Karma meet SM Entertainment…

SM Entertainment say hello to Karma…

Be nice now kiddies.

Oh ho ho ho, how juicy juicy juicy.

Their lineup clear indication of their split?

Please.

I’m sure a lot of you have heard about the rumors about DBSK,  Asia conquerors and record holders of the World, and SM Entertainment, Slave drivers and Jackasses of the Entertainment biz. Well, we weren’t going to cover it initially cos well, it was blah to begin with and filled with he-said, she-said, they-lied schizz, but now things are becoming so clear.

SM Entertainment is run by a bunch of childish greedy whiny kiddies.

Shall I summarize and simplify what’s going on?

Since I neglected the site for the last few days for my own personal holiday (hey the beach frolicking pics made me jealous), that and now I’m free, I’m going to for funsies.

DBSK have always been the biggest money-makers for SM ever since Shinhwa left SM Entertainment. The DBSK boys have only been growing in popularity and eventually made records on a world scale with their humongous fanbase. They’re fun, happy, jolly and hella talented, so of course they would be loved. Not to mention, they’re also seriously hot.

SM have in the past had a great formula for success, it all started with Mr. Lee SooMan hunting down schoolgirls to ask them what kind of boyband they would like to see.. Yeah, it sounds wrong, but he insists it’s OK…I mean look at his marketing plan for SNSD! All for the good of his business! With the results of the surveys he created H.O.T and made them the great success they were. A few years later they broke up. That was followed by their negligence of Shinhwa and once successful, their suffocation of them which eventually made them leave and buy rights to their name after a lengthy and brutal legal battle.

So, after the bad past SM have had with H.O.T and Shinhwa, one would be smart enough to assume that SM would, like the smart adult businessmen they are, learn from their mistakes and make sure DBSK don’t end up the same way. But that’s not the case, they’re still the proud, stubborn, greedy business that refuses to let the artist get what they’re owed.

It seems that even DBSK have no idea how much they earn. Um… say what? Aren’t they meant to know, in accordance to any developed countries legal system? It should be clear on contract how much they get, ratio-wise and they should know their accounts.

Slave contracts as well were meant to be abolished a very long time ago! Artists should receive a fair amount of money from their work. After all, they do have a lot on their shoulders, and DBSK should have also paid off all the debts they incurred with SMEs training program.

Now, the hubbub comes from a lot of conflicting news, what with SMs sudden announcements about Yunho and Changmins acting arrangements.

If anything, it seems like provocation from SMs side, alienating those involved with the lawsuit. Thus, the rumors about the “disbandment”.

So yes, SM has been quite malicious, although obviously in the wrong.

SM has a lot of pull in the industry, many a time using their connections to force companies to allowing their artists to have exclusive appearances, MC gigs and shows. A lot of the time even getting banned from certain channels, last year MBC, this year KBS in the first few weeks of the year and now Mnet.

How did this hubbub start? Because of Hero JaeJoong, Micky YooChun and Xiah JunSu investing in a Chinese Cosmetics company with their own money. It’s not at all clear why SM have such an issue with their involvement in a separate company, since they have all had money invested in businesses in the past.

The only thing some people think is the issue that SM has with the Chinese company, which has now been claimed by the boys lawyer to be “blown out of proportion”, is that they may bank on the name DBSK without SM getting a slice of the action.

What with their already large cut of the pie, rumored to be from 75%-90% to the management company and then the remainder split to 5 people, it’s no wonder the boys are probably enraged.

It’s evident now that after 5 years and more of working their fine booties off for SM, and then getting their name slandered, through making their investment out to be some sort of betrayal, not only to SM but Changmin and Yunho, that they filed for a lawsuit yesterday (July 31st). The lawsuit asks for all their accounts to be sent in for review by the courts.

Which of course means that their contract will also have to be assessed.

Smart move boys. Yet what this does, is further alienate the other two, making them stuck in the middle. What was an issue about 3 of the boys with a cosmetics company has turned it in to a war between them and SM, with Yunho and Changmin as casualties lying in no-mans-land. After all, the other two were obviously played as pawns, what with the SM Entertainment backed drama for Changmin, and the 2 for 1 offer with Yunho and Go ARa.

It’s a smart thing to keep yourself waiting for a few days as opposed as every hour of the day plastered to the comp for updates on the matter. It won’t be resolved very quickly, if anything this is the best thing to happen to DBSK for a while, they will finally get what they deserve, hopefully. Same with Karma and SM Entertainment, this is throwing all their dirty laundry out for all to see, and it really is stinky.

Perhaps this will make things better for the rest of the acts under SME. The clearest thing seems to be now is the real name of SM Entertainment. The abbreviations aren’t really “Star Museum” as was previously claimed, it’s Slave Management.

All in all, what’s going to happen isn’t clear, what with SMTown Live coming soon…

Although a lot of people will be left disappointed, DBSKs appearance may fall through and perhaps even, the entire show may be cancelled since a lawsuit is officially under way.

Everything else in accordance to this issue is rumor and not fact, don’t worry too much Cassiopeias.

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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Here is the round-up to the news-slow week that passed (Monday 13th to Sunday 24th). It was a seriously slow Newsweek to be honest and I was hoping for more juicier news, unfortunately I can’t make any up….

Final Goodbyes

The biggest news of last week was of course, actor/Model/DJ Lee Eons passing. The news rocked a lot of netizens and fans as it was a sudden and sad death. Rest In Peace Lee Eon you shall be missed.

Photo Movie?

Actress Kim HaNeul and actor/model Daniel Henney have come together to star in a “Photo-Movie” called ‘Sweet September’. It’s a joint project by Elle and On Style and it seems like quite an interesting artistic idea, which of course was “borrowed” from the French like a lot of music we’re seeing nowadays too. I’m looking forward to see how they work this out and how good it may or may not be….

SHINee, um… Shines?

That’s the worst name to try and tag to be honest. Nevertheless these 5 young boys have stormed back in to the Music World and made quite an impression.

Promotional Ambassadors anyone?

First we need to know what a promotional Ambassador is, but SHINee deserve some kudos for landing this gig…. I guess. Group 8 continue to baffle us in terms of their ‘Hana Yori Dango” release, and instead of announcing the stars of the show they have provided us with some SHINee for our eyes. Not that we’re complaining, but it just doesn’t seriously make much sense. Why do you need a promotional ambassador for a Drama that hasn’t even announced stars or quite possibly started filming yet? Anyhow, SHINee will be releasing the single “In My Room” off their first mini album for the drama with accompanying MV. Group 8 stop playing games please, I am seriously starting to not care anymore…

90s Pop Music is back

Seriously, the pants

Well, with SM it never really ever left. Anyhow, SHINees remake title track “Love Like Oxygen” is out and so is the full MV, and I cant get my head around the material for their pants. Is it not the worst thing to wear while you dance those moves? What is it anyway, is it pleather? Besides the strange fashion choice in this video we finally hear Taemins little voice. This boy blows me away with his dancing skills, his control over his skinny and tall frame is unbelievable for a boy his age.

Events this week

Jang GeunSuk host of the Mnet Awards, I put him up cos I think he’s hot

Rain at the Olympics and the Mnet 20s Choice were covered earlier this week in great detail by SYP staff, y’all should go take a peak at our coverage.

Eric serenades…

Well quite possibly. Eric of Shinhwa keeps teasing his fans when it comes to releasing an album before he trots off to the army this October for 2 years. His company say that there is a 99% chance that he will, and so expect it soon.

Crown J IZ in A-Town

question Crown J, iz YOU fly?

Crown J makes his way to the hometown of Hip Hop to film the MV for his upcoming mini-album, in Atlanta, Georgia. His album is called “Fly Boy” and was officially released on the 26th. Check out the teaser here:

Seriously you have to watch that teaser just for the bad spelling, and yes I purposely picked the most unfly picture.

I told you guys the week was seriously slow when it came to news. Anyhow here is the top 10 for the last week, credit to Edward1849 of Soompi.

Weekly Music Chart – 4th Week – August
1. Lee Hyori – U-Go-Girl
2. Davichi – 사랑과 전쟁 (Love and War)
3. Seo In Young – 신데렐라 (Cinderella)
4. Cool – 사랑을 원해 (I Want Love)
5. Uhm Jung Hwa (feat. T.O.P) – D.I.S.C.O
6. Seo Tai Ji – MOAI
7. Kara – Rock U
8. Zi-A – 사랑해 미안해 (I Love You, I Am Sorry)
9. Mighty Mouth (feat. Sun Ye) – 에너지 (Energy)
10.Sung Shi Kyung – 안녕 나의 사랑 (Goodbye My Love)

The Wonder Girls released a new video and then they didn’t…

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My sincerest apologies again for the lateness of this weeks update. Before we begin I would like to pass on my respects and condolences to Lee Eons’ family for their great loss. Rest In Peace.

This is the update for the past week, Monday 11th to Sunday 17th.

Festival rocks Jamsil to pieces

Two big Concerts took place in two Jamsil stadiums last week, ETPfest and SMTownLive ‘08. There were strange things to pick up in the media about one of them, but clearly they were both marked as successful. ETPfest opened up to a sold out audience opening its doors to over 40,000 spectators within the two days of the festival. The show was undoubtedly awesome and I think we can all be envious to those of which that attended. SMTownLive opened to Jamsil Olympic stadium with a less than enthusiastic response, but still went on to get a lot of positive remarks from the media due to the Big Name performers there.

Big Bang got busy

With Big Bang releasing their mini-album ‘Stand Up‘, it’s no surprise that they would be in the limelight a lot. With the Olympics still going on there is not much attention paid on the Celeb world or Music world since all eyes are on Beijing, yet Big Bang have found their own way to still pop up on the Media Radar.

First it was their crazy concert in Thailand:

Before they started their official promotions of their new mini-album the Big Bang boys held a concert in Thailand, causing many a fan girl to faint. 20 to be exact and it seems YG Entertainment was proud to mention it. “Our boys are studs and can knock you out with a look” is what they said in my head, after mentioning that.

The release of two MVs within a week.

It took a while to get here, “haru haru” of Big Bang that is, yet as soon as they released that MV with actress Park Min Young, we got another surprise with the release of “Oh My Friend” featuring the psychotically entertaining No Brain. I am all for promotion of underrated KRock Artists mainly because the underground K-Music scene is full of awesome talent, but seriously I couldn’t let ‘haru haru’ sink in and then got bombarded with “oh my friend”. Big Bang make it up though with being cute, and well seeing G-Dragon as a mental patient is always nice….

Thailand got lucky

Well to me, they did. Not only did they get Big Bang but soon after they left, Epik High came for promotions and a showcase for over 1000 fans. “We went there without much expectation, and it turned out we have a lot of fans here in Thailand. We were shocked when they sang along with us during our showcase performances. We have a tight schedule here, we are not feeling tired and is advancing smoothly.” Is what Tablo said on a phone interview about their trip. Any Thai fans out there willing to take me in next time they have Epik High around? Better yet any Thai fans that attended either event of Big Bang and Epik High?

SHINee need mouth to mouth resuscitation.

Noona’s, you wish. Well it’s a play on words to SHINees’ new single “You’re like Oxygen” that they teased us with the week before. The 5 young boys performed it at SMTownLive ‘08 (which was like a promotional tool for the upcoming SM plans to be honest), to a big happy response from fans. I am still waiting on the official MV, but in the forums you can get a listen. I hear only Michael Jackson with this song and as the official release is due tomorrow, wait for that. Although there is some controvercy surrounding the originality of this track, I am still giggling at their attempts to man-up these cute little boys.

lol, Beware of Darth Vader JungHyun….

It’s Wonder JIN?

Mnet is always the place to be for young music pop fans and their events are always fun to keep an eye on. You are bound to get some drama and interesting footage to keep you entertained till the next years version. And Mnet doesn’t want this years Mnet 20’s Choice (last years was the first), to go without some major attention. It’s not enough with their weird awards and choices but they have a strange collab stage going too. Jun Jin of Shinhwa and the Wonder Girls are going to share the stage for something, apparently spectacular. Well that’s what the PD is insisting on (I love how PDs get attention in SK don’t you?), and the PD also claims that after the performance it will by number 1 on search engines…. Ok, we will have our eyes on your project PDnim, but expect our laughter recorded and sent in a package to you if it ends up a joke….

Bae YongJoon forever young

In the heart and soul. The beloved Hallyu star had shoulder surgery recently after his well publicised shoulder ligament injury. After the two injuries Mr. Bae YongJun received after filming his last blockbuster he has been recuperating in the States and now will remain in the hospital for a week. South Korea’s prize smile should keep himself fitter and safer so he can swoon more Ajummas in to the Hallyu Wave…

East of Eden, right down the street

This has gotten tongues wagging for a while now with the uber awesome cast. The cast has a lot of big time names in it that leave your head reeling. Song Seung Hun, Yun Jung Hoon, Park Hae Jin, Lee Da Hae, Lee Yeon Hee, Han Ji Hye, Dennis Oh, Jo Min Ki, Lee Mi Sook, Kim Bum, Shin Eun Jung and many more are set to star in it. The teaser has finally been released and it will be interesting to tune in and see how this drama goes. The plot speaks of revenge, murder and ill-doings, definitely something to watch with a cup of tea and chocolates. Bring it on MBC.

The teaser:

damn, be prepared for drama, drama, drama and needless shedding of tears…

It’s also time for this weeks Music charts thanks to Edward1849 of Soompi

Weekly Music Chart – 3rd Week – August
1. Lee Hyori – U-Go-Girl
2. Davichi – 사랑과 전쟁 (Love and War)
3. Seo In Young – 신데렐라 (Cinderella)
4. Uhm Jung Hwa (feat. T.O.P) – D.I.S.C.O
5. Shinee – 누난 너무 예뻐 (Noona’s Pretty (Replay))
6. Wonder Girls – So Hot
7. Mighty Mouth (feat. Sun Ye) – 에너지 (Energy)
8. Zi-A – 사랑해 미안해 (I Love You, I Am Sorry)
9. Cool – 사랑을 원해 (I Want Love)
10.Brown Eyes – 너 때문에 (Because Of You)

And Kim JangHoon distributed his own version of the National Anthem online…

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Ok guys, here’s the latest roundup of the news of the past week (Monday 4th to Sunday 10th). Enjoy.

Super Junior-H with not so Happy news

Yesung of Super Junior Happy injured his back last Friday during the Music Bank Rehearsals. He tripped on a Power Cord and fell from the stage, he was sent immediately to the Hospital. The rest of the boys continued the performance like the troopers they are, check out the vid. My favourite of the lot is Ms. Patty (total lol soyboy!).

Get better soon and stay fit and healthy Yesung.

JYP ever the young’un

JYPs new album concept, ‘pimp’?

Park Jin Young the coolest Producer on the block doesn’t seem to notice that he can never be sexy. As much as I love this guys talent, I think he should stay away from these crazy photo shoots. JYP please be as great as you are in the recording booth but please put on some clothes and act your age? Just a tip. By the by to the random netizen that said, “He is as sexy as a gorilla. His stomach muscles are like chocolate.” Please be exposed to some more men, thank you, take a look at Kwon SangWoo for instance, and since when were gorillas sexy?

Big Bangs comeback

Well 08.08.08 has come and passed and Big Bang released their newest mini-album. There were some rave reviews by some and not-so-happy reviews by others. No matter what, Big Bang showed us that they are as popular as ever as their album sold an impressive amount in just pre-orders (100k). The album as covered by the staff earlier this week has a wide range of genres and as some people here in the international section are not so keen on it, Big Bang dominates the Cyworld chart as the Top 10 includes every track of the album, even the intro “Stand Up”.

Korean Films rock the movie theatres

One of the main reasons for plenty of people to get in to the Hallyu Wave has got to be their movies. I for one am a huge KMovie fan and finally, the movies are nabbing a nearly 50% market share of the Korean Movie Market, 47.7% if you’re going to nitpick. Awesome movies are out this summer and one of the best picks has to be the Korean western “The Good, the Bad, the Weird”, starring three of the most talented actors Jung WooSung, Lee ByungHun and the ever awesome Song KangHo. Keep watching those Kmovies people.

Kang HyeJung hits the US

Well, kind of. Young actress Kang HyeJung has been cast in ‘American’ movie ‘Wedding Palace’ about two people who meet in L.A and get married. It focuses on their different cultural backgrounds and will be shot mostly in the US with some scenes in Korea. Its produced by Korean American company TU Productions.

Monday Kiz goes solo

After the devastating death of Kim MinSoo of the talented duo Monday Kiz earlier this year, news has reached us that the other half Lee JinSeong will continue. Monday Kiz’s record label gave up finding another partner and wants Mr. Lee to try his luck as a solo singer. We wish him the best of luck in his efforts.

Hana Yori Dango still dangling in the air

It was announced earlier this year that Mr. Hyunjoong of SS501 was going to star as Hanazawa Rui in the Korean adaptation of Hana Yori Dango, and then not too long after that they claimed it was not confirmed. Group 8 who is producing this version seem to be meticulous in their casting project as it has been extended yet again. I know that it’s going to air next year but it’s getting ridiculous as they refuse to tell us who is going to star in the drama. Apparently 80% of the idol stars have auditioned for the drama but no one has particularly stood out yet. They are still deciding on who is going to make them rake in the most money without looking like they sold out.

Maybee wants you to be as inventive as ever

Pretty and talented Songwriter/Singer/DJ Maybee has allowed her fans to produce both her recent single and Music Video. The single was written and produced by 20 high school girls who are avid supporters of Maybee. It was released on the 4th last week as a digital single. Maybee is great to encourage and reward her fans for their own creativity. And its pretty nice that the song is dedicated to her. It’s called “Maybee Praise Song” if you were wondering.

Nell makes their way in to Japan

After a successful comeback earlier this year with their album “Separation Anxiety”, Nell find themselves being invited to the Japanese SummerSonic Rock Festival. Foot traffic reaches highs of 80.000 (concert-goers) and it’s good to think that they will be able to be exposed to the almost-eerie yet ear pleasing music of Seo Taiji discovered Nell. All those hours “researching” in that insane asylum paid off, right guys?

It’s time for this weeks Music chart, credit goes to Mr. Edward1849 as ever, from Soompi.

Weekly Music Chart – 2nd Week – August
1. Lee Hyori – U-Go-Girl
2. Davichi – 사랑과 전쟁 (Love and War)
3. Uhm Jung Hwa (feat. T.O.P) – D.I.S.C.O
4. Shinee – 누난 너무 예뻐 (Noona’s Pretty (Replay))
5. Wonder Girls – So Hot
6. Brown Eyes – 가지마 가지마 (Don’t Leave Don’t Leave)
7. Mighty Mouth (feat. Sun Ye) – 에너지 (Energy)
8. Alex – 그대라면 (If It’s You)
9. Sung Shi Kyung – 안녕 나의 사랑 (Goodbye My Love)
10.Zi-A – 사랑해 미안해 (I Love You, I Am Sorry)

Also, check out news for Dynamic Duos anticipated comeback…

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After what seems like my week vacation (while Michelle took over the reigns of the weekly update), I realised how much I enjoyed writing these up. And I hope that you guys do enjoy them. With a thanks to Michelle, lets go ahead with this weeks news.

The Legend is Here.

And it’s damn good he is. Musical God Seo TaiJi has made his comeback sooner than expected and we are not complaining. He dropped his album earlier this week and unsurprisingly it’s been selling like hotcakes. Let me be honest for a sec here and tell you how I reacted to the news, I fangirled when I heard he was coming back sooner, I fangirled when the teaser started, and I super fangirled when I heard his voice again. Funnily enough I am no fangirl, but you guys need to know how awesome this man is. He didnt just pave the way with pretty bricks for this generations biggest creative singers but he also planted flowers and added shrubbery. His impact breathed life and enriched the soils of the K-Music industry, as his single “Moai” sold an astounding 37,408 copies on the first day of release. (thats not even including preorders and illegal downloads throughout the week ). This breaks Brown Eyes record in June, that shook up the industry itself, (they only sold 15,000). This is more significant as it is a single album (commonly known as mini-album), as opposed to Brown Eyes’s full studio album. How is that for you? Seo TaiJis re-introduction in to the Music Biz, breathes life in to it and makes things more exciting! Bring it on.

Check out the super awesome MV teaser, that he shot on Easter Island:

Held Up Due to Heavy Rain

Is apparently the reason why Big Bang is not back. They were originally scheduled to release their MV and mini-album on August 1st. But, due to the downpour their MV filming had to be delayed as they are filming outdoors. They have set both their album and MV release for the novel date 08.08.08, those dates over the years are usually left for gimmicks and marriages (I prefer the date 11.11.11 wait for my album then). Oh right and on the day of the Olympics, I’m anticipating the release as the teaser was entertaining and the words “stand up stand up wake wake up” have been ringing through my head ever since I heard it. I like these boys more now since they also mentioned that they regard Seo Taiji as “the best of the best”. Oh little Big Bang you are after noonas heart. <3

Malaysia and MTV go hand in hand

Huzzah! All thirteen! I counted it three times!

Hello to all the Malaysians first of all. Last week Malaysia were hosts to the 2008 MTV Asia Awards. Where the 4 nominees for Best Korean Artist were Big Bang, SNSD, Super Junior and Wonder Girls (in alphabetical order). Super Junior won that night and a big Congratulations to them! To those that didnt win, it’s an honour to just be nominated. And for Super Junior I was expecting an “You like me, *in between sobs* You REALLY like me” acceptance speech, ah well, maybe next time.

It pays to be pretty

No it really does. When formerly faceless star Zia revealed her entire face on Music Bank last week, people went nutso. Let me refresh your minds about Zia, when it took so long for her to show her face, netizens went around labelling her as “ugly” and “fat”. This naturally made the poor girl upset and took a little time off from the Biz. Netizens dont seem to remember that the faceless singer technique is tried and tested in Show Business and has been successful for some, you don’t just hide your face cos your ugly. O_O They have paperbags for that. Anyhow, Zia performed, people liked what they saw, she was the number 1 on the searchlist and her album sales increased to 1000 per day from a previous daily high record of 500-600 orders. Being pretty really does pay. Wow how shallow.

Here’s the performance that converted those non-believers:

SBS is powermad and reckless

I love the running man, he’s almost mocking

As international fans its hard not to notice the latest crackdown on Korean Entertainment videos on Youtube. The most popular users have been suspended and videos have been deleted. SBS is behind it. They allied with youtube to delete any SBS videos due to copyright. Funnily enough, SBS can dish it out but they cant take it. Not too long after that, they were hit with a copyright violation themselves. How’s that for ha-ha worthy? They stupidly leaked a video of the Chinese Olympics Opening Ceremony Rehearsals on their channel. I don’t understand why they would do such a thing as I’m pretty sure they were told explicitly to keep ‘mum‘, but alas what goes around does come around my powermad friends. Ironically that very segment was put up on youtube and deleted due to copyright infringement. What do netizens say again, oh yes, LOL.

BoA returning to Korea?

We covered not too long ago a case of two concerts being held on the same night. It was unclear to some the true purpose of the comparison, but nevertheless it was relevant. Now it seems that poor SM is suffering and had to pull BoA out of Japan to increase ticket sales of his SMTOWNLIVE ‘08. We never knew it was that dire a situation SM, perhaps the ticketsales were actually lower? BoA fans are complaining as to the real reason why she couldnt perform in the first place. She was scheduled for the Chinese performances and not the Seoul performance. it was thought it was due to schedule problems but now people are thinking otherwise. Not our problem…..

Davichi are Vitchin’!

Yeah, that’s really them, I just loved the picture.

These girls are undoubtedly talented. And their efforts are finally paying off. Ok, the ex-ulzzhang needs to work a little more on her vocals, but they have a lot of decent and excpetional music out there. Davichi are also quite the performers, they beat out so much great competition to hit the number 1 spot. Their first and most significant in my opinion (if my memory serves me right). They beat out competition from killer balladeer Sunbaenims Brown Eyes, and awesomeness Sunbaenim Uhm JungHwa. Well done girls, count me as a supporter!

Here is also the weeks top 10 from good ol’ Edward1849 of Soompi.
Weekly Music Chart – 1st Week – August
1. Davichi – 사랑과 전쟁 (Love and War)
2. Uhm Jung Hwa (feat. T.O.P) – D.I.S.C.O
3. Brown Eyes – 가지마 가지마 (Don’t Leave Don’t Leave)
4. Shinee – 누난 너무 예뻐 (Noona’s Pretty (Replay)
5. Wonder Girls – So Hot
6. Mighty Mouth (feat. Sun Ye) – 에너지 (Energy)
7. Sung Shi Kyung – 안녕 나의 사랑 (Goodbye My Love)
8. Alex – 그대라면 (If It’s You)
9. Lee Hyori – U-Go-Girl
10.Super Junior Happy – 요리왕 (Cooking? Cooking!)

And also, awesome rocker, Host and all round great guy Yoon DoHyun, is going to start an English Radio Program with KBS.

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Has Rock music suddenly taken over Pop as the most popular Music Genre in Korea?

After 4 years in exile, Seo Taiji (36) makes his official comeback in to the Korean Music scene on the 15th of August. Similarly, after 2 years of promotions in Japan, DBSK are headlining the SMTOWN LIVE 08 on the same day.

In the media its been seen as a battle of the generations. Seo Taiji being an idol star of the 20th century and DBSK the 21st Century idol stars.

ETPFest is an annual festival held by Seo Taijis company where plenty of World Stars participating on an annual basis. It started in 2001 and past acts have been Tommy Lee from Motley Crue, and Hide from X-Japan. After 2005 it was cancelled, to commemmorate Seo Taijis comeback its back and better than ever. Check out the headliners:

SMTOWNLIVE is not an annual event organised by SM Entertainment, instead its supposed to be a treat for fans, since there was no ‘Summer SMTown Album’ this year. All their popular artists are meant to perform (with some exceptions). This years show lineup is as follows:

On paper and judging by the Korean Music Scene, one would assume that because of the crazy youth fandom in South Korea, SMTOWNLIVE would be the packed concert, winning the so-called ‘Battle of the generations’.

Apparently not.

Let me educate you on this matter. Both concerts will be held in ‘Jamsil’ stadiums. ETPFest in the ‘Jamsil Baseball Stadium’ and SMTOWNLIVE in the ‘Jamsil Olympic Stadium’. Tickets for both have long been available, but only one is SOLD OUT.

Yes, ETPFEST is sold out. While only 70% of SMTOWNLIVE ticket sales have been issued. The problem also isnt in price. ETPFest tickets all sell for a pretty hefty amount of 132,000 KRWs (around $133), while the most expensive for SMTOWNLIVE is 66k. The sales for the latter predict it will be sold out, but the significance in its availability is obvious.

What has happened to all those crazy fangirls/fanboys? Is it possible that they’re Seo Taiji fans too? And his comeback is more valuable to them?

Only Heaven knows We only have our theories.

As an afterthought, It was ridiculous for SM to organize their concert on the same day. Why? I think the sales figures can answer that question.

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Source: MyDaily, Wikipedia, etpfest.com, smtown.com
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