Korean actress Lee Hana performed a few songs at the Grand Mint Festival 2008 on October 18 at Seoul Olympic Park in what should be her first stage performance since making her professional acting debut [via K-popped]
The 26-year-old actress is known for her musical capability. Her farther is a composer, and she studied music in university. She once said in an interview that she thought she would become a singer, but somehow started off as an actress (which she is doing pretty well anyway).
Lee Hana did show her singing talent on a few occasions in variety shows and in TV dramas, but this is probably the first time she sang in a public event at such level. I guess she was covering some songs from other artists because she has not released an album yet.
Sharing a couple of videos below… the first one is said to be Hana’s performance at her graduation ceremony, covering “Be Be Your Love” by Rachael Yamagata; while the second a short snippet of her singing in Korean drama “When Spring Comes”…
The music video of “Eat You Up”, the English song that supposedly marks Korean pop star BoA’s US debut, has finally been released.
This MV was meant for the Korean (and Asian) audiences, with another MV targetting US market instead. There is however some changes of plans in midway; not sure if the heavily criticised US version would be released or not.
Update - the US version is also released; embedded further below.
Well, I shall refrain myself from commenting about this song anymore; I think I’ve talked enough since her American project was announced last month. So, best of luck for BoA; and here it is, both Asian and US music videos of Eat You Up…
A star-studded K-pop concert will be held at the Singapore Indoor Stadium on November 4 as part of the Korea Festival 2008 (Nov 1-18) organised by the Embassy of the Republic of Korea.
The concert will feature some of the hottest K-pop stars, including the Wonder Girls, Shinhwa’s Andy & Junjin, Jewelry, Chae Yeon, and V.O.S etc.
The concert tickets will not be sold through the usual outlets, but will be given away over the next few weeks through the key sponsors [more on Coolsmurf]
Other events during the festival are food fiesta, traditional dance performances, taekwondo demonstrations, film festival and contemporary art exhibition etc. Check out the event website for details and updates.
Sounds like a fun event; too bad that the concert tickets are not for sale.
Extra note - for those who are buying/selling tickets via the comment section; kindly trade at your own risk.
Korean pop star BoA’s American debut song “Eat You Up” is leaked on MySpace. The song was uploaded on a MySpace account, but I believe that it’s not an official account for a few reasons.
The major clue is that the account cited BoA is from Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (North Korea) instead of Republic of Korea (South Korea). Well, it’s either a fake account, or the webmaster of BoA’s online campaign deserves a big smack.
Anyhow, it seems like SM Entertainment is not making much noise about it… testing the online responses perhaps? Update - the full music video is out.
Korean pop star BoA and her agency SM Entertainment held the Best of Asia, Bring on America press conference at Seoul Imperial Palace Hotel on September 10 to officially announce her US debut.
BoA’s digital single will be released on October 21 simultaneously in over 30 countries instead of focusing on American market solely. The single was originally scheduled to be released on October 14, with the music video scheduled to premier on October 7.
Korean pop star Lee Hyori has started promoting “Hey Mr Big”, her second track from her latest album “It’s Hyorish”. Her first track “U-Go-Girl” was quite successful, topping most of the charts for a couple of weeks before being kicked off by competitors, particularly by Big Bang’s “Haru Haru”.
Here is is, the English subbed music video for Hey Mr Big [via Coolsmurf]… The song is just ok for me, but I like the MV; it’s a showcase of different fashion and style (and a little cosplay)… totally Hyorish…
A star-studded K-pop concert will be held at the Singapore Indoor Stadium on November 4 as part of the Korea Festival 2008 (Nov 1-18) organised by the Embassy of the 
