f(x) releases comeback MV teaser for “Pinocchio”

After releasing a series of teaser photos earlier this month, f(x) has finally unveiled their music videoteaser for their official “Pinocchio” comeback!

“Pinocchio” has an electronic pop track with a powerful beat and unique guitar sound that harmonizes well with the voices of each of the members. Lyrics detail the story of innocent, young love through the eyes of Pinocchio. Coinciding with the fairy tale theme is a MV that looks as if it’s straight out of a fantasy comic.

The girls will be releasing their title track online on April 18th, followed by the full album’s release on the 20th. f(x)’s first comeback performance will be held through KBS’s “Music Bank” on the 22nd.

T-ara’s Eunjung is hesitant of skinship with Lee Jang Woo

T-ara’s Eunjung and actor Lee Jang Woo kicked off their marriage to a positive start last week onMBC’s “We Got Married“. Since Lee Jang Woo is known for being playful, viewers wondered if he’d be able to break through Eunjung’s chic image and further initiate skinship.

In a recent interview with Newsen, Eunjung shyly stated, “Our hands once touched for about three seconds and it felt so unnatural, I remember asking him to let go. I’m actually cool with skinship and would even ask if I could hold hands, but I feel that it’s too early for now.”

When told that the Khuntoria couple had a back hug and that the Adam couple even kissed, Eunjung was asked whether she felt confident enough to pull off skinship of that level. Visibly shocked, she shouted out, “No!! Did they really kiss on the lips?”

She continued, “We did do a few skinships not worth mentioning. I once even started counting. I never intended to reject his skinship but I’m still so shy and everything feels like it’s moving too fast. Lee Jang Woo plays a lot of jokes. We can’t kiss like the Jo Kwon and Ga-In couple, but we will work our way out slowly and naturally.”

After seeing the disappointed looks on the reporters, Eunjung retorted with a playful cry, “How can I just go about initiating skinship as if it’s nothing!”

Why did Nichkhun tear up in front of Victoria?

Why did 2PM’s Nichkhun show tears in front of his wife, f(x)’s Victoria?

The upcoming episode of MBC’s “We Got Married – Season 3“, shows the second part of Nichkhun’s and Victoria’s mission as “one-day journalists”, assigned to introduce the taste of Koreafor a “worldwide tourism brochure”.

After covering a restaurant that specializes in samgyetang (Ginseng Chicken Soup), Nichkhun and Victoria went to the bossam (cabbage wraps with pork) shop that Nichkhun went to when he first came to Korea. With the help of 2PM’s Chansung, Nichkhun was able to cover the story as well as any professional journalist.

However, while he was covering the story with Victoria, an unexpected incident took place. Nichkhun, who was conducting an in-depth coverage of the restaurant, had a sudden rush of emotion, and even showed some tears.

Surprised at seeing Nichkhun’s sudden emotion, Victoria became silent. After the recording, she revealed her true feelings about her husband’s tears.

For more details, be sure to tune into “We Got Married” on April 16th (or check back with allkpop for updates!).

T-ara’s Soyeon talks about performing in short dresses for an outdoor winter program

Back in December, we reported about an outdoor performance T-ara held at the Gyungbok Palace for a special music program. Fans worldwide expressed outrage over how ill-dressed the girls were for the -15.1°C weather, the coldest day Seoul experienced in almost 30 years.

At the time, T-ara wore short sleeved dresses made out of mesh material. Soyeon revealed in an interview, “After the performance, we all cried really hard. It was unimaginably cold and everyone sobbed out loud. We also complained a lot to our manager. It was so cold that my body felt like it received burns.”

“There was a communication issue at the time so [our outfits] were not checked over. We were sorry that our stylists received some harsh words from fans who were worried about us. But after it passed, it was sort of funny.”

T-ara’s Soyeon discusses her high school career & her affections for KARA’s Gyuri

In her latest interview with Newsen, T-ara’s Soyeon shared a bit about her pre-debut life, and expressed her affections for KARA’s Gyuri.

Commenting on her school life, she revealed:

“I had talent ever since I was little, but didn’t begin my training until I turned 16. By conversing frequently with other friends who had the same dreams as me, we were able to connect. It’s true that I did stick out a bit as a student.

I wasn’t obsessed with my grades and led a relatively normal school life. I think it’s because I was sure of my dream that I focused on that entirely, and it was easy to make friends with people who had similar dreams since I went to an arts high school.

One of my closest friends is MBLAQ’s Seungho. We’re still close, and thanks to Seungho, I’ve gotten to know the other members of MBLAQ as well.”

Turning to the topic of KARA’s Gyuri, who’s actually her high school junior by a year, she said:

“I actually have something I’m very thankful towards her for. Our high school was strict with the juniors honoring the seniors. Gyuri was calm, though, and wasn’t a student that stuck out, and I wasn’t the type of senior that would berate her juniors either. We never had the chance to bump into each other at school; I just knew that she was my junior.

KARA then debuted, and I later debuted through T-ara. We were at the broadcast hall and Gyuri approached me first and greeted me, saying, ‘Senior, hello.’ I greeted her back using honorifics and she told me not to. I thought she was really nice then, and she’s still one of my favorite juniors up until now.”

On keeping contact with her friends, she replied:

“Right after our debut, we were all too busy to keep in contact and didn’t have cell phones for three months. Even after we got them back, we became so busy that cell phones became meaningless.

It took about a year for us to get back into contact, but they were all very understanding. I think it’s because our dreams are all the same and they’re in the same profession that they can be so understanding.”

f(x) Victoria’s most confident facial expression is her blank stare

On April 14th, the reporters of SBS’s “One Night in TV Entertainment” visited the set of Victoriaand Sulli’s CF shoot for “Smoothie King“.

When asked by reporter Kim Byung Ryong to make a facial expression that they were most confident in, Sulli gave a bright, sweet smile befitting of her age. Hilariously, Victoria just stared blankly at the camera before explaining with a laugh, “I’m most confident in my blank face.”

Discussing their upcoming “Pinocchio” return, Sulli stated, “I want to stand on stage soon. We’ll be seeing you in a bit!”. Victoria added, “Please wait for our new album!”

Check out their cuts below!