Sorry for the late post loyal readers, unfortunately I had technical difficulties yesterday and couldn’t post this weeks segment on time.

Nevertheless we have a lot of updating to do, so let’s get down to business. Firstly I need to mention that the ‘news’ this week doesn’t need much elaboration so I’ve decided to give you guys a lot of news with not so much commenting. So, here goes the ShenYuePop K-Entertainment newscast:

Seo-InYoung boosts Maybelline’s Popularity

That’s right, little miss mushroom head Seo InYoung has impressively boosted Maybelline’s Internet sales a decent 10% ever since she signed on as a Spokesperson. Now, who needs Godly beauty for a makeup ad, personality is what really shines. (that and an extremely popular reality show)

Epik High promotes Subliminal Messaging

Well, not really. Apparently some have discovered that when you play Epik High’s album track “비(Be)” backwards the word “Jesus” can be made out. It’s called ‘Backward Masking’ and it is usually associated with devil worship and subliminal messaging, but um…. what the hell? It’s purely coincidental and whoever discovered this seriously has too much time on their hands.

Faceless star Zia, causes a stir

I’m pretty sure she’s no longer faceless and she’s revealed her face (hands up to whoever actually was anxious to see who she was), but apparently Zia also been bitten by the ‘plagiarism’ bug and her album poster looks a little too much like the new ‘Sex and The City’ movie poster.

Ohhh Lee Hyori and Mnet

This poor girl has so much drama thrown her way. Miss Lee HyoRi apparently needs as much attention as humanly possible to be successful with her new album. Get this, she’s dropped out of hosting popular variety show ‘Sang Sang Plus’ to concentrate on her new album, has had more songs off her album leaked, and has been accused of plagiarism for both her album cover and new video. Phew… that’s quite a lot of drama for just one album, and anyone who knows the Biz can tell how stupid Mnet is looking by purposely leaking it. YES, Mnet we weren’t born yesterday, we can tell you leaked 5 whole songs off her album yourselves and are announcing it so people can listen to it. Keep insisting your hunting the guy down that leaked it, where’s the dude that released the teaser then?

Not Another Girl Band?!

Apparently the music scene isn’t bombarded enough with girl bands and boy bands debuting, but they’re also not young enough either. Check out the music video of new girl group “Sweety“, whose youngest member is 7 and the oldest is 14 (korean age). Warning, this is going to keep playing in your head no matter how bad you think it is.

Ryu SiWon, talented and Honorable

Ryu SiWon has been making ajummas in Japan swoon for years now, and it’s obvious that he is a big time HallYu star. Now, he is a ‘Hallyu Star with a Heart’ and he’s been awarded for it. Mr. Ryu, was awarded a Japanese Emperor’s Medal of Honor last Tuesday at Niikata Prefecture for his large donations to the region. To those of you who didn’t know, Niikata was hit with a bad earthquake last year and Mr. Ryu contributed quite a hefty donation as well as holding a concert there. So nice.

Super Junior hit no.4 in Japan

My apologies, I couldn’t be bothered to find a picture of all of them.

I personally had no idea they were releasing any single, what with half of them in China and half being Happy, but word has it that Super Juniors’ Japanese version of ‘U’ has reached the fourth spot in the Oricon Daily Chart. Good for them, maybe when they all get back together and they go to actually promote their singles, they may in fact do better. It’s a good time to be a Korean Artist in Japan.

Seo TaiJi making hearts beat faster

Maybe it’s just my heart, but I seriously cannot wait for Seo TaiJi’s comeback album. This man is not only Music Legend in Korea, but a Musical Genius. His company has released the date for his Mini-Album and people write it down in your diaries, July 29th shall be the day we see true creative music get back in to K-Entertainment. Ok, I know there’s great music out there already, but it’s so few and far between… *sigh* I just love me some Seo TaiJi…

JinuSean comeback?

JinuSean recently graced the stage with sexy diva Uhm JungHwa on the great show “Yoon DoHyuns Love Letter” and there’s been cries of comeback for the duo. It’s about time if you ask me, come back JinuSean and make our ears scream happy please!

Baby VoX is back!

No sweetheart, just the name. There are no names left in the Universe, old ones must be recycled, it’s good for the environment. Well, not really, but Baby VoX ReV have come back with two new members and have decided to drop the ‘Rev’ part in their name. Collectively, the ‘Baby VoX’ name has seen 11 female members to this day, if my calculations are correct. I dont understand why this is necessary, nonetheless I have lost interest already, how bout you?

Well, so much for not commenting… Anyhow here is the top 10 of last week, and as ever thanks to Edward1849 of Soompi…

Weekly Music Chart – 2nd Week – July
1. Brown Eyes – 가지마 가지마 (Don’t Leave Don’t Leave)
2. Tae Yang – 나만 바라봐 (Watching Only You)
3. Wonder Girls – So Hot
4. Shinee – 누난 너무 예뻐 (Noona’s Pretty (Replay))
5. Alex – 그대라면 (If It’s You)
6. V.O.S – Beautiful Life
7. Ok Ju Hyun – Honey
8. Sung Si Kyung – 안녕 나의 사랑 (Goodbye My Love)
9. Super Junior Happy – 요리왕 (Cooking? Cooking!)
10. Mighty Mouth (feat. Sun Ye) – 에너지 (Energy)

Oh and Shin JungHwan has left the hospital and is back in action…

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Back again this week with an update on the most interesting happening of last week. Aren’t y’all glad you get all the news in one short burst?

I thought I would start this weeks segment with some happy news…

Yoo JaeSuk finally ties the knot

I don’t know about you guys, but I absolutely love this guy. He’s an unbelievably talented MC who never stops entertaining you no matter what he does. I would watch a show with him sitting in a garden shed all on his lonesome with only a juicer to entertain himself with. And I would know I would be laughing throughout. Yoo JaeSuk married announcer Na KyoungUn on the 6th this week, we wish the couple a long, happy and healthy life together.

Shin JungHwan injured

This week was somewhat happy since mostly celebrities managed to stay away from hospitals due to being overworked. And then we got word that lovable celebrity and funnyman Shin JungHwan was in an accident. Mr. Shin was riding his bicycle near his home in Seoul where he was forced to make an emergency turn to avoid an oncoming collision with a rushed vehicle. This resulted in multiple injuries to his forehead, pelvis, knee, and back. He has not taken part in his plentiful programs which he is a host and a regular, and it is not entirely clear when he shall continue his schedule. We hope Mr. Shin a quick recovery. Our television sets sure will miss him.

Is it just me, or are Korean celebrities kinda cursed? O_O

Wonder Girls far too popular

“How much do you like me?”

Apparently with the immense popularity of the Wonder Girls’ “So Hot”, Broadcasting stations are begging them to stop promoting the song in order to give other artists a ‘chance’ in getting the top spot. The idea that they’ve been asked to stop promoting it because of how popular it is, is quite amusing. Why can’t the other artists just up the ante and produce better music to challenge the top spot? That would be great for everyone, then perhaps the Korean Music Industry would come out of that God awful slump it’s in, and CDs will be worth buying.

In other news, the Wonder Girls have also started another dance trend this year, and the following UCC is proof, check out the so-called Kindergarten Teacher dancing to their current too popular single. (she strips off her trousers and shirt to reveal a leopard print top and hot pink shorts, it’s creating a buzz on the internet).

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Of course Wonder Girls are still number 1, Check out this weeks charts, courtesy of Edward1849 of Soompi.

Weekly Music Chart – 1st Week – July
1. Wonder Girls – So Hot
2. Tae Yang – 나만 바라봐 (Watching Only You)
3. V.O.S – Beautiful Life
4. Shinee – 누난 너무 예뻐 (Noona’s Pretty (Replay))
5. Alex – 그대라면 (If It’s You)
6. Super Junior Happy – 요리왕 (Cooking? Cooking!)
7. Gavy NJ – Lie
8. Bae Chi Gi (feat. Sol Flower) – No. 3
9. Jaurim – Carnival Amour
10. Ok Ju Hyun – Honey

Oh JungHyuk, Korean Johnny Bravo

Damn. he’s pretty

Aptly named that by our very own soyboy, Ex- Click B member Oh JungHyuk returns with a new image. He seems to have bulked up a bit too, but nothing like the cartoon heart-throb we know and love. His music has seemed to take a turn for the better too, the song sets the summer mood, check it out.

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How awesome is Seouls’ club scene gonna be this Summer?

Sexy Diva updates

Uhm JungHwa and Lee HyoRi were set for a Summer Comeback, and it really is starting to sizzle. Lee HyoRi is somewhat lagging in her release, but as we covered earlier this week, JungHwa has blown us away and has clearly taken the lead in the Sexy Diva Showdown. Hyori released the teasers officially, and I’m sure they’re still after the guy that released them, damn his smarts, (if only he left some breadcrumbs for them to follow). Uhm JungHwa although ageing well, seems to have misplaced her contacts. What in the hell is up with those orange bangs?

And there’s also another new Boy Band to look forward to, ‘U-Kiss’…

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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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In the April 12 episode of “Off the Rec,” Lee Hyo Ri finally put a stop to rumors that she had breast augmentation. In the said episode, Lee Hyo Ri was examined through X-ray, ultrasound and mammography to check if she has any injuries following a minor traffic accident she had encountered the other day.

Lee Hyo Ri took the opportunity to prove that she did not have breast augmentation and asked the doctor, “Can the exam result prove whether I had breast augmentation?”

The doctor in charge, although surprised by Lee Hyo Ri’s remark, said, “Of course, it’s possible.” The doctor then compared Lee Hyo Ri’s result to a result of a woman who has breast implants and announced that Lee Hyo Ri’s breasts are “natural” and without silicon.

Lee Hyori Off the Record Ep 8 [2/3]

why bother telling us about her origin of breasts all of the sudden? was there any rumour about her having breast implant in the first place?why, this ahjumma is making herself the centre of the universe.

Auntie Hyori, look, we don’t give a sh’t about your boobs.

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So if you are watching Hyori’s reality show “Off The Record” You are probbaly as annoyed that good chunk of each episode is about how Lee Hyori goes off do something in the public then goes straight reading the media and press and feels down about stuff they write about her! The last episode (Ep7) was the hallmark of it all .. the woman even went as far crying herself to sleep! If you donno what we are talking about, and haven’t watched the episode You can read it all on our forum!

Seems like press knowing of this obsession of Hyori on reading about herself now are going on marathon against one other see which one can make her cry harder!?

The latest piece is pointing on her protruding tummy after her appearance as a MCs for “Sang Sang Plus, Season 2″ Those poor one of yours who like me DO watch her reality show .. now pretty much know what is going to be on this week episode! The way it goes there is a Korean version of Britney for all of us to appear very soon! So the question now is, How will Lee Hyori look bald?

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If you are watching her reality show you’d know that she used to have nissan cube

but she apparently sold it to her friend and got this 1991 Nissan figaro which in the 6th episode she showed it off … at the end of the episode she got into some sort of car accident which i couldn’t figure out which car she was driving on~!!!

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(Just some cute cakes I found from Pinkcakebox homepage.. “^^ I wish I could get this one for White Day)

My knowledge of this special white day is that in Korea, it is celebrated one month after the Valentine’s Day. The difference between Valentine’s Day(V-Day) and the White Day(W-Day) can be seen here :

V-Day
Ladies——->Chocolates, Candies, Gifts———->Men

W-Day
Men——–>Chocolates, Candies, Gifts———->Ladies

I was surfing here and there…then suddenly!I found this very interesting survey of “Which actress would you want to give chocolates(candies) to on White Day?” Five candidates were chosen for this survey.

The highest vote is won by….*Drums drums drums* taaaddaahhh!!
It’s none other than Song Hye Kyo with the highest vote of 43.9%!! That is almost half of the whole percentage.

*sighs..* I thought that maybe if Boa was in the list…then can she beat the almighty Hye Kyo Unnie ?? But since she just started her acting career in Japan, so it’s too early to put her in that poll yet. The second place is won by Han Ji Min with 22.3%. The rest…

Sung Yu Ri -11.9%
Goo Hye Sun – 8.9%
(Go) Ah Ra – 8.7%

And!!!*more drums please!!* The lowest of all…..is Miss-Almost-30-Year-Old lady.
Now who is that lady yah! Well, if it isn’t the famous Rain Bi partner-to-be, Lee Hyo Ri with only 4.3%. She doesn’t even reach 5% of the votes.

Hmm…I don’t see CF Queen Yoon Eun Hye anywhere in this survey…I can’t wait to see what is going to happen after this 14th of March..knowing that our Se7en Oopa also going to host a party in NY for White Day!!^______^
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We didn’t die and DaVich MV came out on youtube!
As for the new group .. let’s hold our judgments till their live performance *wink*

Duo Davich – Miwodo Saranghanikka [MV]

WOW! so the guy was crying for help on the bed and she was dancing to herself?
What a women! ..LOL .. and what on earth was hyori drawing with the white paint?
Love the Hyori’s bored faces .. for some reason looked so real! wonder what those guys ever did to them?! Oh wait so she didn’t end up killing the guy huh? ..
Then why the hell was she in jail for? Who liked this MV?

This random dude on empas.com who made everyone speechless?

Or Hyori?

Months ago when we brought up this zipper issue …
not in million years we thought there comes a day that someone in his right mind would follow Hyori .. we were so wrong my friends! ….

So which gender version you prefer?
Male or the Female one?! o.O! ….
I bet it highly depends on a person’s sexual orientation LOL!

PS. I bet JYP is searching for him now …
I bet he will soon HIRE HIM!

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So all this time we have been thinking the girl is back to school … but my friends, from the look of it there is all sort of news but school news on this girl. About a month ago we were told that she stopped all her activities to even start preparation for her new album! But since then she was busy signing up for new CFs, and now after that 6th months with Soju is her new endorsement with KB Card! Seems like BoA and Hyori are switching their CFs back and forth O.o!
We knew they are friends but not to this extend ^^!

There is a news out there .. Soju company is having a special event ready … for fifty lucky winners of Soju bottle caps there is a chance to go to New Zealand to watch the sunrise for the new year of 2008 with Hyori! *ajusshi’s as of now are all busy popping up the Soju bottles* This Soju company is doing not bad eh? He’s got a son? *blush*

Hyori will leave on the 29th, and stays there for 4-5 days.
Then she’ll be heading to US on the 4th! .. what about school then?

Lee Hyori – KB Card CF

Lee Hyori – KB CF Shoot in New York

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