Super Junior, SHINee, Wonder Girls, B2ST and more to perform at Korea EXPO 2012

Some of the biggest names in the K-Pop music scene will come together for the upcoming Korea Expo 2012 in Yeosu. With seven shows total, the “K-Pop Big Wave Concert” will begin on May 12th and will run until August 11th.

The “K-Pop Big Wave Concert” is to take place as the opening ceremony of the expo which will be graced by a total of 15 top artists such as Super Junior, 2PM, Wonder Girls, Dynamic Duo, Simon D, 2AM, INFINITE, Jung In & Leessang, miss A, SHINee, FT ISLAND, CNBLUE, ZE:A, B1A4 and Busker Busker.

An official of CJ E&M was quoted saying, “We felt these artists will meet the expectations of all attendees at such a meaningful and global event.”

Below is the schedule for the artists performances

May 12th: Wonder Girls and Ameoba Hood, featuring Dynamic Duo and Simon D

June 15th: Busker Busker, Jung-in, and Leessang

June 19th: 2AM and B1A4

June 26th: SHINee and Infinite

July 5th: 2PM and miss A

July 21st: Super Junior and CNBLUE

August 11th: FT Island and ZE:A

SHINee’s dance fits perfectly with Lee Hyori’s ‘U Go Girl’

SHINee danced along to Lee Hyori‘s song with their “magic dance”.

On May 9th, MBC every1‘s “Weekly Idol” aired the second episode of their SHINee Special. On this episode, SHINee showed off their “magic dance” which has been a hot issue since their debut.

SHINee’s ‘magic dance’ is the choreography from their debut track “Noona You’re So Pretty“. SHINee’s fans named the choreography the ‘magic dance’ because the choreography seems to fit perfectly with any song you put it up against.

In the past, SHINee’s ‘magic dance’ garnered interest online with a series of parody videos showing SHINee’s choreography with music of other K-pop songs including IU‘s “Good Day“, B2ST‘s “Mystery“, Lee Hyori’s “U Go Girl”, and Jung Jun Ha‘s “Chicken Soup“.

SHINee showed off their “magic dance” on air for the first time, performing their “Noona You’re So Pretty” dance to Lee Hyori’s “U Go Girl” and it matched perfectly.

Super Junior debuts #3 on Oricon with "Opera"

Hallyu group Super Junior once again prove its global influence, debuting at #3 on the prestigious Oricon chart with latest release “Opera”.

According to Oricon’s official website on May 10th, Super Junior’s third Japanese single “Opera” entered the top three on the Oricon Daily Singles Chart by selling 54,331 copies since its release on May 9th. 

“Opera” is a dance number that the group has been performing at their ongoing world tour Super Show 4. The new single also includes the B-side original Japanese track “Way.”

T-ara releases MV for Japanese "Lovey Dovey"

Following their Japanese single “Roly Poly”, girl group T-ara will now be releasing the Japanese version of their Korean hit songs “Cry Cry” and “Lovey Dovey.” 

After releasing series of music video teaser for the past weeks, T-ara finally unveiled the full music video for Japanese version of “Lovey Dovey”. 

T-ara’s fourth Japanese single “Lovey Dovey” will be released on May 23rd and will come in two versions, the CD+DVD which include “Lovey Dovey” and its music video while the CD-only version will only have the song. 

Eunjung to narrate Gangkiz's travel document video!

T-ara's Eunjung will narrate her junior group Gangkiz's videos documenting their trip in Europe.

Gangkiz's agency will release via a Naver Music Special at 12:00 KST six 10-minute videos about Gangkiz's trip 9 days and 8 night trip to Europe.

Today it'll begin with Gangkiz's travel in Europe. T-ara fans can expect Eunjung's prudent and enthusiastic voice.

Super Junior releases Japanese track "Way"

Earlier today, Super Junior released their new Japanese single “Opera.” In addition to the release of the full music video for title track, the boys also released the B-side single titled “Way”.

“Way” is Super Junior’s second original Japanese song after “Snow White.” In contrast to “Opera”, the mid-tempo track “Way” features sweet melody and the combination of the string instruments and the piano playing in the song fit perfectly on the boys’ lovely voice.

Check out the track below!

KARA ranks 28th in Japanese popularity poll

Girl group KARA, who has been receiving much love in Japan, ranked high in the Japanese popularity poll.

Recently, a famous Japanese research company, Video Research, held a poll measuring the popularity of famous people throughout Japan. The results showed that the KARA members were the 28th most popular people in the country. 

Not only that, KARA outranked popular stars such as Aoi Yu and Nagasawa Masami, and were the only foreign artist who made it on the list. It has been reported that Japanese companies actually use the ranking to search for the perfect model for their products. Currently, KARA is active as advertisement models in a variety of categories, including hair dyes, food and beverages, medicines, and baking materials.

An advertising professional stated, “We like KARA because all five members have different characters. We also like them that they try very hard to speak accurate Japanese.”

2PM & 2AM to form unit group to sing OST for 'Beyond The Oneday'

The brother group, 2PM and 2AM will be forming a unit group ‘One Day’!

According to Japan’s Sankei Sports, both 2PM and 2AM will come together to form the unit group ‘2PM + 2AM, Oneday’ to sing the OST of their upcoming documentary film ‘Beyond The Oneday: Story of 2PM & 2AM’.

The new song is expected to be an uptempo track, with a good combination of the vocals of 2AM and the dance skills of 2PM.

‘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.