BIGBANG Releases "Blue," Explains the Song in Video Message

On February 22, BIGBANG released “Blue,” the title track for their fifth mini album, “Alive.” It’s the group’s first album since their special edition album from last April. Shortly after the song was made available online, BIGBANG updated its official YouTube channel with a video titled, “About the Song ‘Blue’ Part 1,” where each of the members briefly talks about their latest single.

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Big Bang’s Comeback Album Sells Over 250K Copies in Pre-Order Sales

Pre-order sales for Big Bang’s combeback album have surpassed the 250,000 mark. On February 21, sources close to YG Entertainment announced the news that the mini album, set to be released on February 29, had taken in over 250,000 pre-order sales. It has been 10 months since Big Bang has put out a new album. Their previous "special album" was released in April of last year. Excluding the album intro, all six songs on this new album are being promoted as title songs.

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[Exclusive] BIGBANG "Alive" Showcase on Soompi!

As all of you must know by now, BIGBANG is making their much-anticipated comeback! Soompi has been working with YG Entertainment to give our members the inside scoop! Please check out our exclusive showcase, which will be updated with information about BIGBANG’s upcoming album, "Alive," and future exclusive opportunities for Soompiers. Right now, we are excited to deliver our exclusive written preview of the upcoming single, "Blue." That’s right, Team Soompi scored an opportunity to listen to the single before it was released, so we could share our preview with the members and give them some hints about what to expect!

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Jay Park Solo Concert Sold Out in 10 Minutes

Jay Park’s ticket sales for his “New Breed Live in Seoul” began on February 20 through YES24. However, within 10 minutes all of the tickets were sold out! A representative from Sidus HQ stated, “The servers almost went down because all of Jay Park’s fans logged on at the same time to get their tickets. Currently we are receiving requests of increasing the number of tickets to be sold. We have heard that there is also an online black market for the tickets.”

Which Girl Group Would Top the Hierarchy Chart?

If you were to create a girl group hierarchy chart, who would be your top pick? According to a hierarchy chart that’s been quickly spreading online, Girls’ Generation and 2NE1 are the undisputed top two picks. This chart, dated February, 2012, covers 16 of the top girl groups and ranks them in order by five different categories, such as “Wall You Can’t Go Over (unbeatable, basically),” “Nationwide level,” “Socialite level,” “Mania level,” “the Maginot line.”