4minute’s HyunA puckers up for Gayoon

On April 3rd, 4minute members HyunA and Gayoon shared loving photos of each other through their personal Twitters.

Earlier, the girls stunned with their transformations in their album jacket photos for their upcoming album, “4MINUTES LEFT.” As if playing on their album’s feminine and romantic concept, the girls shared new photos that involve HyunA playfully asking for a kiss from Gayoon.

Fans commented, “HyunA and Gayoon, the baby couple,” and “These pictures are amazing!”

4minute will be making their official comeback on April 5th with the release of their first album.

4minute reveals album jacket photos from “4MINUTES LEFT”

On April 4th, Cube Entertainment released the album jacket photos from 4minute’s upcoming first album, “4MINUTES LEFT“.

Since it’s their first comeback after a year-long hiatus, the label claimed that they paid extra attention in bringing out the members’ growth and charms in their individual cuts.

Gayoon, who’s been sparking interest amongst fans for her tiny ‘nano ankles’, can be seen with a funky ’swing suit’ paired with a heart-patterned swimming suit. HyunA, who recently transformed into a raven-haired lady, stunned fans with her adorable gaze.

Meanwhile, leader Jihyun left her ‘bagel girl’ image behind for a sweeter look with fiery red hair, andJiyoon maintained her chic image with a confident look. Finally, maknae Sohyun expressed a boyish charm with her short haircut, which was tempered sweetly with a feminine mini one-piece.

Their title track from their album, “Mirror, Mirror“, will be released on the 5th.

4minute's interview with ELLE girl - Jihyun

Nam Jihyun

4minute's leader and her pretty smiling face, Jihyun. She has adored dancing for years and regularly went on stage during events at school, but she didn't dream of being a singer. "While I was attending high school, my homeroom teacher asked about how I found the idea of becoming a singer. It was distressful, because I thought that I would have to drop out of school. I didn't give in and decided that I would have to go to university." From Incheon to Seoul, she attended dance hagwons - Korean private cram schools - and, after a very harsh training, she got in Sangmyeong University as a major in dance. The irony is that she then paid attention to a singing career for the first time and, after considering it, tried out for it through an audition. The video of her first and last audition from that day has been circulating on the Internet since the beginning of this year and gained the netizens' interest. "I didn't know that my audition video would become such an 'issue'. It feels great. Because it was pretty much different back then. I thought that if I fail the audition, I would just stick to attend university."

Fortunately, she debuted with 4minute after this audition turned out to be the only one she'd pass. Compared to other aspiring singers who failed auditions so many times and went through wearisome preparations, she came off really well. However, she doesn't feel burdened at all about becoming a group's leader in just 6 months of trainee life spent. "Can I do well? What kind of leader will I be?" after thinking about it what was her conclusion ? " As every team has its own color, the leaders too have their different way to handle things. The members are the type to do well at everything by themselves. And, in anybody's life, a leader is a plus. To sum it up, my role consists in taking the lead and setting an example." The words she say the most often to her members "I'm sorry I couldn't take well care of you" somehow speak for the "gentle in appearance but tough in spirit" leadership the mature leader assumed.

As soon as 4minute debuted, it established itself as a group with the individuality to provide powerful performances. In between her regular activities and scheduled domestic performances, Jihyun was the very first member to get the chance to give acting a go. She made her name appear on the list of "actor-dols" (idols who land acting roles in dramas, etc.) by filming the now-ended SBS drama 'It's Okay, Daddy's Girl'. However, because of her hectic filming schedule she didn't get enough time to prepare her appearances and got back with an unchanged stress. "I was afraid the filming would be disturbed because of me. I didn't get much airtime , so luckily we were able to wrap it up safely. I learned a lot by watching the actors at my side being absorbed in their roles." Being a singer and an actor, the two hares Jihyun is willing to chase and honestly admits it as being greed. Even after the drama ended, she still receives phone calls from the writers who also give her words of encouragement and pieces of advice.

However, the thing that is the most important to her now is the preparations of 4minute's new album. From morning to evening, they record songs and from night to dawn, they practice their dance routines ; this is how they spend their days. After she said she wanted to get 4minute more recognized so even seniors would know about them, we asked her again "Is that greed?". She answered "I want 4minute to appeal to many more people through various activities in the field of popular culture. After some time, I wish that all the 5 members will be 'artists' that are not embarrassed to be called so. Usually, I'm not able to express this. I only write it in my diary." Her youth is ripe like a fruit is well ripe even inside, we root for the dream Jihyun wrote and that packed her diary.

Lee Joon, Jiyeon ''There are a lot of things that we have not tried yet''

A love like a rose blooms between a fierce fight between 'Red clan' and 'blue clan'.

Gnomeo and Juliet's love story has been recreated through 3 deungshin dolls' cute adventure story.

MBLAQ Lee Joon and T-ara Jiyeon are idol stars who sent out positive energy of the , a new 3D animation made by director Kelly Asbury.

"A lot of singers do not accept a song from the different atmosphere well since they have their own style, but since Lee Joon have a lot of emotions, he merges himself into variety songs from R&B to dance. He does the same when he acts. When he filmed and , despite other people's compliments, he demanded for a refilm many times if he was not satisfied with the result. He is very passionate".

"Jiyeon learns in a fast speed. If she is told that she needs to dance a Michael Jackson dance on New Year special program, she monitors the Michael Jackson choreography despite the busy schedule and learns it perfectly. When she receives a drama script, she quietly prepares her role by reading script attentively. No one needs to tell her what to do."

Even if was not from witnesses of staffs who know Lee Joon and Jiyeon, two celebrities who sat on interview showed an ambition to be the best on both singing and acting without hesitation.

They were bright, pure, and pretty.

4minute's interview with ELLE girl - Gayoon

Heo Gayoon

Until we met Gayoon for the first time, we could only think about her 'airport fashion' and the 'Gangnam woman'. But my, like a lively girl, she puts her hand over her mouth when she laughs and her laughing appearance is pretty plain and peaceful. "Because I emerged as the 'Gangnam woman', it had been burdensome for a long time. I just like fashion for fun but it's because when something is caught on camera and spread on the Internet, it gets overinterpreted." Regarding fashion, we got to know 'Heo Gayoon' as a keyword but it seems that not only she pays attention to her outfits on stage, but she cares even more about her casual appearance. "I really like clothes so whenever I have free time, I'll be pretty much shopping. Recently, during a filming, we wore Steve J & Joni P's clothes and I became a fan. I like unique things, things that are uncommon, I find interesting the splashed patterned or colored clothes that people don't dare to try." As expected, whenever the topic of fashion is brought up, she doesn't cease talking. "When we determine the style concept or the hairstyles, with the members we go look for pictures of foreign musicians or magazines and we suggest our ideas. Even though, as far as now, it couldn't have been reflected through our appearances that much."

In the meantime, 4minute has been focusing on their promotion activities abroad. The foreign fans' enthusiasm about 4minute's music surprised the girls and moved them. When we asked her about the impending new start of their domestic promotions, after a breathing space out of hesitation, Gayoon answered "We'll soon hit our 2-year anniversary mark after our debut. The truth is that I haven't realized it yet. Lately, while watching shows, the variety skills… Honestly I'm really not confident in this kind of things and it has become very burdensome. When we go to the variety programs recording studios, besides us all the idol singers are close with one another. Even BEAST who are in the same agency than us. That really surprised me." Still, as their period of promotions matched with theirs, they logically managed to get closer with Miss A. In particular, Gayoon exercises with Jia. Except exercising, lately, her only hobby has been to write lyrics in her free time in the recording studio located in the basement of the dorms. "When the composers give us a new song, I try to match it with the lyrics I wrote. Besides that, I don't spend my spare time in any particular way. In any case, I'm having fun." After assimilating their everyday schedule, there are times she feels emptiness, late at night. During those times, she scrawls things or writes lyrics and expresses her thoughts in her diary.

Nevertheless, this spring, Gayoon is having another start. She entered as a freshman in Dongguk University's department of Theater and Film that she dreamt of. For the moment, day by day, she carries out a very hectic life. "I'm afraid of the senior-junior hierarchy and I couldn't attend the inauguration ceremony either. Since I'm entering as a freshman 2 years later than others, I'm worried about if I will be able to hang out with friends of the same age. There are a lot of seniors or people I have to work with who also attend TV shows, but I personally want to hang out a lot with ordinary people during my university student days. "What if I become a loner because I can't attend university that much?" Like people of her age, she worries about these things, we invited her to talk about the album and, as many thoughts flow in, she becomes serious. "It's been a long time since we released an album, we worried a lot about this and that. Individually, we also had difficulties. We're currently working hard during practice sessions as if we were to debut again. This time, whatever the harm we get, we'll try to do really well." For the first time during the interview, her thrilling chuckling face faded away.

T-ara released Nongshim Ramen CF!

Such a cute CF by T-ara.

In this CF,T-ara's Bo Peep Bo Peep MV is used as the opening of the CF,the girls promoted the Ramen at the end of the clip.

T-ara’s Qri tears up over a letter written by her mother & talks about past boyfriend

On April 3rd, one of the mothers of the T-ara members was a guest on MBC’s “Bouquet” and asked guests to figure out which T-ara member she was the mother to.

Due to her close resemblance to member Qri, guests thought it’d be an easy game and immediately targeted Qri. Kim Jung Min confidently claimed, “Except the nose, she looks exactly like Qri!”

However, the T-ara members put their acting talent to use in an attempt to stir things up, drawing confusion amongst the guests. They eventually came to settle with a unanimous decision on Soyeon.

Standing before her, the mother read aloud a letter she had personally written for her daughter. At the end, however, she called out Qri’s name, confirming that she was indeed the mother of Qri, not Soyeon. Qri eventually showed tears over her mother’s heartfelt letter.

Earlier on the show, the members also surprised Qri by revealing that she had had a boyfriend up until recently.

TVXQ gets married to SBS Heroes cast?

Female fans of TVXQ, hold your hearts steady — a teaser for the upcoming thirty-seventh episode ofSBS Heroes revealed the ladies of the cast in wedding dresses with none other than Yunho andChangmin!

The beginning of the teaser features the young women looking lovely in long white bridal gowns, only to break into a run through the park. As the video continues, it becomes clear that each member shares an intimate photoshoot with a TVXQ member with a wedded couple concept. We see Yunho picking up Jiyeon, Seo In Young swooning with Changmin and more.

TVXQ gets married to SBS Heroes cast?

Female fans of TVXQ, hold your hearts steady — a teaser for the upcoming thirty-seventh episode ofSBS Heroes revealed the ladies of the cast in wedding dresses with none other than Yunho andChangmin!

The beginning of the teaser features the young women looking lovely in long white bridal gowns, only to break into a run through the park. As the video continues, it becomes clear that each member shares an intimate photoshoot with a TVXQ member with a wedded couple concept. We see Yunho picking up Jiyeon, Seo In Young swooning with Changmin and more.

KARA’s Goo Hara visits her brother at a military base

A series of photos have revealed the closer relationship between KARA’s Goo Hara and her older brother. The star went to visit her brother, who is currently fulfilling his mandatory military service.

Though the quality of the photos are a bit shaky and unclear, the siblings are seen checking out his living quarters as well as roaming around the camp. What caught the netizens’ attention in particular was the poster sign that read, “We welcome the kind Goo Hara-nim’s visit to the camp.”

Netizens commented, “Goo Hara’s older brother must have a comfortable army life” and “The photographer’s heart is hidden within the shaky pictures.”