My Kp♥p W♥rld: 07/14/11

Thursday, July 14, 2011

What’s the secret to making a hit track these days?

What do all high-ranking songs have in common these days?

According to a recent episode of MBC’s ‘This Morning‘, short opening instrumentals provide a quick entry to the song; this principle has been dubbed as the “30 second rule”. Examples include 2PM’s “Hands Up“, f(x)’s “Hot Summer“, SECRET’s ”Starlight Moonlight,” and CSJH’s Dana and Sunday’s “One More Chance“.

The CSJH duo shared, “We wanted the focus to be on the lyrics, so there is a very short introduction to our song.”

A music critic explained, “Since internet previews only let you hear the first thirty seconds, the opening instrumentals in these new songs are getting shorter and shorter.”

Of course, jumping right into the lyrics doesn’t guarantee a hit track, but it’s interesting to note how technology is affecting how songs are being structured.

T-ara releases their choreography video for “Roly-Poly”

Fans the world over have been asking T-ara for a “Roly-Poly” choreography video, and that request has finally been granted today!

Core Contents Media announced, “After ‘Roly-Poly’ came out, many fans from all over the world showed interest in the choreography. This video was made so that fans could learn exactly how to do the dance.”

Choreographer Seo Byung Goo himself is in the video and teaches all the steps with full detail.

The video is not a how-to video per se; rather, it documents the girls learning the dance themselves, so it’s both entertaining and informative.

Check it out below!

110714 T-ara wins #1 on M! Countdown + other performances

Having been pre-empted last week for the 2011 Mnet 20’s Choice Awards, Mnet’s “M! Countdown” is back with another episode of great performances and musical treats.

Besides the usual stages on the show today, MBLAQ, CSJH, HyunA, Girl’s Day, and ZE:A all made their respective comebacks. Elsewhere, Jang Woo Hyuk and Kim Hyun Joong begun follow-up promotions while HITT and Japanese girl group, Domino made their debuts.

With regular MCs Tony An and Shin So Yul away on vacation, T-ara’s Eunjung and Soyeon were recruited to be special MCs for today.

It was a hot battle between HyunA, T-ara and 2PM for the #1 spot on “M! Countdown” today, but in the end, it was T-ara who got the win! Congratulations, ladies!

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Homme and miss A’s comebacks were teased for next week.

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Other performers included J, 8eight, Mighty Mouth, Navi, and Sunny Hill.

HyunA makes her “Bubble Pop!” comeback on ‘M! Countdown’

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 ‘M! Countdown‘ comeback which also included “Attention” for her intro and left fans screaming for more.

Check out her performance below. (“Bubble bubble bubble POP!!“)

Krystal is Highly Praised for Her Skating Skills

On July 12, there was a recording session of SBS Kim Yuna's Kiss & Cry in SBS Ilsan Production centre for the third competition. During the recording, Krystal's exceptional acting skills has garnered a lot of attention.

For the second competition, the couple managed to do the challenging lift successfully, making people curious about Krystal's performance in the third one. The crew commented, "This 'Kiss & Cry' round has a high difficulty level." For that day, Krystal took up a circus-themed routine and challenged herself with more lifts for the third round.

Watching Krystal doing the creative and difficult lifts one by one, the judges and audience could only stare in awe and wear the I-can't-believe-this expression. Judge Go SungHee commented, "Knowing that you are able to absorb all this knowledge and that you have the skills just surprises all of us." Also, Kim YunA said, "I am only going to believe you if you say that you are an Ice Dancer."

On this day, f(x) came to the recording set to support their fellow member Krystal.

After performing, Krystal said while smiling, "I think this has been my best in acting so far. When I am performing, the audience seemed to encourage me and I gained strength from that. Also, with the f(x) members watching, I wanted to do better."

Krystal's acting will be shown on the 17th.

Soyeon goes over the script seriously : "I'm an emcee today!"

The girl group T-ara is preparing a disco party.

On the 14th at 2:30 p.m. members of T-ara are at the beauty salon before their performance “Roly Poly” on M. net’s M Count Down.

T-ara’s Soyeon features as a special emcee of the show, and she runs over the script in a serious look.

The song “Roly Poly” means just the way it sounds like: bounce back up when things are difficult. Never give up.

Recently, T-ara has successfully closed the first show case which announced its debut in Japan. The group will release Japanese version of “Bo Peep Bo Peep” on September 5.