Wednesday, February 26, 2014

Super Junior's Donghae and Eunhyuk celebrate the release of their 1st Japanese full-length album 'Ride Me'

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQuzwa8pB-Q


Super Junior's Donghae and Eunhyuk's first Japanese full-length album 'Ride Me' was released today.


Donghae and Eunhyuk greeted fans in a video message announcing their Japanese tour, which kicks off on March 4 and will make stops in Nagoya, Hiroshima, Osaka, Tokyo, and more.

The duo also introduced the 13 tracks in their new album including "Oppa, Oppa", "I Wanna Dance", "Hello", "Love That I Need", "Kiss Kiss Dynamite", "Let It Go", "Bari 5 !", "Android Syndrome", "Teenage Queen", "Champagne Girl", and title track "Motorcycle".

Check out their video message above!

SM Entertainment invests in indie label BALJUNSO to help spread non-mainstream music



SM Entertainment acquired shares in company BALJUNSO to launch a subsidiary indie label and expand the globalization of K-Pop's indie scene.


BALJUNSO was a company originally founded in 1991 by CAN Entertainment's Kang Byung Yong, who discovered talents like Kim Jong Suh, Jang Hye Jin, Park Sang Min, CAN, and more. SM Entertainment has joined hands with Kang Byung Yong to launch a 'BALJUNSO WORLD WIDE PROMOTION' campaign to bring global awareness of K-Pop's diversity with its indie and hip hop music. 

CEO Kang Byung Yong stated, "We are trying to shed new light on and revive the hip hop and band music of non-mainstream music."

"SM Entertainment, which is playing a leading role in the Hallyu culture, has invested in our company for K-Pop's diversity and globalization and as a subsidiary label, we established a firm cooperative relationship for global distribution, marketing, and additional business."

The 'BALJUNSO WORLD WIDE PROMOTION' event will begin in Hongdae on March 8 at 4 PM KST and features performances by seven groups including band HLIN, up and coming hip hop crew Play the Siren, Love and Peace, and 015B's Jang Ho Il project band. The event will also be streamed live on SMTOWN's YouTube channel, Genie, and USTREAM.

EXO's 'Growl' choreography shown to perfectly synchronize with BTOB's song 'Beep Beep'

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJP5p4z76QI


SHINee's famous 'magic dance' continues on with SM label mate EXO! An online video called 'Beep Beep With Growl MV' is a very hot topic at the moment as it uses the dance footage from EXO's "Growl" MV and sets it to the background of BTOB's "Beep Beep," showing them to match up almost 100%!



Surprisingly, as soon as the song starts, EXO's dance moves match seamlessly and perfectly with the song.  Not only are EXO and BTOB fans chattering about this video, but even the general public are awed by how well the dance works with the song and sharing the video through SNS.  

Check out the video above to see for yourself!

EXO to possibly release 2nd studio album in 1st half of 2014 + promote in China in 2nd half




According to a recent article on Korean news outlet eTodayEXO will be releasing their 2nd studio album in the first half of this year before doing full-scale promotions in China in the second half of 2014!

This year, the boys will be busy with not only concerts but also show appearances, CF modeling, events, and more.

In relation to the boys' promotions in China, researcher Kim Si Woo said that the country was so large and the group was so popular that they would most likely be very successful as they traveled around and participated in various concerts and events.

Stay tuned for future updates!

Suho and Chanyeol to make a surprise appearance on 'We Got Married - Global Edition'



Suho and Chanyeol were reported to record for "We Got Married - Global Edition" on February 25th along with SHINee's Key and Arisa Yagi.

According to SM Entertainment, the two made their appearance as Key' friends and introduced themselves to Key's virtual wife Arisa, and it was said that SHINee's Taemin, Infinite's Woohyun, Beast's Dongwoon also presented at the meeting. 

"We Got Married - Global Edition" season will be broadcast in April. 

f(x)'s Amber to host 'We Got Married - Global Edition'



f(x)'s Amber is chosen as the MC for "We Got Married - Global Edition" season 2. 

As Amber is friend with both Heechul and Key who are currently staring in the show, it will be interesting to see her watching and reacting over the couples' moments. 

The first episode will focus on Amber and her video call to WGM fans and it will be held on March 9th. If you want to have a chance to interact with her, you can check at "We Got Married Global" official Facebook. 

"We Got Married - Global Edition" season 2 will start broadcasting in April. 

EXO release new CF for Kolon Sport



Kolon Sport release a short CF featuring EXO.

As shown in the video "Coming Soon on 28th February", fans are expecting a full version of the song and CF. We will have to wait a little longer for the full release.

At the moment check out the short CF below:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LoQb9QAJZtI