Ever since DSP Entertainment decided to get off their lazy butts, they’ve started to promote their artists even more than ever! Kim Sung Hee of girl-group, KARA, has left the group and the company is now looking for 2 new girls for the replacement, making it a 5-member girl group, instead of the 2nd generation Fin.K.L. If you are interesting in becoming a KARA member, please visit http://ucsing.mnet.com/

It has been said that Kim Sung Hee has left the group because she was being teased for lacking intellectual abilities. Evidence: she graduated from high school but failed to get accepted by the colleges she applied for. Most parents don’t usually approve of their children being in the entertainment industry. Kim Sung Hee’s father is no exception so she left the group to focus on her studies. The new KARA will be releasing a mini album in late spring or early summer.
Read more in the forum ^^

Now that DSP has started fresh again, Xing Entertainment has gone into the state that DSP wasin. Kevin of the group Xing, has left the group. Yup, Kevin, the cute English-speaking kid! It wasn’t long ago when they announced a new member to the group.

Click here to read the message he left ^^
And did you guys know that there was a Kim Kibum (aka Marumir) in this group, but he left the group last year in July. Kim Kibum is the brother of SS501’s Kim Hyung Joon!

Speaking of people leaving, Eru is set and ready for his military service! Eru will be going in on May 1st and will no longer be attending the Hollywood Bowl. Because of that, the coolest dad in Korean Entertainment, Tae Jin Ah, will not be attending this year’s HB either. For more info on the HB, check it out here on the forum. It was only about a week ago when Kangta went in, and now Eru! Now I wish I worked for the Korean military…so many celebrities are going in or have gone in already this year! The Shinhwa boys will be going in together later this year while Jinhwan of 1TYM will be coming out this summer.

In China, it has “apparently” been confirmed that SJ-M moved into a dorm and will be staying there for 2 whole years! Congratulations Mr. SM, you’ve started a war with the fans, split the fans into two and now you’re splitting the boys up. Oh wait, you had already split up the boys the moment Kibum went into hiding in the US of A and when SJ-M debuted! And Heechul is no longerstill a hobo! It was only yesterday that we reported on his new look, but he decided to shave it all off because of the and from the response from fans, staff, and friends, they’re not really liking it. I guess his envy for Epik High’s Mithra had gone too far. When he decided to grow it out, Mithra on the other hand, had shaved everything off for Epik High’s new album! Click here for more info on SJ-M’s album.

Epik High will be releasing their 5th album on April 17th.

It is titled Pieces, Part One and it is unknown if there will be a second part but I’m thinking there most likely will be one. The boys are quite mysterious! Epik High has been promoting this album since April 10th with posters posted up all over the place and counting down the days till the release dates. New posters were being posted up and ripped off each day to get everyone hyped up.
The MV is now available in here in our forum

Tracklisiting:
1. be
2. breakdown
3. 서울, 1:13 AM [short piece]
4. one
5. 연필깎이
6. girl
7. slave [short piece]
8. the future
9. 20 fingers [short piece]
10. ignition
11. eight by eight
12. décalcomanie
13. icarus walks [short piece]
14. 낙화 (落花)
15. 우산
16. 당신의 조각들

B-side 01: breakdown (supreme mix)
B-side 02: one (planet shiver remix)

And another happy news…Far*East Movement will be performing with Se7en and Three 6 Mafia at The Highlands Hollywood, a club in Hollywood, on May 2nd. Sadly, this is another 21+ event…meaning if you’re not legal age, you’re not allowed in…BUT this means his album release is getting closer!!
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Source: live it up@soompi, http://www.kara-online.org (for pics) [KARA]
Cyworld & CYNOSTAR.NET, loveprint@soompi [Kevin]
Korea Times [Eru & Hollywood Bowl]
miss scarlet @ soompi, Geng’s Baidu Bar [SJ-M]
Heechul’s Cyworld @ http://www.cyworld.com/yuri9doo [Heechul]
Tablo’s Cyworld @ http://www.cyworld.com/tablo [Epik High]
Far*East Movement’s Myspace @ www.myspace.com/fareastmovement [Se7en]
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Just two days ago (22nd), Se7en celebrated his 5th Korean debut anniversary. To commemorate the special day, he left a very long message for all his fans! In the very long message, he let us in on a little secret. He told us not to think too much about it because it was just his “idea”: He has decided what his first single will be! The promotions for the single will start around April or May, but it will not be included in his album. Sadly, it will only be heard on the radio and internet, and in clubs. However, he did mention that there will be different genres on the album, such as R&B and pop, to satisfy everyone’s music taste.

Se7en also commented on the White Day party in NYC. He was very happy to hear that there was a lot of good feedback.

That was all the info he had leaked to the fans. More detailed news will be released by Mr. YG soon ^^

PS: He used “omg” in his letter! haha! It actually said “omg”!
To read his message, please continue reading here in the forum ^^
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Because of the great response from Se7en’s album preview party, rumor has it that BET is interested in him and might be doing a documentary! About 1000+ people attended the White Day event that Se7en was supposed to “host”, and it received great feedback (check out our previous Se7en post if you haven’t ^^)

Other than NYC and Atlanta, the rest of the album preview parties are planned to be held in Chicago, Houston, LA, and Toronto, Canada! Canadian fans in Toronto, start celebrating! Damn it…I live on the other side of Canada! Why is it always T.O.*cries* At least they’ll sell his CD here…hopefully…

I’ve uploaded pictures from the party. So if you want to check them out, please visit this page to view them ^^
Password: shenyuepop
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Unfortunately, none of our staff members were able to attend last night’s party, but we still have all the news for you! Lots of people attended last night’s party and not just a bunch of Asians were there, but also non-Asians were there!! Jive Records really promoted this guy!! SE7EN did not perform any of his new songs but were played by the DJs. Coming from the pictures below, it seemed as if he gained a little weight. Coming out in all white and looking like the usual YG prince, he only went on stage to greet the fans, introduced himself and told everyone to enjoy himself, in English…with a REALLY light accent!!

[14.03.08 FAN CAM] Se7en White Day event Hiro Ballroom

SE7EN’s three new songs are hot and they’re growing on me!! It’s a whole lot better than the leaked “This is My Year”!! The first song with Three6Mafia wasn’t as bad as I had expected since Thee6Mafia are true hardcore hip-hop artists! The second song is really catchy!! The thirds song got a little repetitive and SE7EN “like ‘em girls”. Out of the three songs, I think the second one was the best!! The I’m just voicing my two cents, so visit http://sarang327.livejournal.com/ to listen for yourself!! If you don’t wanna spoil it, you can just wait for that official day to come!! I don’t even know it it’s legal to post these songs up…cuz it is equal to leaking the songs…oh well…

Pictures from the party ^^

Stay tuned cuz we will be reporting on the future preview parties, posting up new pictures and hopefully announce the official announcement of his debut and album soon!! Remember to support SE7EN…he has the chance to raise the successful rate of Asians breaking into the American artist!!
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In just hours, SE7EN will be hosting the White Day celebrations at Hiro Ballroom in NYC!! It is reported that he will be singing 3 songs from his new upcoming album!! It is also reported that producer Mark Shimmel, officials from JIVE Records, and BET are set to promote the YG prince in full force at tonight’s party!!

YG announced…

“American music officials are showing big interest on Se7en knowing that the best producers like Rich Harrison, Noize Trip and Dark Child participated in his album. Se7en is planned to hold an album preview party in 5 cities in the US and after the album contract has been finished, an album release party in Atlanta will take place,”

I hope they officially announce him as part of Jive Records soon!! Promotions for this album will not come to a stop after the party ends because YG has made some plans for the debut!! So fans don’t be too sad…because this boy is coming to a city near you….hopefully!! I think that the album preview parties will be held in the most obvious places such as NYC, LA, and Atlanta. Can anyone else think of where the other two parties might be held?! I’m thinking San Francisco and Vegas just cuz he was seen there for days not too long ago!! I am so excited for this album *fangirls* I can finally put the HMV gift card I’ve been keeping just for album..but it’s expiring in a month…oh no…the album better come out before it expires!!
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