Jang Geun-seok is one of those actors, like Lee Min-ki, who is better at acting than singing but seems to have a strong interest in pursuing music on the side. His latest recording is the digital single “Just Drag,” which was released online on September 10.

Jang actually has a good singing voice, which is why I’m disappointed at how electronic and altered he’s gone, not only in this track but also his last single, the “music drama” Toucholic. (Here’s an example of his voice without all that techno tweaking.) Jang recorded the single recently with producer Bang Shi-hyuk, and a music video featuring Jang will also be released.

He has earned favorable response playing a murder suspect in his current film, the thriller Itaewon Murder Case. His next drama is the idol-star-themed You’re Beautiful co-starring Park Shin-hye, which will air in October.

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With her scandal behind her and her management conflict resolved, singer-actress Ivy is setting the stage for her comeback, and has posted to her mini-homepage for the first time in a year and three months.

In an industry and society where big news is often announced via mini-homepage (romances, wedding plans, pregnancies), going dark for that long is tantamount to going into hiding. Now that she’s preparing for her new album and return to the public sphere, Ivy has posted the above photo, labeled as being at the UCLA library, with the title “Jumping up!” The post reads, “My body feels heavy so I can’t jump high, but on this cool day, I let go of my stress!”

Ivy traveled to the States in July while gathering materials for work on her new album, which is scheduled for an October release. Currently, she is in Korea recording and preparing for her comeback this fall.

Via Star News

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If you’re in Malaysia and a fan of kpop group SS501 (and/or Boys Before Flowers‘ Kim Hyun-joong), you may be interested in a last-minute fan signing event to be held on Thursday.

Fan Kiongna informs me that the fan signing was just put together and confirmed by Warner Music Malaysia; the SS501 boys added the event because they would be in Kuala Lumpur following a photo shoot. Info as follows:

Date/Time:
Thursday, September 3 at 6:00 p.m.

Location:
ONE WORLD HOTEL
First Avenue
Bandar Utama City Centre
47800 Petaling Jaya
Selangor, Malaysia

Phone: +603 7681 1111
Website: www.oneworldhotel.com.my
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/notes.php?id=49706797181

Note: Next to this hotel is the very HUGE shopping mall called ONE UTAMA just annexed to the hotel.

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Actor Yoon Sang-hyun, now in KBS’s trendy drama My Fair Lady, is releasing a digital single that goes on sale today, August 25.

Yoon Sang-hyun shot to fame as “Tae-bong” in Queen of Housewives, where viewers fell for his boyish charm and also his singing skills, which he displayed in that drama (see clip below). Following that, he also performed on variety programs and in television CFs. The digital single, called The Story of You and the Rain [비와 당신의 이야기], features the song he sang in Queen of Housewives, “Neverending Story,” originally by the group Boohwal (or Rebirth).

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Continuing the grand tradition of over-the-top, supertragic kpop music videos is this latest one starring actors Lee Min-jung (Boys Before Flowers) and Kim Seung-woo (How to Meet a Perfect Neighbor), for new male pop group December.

The MV was shot on the afternoon of August 17 in Yangju, Kyunggi province.

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