SHINee proved themselves as true Hallyu stars by sweeping Taiwanese music charts without having an official promotion. SHINee’s mini album "Sherlock" was ranked at the top of G-Music Asia Chart, FIVE MUSIC Korean-Japanese Music Chart, and Kwongnan Korean-Japanese Music Chart.
Category: Music
Musical "Jack the Ripper" featuring Super Junior’s Sungmin to Play in Japan
Korean popular musical "Jack the Ripper" is coming to Japan. Japan’s Sankei Shimbun reported on May 2nd that the Korean musical "Jack the Ripper" will be playing in Tokyo, Japan during from September to October at the Aoyama Theatre.
Controversy Ensues over Girl Group’s Revealing, "Optical Illusion" Outfits
As a lot of girl groups often use nude-tone fabric to create an optical illusion of real bare skin in their onstage outfits, the appropriateness of this optical illusion is drawing attention. This method of using nude-tone fabric under see-through outfits has been in use for decades now among stage performers as it ensures certain level of exposure without being censored.
JYJ’s Junsu Releases 2nd Teaser for “Tarantallegra”
Just a couple days after revealing the title of his upcoming album, JYJ’s Junsu released the second teaser video to his new single, “Tarantallegra.” The video was released through JYJ’s official YouTube channel.
Aziatix Releases Music Video for "Alright" and 2nd EP "Awakening"
Along with the release of their second EP "Awakening" today, Aziatix has also released their full music video for "Alright."
2PM’s Taecyeon and Baek Ji Young Working on Another Duet Track?
On May 1, an interesting photo indicating the possible reunion of 2PM’s Taecyeon and female singer Baek Ji Young has surfaced on the Web. The photo was reportedly taken on April 30 at Baek Ji Young’s music video shooting, but it’s unknown why Taecyeon was there at this point.
Park Jimin Critiques JYP As a Judge!
As we reported earlier, on April 29, Park Jimin won 1st place after finally defeating her rival Lee Ha Yi on “SBS K-Pop Star.” Originally, we were supposed to find out which one of the agencies she would choose to join. (SME, JYPE, or YGE) Park Jimin appeared on the radio show, CBS “Kim Hyun Jung’s Talk Show” May2. The DJ Kim Hyun Jung asked Park Jimin who the harshest judge was on the show. Park Jimin stated, “It is definitely JYP.”
Girls Generation’s Jessica, f(x)’s Luna and Super Junior’s Sungmin to Appear in tvN’s "Taxi"
SM Entertainment artists, Jessica from Girls Generation, f(x)’s Luna and Sungmin from Super Junior are scheduled to appear together in an episode of tvN’s popular talk show, “Taxi.”
TOUCH Releases Comeback MV "Let’s Walk Together"
YYJ Entertainment’s boy group TOUCH has released their comeback music video "Let’s Walk Together" today on their official YouTube channel.
Kim Hyun Joong to Work With Japanese Duo, B’z
Kim Hyun Joong has just revealed that he is going to work on a collaboration with the Japanese group, B’z!