Pictures of f(x)’s Sulli, with and without braces, were recently released and drew a lot of attention.
On June 4, an online community posted several pictures with the caption, “Sulli became very pretty after she had braces.”
The pictures feature Sulli when she was a child actor and her current appearance. Young Sulli has the same milky white skin and clear cut features just like her current appearance. It seems like after she had braces, she became even more beautiful.
People responded: “She was more beautiful when she was a little girl.” “Even though she just had braces, she became even more beautiful than ever.” “Thank you for growing up so well.”
Actor Jang Keun Suk recently captured the Japanese Oricon chart.
On June 5, according to Jang’s agency, Tree J. Company, Jang’s first Japanese regular album Just Crazyranked first on the Oricon weekly chart.
Jang released the album on May 30 and ranked first on the Oricon daily chart. The album ranked first on both the daily and weekly chart by selling 88,000 copies in the first week of its release.
It has been a long time since a male solo to ranked first with his first album. Japanese singer Moriyama Naotaro ranked first 8 years ago in 2004. Jang is also the first foreign solo artist to rank first on the chart. Scatman John from the U.S. ranked second in 1995 and Korean singer K also ranked second in 2006.
Jang’s first single Let Me Cry, which was released in April of last year, ranked first on the Oricon daily and weekly charts. As a result, both his first single and regular albums ranked first on the chart.
Jang is the third solo singer to rank first on the Oricon weekly chart with his first single and regular albums. He set a new record 17 years and 4 months after Uchida Yuki released her single in 1994 and regular album in 1995.
Jang will start going on the ’2012 Jang Keun Suk Asia Tour’ in Seoul in July under the title of ‘The Cri Show 2.’ Then he will tour 4 Japanese cities (Yokohama, Osaka, Nagoya, Fukuoka) and Shanghai, Shenzhen, Taiwan, and Thailand.
Paparazzi pictures of Boyfriend’s Young Min are getting a lot of attention online.
An online community posted pictures with the caption, “Kim Hyun Joong from Sorae Village? Pictures of Boyfriend’s Young Min! Cleaning eyes.”
In the pictures, Young Min is wearing simple clothes but his crisp appearance captured the public’s attention.
People responded: “I thought he was really Kim Hyun Joong.” “I cleaned my eyes with the pictures!” “It would make my day if I met him on the street.” “I heard that their agency is in Sorae Village. I want to go there everyday.” “He is a standard god!”
Boyfriend recently signed a contract with big the Japanese agency, Bing, where Japanese national singers, B’z, Zard, and Kuraki Mai represent. The group will release their Japanese special album We are Boyfriend on June 6.
Prince of Asia, Jang Keun Suk, recently captured China.
Jang visited China on May 30 to promote a Chinese drink brand. Many people and major local outlets gathered to see him and brought the Airport to a halt. His fans proved that he is very popular in China by welcoming him and calling out his name.
On May 31, various events were held for the brand and they announced Jang and Park Min Young were selected as representatives for the brand. The event aired live online throughout the world.
Jang thanked his fans and medial outlets by smiling and blowing kisses. He also took pictures of the fans with his own camera and drew a lot of attention.
Jang also attended a press conference for the brand and received wild cheers from his Chinese fans and over 100 media outlets, including, CCTV, Beijing TV, Hunan TV, and Xinhua News Agency. Over 40 representatives for branch offices also attended the press conference.
Jang, who ranked first on both the Oricon daily and weekly chart with his album Just Crazy, will start his ’2012 Jang Keun Suk Asia Tour’ in Seoul in July under the title of ‘The Cri Show 2.’ Then he will tour 4 Japanese cities (Yokohama, Osaka, Nagoya, Fukuoka) and Shanghai, Shenzhen, Taiwan, and Thailand.
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.
T-ara’s Ji Yeon recently shed tears for her father.
An online community posted several pictures with the caption, “Ji Yeon’s father appeared at T-ara’s autograph signing.” The pictures were captured from the May 29 episode of OBS’s Unique Entertainment News.
The pictures feature T-ara members holding an autograph signing event. Then a middle-aged man appeared and surprised the members. He was Ji Yeon’s father. He hugged his daughter and said before he left, “I came here to see you. Bye.”
As soon as Ji Yeon saw her father, she started shedding tears of joy and other members were also moved to tears.
People responded: “Ji Yeon must be surprised at her father’s appearance.” “I feel sorry for her tears.” “Her father is leaving soon.” “I think she is too busy to go home.”
As we all know, Super Junior is celebrating their 6th anniversary today, June 2, 2012. Along with this, they are planning for their 6th album before their leader, Leeteuk, enters the military for his mandatory service.
Eunhyuk, the group’s dancing machine teases fans with his latest tweet saying, “In the middle of stretching. . .that or we were in the middle of discussing choreography. . .”
Can you guess who’s who?
**The photo consists of Donghae, wearing the hat and white shirt; Yesung, wearing a black shirt; Kyuhyun, wearing the blue shirt, and Eunhyuk, in his yellow pants with somewhat orange hair.
Singer Kim Hyun Joong will release his new single in Japan.
On June 5, Kim’s agency, Keyeast, said that Kim will release his second Japanese single album Heat on July 4.
The single will include two songs “Heat” and “Let’s Party.” Kim showed off his soft image through his Japanese debut album, which was released in January. But this time, he will show off powerful charisma as a tough man.
He is planning to perform live in Saitama, Japan on July 14 and 15 to celebrate the release of his second single album.
At the July 14 live concert, Kim will collaborate with popular Japanese musician Naoto Intiraymi and emcee the ‘Double Fantasy Star-Great Assist.’ The two stars have known each other since when Kim visited Japan to appear in a goodwill soccer match.
Kim will hold his exclusive live concert ‘Kim Hyun Joong Heat 2012 in Japan’ for free on July 15. He will give splendid performances and have a great time with over 32,000 fans.
Kim held fan meetings in Chengdu and Guangzhou, China on June 1. He will also hold another fan meeting in Shanghai, China on June 9.
Another mega concert is being organized by Launch Entertainment, a Singapore organizer. ‘Boyz Nite Out Kpop Festival’ has an impressive lineup of 4 boygroups and a soloist. SHINee, B1A4, Teen Top, 7.9.4.2 andJay Park are going to be sharing the stage on June 15 in the Singapore Indoor Stadium.
Here’s a quick of each of them, along with a special video shout-out! Read on!
SHINee - Debuted with popular hit Replay, attracting even the older fans with their catchy lyric “noona neomu yeoppo”. They swiftly formed a massive fanbase of all ages and have been topping music charts and bagging awards since their debut. Their latest concept enshrouded in mystery, specifically Sherlock, won them a triple crown in music shows.
B1A4 – Short for ‘Be the One All for One’, it also represents the members’ bloodtype. They were introduced via a unique way, through an online comic concept (webtoon). Debuted in 2011 with title track O.K. Currently in the midst of releasing teasers for their ‘Ignition’ repackage album.
Teen Top – Debuted in 2010 under TOP Media which is founded by Shinhwa‘s Andy. Their debut track’s MV ’Clap‘ had After School Lizzy featured in it. They also took part and performed during Sundown Festival in Singapore last year.
Jay Park - Known for his swag, the b-boy and soloist was recently in town for his New Breed album promotion tour. He will be headlining Verizon’s APAHM tour in the USA in May. On 16 May, Jay Park released his first mixtape ‘Fresh A!r; Breathe !t’. Consisting of 6 English songs, they were uploaded online and free for download.
7.9.4.2 – Also called ‘Chilgusai‘ (CGSE), following the korean pronounciation of the numbers. The group recently debuted in April 2012 with the song ‘I’ll Be Famous’. Prior to their debut, they were casted in a Korea-Indonesia collaborative drama called ‘I Love You…‘ which is set to air in July.
A night promised to be filled with amazing acts, vocals and performances, definitely not to be missed! Have you secured your tickets already? Stay tuned with Korea.com and Launch Group for more updates.
JYJ’s Jae Joong recently released some pictures of Yoo Chun with his top off.
On June 4, which was Yoo Chun’s birthday, Yoo Chun tweeted, “I got a text message when I was about to go to bed. I was surprised. Thank you so much.” At this, Jae Joong responded to Yoo Chun’s tweet with two pictures.
Taken at Yoo Chun’s birthday party last year, the pictures show Yoo Chun having a great time with his friends.
In the pictures, Yoo Chun is covered in whipped cream with his top taken off by other JYJ members. However, he’s brightly smiling as if he’s having fun.
People responded: “Yoo Chun, happy birthday!” “I love to see your friendship,” “Yoo Chun’s got a nice body.”
IU recently released her pictorials for a fashion magazine.
The pictorials are to promote the casual sportswear style of Le Coq Sportif that will set the trend this summer.
Although IU was busy doing the photo shoot both indoors and outdoors, she perfectly portrayed two different styles and concepts. At the photo shoot, she also gave various different ideas about the pictorials and was praised by the crew.
There were a lot of people when she was doing the photo shoot outside, however, she kept her composure and focused on the shoot.
The pictorials of IU can be seen on the official Facebook page or offline stores of Le Coq Sportif.
The music video of Big Bang’s new song “Monster” received over three million hits on YouTube in a day after it was released on June 4. This is the largest hits received in the shortest period in the K-pop history.
The music video of “Monster” has received 3,013,554 hits by June 4 at 7:00 a.m.
In addition to this, the teaser videos of each member also received a great number of hits. T.O.P’s received over two million hits, G-Dragon’s received over 1.6 million hits, Taeyang’s received about 0.94 hits, Seungri’s received about 0.88 hits, and Daesung’s received about 0.48 hits. All five teasers received over 5.90 million hits.
If the number of hits for the music video is added, the total number of hits reaches nearly 8.90 million.
Receiving wide attention with its scale, the music video of “Monster” reinterprets Big Bang according to each member’s distinctive personality. It also shows very stylish scenes as befitted to the name of Big Bang, a group that sets the trend.
The special effects, which took a month of effort to create, kept the viewers’ eyes glued to the screen although the running time for the video is nearly five minutes.
Including the music video, the song has also topped the charts. Immediately after “Monster” was released, it topped the charts, and all other new songs of Big Bang ranked from second to fifth.
Big Bang’s special edition album Still Alive, which was created in collaboration with Hyundai Card, will be released on June 6 on and offline. Big Bang are currently holding a concert in Japan, attracting over 255,000 audiences.
IU had a sweet date with her fans and interacted with them for three hours through her songs. Nearly 7,000 fans of IU’s enthusiastically responded to her passionate performances.
On June 3 at 5:00 p.m., IU’s first live concert Real Fantasy was held at Peace Hall of Kyunghee University. At the concert, IU tried to interact with her fans emotionally. Through an old-fashioned setting and lights, a stylish atmosphere, and an acoustic sound, IU tried to share her feelings with her fans.
At the concert, IU said, “I feel good and comfortable because there are so many female audiences here. I thank you so much for coming to my first live concert. I prepared a lot for today. I hope you enjoy.”
IU appeared in a charming dress and performed “Cruel Fairy Tal,” “You And I,” “Rain Drop,” “Nitpicking,” “The Night of the First Break Up,” “Missing Child,” “Every End Of The Day,” “Love Attack,” “Marshmallow,” and “Uncle.”
IU also had a talk and took pictures with her fans to interact with.
The highlight of the concert was IU’s dance performance. IU danced to The Black Eyed Peas’ “Boom Boom Pow,” Rain’s “Rainism,” Trouble Maker’s “Trouble Maker,” and Michael Jackson’s song.
The new songs of Big Bang and Wonder Girls are receiving favorable reviews from people.
On June 3 at midnight, YG Entertainment released the songs of Big Bang’s new album, including the lead track “Monster.”
“Monster” is co-composed by Big Bang’s G-Dragon and composer Choi Phil Gang. It’s an electronic dance song characterized by Big Bang’s distinctive, addictive, and emotional melody.
Immediately after the song was released, it topped the real-time charts of such major music sites as Melon, Olleh Music, Mnet, Bugs, and Monkey 3.
People responded: “Big Bang’s songs are all good!” “G-Dragon’s lyrics writing skill is
getting betther,” “Big Bang’s the winner!” “Including ‘Monster,’ the intro song is so good.”
Wonder Girls also ranked in the top ten of the charts with their new songs, including “Like This,” “Girlfriend,” and “Hey Boy.”
The lead track “Like This” is an electronic hiphop song composed by producer Park Jin Young.
In the music video of “Like This,” which was released with the song on the same day, the Wonder Girls are attracting attention by performing cute dances.
People responded: “The song is so good. I don’t think I’ll be sick of it,” “They’re so much better than other idol groups,” “Their new songs are all good.”
IU recently released a picture of herself with KARA’s Nicole and Goo Hara. They’re hosting SBS TV’s Inkigayotogether.
On June 3, IU uploaded the picture on her Twitter account with the comment, “Hara who always sent me text messages to cheer me up and Nicole who cheered me up in a loud voice watching my performance. I cannot see them for a while.”
IU also commented, “I’ll support the new host! I want to cheer myself up as well for my concert tomorrow!”
In the picture, IU is staring at the camera with Nicole and Goo, making a V-sign with her fingers. Their friendly pose is especially attracting attention.
People responded: “I’m sure you’ll do well for your concert tomorrow!” “IU’s becoming more and more mature.”
IU has hosted SBS TV’s Inkigayo since last October with Goo and Nicole. However, she’s leaving the show for two months because of her national concert tour.
Monster, which adds the elements of fantasy and mystery to its music video, promises to be Big Bang’s fiercest and most powerful song to date. The MV also proves to be worthy of the huge budget that it received, as the cinematography and overall quality of the production is at par with its Hollywood counterparts.
Monster’ is available for digital download, together with other tracks from the ‘Still Alive’ special edition album.
SNSD’s Sooyoung recently made a surprise appearance in the final performance of TaeTiSeo’s “Twinkle.”
In the episode of MBC’s Show Music Core that aired on June 2, prior to TaeTiSeo’s performance, Sooyoung showed impressive, flashy performance with a male dancer.
Following her performance, TaeTiSeo—Taeyeon, Tiffany, and Seohyun—gave a refreshing, buoyant performance of their own.
SNSD’s subunit TaeTiSeo will finish being active with the sign off in Inkigayo on June 3.
TaeTiSeo’s “Twinkle” caused a sensation by topping all the major online music charts and be crowned in various music programs on its release. With its domination streak, the dazzling group proved their strong popularity.
The episode was also made appearances by Heo Young Sang, G.NA, JJ Project, EXO-K, B.A.P, and others.
Big Bang’s special album titled Still Alive is to be out soon.
With a title song, “Monster”, Still Alive-Special Edition will contain 9 songs, 5 of which are the groups hit songs, including “Blue,” “Bad Boy,” “Fantastic Baby,” and, “Love dust.”
“Monster”, written and composed by G-Dragon is expected to be set apart from their previous tracks by being bolder and stronger.
Prior to the released of the audio of the track “Monster,” its teaser for the music video already built up great anticipation about the song with the members impressive looks, enchanting melodies, and powerhouse vocals. The music video is expected to be a megahit.
Big Bang has no plans to promote the upcoming album as it is released to be dedicated to their fans. One of the special features of the album is it includes as many as five new tracks while special albums normally include s only a few new tracks. What make the album more unique are the specialized design and the production process, which gives valuable meaning to the members and their dear fans.
The special album, sponsored by Hyundai Card, will be out on-and-offline shops on June 6.
Cute T-shirts of T-ara members will be available soon.
The T-shirts printed each members’ faces as cute character images.
T-ara reveals, “We’re happy that T-shirts with our appearances will launch soon. I hope a lot of fans like them.”
After hearing the news, many fans are preordering their T-shirts through T-ara’s official fan club. Fans responded: “When will it go on sale?” “Where can I buy them?” “I’m going to buy Hyomin’s shirt.”
T-ara’s character T-shirt will only be available on Core Content Media’s online shopping mall C#, G Market, and T-ara Star Shop on June 4 starting from 10:00 a.m.
Currently, T-ara is busy preparing for the Thailand concert that will be held on June 3, and all the tickets are sold out. After that, they will go on a Japanese tour starting on June 19.
