Monday, August 15, 2011

Cube Entertainment artists reflect on their first “United Cube” family concert

After successfully concluding their first-ever ‘United Cube‘ concert ‘Fantasy Land‘, the artists ofCube Entertainment - B2ST, G.NA, and 4minute – had much to say about their experiences and reflections.

“Even though this concert is only a small start, it is a giant first step so we will perform happily,” said B2ST’s Doojoon. “Although the beginning is weak, the finish will be amazing,” he added.

Kikwang was hosting SBS’s Inkigayo and did not attend the press conference.

For the girls of 4minute, who haven’t held a single concert since their debut in 2009, the ‘United Cube’ concert was a particularly special moment. “After building experience with this collaboration concert, we’d like to show off our improved skills through our own solo concert,” revealed 4minute’s HyunA.

“Our concert’s strong point was that we had separate teams that each showed their own unique performance,” commented 4minute’s Jihyun. “We’d like to go perform at places that our fans want us to be at, such as Germany.”

Although holding a family concert had its benefits, B2ST’s Yoseob also revealed several downsides.“Unlike at our solo concert, it was hard trying to match schedules with 4minute and G.NA,” he said.

G.NA, the concert’s only solo artist, said that she felt pleased to take part in the show. “I’m just happy to be performing with 4minute and B2ST,” she said. “Everyone worked hard to be here. We’ll work even harder for our fans who’ve loved us so much.”

The concert drew an estimated 8,500 people and also guest starred Huh Gak, A Pink, and Mario. After packing up in Seoul, the concert will travel to Tokyo’s Budokan arena on August 25th; the tour was also scheduled to hit up London’s Wimbledon Arena on November 19th, however, due to the recent riots, Cube expressed that they were closely monitoring the situation before finalizing any details.

But foreign K-Pop fans can look forward to other possible Cube concerts outside of London.

“We had concert planning representatives from Paraguay, Russia, and Finland at the Seoul concert,”revealed a Cube representative. “We anticipate good news from them when they return home.”

f(x) reveals OST for ‘Puzzle Bubble’ online game

Earlier this month, girl band f(x) was chosen to sing the OST for online game Puzzle Bubble. Although Taito, Japan originally developed the game in 1994, it has only recently been introduced to South Korea. Today, f(x) released the OST to help promote the game to new fans.

The song itself is light, fun, and quirky. Their energetic delivery and the cheerful melody make it perfect for playing an online game. The full audio is available now, so check it out below.

And the winner of SBS ‘Kim Yuna’s Kiss & Cry’ is…

The August 14th episode of SBS’s ‘Kim Yuna’s Kiss & Cry‘ captivated viewers with its impressive performances and finally revealed the winners of the show, who would have the honor of participating in Kim Yuna’s upcoming ice show ‘Samsung Galaxy★Hauzen All That Skate Summer 2011‘.

We previously reported that f(x)’s Krystal and Lee Dong Hun would attempt the highest difficulty liftduring this episode. Well, not only did they manage to successfully pull off the difficult lift, but they also wowed both the judges and viewers with their best performance yet.

Krystal and Lee Dong Hun skated to Bizet’s famous ‘Carmen‘ for this performance, and Krystal impressed viewers with her successful transformation into the passionate Carmen. During the climax of the performance, Lee Dong Hun looked like he was almost giving Krystal a back hug, but then surprised everyone by proceeding to rip off Krystal’s red skirt.


The judges did not hold back their praises when addressing the skating couple, and Kim Yuna rated their performance with an almost perfect score of 9.9, the highest she has ever given on the show. The figure queen even commented, “There were no flaws to point out.”

The judges also managed to tease the two by asking if they were dating in real life, with coach David Wilson commenting, “Just makes me wonder… is there something going on between the two of you?”, to which Krystal and Lee Dong Hun responded to with a resounding “No, not at all!”. Judge Park Hae Mi also directed towards Lee Dong Hun, “Dong Hun still can’t look at Krystal properly. You have a crush on her don’t you? To be honest, isn’t she very attractive?“, to which Dong Hun replied, “I think you have the wrong idea“, causing much laughter amongst viewers.

We also reported earlier about how Son Dambi put on her best ‘Kiss and Cry’ performance. Along with her partner Cha Oh Reum, the skating couple managed to pull off a beautiful and thrilling performance, with Son Dambi transforming into an ice queen with an electric violin, and Cha Oh Reum playing the role of a man imprisoned in handcuffs who was being awakened by the ice queen. The two skated out a beautiful love story on ice that was full of powerful spins and jumps.

The judges praised their performance with high compliments, and Son Dambi shed tears towards the end expressing how sad she was that the show was coming to an end.

It was a long journey for all the contestants, but in the end, it was Krystal and Lee Dong Hun who received the honor of first place on the show. Krystal expressed her gratitude for receiving the title, but commented, “I can’t believe this happened. We all worked so hard to get here, it makes me sad that we have to pick a winner“, and shared the honor of first place with all her fellow performers.

‘Kim Yuna’s Kiss & Cry’ will air its final episode on the 21st, and will showcase an iceshow featuring Kim Yuna, Krystal, and Lee Dong Hun.

Congratulations to Krystal and Lee Dong Hun!

tvN K-Pop Star Hunt Website to Launch on Aug 15th


Singapore, Aug 15 – Attention all aspiring K-Pop stars: the official tvN K-Pop Star Hunt: CUBE Audition website (www.tvnstarhunt.com) will launch on 15th August! From the launch date, K-Pop fans between the ages of 11 to 29 in Hong Kong, Philippines, Taiwan, Singapore and Thailand will have until 25 September to upload their K-Pop style song-and-dance routines onto the website with any song of choice.

Don’t pass up the chance to become the next BEAST or 4minute as the winners will join CUBE, tvN and Channel [V] HD as artist trainees. If that isn’t enough, the thrilling journey of the competition finals will be broadcasted on tvN’s original series in December, where your favorite K-Pop artists will guest star as mentors, judges and performers.

The official website will feature all uploaded video entries, categorized by country, for the world to admire and for Cube and tvN representatives to judge. Everyone will also be able to see the most popular performances in the ‘What’s Hot’ section and the newly uploaded videos in a ‘Latest Entry’ section. Don’t forget to check out the website regularly, if not daily, for exciting new entries posts, news flash bulletins, important winner announcements, and all rules and guidelines on entering the competition.

So polish up those last minute vocal and dance techniques, put it on a video clip, and upload it onto the tvN K-Pop Star Hunt website (www.tvnstarhunt.com) when it officially launches on 15th August 2011. The countdown starts now!


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4minute's Heart to Heart Japanese version PV released


4-minute will invade Japanese market!
Universal Music Japan just released their Japanese version of "Heart to Heart" PV.

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Performances at the DMZ Peace Concert in Paju



f(x) released full song of Puzzle Bubble OST




Listen to the full song of f(x)'s Puzzle Bubble,check out the cute song here!