Allkpop | The ideal women for TVXQ’s Yunho and Changmin are…

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TVXQ’s U-Know Yunho and Max Changmin revealed their ideal women on a recent guest appearance on SBS’s radio show, “Choi Hwa Jung’s Power Time.”

On the show, Yunho picked actress Jun Ji Hyun as his ideal woman, while Changmin answered actress Han Ye Seul as his ideal.

Yunho explained, “I like career-based women who have leadership. I really liked Jun Ji Hyun’s character in the movie, ‘My Sassy Girl‘. She has both an innocent side and a sexy side.”

When Changmin picked Han Ye Seul as his ideal woman, he added, “I’d be lying if I didn’t look at one’s physical appearance. I like women who have a kind personality and cooks well, and someone who is respectful to adults.”

Meanwhile, TVXQ are currently active in promotions for their follow-up track, "Maximum".

Source: BNT News via Nate
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Allkpop | TVXQ’s Yunho revealed a female celebrity once confessed her feelings for him

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On a recent broadcast of SBS’s FM radio show “Choi Hwa Jung’s Power Time” on February 21st, TVXQ’s Yunho revealed that there was a time when a female celebrity confessed her feelings for him.

Yunho revealed, “There was a time when a certain female celebrity confessed her feelings for me. She texted me first and we started to text casually, but once you keep talking, you begin to start to like each other and get closer.”

He continued, “But then when the girl confesses to me in secret, because of my blunt personality, there are times when I miss the messages in between the lines.”

Changmin chimed in like a boss, “For me, even when a female celebrity confesses their feelings, I just turn down all of them. When a text comes, I don’t even bother replying.”

Who do you think this female celebrity could be?

Source: My Daily via Daum Media
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Allkpop | Luna discusses her musical debut, f(x)’s comeback, and Amber

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In an interview with Star News, f(x)’s Luna shared her thoughts on being cast as ‘Elle Woods’ for the musical, “Legally Blonde“; she also discussed f(x)’s impending comeback.

Luna began, “It’s my first try at a musical, so I’m very nervous. It’s a lot of fun seeing the different ways people react with each new performance. I hope to continue working with musicals in the future, and should the opportunity arise, I’d like to try a play as well.”

When asked about f(x), she replied, “I’m working hard on both my musical and f(x)’s new album. Amber’s condition improved greatly and she recently returned to Korea. All of us, including Amber, Victoria-unni, Sulli, and Krystal are all rehearsing very hard.”

She continued, “There aren’t any confirmed details regarding the album’s release date, but it will be released within the first half of this year. The f(x) members are maintaining our close teamwork. They recently all came to see my musical and hugged me tightly, telling me that they were touched by my performance.”

Source: Star News via Nate
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Koreaboo | Super Junior-M performs their comeback stage on CCTV

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With the premiere of their song "Too Perfect" on February 14th and the upcoming release of the full EP on February 25th, Super Junior M has made their comeback in China. It has been 2 years since their last single "Super Girl" in 2009.

They performed "Too Perfect" live at their CCTV recording. The fans could not hold back their screams as the 8 member Super Junior M performed their title track. In addition to performing their title track, Kyuhyun, known for his amazing covers of Chinese songs, also sang a part of the classical Chinese song "New Endless Love," which he performed in full at Super Show 3.

Check out the clips below.

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Source: TeukHeeYe and 2KYUHYUN

Super Junior-M’s Henry reveals the Korean pick-up lines his groupmates taught him

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On February 22nd, Super Junior-M’s Henry guested on SBS’s “Strong Heart“, and confessed that his fellow groupmates gave him a unique lesson on Korean that brought about some interesting results.

He began, “My mother is Taiwanese, and my father is from Hong Kong. It’s been about three years since I came to Korea. At first, it was difficult for me to pronounce things in English with a Korean style, like ‘Hae-ri-po-ta (Harry Potter),’ ‘He-reu-mi-o-ni’ (Hermione),’ ‘Ham-buh-geo (hamburger).‘”

Henry continued, “I didn’t want to look like a disrespectful person because of my lacking Korean skills, so I asked the Super Junior members to teach me Korean.”

The expressions that he were taught consisted of pick-up lines, including, “What’s your horoscope (byeol jari)?”, to which he was instructed to respond, “Next to you (yeop jari).” Henry was also taught the question, “Where are you?”, which should be followed up with, “In your heart, in the second exit~”. Finally, when asking “What kind of alcohol do you like?”, he should know the answer, “Your lips~”.

Upon hearing the phrases, Shindong and Eunhyuk gave embarrassed looks and exclaimed, “I didn’t think he’d say this on broadcast!”

Be sure to check out his cute performance here:


Source: Seoul NTN via Nate

Allkpop | Super Junior transforms into sexy vampires for 12plus Cologne’s “Twilight”

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The boys of Super Junior have transformed into smouldering immortals for a new CF with 12plus Cologne’s newest scent, ”Twilight“.

In the CF, the boys are seen chasing after a Thai actress, who plays an irresistible vampire. She seduces Super Junior with her vixen-like looks and her (presumably) alluring scent. Eventually, they too are turned into beautiful, yet hungry vampires.

Packaged in pink girly vials, “Twilight” is sure to be a hot product for many fangirls in Thailand. Check out the 30-second promo here:


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Koreaboo | 2NE1 wins Best Dance & Electronic Album for "To Anyone" at 2011 Korean Music Awards

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2NE1 does it again! After winning "Artist of the Year" at the 2011 MTV Daum Music Festival last week, they received another award at 2011 Korean Music Awards in the Best Dance and Electronic Album category for the "To Anyone" album. Unfortunately, 2NE1 did not attend the ceremony to accept their award. Another YG act Taeyang was voted by Netizen as Best Male Singer", while f(x) was picked by Netizen as Best Group.

Known as the "Korean Grammy", the 8th Korean Music Awards took place on February 23rd at the Olympic Park Financial Hall in Seoul. The only idol to attend the ceremony was miss A, who took home the "Best Dance & Electronic Song" for "Bad Girl Good Girl".

The Korean Music Awards is held annually in South Korea and is made of 52 judges. The judges' background varies from pop music critics, professional radio PD, academics, and popular music professionals.

The TV personality Kim Jaedong was the MC for the 2011 Korean Music Awards. Gukkasten, Park Joowon, Oh Jieun and the Wolves performed.

Check out the winners below!

Album of the Year - Garion (Garion 2)
Song of the Year - Hot Potato (Confession)
Musician of the Year - Galaxy Express
Rookie of the Year - Gate Flowers

Best Rock Album - Clash (The Paragon of Animals)
Best Rock Song - Gate Flowers (Soldier)
Best Modern Rock Album - 9 and Numbers (9 and Numbers)
Best Modern Rock Song - Broccoli You Too (Graduate)
Best Pop Album - Cho Kyuchan (Cho Kyuchan 9)
Best Pop Song - 10cm (I'm Afraid of the Dark Tonight)
Best Dance & Electronic Album - 2NE1 (To Anyone)
Best Dance & Electronic Song - miss A (Bad Girl Good Girl)
Best Rap & Hip-Hop Album - Garion (Garion 2)
Best Rap & Hip-Hop Song - Garion (Zero)
Best R&B & Soul Album - Jinbo (Afterwork)
Best R&B & Soul Song - Deez (Sugar)
Best Crossover Jazz Album - La Ventana (Nostalgia and the Delicate Woman)
Best Jazz Album - Na Yoonsun (Same Girl)
Best Performance - Yipangeun Project (A RHAPSODY IN COLD AGE)
Best Film & TV Music - Bravo! Jazz Life

Judges' Special Pick Award - Um Inho, Choi Yichul, Joo Changwon
Service Award - Son Seokwoo

Netizen-picked Best Male Singer – Taeyang
Netizen-picked Best Female Singer – Kim Yoon Ah
Netizen-picked Best Group – f(x)

Source: Newsen
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2NE1 to debut in Japan on March 9th

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2NE1 is to debut in Japan. They will make men and women from all ages go crazy for them with their music and fashion.

They won “Girl Group of the Year” in Asia’s biggest music festival, MAMA. They are finally coming to Japan.

They debuted as a sister group of Big Bang in March 2009. Their music has a Lady Gaga feel, as it has an electric sound to R&B. They caught the eyes of many girls all over Asia, with their crazy and colorful fashion style and became a huge hit.

Since then, all of their music topped the charts and they won 30 awards including MAMA. Their popularity has moved to the western countries as well. A popular American singer/rapper Will.I.Am saw their music video and saw great talent in them.

Last summer, Will.I.Am invited the girls to record at his studio. Also, popular designer Jeremy Scott (does designs for Madonna) proved original designs for the girls as well. This shows how the girls are known worldwide.

Avex saw their performance and was wowed by their high music and fashion sense. Soon later they find out about the girls achievements in Korea, they quickly contacted them for a contract in Korea and finally got a deal.

Their Japanese debut single “Go Away” shows the strength of women with Japanese lyrics. The song will be available on chakuuta from the 9th of March. They are seeking for a debut in the USA. The leader of the group, CL said, “We can’t wait for our debut in Japan. We will work hard for our fans”.

Let’s see if 2NE1 will bring something special to the music charts in Japan.

Source: Sanspo
Translated by: Nanz @ 21bangs.com

Allkpop | Big Bang sells 10,000 albums in pre-sales, doubles Seo Taiji and TVXQ’s records

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With Big Bang’s two year comeback drawing closer, it was recently reported that Big Bang set a new record in the most number of album pre-sales purchased, overtaking TVXQ’s 2008 record.

For the past week, music site Cyworld has been holding an online event whereby members can pre-purchase Big Bang’s new mini-album for 30 “acorns” (the site’s currency), which is to be released on February 24th.

The online site revealed that their event has sold about 10,000 albums in pre-sales in just six days, which is roughly double the record of Seo Taiji’s 5,084 pre-sale units back in 2008, as well as TVXQ’s 6,500 units during their 4th full album release in the same year.

What Seo Taiji, TVXQ, and Big Bang have in common within the results is that they were all making a comeback after a long wait. Seo Taiji’s 2008 album was his comeback after four years, while it was TVXQ’s two year comeback. Similarly, Big Bang’s comeback this year will mark their first album in two years and three months, and music associates are judging this to be the reason behind their extraordinary volume in album pre-sales.

Meanwhile, Big Bang will be meeting their fans once again through their three-day “2011 Big Show” concert starting from February 25th at the Seoul Olympic Gymnasium. The group is then set to reveal their tracks through SBS’s “Special Comeback Show” on the following 27th.

Source: Sports Korea via Nate
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Allkpop | Full blast promotions for Big Bang comeback album

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While gearing up for their official comeback on February 24th, YG Entertainment was revealed to be sparing no costs in promoting Big Bang’s first comeback in nearly two years.

The agency was reported to have spent a couple hundred million won alone in just the advertising and promotion for the album. They currently have two rapping buses touring Seoul, as well as over 40 ads plastered on intra-city buses. Banners alerting passerbys of the album’s drop date are also spread throughout, including a larger exterior banner put up over the Cine City in Apgujung.

Advertisements are also placed near the 2nd and 4th subway lines, as well as screen trailers in CGV theaters, multi-cubes in CGV theater lobbies, and DLA systems in the lobies in Yongsan, Myungdong, and Wangshibri. One newspaper company recently even put out two full page advertisements.

As if all that isn’t enough, the company also went ahead in investing in partnerships with advertising companies for a variety of other ’spot exposure’ promotions.

One industry representative commented, “Movies spend a significant amount on advertising expenses, but albums are promoted through broadcast shows, so this is definitely an exceptional promotion case.”

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Allkpop | Big Bang unveils their fourth comeback teaser with Daesung

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As we get closer to the release date of Big Bang’s fourth mini-album, special teaser videos are being unveiled one by one on each of the Big Bang members’ personal me2day pages.

Having already released the teasers for G-Dragon, Seungri and Taeyang over the past three days, Daesung has stepped up to reveal his special teaser for his beloved VIPs.

Check out the teaser here:


Look out for T.O.P’s teaser tomorrow!

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Allkpop | Big Bang unveils their third comeback teaser with Taeyang!

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As we get closer to the release date of Big Bang’s fourth mini-album, special teaser videos are being unveiled one by one on each of the Big Bang members’ personal me2day pages.

Having already released the teasers for G-Dragon and Seungri over the past two days, Taeyang has stepped up to reveal his special teaser for his beloved VIPs.

Check it out here:


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Allkpop | Big Bang’s T.O.P purchases a 3 Million USD villa

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Big Bang’s T.O.P was recently reported to have made a villa purchase 90-pyeongs big at the cost of $3 million USD.

According to the real estate industry, T.O.P purchased a luxurious villa, ‘P,’ located in the UN Village in Hannam-dong, Seoul last December under his own name. His new home is located next to actor Jung Jun Ho, and features four bedrooms and three bathrooms.

T.O.P previously rented the villa last April, but after becoming captivated with the surrounding environment and facilities, decided to go ahead and make the purchase eight months later.

The ‘P’ villa features high-end interior with a view of the Han river, and is a favorite amongst celebrities for the priority it places on security and private life protection.

Aside from the newlywed Jung Jun Ho and Lee Ha Jung, T.O.P’s neighbors include Lee Young Ae, Park Ye Jin, Lee Hyori, and Soo Ae as well.

Source: Star News
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Allkpop | See After School Kahi’s emotional reaction to her solo album

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After School’s Kahi has been waiting a very long time to make her solo debut.

She had originally expected to release her album in September of 2010. It was then pushed back to November, but then in late October, we reported that the album was to be delayed 2-3 weeks because of Kahi’s “perfect-or-nothing” attitude. 2-3 weeks became months, as Orange Caramel’s “Aing” promotions forced the album to be moved into the new year.

Finally, at long last, it was released earlier this month, and it looks like all the delays paid off, as her mini-album earned a glowing 4/5 in our music review column.

Needless to say, her reaction to finally seeing the physical copy of her album was emotional. Despite the risk of ruining her stage makeup, Kahi shed a few tears backstage as she held her album.

Check out the video here:


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Allkpop | Namie Amuro & After School unveil MV for “Make It Happen”

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Via tokyohive:

After delivering a hot PV teaser a few days back, the full version has finally been released!

Pop fans went wild as they saw the return of the queen, and some fresh new faces as well. Namie Amuro collaborated with the K-pop group, After School, to drop a sexy new song that’s sure to skyrocket up the charts.

“Make It Happen” will mark After School’s debut release, so check out the video below to see what these girls are bringing to the game!

Watch the MV here:


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