‘Music Core’ suffers from an audio accident

MBC‘s ‘Music Core‘ unfortunately suffered a broadcast accident on the April 28th episode, causing a slight shift in the order of the performances.

MC’s Taeyeon, Tiffany, and Seohyun (TTS – TaeTiSeo) introduced Sunny Hill‘s performance of “Is the White Horse Coming” and the camera cut to their performance. However, instead of the song “Is the White Horse Coming”, Noel‘s “Leaving” began playing in the background.

The cameras quickly cut back to the emcees, as they were a bit surprised and stated, “There seems to have been a broadcast accident. We apologize.” The accident was quickly resolved as B.A.P‘s comeback stage was introduced next followed by Sunny Hill’s performance.

Upon hearing news of the broadcast accident, Sunny Hill’s Misung tweeted, “You guys were surprised after seeing the broadcast accident, huh? We were surprised too, but thanks to your supportive cheers, we were able to safely end our performance! Don’t worry^^ Noel sunbae must have also been surprised.. Hwaiting!”

Fellow member SeungAh retweeted Misung’s tweet and wrote, “We could have a collaboration stage performance! How refreshing [The White Horse is Leaving].”

“The way Taetiseo are surprised is so cute,” viewers commented. “Sunny Hill, B.A.P, and Noel all suffered“, “Broadcast accidents seem to be frequent on Music“, and more.

LA Times: “K-pop enters American pop consciousness”

Girls’ Generation, 2NE1, GD&TOP (Big Bang), JYJ, Wonder Girls and others from South Korea are expanding audiences in U.S. beyond Korean Americans.

August Brown of the Los Angeles Times, one of the largest distributed newspapers in America, recently wrote an in depth article on how K-pop is slowly penetrating the American pop consciousness.

The article talks about how the Internet is the driving force in spreading Korean pop culture and the shift of focus in Korean media companies. How they’re thinking beyond the domestic market and trying to directly reach the global market. You can read the full article here and a few excerpts below.

K-pop artists pull from techno, hip-hop, R&B and top-40; singles are often focused vehicles for elaborate music videos and rarely less than bonkers good fun. Traditional Korean culture can be patriarchal, but K-pop’s most famous acts, whose members often have roots in California, are groups of women deploying butt-kicking superhero imagery.Poised at the intersection of two countries’ fast-moving pop cultures and cutting-edge media technology, the sprawling genre colloquially known as K-pop has operated outside the American pop limelight. But that’s changing. A-list producers like will.i.am, Diplo and Kanye West are lining up to work with South Korean artists like 2NE1, GD&TOP and JYJ.

K-pop comes alongside a tide of Korean filmmaking (the cult-favorite films of Joon-ho Bong) and culinary interest (L.A.’s Kogi truck, progressive Korean barbecue joints like LaOn Dining) turning heads in L.A. and in the U.S. As K-pop makes its first big moves into America this year with English-language tracks on U.S. major labels, a big question is this — does this music, at the vanguard of global pop, even need mainstream America at all… Songs and especially videos were quickly passed over high-speed Internet and mobile devices several times faster than what’s available in America. Sites like AllKPop and magazines like KoreAm chronicled the exploits of the young, fashionable and lightly transgressive stars — when GD&TOP and pop singer Hyuna saw singles banned by South Korea’s major broadcasting networks, that made for delicious scandal. In August, Billboard launched a K-Pop Hot 100 chart to track the genre’s sales… For artists with roots in both countries, K-pop’s late rise in America (and what it means for Korean culture everywhere) is sweet but just the start. “Coming back to America to pursue music is a dream,” Tiffany said. “Not just because it’s America, but because this is just the beginning.”

Listen to TaeTiSeo's songs!

SNSD's sub unit TaeTiSeo (Taeyeon, Tiffany and Seohyun) released their debut album "Twinkle Twinkle on April 29.

Listen to their songs below:

Don't forget to support the girls by buying their album on iTunes.

Baby Steps



OMG




Library



Checkmate

Taetiseo releases “Twinkle”

After the release of individual video teasers featuring members, Taeyeon, Tiffany, and Seohyun, Girls’ Generation‘s sub unit, Taetiseo, have released their much mini album!

“Twinkle” is a medium tempo dance track featuring a ’70s/’80s vibe with a catchy melody, and shows off the powerful vocals of the three members.

With the release of “Twinkle” under their belt, Taetiseo will release the physical album on May 2nd. The girls will then hold their sub unit debut stage on May 3rd through ‘M! Countdown‘.

Without further ado, check out “Twinkle” below and remember to support by purchasing the music on iTunes!

Short Introduction:

Twinkle:

Baby Steps Preview:

OMG Preview:

Library Preview:

Goodbye Hello Preview:

Love Sick Preview:

Checkmate Preview:

Chance to win a special gift from Girls’ Generation. SMTOWN has come up with a special giveaway for fans who purchase ‘TWINKLE’ through iTunes. Lucky winners will be receiving a special gift from Girls’ Generation – TTS.

How to Win

1. Purchase the GIRLS’ GENERATION – TTS MINI ALBUM ‘TWINKLE’ on iTunes

2. Take a picture to prove that you bought the album from iTunes.

3. Send the picture to gift@smtown.com with your name, age and address.

*Special gift from GIRLS’ GENERATION – TTS will be given to the randomly selected people.

*Event Duration

April 29th ~ May 1st(Seoul Time)

*Album booklet and audio file of the members introducing the tracks will be provided ONLY to those who buy the album on iTunes.

TAETISEO 公开“TWINKLE”完整音频！

今天4月29号 少女时代 的小分组 Taetiseo 公开了迷你专辑主打歌曲“Twinkle”的完整音频。组合将会在5月3号通过Mnet“M！COuntdown”出道。在这之前先来听听这首歌曲吧！ 


音频如下：Twinkle   Baby Steps   

Yuri's Mamonde CF Chinese version

Yuri who is currently the endorser of a make up brand Mamonde, releases a Chinese version of her CF.

This time, she talks in a Chinese accent.
She said, "Make-up that lets the skin breathe"

TaeTiSeo releases single "Twinkle Twinkle"

Girl's Generation sub unit Taetiseo finallyreleases their debut single "Twinkle Twinkle" from their album of the same name.

This sub unit is composed of SNSD's powerful vocals Taeyeon, Tiffany and Seohyun.
Listen below:



Don't forget to support the girls for purchasing their album from iTunes.