Super Junior‘s Kyuhyun, f(x)‘ Sulli, and Girls’ Generation‘s YoonA were all smiles as they showed some SM family love on the set of their upcoming ‘SKT LTE‘ CF. Kyuhyun posted to ‘SKT LTE’s official Twitter, “It’s already time to wrap up. I filmed a CF with Sulli and YoonA today, and I think this CF will also turn out to be a fun one!~ I feel regretful that it is so [...]
‘K-Pop Star 2‘ winners Akdong Musician opened up about their decision making process for choosing which of the ‘big three’ agencies to join during a press conference held on April 17. Lee Soo Hyun shared, “To be honest, we spent a week at each agency training for ‘K-Pop Star 2‘. SM has a clean yet very refined style. In YG, right when you walk in you can just instantly see that [...]
SHINee‘s Jonghyun is another artist from SM who has lent his efforts for the historical drama, ‘The Great King’s Dream‘. Stepping aside from SHINee’s usual flavor, Jonghyun croons a ballad this time around with his track “1 Out of 100“. The song sings of unchanging love, and refusing to say goodbye as he hasn’t even said ’1 out of 100′ things he wants to say to his lover. Before Jonghyun, Jessica [...]
15&‘s Park Ji Min who chose to sign with JYP Entertainment following her grand win on ‘K-Pop Star‘ revealed that she has no regrets signing with her current agency in a recent interview. After their debut song “I Dream” did not perform as well as expected, especially compared to Park Ji Min’s ‘K-Pop Star‘ rival Lee Hi, some fans questioned, “Why did Park Ji Min choose JYP Entertainment?“. She also [...]
Where are the contestants of ‘K-Pop Star 2‘ headed? The second season of the audition show is now over with Akdong Musician as the winners. Sure, the winning prize includes money, but the biggest prize is a chance to choose one label out of the big three: SM Entertainment, YG Entertainment, and JYP Entertainment. When Akdong Musician went to YG Entertainment for their training, they gained less-than-stellar results from all [...]
Super Junior-M‘s Zhou Mi (27) and Henry (24) sat down for an interview with Chosun and revealed a few things you may have not known about the Chinese members of the sub-unit. On the response in China for their group performing “Break Down” in Korea, Henry and Zhou Mi stated, “The video of us performing a Chinese song on a Korean music show has already exploded on Chinese sites.” Zhou [...]
SHINee recently revealed a few secrets behind their teaser images during ‘SHINee’s Music Spoiler‘ on February 14th. SM Entertainment‘s Visual and Art Directing department’s Min Hee Jin revealed some of the behind-the-scene stories from SHINee’s past album concepts. She stated, “At the time, the idea was to make SHINee into non-idol-like idols. They are artists that are more free in their form and are closer to an art, rather than [...]
I frequently mention the great idol wars of the 1990′s when the first generation of idol stars were part of fan fueled rivalries pitting groups against each other. While there were many different players, at the center of the frenzy stood the two most important companies of that era: SM Entertainment and DSP Media. These two companies have had an interesting relationship over the years as SM has always been [...]
Recently, a video surfaced online containing a track bearing a very strong resemblance to Girls’ Generation‘s “I Got A Boy“. The vocals are unmistakably by UK based singer Katy Tiz. Much like the Korean version, many K-Pop listeners will have a hard time deciphering the lyrics despite having any sort of mastery of the English language. The delivery is pretty intense and provides a tougher approach to the delivery than we’re all [...]
I’m not a huge fan of the many audition shows that are out there these days but the one that I do follow on a regular basis is ‘K-Pop Star‘. It seems that this show, more than others, is primarily focused on identifying young talent at an early stage in their careers and teaching them how to grow as a performer which I think is really cool. But the real [...]
