Guess Who's Back?

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[WINNER - NEW RELEASE 2016] originally posted by https://t.co/XZQ3IOI9MY #WINNER #위너 #NEWRELEASE2016 pic.twitter.com/zvtMriXPL6

— YG Family (@ygent_official) December 14, 2015

This dvd promo spot was also released today:

Source: ygent_official | Winner
edit: Let's hope "new release" means an album, but I'll take anything at this point. Also: it's the same day as Hoon's birthday.

B1A4 - 'I Want to Know the Place You Call Home'

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source: SoTo Kpop3

i know this is from last month but they were so cute/funny and it hasn't been posted yet. i was gonna do a v app roundup but tbh it's mostly just them playing games which hurts me to say is v boring.

Yezus cutely responds to fan responses to Crazy Dog

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source: 1thek youtube

she's so cute and fierce it hurts. crazy dog is reaching new peaks on ichart but dont forget to vote for your soon-to-be queens in the sexiest women poll! #fRISEstar #fiestianity

Take Care of My Fridge EP2 + Taste of Others EP4

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You can find the 4th episode of Taste of Others here

Your daily dose of Jackson

Jackson Wang Bar (1) (2)

f(x) - Wish List (Audio)

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Source: BB T-One

🎂 happy birthday lee jinx (a shinee!ot5 post, basically) 🎂

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a cute mini birthday / belated birthday celebration for onew (26th) / minho (24th)!
[the full, unsubbed (but still realllllllly cute) livestream can be found here.]

( 🎂 more birthday cuteness 🎂 )

source(s): @bumkeyk / @dlstmxkakwldrl / kjjkty / @thatcoolcatmeow (i / ii / iii)

ignore the last one, mods!

Bangtan video round up!

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( 🌸🌸🌸 )

SOURCE: Peachisoda 1 2 | Kimmy Yang 1 2 3 4 5 | KBSkpop | Bang Tan | MBC Music | Mirea KooktaeBTS | born-subber 1 2 | Cypher Cyko! 1 2 3 4 | HelloFlora | SBSNow | gif: bwiyomi
Please accept this version instead, mods!

KIRIN: A CHAT WITH KOREA'S NEW JACK SWING KING

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Kirin has made it his life purpose to maintain the New Jack Swing genre and lifestyle alive in South Korea. Ever since his 2009 debut, he has released a series of original songs that evoke the sensibilities of American Hip-Hop and R&B from the 80's and 90's. MUTZINE's editor met up with the multi-talented artist at the Back In The Day cafe in Seoul, where his visual artwork was also on display, to talk about his key influences, affinity to FILA, and collaboration wish-list.



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SOURCE: MUTZINE

AOA's Choa solo project MV teaser: "Flame"

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To be released 2015.12.17

1theK (원더케이)

FNC'S NEW 11-MEMBER BOY DANCE GROUP "NEO SCHOOL" ALERT

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Official Teaser

Audio footage of their performances at FNC Kingdom

Photo of them at airport + netizens say stuff


1. [+78, -3] They'd be better off paying more attention to their current artists ㅋㅋ

2. [+43, -4] Judging by the picture alone, they look like 10~11 members. Going to be hard to even memorize their names because there's so many.

3. [+31, -4] Usually male groups end up failures if they don't get popularity right at the start... either way, fighting

4. [+23, -5] Kids, make sure you look over your contract terms before ending up like Hongki

5. [+28, -7] FNC just gets bigger and bigger, I wonder how big they'll get

6. [+9, -1] Why don't they make a follow up group to AOA... seems like FNC is better at choosing female idol members

7. [+14, -3] After them, what's next? Their female trainees?

8. [+5, -0] FNC is good at coming up with concepts for AOA, I wonder how they'll do with a male dance group

NEO SCHOOL (FNC네오스쿨), Phokar Pannee, netizenbuzz, naver

Official site is here

Slow down FNC, get yourself together and take care of your current people first.

Seventeen 'Where's My Friend's Island?' Ep. 3

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source: Minsung Choi

IU & Co. accused of plagiarising 'Chat-Shire' album artwork

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American artist, Jessica H. Lee recently penned a blog post online in which she claims that her artwork was used without her permission for the cover of IU‘s latest album “Chatshire.”

In her blog post, the artist highlights the similarities between her own artwork and the illustrations on IU’s cover. Although the sketches aren’t exactly the same, the artist notes that the drawing style and coloring are extremely similar. She also writes that after doing additional research, she found that the artist connected to IU’s album cover art had previously contacted her on a different project in the past.

After reaching out to IU’s illustrator, the illustrator admitted to Lee that she had used Lee’s art as inspiration for her own work. However, after consulting with colleagues who expressed doubts, Lee argues that the artwork goes beyond simple inspiration due to the similarities between the two.

The artist has put together side-by-side comparisons of her own artwork with IU’s album cover.

My name is Jessica H. Lee and I am an illustrator/designer currently living and working in San Francisco. Since last October, I have been getting worried and surprised emails and calls from those who know my illustration saying that popular K-Pop star IU’s album cover artwork looks very similar to my work.

To show the similarities, I’ve compared her work and mine below.

The cover and map artwork included in IU’s album:





Below is a comparison of IU’s album artwork with My Work.





Comparison 1

- Identical Purple + Turquoise color combination and drawing method
- Similar look and feel/imagery
- Castle and the road leading to the castle similar
- Skull looks identical






Comparison 2

- Identical Purple + Turquoise color combination and drawing method
- Similar look and feel/imagery
- Spider web detail similar
- Shape and size of the small tree similar





Comparison 3

- Identical Purple + Turquoise color combination and drawing method
- Similar look and feel/imagery
- Volcano: Shape of the mountain and the lava similar
- Cliff below the castle and the side of the continent are depicted similarly





Comparison 4

- Identical Red+Purple color combination and drawing method
- Similar look and feel/imagery
- Volcano/Lava detail and ground under castle — similar to the dripping shape of the candle in Jessica Lee’s work





Comparison 5

- Identical color combination: Green+Purple+Orange
- Identical drawing and shading method, especially in the vine detail



source: Soompi, Jessica H. Lee @ Medium

Hyorin X Jooyoung X Bumkey - Loveline TEASER

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starshipTV

if u thought the aspect ratio of 'softly' was annoying....................

EXO Dominates Weekly Album Charts in Korea

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Netizens shocked after EXO’s album presales sell out



EXO has impressed fans time and time again with their releases, but fans were utterly shocked to discover that presales of their newest album were sold out.

Sinnara Music is one of the most popular music stores in Korea, with many artists holding fan signs at various locations around the country. Despite selling thousands upon thousands of albums throughout the year, however, the overwhelming demand for the SM Entertainment male group’s newest album proved too much for the company to be able to supply. Of course the album is still available for purchase in Korea, but fans are nevertheless impressed with the group’s feat.









All online presales of the album is currently stated as “sold out”.


[+ 321, – 11] Wow I’ve never seen presales get sold out..

[+ 294, – 8] Meh not a rare thing to happen for EXO so ㅋㅋ

[+ 282, – 14] What the hellllll!! How does presale get sold out!! I couldn’t even order yet….guys please let me buy one too…

Your weekend playlist is ready! The best new music this week, all in one place: https://t.co/nXpYWW1OT2 pic.twitter.com/JWvWZz39g8

— Apple Music (@AppleMusic) December 11, 2015

#EXO's #Unfair, the first K-POP song to be ranked in the Best of the Week curation playlist of Apple Music (US) https://t.co/5lwrdqeYQP

— SMTOWN GLOBAL (@SMTOWNGLOBAL) December 14, 2015

sources: mwave, koreaboo, Pann, Apple Music, SMTOWNGLOBAL, ibaekrawls.

Most Watched Rookie M/V's

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The total views of each rookies who has been active this year has been summed up!
Netizens on Instiz put together the total views from various official YouTube accounts (from January 1st to December 10th 7pm KST), revealing a remarkable amount of views especially for girl group TWICE of JYP Entertainment.

( Chart + More )

Source: Instiz via Koreaboo

Preview of Jung Woo, Kang Ha Neul, Jo Jung Suk and Jung Sang Hoon for "Youth Over Flowers"

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tvN has released a preview of the new season of “Youth Over Flowers,” which follows Jo Jung Suk, Jung Woo, Jung Sang Hoon, and Kang Ha Neul on their winter trip to Iceland!

The preview was shared at the end of the final episode of “Three Meals a Day: Fishing Village” on December 11. Through the video, we get a sneak peek at the guys’ adventures and the bromance that develops as they have fun and try to stay warm on their travels in Iceland in winter.

The four travelers are excited as they head out on their trip, but their attitudes change a bit once they drive into a snowstorm. Jung Woo laughs and says, “I want to go home!” Then as the guys stand outside in the freezing weather, Jo Jung Suk jokes to Kang Ha Neul, “This is great, but I miss my mom.”

Despite the cold, the guys enjoy the gorgeous sights of Iceland, including stunning expanses of pristine snow, beautiful waterfalls, and the northern lights. There’s also clearly going to be plenty of hilarious moments, as we see Jo Jung Suk asking his phone, “Where do they sell whiskey?” He’s then thrilled when a translator app on his phone interprets the phrase “One hot dog, please” into English for him.

The first episode of this season of “Youth Over Flowers” will be airing on January 1 at 9:45 p.m. KST. Are you excited to watch?

source: qkrals_88 @ yt | soompi via naver


my boos 😍 I hope someone subs this

Jelly Christmas 2015 "Love in the air" MV!

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Featuring Seo In Guk, VIXX, Park Jungah and Park Yoonha!

jellyfishenter

OMONA's Sexiest Women Alive – Group B Round 1

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Before you vote:

• Rounds will be open 24 hours. Short, I know, but I imagine we don't want to drag this into 2016.

• Campaign in the comments, but remember to
<lj-spoiler title="your title here">SSSEXXYYYY</lj-spoiler>
Vote for the one you think is sexier!

• Reminder that this is randomized. Also, you can still pm me pictures.

• If you change your mind about your choice, here's how to change your vote!
Click on poll title --> click "[Fill Out Poll]" --> change answers --> submit

( ❗️ GROUP B ROUND 1 ❗️ )

Six Flying Dragons Episodes 11-20 Discussion Post

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Cast: Yoo Ah-In, Kim Myung-Min, Shin Se-Kyung, Byun Yo-Han, Cheon Ho-Jin, Yoon Kyun-Sang

Plot: This period drama depicts the ambitions and success stories of 6 people with Lee Bang-Won as the central figure. Lee Bang-Won was the third king in the Joseon Dynasty. He helped his father King Taejo establish the Joseon Dynasty.

Where to watch: Viki

source: asianwiki

Sorry, it took me so long to make the post this time ... damn finals. -.-
Anyways, how many times per episode do you almost feel like crying? The end of episode 20 got me good. This show is so outstanding, I really recommend it to everyone.
(x)

UP10TION'S behind the scenes for their new music video catch me *w*

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( two more videos! )

source: one, two, three (HIGH10TION subs)

includes them filming dance scenes, acting scenes, individual scenes, and shooting pictures for their album *w*
i just want to spread their cuteness as far as i can ❤

Jun Ji Hyun and Tao Among Top on Sohu’s Annual 50 Most Beautiful People List

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Sohu.com’s annual list of the world’s 50 most beautiful people is out, and not surprisingly, it contains some familiar names to K-entertainment.

The most beautiful of them all, according to the list, is Chinese actor-singer Hu Ge, followed by Korean actress Jun Ji Hyun in second and Tao in third. Chinese boy group TFBOYS made the list at No. 4.

The list continues with Fan Bing Bing in fifth, followed by stars such as Angelababy, Kun Ling, and Li Bingbing, rounding out the list in lower-than-expected rankings, raising quite a bit of eyebrows.

source: nate via soompi

Kim Hyun Joong and Choi FINALLY take DNA TESTS! Results coming IN ONE WEEK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Both Kim Hyun Joong and his ex-girlfriend, known only as Choi, reported for court-ordered DNA tests today. The tests were ordered by the Seoul Family Court and conducted at Seoul National University Hospital in Jongno. Choi brought her three-month old son to be tested.

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Source
KDrama Stars translation / Sports Donga original