KBS Music Bank 05.10.13 – Cho Yong Pil’s Second Win with “Hello”

The winner of K! Chart this week was the cool Cho Yong Pil with his song “Hello” beating SHINee‘s “Why So Serious.” This was his second time winning K! Chart with the song. Congratulations Cho Yong Pil! Today’s show was a Chungbuk Osong Special. Other exciting performances today were by Nine Muses, BEAST, SISTAR, INFINITE,… Continue reading KBS Music Bank 05.10.13 – Cho Yong Pil’s Second Win with “Hello”

Mnet M! Countdown 05.09.13 – 4Minute’s First Win with “What’s Your Name?”

Today’s win at M!Countdown was 4Minute with the song “What’s Your Name?,” beating both Cho Yong Pil‘s “Hello.” Congratulations 4Minute! Today’s exciting comeback performances featured sexy Nine Muses with the upbeat song “WILD.” Today’s show also featured a special stage of Ailee performing “Ah The Good Old Days.” Other performances today were by B1A4, T-ARA,… Continue reading Mnet M! Countdown 05.09.13 – 4Minute’s First Win with “What’s Your Name?”

T-ara N4’s Hyomin Clears Up Rumors of Being a School Gangster

T-ara N4‘s Hyomin has recently shed tears during the May 6 episode of “Beatles Code 2” as she cleared up the rumors of her being a school gangster. About those rumors, Hyomin started off by saying, “It wasn’t to that extent.” She continued, “I hung out with friends who partied a lot but we never… Continue reading T-ara N4’s Hyomin Clears Up Rumors of Being a School Gangster

T-ara N4 Speaks Up About the “Hwayoung Incident” with Tears

The members of T-ara N4 recently spoke up about the “Hwayoung Incident” and showed tears as they expressed their misery over not being able to talk about it for a long time. Eunjung, Hyomin, Jiyeon and Areum of T-ara’s newest sub-unit, T-ara N4 appeared on a recent episode of “Beatles Code 2” and spoke up about… Continue reading T-ara N4 Speaks Up About the “Hwayoung Incident” with Tears

MBC Music Core 05.04.13

Cho Yong-pil‘s “Bounce” took the win this week, beating out PSY‘s Gentleman.” This week’s episode of Music Core had a lot of new music. Comeback performances were by Secret, Hello Venus and Lyn. New unit group T-Ara N4 had their debut stage on the program. More new music was performed by Roy Kim, Gavy NJ, Hong… Continue reading MBC Music Core 05.04.13

[Recap] Nihao Taiwan – Mnet M! Countdown in Taiwan

Soompiers Rachel and Shirley are Americans living Taiwan. Lucky for us, they are also great writers and photographers. I hope you enjoy their recap of this special event as much as I did, and look forward to their future coverage of the active K-Pop scene in Taiwan! -soomp ==== The Mnet music show M! Countdown… Continue reading [Recap] Nihao Taiwan – Mnet M! Countdown in Taiwan

Mnet M! Countdown 05.02.13 – PSY’s Second Win with “Gentleman”

Today’s win at M!Countdown was PSY with “Gentleman.” PSY gained his second win on M!Countdown and beat Cho Yong Pil‘s “Hello.” Congratulations PSY! Today’s show featured the debut performance of T-ARA‘s new sub-unit T-ARA N4 with their cool catchy song “Jeon Won Diary.” Today’s exciting comeback performances featured Secret with the powerful ballad “Only U”… Continue reading Mnet M! Countdown 05.02.13 – PSY’s Second Win with “Gentleman”

T-ara Is Very Popular in Vietnam

On the recent episode of KBS’s “Let’s Go Dream Team Season 2,” which aired on April 28, T-ara performed its hit songs in Vietnam. Before the members went on the stage, they showed thoughtfulness for their Vietnam fans as they learned how to say “I love you” in Vietnamese. When they were on the stage, the… Continue reading T-ara Is Very Popular in Vietnam

T-ara N4 Under Fire for Using Japanese Imperialism Symbol in “Countryside Diaries” MV

T-ara is yet again a topic of criticism and controversy because of the alleged usage of the Rising Sun flag, which is a symbol of Japanese imperialism, in T-ara N4‘s recent music video for “Countryside Diaries.“ T-ara N4 is a unit group of T-ara that consists of new member Ahreum along with Jiyeon, Eunjung and… Continue reading T-ara N4 Under Fire for Using Japanese Imperialism Symbol in “Countryside Diaries” MV

G.Gorilla Apologizes for Attacking T-ara’s “Countryside Diaries” Lyrics

Composer and singer G.Gorilla recently apologized for criticizing the lyrics of T-ara‘s new track, “Countryside Diaries.” On April 30, G.Gorilla tweeted, “My only intent was to encourage junior artists that they should try a little bit harder to be more serious when making music. There was no other meaning behind my remarks, please don’t misunderstand.… Continue reading G.Gorilla Apologizes for Attacking T-ara’s “Countryside Diaries” Lyrics