responded: “He is cute.” “He looks good in a bow tie. I like his elegant facial expression.” “He looks good!”

Source: TV Report

SNSD’s Yoona: ‘Love Rain was valuable to me’

SNSD’s Yoona has wrapped up her activities for drama Love Rain (written by Oh Sooyeon and directred by Yoon Sukho), where she portrayed Ha Na and the younger version of Ha Na’s mother.

On May 30th, she sat down with Star News where she reflected on her time spent filming for the drama and expressed, “Thanks to ‘Love Rain’, I was able to gain valuable experience.” Love Rain was Yoona’s first drama since starring in the 2009 MBC drama Cinderella Man. Yoona further added, “Since I hadn’t acted in a while, I felt that Love Rain granted me many different experiences and emotions that I never experienced before in my previous roles. It let me think about myself, which is a good thing.”

Yoona was gracious to have the opportunity to work alongside good actors and actresses, citing, “Because I was able to work alongside good actors and staff members, it made me happy. I will continue to grow and show to you a better image.” She also thanked viewers, stating, “To those who watched Love Rain, thank you. Please look forward to Yoona, who will become a more mature actress in the future.”

Love Rain finished its 20 episode run on May 29th and viewers were pleased to see the marriage and happy ending between Jang Geun Seok’s character, Seo Yoon, and Yoona’s character, Jung Hana.

Source: StarNews

B1A4 Gongchan becomes a bartender and Bigbang’s G-Dragon on MTV The Show?

You may know Gongchan as the silent-type member of B1A4 but he is also capable of being funny and “dorky” at the same time. Together with Baro, they were seen enjoying their time while waiting for their turn to perform at the recording of SBS MTV The Show yesterday (May 29^th). Backstage, they found a big chair and pulled it out to the center. Gongchan immediately sat down and tried imitating G-Dragon’s role in Bigbang’s music video for Fantastic Baby while Baro was standing at the back.

Before the G-Dragon scene, Gongchan also initiated another role-playing scenario. He went inside a bar area and pretended to be a bartender. CNU who was doing his own version of push-ups, stopped and joined the other members who started acting as customers. He then ordered “Iced Americano.”

      

B1A4 is currently promoting their comeback single “Baby Goodnight.” SBS MTV’s The Show is unique from other music shows because the filming takes place in a real club in Cheongdam. The audience can enjoy watching performances from many K-Pop celebrities in a relatively very proximate distance. The Show is aired on SBS MTV every Friday at 8pm (KST) with replays on Mondays (8am), Wednesdays (4:30pm) and Saturdays (1pm). The role-playing scenes mentioned above may also appear on MTV Behind the Show, which is aired every Friday at 9pm.

Source: Korea.com

2PM’s Nickhun wears a fedora and takes a self portrait

2PM’s Nickhun recently took a self portrait.

On May 30, Nickhun tweeted a picture with the comment in English, “Here’s a picture for you guys! Have a great one!”

In the picture, Nickhun is wearing a unique T-shirt and a fedora. He is making a funny face while looking up at the camera. He seems like he has lost some weight.

People who saw the picture responded: “He is so cute.” “You look good in a fedora.” “I thought your T-shirt is just simple but I noticed a unique drawing.” “You have really big eyes.” “Good luck on your Japanese concert!” “2PM will be successful.”

2PM will hold their concert in Tokyo, Japan, starting on May 30 for 3 days.

Source: TV Report

TEEN TOP reveals the official MV for ‘TO YOU’

Boy group TEEN TOP is officially back with their third mini-album aRtisT as they turned heads with their new bad boy look seen in the official teasers.

T.O.P. Media, the agency of TEEN TOP, released the official MV for ‘TO YOU’ at 4:00 PM KST and already, the MV has been met with much excited praise and comments from fans, who flocked to the MV the moment it was released. They gushed that the MV was beautiful and the boys looked amazing with their different hairstyles and grown-up look. And thanks to these fervent fans, they got TEEN TOP trending with ‘#toyouteentop’ at #1.

Check out the MV below!

Source: TEEN TOP’s Official YouTube Channel

Big Bang’s G-Dragon ‘Monster’ Teaser Unveiled!

Following the release of T.O.P‘s video teaser for Big Bang’s newest track ‘Monster’, leader G-Dragon was next to surprise and impress. On 29 May, YG Entertainment released the second teaser for ‘Still Alive’ – Special Edition through their official Youtube channel.

The video had the same narration as the first teaser and G-Dragon seemed lost in a dark enclosed space. The main surprise factor in the teaser was G-Dragon’s new hairstyle, a blonde ‘mushroom’ bob. Known for his crazy trademark hairstyles that are unique from others, G-Dragon did not fail to surprise yet again.

In the photo teaser released earlier however, he was seen with a flaming red mohawk that complements the big fire in the scene. Which hairstyle did you like better?

Monster’ is written and composed by G-Dragon himself and is expected to be different from their previous tracks. So stay tuned for more teasers and the final anticipated release!

Source: BIGBANG

SNSD’s fans gives Yoona a special birthday present

SNSD’s Yoona had her 23rd birthday and received a special birthday present from her fans.

On May 30, SNSD’s official fan club Smile Yoona published an advertisement in a daily newspaper to celebrate Yoona’s 23rd birthday.

The advertisement says, “Flower rain is falling. It’s goddess Yoona’s Love Rain. The fragrance of Yoona makes us forget ourselves and we fall in love with her all over again. We became fans of her under the name of SONE.”

People responded: “Happy birthday to Yoona.” “That’s a nice present from the fans.” “Have a happy birthday.” “Cheer up, Yoona. We support you.”

Yoona appeared on KBS’s Monday-Tuesday series Love Rain, which went off air on May 29. She will devote herself to perform as a member of SNSD.

Source: TV Report

Infinite praised for “The Chaser”

Infinite’s new song “The Chaser” is receiving rave reviews worldwide.

The song is from Infinite’s 3rd mini album, which was released on May 15. Since the song includes modern and refined beats and emotional lyrics and tunes, it is receiving rave reviews from in and outside of the country.

No Jun Young, a Korean music critic, reviewed the album, “Infinite colors their music with their own colors. The group is the answer for K-pop and a world wide idol, who helps people feel various sentiments through their songs.”

Media outlets overseas also highly praised the group for their music and group dancing. They said, “Their dance moves surpass Janet Jackson.”

The group ranked first on several on and offline music charts with their song “The Chaser.” Infinite is making big strides in the singing world and is becoming recognized by the public and critics.

Besides the title song, the album includes variety of genres of songs, which prove that the group has upgraded their music skills. The group is highly praised for being not just an idol group but also skillful musicians.

Source: Star Daily News

BtoB Minhyuk and his muscles?

BtoB’s Minhyuk has been receiving a lot of attention these days for having a more “manly physique” than before. In this week’s episode of SBS MTV’s The Show, Minhyuk will be slightly revealing some of his arm muscles while hosting the show.

Minhyuk said they (BtoB) exercise. And when asked whether they will all be like their B2ST sunbae Lee Gikwang, Minhyuk answered that he is more like B2ST Dongwoon. He added that BtoB’s Hyunsik is the one following the footsteps of Lee Gikwang. Sungjae butt in and said Hyunsik is exercising so hard these days.

                        

It seems that BtoB fans can expect more and more from the group . Watch Sungjae and Minhyuk hosting the club-themed music program The Show. Aired on SBS MTV every Friday at 8pm (KST) with replays on Mondays (8am), Wednesdays (4:30pm) and Saturdays (1pm). You can also watch the happening behind the scenes through the program MTV Behind the Show aired every Friday at 9pm.

Source: Korea.com

G.Na imitates Lady Gaga’s ribbon hair?

Sexy queen G.Na imitated Lady Gaga’s ‘ribbon hair.’

On the afternoon of May 30, G.Na uploaded two pictures and posted on her Twitter, “Before the shooting yesterday, I tried little Lady Gaga’s ribbon hair with a bright smile. In truth, I tried to wear my hair in a bun, but my hair and make-up stylist told me that it looks like a ribbon. At a second glance, it really does look like a ribbon.”

In the picture, G.Na looked more mature with her wavy hair dyed in two colors. She tried a whole new style by imitating Lady Gaga’s ‘ribbon hair.’

Netizens commented: “You said that you gained weight, but you look skinnier. So beautiful.” “You have the perfect body and face.” “You look more innocent now. You must’ve taken good care of yourself.”

G.Na recently made a comeback with her third mini album, and is actively performing her title song “2 Hot.”

Source: Starnews

Super Junior becomes part of Thai curriculum!

Boy band Super Junior has dominated the academic world by landing a spot inside a Thai textbook.

In the music textbook for high school seniors, the Korean band was mentioned with an accompanying picture as “The artist who performed the biggest concert in Thailand.”

The mention was in reference to the band’s “Super Show 4” concert, which took place in Bangkok from March 16 to 18.
The Thai concert run was extended by one night due to fans’ demands and amassed more than 40,000 audience members in total.

The show was noted for bringing the most number of audience members to a concert. With three concerts in a row, it was also the longest-running consecutive show in Thailand.

By Carla Sunwoo [carlasunwoo@joongang.co.kr]

Source: Korea Joongang Daily