4Minute Reasons Why They Unfortunately Missed the Opportunity of Europe Expansion

Recently, representative music agencies of South Korea have showed their interest in European expansion. Cube Entertainment (4minute, BEAST, etc) revealed that they had the opportunity for an expansion before, but unfortunately missed it.

The main character in Cube's European expansion is 4minute. They debuted in June 2009 with 'Hot Issue' and a follow-up song right after, called 'Muzik'. Cube explained that their Youtube videos had received so much love from Europe. 4minute fans said that 'Muzik' is their best song. It's an electronic dance song by Shinsadong Tiger and songs with the electronic genre are very popular in Europe. Because of the popularity, they received an offer of a 'Club Tour of 5 Main European Countries'.

A representative from Cube Entertainment showed their disappointment, "It was a club tour in England, France, Italy, Spain, etc. We couldn't do it back then." The reason that they had to give up on the tour is because one of their members is a minor that couldn't enter the club. They revealed, "We unfortunately gave up on the club tour because one of the members (Kwon Sohyun, 1994) is a minor that can't enter the club."

Cube Entertainment could achieve the opportunity again this year. 4minute member Hyunah's solo song 'Bubble Pop' has been chosen as 'Song of the Day' on 'popjustice.com', an UK professional pop site. And BEAST's hit song 'Fiction' has reached no. 63 on a Germany music site. They also received an opportunity to hold a 'Cube Family Concert' on 19th November in London (4minute, BEAST, G.NA, etc) and become a hot news in Europe.

4Minute's "Freestyle" MV Making released

Before the official release of 4-minute new single "Freestyle" on August 9, a MV making has been released!

The song is for online game Freestyle. The popular basketball game has seen many idol group faces as its spokesmodels, but 4minute will be the first to release a promotional song and MV for the game!

Check the video below:

Making of video for 4minute’s “Freestyle” revealed

Korean gaming company JCE recently hired 4minute to promote their “Freestyle” game.

Recently, a teaser video was released and ahead of the official music video release, a special behind the scenes / making of video was revealed.

Check out the video below!

“200 Pound Beauty” musical announces finalized cast

The secured cast for the musical remake of “200 Pound Beauty” has finally been announced this week.

The role of the cool-headed, charismatic producer ‘Han Sang Jun‘ has been appointed to actors Lee Jong Hyun and Oh Man Suk; Supernova’s Sung Je will have a special performance for when the musical arrives in Osaka, Japan.

Meanwhile, the character of the previously overweight singer, Kang Han Byul/Jenny will be performed by singer Bada and KARA’s Park Gyuri.

Other cast members include CulTwo’s Kim Tae Kyun and musical actor Yang Jun Mo, who will be acting the role of the plastic surgeon, Lee Gong Hak, while Song Young Kyu and Im Hyung Jun will be acting as President Choi, a producer CEO who strictly prefers appearance over talent.

“200 Pounds Beauty” is a romantic comedy about an overweight lip-sync vocalist named Han Byul who owns an amazing vocal talent, but was always forced to hide herself behind the curtain due to her less-than-attractive physical appearance. After being humiliated in front of her true love, Han Byul decides to undergo head-to-toe plastic surgery in the hopes of standing on stage as a top singer.

The original musical was performed in 2008 with Bada playing as Han Byul, and it later won a total of four awards at the 3rd ‘The Musical Awards’ ceremony in 2009 for the “Best Musical Creativity Award”, “Best Actress” (Bada), “Best Director Award”, and “Best Stage Art Award” (Makeup designerChae Song Hwa).

The producer stated, “For the scene where the previously obese Kang Han Byul transforms into the beautiful Jenny, we plan to show amazing theatrical art on stage with the help of artist Lee Eun Kyul. Designer Chae Song Hwa’s drama makeup will be more delicate and naturally upgraded to the extent where people will almost mistake Han Byul and Jenny as two different people.”

“200 Pound Beauty” will be kick-starting their Asia tour in October, beginning with performances in Osaka followed by performances in Seoul, China and Singapore.

Hyomin is crestfallen that "Parasitic Child" was rated R

T-ara’s Hyomin showed disappointment that the movie “Parasitic Child” in which she acted was rated R.

Media Preview via. Press Conference for the movie “Parasistic Child” was held in Lotte Cinema Avenuel (Seoul) on July 27 2:00 p.m.

Hyomin said, “The movie was rated R because of the scene where the child gets murdered. It was actually supposed to be made for teenagers above 15-year-old as well, so we had deleted several brutal scenes and bad scenes. If we knew that this would happen, we would have let it contain more brutal scenes.”

Park Sung Min who also acted in the movie revealed a behind-the-scene story, saying, “I’m upset about it, too. I actually even suggested at the beginning to the director that I act as a pervert.”

Hyomin added, “I am grateful for the chance that I was given to act in a horror movie for the first time.”

“Parasitic Child” tells a story of one soul of a child murdered long ago possessing somebody else’s body to cause terrible murders. It features T-ara’s Hyomin, Han Eun Jung, Park Sun Min, No Min Woo, Lee Hyeong Seok, and Hwang Gji Hyeon. It is to be released on August 4.

Kara appeared on the U.S business news "Korean companies' price is on the rise due to K-pop"

Kara is attracting attention in the midst of rising prices of Korean home appliances due to the Korean Wave.

According to the famous business news Bloomberg, the korean manufacturers are winning over some Japanese consumers.

Many Japanese consumers used to feel reluctant about buying products made in neighboring South Korea, but K-pop turned the game around.

Bloomberg posted the picture of the girl group Kara with this article. LG hired KARA, a female Korean dance and music group, to appear in advertisements in Japan for its Optimus smartphones because they are popular among young women, whom they are targeting.

Bloomberg speculated that this phenomenon was due to a sense of kinship that the consumer feels which leads them to buy the product when the music group whom they favor advertises or uses that product.

Bloomberg is a company established in 1981 by Michael Bloomberg in New York, and is a trusted company in analyzing financial markets, and economies.

After School Red's Album Jacket Photoshoot

Check out the BTS video of After School Red shooting for the jacket photos of their albums.

Sexiness overload!