Korean pop group Girls’ Generation – known as Shojo Jidai in Japan – is featured on August issue of Japanese Sky magazine…
The girls are set to make their official J-pop debut next month, and they’ll not be the only Korean girl group to do so. Kara has already had a special gig in February, while 4minute has just kicked off their promotion in Japan. Others like Brown Eyed Girls and After School etc. are going to try their luck too in coming months.
It’s going to be an interesting month to see if these K-pop girl groups could rival their J-pop counterparts e.g. Perfume, Momusu and AKB48 etc.
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Another big name is making her K-pop comeback. BoA – who has been busy venturing between Japan and USA for the past couple of years – will be releasing her first Korean album in five years. Game is the first promotional track from the album, titled Hurricane Venus, which is due to be released on August 2…
Not bad. There’s a very strong J-pop feel with the arrangement; reminded me of her Japanese song Bump Bump almost instantly, although both songs aren’t really that similar. The fashion & style too is something you would expect to see in a Japanese MV instead of a Korean video… a bit of cultural exchange perhaps.
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Korean pop singer Se7en is back with a mini-album Digital Bounce and has released an MV for the first promotional track Better Together…
Se7en was among the very top of the K-pop chain before his company decided to throw him to the US in 2007 to open the new market. The venture failed rather miserably, but got to give them credits for teaching some lessons for other K-pop stars of what (not) to do when moving to the US market.
His new album has just been released on July 21 and is already topping some less authoritative charts. Obviously he’s not going to be doing too bad in his homeland, but it’s another story if he’s going to become as popular as he used to be.
Entertainment snippets from various sources…
[1] S.H.E Selina to wed next year.
[2] Cecilia Cheung on Cosmopolitan.
[3] Jin Akanishi leaving KAT-TUN.
[4] AKB48′s Yuko Oshima rumours dating Eiji Wentz.
[5] Kara ready for Japanese debut.
[6] Han Hyo-joo, Kim Yuna & Park Ji-sung named G20 summit PR ambassador.
[7] Win passes to meet the Wonder Girls and for MTV World Stage in Malaysia.
[8] Charice’s botox saga ‘blown out of proportion’.
Wallpapers of SNSD’s YoonA for petroleum company S-oil’s bonus card [Kr]…
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Video of Korean R&B singer Gummy performing Because of You at a live showcase for her Loveless mini-album. Love her voice and control…
It’s a pity that these kind of singers are not getting as much attention as the young idol groups that are riding the current global K-pop wave. The foreign fans are missing out on a large chunk of what Korean pop music is about.
