Thursday, March 21, 2013

Girls' Generation, T-ara, IU, TVXQ & SHINee make it onto Oricon’s Top 10


As expected of a worldwide phenomenon, some of your favorite K-pop artists, including T-araGirls’ GenerationTVXQSHINee, and IU, have made it into the ‘Top 10′ of Japan’s Oricon chart
T-ara is currently the highest ranking K-pop artist on the chart as #2 on the Oricon daily single chart with their new single, “Bunny Style“, selling 40,705 copies. The group will be releasing a photo book on the 28th.
Girls’ Generation’s ‘Best Selection Non Stop Mix‘ album ranked #4 on Oricon’s daily album chart, while IU‘s mini-album ‘Can You Hear Me?‘ reached #9 on the same chart.
SHINee, who recently made a comeback, ranked #5 on Oricon’s weekly single chart for the second week of March with “Fire“. TVXQ also ranked #6 on the Oricon weekly album chart with the album ‘TIME‘, which is a drop from their previous #1 ranking on the chart the previous week.
The animated version of ‘Winter Sonata‘s memorial album ranked 1st on the daily album chart as well.
Have you all been keeping up with K-pop artists promoting in Japan?

Sooyoung warns fans about fake accounts


Girls’ Generation‘s Sooyoung updated fans and warned them about accounts impersonating her and her members.
Sooyoung shared on SMTOWN, “Everyone^-^~♥ Are you doing well? It sounds like spring is coming~ hehe. Should we walk as the flowers fall along the path? hehe I heard Korea is very coldㅠㅅㅠ Don’t become careless because spring is coming, and please be careful of catching a cold!!^^”
“The reason why I’m writing is not only because I’m excited for spring~ I cannot just stand by watching the rampant impersonations that have been going on^-^ hehe At first I just tried to laugh it off~ But after seeing our SONEs’ hearts become troubled by these perpetrators, wouldn’t you get mad too~~? hehe To the fake Sooyoung~ if you are reading this post, please stop now~^^. Although I am thankful for your wish to communicate with the SONEs temporarily on my behalf, don’t do it any longer~ hehe. If you don’t stop and continue doing this, I will do something about it ^^.”
“The fluttering wind of spring gently blows~ I apologize for not updating you with good news ..^-^♥ I will use this homepage to update you more often. I love you, SONE^-^♥.”

Jessica bares her midriff for ‘W Korea’


Girls’ Generation‘s Jessica showed a bit of skin as she boldly bared her abs for ‘W Korea‘ magazine!
The stunning idol modeled apparel from ‘rag & bone‘s collection for this ‘chic New Yorker’ concept. Jessica also tweaked her ‘ice princess’ image a little bit by adding some hipster flare with her beanie and pinstripe outfits.
You can check out the full pictorial on ‘W Korea’s April issue. Meanwhile, take a peek at more previews below!

Taeyeon poses with the new “Girls’ Generation Best Selection Nonstop Mix” album


Taeyeon posed with their new ‘Girls’ Generation Best Selection Non Stop Mix‘ album!
Ever since she opened her new Instagram account, she has been teasing fans with various images, including a note from herself.
Taeyeon finally graced her fans with a selca in her pajamas, writing, “Today we released ‘Girls’ Generation Best Selection Non Stop Mix’! Mixed by Taku Takahashi from m-flo! Taku-san, Thank you so much :)“. She winked and pursed her lips slightly to make a cute expression.
She’s been giving glimpses of her everyday life to fans through her Instagram. She even shared photos of her nails, shoes, and her makeup palette.

Wednesday, March 20, 2013

SM Entertainment artists team up for a 40-page pictorial in ‘W Korea’


SM Entertainment is adding onto their collaboration project with ‘10 Corso Como‘ with a SM-tacularpictorial for ‘W Korea‘!
As mentioned earlier the two companies are already launching a compilation album as well as various products that will be endorsed by 5 of the SM Entertainment groups.
Making this even more exciting is the announcement of an eye-candy feast coming up as Girls’ Generation‘s Taeyeon, Tiffany, Seohyun, and YuriTVXQ‘s Changmin, Super Junior‘sDonghae, Kangin, EunhyukYesungSHINee‘s Minho, Jonghyun, Taemin, Key, and Onew, andf(x)‘s Sulli, Krystal, Luna, Victoria, and Amber will be featured in a fun pictorial to celebrate the 5th anniversary of ’10 Corso Como’
You can check out the full 40-page pictorial on the ‘W Korea’s April issue, but in the meantime, a preview of the photos to come have been revealed.
In addition a teaser video of the labelmates will be unveiled on the 23rd ahead of the release of the full video on the 25th through ‘W Korea’ and SM Entertainment’s official YouTube channels!

YoonA dons spring season’s key colors for ‘InStyle’


With the spring season here and fashion brands ushering in their new collections, there’s perhaps no better model than Girls’ Generation‘s YoonA to bring attention to the newest trends for the warm season with her bright and friendly image! So it’s no surprise that fashion magazine ‘InStyle‘ has sought YoonA’s help in modeling some of spring’s hottest colors for their April issue.
YoonA looks beautiful wearing anything, but her beauty especially shone as she mixed neutrals with pops of colors, and even incorporating the pastel trend with handbags of various shades.

Taeyeon poses cutely with "Girls' Generation remix album"



Girls' Generation's Taeyeon reveals an adorable selca through Instagram. 

She wrote on 20th Match,"Girls' Generation's Best Selection Non Stop Mix will be released today, special thanks m-flo Taku san for the mixing". 

Fans commented after seeing the photo,"So cute","Hwaiting Taeyeon" and etc.