Four Ladies caught the eyes of many with their first teaser for “Move“, but a lot of people unfortunately made assumptions about their concept that led to a positive reception internationally. And that makes the reaction to this follow-up group teaser all the more interesting, since the hopes of this being some progressive concept comes crashing down with a depraved, ... Read More »
Hello Venus members Yoo Ara and Yoonjo are leaving the group to sign with Pledis Entertainment and pursue a different career path. The remaining four members of the group will stay with Fantagio, as the cooperative effort between the two companies (Tricell Media) has now basically been dissolved. Their agency Tricell Media announced through the group’s official fan cafe on ... Read More »
While we’ve featured Wagakki Band before to significant praise, the work they’ve done up to this point have all been covers. Granted, they’ve absolutely added their own flavor to everything, which is why they’ve gained some momentum, but the litmus test was always going to be their original work. With “Hanabi“, the Wagakki Band has their first original song, and ... Read More »
HA:TFELT (AKA Wonder Girls‘ Yenny) has made her solo debut with “Ain’t Nobody“, and the music video/song is basically about her man cheating on her and Yenny expressing her raw emotions through contemporary dance. —– For starters, the girl Yenny’s man cheated on her with is white, so Kanye West applies: Really though, whether you find all this extremely powerful ... Read More »
The alleged sexual harassment of Suzy at a Sprite event gained momentum fast and then was rebuked by JYP Entertainment and the Sprite event organizers in statements, and from the angle the video was shot at, nobody could really tell whether he had actually touched her on purpose or not. Many jumped to conclusions either way, but like I said ... Read More »
DreamT Entertainment created a bigger mess than necessary regarding the reported relationship of Girl’s Day’s Minah and soccer player Son Heung Min, but that was allegedly because the pair have only been out with each other a couple times. And we all know never in history have the Korean media and companies given what Korean netizens say way too much ... Read More »
Koda Kumi‘s latest single is called “Hotel“, and she recently dropped the music video for it. “Hotel” is less Koda Kumi than normal, but it does feature a day/night theme and I think she attempts rapping. While I’m a sucker for horns and strings, the vocals in the verses are pretty grating. Put it this way, it’s never a positive ... Read More »
After all the hand-wringing about a potential casting of SNSD‘s YoonA as the lead for the Korean remake of ‘Nodame Cantabile‘, the people have gotten their wish with the casting of Shim Eun Kyung. Actress Shim Eun Kyung has officially been cast as the lead female role in the upcoming Korean remake of popular Japanese drama “Nodame Cantabile,” titled “Cantabile ... Read More »
In many ways, “RED” follows in a long line of HyunA hip-pop projects. It has the requisite hip-pop hooks and verses, and the visuals are bright, colorful, and often hot in ways that still manage to surprise. Of course, when a project goes for bright, colorful, and shocking, it can often unfortunately veer off into the realm of the nonsensical ... Read More »
The other day, netizens were suspicious of a Sprite event host that seemed to be way too friendly with Suzy, but JYP Entertainment initially stated that nothing abnormal happened but would conduct an investigation anyway. Today, the results of that investigation were announced, and both the event organizers and JYPE gave statements. The event organizers first explained, “Because it was ... Read More »
Actress Takeda Rina recently threw out the first pitch for a Chiba Lotte Marines/Seibu Lions game, but before she did, Rina decided to break bricks with her head. Takeda Rina is probably best known as a legitimate karate black belt… …who made her movie debut with ‘High Kick Girl‘… …but rose to prominence in this commercial. Hence her breaking bricks ... Read More »
Four Ladies is a new girl group that has released a music video teaser for their debut single “Move“, and it currently has a lot of people talking. They also come from a company named Jade Contents Media, which is not even Google-able. So there’s that. But why is their teaser generating attention, right? Well, because apparently the concept is ... Read More »
Girl’s Day‘s Minah and soccer player Son Heung Min of Bayer Leverkusen (Germany) are dating, according to reports from The Fact (Sports Seoul) and later confirmed by DreamT Entertainment. ‘The Fact’ says they spotted Minah and Son Heung Min on sweet dates from the 16th to the 17th for about 4 hours on two nights. Despite their busy schedules, the ... Read More »
BESTie‘s popularity continues to grow, and if they started out with a bigger company than YNB Entertainment, I have little doubt they would be mainstream popular already. Unfortunately, their latest music video release for “Hot Baby” continues a 2014 trend in K-pop for light, seasonal songs for the summer … that lack anything that really pops. Song is fine, but ... Read More »
JYJ are back after three years away with “Back Seat“, and if you couldn’t tell by the title, it’s about boning in the back seat of a vehicle. Not to worry if you didn’t get it though, as the music video gets the point across. I think I would appreciate this a lot more if I was into vocals. The ... Read More »
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