Planning Out Your Trip To Seoul – Part 2: A Beginner’s Guide

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Planning Out Your Trip To Seoul – Part 2: A Beginner’s Guide

Guest Author:    Jason Yu (from the Green Tea Graffiti)

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It’s Day 1 of the Seoul experience. You’re in the Seoul ready to meet your favorite K-pop stars, stalk those handsome and pretty actors, and generally have a good time. Flush full of money, and MAX beer and soju shots in your belly, you’re ready to experience the night life. It looks like it’s going to be a crazy night filled with nothing but fun.

There’s just one thing you forgot to do earlier, but heck, that could be put off until tomorrow. After all, it’s almost 11 PM and the clubbing scene is in full swing. That “something” can’t be that important.

Unless that “something” is a place to crash for the night.

Eight hours later…

It’s 7:30 AM and you have a major hangover. As thoughts of diving head-first into a bed fill your mind, you just remembered: “Oh crap, I have no place to stay!” Looks like having a place to stay was important after all…

Welcome to the Korean travelers’ guide, Planning Out Your Trip to Seoul. Written for newcomers to Seoul, this guide will show travelers Seoul’s hot spots, fun places, and more. Although the guide is more for first timers, the guide can also be useful for experienced Seoul travelers and ex-pats as well.

For the previous version, part 1, please go here.

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MBLAQ's Thunder gifts fans with a new song (Teaser)

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MBLAQ Thunder gifts fans with a new song (Teaser)

It's called "Only One"

I'm a newbie and this is my first post.
You should know by now who's my ultimate and only one bias in the whole Kpop industry keke
What do you guys think?


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VIXX abandons their 'boy next door' image for CeCi

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VIXX has participated in a sexy photoshoot for ‘CeCi‘ magazine!

After finishing up their promotions of “Rock Ur Body” two weeks ago, VIXX members returned with a more dark and masculine photoshoot surprising fans.

Through the pictorial, the boys showcased their more mature image and set aside their signature, ‘boy next door’ image for the time being.

Meanwhile, VIXX is now preparing for their third album.

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Source: AKP 

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NO, YES I DO. L E O. 

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B1A4 Sells out concert tickets in 5 minutes

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The costume promotions worked like a charm.

Tickets to B1A4’s first exclusive concert, BABA B1A4 have completely sold out. The tickets were open for purchase on October 18, and within five minutes, 8,000 seats were sold.

Not only that, even before ticketing opened, around 75,000 people were on the server, preparing to battle it out to be part of the lucky 8,000.

According to CJ E&M, who is in charge of the concert production, the members of B1A4 were extremely thankful to hear that their concert sold out and promised to do their their best in preparing for their concert.

B1A4’s BABA B1A4 concert will take place at Olympic Park’s SK Olympic Handball Stadium on December 8 and 9.

B1A4 made its debut in 2011 and soon gathered a large fan base, enabling the fairly new group to hold an exclusive concert so early on in its career.

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And people said they wouldn't sell out. PFFTTT. They also had a pre sale for the fan club members on the 15th that also sold out. :D

Busker Busker & Two Months release cover of SHINee’s “Juliette”

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CJENMMUSIC

Busker Busker and Two Months have released their cover of SHINee‘s “Juliette“.

As part of the “top 11″ on ’Superstar K3‘, Busker Busker and Two Months’ cover was released as a part of the show’s ‘NEXT ELEVEN: Superstar K Season 3 Top 11‘ project called “A gift for you”.

Busker Busker and Two Months recorded their audition song in the studio for fans and viewers.

source: akp

I didn't really like it at first but it really grew on me as I listened!

ELLE Korea 20th Anniversary ft. Kim Jaejoong (November Issue)

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Mod, what do you mean by "broken"?

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DBSK continues slaying, sells out Seoul concert in 3 minutes

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TVXQ (DBSK)'s selling power has been proven once more.

Ticket sales opened on October 18 at 8 p.m. (KST) through the online site G-Market for DBSK's upcoming TVXQ! Live World Tour "Catch Me" in SEOUL.

Set to take place for two days on November 17 and 18 at Seoul's Gymnastics Stadium in Olympic Park, the 20,000 seats for the concert sold out within three minutes.

Of course, high sales were expected to begin with as it marks DBSK's first exclusive concert in four years in Korea. The concerts will serve as the opening for DBSK's world tour.

Following their concert in Korea, the DBSK members will move on to China, Thailand, other parts of Asia and also move on to other parts of the world.



Source: Mnet

Europe please, pretty please

121019 Music Bank

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This Week's Winner

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Battle of the Biases: Round Five: Day Four

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The eliminated are...
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Round Five: Day Four
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Just a quick reminder of how this game works.

There are 200 idols total. 100 Male, and 100 Female. Each gender is separated into RANDOM groups of 5. The schedule is like so...

SATURDAY(Anywhere from 12:01 AM - 5:00PM: Round #: Day 01
Vote until 5PM EST Sunday (At least 24 Hours)
SUNDAY(Anywhere from 5:01 PM - 9:59PM): Round #: Day 02
Vote until 10PM EST Monday (At least 24 Hours)
TUESDAY(Anywhere from 12:01 AM - 9:59PM): Round #: Day 03
Vote until 10PM Wednesday (At least 24 Hours)
THURSDAY(Anywhere from 12:01 AM - 12:00PM): Round #: Day 04
Vote until 12PM EST Friday (At least 24 Hours)

REPEAT FOR 20 ROUNDS + Semi Finals and then Finals.

Remember, you are ELIMINATING people with your votes. Vote for the one you like the least, to try and get them booted from the game.

ZE:A’s Junyoung remixes “Aftermath” for fans

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ZE:A‘s leader Junyoung has released a special remix of “Aftermath” for fans!

According to ZE:A’s official me2day, the “Aftermath” remix is the first self-composed project Junyoung has released to fans. Though he wasn’t able to greet them for a while due to a leg injury, Junyoung took the time off to focus on studying composition and arrangement, and he’s now finally finished with the remix he’s been working on.

Check out the original “Aftermath” MV here, and listen to Junyoung’s remix below

source: akp + zea2011 

I like this a lot more than the original

FFA! + Chance to win Big Bang VIP tickets for LA c/o of WME Radio

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Photo promo for Don't Hate Me and UP

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Epik High - Don't Hate Me & Up MV

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( Up MV )

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Bigger Than Psy (OMG REALLY OMG ♥ ♥ ♥): 2NE1 And The Future Of K-Pop

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The event roster for the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey, is fairly diverse. On any given night, the arena might play host to an American Idol concert, a hockey game or a death-metal mini-festival. But on August 17th, the main attraction was something unusual even for a bastion of bizarreness.

Just before bass started thumping, a projector illuminated the curtain with images of a diamond, a spade, a heart and a club, representing the four diminutive members of the musical act known as 2NE1. Pronounced “twenty-one,” as in blackjack’s magic number, the group—CL, Bom, Minzy and Dara—proceeded to stomp across the stage as a crowd of 10,000-plus rapped and sang along with them in Korean.

“I think Korea right now is really passionate about music. I mean, everybody is, but we’re passionate about performing and we love music,” CL explained when the group stopped by FORBES’ New York headquarters a few days later (see full video below). “So I think the world is feeling that right now, feeling the energy.”



The world certainly is feeling the energy of Korean pop music—better known as K-Pop—in general, and one need only look at Seoul rapper Psy’s viral “Gangnam Style” video for evidence. The clip has racked up over 475 million YouTube views in since its launch three months ago; Psy himself was recently signed to Schoolboy Records, the Universal Music Group imprint run by Scooter Braun, who also manages Justin Bieber, Carly Rae Jepsen and Asher Roth.

Though Psy has been getting all the publicity of late, his female counterparts in 2NE1 may actually be the bigger stars. Known by many as the Korean version of the Spice Girls, the group has sold 27 million digital downloads to date, including the single “I Am The Best,” which moved 4.5 million units and won Song of the Year honors at Asia’s Mnet Awards.

“Before this song, people in other markets knew 2NE1 more than Psy,” says Danny Im, former member of the K-Pop group 1TYM. “2NE1 was way bigger. They were hitting No. 1 when Psy was on hiatus.”

2NE1 got its start three years ago, when South Korean music label YG Entertainment put the girls together to form a pop group characterized by bold, bright outfits and big, catchy hooks punctuated by rap verses and an in-your-face swagger seemingly borrowed from U.S.-based hip-hop acts like Nicki Minaj, with whom 2NE1 recently appeared in an Adidas commercial.

Conventional wisdom suggests that young acts should go light on the endorsements, at least at first (an opinion shared by 24-year-old Skrillex, who earlier this year told me, “I don’t care if someone offers me half a million dollars, I’m not going to do a cellphone thing.”) Yet for 2NE1, whose first song, “Lollipop,” was first created as a cell phone commercial for LG, branding is part of the DNA.

“That’s why so many people got to know us real fast,” says CL. “Since it was a commercial, it was out there all over the place.”

From a business perspective, that might just make K-Pop the most commercially potent genre to emerge since hip-hop. The latter is known for its praise of name-brand luxury goods from Mercedes to Gucci, both of which found their way into songs without having to pay for placement. K-Pop would seem to be similarly tantalizing for technology companies like the one behind 2NE1’s first song.

Of course, the major hurdle for Psy, 2NE1 and K-Pop as a genre is language. As “Gangnam Style” showed, YouTube has broken down barriers—without the bizarrely engaging video, it seems highly unlikely that a Korean-language song could have become a major hit in the U.S. And without the easy access offered by the web, it would have been nearly impossible to find a rap song from the other side of the globe.

“Back in our day it was nothing like this,” says Im, who also hosts the K-Pop show Danny From LA on Mnet. “Nothing went viral, there was nothing you went to YouTube to watch. If you wanted music, you had to go to Korean stores that sold Korean music.”

But the three stripes of Adidas are recognizable no matter what language the artists are singing—and while language might be a barrier for the spread of the music, it’s less of an obstacle to the spread of an easily-identifiable brand.

The response to 2NE1 as it continues its seven-country, ten city would tour will offer many clues as to the ceiling of K-Pop outside of Asia. “Gangnam Style” may have been the first step. The next, it seems, might be an English language album.

“I want that to happen,” says CL. “And I really felt that we needed English songs when we were performing in New Jersey. I mean, everyone sang along in Korean, but I thought it would much better if we could do it in English, when everyone could actually connect to the lyrics.”

Which act will be able to orchestrate such a feat? Don’t bet against 2NE1.

Source: Forbes

OMG MY KWEENS WILL BE BIGGER THAN PSY HOW I WISH WHATEVER MY KWEENS YES PLSSSS

Big Bang on Sakigake

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Epik High argued with Yang Hyun Suk for their title song?

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YG Entertainment‘s Yang Hyun Suk explained why Epik High has two title songs.

The hip hop trio recently made their long awaited return with the release of their 7th album ‘99‘, and released the two music videos to “Don’t Hate Me” and “UP“.

Yang Hyun Suk revealed, “The reason why Epik High’s 7th album has two title songs is because Epik High wanted to make “Don’t Hate Me” their title song and I wanted to make “UP” featuring 2NE1‘s Park Bom as their title song. It’s true we had a sort of a conflict while we were working on the album. But YG puts the artists’ opinions above anything else, so I decided to go with double title songs that would be a win-win for the both of us.”
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