SNSD has their eyes on INFINITE

On November 7th, SNSD guested on ‘Choi Hwa Jung’s Power Time’ radio and revealed her honest thoughts on various topics.
One of the topics discussed dealt with newer idol groups. DJ Choi Hwa Jung asked, “You’ve made a comeback after a long while. Do rookie groups find it hard to approach you?”
Taeyeon responded, “To be honest, a lot of rookie groups find it uncomfortable and difficult to approach us. So they greet us loudly with 90 degree bows.”
The DJ followed up by asking, “How do they react when you receive their greeting in a friendly manner?” Sunny responded, “Honestly, it’s only been 4 years since we’ve debuted. So rather than receiving their greeting, I think it’s only right that we greet them too.”
Choi Hwa Jung then asked, “Are there any hoobae [junior] boy idol groups that you’ve had your eyes on?” After a moment, Hyeoyeon revealed, “I think INFINITE is quite good. It’s nice to see them always trying their hardest.”
The other members nodded in agreement and Sunny added, “They came to greet us and give us a copy of their album when we were in the waiting room once. I was so touched.”
When asked to pick a second group, Taeyeon made everyone laugh when she replied, “Am I not allowed to say INFINITE again?”

Watch the clip below!

Song Joong Ki acts out an ‘aegyo kiss’ skit with Shin Bora for Gag Concert

Actor Song Joong Ki has snatched up hearts with his explosive aegyo.
On November 7th’s broadcast of KBS 2TV‘s ‘Gag Concert‘, Song Joong Ki guested as comedian Shin Bora‘s younger boyfriend.
The actor pretended to be an adorable boyfriend who gets bossed around by his noona girlfriend. When Shin Bora told Song Joong Ki, “When you leave, take a taxi,” she handed him some money, inspiring Song Joong Ki to lean over and kiss her on the cheek.
Excited, Shin Bora added, “Take the best ride and go,” while taking out even more money. Song Joong Ki replied with another kiss on the cheek. He kept up the aegyo act with cute sayings like, “Noona, I’m hungry“, and even whipped out the popular “Bbooing, Bbooing” expression from MBC’s ‘High Kick 3‘.
Song Joong Ki’s skit was a big hit with the audience, but it’s also being reported that after the recording of the show, the actor ordered chicken for all 100 comedians and staff members on set.

f(x)’s Krystal didn’t know about Leeteuk’s marriage

On November 5th, tv viewers saw Super Junior‘s leader, Leeteuk making a surprise visit to his wife’s (Kang Sora) drama shooting set on MBC’s ‘We Got Married‘.
Before arriving at the location, the idol made a quick call to f(x)‘s Krystal who was well asleep at the time.  Leeteuk asked several questions to his labelmate including, “What do you think about me going to the shooting set?  Should I bring something to eat?” and “Just visiting, would really brighten things up, right?”
Krystal, who thought Leeteuk was talking about her filming set, was utterly shocked to hear that he was actually visiting his wife’s drama set.  F(x)’s maknae immediately questioned with, “Who did you marry?” followed by an awkward silence that made Leeteuk laugh.
The Super Junior leader also called fellow member, Shindong to ask for further advice.  The comic idol made a funny remark with, “Go and hand out energy drinks to the staff” and “Stop using your members and don’t call us“.
Check out the hilarious clips below!

2AM’s Jinwoon will be the first idol to appear on EBS’ Space

2AM‘s Jinwoon is making the first appearance by idol star on EBS‘ ‘Space‘.
On November 6th, according to Big Hit Entertainment, the November 22nd broadcast of ‘Space’ will feature performances of Jinwoo’s solo songs, “You Walking Towards Me” and “La La La” plus other songs from 2AM.
The producer stated, “You usually see the lesser known indie bands and musicians on ‘Space’, so it’s unprecedented for a frequent stage performer, an idol star, to appear on our show. We received a good impression from Jung Jinwoon’s Jisan Rock Festival Performance and single so we are planning his performances.”
You can catch his performances on November 22nd broadcast of ‘Space’.

Big Bang wins “Best Worldwide Act” at MTV’s 2011 Europe Music Awards

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The 2011 MTV Europe Music Awards aired today live from Belfast’s Odyssey Arena.  Aside from mega-superstars Katy Perry, Lady Gaga, LMFAO,  and Coldplay,  five member band, Big Bang, attended as they were nominated in the Worldwide Act category.
Big Bang stunned audiences by winning the award just moments ago. The Worldwide Act category celebrates diversity and the breadth of all the music that MTV has to offer by nominating incredible artists from all corners of the world.
There were two rounds of voting.  First, each region had an opportunity to vote among MTVs choices for the seven artists that best represent the region.  In the Asia Pacific category, in addition to Big Bang, Exile (Japan), Jay Chou (Republic of China/Taiwan), Gotye (Australia), Sia (Australia), Jane Zhang (China), and Agnes Monica (Indonesia) were nominated.
After weeks of voting  Big Bang won for the Asia Pacific region and advanced to the finals along with Abdelfattah Grini (Africa/India/Middle East), Lena (Europe), Restart (Latin America), and Britney Spears (North America).
Due an impressive amount of voting by VIPs and fans all over the world, Big Bang won the coveted award.  They will have the honor of being the first ‘Worldwide Act’ award recipients.

Are Super Junior & the Brown Eyed Girls too old to be called ‘idols’?

On November 5th, Y-STAR‘s ’Curious Things‘ conducted a street survey in which they asked ordinary people about the criteria of being an idol.
According to the survey results, the average age of  idols came out to be 25 – indicating that people did not really see stars over the age of 25, as idols. Taking this into account, Y-STAR calculated the average age of various groups.
Groups such as SNSD, T-ara, and 2PM were found to have an average age of less than 25, while groups like Super Junior and Brown Eyed Girls had a higher average age.
With these results, it was concluded that Brown Eyed Girls and Super Junior should be not recognized as just ‘idols’, but rather as ‘adult idols’.
Do you agree with the results and the analysis?  Share your thoughts below.

Wonder Girls achieve an all-kill on various music charts!

It’s only been a few hours since they dropped their full album ‘Wonder World‘, but the Wonder Girls are already sweeping the music charts with an all-kill!
Around 8AM KST on November 7th, the explosive reaction to “Be My Baby“ was obvious as the track placed first on Melon, MNet, Cyworld, Soribada, Naver Music, Daum Music, Monkey3, Bugs Music, and other online charts. Not only is the Wonder Girls’ newest title song achieving high rankings on the music charts, but all of the album tracks are climbing to the top, once again showing the full-fledged danger of Wonder Girls.

The Wonder Girls, who released their second album, ‘Wonder World’ today, show a confidence and hot charisma that no other group can imitate. Immediately after listening to their addictive songs, listeners will succumb to the 100% prepared Wonder Girls’ world, ‘Wonder World’.
Their new album, ‘Wonder World’, is a fresh album from their retro days as it features a duet song sung by Sunye and Ye Eun, “Leave Leave“, Sohee‘s and Yubin‘s “SuperB“, Lim‘s “Act Cool“, and Ye Eun’s composed song, “G.N.O” and “Me, in“, in addition to Yubin’s swagtastic raps in, “Girls Girls“, “Me, in“, “Sweet Dreams“, and Lim’s solo rap track, “Act Cool“. In addition, “Be My Baby” will be used for the OST of their American TV drama, ‘Wonder Girls at the Apollo‘.

Wonder Girls relayed, “Even though it is emotional for us to reach first on the charts, we can’t believe that our songs compose of the top 10 on the charts. We are very thankful of the large amount of love… We will try our best to show our much cooler image in the anticipated comeback stage. We thank you again.”
Wonder Girls will be making their long-awaited Korean comeback stage on KBS‘s ‘Music Bank‘ on November 11th.

[NYC GIVEAWAY] Aziatix hits up California & the East Coast for US tour!

After kicking off their US tour in Los Angeles and Minnesota earlier this week, R&B trio Aziatix will be hitting up the rest of California and various stops on the East Coast this week!
This week, Eddie Shin, Flowsik, and Nicky Lee are scheduled to take on California, Massachusetts and New York for the second leg of their tour. Check out their back to back shows below:

11.06.11 — The Loft, UCSD — San Diego, California
11.07.11 — Slims — San Francisco, California
11.09.11 — Boston College — Boston, Massachusetts
11.11.11 — Stony Brook University — Stony Brook, New York
11.12.11 — Jammin Java – Washington DC
11.13.11 — Milkboy — Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
11.14.11 — Gramercy Theater — New York City, New York

For more information, check out Aziatix’s official tour page on Facebook here.
If you live in New York and haven’t bought tickets to Aziatix’s Gramercy Theater show yet, you’re in luck, because allkpop wants to give you a pair of VIP tickets to see Aziatix live in NYC!

T-ara to make early ‘Music Bank’ comeback next week with new concept

Girl group T-ara will be making a comeback on November 18th through KBS 2TV ‘Music Bank‘!
Originally, the girls’ comeback date was set to be on November 25th, but the wait has been shortened to November 18th.  T-ara will return to the stage with their new track, “Cry Cry“.
Core Contents Media explained, “We were planning to release “Cry-Cry” and “Lovey-Dovey” at the same time, but the two songs have completely different concepts from each other.  We feared that the public would become confused and therefore, decided to delay “Lovey-Dovey” to next month.”
The label company also shared that T-ara will be throwing away their cute side, shown in “Roly Poly” and will be revealing a new concept that is much more charismatic and tough.
Check out the teaser for “Cry Cry” below.

JYJ’s Jaejoong gets compared with Robert Pattinson in Italian magazine

JYJ‘s Jaejoong has been gaining attention for an appearance in an Italian magazine — but what’s really been getting fans talking is the comparison that’s been made between the Korean idol and English actor Robert Pattinson!
A photo of the magazine feature has been circulating on an online community as of late, featuring a photo of Jaejoong back in the Mirotic days, showcasing his solid abs.
While the usual word to describe a man as handsome in Italian is ‘bello’, underneath as the title was the word, ‘bellissimi’, emphasizing Jaejoong as a man of the best beauty.
Netizens replied with, “Italy knows Kim Jaejoong? That’s great“, “A face known in foreign countries“, “Why is Jaejoong’s photo really big“, and “Of course, Kim Jaejoong! He appeared in a French magazine, and now even an Italian one?“.
Who do you think has the best body, Robert Pattinson or Jaejoong? Throw your thoughts below!

Big Bang #1 on the MTV 2011 EMAs buzz tracker + more photos & videos

During this year’s MTV Europe Music Awards, MTV kept track of which artists were creating ‘buzz’ on Twitter and with the paparazzi.  Not only did Big Bang just win Best Worldwide Act award, but the group proved to be the most tweeted artists throughout the evening, coming in at #1 on the  2011 MTV EMAs Twitter Tracker.  They also managed to work their way to #2 in Paparazzi Buzz, a category tracking the number of retweets made for celebrities’ official red carpet photos on Twitter.

MTV asked, “Which EMA stars are you tweeting about? Get the buzz on who’s trending right this second!”, and tonight, that answer was Big Bang.  Over the course of the three hours of festivities, Big Bang, Lady Gaga, Justin Bieber, and Selena Gomez each battled for overall top spot.

Roughly midway through the event, Big Bang fans were able place the beloved quintet at #1 on the tracker.  However, shortly before their victory was announced, Big Bang made it to the #1 position overall where they have stayed since then.  It looks the years of practice to get birthday and anniversary tags to trend on Twitter have paid off big for VIPs.
Prior to their win, Big Bang was interviewd by Western media on the red carpet.  Taeyang stated, “I grew up with MTV, they were always showing us alot of musiv videos and music information.”   When asked who he was most interested in seeing, G-Dragon named Bruno Mars and Lady Gaga.  Check out the full interview beloa.

Thanks to the surprisingly fast work of fans, there is now an English subbed version of Big Bang’s acceptance speech.  View it below.

Finally, here are a some pictures from the red carpet and during their win.  Fans were excited to see all the memebrs smiling brightly, there is even one with Big Bang and 2011 Global Icon Award winner, Queen!

Given the ups and downs for Big Bang over this past year, with this kind of international recognition, what do you think the future holds for this them?

Seo In Young tweets photo from “Oh My Gosh” film set

Singer Seo In Young recently shared a photo from the filming set of her new music video, “Oh My Gosh” through Twitter.
On November 6th, she tweeted, “This is the Oh My Gosh music video filming set! Group stage is not even over but either way, burned to the ground…knocked out^^;;“, with the music video photos of asleep people with bright red costumes.
She also tweeted, “My personal witch staff!!!” with the photo of her holding the witch stick confidently like a Miss Korea contestant, complete with her short hair and elegant outfit.
Fans replied with, “It’s a witch staff, so this concept is magical?” and “Please teach me some magic with your witch staff.”
Meanwhile, Seo In Young will release her mini album, ‘Brand New Elly‘, on November 16th and will make her first comeback stage on ‘M Countdown‘ on November 17th.

SBS airs the ’2011 K-Pop Super Concert’ held in Busan

On November 6th, in addition to airing the ‘2011 Love Sharing Concert‘, SBS also broadcast the ‘2011 K-pop Super Concert‘.  Hosted by Ha Ji Won and Kim Hyun Joong the show had many great performances by some of today’s hottest stars.  In fact, both hosts also performed during the show.
Held in Busan on October 28th, a total of 12 teams performed including: Big Bang‘s Taeyang, Seungri, and T.O.P, KARA, SHINee, as well as T-ara, U-KISS, Jay Park, Se7en, SISTAR, Psy, ZE:A, and the debut performance of rookie group Double A.   Unfortunately, due to scheduling conflicts with her Japanese musical, ‘200 Pounds Beauty‘, Gyuri did not perform with KARA.
Check out their performances below!
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< Taeyang (Where U At & I’ll Be There)>

< Seungri (What Can I Do) >

< Kim Hyun Joong (Lucky Guy) >

< Kim Hyun Joong (Do You Like That) >
-< KARA (Step) >

< KARA (Mister) >
< Sister (So Cool) >

< Jay Park (Abandoned) >





< T-ara (Roly-Poly) >

< Double A feat. Ha Ji Won (Because I am Crazy) >



< U-KISS (Neverland) >

To be updated with additional performances when available.

Kim Ja Ok praises UEE’s acting skill in ‘Ojakgyo Brothers’

Acting together on KBS‘s ‘Ojakgyo Brothers‘, veteran actress Kim Ja Ok and After School‘s UEE helped make their drama one of the most watched shows on Korean television. On the latest episode of YTN‘s ‘News and Issue‘, Kim Ja Ok took the opportunity to lavish praise upon her junior actress, introducing her as a “good-hearted and responsible actress”.
“She handles a large amount of lines well, and I think it’s wonderful that she is able to adapt quickly to the job of an actress,” Kim Ja Ok said. “Not only is she good at it, she is very responsible. All of her seniors like her because she is beautiful and kind.”
UEE, who plays the role of Baek Ja Eun in ‘Ojakgyo Brothers’, is known to have a mother-daughter relationship with Kim Ja Ok on set, as well as enjoying a friendship with the staff for her cheerful attitude on set.
“UEE’s acting is so natural, I’m beginning to think of her as Baek Ja Eun now,” commented a netizen. “I hope you’ll receive even more love as an actress in the future!” said another.

SISTAR greets the winter with sexy High Cut pictorial

Girl group SISTAR recently posed for High Cut magazine for a stunning pictorial that was released online today.
In the photos, the ladies sport down jackets with minimal clothing, pairing thick winter coats with skirts and short shorts that showed off their gorgeous legs. Their sexy poses and piercing gazes will definitely have fans drooling over this photoset.
One rep from the photoshoot said, “Bora took some photos while only wearing a bikini-like top. Her daring looks made the staff lose their breath for a moment.”
Meanwhile, SISTAR girls recently released “Hot Place“ as their latest digital single.

Wheesung enlists into the military

Popular artist Wheesung left the entertainment world on November 7th to begin his 2-year military service, leaving his fans with a final message.
“Even though I’m not an idol singer, I am very thankful. Please wait 2 years. I’ll return your thanks with good music,” he said, performing a salute with his short-cropped hair in front of his waiting fans.
“I’m very calm. It will be a good opportunity to start the second phase of my life,” he said, commenting on his feelings. “I had a concert yesterday, and I think I was able to sleep better than my first broadcast. I feel even better, since I’m heading into the army after receiving much love.”

Wheesung also thanked his fellow celebrities. “Many celebrities called me to offer supporting messages. Gummy especially told me she was going to cry. Hearing these messages, it really makes me think I’ve led a good life. Thank you.”
To the question of “Which girl group you would like to see visit”, Wheesung answered, “Since I’m close with Sunny, I’m hoping that SNSD can come to visit. I’ll definitely repay the favor later, so I’d like them to come visit.”


Fellow artist Kim Tae Woo and company representative Tae Jin Ah came to see him off, as well. “His military experience will be a big help for his musical career post-army,” they said. “When he comes back, he will be able to focus solely on his music.”
Although Wheesung was waived from active duty earlier due to his shoulder injury, he was cleared to serve actively after regular treatment and exercise.