[News] SNSD, SHINee, Big Bang and more, head to Singapore for Korean Pop Night!

October 23rd was certainly a very busy day for K-pop fans all around the world. Seoul held its 7th annual ‘Asia Song Festival‘, Super Junior’s ‘Super Show 3‘ held a stage in Beijing, and JYJperformed in Shanghai.

K-pop fans in Singapore had the special fortune of having seven idol bands all to themselves! The sold-out concert was organized by Proof Label, and was held at the Singapore Expo Hall 2.

Minutes before the concert started, fans were chanting for their favorite bands, shining their glowsticks to show their support for various groups that were performing that night.

Starting promtly at 8 PM, F.T. Island opened the show by performing four songs, “Bing Bing Bing“, “I Hope“, “Love Love Love“, and “Flower Rock“. This is F.T. Island’s third trip to Singapore, and once again, they put up an amazing performance for the Primadonnas.

Dae Guk Nam Ah (The Boss/D-NA), who debuted earlier this year, was also invited to perform atKorean Pop Night 2010. Singing and dancing along to “Admiring Boy“, “Stumble Stumble“, and “Shining World“, the boys showed us their sleek dance moves and strong vocals – very impressive!

ZE:A, who was in Singapore earlier this year for a showcase, was added to the original six K-pop bands after wanting to return to Singapore to put up another performance. They danced and sung “Mazeltov“, “All Day Long“, and “Level Up“, and although the three songs left the boys sweating profusely, they did not lose a single ounce of energy.

Unlike bands like Big Bang, Girls’ Generation, and SHINee, who arrived in Singapore on the day of the concert itself, ZE:A arrived a day earlier and even had time to go shopping! Seems like they really do love Singapore!

Infinite sang “Come Back Again“, “She’s Back“, and “Wings“. Like ZE:A, the boys were sweating profusely, but they were more than happy to pose for the cameras.

“Noona Neomu Yeppeo” was hinted by the emcee when it was SHINee’s turn to take the stage.SHINee sang to “Replay“, which was a little lackluster due to the absence of their main vocalist, but the hype began to build up when “Ring Ding Dong” came up. SHINee finished their performance with “Lucifer” and their latest hit, “Hello“.

Making their comeback next week, Girls’ Generation (SNSD) was the only girl group to perform last night! They graced the stage in sailor outfits and performed “Genie“.

“Singapore is a very clean place, the fans are outgoing and really friendly, and we liked to come back“, member Jessica said to the SONES. The hall was filled with SONES waving their pink light sabers, and fanboys screaming their names at the top of their lungs.

Ending their performance with “Gee“, Tiffany told SONES to look forward to their upcoming album, which will be released next week.

And last but definitely not the least, Big Bang! Unlike other groups, they performed to a total of seven songs: “Gara Gara Go“, “Number 1“, “Haru Haru (Acoustic)“, “Lies“, “Last Farewell“, “How Gee“, and “Hands Up“!

The members of Big Bang showed a lot of charisma on stage, and they were having a lot of fun throughout their performances. Tae Yang and T.O.P also threw their sweat-drenched towels into the crowd, which I’m sure fans were fighting over.

The show closed with all the bands groovin’ to “We Are The World 25 for Haiti“.

Dedicated fans of various idol groups were definitely having a blast, and i’m sure most of them were left breathless like I was! One word to sum up the entire concert: epic!

Many thanks to Proof Label for organizing the event and Jacintha for making this possible.

Photography by : Abdul Qayyuum

More pictures are available in the photo gallery.

[News] Chinese fans want Yoona and Taecyeon to get married

For fun, Chinese fans of Korean entertainment tried to pair up their favorite idols to see who would make the best married couple. A survey was held on the popular Chinese website ‘baidu,‘ asking users which Korean celebrities should be a couple on “We Got Married”.

The survey included the following ‘couples’:

• 2PM’s Taecyeon and SNSD’s Yoona
• 2PM’s Wooyoung and SNSD’s Taeyeon
• T-ara’s Jiyeon and Yoo Seung Ho
• Shin Min Ah and Lee Seung Gi
• Big Bang’s G-Dragon and Wonder Girls‘ Sohee
• Yoon Si Yoon and Shin Se Kyung
• SHINee’s Minho and KARA’s Goo Hara
• Big Bang’s Daesung and KARA’s Jiyoung

The survey will be held until March of next year, but Taecyeon and Yoona are already in the lead. They hold 40.9% of the votes at the moment, beating out the other ‘couples’ in an almost untouchable way. This may be attributed to their scandal awhile back.

Minho and Goo Hara are in second place with 27.3% of the votes, because these two appeared on various shows together and had often paired up.

Third place is taken by Wooyoung and Taeyeon with 16.9%. The two were both MC’s on ‘Win Win‘.

G-Dragon/Sohee as well as Jiyeon/Yoo Seung Ho have both grabbed 14.9% of the votes. Lee Seung Gi/Shin Min Ah and Daesung/Jiyoung are middling, with Shin Se Kyung/Yoon Shi Yoon in last place.

4,000 people have taken the survey and hopefully more will participate.

Source + Photos : TV Daily

[News] SNSD makes history on weekly Oricon chart

SNSD has made history on Oricon as the first foreign girl group to make it in the ‘top 3 singles’ ranking since 1980. Having released the Japanese version of “Gee” only 20 days ago, it’s quite an achievement for the single to land the weekly #2 spot on Japan’s most famous music chart. Their first single “Genie” previously ranked 4th on the list.

Oricon’s website posted a message stating, “SNSD, the first Asian girl group to have their single land in the top 3.”

“Gee” is also currently 1st on iTunes Japan, on Japanese music site Musico, and on mobile siterecochoku. The music video is also ranking 1st on a number of charts.

In further news, SNSD will be performing their new single “Hoot” on this week’s Music Bank.

Source + Photos : Nate

[Videos] Seohyun's Star Call

Girls' Generation's magnae Seohyun recently uploaded a Star Call. Despite being busy flying all over Asia to prepare and promote for their latest album Hoot in Korea, as well as promoting their recent japanese release, Gee as well as a recent concert participation in Singpore, Seohyun found time to talk to their fans.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPTMWcV32C0&feature=player_embedded

Credits : TheSoneSource14 , linda@dkpopnews.net

[News] SNSD Attends "Talk About G20 Summit" Campaign

“For a Successful Hosting of ‘Seoul G20 Summit’, Fighting!”

Girl group, SNSD, lent out a helping arm for a successful hosting on this November 11 and 12 two-day ‘G20 Summit’.

On the 25th, SNSD received letters of appointment for ‘G20 Star Supporters’ from the G20 Summit Park Kwang Myung, PR planning director. In the future, these people will support and engage in activities as supporters for the “Talk about G20 Summit” campaign.

SNSD said, “We are so happy that because of our oversea activities, our fans are more interested in Korea. We hope this G20 Summit will let the world know more about Korea.”

At one part in the “Talk about G20 Summit” campaign opener at Coex Millennium Square in Seoul, SNSD brought in younger generation, who grew more interested in G20, SNSD’s demonstrations catching attention.

Translated by : Yeji@soshified.com
Credits to : 매일경제 스타투데이 장주영 기자 semiangel@mk.co.kr
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[News] SNSD Is First Girl Group In Asia To Be In The TOP3

9-member Korean girl group SNSD released their 2nd single “Gee” and sold 66,000 copies within the first week. They entered the 11/1 weekly single ranking at #2. A British female group called “Nolans” released a song called “Dancing Sisters” and entered ORICON at #2 for the 12/1 weekly chart of 1980. SNSD is the 2nd female group to accomplish this, it has been 30 years. Aside from Japan, they are the first ever Asian girl group to enter at this rank.

The single “Gee” is the Japanese version of their Korean big hit from January 2009 that also set records. In September, SNSD’s Japanese debut single “GENIE” (First week sales – 45,000/Total sales 97,000) helped them achieve the record of being the first foreign female artist to rank that high (rank #4) for a debut single. “Gee” has already started by exceeding the rank and sales of their debut single “GENIE” and both singles sales are expected to increase.


Translated by : Kanki@Soshified.com
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[News] Shoujo Jidai (SNSD) makes an appearance on HEY!HEY!HEY!

Via tokyohive:

Last week we reported that Shoujo Jidai (SNSD) would appear on popular Fuji TV variety show HEY! HEY! HEY! Music Champ and they made their much anticipated appearance on October 25th.

The opening of the show talked about their success in Korea and how they were #1 for 9 weeks straight in 2009, The introduction also talked about how more than 22,000 fans attended their debut event in Japan. After the introduction video, each of the girls introduced themselves and member Sooyoung did most of the talking as she’s very good with Japanese. Before joining Girls’ Generation, Sooyoung had a career in Japan as part of the Korean-Japanese Idol Duo Route 0, along with Marina Takahashi.

For the majority of the appearance, Sooyoung talks about a message received from senpai BoA.

BoA’s comments about DownTown, “Hamada-san seems a bit scary at first, but everytime I see him backstage before going on air, he talks to me nicely and is very gentleman like… Matsumoto san on the otherhand, everytime I say hi to him, he’s not really nice! During the recording of Hey! x3 he always makes me seem like a bad person… girls will have to be careful not to get picked on by him.”

BoA also congratulated Matsumoto on his baby and recent recovery from his health problems. The girls then went on to perform ‘Gee.’ Check it all out below :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WdxKwto82J0&feature=player_embedded