Yoo Seung-ho sings a lullaby for his castmate

If you want to hear Yoo Seung-ho’s singing voice, you might want to tune in to Episode 12 of God of Study. The star of the hit KBS drama, who plays hot-tempered Baek-hyun, sings a trot song (“땡벌”) for his classmate and friend Pul-ip (Go Ah-sung) in today’s (Tuesday) episode.

In the drama, the kids go away to a mountain locale for yet another of the rigorous “Sparta-like” training sessions for their special university entry class, led by their teacher (Kim Su-ro). Pul-ip always listens to that particular song before going to sleep (and Baek-hyun has teased her about her old-fashioned taste in music before), but because of the retreat, she’s unable to hear it tonight and has trouble falling asleep. So Baek-hyun sings the song for her, giving the upbeat trot tune a ballad spin.

c: dramabeans

Jang Geun-seok fan meeting in Taiwan sold out

Tickets for actor Jang Geun-seok’s fan meeting in Taiwan sold out in just three hours of going on sale, according to his agency on Tuesday.

Fans rushed to Taiwanese music site ‘g-music’ Sunday to purchase tickets for the event, initially causing the server to crash before all 2,500 tickets were sold, Jtree Company said.

A local media company had also reported, “Online, Jang’s fans caused the server to go down while offline, fans from all over the country arrived at the ticket booth three days early to wait in line for the tickets”.

The fan meeting is the starting point of Jang’s Asian tour also set to take place in China, Hong Kong and Singapore between March and May.

Meanwhile, Jtree also added that the actor is being approached by various companies throughout Asia to be featured in their commercials. “We are currently in the process of signing with a company for an ad that will air in Korea and other Asian countries”.

Jang recently held a fan meeting in Korea attended by 3,000 fans at Seoul’s Olympic Park Olympic Hall last month. His fans from eight countries throughout Asia also turned up at the event.

The actor made his debut into the industry at the early age of five as a catalog model. His most notable appearances were in Korean sitcom “Nonstop 4″ and Korean dramas “Beethoven Virus”. Last year, he played the role of an eccentric lead singer of idol group A.N.JELL in TV series “You’re Beautiful”.

s: asiae.co.kr

2PM’s Nichkhun is a crowd pleaser

2PM’s Nichkun took a trip to Thailand a few days ago, and didn’t fail to please his fans!

A recent fancam of the cutie at the Suzuki Jelato event in Pattaya taken on February 7th shows Nichkun performing a quick cover of T-ara’s “Bo Peep Bo Peep“ and Kara’s “Mister.”

Check out the butt-shaking here:

c: popseoul

Kara to unveil 3rd Mini Album, “Lupin”

Looks like we are in for another battle of girl groups this year. Girls’ Generation released their 2nd Full Album, “Oh!” 2 weeks ago and 2NE1 had just released their new digital single, “Try To Copy Me yesterday. Now, it’s Kara’s turn!
Kara are stepping up to the challenge as their 3rd mini album, “Lupin” is set to be released on February 17th. The title track for this mini album is also called “Lupin”. Sporting a new concept called “Stealer”, Kara released the mini album’s jacket image on February 10th.

Kara who gained a lot of love from having a cute image, are trying to show a more stronger side through performances which would highlight their new concept. Since arriving in Korea on the 8th of February after their successful performance in Japan on February 7th, they have been working on the album and practicing the dance moves for their new songs

The teaser MV for “Lupin” is set to be released via korean portal site, Naver on February 12th.

Source: newsen.com
Translation: wjlee91 @ OMGKPOP

BEAST’s 1st mini-album reached an epic 40,000 sold mark!!

[SPN EDAILY Reporter Park MiAe] It has been recently reported that the rookie group BEAST’s album ‘BEAST is the B2ST’ has now reached its 40,000 mark in sales.
As per CUBE ENT official, “the sales have been steady since it’s release three months ago.”
It was also brought to music industry’s attention when ‘BEAST is the B2ST’ album sold more than 20,000 mark back in October, which was epic in and of itself, considering success for a rookie musician is usually defined when they reach 10,000 in sales.
Furthermore, they’ve also shown popularity in online music sales as well, which even for seasoned artists usually have difficulty in reaching the 50,000 mark. Now only three month into their debut, further achievements are to be greatly expected for this rookie group.
Having won the Rookie Award at the 19th Seoul Music Awards, BEAST members continue on their individual activities while preparing for their upcoming album.

CREDITS: SPN EDAILY (SOURCE); dooseop@B2ST Rising (TRANS)

Jung Yonghwa, “Rejected because of dialect,” humiliating confession!

CNBlue Jung Yonghwa revealed a regrettable incident that happened when he went to Seoul from his hometown, Busan.

Jung Yonghwa made an appearance on SBS Strong Heart on 9 February, telling the story of meeting his ideal woman by chance in Myeong Dong.

Jung Yonghwa disclosed, “I saw my ideal woman at Myeong Dong and thought that I should not lose her, so I asked her out to a movie on the spot.” The girl, of course, accepted his offer and they both went to a cinema. While watching the movie, the girl made a remark of a character’s lines, “I really hate Kyeong Sang Do men,” which shook Jung Yonghwa’s heart.

As a result, Jung Yonghwa decided that he must not show that he is from Kyeong Sang Do. However, he subconciously slipped out in dialect at a cafe. Jung Yonghwa bursted out, “Warm,” and, “It’s bitter,” in dialect. The girl got angry with the dialect and left the cafe without saying anything. When asked for the reason, she threw Yonghwa off with one sentence in dialect. “You’re from Busan, aren’t you?!”

In the end, the girl who hated Kyeong Sang Do men was also from Kyeong Sang Do. She hoped to date a Seoul guy and had considered Jung Yonghwa.

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Original Source: Newsen
Translated by: CrystalHeng @ CNBlueSGFC

Big Bang looking for the next Lollipop Girl!

It was announced before that Big Bang is starting Lollipop Project 2 this February. With this, Cyon will be launching a public audition for the next “Lollipop Girl” who will join Big Bang in the promotions for the new Lollipop phone through a photo shoot.

Big Bang expressed their excitement for the audition saying they are looking for someone who has a “unique style and personality and has exceptional dancing and singing skills.”

Application will open on February 10 until February 28 through Cyon’s website [http://www.cyon.co.kr/event/lollipop2/index.html]. Audition and selection process will be broadcasted on M-net this March. [Source]

s: bigbangupdates

Which girlgroup does C.N Blue want to perform with?

Which is band C.N Blue’s ideal girlgroup whom they want to perform together with? And what are the ideal types of girl for each of the C.N Blue members?

C.N Blue recently did an interview where they talked about their recent success with their Korean debut song ‘Loner’ and many more.

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Who is C.N Blue’s ideal girlgroup to perform with?

C.N Blue showed their individual charms at the recent filming of tvN ENEWS ‘Behind Star’.

Only debuted for 2 weeks, C.N Blue climbed to the top of various charts and won #1 before attending the filming. Jung YongHwa humbly expressed, “It feels refreshing.”

It is a fact that Jung YongHwa received a lot of love from drama ‘You’re Beautiful’ as the Towel Man and Milk Man, which gained C.N Blue tremendous attention before their debut. The team from ‘You’re Beautiful’ attended C.N Blue’s showcase, showing the close friendship that they held.

Jung Yonghwa expressed that strong love rival, Jang Geun Suk, is a “hyung with good leadership who takes a good care of his dongsaengs.” He revealed about the casting, “I was constantly active in the indie scene but I went to try out for the drama. The character, Kang Shinwoo, is also a guitarist in the band, so it seemed like a good opportunity.”

Besides Jung Yonghwa, the other members too are skillful. The members have already been living together for 3 years. They revealed that the respective first impressions of each other were, ‘Jung Yonghwa the young noble’, ‘Kang Minhyuk the good student’, ‘Lee Jonghyun the young Busan man who often got lost’ and ‘really tall Lee Jungshin’.

In regards to the topic of ulzzangs, Jung Yonghwa expressed, “We don’t have famous ulzzangs. We just somehow ended up in ulzzang sites; amongst the 4 of us, I am the most famous ulzzang,” showing his mischievious side.

Before their debut, CNBlue went to Japan to study indie music and through the 100 over street performances, they built up their skills and stage manners. However, it was not easy living in Japan where they could not communicate.

“There were instances when there were no fans at our performances. They didn’t even look and just went past,” CNBlue revealed of their activities in Japan, “Slowly, our performances started to gather fans one by one.”

Even though CNBlue picked Lee Jonghyun as the most good-looking member, he was ranked the last of a popularity poll with Jung Yonghwa on top. Jung Yonghwa responded, “This is because Jonghyun’s charms couldn’t be seen yet.” Together, CNBlue disclosed the cleanest member, the member who is the most different on and off-screen, their ideal girls, etc.

On their ideal girls, Kang Minhyuk does not care about looks and likes someone he feels comfortable with; Jung Yonghwa: a feminine girl with a pretty smile; Lee Jonghyun: a matured older woman; and Lee Jungshin: a feminine girl who is cute at the same time.

As for the girl group they would like to perform with, Kang Minhyuk chose the Wonder Girls, Jung Yonghwa: Girls’ Generation; Lee Jonghyun: 2NE1; and Lee Jungshin: Fin.K.L.

CNBlue’s response to “The fragrance and colour of the band that you’d like to show a lot,” was, “a ceaselessly developing image.”

CNBlue’s honest stories of the first time they held their instruments, a 100% live performance and self-cameras will revealed at “Behind Star” on 2 February at 9PM on tvN.

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Original source: Newsen
Translated by: CrystalHeng @ CNBlueSGFC

FT Island, Held a Successful Concert in Thailand with 4,000 Fans

Flowerboy band, FT Island, held a successful solo concert in Thailand last weekend.

As part of their Asia tour, FT Island held a concert in Bangkok, Thailand at Indoor Stadium Huamark, on 6th February, 6.30pm (local time). Their concert attracted about 4,000 fans, creating a huge success for their Asia tour.

Cheers and applause from the 4,000 audience crowd went non-stop from the start of the concert for 2 whole hours. FT Island started their concert with the song “Missing U” and also sang several other hit songs like “Send Away” and ”I Hope“, working the crowd into a frenzy.

Even after leaving the stage with encore songs like “Still/As Ever” and “Primadonna“, the Thailand fans refused to leave their seats and continued cheering for the boys.

This performance in Thailand is part of FT Island’s Asia tour, which has already started since end of last year. FT Island started with performances in Japan and is planning to tour several other Asia countries. They also have plans to perform in Hong Kong, Japan and other major cities.

FT Island’s popularity in Thailand started since their debut times. With the broadcast of SBS drama “You’re Beautiful” in Thailand, Lee Hongki’s popularity has soared even higher.

Lee Jaejin, Choi Minhwan and Choi Jonghoon carried out promotional activities under the unit group name, FT.triple, while Song Seunghyun is active in other entertainment programmes. The multi-talented FT Island will focus on their Asia tour for the time being.

Credit: Newsen + ying1005 @ primanoona (translations)

Big Bang’s Bus Departure Ceremony for “ELECTRIC LOVE TOUR”!

South Korean, five-member male group, Big Bang will hold a 6 day tour in Japan called the ”ELECTRIC LOVE TOUR 2010” starting on February 10th. On February 9th at the Yokohama Arena in Kanagawa the bus departure ceremony was held.

This bus was created to commemorate the tour and the design of it was invented by all of the Big Bang members.

Daesung “The design makes me want to go to the tour” Clash of opinions over the design “didn’t happen at all, we get along” he said while smiling.

Taeyang “We tried to think of colors that represented the electric love” He explained the features.

G-Dragon spoke about the performance, “I expect that you (fans) will enjoy it”

Give some information about the tour? “It’s a secret, but please make sure to come.” raising anticipation for the fans.

News article: news24
Translated: alee @ ibigbang