Archive for the ‘Kpop News’ Category
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There there, I’ll make it better
Tablo was on MBC’s Goldfish — Radio Star program on the 30th, and revealed his bad history of dating the wrong girls. He’d initially declined to answer the host’s question about bad exes, but when he was pressed to describe typical behavior, he “answered carefully,” saying, “Cheating was a given, and she lied a lot.... More »
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Horan’s mother-daughter date attracts netizen ire (sigh)
Singer (and essayist) Horan made a recent appearance on the April 19 broadcast of MBC’s Happy Stock Company (or Happy Shares Company), featuring a segment wherein she packed a homemade lunch and had a mother-daughter date at home. In the segment, viewers were surprised to see that her mother suffered from polio at age 5... More »
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And then there were two: Minwoo also hospitalized
…or maybe the title of this post should be “Are you kidding me with this? Dude let the Shinhwa guys rest in peace! (And no, not that kind of RIP.)” Because, seriously? Seriously? Another Shinwha member is hospitalized following the group’s hyped-up tenth-anniversary concert (March 29 and 30) and ninth-studio-album promotional activities? First it was... More »
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Ivy emerges from self-imposed exile
After her nightmarish past year (public scorn, sex scandals, lawsuits), singer Ivy will be making her comeback to the public eye not with another album, but onscreen in her acting debut. She’ll take a role in SBS’s Tokyo Shower [도쿄 여우비], a four-episode miniseries to follow the airing of I Love You, which just started... More »
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Kim Dong Wan rushed to the emergency room
Uh-oh. Shinhwa singer and sometimes actor Kim Dong Wan was rushed to the emergency room after collapsing in the studio while recording for his solo album on the 11th. On the 12th, his management issued the statement: “While Kim Dong Wan was working on recording for his second album, he suffered from abdominal pains and... More »
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“And to think, when Shinhwa started we were only yea high!”
Shinhwa members at their 10th Anniversary Live in Seoul concert, March 30, for which they sold approximately 22,000 tickets to their two performances. The group celebrates while boasting some questionable styling choices — I count at least three ajummas and a gigolo in their midst. Meanwhile, group member Minwoo prays for another ten years: Tags:... More »
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On your mark… [Oh snap]
…get set… Go! Jae Hee makes a break for it on the set of new vocalist Cha Soo Kyung‘s “Empty Heart” music video. Seoul, Kangbukgu, March 20. Tags: Jae Hee, music videos... More »
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Horan, the bookworm author
Did you know Clazziquai vocalist Horan was a book lover? Well she is, and now she’s got a book coming out. But before you disparage her move outside her native kpop (or, k-alternative or k-electronica, rather), first consider the following: Her dream in younger days was in “serious” literary writing; in adolescence her attentions leaned... More »
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Mighty Mouth, featuring Yoon Eun Hye
As previously mentioned, actress and former pop singer Yoon Eun Hye has recently collaborated with new hip-hop/pop group Mighty Mouth on a track that’s just been released on their first single album. The song has been released in time for White Day, that Sadie Hawkins equivalent of Valentine’s Day (falling a month later) created... More »
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Even sex symbols can be self-conscious
Another celebrity with an upcoming ten-year anniversary is pop singer, widely renounced actress, and all-around sexpot Lee Hyori, who first debuted as a member of the questionably named girl group FinKL (Fine Killing Liberty? Really? That’s the best you could come up with) in May of 1998. She talked about her career milestone in an... More »
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