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.
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.
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.”
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.
Hallyu stars 2PMand miss A have stepped forward as official ambassadors to promote more awareness of the hidden beauties and culture of Korea.
In order to help their international fans experience Korea to the fullest, 2PM and miss A have helped launch Korea Tourism Organization‘s ‘Touch Korea Tour Campaign‘, a global campaign tour to take place this June.
Winners from the campaign contest will be able to visit Korea for 6 nights and 7 days for a chance to experience the food, entertainment, shopping, and more!
One of those 7 days will be spent touring with the members of 2PM and miss A themselves, where together they will create teams to complete specific missions to better promote the beauty and charm of Korea.
In order to select the winners, the Korea Tourism Organization held a ‘Touch Korea Tour Contest‘ from April 12th to May 2nd, asking fans everywhere to display their love for Korea through a video. In it, contestants had to submit videos using various ideas such as emulating their favorite K-Pop dance or providing an explanation as to why they would like to visit Korea.
Approximately 2,000 entries were submitted from more than 100 different countries, and the 21 finalists have been revealed through the ‘Touch Korea Tour’ official website.
The 7 final winners will be determined based on judgment by the Korea Tourism Organization, as well as by online user votes. Netizens can begin casting their votes on the Touch Korea Tour Site starting May 8th 12:00AM KST until May 11th 11:59PM KST. Votes can be cast for multiple videos, however, fans will be only be able to cast one vote per video, per day.
One team who does the best job of completing the mission, will be chosen from the three teams after the end of the tour through online voting, and each member of the team will receive a Korea Pass worth 5 million KRW, which is accepted over 7,300 affiliates including museums, select tourist spots, as well as duty free shops, and can also be used for public transportation.
Korea Tourism Organization’s Tourism Brand & Product Department Executive Director Shin Pyung Seob remarked, “Korea Tourism Organization’s ‘Touch Korea Tour’ is highly meaningful, as the contestants will be able to experience Korea with today’s top Hallyu stars. I hope this will serve as a good opportunity for all fans of K-Pop to be able to communicate using our Youtube and Facebook pages, and a chance for them to personally visit Korea. Please look forward to the exciting ‘Touch Korea Tour’ events to unfold.”
As many of you may know, there are a number of female idol stars who were once models for online shopping malls before debuting as a K-Pop artist.
Recently, the above compilation photo surfaced on an online community site with the title, ‘Girl group members who were shopping mall models‘. Although this photo doesn’t include every female idol who had once modeled for online shopping malls, it includes some of the popular names we hear about everyday.
Suzy looked lovely in her pink blouse and black skirt, while Hara displayed her chic appeals with black-rimmed glasses, and Qri and Hyomin sported outfits that showcased their flawless figures. Hwayoung showcased a tidy and mature look in her black and white professional wear, as Hyewon looked youthful in a vibrant red jacket.
Netizens were impressed upon seeing the photo, as the the girls were as beautiful back then as they are now.
“This is before their debut, but they all look so good,” they wrote in response, as well as “I didn’t know so many of them were models prior to their debut,” and “They are all so pretty!”
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