MBC Music Core 07.09.11

This week’s MBC “Music Core” was a very special episode as it bid farewell to the two main MCs, Minho and Onew. They announced their decision to leave the show after eight months of hosting alongside Suzy and Jiyeon. Todays’ show also had comeback stages by Hyun Ah, ZE:A, Girl’s Day, and The Grace- Dana & Sunday. But f(x), Rainbow, Rania, and N-Train had their goodbye performances. Make sure you check out other performances by: 2PM, 2NE1, Jang Woo Hyuk, SECRET, T-ara, Min Kyung Hoon, Mighty Mouth, Soya, 8eight, 4MEN, Boyfriend, and MBC “Star Audition” winner Baek Chung Gang.

Girl’s Day Reveals Concept Image of “Hug Me Once”

The girl group Girl’s Day reveals concept image for their mini album title song, “Hug Me Once.” The picture was released through Naver Music Theme Cast on July 6th. In the picture the members of Girl’s Day are showing off cute and innocent looks. Dream Entertainment that is their agency stated, “We photographed this with the concept of a cute and innocent girl that you just want to hug, that fits in well with the image of ‘Hug Me Once.’”

Top 30 Songs of the First Half of 2011

Recently, the numbers of streamings and downloads from the Korean music site Dosirak were tallied up to calculate the hit songs of the first half of 2011. The calculations were made during the Janurary 1st and June 24th window, and according to calculations, G.Na took the win with "Black and White."