As last week I’m afraid this week doesn’t have that much news-wise. Nevertheless here we go with last weeks main news update for Monday 25th of August to Sunday 31st.

YounHa is coming back

I reckon she looks like Song YuRi, what do you think?

First of all, in those pictures I could barely recognised the young talented songstress. YounHa looks stunning in that dress for sure. Anyhow, YounHa comes back to Korea for the release of her second album “Some Day” which came out on the 28th. This year is full of so-called “come-backs” isn’t it? And its fun to watch the people strive to make an effect in the Music Biz. YounHa is hella talented and she is looking hella good on her comeback, let’s look forward to her promotions. Just please keep away from Ajoo, for your credibility sister. O_O

WheeSung no longer wheezing

Yeah that has nothing to do with his operation. WheeSung, the vocally talented musical whizz is back as well. He has fully recovered after he went under the surgical knife to remove a cystoma on his vocal chords. And Thank goodness to that. He performed on the awesome Yoon DoHyuns Love Letter with Ko YooJin, and also performed a rock version of his last hit single “Love is Tasty”. Mmmmmm, sounds scrumptious. (Yeah I know that was lame, I don’t have much to say this week that’s why.)

Lee HyoRi looking for her Mr….BIG?

Lee HyoRi has officially stopped promotions for “U-Go-GRRL” and started promoting her new single, “Hey Mr. Big”. Check out the MV above ^^. She looks stunning as always of course, and the video is also, all about her. And heck if you looked that good wouldn’t you just want it to have no theme at all, but you?

FT Island wash up on Korean shores

FT Island have come back!! Oh my God, who saw ANOTHER come back in the works? Comebacks are sort of starting to lose their super effect on me, I just want good entertaining music, like now. FT Island have been drifting around Asia for a while now and I think they finally got the directions back to their homeland. Gah, Men and their pride, never want to ask for directions when they’re lost… In this case, still boys though. I like FT Island actually, they’re cute and they don’t suck up to noona that much. They play hard to get. Joking of course, this noona still prefers her men, but I like the pop “rock” of this cute little group that twang and beat on their instruments.

G-Dragon and his flares?

Excuse the typo, I meant artistic flair. Although I would pay money to see him in 70s inspired flares, it would be…interesting. G-Dragon of Big Bang is known to be a little artiste that likes to experiment with his music and style-sense. And he has been in the limelight for it recently, would I call him a “fashion Icon”? Hell no, but he is brave and bold and that’s respectable. I also do like some of his getups to be honest, sometimes K-Pop can get a little boring and dull fashion-wise so it’s nice to see some color. Ah, like lemonade on a hot summers day…. Strange lemonade sometimes, but refreshing nonetheless.

This is getting long….

Yes another comeback. Please show some excitement though for Jo SungMo. He has come back after 2 years of serving his mandatory military service and it’s nice to have him back. Well he left in May but that’s beside the point, he will be singing the official soundtrack to drama “Garden of Wind” on SBS.

Wonder Girls go Global

Global in the sense that Virgin Media have recognised them. Aaaaw, Wonder Girls, South Koreas little sisters, have made them proud by getting a shout out from Virgin Media as “the ones to watch”. Personally the following line stood out the most, “Candyfloss pop aimed squarely at the female teen market”. Um…. sure. If you can call it that. Nevertheless, thanks Virgin Media for that ignorant remark, at least they got some promotion. I shrug out of confusion as to how “So Hot” is candyfloss pop.

Edward1849 of Soompis Weekly Music Chart everyone….

Weekly Music Chart
1. Seo In Young – 신데렐라 (Cinderella)
2. Cool – 사랑을 원해 (I Want Love)
3. Lee Hyori – U-Go-Girl
4. Davichi – 사랑과 전쟁 (Love and War)
5. Big Bang – 하루하루 (Day By Day)
6. Uhm Jung Hwa (feat. T.O.P) – D.I.S.C.O
7. Kara – Rock U
8. Seo Tai Ji – MOAI
9. Kim Gun Mo – Kiss
10.Brown Eyes – 너 때문에 (Because Of You)

And Kim HyunJoong of SS501 shows us all that he is a trooper…

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The boy with a girl’s voice Ajoo is back with his mini album, Paparazzi, out on July 3rd. The EP is supposed to show his “mature” vocal, according to STAM Entertainment. Exactly, previously in 1st Kiss he sounded like a 13 year old girl, now he sounds like a 13 and a half. It’s all still the little girl voice, Ajoo dear. Maybe you should try some hormone shot to bring out the man in you. And no fuckin way a boy who poses like this relates to anything MATURE :

it’s like saying Suju Boys finally growing into men. dream on.

Track Listing:
1.PAPARAZZI (Feat. Younha, Tae Won a.k.a C-Luv)
2.Lady Lady
3.Crazy Love (Feat. Hyunmu (Of Trespass))
4.Mureup Ggulgo
5.PAPARAZZI (Instrumental)
6.Mureup Ggulgo (Instrumental)

Title track “Paparazzi” was written by Younha, based on her personal experience with a stalker in Japan. She also did a vocal featuring on the song, which explains why there are two girls’ voice on “Paparazzi”.

Lady Lady

무릎 꿇고

Paparazzi feat. Younha

Crazy Love feat HyeonMu

Paparazzi (instrumental)

무릎 꿇고 (Inst)

Tell me if that Lady Lady song doesn’t remind you of The Moffats.
(now don’t hit me too hard, i’m just trying to help his album promotion here..i mean if you missed The Moffats, why don’t you get this album..)

Making of the MV

Paparazzi MV

oh, wait, i have to say something nice about him, cos..well just because he looks so cute, and it’s not his fault that he has the squeaky voice and his company chooses to burst this lousy “Mature” concept which is whackable. The nice thing i’m trying to say is Ajoo indeed wrote a song for this album, “On My Knee” (the Mureup Ggulgo, i guess), a good ballad for your lullaby. Not nice enough?well at least i tried. Oh let me try one more time : I’m not sure if there’s anyone pulls a shitty attempt to sound like a Jamaican on Crazy Love, but i like that song.

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Or however long we feel a week lasts…

Shenyuepop prides itself in how fast the news drops in our forums, and it seems that you guys here in the blog are a deprived of condensed, up-to-date news. So here is a recap of the last 7 days in K-Entertainment. (For those who didn’t realize that Shenyuepop has a forum, you’ve missed out.)

Kim HyunJoong cast as Hanazawa Rui in Korean ‘Hana Yori Dango’:

Now whoever said reality Tv is only 15 minutes of fame and then history is probably wishing he lived in Korea. Because evidently, that’s not the case in good old Seoul. The celebrities in these ubiquitous reality shows are gaining immense popularity and plenty of offers for great gigs. Now before anyone mentions it, we know it’s not ‘finalized’, but releasing the news on practically all news sites and newspapers tells you that they have cast him but are checking on the public response first. Poor ‘Group Eight’ has been planning this remake of the Jdrama for a while now and wants to make sure that people will tune in, no matter how ‘mediocre’ the acting may be. No one else is officially cast and it will be broadcast early next year on KBS.

SS501 Number 2 in Oricon Daily Chart

Staying on course of the SS501 members it seems that they’re finally seeing the fruits of their labours and scored an impressive Number 2 on the Daily Oricon Charts. Well done boys, though I do wonder how well they speak Japanese.

Lee Hyori wants to catapult herself into a Pop Art icon

Hyori tries to pull off a vintage, pop art feel. Instead, she puts Andy Warhol to shame and ends up looking kitsch.

As well as scoring a great Vidal Sassoon CF where she practically gets all hair products for free and a guarantee for great looking locks all through out the rest of the year, Sister Hyori has had still images of her MV leaked as well as the audio. This is a great shame since of course, it was meant to be officially released in a few more days. Now news has it that Mnet (Lee Hyori’s Management) are super duper unbelievably mad at the leak and swear on their souls that they’re going to catch the guy that did it. Lucky for them that this leakage gives a little extra publicity to her mildly anticipated Summer Comeback. News also has it that Hyori’s a little upset, and with all that tough filming in gorgeous Hawaii, who can blame her?

Check out the leaked teaser:

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Here are the leaked still images from the MV.

Stars dropping like flies:

Who hasn’t been to the hospital lately in the K-Entertainment world? It seems like stars left, right and center are finding themselves bitten by that dreadful fatigue bug. For a small country they really know how to get all they want from their stars, wearing them out and forcibly sending them to the hospital inorder to rest. Latest victims to this horrible celeb virus are MC Mong, actress Lee Dahae and Big Bang’s TaeYang.

Military Men

Yes, Military men – past, present and near future- are making their rounds in the celeb news circuit this week, and here’s what they’ve been up to.

Singer Sung SiKyung is doing the usual Pre-military man activity boost, where he’s practically everywhere at once. Saucy nerd SiKyung is not only releasing a new album before he parts with his fans, but he also has a now Sold-out concert to croon his way in to hearts that won’t forget him for two years. He also managed to clear that unbelievable scandal he supposedly had with Jewelry star Seo In-Young. Hands up to who ever heard of it and/or believed it.

Singer Eru who hasn’t left the Entertainment scene for that long, posted pictures of himself while performing his patriotic duty at his probably exhausting desk job. It’s understandable that he would be bored since he just sits at a desk all day. I mean don’t all guys that go to the military do that? Yes, I’m being sarcastic. The star doesn’t understand that it’s not just another day at the office but his military service. So I guess its understandable too that netizens gave him a stern chiding, to the extent that poor Eru had to apologise on his personal homepage. Oh Eru, what do they say about idle thumbs?

Kim Jong Kook, the singer freshly out of the military is keeping his already impatient fans still waiting on his comeback album, as he is putting off the recording for a wedding. Not his, but friend MC Yoo Jaesuk. He promised to sing at his wedding and canceled his already booked flights just to stay faithful to that promise. How sweet.

Return of A Legend

It’s been something some fans have been waiting years for, and it’s completely justified. Seo Taiji is finally making his comeback this summer and this week it was announced that he will have some absolutely killer artists lined up to perform at his Music Festival, also staged as his comeback. The ETPFest scheduled for the 16th of August in Seoul is organised by Seo Taiji’s company and have lined up a large array of National and International artists. Clazziquai were confirmed this week for the gig on the eve of the festival. Marilyn Manson is also coming to Korea to scare the land of the morning calm.

Oh yeah and that dude Ajoo is making his comeback too. He seems to have the ‘Papparazzi’ stalking him.

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Tablo (with his hot Engrish name, Daniel Armand Lee..hmm..) is currently in love … with Ajoo’s voice. At least that was what he said (or read from the script) at the KBS Music Bank Show on Feb 22nd , where Tabloo is the MC of the show.

Ajoo Debut performance

Tablo has said, “Music fans were also all-praise for the new singer and posted comments like “He’s got vocals that can’t be easily heard from guys,” “He’s like a comet that appeared in the male solo singer market,” and “His style and vocals are fresh” in music sites like Melon and Dosirak and fan sites.”

Meanwhile, STAM Entertainment, A-JOO’s label, commented that A-JOO’s voice is a product of a 6-year training.

*cough* 6 years????? *cough*
For more praising on Ajoo, visit the forum thread

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If you are looking at that picture above and thinking that she is cute well…….you should be saying hell he looks too cute to be a guy. Yes that’s right A-Joo is a dude a-really-too-cute-to-be-guy-dude.

Today (or yesturday in Korea) is his debut the day of love, which is not a bad strategy to go by especially if you are trying to get all the young girls’ eyes and hearts away from the other well-known male solo singers and boy-bands. But will this work? I mean what exactly does this A-Joo guy has to offer besides letting us feel bad that another Korean guy looks better than we do.

Well here is some info on this guy…..

Name: Ajoo (아주)
Real Name: Noh Ah Joo (노아주)
Nicknames: 노라줘, 테리우스
D.O.B: July 6th, 1990
Place of Birth: Seoul
Height: 175cm
Weight: 62kg
Blood Type: A
Family: 2 Sisters (not sure if he has a brother)
Talent: Singing, Dancing, Composing music, Piano
Hobbies: Playing the piano, listening to music, watching movies, exercising
Religion: Christian
Fav Actor: Jang Dong Gun, Josh Hartnett
Favourite Artists: Eric Bennet, Beyonce
Website:http://z15.invisionfree.com/AJOO/index.php?
http://blog.naver.com/aj2o/
http://cafe.naver.com/no1ajoo.cafe?iframe_…3Farticleid=122
http://search.naver.com/search.naver?sm=ta…&query=ajoo

A-Joo trained for 6 years under the label STAM Entertainment the same label Younha is under. Younha gave A-Joo a lot of support even becoming his piano teacher.

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A-Joo’s company is going to great lengths to put him into the spotlight, even going as far as to look for fans of his. The guy just debuted and they already were looking for fans…..um seems like someone is stepping ahead of themselves. The program called Mnet show “Ajoo’s Suspicious FanClub” is the search for fans of this yet(when it aired); now debuted A-Joo. The show is online at Mnet.com, but you will have to download some software to watch it.

EDIT: i found a video at youtube of his Mnet show…

if you’d like to download ajoo’s mnet suspicous fans every week go to :
http://z15.invisionfree.com/AJOO/inde…

Little side info: The song 1st Kiss was written by Park Hwayobi, she got the idea for the song from A-Joo very own lips (makes you think about what exactly does this song mean besides kissing, and to them….mmmmm very suspicious).

Note to Shenyuepop readers: you can now download his debut single in the forum.

1ST KISS MV

Fan Cam(First KissMV)

(he is just dancing all over the place, and what is up with the Justin Timberlake song.lolololololol)

Well in my opinion he is good for looks but singing wise……..it will probably take me a few times listening to his song to get a real idea if I like his voice or not.

But what do you guys think ….will A-Joo succeed or just be another pretty face?
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