HyunA abruptly concludes “Bubble Pop” promotions

It’s been announced that promotions for “Bubble Pop“, the hit summer track from 4minute’s HyunA, have been concluded prematurely.

According to a notice issued on August 4th by the Korea Broadcasting and Communications Review Committee (KCC), HyunA’s choreography and outfits for “Bubble Pop” were deemed to be ‘too sexually suggestive’, both in its music video and stage performances.

In response after some discussions, Cube Entertainment has decided to conclude HyunA’s performances, who was supposed to participate in this week’s recordings for KBS 2TV’s ‘Music Bank‘, MBC’s ‘Show! Music Core‘, and SBS’s ‘Inkigayo‘.

A representative from Cube Entertainment stated, “The KCC called the music show PDs to discuss whether it was possible to change HyunA’s choreography. However, it was too short of a notice. Also, considering how the dance itself is a major element of her performance, there would have been no point to altering it.”

HyunA’s music video for “Bubble Pop” has also come under fire. Although it’s become a sensation overseas, garnering over 10 million views on YouTube alone, the KCC has stated that the music video should no longer air, citing that it was too suggestive and stimulating for public broadcast.

Consequently, HyunA will now move onto her follow-up promotions for “Just Follow“.

Stay tuned to allkpop for updates on this story.

‘Gisaeng Ryung’ shares a clip of Hyomin’s shower scene

‘Gisaeng Ryung‘, the first horror film this summer to be slammed with a 19+ rating, has released a clip of one of its shower scenes featuring T-ara’s Hyomin.

Horror films are notorious for spooky shower scenes, and this movie definitely brought its own twist to the cliche. Hyomin’s character enters a state of shock once she witnesses a gruesome murder scene, and the shower scene picks up from when she awakes.

After heading in for a shower, she comes out only to realize that the floor is starting to heat up. Cautiously, she grabs for the door knob but gets burned because of the heat emitting from the door. Blood then begins to seep in through the cracks before the scene fades and cuts.

In an interview regarding her shower scene, Hyomin revealed, “The shower scene was the climax of my character, so I went through lengthy discussions with the director to better perfect it. The director wanted to maintain the aura of mystery that idols have and asked to tone down the scene so I had no choice but to make it light and clean. If we had known that the movie would be slammed with a higher rating, I think I would’ve went for a more dramatic shot.”

The movie hits theaters on August 4th.

KARA’s Goo Hara for ‘1st Look’

A new magazine is in town with KARA’s Hara gracing its cover.

‘1st Look‘ magazine, which published its first ever issue on July 21st, recently featured Hara in a variety of concepts that they felt only her charms could pull off. A range of looks were presented, from a cute girl to a rebellious tomboy, and even a chic yet sexy older woman.

Hara’s been broadening her career lately, as she recently branched out into acting with SBS’s ‘City Hunter‘. The work has been paying off, and she’s now quickly rising as one of the ‘trends’ of the industry.

A staff revealed, “Goo Hara recently made a successful acting debut, which was reflected in her photoshoot in the form of confidence. Every time we pressed the shutter, we were surprised with her poses. Each picture has a different charm, which made it difficult to pick just one to use on the cover.”

Hara’s cuts can be found in the August 4th edition of ‘1st Look’. The Hello Kitty necklace she’s wearing in the photos is also available for purchase exclusively through their official website.

4minute's Jihyun and HyunA reveal fresh face selcas

4minute’s Jihyun and HyunA revealed very innocent looking no-makeup face selca photos.

On the 2nd, Jihyun tweeted the photo above and wrote, “We’re in Thailand. Kim HyunA, who is in the same room as me, is asking me to tell you guys that she wanted to update her Twitter but forgot her password~ Automatic login is good but…”

In the photo, HyunA is seen wearing a sleeveless shirt and Jihyun is sporting a shirt with a cool pattern on it. The girls both noticeably have no makeup on, but still manage to look beautiful.

Jihyun also tweeted a solo shot of herself and wrote, “Without having slept at all, I took this photo in the morning while spacing out. This is a bonus shot. This is pretty good for spacing out, right?”

Jihyun revealed her fresh face and flawless skin.

Netizens wrote, “Your faces are cute”, “Really pretty”, “Jihyun, you look tired but pretty”.

KPOP 1st Outside Concert "Love1 Festival"

On the 30th of last month was the 'Love1 Festival' held at Chibi where various idol groups such as Kara, 4minute, Kim Hyunjoong, MBLAQ, F.T Island, The BOSS and more performed. Even in the raining weather, the event gained a lot of interest as 20,000 K-POP fans attended.


The BOSS said, "We won't lose even in the rain if we are with our fans" and put up a passionate stage as they performed their Japanese debut song 'Love Power' and the 2nd Single 'Love Bingo'.

T-ara's "Roly Poly" makes 300M KRW in daily sales

'RolyPoly' has made 300,000,000 KRW in daily sales.

Girl group T-ara has made 300,000,000 KRW (about $300,000 US) in daily sales. It is not typical for a recording artist to achieve making this much in daily sales. This then shows the public that T-ara has become very popular.

"On August 1st, daily sales went up to 300,000,000 won," said T-ara's agency, Core Contents Media, "which makes it the highest daily revenue among the songs released in this year".

They continued, "Over the past year, T-ara has made over 10,000,000,000 (about $9.5 million USD) in just Korea. This is something that even Japanese girl groups struggle to reach."

'Roly-Poly' on its own has already sold 250,000,000 KRW overall. Moreover, 300,000,000 KRW in daily sales has set a phenomenal record. This has only been achieved from hit albums in the past.

Because of this, recording artists have a new record to target in daily sales. T-ara's 'Roly-Poly' earning this much in daily sales show that their song have indeed received a lot of love nationwide.

T-ara have also made over 4,000,000,000 KRW ($3.8 million USD) in various CFs and advertisements this year alone.

Meanwhile, T-ara's 'Roly-Poly in Copacabana' music video was released on August 3rd and topped GomTV's music video chart 40 minutes after its release. T-ara will start promoting this track on August 5th on KBS2TV's Music Bank.

Covers and tracklist information for "Heart To Heart" (Japanese Version)

4minute's upcoming fifth Japanese single will be released this September 7th! Although it had been postponed from this month, the cover art and tracklisting for the three versions of the new single have been released by Far Eastern Tribe Records. The tracklists for each go as the following:

Version A:

HEART TO HEART (Japanese Version)
YOU KNOW (Korean Version)
Badly (Korean Verson)
HEART TO HEART (Instrumental)

- DVD TRACKLIST:
HEART TO HEART (JAPANESE VERSION) MUSIC VIDEO
HEART TO HEART (JAPANESE VERSION) MAKING VIDEO

Version B:

HEART TO HEART (Japanese Version)
HEART TO HEART (Korean Version)
Mirror Mirror (Korean Verson)
HEART TO HEART (Instrumental)

- DVD TRACKLIST:
Mirror Mirror MV
HEART TO HEART OFFSHOT MUSIC VIDEO in U.S.A

Version C:

HEART TO HEART (Japanese Version)
SWEET SUGA HONEY! (Korean Version)
First (Korean Verson)
HEART TO HEART (Instrumental)

Thanks to wintersun for bigger versions of these covers: Version A, Version B, Version C. Don't forget to pre-order the singles and DVD via the links above!

T-ara's music video of 'Roly Poly in Copacabana' ranks 1st

Girl group T-ara’s music video of ‘Roly-Poly in Copacabana’ became popular and ranked 1st on the music video chart.

On the 3rd, according to T-ara’s agent, the video ranked 1st on GomTV’s music video chart in only 40 minutes after it was revealed.

Also the song ‘Roly-Poly in Copacabana’ was released on the 2nd, at 5 p.m. and ranked 1st on GomTV’s music chart. The song was named after disco club ‘Copacabana’ which was famous in 80s.

The music video hit by over 5 thousand people in 40 minutes and is recording 9.3 score average.

In the video, you can see high school girls preparing for their school festival in 70s~80s.

Meanwhile, T-ara will be active with ‘Roly-Poly in Copacabana starting on KBS’s Music Bank on the 5th.

July : Final Week

For the last week of July's chart, as expected, miss A rises to the top spot with their current hit-song "Good-bye Baby" edging out a fierce contender, 2NE1's "Hate You". Former chart-topper for three consecutive weeks, T-ara, fell two spots to number three with "Roly-Poly". Congratulation to miss A for the win! Check out the complete result below.

Biggest Jump: Infinite
Biggest Drop: f(x), Girl's Day & SECRET
Dark Horse: 2NE1

For this week's OST chart, Baek Jiyoung's "Still Love You Today" remains at the top spot for the second consecutive week. The song is an original soundtrack for the "The Princess's Man". Check out the complete result below.