B1A4’s first exclusive concert to be held in December

The male “idol” group B1A4 (composed of Jinyoung, Baro, Sandeul, CNU, and Gongchan) is to hold its first exclusive concert.

The concert along, with a fan meeting, is to take place on the 8th and the 9th of December at the Olympic Handball Arena in the Seoul Olympic Park. It is the group’s first exclusive concert since its debut.

B1A4 debuted with an EP titled Let’s Fly in 2011, and after a year and seven months, they are finally holding an exclusive concert. The group has advanced dramatically among its peer “idol” groups and has received a rookie award.

Also, the group has been busy giving performances both at home and abroad.

In June this year, the boys officially debuted in Japan and ranked in the upper rankings on the Oricon chart as well as in first place on the daily rankings of Tower Records, turning on a green light for their activities abroad.

On the 29th of August, their second Japanese single, Good Night, was released, targeting many Japanese fans.

Source: Starnews

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B1A4’s first exclusive concert to be held in December

The male “idol” group B1A4 (composed of Jinyoung, Baro, Sandeul, CNU, and Gongchan) is to hold first exclusive concert.

The concert along with a fan meeting is to take place on the 8th and the 9th of December at the Olympics Handball Arena in the Seoul Olympic Park. It is the group’s first exclusive concert to be held since they debuted.

B1A4 debuted with the EP titled Let’s Fly in 2011, and after a year and seven months, they are finally holding an exclusive concert. Members showed a dramatic growth among its peer “idol” groups by receiving a rookie award.

Also, the group was busy giving performances both at home and abroad.

In June this year, the boys officially debuted in Japan and ranked in higher rankings on the Oricon chart as well as in the first place of the daily rankings of the Tower Records, turning on green light to their activities abroad.

On the 29th of August, their second Japanese single Good Night was released targeting many Japanese fans.

Source: Starnews

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Talented Idol group B1A4 debuted 500 days ago

Group B1A4 has reached the 500 day mark.

The group is composed of five members, Jinyoung, Baro, Sandeul, Shinwoo, and Gongchan. They released the title song “OK” from their EP Let’s Fly on April 21 of last year.

Their group name was created from their blood types. Rapper Baro is the only one who has type B blood and the rest of the members have type A blood.

B1A4 captured the female fans as soon as they debuted. Their talented vocals, raps, and performances helped the group get love and attention from many people. The members also write songs for their EPs as singer-songwriters.

The group has become a popular group by releasing “OK” and “Beautiful Target” and The B1A4 I – Ignition andIgnition Special Edition.

They are also receiving considerable attention from all over the world. They released their first single “Beautiful Target” in Japan on June 27 and ranked fourth on the Oricon chart, following SNSD, on the day of its release.

B1A4 is currently appearing on KBS Joy’s Hello Baby.

Source: TV Report

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B1A4 show a gentle yet charismatic look

A pictorial of B1A4 for the casual clothing brand Omphalos was recently released.

In the pictorial, B1A4 members show off cheerful, friendly, stylish looks in classy casual clothes. Despite the fact that the photo shoot was conducted from early in the morning till late at night, the members encouraged the crew and tried to vitalize the set.

Omphalos suggests various items, including military jackets, T-shirts, and hooded shirts, for college students under the concept of Campus Life for the fall and winter of 2012. The military jackets worn by B1A4 are expected to become very popular this fall.

B1A4 are currently attracting a lot of attention on Hello Baby with their gentle, friendly look. They’ll also come out with a new release at the end of this year.

Source: Star Daily News

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Super Junior, Miss A, and B1A4 perform for over 8,000 fans in China

Super Junior, Miss A, and B1A4 got over 8,000 Chinese fans excited.

Super Junior, Miss A, and B1A4 attended the MO.A (Most Amazing) Concert, which was held at the International Sports Arena in Guangzhou, China, on August 26 at 7:00 p.m., with Wei Chen from China.

The MO.A is a joint concert of M-Live, CJ E&M’s global concert brand. It was held in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, in the November of 2011, and in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, in the December of 2011. The concert in Guangzhou attracted over 8,000 people.

During the concert, Super Junior’s Leeteuk said, “I think we should hold a concert in the Beijing National Stadium.” He also touched his fans by shedding tears at the end of the concert.

According to reports, over a thousand fans from Shanghai and Hong Kong swarmed over to Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport to see the Korean singers.

Source: Starnews

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B1A4 hold a concert to donate their talent

B1A4 will hold a concert to donate their talent.

On September 1, B1A4 will hold a concert to donate their talent at the Central Market in Wonju. This concert, which will be held nearly four hours from 6:00 p.m., is part of Gangwondo’s celebrity marketing conducted in order to vitalize the province’s traditional markets. B1A4 members will meet people in Wonju, having an one-day sales experience and going shopping at the market with Governor Choi Moon Soon and Mayor of Wonju Won Chang Mook.

B1A4 members say, “This is our first time holding a concert to donate our talent. We’re not very much familiar with the concept of talent donation yet, but we’re happy and honored to be able to do something for our society and people. Because this event is part of a project to vitalize traditional markets around us, we wish we can do something to vitalize this market. We hope people of our age, who are more used to large grocery stores or convenience stores, pay more attention to traditional markets around us.”

Such celebrities as U-Kiss, Jang Yoon Jung, Song Dae Gwan, and Park Sang Cheol have participated in the celebrity marketing for Gangwondo’s traditional markets, and they helped vitalize the economy of the traditional markets. This project is to develop 53 traditional markets in Gangwondo as new centers of travelling and shopping trends in Korea.

Source: TV Report

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B1A4′s Gong Chan changes from a boy to a man

B1A4′s Gong Chan recently showed off his mature, manly look in a pictorial.

In the pictorial for the men’s fashion magazine Lofficiel Hommes, Gong Chan shows off his manly, stylish look.

In the photo shoot conducted under the concept of Boys, Gong Chan showed off his manly look, getting away from his gentle young boy’s image.

His hairstyle, dark eyebrows, and sad eyes remind many people of James Dean. The crew also praised Gong Chan for his efforts.

Gong Chan’s pictorial can be seen in the September issue of Lofficiel Hommes, which recently celebrated its one-year anniversary.

B1A4, who recently participated in the soundtrack of MBC TV’s sitcom series The Thousandth Man, is currently preparing for their new album.

Source: TV Report

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B1A4 participate in the soundtrack of The Thousandth Man

B1A4 participated in the soundtrack of MBC TV’s new sitcom series The Thousandth Man, which will start airing on August 17.

B1A4 participated in the part one of the soundtrack.

The lead track of the first part of the soundtrack is “Hey Girl,” written by Jihoon and composed by One Shot’s Park Sung Ho and Oh Chang Hoon.

B1A4, who are currently popular in both Korea and Japan, perfectly sang the song in their own style, even increasing interest in the other songs of the soundtrack.

The Thousandth Man is a fantasy sitcom about a legendary fox with nine tails. Many talented musicians participated in the making of the soundtrack.

B1A4′s “Hey Girl” will be released on August 14 on all online music sites.

Source: TV Report

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B1A4 and A Pink to Perform in Malaysia this September

A good news for B1A4 and A Pink’s fans in Malaysia!

B1A4 and A Pink will be performing at the Boulevard Strip, Plaza Low Yat on 29th September 2012 for a local radio show, One FM.

One FM decided to invite South Korea’s rising idol groups B1A4 and A pink for their “One FM – The ONE Concert” that would start at 8 PM (Malaysia time). Tickets give-away is scheduled to start at mid-August.

So Malaysian fans, would you attend the concert and show your love for B1A4 and A Pink?

Source: gurupop.net,B1A4 Asia

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B1A4 looks bubbly while wearing hats

Group B1A4 recently took a pictorial as representatives for a hat brand.

On July 25, Hats On released a pictorial for their 2012 F/W products and drew a lot of attention.

The group, who is keeping busy both in Korea and Japan, created a happy atmosphere while shooting the pictorial. They showed off their professional spirit by doing their best for the pictorial.

An official for the brand says, “We believe B1A4 is the perfect model for the brand image, which celebrates diversity. We expect that the pictorial will receive many favorable reviews.”

The pictorial will be released on the brand website and at offline brand stores with various promotions.

Source: TV Report

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B1A4′s Gong Chan has kidney removed on July 23

B1A4′s Gong Chan had one of his kidneys removed on July 23.

The group’s agency, WM Entertainment, said, “Gong Chan had his kidney removed today.”

“When the group was keeping busy with their song “Baby Goodnight,” Gong Chan felt pain in his side. He went to the hospital and heard that his kidney was failing. He put off surgery because he wanted to get surgery after he finished performing the song.”

“Whenever Gong Chan felt pain, he had a pain-killer to perform on stage. He always wore a happy face and tried not to look like he was in pain for group members and fans.”

According to the agency, Gong Chan’s doctor said, “We decided to remove one of his kidneys because it is dysfunctional.”

Gong Chan is currently recovering after the surgery and will stay in a hospital for about a week.

After leaving the hospital, he will be able to have an ordinary life but the agency said that he will be stabilized and given orders not to work too hard.

After the group finished performing their song, Sandeul is appearing in a musical and Baro is appearing in a radio program. The group will also appear on KBS Joy’s B1A4′s Hello Baby, which will start airing on July 25.

Source: Starnews

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Chinese knock-off B1A4 upsets fans

A Chinese knock-off group for B1A4 recently appeared.

An online community posted pictures comparing popular Korean boy group B1A4 to a Chinese boy group called Fighter.

The Chinese group is known as a knock-off of B1A4. They wear similar costumes and accessories as B1A4 and have done so since their debut. Jacket photos and even their websites are the same and it has upset many Korean fans.

Moreover, the concept for the groups are also the same. The Chinese group wears white and black polka-dotted costumes and they are even petting a dog in their jacket photo just like B1A4. It appears the Chinese group has copied everything about B1A4.

People responded: “Can an officially debuted group do that?” “I feel like that we really have to protect Korean singers.” “That’s too much. They are copying B1A4.”

Source: Xportsnews

A Boyz Nite Out Party In Singapore!

15 June 2012, a one-night only music extravaganza bringing not 1 but 5 of the hottest Korean acts on one stage. Launch Entertainment once again impresses with ‘Boyz Nite Out’. An impressive lineup of idol groupsSHINee, B1A4, Teen Top, 7.9.4.2 and the multi-talented soloist Jay Park blew the audience away at the Singapore Indoor Stadium.

A strong 3000 over fans turned up and filled the stadium, some rushing for their seats as the concert started puntcually at 7pm. The energy was high as Teen Top opened the night with ‘To You‘ followed by their hit songs ‘Girlfriend’, ‘No More Perfume on You’ and ‘Crazy’. 

Up next flying high with their youth and cheeky boyish charm was B1A4 with ‘Beautiful Target’. A birthday celebration was held for member CNU who turned 22. The birthday boy appeared overwhelmed with emotions as fans sang the birthday song in korean. He was then presented with a birthday cake and a fan-made scrapbook. His birthday wish for the night was that “B1A4 and BANAs to stay together forever.” 

Rookie ballad group 7.9.4.2 got the fans swaying and waving along to their strong smooth vocals. Off their debut album and the ost for their Indonesia-collaborated drama, they sang ’I'll Be Famous’ and ‘More Than I See You’. They got close to fans in the standing pit, and consistently waved and showed their warmth.

“Since we are in Singapore which is such a beautiful city, of course we prepared more than just these 2 songs”. And so the men of 7.9.4.2 broke into a medley of Korean songs, which includes ‘Paradise’, the theme song of popular k-drama ‘Boys Over Flowers’.

Multi-talented soloist(singer, rapper, song-writer, bboy, and what have you!) Jay Park brought the show to a peak with his smooth choreography and X-factor. He performed a total of 8 songs. However, a special 3 songs sets this performance apart from his New Breed promotional showcase. He seduced the crowd with‘Turn Off Your Phone’ thereafter surprising everyone by singing 2 of his mixtape tracks, ‘Do What We Do’ and‘Body2Body’.

By all means, the hottest act of the night, Jay took off his white singlet and showed off his well-defined tanned torso during his last song. We hear he had been to the gym twice before the concert to prepare the eye-feast specially for fans!

With everyone already up on their feet and screaming for more, the final anticipated act SHINee appeared with a bang! Pearlescent blue lights, the official fancolor, accompanied SHINee’s performance. They brought Shawols(fans) down the memory lane with debut song ‘Replay’ and hits like ‘Ring Ding Dong‘ and ‘Lucifer‘.

The boys explained the reason behind member Minho‘s absence, that was due to a clash in filming schedule. With a promise to be back as 5 again, the remaining four filled up the gap and impressively took over Minho’s parts. The night ended with the synchronized performance of their comeback track ‘Sherlock‘.

Pictures courtesy Launch Entertainment.

B1A4′s Baro bares his upper body for the first time

A photo of B1A4′s Baro baring his upper body is currently attracting wide attention.

B1A4 members recently did a photo shoot in such casual clothes as sleeveless T-shirts, short pants, and plain white T-shirts.

For the photo shoot, Baro bared his upper body for the first time. Including Baro, other B1A4 members also exposed their upper bodies partially and showed off their charms.

By baring their upper bodies, B1A4 members covered a wide range of looks from boys’ to men’s.

A person in charge of the photo shoot says, “The concept of this photo shoot was quite difficult for the models because they had to look as natural as possible. What was really surprising was B1A4 members easily did the work as if they were used to it. Their mystical looks and perfectly proportioned figures are enough to become professional models. Thinking of B1A4 members who kept cheerful attitudes throughout the photo shoot, I get to look forward to their change in the future.”

The interview with B1A4 can also be seen in the Ceci iPad Magazine as a video.

B1A4 are currently promoting their new song “Baby Good Night.”
 Source: TV Report

Launch Entertainment Brings The Boys Out!

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. 

Source: Launch Group(facebook), dlwlutt(youtube videos)

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

B1A4 comes out with a new song and amuses female fans

B1A4 recently came out with a new song and amused female fans.

The boy group gave a performance of the new song “Baby Good Night” in MBC’s Show Music Core for the episode that aired on May 26.

The five dazzling boys, in black outfits, gave a refreshing, buoyant performance. As for its detail, the members played playboys in the performance, and made gal fans swoon.

Written by leader Jin Young, the title song has a story of a playboy that makes sure his girlfriend is asleep and dreams of enjoying a night out.

The episode was also made appearances by G.NA, JJ Project, VIXX, TaeTiSeo, Park Jin Young, Sistar, Sunny Hill, Infinite, EXO-K, B.A.P, and others.

Source: Starnews

B1A4′s “Baby Good Night” has secret meaning

Group B1A4 surprised their fans with their song “Baby Good Night.”

B1A4 released their first album B1A4 Ignition Special Edition on May 24.

In the teaser for the song, group members made people curious about the song by talking to their girlfriend through the phone saying, “You didn’t go to bed yet? Where do you want to meet me tomorrow? I’ll go to your house then.”

Many people thought the song is about a romantic declaration of love like Sung Si Kyung’s song “Good Night” but that was not true.

The song is written by leader Jin Young and is about a play boy who tries to make his girlfriend fall asleep so that he can go out and cheat on her. The song is synthpop combined with house. Unique and sensational lyrics, written by group members, complement the song and capture the public’s attention.

It says, “Yes, you go to bed first tonight. If you fall asleep I’ll go to bed too. I hung up the phone and got ready to go out in fancy clothes. Nobody knows. I’ll lie to you today. I’ll go back to you tomorrow. If you feel awkward or know what is going on, can you just move on?”

People who listened to the song responded: “The song surprised me a lot.” “The song sounds scary.” “I like the song! It’s even sweet.” “Even though I know what is going on, I’ll move on if I hear their voice.” “The song captured me perfectly.”

B1A4 will start keeping busy by appearing in the May 25 episode of KBS’s Music Bank and releasing their album offline on May 29.

Source: TV Report