Girls’ Generation’s Yuri Bursts Out Laughing While Emceeing

Yuri of Girls’ Generation couldn’t hold in her laughter on Mnet’s “M! Countdown.” On the January 3 broadcast of Mnet’s “M!Countdown,” Yuri and Hyoyeon were the MCs of the show. In the show, they showed Girls’ Generation getting excited in anticipation for their comeback performance. The camera went back to the MC they caught the two watching the clips with open mouths. When the M...

+ more

The Top 10 Songwriters of 2012

Among the list of the top songwriters who wrote the most hit songs this year are Big Bang‘s G-Dragon, Busker Busker‘s Jang Bum Joon, Two Step Sidekick and Kim Do Hoon. The biggest difference between this year and last year is that the top two song writers are artists rather than full-time songwriters. With the year of 2012 looming to an end, Star News took the all the songs from Januar...

+ more

MBC Music Core 12.01.12

Today’s episode of Music Core featured special MCs MBLAQ‘s Lee Joon and actress Oh Yeonseo. As you probably know, the two are also currently a couple in the MBC variety show “We Got Married.” BEAST‘s Yoseob made his solo debut performance today with “Caffeine.” DBSK also started promotions for their followup track “Humanoids.” More new songs we...

+ more

Weekly K-Pop Music Chart 2012 – November Week 4

It is a quiet week on the chart with very little movement in the top 10. The top three songs remain the same as last week. Lee Ha Yi’s “1,2,3,4” has an even better score than last week as it remains No. 1 for the second straight week. While “1,2,3,4” remains a clear cut No. 1 song this week, Lee Ha Yi has already released a new digital single “Scarecrow” that will sure be a hit soon. Looks like YG...

+ more

Weekly K-Pop Music Chart 2012 – November Week 3

Lee Ha Yi, the runner up on the K-Pop Star competition, impressively takes over the top spot this week with her first solo single “1,2,3,4”. She becomes the only new artist to hit No. 1 so far this year. This is not a surprise at all as “1,2,3,4” has topped M!Countdown for two weeks now and also tops almost all independent and internet charts in Korea. Lee Ha Yi is making a late run for the top ne...

+ more

New Albums And Singles Preview – 2012 October Week 4

Urban Zakapa Vol. 2 – 02 (released) 01 Reunion02 Breeze03 To Me Again04 Same Love Same Breakup05 Back in the Day06 No Love07 Fly Away08 June 1409 Futile10 Door11 Hate You12 River Purchase This Album R&B group, Urban Zakapa releases their second album, “02” this month. There are a total of twelve tracks, with the title song being “River.” It is a song about feeling hurt after a breakup. Also i...

+ more

Weekly K-Pop Music Chart 2012 – September Week 5

There are big changes on top of the chart this week as the new No. 1 and No. 2 songs were not even in the top 10 last week. We were predicting T-Ara’s “Sexy Love” and FT Island’s “I Wish” would be battling for the top spot, but instead those two songs only ended up as No. 3 and No. 4 respectively this week. Secret’s “Poison” was only at No. 17 last week but leapfrogs all challengers to become our ...

+ more

Weekly K-Pop Music Chart 2012 – September Week 4

This is a transitional week as there were a lot of movements on the chart.  However, Kara remains No. 1 for the second straight week with “Pandora.” This song wins despite a big drop in points. “Pandora” barely beats out T-Ara’s new hit “Sexy Love”, which is our highest new entry into the top 10 this week.  After a very controversial month in August that saw Hwayoung left the group, T-Ara is comin...

+ more