SECRET’s Song Ji Eun & Bang Yong Guk share their feelings on concluding “Going Crazy”

Having concluded her solo promotions for “Going Crazy” this week, SECRET’s Song Ji Eun and her labelmate rapper, Bang Yong Guk, recently met with reporters and bid their fans farewell.

From the backstage of KBS’s “Music Bank,” Ji Eun stated, “I didn’t have a lot of expectations for my solo promotions, so I’m glad that the public showed so much love for the song. I just wish that I had a bit more time to promote it. I was sick with a cold all month long, which hindered my ability to perform at my best for my mere three weeks of promotions. I’ve definitely realized the importance of health management.”

She continued, “If there’s anything I’ve gained from this experience, it’s that I’ve learned to better express myself with the help of Bang Yong Guk. From here on out, I’ll be focusing on SECRET’s upcoming album, so please wait just two more months.”

Rapper Bang Yong Guk commented, “I’ve realized that actually being on stage is vastly different from everything I’ve rehearsed for and that I still have more to learn. If there’s anything I’m disappointed in, it’s that I wish I had written the lyrics a bit better. I knew that I didn’t express the actions of a true stalker as well as I could have, and I’m regretful that I couldn’t show more on stage.”

With a laugh, he concluded, “I’ll now be going back to my original position as a trainee. I’d like to thank all of the fans who have supported us and shown their love.”


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21-member boyband, ‘A-Peace’, releases version two of “Lover Boy” teaser

Late last month, Golden Goose Entertainment’s 21-member boyband, ‘A-Peace‘ (formerly known as Double B/21), declared their comeback with the release of their MV teaser for “Lover Boy“.

The boys delivered a ‘version two’ of the teaser, which gave fans a more detailed glimpse at the song’s beat and lyrics, as well as up-close-and-personal shots of the half-dressed members. For all you lovers of ‘chocolate abs’, there’s a massive fan-service shot at the 0:22 mark!

The band will be promoting as three different units comprised of seven members each, and are scheduled to promote in Japan’s “K-Theater” before transitioning to Korea.

Check it out below!



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AKB48 chosen to MC for “MTV VIDEO MUSIC AID JAPAN”

This year, MTV Networks Japan are heading into their 10th year and they’ve announced that the international music award ceremony, “MTV VIDEO MUSIC AWARDS JAPAN”, (VMAJ) will become “MTV VIDEO MUSIC AID JAPAN”; a relief event for the area struck by the Great Eastern Japan earthquake. This event is in coordination with the Red Cross of Japan and will display things like what the people are doing to reconstruct the area. Furthermore, it has been decided that the MC of this event will be popular idol group AKB48.

Generally, this program is a festival where the viewers vote for the “Best Music Video”, but it has quickly changed to a disaster relief through music event.

Viacom explained, “Throughout the world, music fans are trying to support Japan. So this year, VMAJ’s ‘AWARD’ has been changed to ‘AID’.” They expressed their hopes, “Music has the power to encourage people. We hope that the music fans throughout the world will be willing to offer help”.

“MTV VIDEO MUSIC AID JAPAN” will be held on June 25th (Saturday) at Makuhari Messe Makuhari Event Hall in Chiba. The event will be broadcast live to the 7.7 million households who subscribe to MTV in Japan, as well as other regions of Asia. Also, it will be broadcast to around 600 million households around the world at a later date.

Nominations, voting methods, subscription methods, and performing artists will be announced in a few days.

Currently, MTV Japan is airing a program to encourage the victims through music, and the program is called “MUSIC OF HOPE”. MTV has opened up a special site (http://www.mtvjapan.com/moh) with music videos, live performances, and support videos from artists domestic and abroad to help cheer people up.

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Shimatani Hitomi to provide new ending theme for NHK anime, “Hanakappa”

Singer Shimatani Hitomi will be providing a new ending theme for the NHK anime “Hanakappa“.

Although not much is known about the release date of the song or the new ending theme’s air date, the song title has been announced as “Ureshii Koto“. Shimatani will be joining fellow Avex artist hitomi, whose new song, “Special“, has been the new opening theme since March 28th.


More information will be provided about the two song’s release dates as they become available.


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Koda Kumi to donate proceeds from three songs to earthquake victims

Singer Koda Kumi is taking her support for the earthquake disaster victims to the next step. Much like other artists who have been donating money, the singer hopes to comfort people with her songs, and is going to start making donations a very regular activity.

Koda will be donating all the money earned by the downloads of her very own three songs through her official fan club. “Kiseki“, “walk“, and “Comes Up” will be the three songs, and the donations will run through March 29th.


“I want everyone to smile again,” said the singer on her official fan club page.

The charity download proceeds will be donated to the Japanese Red Cross.

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Yangpa makes her comeback on Music Bank

After a long four year hiatus, female soloist Yangpa finally makes her return to the Music Bank stage.

Having released her mini album, “Elegy Nouveau“, earlier this week, Yangpa has certainly not lost her touch with her traditional ballad style delivery.

Her title track, “It Hurts“, is a sorrowful track which blends the sounds of piano melodies and string instruments to express the pain of a woman who refuses to let her past love go.

Besides her title track, she also performed her medium-tempo track, “I Wish It Were You.”

Check them out below!





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Orange Caramel returns with ‘Bangkok City’ on Music Bank

After their last two cute concept songs, the Orange Caramel girls are back with their new digital single, ‘Bangkok City‘, and they have begun their comeback promotions on KBS’s Music Bank tonight.

They’ve gone for a funky yet fantasy-like concept this time, paired with over-the-top hairstyles and exciting colors that definitely sets them apart from their previous concepts. “Bangkok City” itself features a strong club rhythm that combines analog emotions with electronic sounds for an addictive mix-and-match track.


Written by poet Won Tae Hyun, lyrics like “One man’s eyes shake, 11 times in a second, shake shake / This kiss calls out to you tonight,” express the modern growth the girls have undergone for this concept. “Bangkok City” is the first of many ‘Asian city themes’ to come for this global project group.

Check it out below!





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What is Yonghwa planning to give Seohyun as his last present?

The beloved ‘Yongseo couple‘ will officially be ending their marriage on MBC’s “We Got Married 2” through the upcoming final episode.

Their last day was divided into two parts, and in the previous episode, the couple received the mission to ‘present the happiest day to one another’. Yonghwa and Seohyun agree to go back to where they first met, and relived their memories by visiting the MBC lobby as well as CNBLUE’s practice room.

When they were in the practice room, Seohyun presented Yonghwa with a special surprise! She had practiced arduously to learn more guitar chords so that she could sing and perform their ‘banmal song’. Yonghwa smiled as he listened to his wife shyly sing and play for him.

But what about Yonghwa’s gift for Seohyun?

The CNBLUE star will present his surprise gift for his wife in the upcoming episode. It’s hinted that the gift will be a combination of things that represent Yonghwa’s regret for not doing some things for Seohyun.

Further details will definitely be covered as MBC airs the ‘goguma’ couple’s final episode on April 2nd.

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Nichkhun and Victoria voted as the easiest celebrities to fool

2PM’s Nichkhun and f(x)’s Victoria were voted as the #1 celebrities who were most likely to be tricked on April Fool’s Day!

SevenAdieu ran a poll running from March 13th to the 31st asking “Which star is the most likely to be fooled on April Fool’s Day”. Nichkhun snagged first with 35.3% of the votes, while Victoria came in second with 31.7%.


A representative of SevenAdieu stated, “Victoria and Nichkhun, who placed 1st and 2nd, have a couple of similarities. Nichkhun is a Thai-American and Victoria is from China, but they still became stars through the Korean management system. They had to go through a lot of communication barriers at the beginning of their career. They look innocent and unassuming as well.”


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CNBLUE ranks 1st place on the ‘Gaon’ chart

It was a tough scramble for the top this week, but CNBLUE beat out K-Will and Wheesung for the #1 spot on the Gaon chart.

Though it’s only been a week since they made their comeback, their song “Intuition“ landed first place on Gaon’s ‘Top 100 Digital Songs’ chart. K-Will, who held the crowning spot last week with “My Heart is Beating“, stepped down one spot for the newcomer, and Wheesung was forced to move down to 3rd place with his song, “Word That Freeze My Heart“.


Meanwhile, Yoon Do Hyun’s ‘I Am a Singer‘ remake of ‘I Will Always‘ took #4, and Girl’s Day’s “Twinkle Twinkle” rounded out the top 5.


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Upcoming male vocal group, ‘I STORY’, releases debut MV teaser

There’s a new vocalist group in town, and they’ve announced their impending arrival through an MV teaser!

I STORY is a four-member group that’s fought hard to make their debut in the mainstream industry. Leader Nam Chang Woo and Lee Dong Wook were members of an underground group called ‘Urbaniq‘, while Noh Young Ho and Hyun Joon were gearing up for solo debuts. They came together as a talented quartet, with Nam Chang Woo acting as the group’s rapper.


The teaser plays a snippet of their title track, “The Inside of My Mouth is Burning”, which tells the tale of a man who must endure parting from a woman he has given his all to.

The quartet will be releasing their debut work on April 1st, but until it comes out, check out the teaser below!




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Rainbow’s Jaekyung studies Japanese with her avatar doll

On the morning of April 1st, Korea’s online communities couldn’t stop raving over photos of Rainbow’s Jaekyung and her ‘avatar’ wearing matching red training suits.

The doll has the name ‘Kim Jaekyung’ scribbled across its head, and both can be seen studying diligently on the couch from a Japanese language book. Additional photos revealed that all the members had their own ‘avatars’ in varying colors from the rainbow.

The girls are currently preparing for their exciting comeback with Japan’s Daishi Dance and they are scheduled for a comeback in the beginning of April.




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JYP, Wonder Girls to participate in charity concert for Japan

JYP and the Wonder Girls are representing Korea at a charity event sponsored by Jackie Chan.

Chan’s event ‘Artistes 311 Love Beyond Borders’ is an Asian charity event to help victims of the Japanese earthquake. The event is scheduled to be held on April 1st at 7pm at the Victoria Park. As a marathon concert featuring Asia’s top stars, all of the proceeds will go to Japan relief.

30 star teams from China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Indonesia , Korea, and Japan are expected to attend the event; JYP and Wonder Girls will join China’s top class artists including Jackie Chan.

JYP and the Wonder Girls were personally invited by Jackie Chan; the Korean stars will be performing ‘Smile Again’ that they introduced back for the I Love Asia Project in 2008.

A JYP Entertainment staff member stated, “Jackie Chan joined us for the ‘I Love Asia’ event for earthquake victims in Sichuan in 2008… we decided to take part in the event to express our sorrow for everyone effected by the earthquake in Japan.”

Both JYP and Wonder Girls left for Hong Kong on the evening of 31st.


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Jang Nara’s face is even smaller than an iron

Singer-actress Jang Nara’s extremely small face has generated buzz across the internet.

On March 30th, a picture of Jang Nara during the filming of KBS 2TV’s upcoming drama “Babyface Beauty” spread across online community bulletins.

Matching the title of the drama, she is sporting a cute ‘apple’ hairstyle while holding an iron. However, netizens were more interested in the iron than her cuteness. Jang Nara, who has always been known for being petite, shocked fans because her face was even smaller than the iron.

Netizens posted, “Her face must really be small. It’s even smaller than an iron”, “She’s like a cartoon”, “From the title of the drama, everything about this project is made for Jang Nara.”

Meanwhile, “Babyface Beauty”, starring Jang Nara, Choi Daniel, and Ryu Jin Ee, will air its first episode on May 2nd.


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Shin Se Kyung participates in “Star Battle” gaming event for “Hessian

Actress Shin Se Kyung recently took part in an event for the military TPS (Third Person Shooter) game, “Hessian“.

The purpose of the promotional event was to get celebrity stars to participate in game battles with other players and use the points earned to receive money and donate it to charity.

Shin Se Kyung stunned the crowd as always, wearing a metallic mini-dress to match the gaming event, while showcasing her glamorous and toned body.




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