Girl group f(x) have officially wrapped up their promotions for their first official album!
The girls made their comeback to the stage after a year and eight months of being away, and swept the charts with not only their title track, “Pinocchio“, but their repackaged album, “Hot Summer“, as well. Amber sat down for a brief interview with Sports Chosun and graded the girls’ comeback.
Amber said, “Before we began promoting for this album, I was honestly really worried. I was on hiatus for longer than I thought because of my leg injury, and I was afraid about whether I’d be able to do well. I really didn’t want to disappoint everyone who waited and anticipated for me.”
She continued, “When we began with ‘Pinocchio’, I didn’t have any confidence. I felt intimidated and nervous. Because of that, I don’t think I was able to show everything I had prepared. If I were to rate our ‘Pinocchio’ promotions, I’d give it 75 points out of 100. But we still received so much love, and ranked first for the first time. We had never even imagined that we’d be able to win, so I was both touched and thankful, and earned confidence through it.”
Amber concluded, “I was able to stand on stage with confidence for ‘Hot Summer’. There were moments where we felt physically tired, but standing on stage was so exciting. Thanks to the support our fans have given us, I was able to find strength. That’s why I’d rate our promotions 90 points out of 100.”
It’s been less than a week since 4minute’s HyunA dropped her solo music video for “Bubble Pop!“, but it’s already accumulated an astounding 5.5 million views on YouTube!
The video boasted every look and image concept imaginable for an idol – sporty, sultry, sexy, and cute, whatever your personal taste, HyunA rocked it all for “Bubble Pop!”. The results were explosive, as viewers from around the globe chattered about how they couldn’t get enough of HyunA’s new video.
The video hasn’t only been explosive within the K-Pop fandom though, as American pop blogs havealso been raving about it, adding onto its viral popularity. HyunA’s definitely bringing more awareness to K-Pop on a global level, and this MV definitely highlights all the things we love about K-pop.
Which look did you like best from HyunA’s “Bubble Pop!” MV? Toss us your thoughts below!
4,600,000,000 won (~$4,350,000) – That’s how much girl group T-ara will be paid through their exclusive contract with a Japanese agency.
The news that T-ara would be receiving such a large payment has surprised even Japanese management agencies that recruit Korean singers. This extravagant value means that T-ara is considered to carry a high level of impact on the markets.
Even amist the hardships in Japan, it looks like Hallyu carries on.
Earlier, we reported that the city of Pyeongchang snagged the 2018 Winter Olympics bid from France’s Annecy and Germany’s Munich. To celebrate the joyous moment, many of Korea’s top idols congregated for a massive concert on July 9th that set the pace for the upcoming festivities ahead.
T-ara, SECRET, Brave Girls, 4minute’s HyunA, Jang Woo Hyuk, CSJH’s Dana & Sunday, andSISTAR/SISTAR19 all gave enthusiastic performances that had fans screaming from start to finish.
Check out their performances below!
< SECRET – Starlight Moonlight >
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< T-ara – Roly-Poly >
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< HyunA – Bubble Pop! >
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< Jang Woo Hyuk – Weekend Night >
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< Brave Girls – Do You Know >
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< CSJH’s Dana & Sunday – One More Chance >
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< SISTAR – How Dare You >
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< SISTAR19 – Ma Boy >
‘Inkigayo’ has prepared another special stage involving SHINee and f(x) this week!
After a slew of special stages over the past two weeks, Inkigayo has arranged for another one, this time with SHINee’s Key, Minho and Taemin who was joined by the f(x) members for a performance of SHINee’s “Hello” to mark Pyeonchang being the host city for the 2018 Winter Olympic Games.
Check out their charismatic explosion on stage below!
4minute’s HyunA had everyone talking when she dropped her super hot MV for “Bubble Pop!”
The sexy star whipped out a flirtatious performance for her ‘Inkigayo‘ comeback which also included “Attention” for her intro and left fans screaming for more.
Check out her performance below. (“Bubble bubble bubble POP!!“)
Girl group T-ara shared a heart-warming team picture from the ‘Inkigayo‘ waiting room!
On July 10th, Hyomin tweeted, “We look like idiots. Let’s not get nervous. Fighting to our meeting. Let’s drink and then start. Let’s have our regular get-together after our stage.”
The members are seen in the waiting room with cheerful expressions. Netizens chuckled over the photos, particularly since T-ara’s feel-good gathering and their retro outfits fit so perfectly together.
They said, “This is a picture release of T-ara’s waiting room” and “I want to be included too.”
f(x)’s Amber has set out to support her senior labelmate’s comeback!
On July 9th, Amber shared a photo of herself with CSJH’s Dana, where they acted out a point from the “One More Chance” choreography.
Through her Me2day, Amber wrote, “Everyone, shall I take out my rib bone too? The CSJH unnis have made their comeback! Look at me~ me~ You will look, right?”
The ‘rib bone’ was made in reference to a line from the song, where CSJH says, “Take out the rib bone of Adam.”
Fans commented, “But don’t take out your rib bone”, “Totally addictive song”, and “It’s been a while since we last saw you two together!”
