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Universal Records to release Super Junior's 4th album soon!

Super Junior's fourth album is here! Sporting hot new looks for the highly anticipated comeback, Super Junior may be a few members short at the moment, but they've definitely brought their A-game for "Vol. 4". This time the group has created their own genre dubbed "SJ Funky" to describe their groovy main track "Bonamana" composed by Yoo Young Jin. "Vol. 4" is being released in two editions with different album covers.

"Bonamana" has been receiving amazing response since its release and has broken the record for selling the most albums in the shortest amount of time. They have sold 100,000 albums after 8 days from album release!

Tracklisting:
1. 미 인 아 (Bonamana)
2. 나쁜 여자 (Boom Boom)
3. 응결 (Coagulation)
4. 나란 사람 (Your Eyes)
5. My Only Girl
6. 사랑이 이렇게 (My All Is In You)
7. Shake It Up!
8. 잠들고 싶어 (In My Dream)
9. 봄날 (One Fine Spring Day)
10. 좋은 사람 (Good Person)
11. Here We Go

More details like exact release date, poster & photocards giveaway and prices coming soon ! Watch out for our special album launch event in cooperation with Super Junior United Philippines!

Click here to get a page by page look at Version A:
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=439968&id=214540185413

Super Junior’s Donghae Reveals Love Thoughts

Super Junior’s Donghae guest on MBC’s Come To Play where he revealed an interesting fact about his special way of love. Fan girls, ready?

On the show, Donghae states that when he likes someone, he will make them his girl. Sounds confident, right? With Super Junior currently dominating every Asian countries with their hit singles, no one would probably turn down this lover boy.

Donghae also revealed his fanboy mode with girl-group Wonder Girls. He stated that he once pretended to be an overseas fan just to hug Wonder Girls’ leader, SunYe. The MCs of the show couldn’t help but asked Donghae if he has a crush on SunYe. Donghae responded by stating that he is just a fan but always had his eyes on SunYe, “I wish that SunYe can continue to do well and I’m just a fan. But I always watch her on TV ever since the audition.”

Seems like more Super Junior members are revealing their Wonder Girls fanatic modes. The episode also showed HyeLim picking KyuHyun as her favorite Super Junior member. Raise your hands if you really want to watch this episode and stay tuned for it!

Source:Newsen
Translated by jimin_katie @kpoplive.com
Posted by parklingDiamond @ Kpoplive.com

Heechul Shindong & Eunhyuk pranked Donghae

Super Junior’s Heechul, Shindong, Eunhyuk, and Donghae made a deal on May 29th that whoever fell asleep at a place other than their bed at home was going to get attacked with water. Donghae became the first victim, and Heechul and Eunhyuk recorded a video of their feat! The... video was uploaded by the members themselves via Twitter. As you watch the clip you can hear their obnoxious laughing in the background.

Both Heechul and Shindong similarly tweeted along the lines of, “Eunhyuk Donghae Heechul Shindong’s dangerous game…water bomb if you fall asleep…the game started since 2010.5.29…the four of us did not fall asleep at all during the plane ride to China…Donghae~ do you feel refreshed?“.

As crazy as these boys may sometimes be, they always appear to be having the best time of their lives.

[Thanks to all the ELFs who sent in the tip].
Posted by sayykimchi @ Allkpop

Super Junior’s concert causes stampede at Shanghai Expo, one death reported

A Korean pop concert held yesterday at the Expo Culture Center caused something of a stampede – reports of how bad it got vary, from the Epoch Time’s rumor that someone died to Shanghai Daily’s blithe announcement that the streets were “blocked ...by fans.”

If anything, this event was a warning about the power of K-pop: South Korea had planned a “classical and pop” concert that included insanely huge acts – Kangta, BoA and Super Junior, whose Shanghai shows sell out at 10,000+ seated stadiums each year they come. They’re so insanely huge that it almost makes you wonder what organizers were thinking when they arranged that show.

To get in, all you supposedly had to do was get an Expo ticket and line up at the center, an act which, if you’re a student, costs 90RMB. That’s way less than the Super Junior 2009 show’s ticket prices at Yuan Shen Sports Center, where the cheapest you could get in for was 480RMB. Unfortunately, there were only 5000 tickets available, and half of those had already been given to South Korean groups – a fact that eager Chinese K-pop fans hadn’t been made aware of.

By midnight on Saturday, according to Lianhe Zaobao, there were already 2000 people waiting outside the Expo’s Pudong door. Night watch people were blindsided. By the time the limited amount of tickets sold out (The Standard reports there were less than 500), roughly 5000 people were waiting around.

When the crowd realized all tickets were gone, they began to get violent. A witness on the internet said that “several girls were stepped on and over by several guys. So messy, so messy, All the crying and yelling turned into one big wave. There were so many shoes. One girl even fell from the second floor.” The original post has already been harmonized on Tianya. Lianhe says the rumor that this girl died hasn’t been confirmed, though Hong Kong’s Apple Daily seems to be reporting it as fact (watch the YouTube video in that link or below, it has some images of police guards frantically running to contain the crowd).
What they both agree on is that hundreds of people were injured, whether from the pushing and shoving or from heatstroke. The Expo official report itself said that “In the event, several tourists suffered from heatstroke and abrasions and were rushed to nearby medical facilities at the park.” That’s a little more than “blocked by fans,” isn’t it?

Which actually makes me wonder – it seems that Shanghai Daily is still the only China-based paper that’s picked up on the news and their version was way more sanitized than the dozens of Mandarin reports in Chinese media. It almost feels like Chinese media controllers, for the first time I’ve noticed, are more scared about what the outside world thinks than what their own people think.

Source: Shanghaiist
Posted by Sookyeong @ Kbites

Super Junior @ Shanghai World Expo (5/30/10)

"Bonamana"


"Sorry Sorry"

Super Junior "Bonamana" zooming up MYX charts!

Superstar K-Pop Group Super Junior's latest single "Bonamana", taken from their 4th album, is unstoppable! The music video was first aired during Super Junior Extended Special on Asia MYX last May 27th. Immediately it shot straight to #4 position on MYX Daily Top Ten (May 28th). Here are the latest chart positions of "Bonamana" in MYX various charts!

MYX DAILY TOP TEN (May 31, 2010) - #3
MYX HIT CHART (May 30 to June 5, 2010) - # 8
MYX INTERNATIONAL TOP 20 (May 29 to June 4, 2010) - #7

Can Super Junior beat Justin Bieber ? Will this be Super Junior's THIRD NUMBER ONE music video on MYX after "It's You" and "Sorry Sorry-Answer"? Watch out for the answers in the coming days. To date, "Bonamana" music video has been viewed more than 2.3 million times on SME YouTube channel alone!

"Bonamana" has been receiving amazing response since its release and has broken the record for selling the most albums in the shortest amount of time. They have sold 100,000 albums after 8 days from album release! Universal Records is gearing up the release of their 4th album (both Version A and Version B) and watch out for further announcements regarding EXCLUSIVE FREEBIES and ALBUM LAUNCH EVENT. It's going to be so worth the wait!

Super Junior is the FIRST and ONLY K-Pop Group to have FOUR NUMBER ONE ALBUMS in the Philippines - "Sorry Sorry" in September 2009, "Super Girl" by subgroup Super Junior-M in November 2009, "Super Show 2 Live Album" in February 2010 and "Don't Don" in May 2010 !

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Kpoplive | Super Junior Dominates Once More

With their Sorry Sorry success, many predicted that Super Junior’s 4th album will also be a huge hit. Not even months of promoting the album, Super Junior’s 4jib already landed a spot in mediatraffic, the world’s music chart.

Mediatraffic sums up music charts such as USA Billboard chart, Japan Oricon chart, England UK to bring music lovers information on who is currently dominating the music charts across the globe. In other words, landing a spot in this chart is not a piece of cake.

However, with Super Junior’s immense sales just weeks after the release of their 4th album, they ranked #7 on the list.

Fans have been commenting on how fast Super Junior entered the list. Another k-pop domination? Well, we already know how fast k-pop is spreading around the world so it’s no wonder a Korean idol group entered the list. It seems like Super Junior’s 4jib is embracing very early success. Congratulations to the boys!

Source: Newsen + mediatraffic
Translated by evanesco@sj-world.net
thanks Blue★Princez for the shout out
Posted by SparklingDiamond @ Kpoplive.com

Girls' Generation "Run Devil Run" now available nationwide!

"Run Devil Run" is Repackage Edition of their "Oh!" album! The girls trade in their cute cheerleader looks for a sexy and sophisticated "Black Soshi" concept that's been getting rave reviews from fans. "Run Devil Run" album comes with all 12 tracks from the original "Oh!" album plus three additional tracks. After the song was first revealed on last March, it went #1 on Monkey3, Bugs, Dosirak, Soribada, Melon music charts and has been the top selling record on charts by music retailers Hanteo, Hot Track and Synnara.

They are the FIRST and ONLY female K-Pop Girl Group to have THREE NUMBER ONE ALBUMS in the Philippines when their "Genie" mini-album went #1 in November 2009, "Oh!" in March 2010 and just recently "Run Devil Run" this May! Girls' Generation also has TWO NUMBER ONE MUSIC VIDEOS on MYX - "Oh!" and "Run Devil Run"! Amazing achievement indeed!

"Run Devil Run" CD comes with one (1) random member folded poster and one (1) random thank you photo card. Please note only the FIRST 1,000 "Run Devil Run" CD will include these two (2) items.

Girls Generation is a nine-member all-girl group that debuted in 2007 and is composed of Taeyeon, Yuri, Yoona, Jessica, Tiffany, Hyoyeon, Sooyoung, Seohyun, and Sunny.

Tracklisting :

1. Run Devil Run
2. Oh!
3. Echo
4. 별별별(☆★☆) Acoustic RnB Version
5. Show! Show! Show!
6. 뻔&Fun (Sweet Talking Baby)
7. 영원히 너와 꿈꾸고 싶다 (Forever)
8. 웃자 (Be Happy)
9. 화성인 바이러스 (Boys & Girls) feat. SHINee's Key
10. 카라멜 커피(Talk To Me)
11. 별별별(☆★☆)
12. 무조건 해피엔딩(Stick Wit U)
13. 좋은 일만 생각하기(Day by Day)
14. Gee
15. 소원을 말해봐(Genie)

Girls' Generation chosen as Korea’s best ‘pop girl group’

So Nyeo Shi Dae has been chosen as Korea’s best ‘pop girl group’.

Neo Bob did a surver amongst 541 people from 10th till 28th May on ‘Which is the leading pop girlgroup for mass culture?’ and the results show So Nyeo Shi Dae at #1 with 38.2% of the votes. Groups WonderGirls and KARA are at #2 and #3 position on the survey results with 35.6% and 23.4% of the votes.

Shin JaeKyu representative of Neo Bob said, “By ‘pop girl’ we are talking about the leader of trends amongst the new generation females. Through this survey, we got to know how much of such an influence So Nyeo Shi Dae, WonderGirls and KARA have on their fans. So Nyeo Shi Dae, who is at #1, are not only leading in terms of their albums, but also in terms of vvarious genres like CF appearances and corporate sales. So Nyeo Shi Dae is representative pop girlgroup who inspires the 3040 ‘uncle’ fans.”

The representative added, “WonderGirls is the first domestic girlgroup who has successfully advanced into the American market. WonderGirls, to their fans, is a girlgroup who shows their inspiration and hardwork for new challenges, and are known for being the cutie-sexy girlgroup. And KARA is a team known for being outspoken and reflecting the latest trends.”

Source: Khan.co.kr
Posted by Sookyeong @ Kbites

Undertheradar | Club 8 - The People’s Record

By Laura Studarus

...For The People's Record—their seventh—the duo (Karolina Komstedt and Johan Angergård) have expanded their melodic sonic pallet with traces of Afro-pop, bossa nova, and South American jazz. The result is a warmly inviting album that's as sweet as it is cleverly composed.

Not ones to shy away from melancholy, nearly ever track is crafted with a coolly detached air—every bright instrumental flourish or lighthearted refrain tempered by Komstedt's sorrowful voice (a kissing cousin to fellow Swede Victoria Bergsman). Even when challenged by the complex instrumentation of up-tempo tracks such as "Shape Up!" or "Western Hospitality," Komstedt remains perfectly composed—the juxtaposition between singer and instrumentation lending her vocals an otherworldly resonance.

This isn't to say Angergård and Komstedt are without joy. Quite the opposite. Slyly subversive, some of their most maudlin sentiments are underscored by a newfound love for dance beats made the old-fashioned way—by an actual drummer. "We're All Going to Die" features not only pounding drums but a brass section, proving that if you've got to end it all, you might as well do so dancing. Komstedt may lament about "When friends give up on you when everyone has heard your story twice" in "My Pessimistic Heart," but its soaring chorus and minimal chord verses prove to be the best antidote to troubles. The U.S. may not be talking, but having successfully dipped into several different cultures, it's clear that Club 8 is more than capable of bringing the world to them. (www.myspace.com/club8)

Popmatters.com | Club 8: The People's Record

By Dave Heaton | 17 May 2010
PopMatters Associate Music Editor

...Now here they are with an album clearly inspired by the rhythms and guitar sound of African music. That’s obvious right off the bat on the opening song, “Western Hospitality”, even to someone like me, an ethnomusicologist by no means. They’ve clearly taken inspiration from the music of other parts of the world, without completely abandoning their standard musical personality, if that were even possible. This approach continues throughout the album, their first recorded using a producer besides themselves (Jari Haapalainen, who produced Camera Obscura’s brilliant Let’s Get Out of This Country). What’s striking about The People’s Record isn’t just how different it sounds. It’s how familiar it sounds while also sounding different.

Actually, what’s most notable is how well this combination works. In 2010, it isn’t shocking for any musician, or music fan, to splice genres, to mix and match. Still that doesn’t make every combination makes sense. Swedish pop plus African rhythms doesn’t necessarily make sense, but in Club 8’s hands it seems seamless and natural, yet also fresh. “Western Hospitality” marks this as party music that manages to also be thoughtful. Komstedt’s singing like she’s deep inside her own thoughts, but they’re not just about a broken heart or personal struggle. As the music makes the album seem more outward-looking, so do the lyrics. “One day we’ll come to the point when we know what we’re waiting for”, Komstedt sings, over a big, boisterous groove of a song. “We’ll march through the cities”, she sings like she’s leading a movement. The song ends with the voices of people talking.

If this is The People’s Record, music for street corners, that doesn’t mean the focus isn’t still on the way people feel, on the tough emotional roller coaster of life. “Isn’t That Great?”, the second track, sounds as much like party music as the first, but it’s about making a relationship work. As she sings, “I’m gonna take good care of you this time”, the flurry of musical activity behind her makes the intention to do better seem like a triumphant choice. Often, though, those personal feelings are put in a larger context of the crowd. “Shape Up!” might be a wakeup call just to one person, but it sounds like a call to us all, to speak up and get out of our everyday routines. Club 8 are doing the same in that moment and across The People’s Record: shaking themselves out of their routine, and shaking our expectations a bit, too...

Read the complete review here:
http://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/125291-club-8-the-peoples-record

MYXph.com | Club 8's "The People's Record" is lighter but tougher

Lighter, but tougher
Indiepop darlings share their new global sound
by Mario S. Serrano
May 16, 2010

"It's all part of the plan for me to take over the whole world and make everyone an exact clone of me. If everybody will look like this in the end and listen to the same music, then I have succeeded." Johan shares his secret world domination plan. A lot of indiepop bands from the late 90's throughout 2000 have come and go. But after ten years and six albums strong, Club 8 continues to build its discography and The People's Record has more to offer.

"We had a special idea about this album. And one day we read an article about Jari Haapalainen, the producer, and when we read that he was into the same kind of music that we were into, we called him." Karolina enthusiastically explains. "We explained to him (Jari) what kind of sound we want to make and seemed he really understood what we wanted to do," states Johan. "But then in order to get to this (holding a copy of the People's Record), we just have to leave it in his arms. So, he picked the musicians and so on," Johan further states. Apparently, losing control for Johan in producing this album was indeed a blessing.

Once you give the album a spin, you would instantly recognize the afro-cuban beat fused into their music. Although there are other indiepop bands into the same direction, The People's Record sound more organic than electronic - which, of course, is a good thing. In order for that to happen, Club 8 did go to Brazil to experience, feel and record. "The atmosphere in Brazil is really different from the atmosphere in Sweden. It's like day and night. We got inspired by the warmth and you can hear that in the new album," explains Karolina.

However, having a happy sound is not entirely a Club 8 trademark. "Well, all the songs are still about death. So, I think we're still ok." Johan joking explains on whether Club 8 will lose their melancholia while having a happy sound. Give the songs Dancing With The Mentally Ill, My Pessimistic Heart and We're All Going To Die a listen and you would understand what he meant. "I just write the lyrics from my head from the way I am and ends up the way I am, I suppose" says Johan. Don't get me wrong, as those are some of the outstanding tracks for me. Personally, it somehow reminded me of songs by A Certain Ratio, The Slits and even Au Pairs. The other tracks that stood out were Isn't That Great, The People Speak and Like Me.

All in all, The People's Record does have that have summer feel that one can dance to. However, it also contains tinges of melancholia - an unwritten trademark I presume. Karolina believes that the climate is responsible. "We always yearn for the summer," she states. "It creates some sort of bittersweet feeling," she continues. I would think that she was right as that is exactly how their sound like. Bittersweet. Happy-sad. Lighter, but tougher.

Postscript

Club 8 is a Swedish duo composed of Karolina Komstedt and Johan Angergård. Since about 2002, Club 8 has been one of those indiepop bands that were anticipated to come to Manila. After eight years, we are thankful that Karolina already has the courage to perform live. And so, we are all grateful to have interviewed them and seen them perform. It was truly an honor.


View this article directly on MYX's site:
http://www.myxph.com/tabid/333/a/1596/Club-8-s-The-People-s-Record-is-lighter-but-tougher.aspx


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Club 8's Artist Profile: http://www.myxph.com/tabid/337/artist/1592/CLUB-8.aspx