2015-05-04
BOA COMEBACK TEASER IMAGES
2015-05-04 09:50 am
With a comeback on its way, BoA will be receiving help from her junior.
On May 4, SM Entertainment announced that ahead of BoA’s eighth album release, BoA will be pre-releasing the song Who Are You with a music video on May 6.
“The upcoming music video will be a dramatized video with Who Are You about a man and a woman, who have good nervous feelings ahead of their blind dates with each other,” explained SM Entertainment. “EXO’s Se Hun will be making a special appearance to support BoA in her comeback.”
Who Are You is an electronic dance pop music with a groovy performance of the guitar and bass. The song was includes a rap featuring by Dynamic Duo’s Gaeko.
BoA’s eighth album will be released on May 12.
boa | mwave


It has been revealed that g.o.d’s Park Joon Hyung will be tying the knot, as he has officially confirmed reports of his marriage preparations.
On May 4, Park Joon Hyung’s agency, Sidus HQ, told OSEN, “Park Joon Hyung will be getting married on June 26. He is taking part in his wedding photo shoot today. The specifics will be shared later on.”
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Source: godjp instagram 1, 2; Soompi, Osen (kr)
Congrats to the happy couple! BBAMMMMMM!
Mods: fixed the images since the Instagram embeds weren't working here.

WINNER’s Nam Tae Hyun and actress Seo Min Ji recently revealed their thoughts on their kiss scene with one another during filming.
On May 4, Nam Tae Hyun, Seo Min Ji, Son Jin Young, G-Friend’s Yerin, and Topp Dogg’s Sangdo were in attendance at the press conference for the web drama “Midnight’s Girl.”
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Soompi, TVreport via naver

BIG BANG previewed their new singles “Loser” and “Bae Bae” earlier this week at their world tour kickoff. And now fans have the full audio and visual experience.
In “Loser,” the K-pop phenoms fashionably wallow around Los Angeles in various states of depression. G-Dragon lays in the middle of an intersection, Taeyang gives himself a tattoo, Seungri trashes his room while Daesung and T.O.P both have breakdowns for the camera. All their sadness is based around a dissolving relationship (fitting with the track’s lyrics that detail unhappiness with one-night stands and forgetting the importance of love) as we watch T.O.P make out with a lingerie-clad lover and seconds later start arguing with her, while Daesung remembers his lady gifting him a bandana that’s yanked from him as he’s getting jumped in a parking lot.
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Billboard, my gif
( Serving some anime character realness )
MV teasers are up next
#gethype
sources: BEAST 비스트, BEAST Facebook (1)(2)(3)(4)(5)

SM Entertainment’s artists are combining their forces to help the children in Nepal that are suffering from the aftermaths of the disastrous earthquake.

It has been reported that YG Entertainment has made a generous donation toward Nepal earthquake emergency relief.
Elf Prince Title Track Teaser
2015-05-04 03:15 pm( Blonde Hyunseung is best Hyunseung )
Something like this kthx
mods I'm sorry I forgot this was coming out today didn't want to spam :/
Sources: BEAST 비스트, BEAST Facebook 1 2 3 4 5, Fancam BEAST are the BEST
Big Bang Discuss Loser and Bae Bae
2015-05-04 03:47 pm
On Loser:
Q: What is the message of your new song “Loser”?
G-Dragon: When we first started working on the song, we only had the hook/chorus. In the beginning, the title of the song wasn’t even “Loser”; the whole song actually had a whole different theme to it. At some point, the song was just another typical love-themed track. Since, however, it was a song that we were releasing after many years, we thought that maybe we could change the theme to something that the mass public could relate to. We thought that if we wrote the song as relevant to the public’s own personal experiences, when they look at us, maybe they would see us in a different way with many different emotions. We thought that maybe the song could give strength to the public.
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On Bae Bae:
G-Dragon, T.O.P, Taeyang, Seungri, and Daesung raised eyebrows online with the release of their “Bae Bae” music video. It was unusual in many ways, and -- as American music magazine Billboard put it, represented Big Bang’s “sexual peak.” In a conversation with reporters at the Conrad Hotel in Yeongdeungpo-gu, Seoul on Monday, Big Bang talked about the creation of the buzz-creating video.
“We wanted to make something unusual, something that people would find fun, something that made you feel like you were going to a different world,” said leader G-Dragon. “We paid a lot of attention to details in each scene. We wanted to make a video that could be experienced differently very time you watch it.”
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Sources: Star News, trans via @big_seunghyun 1, 2 | The Korea Herald
Oh lord, YB watching reaction videos
(Check all caps at the source)
1. First clarification is the case where Eunjung supposedly 'force fed' Hwayoung rice cakes on a Japanese TV show. Caps break down what happened on the show and clarify that the group was divided into two teams: Hwayoung, Hyomin, and Qri on one and Soyeon, Jiyeon, and Eunjung on the other.


With snacks on the line, the two teams battled for victory through Wii games and Hwayoung, Hyomin, and Qri's team won in the end. Eunjung, who received the lowest points on her team, was given a penalty for her score where she had to hand feed the snacks to the winning team (this penalty was chosen out of a box of random penalties written on pieces of paper).
When she is feeding Hwayoung the rice cake, you can see the MC in the back smiling along with the girls, which shows that the atmosphere on the set was friendly and not at all a bullying atmosphere like people assumed. Japanese netizens who are more aware of the nature of their own variety shows agreed that the girls didn't look like they were bullying her at all.
At the end of the broadcast, Hwayoung is seen smiling with the rest of the girls.


There are also other caps where Hyomin has Jiyeon in a playful headlock with Hwayoung holding down Jiyeon's hands and face but nobody started rumors of Jiyeon being bullied because it was obviously seen as a playful joke on broadcast.

Then there were also caps where Hwayoung was seen sitting away from the other T-ara members and just talking to Sungjong but in reality, she was actually sitting with Qri and Eunjung while Jiyeon was playing her match.



The umbrella fancam where it was made to seem like Boram was wrecking Hwayoung's umbrella and Key and L were side-eyeing her.
In reality, the fancam showed Boram putting an umbrella over Hwayoung's head despite Hwayoung being taller than her.

1. [+92, -12] Instead of seeing only what you want to see, it's important to know what really happened. It's so wrong to immediately fault T-ara for everything without knowing what went down. I'm not a T-ara fan myself and actually like male idols but it's so unfair how T-ara gets all the blame.
2. [+83, -9] Once someone believes that something is right, they close their eyes and ears and only hear what they think supports their belief. ㅋㅋ The only truth is that the T-ara members whined about determination on Twitter because Hwayoung claimed to be sick but went to get her nails done. Netizens think they're gods, it doesn't matter if the truth is ever revealed because they won't care.
3. [+75, -12] I think if I was an original T-ara member, I would really hate T-ara. Hwayoung basically got a free ride off of all of the hard work the members and I worked to set up and she didn't even show any determination to work hard but caught the celebrity disease instead. How frustrating it must've been... It's sad that things got to this point but it's not liek T-ara did anything good and Hwayoung's just hopeless so I don't like either of them...;
4. [+41, -4] There are a ton of more clarification posts but every time they were posted, people were just like "so what~" "no one asked~" so it's not like we can do anything else. T-ara is the victim to a witch hunt.. ㅋㅋ Better late than never for posts like this to go up so I hope the public can see what really went down without bias.
5. [+38, -4] They're just victims to a witch hunt and I feel bad for them. T-ara said they'd reflect and went on hardcore shows like Radio Star and Beatles Code and whenever they cried and tried to tell their story, netizens covered their eyes and ears and refused to listen to them. And when they tried to move on and continue promoting, netizens would berate them for coming back out..
6. [+24, -33] Either way, it's true that T-ara directed their determination tweets at her. Whether or not Hwayoung was bullied.. I don't think what T-ara did was something to do publicly against their own member like that.
7. [+23, -3] T-ara has their own mistakes but there are also a lot of misunderstandings about what happened so I wish people would read this. I remember watching them cry and apologize over and over on TV and it's just an upsetting situation overall. I hope something like this never happens again and T-ara works hard and hopefully the public will open their hearts to them at least a little bit soon, although I'm sure it won't be easy ㅜㅜ
8. [+19, -11] But aside from all these caps that netizens suspected ㅋㅋㅋ you can't deny that all of the members directed tweets at Hwayoung and unfollowed her.. that's enough proof for bullying ㅋㅋㅋ and Hyomin admitted herself that they acted too immaturely
9. [+15, -3] Bullying was not committed by T-ara but the netizens of Korea who love to bring others down and refuse to believe anything that doesn't fall in line with what they want to believe
10. [+12, -1] Funny how T-ara has been getting hate over things that aren't even concrete for years now but male idols who are real criminals get to promote just fine ㅋㅋ
source: Netizenbuzz (nate)

It has been revealed that Super Junior’s Yesung has finally been discharged from his military service and will soon be returning to the stage.
According to SM Entertainment on May 4, Yesung completed his two years of military service as a public service officer on this day. His official discharge date was originally set for May 5. However, as May 5 is Children’s Day, which is a national holiday, he was released a day earlier than planned.
The Super Junior member was discharged quietly and did not hold any kind of special ceremony.
Yesung’s first comeback stage will take place through Super Junior-K.R.Y.’s upcoming tour in Japan starting on June 2.
Meanwhile, Yesung enlisted in the military on May 6, 2013.
source: Soompi (naver) (1)

Kahi, a former member of K-pop girl group After School, was named a visiting professor of the taekwondo department at Wooksuk University Thursday, Yonhap reported.
According to the university, Kahi has given a series of lectures about the performing arts at the school and is known to be proficient in taekwondo.
She was given the honor alongside Choi Young-seok, director of Thailand’s taekwondo team.
A Woosuk representative said they are looking to create a combination of the Korean traditional martial arts and the performing arts. Naming Kahi and Choi as visiting professors at the school is a part of that process, the university said.
Kahi, who is a familiar face to South Koreans through music, television and musical theater, is currently a solo artist.
Korea Times US

‘King of Masked Singer’ is a competition between 8 celebrities completely hidden from mask while they sing. The program focuses on the stars singing abilities and guesses whose faces are hidden behind a mask. ‘King of Masked Singer’ airs every Sunday at 04:50 PM KST on MBC.
( 8 contestants. 7 reveals. 1 King of Masked Singer. )
MBCentertainment
there are 5 episodes so far and new set of contestants come every 2 episodes to snatch the title. i'll post the 2nd "wave" later this week

Red Velvet's Yeri has been appointed as the new permanent MC for MBC's 'Music Core'.
An official from MBC said on May 4th,"Red Velvet's Yeri has been confirmed as the new MC on 'Music Core'. She will have her first recording this week".
Yeri will be hosting the show along SHINee's Minho and VIXX's N. She's now the second Red Velvet member to become an MC for a music program, following Irene for KBS's 'Music Bank'.
Red Velvet is still actively promoting 'Ice Cream Cake' on various music shows.
dkpopnews

{ENG SUB} Crime Scene 2 EP5
2015-05-04 06:49 pmCrime Scene S2E5 1/2 by bumdi2
( Part 2 )
source:bumdid2
Xiumin was adorable in this

Upcoming spring/summer dramas 2015
2015-05-04 07:18 pm'
( synopsis )( THE PRODUCERS )
( ORANGE MARMALADE )
Yoo Yoon Seok and Yang Sora in a Hong drama, gimme now!! and no BIG thanks.
Kim soo hyun and Gong Hyo Jin + "My love from another" star writer Yes please!!.
Also the ultimate Noonakiller Yeo Jin Goo in one of the absolutely most popular webtoons eva
Could this be a triple crown? I am barely surviving the tour de force and best drama the year (so far),
Angry mom Ughh!!
what dramas have been good so far ans which ones are you looking forward to Omona?
source kbs 1, 2, 3 yangesora, viki 1, 2, mwave

BIGBANG’s G-Dragon and Taeyang, actor Lee Jong Suk, Girls’ Generation’s YoonA, Super Junior’s Choi Siwon, 2NE1’s CL, f(x)’s Krystal, actresses Park Shin Hye, Han Ye Seul, Jung Ryeo Won, Go Ah Sung, and others attended french fashion house Chanel’s latest cruise show, which was staged at the Dongdaemun Design Plaza in Seoul on May 4.









Karl Lagerfeld told reporters at the show, “The concept is [a] modern, international version of typical Korean mood, how we see it for the modern 21st century but with inspiration from the past. I love traditional Korean clothes, materials, patterns.”
Model Gisele Bundchen and actresses Kristen Stewart, Isabelle Huppert, and Tilda Swinton were also spotted at the show.




Sources: uk.reuters, wwd & Soompi


The above image is from their han river(?) street performance. More can be found here. For fancams of the performance, you can find them in this post and at this youtube channel.

The Ark Tenasia ‘My Name’ Interview
My name is Jeon Minju. Precious stone (珉) Min and pillar (柱) Ju. I’m the leader of the group in charge of dance, performance, vocal and Japanese. I also recently started learning the guitar.
I was born on the 8th of September, 1994. I’m 22 years old. I was a trainee for 8 years. During that time I gained a lot of broadcast experience and learned know how for the stage so I feel like I can lead our team well.
I was a trainee for a long time. Since every trainee goes through the same hardships, I don’t think people realize it was harder for me as it was a long time. There were times when my body wasn’t well and I’d think ‘Maybe I should stop here’. Thinking about my parents and members who believed in me, I thought it would be a waste to give up after going through so much.
I’m self-learning guitar. I thought it looked fun. Whenever I have time I play chords on the guitar. I used to really love nail art but as I’m learning guitar now I can’t do my nails anymore.
My role model is BoA. She started singing at a very young age. There’s a lot I can learn from her about dancing and singing, and she has a lot of force for such a small body.
I want to try acting if there’s an opportunity. Serious acting seems like it will be too hard at the moment so I want to start with small roles in a sitcom and go from there.
Minju-ya. You’ve learned a lot through your long trainee period. That long time wasn’t meaningless as it has helped you a lot. Even though it’s only the start now, many people support and love you so gain confidence and continue working hard.

The Ark Tenasia ‘My Name’ Interview
My name is Yuna Kim. My name is the same in English and Hangul. I’m in charge of rap, vocals, ‘kkap’ and variety in our group. My hometown is New York.
I was born on the 27th of October, 1994. I’m 22 years old. I was a trainee for about 2~3 years. My mother recently came to South Korea from the US to see me. She always talks to me about the stage and supports me.
My image on ‘Superstar K3′ was bright and cheeky but surprisingly I’m also calm and feminine. When I want to be feminine I’m really feminine and when I want to be powerful I’m really powerful. I have lots of different colors.
I like basketball. As there’s no time lately I haven’t been able to, but I used to enjoy playing basketball at the park.
Yoon Mi Rae is my role model. There’s no words for her as a rapper or as a singer, her family-orientated personality is nice too.
I have a lot of interest in a collaboration. I also want to appear on a variety show like SBS ‘Running Man’ or KBS2 ‘Happy Together’. I don’t have any thoughts of acting at the moment but seeing the other members do it might make me curious in the future.
Yuna-ya, you worked hard. You want to show a lot to the public, so work hard and gain confidence to expand your wings and conquer the stage. Always be an exemplary unnie to the team and take care of the dongsaengs. Live each day with a positive mind. Fighting.

The Ark Tenasia ‘My Name’ Interview
My name is Jung Yujin. Have (有) Yu and treasure (珍) Jin. I was born in Incheon but I grew up in Yongin. I’m the groups main vocal.
I was born on the 6th of September, 1996. I’m 20 years old. I was only a trainee for half of a year and then debuted as The Ark. As I trained for a short time I’m more awkward than the other members at expressions and stage manners. I’ve researched a lot by watching other idol groups stages.
I have an unexpected 4D personality. I look like the type to not talk much but the day I first met the members I did a handstand and they were all taken aback.
My role models are IU and Kim Kwang-Seok. IU has a nice personality and seems like she has deep thoughts. I feel comfortable when listening to Kim Kwang-Seok’s music. I want to be like them.
As a main vocal I don’t have much interest in acting but I want to be acknowledged for my singing. I want to try composing and lyric writing too. I want to appear on a singing program like KBS2 ‘Immortal Song’.
Yujin-ah, this is your biggest opportunity in life no matter how you look at it. As you’ve been dreaming of this since childhood continue to work even harder. Remember that there’s nothing you can’t do if you put in the effort. Also live life every day a little bit brighter.

The Ark Tenasia ‘My Name’ Interview
My name is Halla. The meaning is to attract the power of the galaxy. My real name is Lee Suji. I’m the visual and in charge of dance.
I was born on the 20th of March, 1998. I’m 18 years old. I was born in Busan, my hometown is Daegu. I was a trainee for 2 years. In addition to singing and dancing I have a specialty in Chinese.
Halla’s first impression is an innocent and kind image but through that there’s also charismatic eyes. Minju thought ‘There’s something about her’.
I put in a lot of effort. I learned a lot from Jane who trained with me. I also become better at dancing through Minju.
I used to see movies every week but as there’s no time lately I don’t have a hobby. I’m also interested in nail art. Whenever I’m bored or want to relieve stress I want to focus on something else so I started that.
My role model is Jun Ji Hyun. She was especially good with her role as Chun Song Yi in ‘You Who Came From The Stars’. I have a lot of interest in acting so I want to learn to be natural like her.
I like action movies too. I learned Taekwondo when I was younger for a little bit. I want to act in an action movie full of thrills. I also like romantic comedies.
Halla-ya, you’ve done well so far but there’s still a lot lacking so continue to work hard in the future. Be modest and thing about the people around you. Let’s also gain self-confidence by working hard day to day.

The Ark Tenasia ‘My Name’ Interview
My name is Cheon Jaein. Load (載) Jae and Tiger (寅) In. As the group’s maknae I’m in charge of singing, dancing, rap and English. I was on ‘Voice Korea Kids’.
I was born on the 23rd of November, 1999. I’m 17 years old. I was raised in Seoul. As I’m the type that makes a lot of mistakes when talking I’ve heard that if I go on variety I’ll either do really great or bad.
Jane’s first impression is bright and cute. When they first met Minju said ‘She’s from Kpop Star 2 right?’ and clapped. When Jane first met Halla she said ‘unnie I really like you’ and hugged her.
I have a lot of hobbies. I like drawing and I keep a diary. I like decorating. When I went to Singapore I drew everything that I saw. I also wrote and decorated the member’s doors at the dorm with their names.
My role model is Yoo Jae Suk. I’ve honestly never thought about it until now. I’ve never met him in real life but everyone around me says he’s a warm person that looks after everyone. He has a cool personality. He extends a helping hand to underprivileged people.
I have a lot I want to try. I want to try writing lyrics and composing, and even though I’ve never learned, acting seems fun. I want to appear on a food program like ‘Tasty Road’.
Jane-ah, it seems like you’re not trying your best. If you could show your all it’d be nice. You should also pay attention and look after the people around you more. You show easily when you’re tired (laughs). Be thankful to everyone and don’t lose your rookie mindset, keep going until the end.
Apparently Yuna was giving Benji looks during the live broadcast because he wasn't translating everything correctly lol.
this came out a while back.
This is the second street performance project they've done. it seems to be the same content as the last, but still as nice regardless. Kinda sad they didn't do the overdose beginning position, especially since i know they're capable of it, but they still rocked the dance. Anyways, more fancams from this performance can be found at this youtube channel.
The girls also did a twitter reply spam with their fans. Their answers are really cute. ^^
This post is brought to you by Jane – now officially(? correct me if I’m wrong) the youngest debuted person in kpop.

Alot of this stuff came out a while back, but i kept getting rejected and as i reformat more things came out... TT.TT shout out to the mods though, i must have resubmitted this like a half a dozen times over the past week.
also, the tenasia photos i used are from theark_updates because for some reason i got rejected when i used it from the original.
Tenasia - Original | trans cr: tay @ fyeah-theark (x)(x)(x)(x)(x) photos from theark_updates (x)(x)(x)(x)(x) | pqdoo | The Ark Updates | Official TheArk | z a m
Siwon & Liu Wen 'We're In Love' Ep 3
2015-05-04 09:03 pmi like the fact that theyve grown very comfortable with each other, enough for her to say why she was unhappy. its nice to see that
source: alvin goodgirl (1)
BIG BANG POST
2015-05-04 09:50 pm
( pictures, interview, articles )
Soompi 1, 2, 3, TVReport via Naver, Osen via naver, starnews via naver, Genie music, BBUpdates , YGLife
Is Big Bang just a kpop idol?
2015-05-04 09:56 pm
Kpop idol
On May 3rd, Brown Eyed Soul unveiled a music video teaser for the fourth and final solo single project, Jung Yup’s “Come With Me Girl.”
The group’s members have met much success with the releases by Naul with “You From The Same Time” in February, Young Jun with “Thinking Only of You” in March, and Sung Hoon with “I Love You” in April. Now, Jung Yup brings his vocals to the stage with his solo track.
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Koreaboo, X Sports News, CJENMMUSIC Official
Ha Ji Won's New Reality TV Show
2015-05-04 11:12 pm
Actress Ha Ji Won will be heading to France for her very own reality show!
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Source: Soompi (Naver), ONSTYLE, kkuljaem
David Yi, Mashable's resident fashion expert, walks us through the music craze.

Today, Karl Lagerfeld presented Chanel's Resort 2015 collection in Seoul, South Korea. In addition to Chanel's front row mainstays—Kristen Stewart, Tilda Swinton, etc.—two K-pop stars joined the fray: G-Dragon of Big Bang and CL of 2NE1. You may have heard of K-pop in passing, but what exactly is the phenomenon all about? Here, Mashable's resident fashion expert, David Yi, explains what you need to know about the craze.
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Source : harpersbazaar





