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BoA ft. Verbal – Bump Bump music video and pics

Yein Jee — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 06:51:48 +0000

Korean pop star BoA is taking a break from her American activities to release a Japanese single, Bump Bump, featuring Verbal from M-flo. Music video, and some black & white promotional pics further below…

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Asian music video collection (2)

Yein Jee — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 16:53:39 +0000

English song from Korean pop star BoA; Korean songs from MC Mong and Kara; and Chinese song from Taiwanese actress-singer Vivian Hsu…

BoA – Energetic

Third MV from BoA’s self-titled American album, released in March 2009…

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BoA performs at SF Gay Pride Festival 2009

Yein Jee — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 08:46:11 +0000

Korean pop star BoA performed her English songs Eat You Up, I Did It For Love and Energetic, live at the 2009 San Francisco Gay Pride Festival on June 28…

[video from BoA's Facebook, via BoAinn [Kr]]

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BoA – Atlantis Princess music video

Yein Jee — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 07:20:06 +0000

~~I’m arranging a phone interview with Korean star BoA, who’s making her American debut with her self-titled English album. The interview should be up in a week if things are going as planned~~ [update] The scheduled interview is cancelled.

Meanwhile, sharing a 2003 music video, Atlantis Princess from BoA’s 3rd Korean album. She was just 16-17 back then; it was this song that introduced me to the star, and it’s still one of my favourite BoA’s song…

[credits to mkaymrxo@Youtube for the mv upload]

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BoA Ft. Sean Garrett – I Did It for Love music video

Yein Jee — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 05:06:33 +0000

Music video of I Did It for Love by Korean pop star BoA, featuring Sean Garrett who produced the song. IDIFL is the first track from BoA’s self-titled debut English album which is released on March 17.

Seems like SM and BoA is going full force into electronic dance music market; her lead single Eat You Up was doing well at Billboard’s Club Play chart, and IDIFL will probably be a decent hit in dance clubs as well.

It’s a different story when it comes to album sales though; both IDIFL and EYU lacked the wow factor to attract new market. Her hardcore fans might be dancing in joy with the ‘marvellous’ album, but the neutrals might not be lured as easily.

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Korea ends celebrity endorsement for school uniforms

Yein Jee — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 07:49:13 +0000

Korea’s major school uniform makers have agreed to end all celebrity endorsements indefinitely before the new school term begins in March; the cost cutting decision was made following government’s demand to halt the rising prices of school uniforms.

It’s a good call from the government and manufacturers, but some fans might mourn that they won’t be seeing their favourite idols in cute uniforms in near future. Sharing here some star-studded Korean school uniform commercials to ease their pain lol…

SNSD & 2PM – Elite CF…

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BoA… Best & USA

Yein Jee — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 02:54:50 +0000

Korean pop star BoA will release her Best & USA compilation album(s) on March 18 which packs her Japanese best hits and also songs from her debut English album, and will be released a day earlier than the United States.

The album jacket looks cool. Some Korean folks might not be too happy though, as their favourite star is leaving them out in the cold once again.

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BoA at YouTube Live Tokyo

Yein Jee — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 05:15:29 +0000

Korean pop star BoA at Youtube Live TOKYO, a concert which was streamed live (supposedly) on Youtube on November 23. A 20-minutes long video below, which includes her American debut song Eat You Up and her J-pop hits.

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BoA – Eat You Up music video

Yein Jee — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 08:40:53 +0000

Music video of Eat You Up, the English song that supposedly marked Korean pop star BoA’s American debut… [updated with the new March 2009 version]

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.

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BoA’s Eat You Up leaked on MySpace

Yein Jee — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 08:11:02 +0000

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.

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BoA’s American debut is doomed

Yein Jee — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 13:57:23 +0000

Korean pop star BoA and her agency, SM Entertainment, held the Best of Asia, Bring on America press conference on September 10 to officially announce her American debut plans.

I like BoA, I think she’s good singer, and she look’s great… but Best of Asia? SM sounds a bit arrogant to proclaim that; since when did BoA became any better than the likes of Rain, Utada Hikaru, Ayumi Hamasaki, Jay Chou and Lee Hom etc?

Set the best argument aside, it would be nice to have an Asian artists making waves in the American pop scene. Unfortunately for BoA though, her debut song Eat You Up is not going to do the job; teaser below… [credits to soybeaner819@youtube]

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Japan’s most wanted artist-lovers 2008

Yein Jee — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 10:29:35 +0000

Japan’s Count-Down-TV [Jp] has concluded their annual poll for “the most wanted artist as girlfriend/boyfriend” in 2008… with YUI and Jin Akanishi topping the girlfriend and boyfriend category respectively.

Top 20 Japan’s most wanted girlfriend 2008

1. YUI 2. Kaori Mochida 3. Ayumi Hamasaki 4. Ai Otsuka 5. aiko 6. Ai Takahashi 7. Ai Kawashima 8. Kiyoe Yoshioka 9. Maimi Yajima 10. Yui Aragaki 11. Nocchi 12. Namie Amuro 13. Ayaka 14. Kaela Kimura 15. Kumi Koda 16. Misako Uno 17. Hiroko 18. BoA 19. Mai Kuraki 20. Reina Tanaka

Top 20 Japan’s most wanted boyfriend 2008

1. Jin Akanishi 2. Kazuya Kamenashi 3. Hyde 4. Jun Matsumoto 5. Tomohisa Yamashita 6. Takahiro 7. Takahisa Masuda 8. Jaejoong 9. TAKUYA∞ 10. Sho Sakurai 11. Koichi Domoto 12. Akihito Okano 13. Kentaro Kobuchi 14. Ryo Nishikido 15. Yusuke Kamiji 16. Yuya Tegoshi 17. Masaki Aiba 18. Haruichi Shindou 19. Teppei Koike 20. DAIGO

It seems like only singers are being short-listed for this poll. Korean stars BoA and Jaejoong (from TVXQ) are the only two non-Japanese celebs that made the list.

[Update] The video was taken down unfortunately.

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BoA’s singing secret

Yein Jee — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 15:18:19 +0000

Korean pop star BoA has revealed the secret to her beautiful voice in a recent Japanese radio show; apparently all she needs is a bowl of noodle…

“I like noodles. I frequently go to restaurants and eat ramyeon (noodle). I can’t sing well if I’m hungry. People don’t recognize me when I’m in a restaurant,” said BoA [via Krnloop]

I bet the Korean and Japanese noodle-makers are working their accounts now to get BoA as their spokesperson lol.

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BoA, Xiah, Tablo & Bora – AnyBand commercial

Yein Jee — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 15:46:22 +0000

The latest Samsung AnyCall commercial (full 9 mins version), featuring Korean pop stars BoA, Xiah of TVXQ, Tablo of Epik High, and pianist prodigy Jin Bora…

AnyCall is famous for its CFs; its previous series featuring pop star Lee Hyori (AnyMotion, AnyClub etc.) were known globally via online video sharing sites.

With Hyori’s contract ending pretty soon, Samsung is trying to form a new hype with the quartet in AnyBand… obviously a worthy replacement.

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BoA receives Young Contemporary Artist Award

Yein Jee — Sat, 20 Oct 2007 06:05:29 +0000

Korean pop star BoA is awarded the Young Contemporary Artist Award from Korea’s Ministry Culture and Tourism; she received the award on October 18…

The Young Contemporary Artist Award goes out to artists in their 20s and 30s as recognition by the government for the artists’ achievements and cultural impact.

Meanwhile, actress Goh Doo-shim and actor Kim Sung-hwan received the Okgwan Cultural Medal of Honour and the Hwagwan Cultural Medal of Honour respectively for their long-term contributions to the popular arts sector [via KBS]

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BoA’s Japanese blog a hit

Yein Jee — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 05:53:18 +0000

Korean pop star BoA’s Japanese blog has been a hit since its launching in June 2007. She frequently updates the blog, introducing Korean food and culture to her Japanese fans with some lovely pics… the fans are loving it.

[update] The blog is no longer updated since mid-2008, unfortunately.

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