Asian Culture, Lifestyle and Entertainment
by Yein Jee
Music video of First, by 4minute. Finally, an original Japanese song from the horde of Korean girl groups that are invading J-pop in recent months…
Ok song, typical 4minute stuff, decent beat but not really that catchy. Like the video though… should look interesting when performed live.
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by Yein Jee
Korean and English MV for Lets Go by Group of 20, a project group featuring 20 young K-pop idols. The song is released in conjunction with the G20 Summit – a global leader conference which is going to be held in Seoul next month.
The artists are Jonghyun (SHINee), Gyuri (KARA), Seohyun (SNSD), Junsu (2PM), Changmin (2AM), Jaekyung (Rainbow), Sungmin (Super Junior), Kahi (After School), Luna (fx), Jieun (Secret), Junhyung (B2ST), Gayoon (4minute), Min (miss A), G.O (MBLAQ), Bumkey (2wins), G.NA, Son Dam-bi, Seo In-guk, IU and Anna.
[Update] Check out the English version as well; identical MV with English lyrics.
Decent song. Most of the participating pop groups show courtesy by sending their best vocalists, thus we are seeing some of the best young Korean idols here.
by Yein Jee
Korean music video for Muzik, title track of pop group 4minute’s first mini-album. The group made their debut in June with single Hot Issue.
4minute have garnered plenty of buzz with their debut, as one of the members, HyunA, was previously a member of popular group Wonder Girls. She left the group in 2007 due to health issues, but is making her comeback with this new group.
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4minute snippets
Hot Issue @ Asian music video collection (3)
4minute @ Korean girl groups’ battle of chicken commercials
4minute Hyuna @ 4Tomorrow music video series