f(x) electrifies with “Electric Shock” on ‘Music Core’

The ladies of f(x) have released their newest EP ‘Electric Shock‘.

The album was released for digital consumption on June 10th (KST) and contains six total tracks: “Electric Shock“, “Jet“, “Zig Zag“, “Beautiful Stranger“, “Love Hate“, and “Let’s Try“. The music video for “Electric Shock” has been raking in views as well.

In order to commemorate their comeback stage special, the girls performed both “Electric Shock” and their follow-up track “Jet”.

Check both out below, and be sure to catch the rest of today’s exciting performances here!

Lee Jang Woo and Eunjung to celebrate their 1 year anniversary on ‘We Got Married’

After a hiatus, MBC‘s ‘We Got Married‘ is back with a new episode! On the episode broadcasting on June 16th, actor Lee Jang Woo and T-ara‘s Eunjung will be meeting up for a trip overseas.

Lee Jang Woo and Eunjung will celebrate the one year anniversary of their “marriage” by going on a trip abroad with their mothers. It is said that while traveling to Indonesia for the occasion, the couple looked visibly nervous as their mothers met each other for the first time.

Netizens who came across the news commented, “Wow, it has been a year already” and “They must have been so nervous.”

Kang So Ra and Leeteuk, the other couple on the show, will also be meeting up for the first time in a while as this is the first new episode of the show since the end of March.

Sulli and Krystal are thankful with their fans presents for their comeback

Recently, girl group f(x) made their first comeback stage in Mnet's "M!Countdown" last 14th of June and their fans made sure the girls got to eat a delicious meal while recording for their comeback performance by sending the girls boxes of presents. On the 14th of June, Krystal updated her me2day account and shared, "Wow! Its so delicious! Thank you so much" and shared photo's.

On the photo's you can see her and Sulli showing off the present's their fans gave them and you can tell they are enjoying the lunch meal's their fans gave them. Also, on the 15th of June, Sulli also updated her me2day account and shared, "Wow, we received a lot of presents and we got to share them with the entire staff, we liked it very much. THank you so much! please look forward to our comeback stages".

Victoria surprised by one of her related search words

f(x)‘s Victoria shared a hilarious episode that she had with a portal site’s related search words.

The group made a comeback with their new mini-album ‘Electric Shock‘, and guested on June 14th’s broadcast of Mnet‘s ‘Wide Entertainment News‘.

The topic of ridiculous related search words came up, and member Amber revealed, “I know Victoria unnie has ‘Victoria pregnant’ [as a related search term].”

Victoria explained, “I was flustered at the time too. I found out later that it was soccer player David Beckham‘s wife, Victoria Beckham, who was pregnant. However, since ‘Victoria pregnant’ kept appearing, people asked me ‘Are you pregnant?‘”

In related news, f(x) started promotions of “Electric Shock” and “Jet” on this week’s ‘M! Countdown‘.

2PM releases making film for 'Member's Selection' Part 2

Last week, 2PM released the first part of the making-of film for their new best hits album “2PM The Member’s Selection”, this time, the Part 2 has been revealed.

“2PM The Member’s Selection” is a compilation album consisting a total of 18 hit tracks that have been selected by 2PM themselves. The members also filmed a music video for “Only You”, the second track off of the album.

T-ara's first live tour in Japan to be released through a magazine

A magazine dedicated to T-ara’s first concert in Japan will be published next month. 

The publication, to be printed through Hallyu specialist magazine “Hallyupia,” will contain moments from the performances of “T-ara Japan Tour 2012 - Jewelry Box” as well as sentiments from fans about the concerts and a detailed report about the events that took place around Japan.

Previously, other K-pop acts to have had a magazine dedicated to their concert moments were 2NE1, Kim Hyun-joong, 2PM and Lee Byung-hun.

The girl group, which recently raised its total number of members from seven to nine, released its first official Japanese album on June 6. “Jewelry Box” sold more than 23,796 copies on its first day and was No. 2 on the Oricon Daily Singles Chart that day.
In its first week since launch, the album sold more than 57,102 copies.

From June 19, the band will make another tour of Japan, visiting Nagoya, Osaka, Fukuoka, Sandai and Sapporo before performing at the Budokan, Tokyo from July 25 to 26. More than 40,000 fans will attend the concerts.

f(x) releases interview + MV making film for "Electric Shock"

Girl group f(x) finally returned with a new mini-album, “Electric Shock”. The new album was received favorably by fans and netizens, achieving an all-kill on local charts while the music video hit over a million views in less than a day.

On June 15th, f(x) unveiled an interview clip as well as the making-of film for their latest hit music video “Electric Shock”. Check out the video below!

2PM's 'Beautiful' tops Japan Tower Records' weekly charts

Idol group 2PM’s ‘Beautiful’ has captured the Japanese archipelago with intense beauty!

2PM’s fourth Japanese single ‘Beautiful’ has been charted #1 on the Tower Records Weekly Single Chart in addition to placing second on Oricon’s weekly singles chart. Also, the Arena Tour DVD that was released at the same time also ranked on the 1st place for the Tower Records’ Weekly DVD Chart.

The 4th single ‘Beautiful’ released by 2PM in Japan contains the sensitive, serene yet intense manly beauty of 2PM. It has been pre-released as a theme song for dark vinegar advertisement of local Saempyo brand in Japan, and it has been much beloved by the public.

2PM’s ‘Beautiful’ has been selling out 140,000 albums in only a week after release on June 6th, and it has swept the 1st rank of every single sales chart in every Tower Records branch in Japan. Not to mention it has ranked 1st on this week’s Tower Record Weekly Single Chart (June 4th-10th), and 2nd rank on Oricon Weekly Single Chart (June 4th-10th) proving 2PM to be the most beloved beautiful beast-dol and the top K-Pop artist in Japan.

Furthermore, at the photozone event held at the station square in front of Shinjuku station last June 8th, countless fans were lining up to wait for the event even though the event wasn’t that 2PM members attended. Also, it is said that the footsteps were endless for the 2PM clothing exhibition held at Tower Record, and TSUTAYA in Shibuya.