Celebrity Blogwatch
Posted 64 minutes ago: The figure skating queen, Kim Yuna, posted selca shots on her Cyworld mini-homepage. She also included a make-up less, hair left undone number. It’s good to see the natural side of the queen of the ice. The gold medal winner also posted up some fun photos of her and her choreographer, David Wilson. Selca tip: Let your natural beauty shine. ... [Link]
Posted 9 hours ago: New promotional posters of the Wonder Girls, with new member Lim have surfaced! She sure looks like a part of the group… What do you think? Do you miss Sunmi or are you looking forward to seeing more of Lim? [Link]
Posted 10 hours ago: Everyone, meet Lizzy! After much speculation, the newest 8th member has been revealed.. And she’s pretty cute! Take a look at her stats: Name: Lizzy (리지) Height: 168cm Specialty: Vocals, Dance Hometown: Busan Lizzy is 19 years old and the maknae of the group. Her official debut will be After School’s third single that releases on the 25th, titled “Bang.” ... [Link]
Posted 15 hours ago: Jessica’s blonde and black hair is fierce! Yoo-na’s thick bangs makes her look intimidating which, is what they’re going for. Yuri is sexy as hell.The rest were okay but Sunny, is still cute not revengeful-sexy enough. So what say ye, fellow POPSEOULers? [Link]
Posted 17 hours ago: What’s with the absurd title, you wonder? Well, it seems former 2PM member, Park Jae-bum, has finally decided to break his silence. How did he do that? He sang us a song ( a cover of the B.O.B’s song, ‘Nothing on you’) . His singing abilities aside, the 23 year old also updated his profile with a following message to ... [Link]
Posted 37 hours ago: And the video is every teenage boy’s dream come true. If you thought the individual teaser photos were good, you’ll definitely enjoy the MV teaser for SNSD’s upcoming single Run. [UPDATE] The full track is now available! And see what American artist Ke$ha has to do with this song.. There’s been a “Black Storm” overload of sexiness and black clothing ... [Link]
Posted 37 hours ago: Jay Park formerly known as JaeBum is back, not in the Korean limelight but on Youtube.com. Seems like he wants to go back to doing his thing and uploaded a new video of himself doing a cover of B.O.B’s “Nothing on You”. Already the first hit on google, the former 2PM leader is already making waves on the internet with ... [Link]
Posted 39 hours ago: Free to continue to grind up on ladies on stage. Big Bang’s gone solo leader G-Dragon was under criminal investigation for public display of inappropriate behavior and violation of the Youth Protection Act, for his performance at his “Shine a Light” concert from December of last year. On March 16th, G-Dragon was cleared of all charges. Though the album got ... [Link]
Posted 39 hours ago: Kim Hyun-joong and Yoon Eun-hye (by default) became the ambassadors for Korean clothing brand Basic House’s “Never Alone Campaign,” which is working in conjunction with UNICEF to benefit needy children in Africa. They have released a commercial in support of this campaign.The two stars, who are well-known for their charitable pursuits are quite fitting for the role. Kim Hyun-joong’s fans ... [Link]
Posted 39 hours ago: The 6-member girl group announced the opening of their online shopping mall. Now, you too, can dress like T-ara. The shopping mall is called T-ara Dotcom (www.t-aradot.com), and the 6 members, though still young girls, are named as the shopping mall’s CEO. At the press conference, T-ara expressed their happiness to be able to take on the new project as ... [Link]
Posted 39 hours ago: The new Wonder Girls member Hye-lim (Lim) posted this picture on her twitter account (http://twitter.com/WG_Lim) of her performing in China. The new Wonder Girl is letting her fans get a quick pic of her performing maybe to just remind us all, she’s gone through the appropriate training. We’ll see how everything goes once we finally see her perform with the ... [Link]
Posted 39 hours ago: The 6-member girl group announced the opening of their online shopping mall. Now, you too, can dress like T-ara. The shopping mall is called T-ara Dotcom (www.t-aradot.com), and the 6 members, though still young girls, are named as the shopping mall’s CEO. At the press conference, T-ara expressed their happiness to be able to take on the new project as ... [Link]
Posted 2 days ago: Because they bored me to death. T-ara’s fame has been rapidly rising with hit after hit, but this time around, T-ara made one step forward and two steps back – two MVs to be exact. “I’m Really Hurt” is a solid addition to T-ara’s repertoire of hits, but M-net steered them wrong when they decided to give us three helpings ... [Link]
Posted 3 days ago: 2NE1’s resident selca-jaengi Sandara Park, uploaded this sibling love picture on her me2day website with her younger brother, Thunder, of MBLAQ, commemorating a not-so-wonderful White Day. What’s White Day, you ask? In Korea, there are a number of “couple” holidays, namely, the internationally celebrated Valentine’s Day and White Day, which is only really celebrated in Korea and Japan. White Day ... [Link]
Posted 3 days ago: The wait is over! 2AM’s new music video was revealed on March 15th. ‘I did wrong’ has an upbeat tempo ala 2PM. Will we finally get to see them dance? Afterall, the song has the dance feel to it. We think the boys have another hit coming their way! [Link]
Posted 3 days ago: Finally, the full set of all nine members of Girls Generation (SNSD) in their new “black” concept is complete, rounding out the final two members, Yoona and Tiffany. Tiffany can sure take a (well-edited) photo. Her face-on gaze (and the fact we can clearly see her face) stands out in the crowd with chic eye make-up and black nails. Yoona’s ... [Link]
Posted 3 days ago: After School seems to have a new mystery student. For their come back single, the 7-member girl group released some promotional photos revealing an 8th member, whose face is hidden behind her hat. Fans are all wondering who the new member could be, and where did she come from? Or, could she be, gasp, the already graduated member, Yoo So-young? ... [Link]
Posted 3 days ago: The 9-member idol group ZE:A (Children of Empire) was caught trashing fan letters. (And fresh strawberries! What a waste!) Someone’s in trouble~ Photos of thrown away letters and half-opened gifts appeared on the Internet, causing quite a bit of concern amongst netizens giving many, “Kids these days” sort of comments about the young idol boys. The management assures that the ... [Link]
Posted 4 days ago: Hint: the spouse of a rather flamboyant idol… Jo-kwon’s other half, Ga-In (Brown Eyed Girls)! The cutie-patootie uploaded the photos of her lingerie shopping in Singapore,on March 13. Wonder if the husband prefers any specific colour? tee hee… [Link]
Posted 4 days ago: Drunken Tiger’s Tiger JK and Yoon Mi-rae (Tasha, T), the first couple of Korean hip hop, have signed on to do a couple endorsement for media center PC brand, Moneual. The couple will also be composing the commercial’s song, and fans are patiently awaiting the new collaboration. We all have high expectations! Congratulations to the couple! [Link]
Posted 4 days ago: Today, 2AM released the fourth and final teaser for their next music video, “I Was Wrong” (잘못했어). Nothing quite like a high school love drama (and fight) between the four members of the ballad group. Check out the teasers! Seulong: Jinwoon: Changmin: Jo Kwon: This time around definitely has more of the dance beat going for it. Management says that ... [Link]
Posted 4 days ago: … is a lot like Kahi of the present. After extensive netizen research, fans have found out that the After SchoolKahi leader (Gahee) was in the music video for Eun Ji-won’s 2005 single “All Famy” (올빼미). Though everyone agrees that now Kahi is quite the dancer, netizens think that After School’s old member rocking body has always been same as ... [Link]
Posted 4 days ago: If you were wondering the first time why some members were left out, Girls Generation (SNSD) revealed two more members “Black SNSD” concept, chic and haughty Jessica and Sunny, what a wonderful change. Girls Generation is jumping on the sexy in skin-tight black concept that Brown Eyed Girls (Abracadabra), Kara (Lupin), and T-ara (Crazy Over You) have already debuted. Will ... [Link]
Posted 5 days ago: for the first time, we are all grateful for an approaching black storm… Nothing defines mystery, revenge and sexual appeal like the colour black. Beginning on March 11th, each SNSD member’s photo was revealed and it’ll continue until March 15th. The Black Soshi concept allevated curiousity and anticipation. Yuri’s concept photos was unveiled first , followed by Taeyeon, Seohyun, Hyoyeon ... [Link]
Posted 5 days ago: or ulzzang as Koreans call it… ‘Ulzzang’ means best face,literally. It’s the title given to the honourables beautifuls. Before debuting as a member of T-ara, Hyo-min was known for her pretty features. And also for resembling SNSD’s Jessica. We think she kinda look like her other member, Soyeon. All that aside, have a look at her pre-debut photos below! oh ... [Link]
Posted 5 days ago: Halla, halla, catch, catch the trophies! KARA edged out SNSD from the top spot on KBS Music Bank on March 12th. This marked their first K-Chart win on Music Bank since debuting 3 years ago,with their latest song, Lupin. With the girl groups’ comebacks this month, the competition was stiff and oh so sexy. We have SNSD’s cheer, ‘Oh!’ and ... [Link]
Posted 5 days ago: It’s not the first time celebrity blogger Perez Hilton has featured kpop artists, including Big Bang & 2Ne1. This is both their second time being featured for their amazingness! The first time was for Big Bang and 2NE1’s “Lollipop” MV and this time, Perez Hilton posted Big Bang’s new MV for “Lollipop 2″ and 2NE1’s “Try to follow me.” The ... [Link]
Posted 6 days ago: Yesterday, we posted Brian’s hit song “In my head” and today we have his MV! He’s surrounded by women, and see if you can spot Yoo In Na, the “High kick through the roof” star. It’s a good song with a good MV, so without further ado check it out! Quick observation: Is it me or is Brian spotting a ... [Link]
Posted 7 days ago: Why so emo? No worries, it’s not a permanent look. The always lovely Moon Geun-young transformed into a ‘Bad girl’ for her role in “Cinderella’s Sister.” When the role was first announced, it was said that Moon Geun-young’s character would turn into a villain, and eventually become the misguided heroine of the story. Up till now, we’ve only seen Moon ... [Link]
Posted 7 days ago: The most successful rookie group of 2009 is back, fiercer than ever! 2ne1 girls finally released the music video for their song “Try to copy me“. And while the song itself didn’t leave much of an impression on me, the video knocked me off my feet. Trust me when I tell you – until you’ve seen CL, you don’t know ... [Link]
Posted 7 days ago: Dong-Bang-Shin-Ki’s Jae-joong has been confirmed to pose for the April issue of the popular Japanese magazine Anan. Contrary to what you might expect, fangirls are far from being thrilled with these news. Wonder why? The reason is that the magazine is infamous for its naked photo-shoots. But that’s the smaller part of the problem – the bigger part includes grinding ... [Link]
Posted 7 days ago: F.Cuz (pronounced as “focus”), a rookie boy band managed by CAN&J’s Entertainment, after failing to “awe” us with their debut single “Jiggy”, is coming back with a new song and image. Their new single, “No one”, has a strong beat, auto-tuned catchy chorus (no one, no one, no one~) and great choreography. Sounds like a potential hit – but with ... [Link]
Posted 7 days ago: Epik High fans! Your favorite Korean hip hop trio (though DJ Tukutz has entered the military) has released a special 10-track album “Epilogue” worldwide (where Korean music is sold) and on iTunes. The music video for the first single, “Run” was also released. Check it out after the jump. As always, Epik High treats us to another inspiring music video ... [Link]
Posted 7 days ago: Collaborating musically that is! Veteran singer Baek Ji Young has teamed up with hip hop duo Mighty Mouth (aka Mighty Mouse) for her newest single “Will Love come” and their MV has been released. This new single has a slower tempo than “My ear’s candy” featuring Taecyeon, but still a faster tempo then her usual ballads. Check out the goodness: ... [Link]
Posted 7 days ago: Seems like there are more Korean artists collaborating with American artists, and it’s definitely a good thing. Former Fly to the Sky member, Brain Joo recently released a cover of Jason Derulo’s “In my head” (Korean version) and I’m almost tempted to say it’s better than the original! Jason Derulo is a popular R&B artist in the States and originally ... [Link]
Posted 8 days ago: Xiah Jun-su, Dong Bang Shin Ki’s charismatic top baritone, gave a shout-out to his fellow members, Jae-joong and Yoo-chun, during the “Mozart!” performances. Jun-su, who has been garnering lots of attention for his unique interpretation of the young Amedues Mozart for the musical, hasn’t forgotten his band-mates! During the recent performances in Dae-gu, on March 7th and 10th, Junsu screamed/sang ... [Link]
Posted 8 days ago: Girl group, Kara shed their sexy image and reverted back to their cutesy-selves in order to cheer on Korean soldiers on March 3rd for the Military Broadcast. Magnae, Kang Ji-young turned up the aegyo (ie. cutsey charm) factor for the soldiers with, ”Oppa, way to go/keep it up!”. Han Seung-yeon just by being herself caused an uproar in audience. Goo ... [Link]
Posted 8 days ago: Starting out the year 2010 with a “dong” and “bang”, the boys of Dong-bang-shin-ki are on a roll. Almost 5 years after their official debut in Japan with single “Stay with me tonight”, South Korean idol group, Dong Bang Shin Ki finally did it – they sold a notable 500,000 copies of their latest album, “Best Selection”! Considering the fact ... [Link]
Posted 8 days ago: The great thing about being an idol is that fans will go all out for you. Take for example, Girls Generation (SNSD) member, Taeyeon. The now legal 21 year old celebrated her birthday on March 7th with a small group of fans at the SM building in Chung-dam-dong. To show their apreciation, fans not only put out an ad in ... [Link]
Posted 8 days ago: Who could it be? The expression should give it away. Hint: he’s singing. View This Pollsurvey It’s 2AM’s Changmin. What a wonderful change! For the first broadcast of Mnet’s 100% Reality program “2AM Day,” Changmin’s young and chubby past is revealed. “2AM Day” will also be going into the 2AM’s private lives, exercise time, and performance preparation. This photo is ... [Link]
Posted 8 days ago: Hwang-woo Seul-hye and Lee Sun-ho are calling it quits. After only a short 3 months on the second season of “We Got Married,” the couple will be breaking up, and the coming broadcast on March 13th will be their last. Looks like “We Got Married” is making room for the new “sweet potato” couple C.N Blue member Jung Yong-hwa and ... [Link]
Posted 8 days ago: “Bubi-bubi” is a Korean term for “grinding” when dancing. The “High Kick Through the Roof” cutie Yoon Shi-yoon and T-ara member Ji-yeon coupled up for the CF of the new KT Telecom Ever Bubi Bubi cellphone. What do you think of that pink color on Shi-yoon’s lips? Yeah, the guy. The Bubi Bubi phone is a full-touch phone and will ... [Link]
Posted 8 days ago: Yoona is just making sure they are still in there. :p No related posts. [Link]
Posted 9 days ago: if only we could only go back to the happier times… maybe we could provide some calamine lotion to calm down the rash… Million of fingers are pointing amongst the kpop citizens. Fans have left for the dark side and become dark vaders anti-fans( surprisingly, it’s out of their own free will). Some defended Jaebom, some defended the other six ... [Link]
Posted 10 days ago: Already. I’m seriously jealous. Brown Eyed Girls “married” member Ga-in decided to rub Korea’s cold weather in our faces by posting up selca pictures of her in a bikini on her Cyworld mini-hompage. Ga-in posted with the photos, “I’m still in the midst of deciding whether I should have posted this or not. I’m still deciding if I should knock ... [Link]
Posted 10 days ago: But that’s not going to stop her from filming two days from now. The “Cinderella’s Sister” (KBS) heroine, Moon Geun-young, went to the hospital with a manager and was diagnosed with hepatitis A and is currently receiving treatment. As the disease can easily put anyone out of commission, the cute and bubbly sister will have to take a mandatory break ... [Link]
Posted 11 days ago: Ouch! During this week’s “Music Core” program, Seung-yeon of girl group, Kara, stumbled badly during their “Lupin” performance. Faster than you can say, “ouch,” the girl shot right up and continued dancing like nothing happened. However, she was obviously in pain as she lost her trade-mark smile for the rest of the song. Kara’s management company, DSP Entertainment, later reported ... [Link]
Posted 11 days ago: Every star’s fashion nightmare,same dress on the same red carpet! Knowing the witch fashionista, Seo In-young, her posse are so going home with their pride in paper bags for their imaginary cats to eat ! ’We Got Married’ fans already witnessed her hissy fits in their entirety. So you know what it’s like. Talk about great minds think alike. Former ... [Link]
Posted 11 days ago: What’s the use of being in a group if you can’t take a group photo together? Boy group, BEAST’s new mini album, Shock Of The New Era” album jacket was stitched together. The reason behind this was the tight schedules of the individual members made it almost impossible them to meet up in one location. With hot body, Lee Ki-kwang, ... [Link]
Posted 11 days ago: Girls Generation (SNSD) once again topped the Korean pop charts with their hit single “Oh!”, snatching the award away from rivals Kara and JYP’s boys, 2AM. For the SM girls, this is their 5th consecutive win. Congratulations! Check out the winner and encore: Performance: For those who are wondering why are there 8 member instead of the usual 9, bad ... [Link]
Posted 11 days ago: Cube Entertainment’s rookie group Beast is back on Music Bank with a “shocking” stage. Following the success of their previous two singles, “Bad Girl” and “Mystery”, “Shock” is another catchy dance number with an infectious melody and funny English lyrics. Their performance was smooth and well delivered. Even though I’m not a fan, I found myself swaying to the rhythm ... [Link]
Posted 11 days ago: Relatively unknown but labeled as Korea’s Beyonce” by some netizens, the extremely talented solo female artist, Sunmin, is giving Park Bom’s hit single “You and I” a run for its money with a softer more minimalistic rendition. However, the 23 year old is getting attention for her new single, “To lose” (놓치다). After appearing as a guest and performing on ... [Link]
Posted 12 days ago: Why wouldn’t it, when two hotties collide? ‘Chuno‘ stars, Jang-hyuk and Han Jung-soo pose for Men’s Health magazine. We think they’re gorgeous and all but, the look on Jang-hyuk’s face is hilarious- his expression says neighborhood bully but his body screams greek god. Nothing is more manly then a souffle-esque mullet. We half-expected him to take our lunch money (we ... [Link]
Posted 14 days ago: While Korean fans were never know for their pacifist ways and peaceful policy, what the Hottests (fans) have been doing for the past week is really low. Ever since news was released that Jaebum won’t be coming back, Hottests have been going berserk. Angry at JYP and 6PM, they’ve been spreading some pretty nasty rumors about the rest of the ... [Link]
Posted 14 days ago: The boys of Dong-bang-shin-ki have taken Japan by storm. Besides selling almost 500,000 copies of their “Best of” album, the 5 member group has also topped the “Most wanted lover” poll (1st – Jaejoong, 3rd – Yoochun, 6th – Changmin, 7th – Junsu; Yunho unfortunately did not make the cut). Since everything they touch seems to turn into gold, there ... [Link]
Posted 14 days ago: Outsider, Korea’s fastest rapper known for his outstanding ability to rap 17 syllables per second, is back with a new single and a mini album! His new single is “Acquaintance” may not be sweeping the Korean music charts, but it sure as hell has swept me from my feet. Beautiful lyrics, insane rapping, wonderful background music and NO autotune – ... [Link]
Posted 14 days ago: F(x)’s cutie, Sulli and Super Junior’s resident prince charming, Siwon, joined forces to model for eccentric designer, Andre Kim’s “Fashion Fantasia” on March 3rd at the Kintex Convention Center.Both tall and beautiful, the runway couple make a lovely couple despite the age gap of 8 years. They have both done a fabulous job at bringing out those royal loyal creations. ... [Link]
Posted 15 days ago: The Wonder Girls released photos of the group with the new member Hye-rim, who joined the group after Sun-mi left for “academic reasons.” This photo shoot is for endorsing the make-up brand that has their namesake, “WG By Wonder Girls,” or should it be “Bye Wonder Girls”? What do you think of the new Wonder Girls? [Link]
Posted 15 days ago: Hero Jae-joong of Dong-bang-shin-ki (DBSK) will be in FujiTV drama “Sunao ni Narenakute” (素直になれなくて, 솔직하지 못해서, “I Can’t Be Honest”). The other stars of this drama are Eita, Ueno Juri, Tamayama Tetsuji, and Seki Megumi. It’s an Internet Age friendship story, where five men and women meet through the internet. Hero Jae-joong was cast as the fifth member of the ... [Link]
Posted 15 days ago: With an album! C.N Blue, the band that first got its start in Japan and now is enjoying high popularity in the motherland, is thanking their Japanese fans with an album called, “ThankU,” which is set to be released on March 20th, as announced on their Japanese homepage (cnblue.jp). The new album will have a total of 12 songs, all ... [Link]
