Music Station lineup for March 4th revealed!

Music Station has announced its lineup of artists for its upcoming episode on March 4th.

Porno Graffitti will be singing their new song, “Exit”, which is being used as the theme song for the “Getsu 9″ drama, “Taisetsuna koto wa Subete Kimi ga Oshietekureta“. Also, Avril Lavigne will be making another appearance, singing her song “What the Hell” from her new album.


Check out the full lineup below:

Avril Lavigne: What The Hell
NYC: Yume Tamago
Koda Kumi: Bambi
Nishino Kana: Distance
Porno Graffitti: EXIT
RIP SLYME: Sense of Wonder


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Morning Musume’s rivals are Dream Morning Musume?

On February 27th, Morning Musume’s Takahashi Ai and Michishige Sayumi attended a sales commemoration and handshake event for their new photobook, “Rival Survival”. This photobook is from their 2011 Fall tour, where 6th generation member, Kamei Eri, and 8th generation exchange students, Jun Jun and Lin Lin, graduated from the group. The book also includes performances from other places, backstage pictures, and an interview with the members.


Since the title of their photobook is “Rival Survival”, the press asked them who the rivals of the revamped Morning Musume were. Both girls declared together, “Dream Morning Musume”; the group with former Morning Musume members. The average age of Morning Musume’s current lineup is 17, and Michishige laughed, “It’s like the age difference between a mother and child. It’s scary in a good way. It makes me nervous, or perhaps I should say, it sends chills down my spine.”.

This book focuses heavily on the graduation of Kamei, Jun Jun, and Lin Lin, but the next person in line to graduate is actually Morning Musume’s leader, Takahashi Ai; she will be graduating from the group next fall. Takahashi sighed, “My viewpoint has changed. The countdown has started and I wonder how much I can teach the new members in the limited time I have left. I’m a bit troubled”. She has also been thinking about different things to do after she’s graduated, “I’ve decided to do musicals, so I want to take lessons in order to head towards that goal.”

Michishige then commented on the cover of the new photobook, “It’s rare that I’m center on front covers, so I like this. It feels like a Michishige Sayumi photobook, and I thought ‘finally, my time has come!’”. Michishige is Takahashi’s junior, so she praised her, “I usually say this, but you’re really reliable. I think Ai-chan is really awesome and I’m glad to be here during Ai-chan’s time as a leader. Even those who look away, I want you all to see how great Ai-chan is.” Lastly, Michishige displayed her narcissistic character, “I put myself at number one, but Ai-chan is definitely number two!”




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Office Lady Choi Byul-I

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SS501’s Kim Hyung Jun reveals MV teasers for “Girl”

After releasing his debut solo track “Girl” through various online music sites earlier today, SS501’s Kim Hyung Jun has followed up with the release of not one, but two teasers for his music video!

Fans guessed true when they pointed out that the girl in Kim Hyung Jun’s tweet would be in his music video. Though her identity still remains a mystery, we’ll be sure to find out more as the music video nears its release.


We can also expect a ‘normal’ (or ’story’) version in addition to a ‘dance’ version of the music video as well. Check out the two teasers below!






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Lee Hyori, Yoo Jae Suk and SNSD visits Solbi’s play

Stars have been making non-stop visits to the play “Lee Ki Dong Gymnasium” in order to show their support for actor Kim Sooro and singer Solbi, who are both lead stars of the play.

Solbi exhibited her wide network of celebrity friends through a series of photos she uploaded onto her Twitter. The star received visits from gagwoman An Young Mi, actress Kim Na Young, singer Shinji, MC Yoo Jae Suk, Lee Hyori, and even SNSD.


The play concluded its Seoul performances on February 26th and will be moving on to Busan for a two-day show on March 12th and 13th.


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ETUDE reveals their ‘Precious Mineral BB Cream CF’ with Sandara Park

2NE1’s Dara released a teaser video for her “Precious Mineral BB Cream” CF with makeup brand ETUDE!

The CF revolves around the theme, ‘brightening your complexion’, and so Dara is seen with a team of ‘pearl lighting experts’ who follow her around all day with lamps to visually demonstrate the wonders the product does for your skin.


2NE1’s manager, ‘Zzangmae‘, also made his CF debut with a cameo appearance as one of her lighting experts near the end of the CF.

The final CF will be released on March 4th, but until then, check out the teaser below!





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2PM’s Taecyeon, Wooyoung & miss A’s Suzy share their thoughts on concluding “Dream High”

On the morning of February 28th, 2PM’s Taecyeon, Wooyoung, and miss A’s Suzy expressed their feelings on finally concluding their much-loved drama, “Dream High.”

Suzy, who played the role of ‘Hyemi’, expressed, “I feel both refreshed and upset. It was my first project as well as leading role, so I worried over a lot of things. Fortunately, I’m able to conclude ‘Dream High’ amidst the love and support of my drama family. I know I was lacking, but I’ll work on my skills in order to improve as an actress and meet you all again. My ‘Dream High’ family, my miss A unnis, and all of those who loved ‘Dream High’, thank you. I will never forget the winter I spent life as ‘Go Hyemi.’”


Ok Taecyeon, who played the role of ‘Hyun Shihyuk’, commented, “It was an opportunity for me to work with seniors, as well as grow as ‘actor Ok Taeyeon’. I was worried over whether I’d be able to do okay since I was playing the lead role in only my second project, but through the help and support of my friends, my acting junior J.Y. Park, and all of the staff members who helped the drama shine, I was able to take part in a meaningful project. It was very cold filming in the winter, but I spent a winter which was just as beautiful.”

Wooyoung, who played the role of ‘Jason’, concluded, “How could it be, ‘Dream High’ is already coming to an end!! I was nervous, especially since it was my first acting debut and because of the amount of English lines I had, but I was able to overcome it all thanks to the help of 2PM’s Taecyeon, and my seniors and directors. It was an extremely meaningful start and experience, so I’d like to thank all of those who supported and loved ‘Jason’.”

Check out the final episode at 9:55 PM KST!

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Part 2 of Nichkhun’s “It’s Skin” CF revealed

2PM’s Nichkhun scandalized his fans after his kissing CF was released a few weeks ago. Following up, cosmetics brand ‘It’s Skin‘ has just unveiled ‘Part 2′ of their “Snail Cream” CF series!

To recap ‘Part 1′, Nichkhun fell in love with a mysterious female who didn’t reveal anything about herself to him. The couple shared an intimate kiss together, but the CF left viewers hanging as it ended with, “Don’t believe her”.


‘Part 2′ continues with the black-and-white theme, but this time, the plot takes on a more ominous direction.

We don’t want to spoil what happens, so check out the CF below!

Part 1


Part 2


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Actresses Shim Eun Ha & Ha Ji Won attended Big Bang’s “2011 Big Show”

It looks like Big Bang attracted some big names to their “2011 Big Show“, as it’s being reported that actresses Shim Eun Ha and Ha Ji Won were seen at the concert!

Shim Eun Ha retired from the industry a while back, but she’s remained a hot topic for avid fans who still appreciate her talented skills. She attended the concert with her husband, Ji Sang Wook, in comfortable attire and even visited the boys’ waiting room after the concert.


On February 28th, a representative of YG Entertainment commented, “Shim Eun Ha-ssi did not ask for a separate ticket. We believe she purchased them on her own in order to attend.”

Ha Ji Won also visited the boys and congratulated them on a successful concert by praising, “Your concert was so much fun, I enjoyed watching it.” It’s said that she also highly enjoyed their ”Secret Garden” parody.

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Ayabie, Taniyama Kishou, and Namikawa Daisuke star in upcoming movie, “En-enishi-”

The members of Visual Kei band Ayabie will be teaming up with popular voice actors Taniyama Kishou (Tsukimori Ren from “La Corda d’Oro”) and Namikawa Daisuke (Fai D. Flowright‎ from “Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle”) in the movie “En-enishi-”, set to premier in May.

The film is about “shibito”: people who have been missing for over seven years and declared by law to be dead. “Shibito” kill people behind the scenes in order to protect their country.


The characters in the film are divided into two sides: “Pole Star” and “Torenia“. Ayabie’s Takehito and Kenzo are on the “Pole Star” side with Taniyama, while Ayabie’s Namihito & Intetsu are on the “Torenia” side with Namikawa.

Not a lot of details about the two groups are known at the moment, except that Taniyama and KENZO play owners of the bar “Pole Star”, and they end up rescuing a mysterious woman by the name of Akane (played by Miyaji Mao).

Watch the trailer for the movie below:





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“Runway☆Beat” takes a walk down a real runway for “Kobe Collection 2011 S/S”

Kansai’s large-scale fashion show, “Kobe Collection 2011 Spring/Summer“, was held at the World Memorial Hall in Kobe today.

Over 100 famous models, special guests and special performers, and the new collections from 39 different brands out of Kobe turned it into a spectacular show for the 12,000 people in the audience.


Additionally, the cast of the upcoming movie, “Runway☆Beat“, including Seto Koji, Sakuraba Nanami, Kiritani Mirei, IMALU, and Tanaka Kei, had their very own special stage, and had fun promoting the movie in such a spectacular way. The band Funky Monkey Babys also made a surprise appearance during the special stage and performed their upcoming single, “Runway☆Beat“, which will be the theme song of the movie.

Based on a popular mobile novel, the movie is about the young transfer student, Mizorogi “Beat” Biito (Seto), and his incredible talent as a designer. He starts to organize a fashion show for the upcoming cultural fashion show, and during the process he is able to unite all the different personalities of his new classmates.

The five of them actually gave us a great teaser by wearing the some of the outfits that we are going to see in the movie. Only Seto’s outfit had to be rearranged a bit for the show, he revealed later.


Sakuraba Nanami was really excited to be on an actual runway, and said, “Our movie is about fashion as well, but it is also about friendship, family and… love.” She was a bit bashful talking about love, but then she continued, “The power of fashion is really amazing. I hope that people who love fashion will watch our movie!” About being on a real runway, she commented, “I was very nervous, but it was a lot of fun once we were on the runway. Being on a genuine runway is so amazing!!”

Kiritani added, “The movie is also a lot about ‘believing in yourself’.”

IMALU made a short comment as well, “It’s the first Japanese movie that is all about fashion, and that is already a highlight in itself, but the most amazing parts of the movie are the scenes at the fashion show. All those scenes are even in 3D! It is going to feel like being at an actual fashion show like today, so definitely look forward to this movie!”

The Kobe Collection is going to have another spectacular show in Tokyo on March 12th.

“Runway☆Beat” will open in cinemas on March 19th.





source: tokyohive

Full PV revealed for Koda Kumi’s new song, “Passing By”

Koda Kumi has just revealed the PV to her song “Passing By“!

“Passing By” is a sad love song about the feeling of not being able to be with a loved one. In her music video, Koda enlisted the acting of a foreign male artist to be the love interest (who is presumably dead). Koda also delights with the presentation of her English skills in the track.


“Passing by”, like “Bambi“, is a track from her upcoming album, “Deja Vu“.




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Kim Ha Yul – Blouse and Skirt

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G.NA wins Inkigayo Mutizen + other performances

SBS’s Inkigayo is back once again, and this week’s show was full of amazing and fun performances from the top participating K-pop artists!

The ‘Take 7′ nominees for the February 27th episode of Inkigayo were IU (“The Story Only I Didn’t Know“), Lee Hyun (“You Are The Best of My Life“), SECRET (“Shy Boy“), Navi (“Well Done“), Jewelry (“Back It Up“), G.NA (“Black & White“), and Mighty Mouth feat. Soya (“Tok Tok“).

















Having already won twice on M! Countdown, and most recently a first ever K-Chart win on Music Bank, G.NA completes the grand slam with her first ever Mutizen win for “Black & White”. G.NA has certainly stepped forward as one of the more solid female soloists in recent times.

Congratulations to G.NA who couldn’t quite believe the reality! Also check out a preview of SBS 1-hour long special program for Big Bang’s comeback.



















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SECRET says goodbye on Inkigayo + details on Ji Eun’s solo debut

After promoting for close to two months, the SECRET girls will draw a close to their ‘Shy Boy‘ promotions on today’s SBS’s “Inkigayo” episode.


The girls attained remarkable achievements this time around, with a three week hit on KBS’s “Music Bank“, a Mutizen win on SBS’s “Inkigayo,” and a win from “M! Countdown“. Unlike most songs which lose popularity towards the end of a promotion cycle, SECRET’s “Shy Boy” is still doing strong on the charts, demonstrating the song’s undeniable power.


Their representative said, “We do believe that ‘Shy Boy’’s chart ranking has a significant meaning, as it slowly climbed the charts and maintained its position there for a long time. Unlike ‘Magic‘ and ‘Madonna,’ both of which peaked at the top quickly and fell off the charts just as fast, ‘Shy Boy’ worked its way up to the top with its own power of music. It’s one of the reasons we believe that the song is so loved among the public.”


Fans of SECRET need not wait long as member, Ji Eun is set to release her solo single on March 3rd and begin promotions subsequently. Ji Eun’s solo will be a venture outside of the group’s recent success.

The representative revealed, “Ji Eun’s solo will be 180 degrees different in comparison to SECRET’s standard style. It’ll be a genre and color that not anyone could ever anticipate. The concept itself is strong as well.”





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It’s MBLAQ “Again” on Inkigayo

Having just released their repackaged album, “BLAQ Style – 3D Edition“, the MBLAQ boys kicked off a new wave of promotions on this week’s SBS’s Inkigayo.

Their follow-up track, “Again“, is a mashup between electronica, hip hop, and R&B, which features a strong, synthetic melody with a fast and impressive beat, allowing the members to break away from their past sensual images from their “Cry” and “Stay” performances to showcase their stronger and more masculine sides.

Fortunately for fans, Mir made his return to the stage after temporarily resting from his herniated disk injury earlier in the month. With the group back on their feet as the dynamic five once more, fans can now sigh in relief and enjoy MBLAQ’s powerful and synchronized choreography for their new song.

Check out their performance down below!




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Kim Hyun Jung makes her “1 Minute 1 Second” comeback on Inkigayo

After a long hiatus of two years and six months, Kim Hyun Jung makes her return to SBS’s Inkigayo stage with her new song, “1 Minute 1 Second.”

Known for her explosive vocals and beautiful long legs, the diva has picked up a new vocal style during her long hiatus, and will be aiming to show that off in her new dance song!

Check it out below!




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INFINITE says goodbye on Inkigayo

After performing for close to two months, the INFINITE boys wrapped up their “Before The Dawn” (BTD) promotions on today’s episode of SBS’s “Inkigayo“.


Member, L tweeted, “Today is the last broadcast of ‘BTD.’ Thanks to all of the Inspirit, we were able to complete it safely. Thank you so much, and please check for our performance in the live broadcast coming up! We’ll be coming back soon, so don’t cheat on us with another group!”




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Big Bang’s Seungri was tricked by a night club manager

Big Bang’s Seungri will be a guest on the February 28th episode of SBS’s “Night After Night, Idol’s Legend.” During this episode, the idol revealed a time when he was tricked by a night club manager.

Seungri confessed, “Before my solo promotions for “Strong Baby“, I secretly went to a night club without my agency knowing, and the club manager tricked me. I wanted to go to the night club to increase my masculinity, and I only went because I believed the manager when he said that he would keep my visit out of the public’s eye. However, in order to increase sales, he purposefully publicized my visit ahead of time.”


He added, “And of all places, an acquaintance of my boss’, Yang Hyun Suk, happened to be there, so I ended up getting caught.”

To this story, Seungri added a moral, “Hoobaes (juniors), don’t believe the night club managers!”, causing much laughter in the studio.


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Momoiro Clover holds joint live with Shinsei Kamattechan

On February 25th, idol group Momoiro Clover held a joint live at SHIBUYA-AX with rock band Shinsei Kamattechan.

Momoiro Clover performed 12 songs in front of 1,500 excited fans, including their newest track, “Mirai Bowl”, which will be released on March 9th.


Hayami Akari (15) will be leaving the group on April 10th to do solo activities, but she commented, “I’ve learned to challenge different things through being in MomoClo.”

Best of luck to her going forward!


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Chinese girl group Seishun Bishoujo has press conference before their concert

Chinese girl group Seishun Bishoujo would be arriving in Japan on February 25th for their concert, “Seishun Bishoujo Shinshun Concert 2011 ~THE WORLD TOUR IN TOKYO~“, and before their concert, the five girls held a press conference.

After the girls greeted the press in Japanese, their leader, Saniya, spoke about the group’s dream, “We’re China’s first idol unit. We’re kind of like Japan’s ‘Morning Musume‘. First of all, we hope that this Japanese performance is a success. If the reaction is good, we’re thinking about releasing an album in Japan too.”


The girls followed up with their impressions of Japan. Suniya said, “It’s a beautiful country. We love Japan.” Yuan Yuan commented, “The Japanese people are really polite and welcoming, so I love it here.”

The press mentioned that Japanese idol groups like AKB48 are forbidden to have relationships, to which Ai smiled and explained, “Our group is similar to those in Japan, we’re also not allowed to have relationships.”

Their stage performance includes some traditional dance, which Ai explained, “There are 56 different ethnic groups in China, so we want to do our best to show various characteristics from these different ethnic groups. I don’t think there are a variety of ethnic groups in the units of other countries.”






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Sweet Vacation to release first best album, “Swee Vaca no Early Best + 8″

Electropop group Sweet Vacation will be releasing their first ever best album!

The release will be titled “Swee Vaca no Early Best + 8″ and will hit stores on April 6th. Since the vocalist of the group, May, is originally from Thailand, they will be covering some of their previous songs in Thai in addition to including their first new song in nine months, “Catch Me Now.”

The album features two “sides”: a “2007~2010 original side,” containing previous released songs, and a “2019 re-mix cover side,” which contains seven remixes.

Check out the track list below!


“2007～2010 original side” Track List
01. Magic Smile
02. Asobi ni Ikou yo ~2nd edition~
03. I Feel So Good (Thai ver.)
04. Sexy Girl (Thai ver.)
05. Summer Day (Thai ver.)
06. Get up Boys and Girls
07. World Is So Grooving
08. Bitter or Sweet
09. Catch Me Now

“2019 re-mix cover side” Track List
10. Love Camera ~Sekai ga Koi Suru Message (Toku P Re-mix)
11. TOKYO DAYS (U-ji Re-mix)
12. heavens discotheque (I-eru P Re-mix)
13. Magic Smile (Peperon P Re-mix)
14. Kirameki Jet! (SWANTONE Re-mix)
15. Summer Day (Sugimoto P Re-mix)
16. Unbalance (Shizuku P Re-mix)

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Wasao, the movie star dog, set to make music debut

Wasao, the famous “busa-kawaii” (ugly-cute) Akita from Aomori, will be hitting the silver screen when his film ‘Wasao’ premiers on March 5th (directed by Nishiki Yoshinari). But it is now confirmed that Wasao will also be making waves in the musical world.

Singer and actress Yakushimaru Hiroko (46) sings the movie’s theme, “Bokura no takaramono“, marking 22 years since her last theme song effort. However, Wasao will “sing” his own version of the song: with the help of advanced computer techniques, a recording of his bark will be put to the tune’s melody.

For the entire shoot, which started last September and lasted about a month, the staff stuck closely to Wasao at all times. During a break in the 55-hour filming, they coaxed owner Kikutani Setsuko (67) into taking Wasao on a walk, during which time they managed to capture a single howl on tape. It was the only howl they had heard up to that point, and it would be the last. Because the sound was never included in the film, this single bark – which has now been transformed into “song” – should be considered precious.

A Chaku Uta version of Wasao’s song will go on sale on February 28th, and part of the proceeds will go to UNESCO Japan, which currently employs Wasao as a “doggy ambassador”.

Additionally, check out the trailer for the “Wasao” movie below:




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Park Hyun Sun – Black Minidress and Fishnets

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Music Core performances from February 26th

MBC’s Music Core is back once again with yet another fun and exciting show!

Besides the usual performances, Kim Hyun Jung made her comeback, while MBLAQ performed their follow-up song. Elsewhere, INFINITE and SECRET had their goodbye stages.

Other performers included TVXQ, G.NA, IU, Kahi, Mighty Mouth (feat. Soya), Teen Top, Lee Jung, Dalmatian, Lee Hyun, Dal Shabet, 5dolls, Kan Mi Youn, Piggy Dolls, and Ye Ara.

Check out the videos below!

























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SECRET says goodbye on Music Core

After promoting for close to two months, the SECRET girls will draw a close to their “Shy Boy” promotions on today’s MBC’s Music Core episode.

The girls attained remarkable achievements this time around, with a three week hit on KBS’s “Music Bank“, a Mutizen win on SBS’s “Inkigayo,” and a win from “M! Countdown“. Unlike most songs which lose popularity towards the end of a promotion cycle, SECRET’s “Shy Boy” is still doing strong on the charts, demonstrating the song’s undeniable power.


Fans of SECRET need not wait long as member, Ji Eun is set to release her solo single on March 3rd and begin promotions subsequently. So stay tuned for more on her solo debut.

Meanwhile, SECRET is poised for a return as early as April.

So check out their penultimate goodbye stage this afternoon!




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It’s MBLAQ “Again” on Music Core

Having just released their repackaged album, “BLAQ Style – 3D Edition“, the MBLAQ boys kicked off a new wave of promotions on this week’s MBC’s Music Core.

Their follow-up track, “Again“, is a mashup between electronica, hip hop, and R&B, which features a strong, synthetic melody with a fast and impressive beat, allowing the members to break away from their past sensual images from their “Cry” and “Stay” performances to showcase their stronger and more masculine sides.


Fortunately for fans, Mir made his return to the stage after temporarily resting from his herniated disk injury earlier in the month. With the group back on their feet as the dynamic five once more, fans can now sigh in relief and enjoy MBLAQ’s powerful and synchronized choreography for their new song.

Check out their performance down below!




source: allkpop