It’s that time of the year again when Koreans celebrate “Coming of Age” day. It’s a special day in which people who are turning 20 years-old in 2013 are celebrated and given gifts for becoming “adults” in society. Interestingly this year, the law will change starting July 1 so that people who turn 19 years-old are considered “adults,” which means tha...
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Hi Soompiers, Soompi Shop is back with a new special! This time, we are offering a special package with girl group RaNia! Saem, Jooyi, Di, T-ae, and Xia will autograph their second mini-album “Just Go” just for you! We will also include five high-quality pictures of the ladies in the package! Only 200 copies will be available, so if you don’t want to miss out on it, get yours now on Soompi S...
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I’m not going to pretend to be an expert on who’s doing what and with whom on the Hallyu map. But we’ve tasted success through PSY, and I say we because by it’s due to fans of Korean pop sticking the proverbial foot in the door. When Korean pop fans subbed and uploaded music videos on Youtube, not only did that make it available for people like me to check it out, that also...
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RaNia gave some remarks regarding their upcoming U.S. debut. RaNia stated, “We have to get some kind of accomplishment that we can grasp. Being able to perform in itself gives us happiness. We are happy for even small things. We have hope that sometime soon we will attain a worthwhile accomplishment.” They also talked a bit about their debut song “Dr. Feel Good.” RaNia stated, “We knew that our de...
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Today’s special Music Core MCs were Infinite‘s Sungkyu, L and Woohyun. K.Will made his comeback performance today with “Lay back” and “Love Blossom.” Sun unit ZE:A Five also had their Music Core debut stage with “The Day We Broke Up.” Next week will be Taeyeon, Tiffany and Seohyun‘s last week as regular hosts for the show. – Comeback Sta...
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The winner of K-chart this week was the fabulous INFINITE‘s sweet song “Man In Love”, beating Busker Busker with “Cherry Blossom Ending.” This made member L so happy that he started crying during their winning performance. Congratulations INFINITE! K.Will had his comeback stage today with “Lay Back” & “Love Blossom.” Other exciting performances today were by Girl’s Day,...
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Known for his rapping and songwriting skills, Snoop Dogg will lend a hand and be featured in RaNia’s U.S. debut track. On April 2, RaNia’s agency stated, “Top star Snoop Dogg will be featured in RaNia’s track, which will be released in the U.S. Well-known hip hop artist 2 Chainz will also be featured in another track.” With Snoop Dogg’s support, RaNia is able to become the first Korean artist to s...
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Infinite‘s “Man in Love” takes the win today on Inkigayo, beating out Girl’s Day‘s “Expectation” and Davichi‘s “Just The Two Of Us.” Congratulations to the boys! Today show featured the debut stage of ZE:A‘s sub unit Z:EA FIVE and their song “The Day We Broke Up.” Next week we will see K.Will‘s comeback stage! Pe...
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The winner of K-chart this week was the fabulous G.NA‘s song “Oops” (featuring Ilhoon from BTOB), beating Busker Busker with “Cherry Blossom Ending.” Congratulations G.NA! Today also featured the comeback performances of AA with the romantic song “Come Back.” Also, the debut stage featured the performances of ZE:A FIVE with cute song “The Day We Broke Up.” Other exciting pe...
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Today’s win at M! Countdown was Davichi with their serene ballad “Just The Two Of Us”, beating 2AM with “One Spring Day”. Today featured the exciting comeback of cute ZE:A FIVE with the catchy song “The Day We Broke Up” and the attitude filled girls from EVOL with the cool song “Get Up”. Today also featured a special performance by SHINee with the rock song “Regret O...
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