f(x) releases first full album, “Pinocchio”

Having released their title song, “Pinocchio (Danger)” earlier this week, f(x) has finally released the rest of their tracks from their first ever studio album!

Aside from their title track, fans will get to hear “(Round) Sweet Witches“, “Dangerous“, “Beautiful Goodbye“, “Gangsta Boy“, “Child (Love)“, “Stand Up“, “My Style” and “So into U“. The final 10th track, “Lollipop“, is noted for featuring fellow labelmates, SHINee.

Check them out below and stay tuned for their “Music Bank” comeback on April 22nd!

01. “Pinocchio (Danger)”

02. “Round (Sweet Witches)”

03. “Dangerous”

04. “Beautiful Goodbye”

05. “Gangsta Boy”

06. “Child (Love)”

07. “Stand Up!”

08. “MY STYLE”

09. “So into U”

10. “Lollipop (feat. SHINee)”

f(x)’s Victoria shows off her kissable lips for “Estee Lauder”

After revealing a first glimpse into her photoshoot with “Estee Lauder” yesterday, f(x)’s Victoriafollowed up with another picture from her “Pure Color Lipstick” endorsement.

Victoria was asked to show off her lovely kissable lips, which were enhanced with a touch of the brand’s bestselling product to give her a romanic shimmer that’s fit for the spring season.

Alex Cho, Estee Lauder’s global make-up artist, commented, “Victoria’s bright and lovely image is able to express a variety of different sensual and mature charms. She’s a celebrity with one of the most beautiful lips as well.”

Netizens commented, “Nichkhun must be happy~”, “She’s pretty no matter what she does”, and “Like a spring lady, her make-up is very fresh looking.”

A battle between ‘sister’ girl groups 4minute and A-PINK has unfolded.

A battle between ‘sister’ girl groups 4minute and A-PINK has unfolded.

4minute has come back after an entire year with ‘Mirror Mirror’ while their dongsaeng group A-PINK has created a storm in the music industry and are waiting to debut.

The fun part of this is that A-PINK and 4minute have such contrasting and unique styles. As one of Korea’s top performing girl groups, they are boasting a powerful and charismatic color.

On the other hand, A-PINK is a girl group that has an innocent concept that has been hard to find in the Korean industry for a while. There seems to be much amusement in comparing the different feelings of power and innocence.

The different styles of the two groups have been grabbing much attention. A-PINK’s company, A-CUBE, is a branch of Cube Entertainment. The A-PINK members have spent part of their practice days as Cube trainees and have transferred over to A-CUBE after it opened for debut preparations.

A-PINK’s album was taken care of by Cube Entertainment’s president and 4minute’s producer, Hong Seungsong. A-CUBE’s president, Choi Jinho, helped Hong Seungsong launch 4minute. Representatives from both companies have remarked their relationship is like that of a family.

Representative from both Cube Entertainment and A-CUBE have said, “Being that the gap between their album releases are different and the personalities of both teams, it’s hard not to see them as competitors. 4minute is doing well and A-PINK is receiving lots of interest as well. It looks to us that both teams will do well, no?”

f(x)'s 1st album "Pinocchio" released!

Check out all the tracks from f(x)'s first full length album here!

Powerful 4Minute VS. Innocent APink - A battle between sister groups: "We'll not lose!"

A showdown between sister groups, 4Minute and APink, will now unfold as both groups will start promoting their respective albums.

4Minute has finally made their successful comeback through their title track, "Mirror Mirror," after a long-year hiatus in the music industry, while their dongsaeng group, APink, consisting of 7 members, is already starting their steps towards success as they wait for the official day of their debut performances.

What makes people more interested about the possible showdown of these groups are their contradicting concepts, unique style and distinct image. As one of Korea's top-performing girl groups, 4Minute represents thepowerful, fierce and charismatic image of women. On the other hand, APink claims an innocent and pure imagethat has been hard to find in Korea's music industry for quite some time.

People find it amusing that these contrasting groups would finally make their "face-off," showing off their power and innocence to their audience.

APink is under A CUBE Entertainment, a branch of 4Minute's agency, CUBE Entertainment. APink's members had their trainee days under CUBE Entertainment and finally transferred to A CUBE right after their debut preparations has been announced. CUBE Entertainment's President and 4Minute's Producer, Hong Seongsung, took responsibility over APink's debut album while A CUBE's President, Choi Jinho, helped Hong Seonsung in launching 4Minute. Officials from both agencies said, "Both groups have a family-like relationship."

When asked about the anticipated battle between the groups, representatives from CUBE and A CUBE Entertainment answered, "The gap between their debut as well as their image or concept is very different so it's pretty hard for us to see them as real competitors. Nevertheless, 4Minute is doing very well with their recently released album, APink has been garnering a lot of interests too from the public. Both groups prepared so much for their releases and seeing both groups doing well is a real good sight for us."

Still-cuts from Victoria & Sulli’s “Smoothie King” CF

Still-cuts from the set of Victoria and Sulli’s latest “Smoothie King” ad have been earning much love from netizens for the f(x) members’ ‘cute goddess’ charms.

The pictures show the girls wearing sweet and light attire that’s perfect for the spring season. Netizens commented, “Such cute goddess-like beauties”, and “Proof of their beauty!”

Meanwhile, f(x) is currently preparing for the April 20th release of their first official album, “Pinocchio“.

KARA’s Nicole is the team manager of FC Men

Is KARA’s Nicole a member of the celebrity men’s soccer team, FC Men?

Recently, a picture of FC Men’s member directory was revealed, which features top idol stars JYJ(Junsu, Yoochun, Jaejoong), Kim Hyun Joong, Doojoon, Kikwang and many others. The most surprising name on the list was seeing Nicole’s as the ‘team manager’.

Netizens expressed their awe over the reach of Nicole’s celebrity friendships, as they commented, “I’m scared to know the extent of how many people she knows”, “I knew she was close with Jaejoong… how cool”, “So Nicole is our team manager, I want to see her in action”, and “Looks like she’s everywhere! It’s nice that she’s doing good.”

f(x) celebrates their #1 ranking on real-time music charts

After learning that their first official album, “Pinocchio“, earned top ranks on the real-time charts, f(x)’sVictoria uploaded a celebratory photo of herself and the girls.

Through f(x)’s official me2day, Victoria wrote, “Hello everyone~ Today’s the day we digitally released our official album’s title track!!! In celebration of placing #1, we took a picture together ^^ Please continue listening to ‘Pinocchio’ and show your love!”

While everyone else is posing with their index fingers to represent their ranking, Krystal can be seen posing with a Pinocchio nose. Victoria added, “Our maknae Soojung is Pinocchio~”

The girls will be releasing their full album on April 20th, which will be followed by their comeback stage on KBS’s “Music Bank” on the 22nd.