Having previously released the MV for Taeyeon’s “Athena” OST track, “I Love You,” SM Entertainment has unveiled a special highlight MV through their YouTube channel.
Check out this shortened highlight MV – which actually complements the song better than the earlier released MV – with lots of lovey dovey scenes between Jung Woo Sung, Lee Ji Ah and Soo Ae.
Dominos Pizza recently collaborated with SNSD to film a CF for their new pizza, ‘Chashyu Chashyu‘.
The CF has finally hit the airwaves, but the pizza company also uploaded a 2-minute NG cut of SNSD’s CF. Hilariously, fans are able to see that instead of pizza, the girls were just chewing on nothing but air.
Check out the CF and NG cut down below.
少女時代會在12月22號聖誕節前 在日本發行最新迷你專輯「Hoot」
這次的迷你專輯會保留全韓文的形式發行 但是日本限量版會有6首Bonus附送Hoot MV的DVD 所以除了原本的五首歌 全部加起來會有11首
日版會總共有四種不同版本:
普通版會是跟韓國發行的同樣版本
普通加強版會附送六首歌及Hoot MV的DVD
限量版除了加上六首歌及DVD 還會附贈韓國照片書 貼紙 以及照片卡
限量加強版則是除了加上六首歌及DVD 還會附贈在8月25日在日本東京有明體育館的現場表演影片 並附上韓國照片書 貼紙 以及照片卡
以下是曲目表:
“HOOT”
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1. HOOT
2. Mistake
3. My Best Friend
4. Wake Up
5. Snowy Wish
[ Bonus Tracks ]
6. Gee
7. Genie
8. Oh
!9. Run Devil Run
10. SHOW! SHOW! SHOW!
11. Be Happy
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12. HOOT (Music Video)
[ Bonus ] 13. Premium Show Case Live in Ariake Coliseum (2010.08.25)
KARA and SNSD both penetrated the Japanese music market this year, and it appears that their hard work has paid off in spades. They’ve both ranked consistently on numerous categories, with KARA nabbing the #1 spot twice!
Check out the list below to see which categories the girls dominated in:
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Seems like 2010 was a great year for the Hallyu wave in Japan, thanks to the power of idol girl groups!
SNSD will be appearing in a Japanese drama!
According to a report by Sankei Sports on December 16th, SNSD will be featuring in Fuji TV’s special drama, “SAZAE-San 3” to be broadcasted on January 2nd at 6:30 PM.
“SAZAE-San” was originally a much beloved comic book of the Japanese, which was later adapted into an animated show that aired for over 40 years through Fuji TV. The story is about an average family that lives in Sakura-shinmachi, Tokyo, and the people they know. The major characteristic of the show is that the Sazae family are all named after different sea creatures.
SNSD will be appearing in the dream of the female protagonist’s father, ‘Namihira’, as beautiful caddies. When ‘Namihira’ makes a hole-in-one dream, all of the members congratulate him with bright smiles.
Producer Asano Sumi revealed, “We were looking for a special guest that fit the month of January and randomly came across SNSD’s promotion video. I felt that they were perfect for a family drama.”
SNSD said, “We’re glad to be able to appear in a popular drama that is much loved in Japan.”
All nine members were present for the filming back in October.
The ”2010 Melon Music Awards“, held on December 15th, has become embroiled in a controversy over sloppy data organization and management.
The homepage for the ceremony accidentally revealed all of the winners before the ceremony took place, through the opening of a separate page titled, ‘View the Winners of the Awards.’
The page was immediately taken down by “MMA” representatives and was later deleted. Unfortunately, netizens that were visiting the homepage prior to this action had already made screenshots of the winners’ page, and spread it through various community sites, making the entire event anti-climatic for those who had waited for it.
Representatives of the “MMA” admitted their mistake to Star News on December 16th, and revealed that the winners were already decided on December 14th.
This leads to the second issue many have against the “MMA” organizers.
The ’2010 Netizen Popularity Battle Award’ was meant to be decided 100% by poll points, which included online votes plus ARS texting votes through the ‘MBC Plus’ channel. However, other channels – such as ‘MBC Every1‘ - began broadcasting headlines asking viewers to send in their ARS textswhile the “MMA” was actually running.
Fans were outraged over this, since the artist that was promised his or her win the day before could have been stripped of their award by the extra ARS text votes taken in on the day of the ceremony.
The representatives of “MMA” stated, “We’ll find out details about what happened,” with regards to the “2010 Netizen Popularity Battle Award” mess.
Korea’s three major year-end music awards ceremonies – the “Mnet Asian Music Awards“, the “Golden Disk Awards“, and the “Melon Music Awards“ - have all concluded for the 2010 year, with some interesting results.
Despite some hiccups and controversies in the form of attendance (or the lack thereof), some industry representatives feel that SM Entertainment, YG Entertainment, and JYP Entertainment ended up earning a fair amount of awards each.
YGE’s 2NE1 dominated with the high quality of their album, while SME’s SNSD showed off their power as an icon of girl groups. JYP met with the most success through their newly-debuted rookie group,miss A.
At the “2010 Mnet Asian Music Awards” held this past November, 2NE1 won the ‘Album of the Year Award,’ ‘Female Group Award,’ ‘Best Digital Single Award,’ and the ‘Musical Award’, for a total of 4 distinctive honors.
miss A took home the ‘Song of the Year Award,’ ‘Female Rookie Award,’ and ‘Best Female Dance Performance’, for a total of three. Labelmates 2PM won three as well with the ‘Best Male Dance Performance Award,’ ‘Male Group Award,’ and ‘Shilla Asian Wave Award.’
At the “23rd Golden Disk Awards,” SNSD was awarded a triple crown with ‘Disk Daesang,’ ‘Disk Bonsang,’ and ‘Popular Award.’ 2AM took home two trophies with the ‘Digital Music Daesang’ and ‘Digital Music Bonsang,’ while labelmates miss A won the ‘Digital Music Bonsang.’
The “2010 Melon Music Awards” was attended by all three of the major companies, unlike the “MAMA” and the “Golden Disk,” where either YGE artists or SME artists were noticeably absent for the events.
At the “Melon Music Awards,” SNSD won the ‘Artist Award,’ ‘Melon Music Award Top 10,’ and the ‘Hot Trend Award’, while 2NE1 won the ‘Album Award’ and the ‘Melon Music Award Top 10.’ 2AM, as expected, won the ‘T Best Song Award,’ and the ‘Melon Music Top 10 Award’ while labelmates 2PM won the ‘Melon Music Awards Top 10.’
In total, 2NE1 won six, SNSD won six, miss A won five, and 2AM and 2PM won four each.
Within a year of their debut, 2NE1 managed to rise on to the top in the Korean girl group echelon, while SNSD opened new prospects for girl groups with their consistent power and drive. The public recognition of 2AM also grew considerably over the year.
