Yesung reveals how people didn’t recognize him on ‘Come to Play’

During the final December 24th broadcast of MBC‘s ‘Come to Play‘, Super Junior‘s Yesung featured as a guest and brought on laughter with embarrassing stories concerning his popularity.

Yesung opened up how people tend to not recognize him sharing, “One day, my name and photo were widely posted on a newspaper. With a joyful heart, I told my father. But the newspaper read, ‘Super Junior’s Chinese member Yesung who is performing in South Korea’”, revealing how journalists mistakenly confused his nationality. Yesung also talked about an embarrassing moment that occurred when his group moved into a new apartment and shared, “With a joyful heart, I rode the elevator up and down. A kid said to me, ‘You know what? I heard Super Junior lives here”, revealing his opinion on the level of his popularity.

Fellow guest Ji Sang Ryul also teased him by naming the members of Super Junior and asked Yesung, “But what is your name?”, lightening the atmosphere with his jokes.

Super Junior K.R.Y. releases short PV for “Promise You”

The Super Junior ballad unit, Super Junior K.R.Y, made up of members Kyuhyun, Ryeowook and Yesung, has just released a short PV for upcoming Japanese single, “Promise You”.

Mostly known for their lovely voices and touching performances, Super Junior K.R.Y will once again capture the hearts with their upcoming R&B track. The new album will also include the B-side track which is a cover of Hitoto Yo’s “Hanamizuki”.

‘Promise You’ single is due to be released on January 23 in Japan.

SHINee's "shining" performance excited 12,000 people at "Music For All, All For One"

5 member K-Pop boy group SHINee made their appearance in the music event, "MUSIC FOR ALL, ALL FOR ONE", that was held in Yoyogi National Gymnasium in Tokyo on the 23rd.

Composed of Onew, Jonghyun, Key, Minho, and Taemin, SHINee debuted in 2008 in Korea. In June of last year, they accomplished to debut in Japan. They were one of the key performers for this event and performed the pop dance track "Dazzling Girl" as their first song, gaining the biggest applause from the audience that day.

Through the echoes calling out for SHINee, they continued by singing their debut song, "Replay - You're My Everything-". During the talk segment, Taemin commented, "I'm really happy to meet everyone by being on such a big stage." With an innocent smile, Key added in fluent Japanese, "I'm really glad that we're standing on the same stage as other great artists. Hot, isn't it? Everyone in Yoyogi is the best! This is off topic, but the temperature in Seoul is as low as -10℃. When we arrived in Tokyo, only the 5 of us looked like Eskimos. It was embarrassing. I'm sorry, this is just a trivial topic."

"I'm grateful that through music, I get to go to various countries and meet everyone like this," Jonghyun commented. Onew shared, "We've been doing our activities from June last year and throughout this one and a half years, I've had a lot of wonderful memories. Yoyogi is a place that I won't forget." Minho said, "Because of everyone, I got to make another precious memory."

Following their synced performance of "Sherlock" was their new song, "1000 Years, Always be by My Side...", which was released on December 12th. As the high notes reverberated, the gymnasium transformed completely into SHINee's color as green lightsticks lit up, drawing in the fantastic mood.

SHINee reappeared on the stage again as the call for encore wouldn't stop and they showed an all out performance of "Lucifer". They closed their stage by greeting, "Merry Christmas! See you again!" in the end.

"MUSIC FOR ALL, ALL FOR ONE" is a live event that involves various impressive artists brought together by the sponsor, the big digital distribution site, "Recochoku" who also gains cooperation from all recording companies and music media. Last year, with the concept of "The unforgettable Christmas for the year that shouldn't be forgotten", artists that made their appearance delivered strong messages through "music", transferring the power to have the event continue on the following year.

■ SHINee's Set List

1．Dazzling Girl

2．Replay -You're My Everything-

3．Keeping Love Again

4．JULIETTE

5．Stranger

6．Love Like Oxygen

7．Sherlock

8．1000 Years, Always be by My Side...

Encore: Lucifer

Ailee celebrates Christmas with Amber & friends

Singer Ailee updated her Twitter with a new photo.

She said,"Single Gossip girls on xmas. MERRY CHRISTMAS!". 

Fans commented,"Woah, party!","Merry Christmas Amber and Ailee" and etc.

Seungyeon fires back at netizens who posted hateful comments

KARA‘s Seungyeon recently fired back at some netizens who posted hateful comments towards her.

On December 24th, Seungyeon shared the following on her Twitter, “Netizens with no name, if you hide behind the title of the public, you think you are all moralists and experts, and seem to become someone with great strength? As I observe and observe over time, it makes no sense (hehe). If you don’t agree, don’t watch and if you hate someone, just leave them alone. Do you have to express that heart to reveal your honesty? Thank you for letting me know.”

She continued, “Listen up. While you invest your time into making the people you hate feel bad, I will cherish my time, by working hard, and spending it with good people so don’t you worry. Think about it carefully. Which reality do you want to face.”

Netizens commented, “You’re right. Netizens’ hateful comments have crossed the line these days”, “Don’t worry about it. Anti-fans usually crave the attention”, and “Celebrities are human too.”

T-ara and THE SEEYA greet their fans for Christmas

The ladies of Core Contents Media wished their fans a happy holidays!

On December 24th, two videos of T-ara& THE SEEYA were uploaded unto Core Contents Media officialYouTube channel.

T-ara wished for a white Christmas, and asked their fans to spend the holidays listening to T-ara music and spending a good time with their family.

THE SEEYA expressed their happiness at meeting their first Christmas as a newly formed group, and wished their fans a happy, warm Christmas.

Check out the videos below!

T-ara:

THE SEEYA:

T-ara holds ‘DX’mas Party’ event for their pachinko endorsement in Japan

T-ara held an event for their pachinko endorsement at the Shinagawa Intercity Hall in Tokyo, Japan.

On December 24th, the ladies held a fanmeeting with about 500 fans for the ‘DX’mas Party with T-ARA‘ event where they talked about the game and also performed live. The MC of the show said, “Today’s event is for the release of the ‘CRA Deluxe Umi mo Nogatari with T-ara (CRA Deluxe Sea Story with T-ara)’. The machine’s pink dial matches perfectly with T-ara’s outfits.”

Eunjung said, “The machine is pretty because it’s so sparkly“, to which the MC responded, “Your beauty sparkles as well“. Boram added, “This is my first time seeing it, but it looks fun“.

The MC also introduced the game by saying, “The game looks fun because T-ara’s video and music video are included“, and showed a part where the game character danced to T-ara’s music video.Jiyeon said, “It was cute to see the game character dance along“.

The game is set for release in February.