TS Entertainment’s Bang Yong Guk will be releasing his first solo song, a collaboration between him and BEAST’s Yang Yoseob.
Category: Music
YGE Explains Why 2NE1 Released One Track at a Time for New Album
Many fans have been taking note of YG Entertianment’s unique promotion style for 2NE1’s latest mini album, where five different singles were released separately prior to the album’s release. Yang Hyun Suk, the head of YGE, gave an explanation for this new approach in an interview with Star News, saying, “In the past, people used to purchase the actual album and listen to all the songs in it. So even if it weren’t the title song, many songs would slowly gain popularity later on. But now the spending pattern has changed to online and mobile centric, which as a result, made people to only listen to the title track, even when the whole album is available.”
Japanese Group U.I.C. Accused of Plagiarizing BEAST
Plagiarism controversies have been common in K-Pop as of late. The public has seen copycat groups performing in other countries. For instance BEAST’s hit “Shock” was accused of being plagiarized by Vietnamese group HBO and OK-Bang from China sounded and looked oddly enough like Big Bang. Another accusation of plagiarism has been made involving BEAST thanks to the sensitive ears of clever netizens.
Who Had the Strongest Debut of 2011?
There have been quite a few rookie groups who have made their debut over the past seven months. But is it too soon to pick one male and one female group that has had the best debut? MTV K doesn’t seem to think it is as they recently conducted two separate polls, one for the ladies and another for the fellas, to determine which girl band and boy band had the strongest debuts of 2011.
Yoo Seung Joon Photos Surface Online
Photos of Yoo Seung Joon have surfaced online recently, garnering much attention from fans who wondered his latest whereabouts.
SHINee Releases Teaser for Second Japanese Single "Juliette"
A month from today, July 29th, SHINee will be releasing their second Japanese single! It has been a month since the SHINee boys made their official debut in Japan with their hit song “Replay”, which achieved Gold on the RIAJ Digital Ranking charts. The SHIN-ing idols revealed a teaser for their next single which will be the Japanese version of their Korean hit, “Juliette”
KBS’ "Music Bank" to Host a World Tour?
Earlier this month KBS’ “Music Bank” held a special broadcast from Tokyo, Japan. “Music Bank in Tokyo- K-Pop Festival” proved to be successful as various popular Korean acts (as BEAST, Kara, 2PM, RaNia, X-5, 4 Minute, U-Kiss, Infinite, just to name a few) performed for the crowd of over 43,000 at the Tokyo Dome. Could this mark the start of something really big? How big? Try on a world scale. Yesterday the announcement was made by KBS director Jeon Jin Gook that plans were in motion to hold a “Music Bank” world tour bringing Korea’s top artists and popular culture to other countries across the globe.
IU Holds Guerilla Concert On A Bus
IU recently surprised commuters by performing on a bus as part of a Hyundai campain.
"K-Pop Star" to Hold Auditions in Argentina and Paris
SBS’s "Surival Idol K-Pop Star" has been confirmed to hold auditions in Argentina and Paris.
Mnet M! Countdown! 07.28.2011
miss A’s "Goodbye Baby" was named the "Song Of The Week on M Countdown. Infinite and Teen Top return with the sweet smell of success,