KARA’s “Mister” selected as the #1 most sung song at karaoke in Japan

Girl group KARA who is at the forefront of the Hallyu Wave has also seized the karaoke charts.

On April 9th, KARA guest-featured on Fuji TV‘s hit variety program ‘Hey Hey Hey‘ and was acknowledged as the top artist when it came to karaoke.

The production crew revealed that KARA’s “Mister” was the #1 most sung song at Japanese karaoke cafés since 1990.

KARA who has started the ‘hip dance’ craze in both Korea and Japan triumphed mega popular Japanese group AKB48 for the top karaoke spot.

Ahead of this, large karaoke system company Daiichi Kosho also selected KARA’s “Mister” as the most requested song at karaoke last year.

This is meaningful to the girls, as it proves that their easy to sing melodies were most-preferred by the ordinary citizens of Japan.

In related news, KARA will be embarking on large-scale Asia Tour this May, covering China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Thailand, and more.

Check out their performance of “Speed Up” and interview from Hey Hey Hey below!

KARA releases CF videos for their latest endorsement with ‘Soy KARA’

On April 10th, KARA was selected as the new endorsement models for Oscar‘s snack brand, ‘Soy KARA‘, in Japan.

Japanese media outlets attended the endorsement conference for ‘Soy KARA’ on the 11th, where the girls introduced the snack to be a low 123 calorie snack with beans as its main ingredient.

KARA will be releasing two CF versions of the product titled ‘stuck to the waist’ and ‘chubby KARA’. The first will feature the girls wearing gold outfits and dancing to show off their slim waists, while the latter features Nicole having gained weight due to excessive consumption of competing products.

On her ‘chubby transformation’, Nicole commented, “It took over two hours to make that transformation. I was scared at first but I had a lot of fun since it was my first time.” Hara added, “I also had fun seeing a new side of Nicole.”

CFs will start airing all over Japan on the 14th with ‘SPEED UP‘, the title track of the girls’ sixth Japanese single’, as the CM song.

Check out the CFs below!

恩静 & 孝敏，购物车游戏三昧境“把机场当做市场？”

2PM和2AM同时到达日本 羽田机场汇集粉丝1500人

T-ara shares their thoughts regarding line up change

Since the surprise announcement of Core Contents Media CEO Kim Kwangsoo confirming that T-ara will be adding two new members, the girls haven’t discussed their own thoughts regarding the issue.

On April 10th, during T-ara’s departure to Europe in support of the production for new girl group, the members held a surprise briefing at Incheon International Airport.

The members shared their thoughts about the member addition saying, “We were at first, very surprised to hear the sudden line up changes.”

Leader Soyeon added, “The members think that if it is in the direction of helping T-ara, it should be a good direction to go.” 

Eunjung also said, “If it’s an opportunity to help show an improved and more mature side of us, we will accept it and work harder to show a better side of us.” 

Meanwhile, T-ara will travel through Milan, Venice, Austria and Switzeland for eight nights and nine days. Hyomin and Eunjung, along with director Cha Eun Taek, fashion photographer Jo Se Hyun, and 20 other staff members, will shoot the music video and pictorial for the new girl group.

2PM and 2AM to produce documentary film in Japan

2PM and 2AM will be releasing a documentary film titled ‘Beyond the ONEDAY~STORY of 2PM&2AM~’ in Japan.

‘Beyond the ONEDAY~STORY of 2PM&2AM~’ is the movie that is originally based on the program called ‘Yul Hyul Nam A’ and contains the story of the brother group 2PM and 2AM. The movie includes the behind-the-scene of JYP NATION in Japan 2011 where it was the first stage to perform all together in member of 10.

On April 10th, 2PM and 2AM has left for Japan for the movie shooting. Fans gathered at the airport were approximately 1,500 people including the press, to welcome and greet both groups.

The movie is expected to be released on June 30th at all locations within Japan including TOHO Cinema, Roppongi Hills.

Unrevealed kiss scene of IU & Wooyoung from 'Dream High'

The unrevealed kiss scene of singer IU and 2PM’s Wooyoung has been unveiled to public.

A couple of pictures were posted on an online community board with the title “Wooyoung and IU kiss scene NG cuts” and have been gaining a lot of attention from netizens. The pictures show the ‘Milky Couple’ and their behind-the-scene cuts from KBS’s ‘Dream High 1’, aired back in 2011.

During the beginning of the drama, IU had a crush on Wooyoung. Later they bloomed into lovely couple, which gained a lot of attention from fans. In the pictures, the Milky Couple shows some lovey dovey dazes at each other. In particular, IU drew the eyes with her awkward and shy expression while hugging Wooyoung.

Upon seeing the pictures, netizens commented, “Both of them are very cute”, “They look well together. Milky couple is the best!” “So sweet!” “The photos make my heart pound” and more.

Real 2PM fan meeting video!

Check out the latest Real 2PM episode.

The video here shows some exclusive cuts of 2PM's fanmeeting!

Nicole is a big fat girl for Soy Carat!

Check out KARA's new CF for Soy Carat!

The girls dance to their latest hit song Speed Up in the CF,Nicole is such a fat girl here,she managed to cut down her weight after eating the Soy Carat snacks,without further ado,check out KARA's new CF here!

Nicknames SHINee would like to be called

On an interview with the SHINee members on Show Champion, there was a question asking about if they could change nicknames, what would they want to be called.

Key wants to be called Boss KIM.
Minho wants to be called Enthusiasm Choi.
Jonghyun wants to be called The Last Kim.
Onew wants to be called Valiant Lee.
Taemin wants to be called Monkey King (Because he likes it best when he was young!)


Check out the video below:



So what do you think of their nicknames?

T-ara's Interview before leaving to Europe!

Check out the interview of T-ara before leaving to Europe. They talked about the changes in their group members and their Europe trip.

SHInee confesses about Makeup

HINee recently brought up the topic about their makeup on the cable channel KBS Joy’s TV show, “Lee So Ra’s Second Proposal.” On that day’s show, Jonghyun said, “Even with a busy schedule, in order to take care of my skin, it is important to wash my face cleanly. For this album’s promotion, it was my first time wearing smokey makeup. Yet, when I removed it and looked in the mirror, it was embarrassing.” He brought much laughter to the audience

Key added on to the laughter by stating, “When we first debuted, I didn’t wear eyeliner that much. However, after wearing eyeliner, I realized that I have wide-set eyes. After removing my makeup, I look very plain.”

On the show SHINee appeared with a intensity and perfect vocals, which brought much excitement to the audience. When they performed, “Stranger,” in a band style arrangement, it brought a new feel to the song.

“Lee So Ra’s Second Proposal,” which will reveal SHINee’s captivating stage and talk, will be broadcast on April 10.

T-ara refuses 2 Billion Won offer from Japanese publisher

Girl group T-ara recently revealed that they have refused to take the offer from a famous Japanese publishing company.

On April 10th, T-ara held a surprise press conference at Incheon International Airport ahead of their trip to Europe and revealed more details regarding the offer.

T-ara was offered a maximum amount of money of 150 million Yen (2 billion Won) to release a photobook, a calendar as well as a two hour DVD from a Japanese publisher. The group replied, “We were surprised at the large amount of money. We are very thankful for their attention.”

“However, we decided to give up taking the offer because we want to show a natural and comfortable side of us rather than taking a pictorial to make profit. We are going on a trip to show beautiful views and happy smiles to our fans. We will participate editing and producing the pictorial.”

For eight nights and nine days, T-ara will travel through Milan, Venice, Austria and Switzerland. Along with director Cha Eun Taek, fashion photographer Jo Se Hyun, and 20 other staff members, they will film a documentary of the girls’ trip, as well as the music video and photoshoot for the new girl group.

Eunhyuk and Donghae's "Oppa Oppa" hits #2 on Oricon Weekly Chart

Super Junior members Eunhyuk and Donghae continue to take over Japan with duet song “Oppa Oppa”. After debuting #2 on Oricon Daily Chart last week, the duo’s Japanese single hasn’t died down and grabbed second place on Oricon Weekly Chart as well.

On April 10th, the new chart rankings showed that the Japanese version of “Oppa Oppa” had achieved second place for the week, just behind rock band B’z. In addition, the song also sat atop Tower Record’s Singles Chart last week.

With their record set on Oricon’s Weekly Chart, the firm said it is unusual for foreign artists, who released an album as a unit, to sit on the album and singles charts simultaneously.

Meanwhile, Donghae and Eunhyuk will be holding a fan meeting, titled “Premium Mini Live Event” on April 11 at Tokyo’s Shibuya AX Hall to commemorate the successful release.

Lee Min Ho's commercial shuts down server

Actor Lee Min Ho once again proved his unparalled popularity in China, causing a website’s servers to crashed down.

Lee Min Ho currently has an endorsement deal with the cosmetic brand, innisfree as its international model. Ahead of the launch of its brand in China at the end of April, a short, user-interactive movie “First Love” was released as a part of innisfree’s digital marketing strategy. 

With so many fans trying to connect to the site, the servers were brought down several times, proving Lee Min Ho’s popularity is too much for the website to handle.

A member of innisfree said, “Though we increased our server capacity, it seems at the same time there were many fans who accessed the site multiple times leading to the crash.”

The 4 minute and 30 second long video is about Lee Min Ho missing his first love. The user can input in their picture and name in order to become the female protagonist and thus Lee Min Ho’s first love. At the end of the story the user can choose either “Yes” or “No” to see different endings.