Baek Ah Yeon reveals album jacket photos + tracklist for ‘I’m Baek’

As mentioned previously, Baek Ah Yeon will become the first ‘K-Pop Star‘ contestant to make her debut and ahead of her upcoming release, a few jacket photos as well as the tracklist have been revealed.

Her debut album, ‘I’m Baek‘ will be composed of five songs: “Slow Song“, “You’re Leaving“, “Stay“, “Love, Love, Love“, and “Always“.

Earlier, 2PM‘s Junsu (or Jun.K) had revealed that he had presented a song to a female singer. It turns out that singer is none other than Baek Ah Yeon as “Always” is the work of Jun.K, who personally wrote and composed the song as well as featuring in it.

Check out the new album jacket photos below and stay tuned for the release of ‘I’m Baek’ on September 10th!

 

JYJ’s Junsu to release MV teaser for his 1st English single “Uncommitted” at midnight

JYJ‘s Junsu (XIA) has comeback with his a new song, “Uncommitted“.

C-Jes Entertainment revealed, “We will be releasing the first music video teaser for Kim Junsu’s first english single “Uncommitted” tonight”.

Music video director Marc Klasfield said, “ I wanted to express the delicate psyche of the man in the lyrics. Manly and tough yet sweet. Junsu’s eyes were especially emotive and you can see his consistent charm throughout“.

This music video also brought on an A-list staff, including the director.

Also involved was the creative director Ray. He commented, “To create a chic but dreamlike urban style, we shot on location in LA instead of on a set. We also used an animorphic format. And since this music video is dealing with the delicate psychological differences between male and female there will be two teasers released“.

With the first teaser set to be release at midnight on the evening of the 13th, the second teaser is scheduled to drop on the 15th. The single will be release on the 17th along with the full music video.

Source + Image: Eto via Nate

SM Entertainment hints at 5-member TVXQ reunion?

Fans have noticed an interesting change on SM Entertainment Japan‘s official website. The profiles of the former members of TVXQ, Junsu, Yoochun, and Jaejoong, have appeared on the group’s section of the site.

After a lawsuit with SM Entertainment, TVXQ was left with two members, Yunho and Changmin. While Yunho and Changmin continued to promote as TVXQ, the other three members have been active under the name JYJ.

As expected, fans are eager to find out what the site update means as there is no statement from SM Entertainment or the TVXQ and JYJ members as of now.

Considering there have been murmurs of a reunion before, what do you think about this recent development? Is the site update a hint of TVXQ’s return as a 5-member group or some sort of mistake?

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2PM’s Taecyeon, Junsu, and miss A’s Suzy donate 800kg of rice thanks to their fans

2PM‘s Taecyeon, Junsu, and miss A‘s Suzy donated the rice they received from their fans to help those in need.

Fans donated the rice at the ‘JYP Nation‘ concert held on August 4th. Suzy’s fan site sent 100kg (220.5lbs), Junsu’s fan site ‘Daegu-tang’ sent 200kg (441lbs), and Taecyeon’s fan site ‘Ohk Taec Yeon Hap’ sent 500kg (1102lbs) of rice. A total of 800kg (1764lbs) of rice was donated to various charities of the idols choosing.

Taecyeon took a picture in front of the rice donations and thanked his fans by tweeting, “Thank you for the wreaths and rice~ Fighting!!!”

Junsu also thanked his fans by sharing a picture of the donations as he tweeted, “Working hard at rehearsals! Thank you for the wreaths and rice!^^”

Source+Picture: Taecyeon‘s Twitter; Junsu‘s Twitter

JYP Entertainment’s ‘FAN’s Day 2012′ event ends in great success

JYP Entertainment has successfully concluded their first annual ‘FAN’s Day 2012‘ event.

Launching for the first time this year, the event began on August 3rd and ran through the 5th at the Platoon Kunsthalle located in Seoul, drawing in 4,000 fans.

The event included various events, such as exhibitions on the artists’ outfits, albums, pictures, MVs, MV making films, free caricatures and hennas, patbingsu (shaved ice dessert) time, experience wearing artists’ outfits, and various other activities that fans were able to personally partake in themselves.

JYPE artists were also able to interact with fans throughout the event.

Yenny, Lim, Suzy, Fei, and Chansung personally made and handed out coffees and snacks, Wooyoung and Junsu transformed into DJs at a booth and played fans-requested music, and Taecyeon, Yubin, Fei, Suzy, and Junho drew caricatures and hennas for fans on their arms and faces.

Sohee, JOO, JB, and Jr. greeted fans with bracelets, and Sun and San E took to the stage and put up various performances for the fans.

JYP Entertainment expressed, “Through this event, the artists were very happy to be able to spend time with fans rather than a regular stage performance or fan meetings. We would like to continue to interact with fans who have loved JYP Entertainment and we will work harder to become closer [with fans].”

Meanwhile, JYP Nation wrapped up a successful concert at the Olympic Park Gymnastics Stadium back on August 4th with 10,000 fans in attendance. The ‘JYP Nation’ tour will be moving onto Japan this coming 18th and 19th.

JYJ members pose for comical selca after CF filming

JYJ‘s Jaejoong revealed a funny photo he took with his fellow members.

On the 25th, Jaejoong tweeted, “Done with commercial filming! It’s a good day because I got to see my members,” and attached a photo of himself looking sharp in thick-framed glasses.

He later added, “Junsu, I live because of you~ I exploded in laughter again today because of Junsu.“ The photo (top) shows all three members of JYJ making funny faces. Junsu humorously stuck his tongue out, while Yoochun made the viewers laugh by making a wide-mouthed silly face.

Fans responded, “I didn’t think that was Yoochun,” “The three are all so cute,” and “Junsu, your expression is alive.”

Source+Picture: Jaejoong‘s Twitter

Sweet Sorrow to make their first appearance on ‘Immortal Song 2′

A cappella group Sweet Sorrow will be making their first appearance on KBS‘s ’Immortal Song 2‘!

This week’s summer special will feature not only regulars like Super Junior‘s Ryeowook, Ulala Session, Sonya, Ailee, INFINITE‘s Sunggyu, Younha, and Hong Kyung Min, but new performers including Sweet Sorrow, 2PM‘s Junsu, 8Eight‘s Lee Hyun, Cha Ji Hyun, and At.

Well-known for their wit and amazing a cappella skills, Sweet Sorrow’s first performance will showcase the group’s powerful vocals and harmony with Shim Soo Bong‘s hit from the 80′s, “Young Sun“, on this week’s broadcast.

The broadcast will also feature a surprise guest, comedienne Shin Bora, in an exciting duet performance with Ailee. The summer special will run on July 21st and July 28th, so keep your eyes open for some fresh new performances!

Source + Image: My Daily via Naver

Details on JYJ’s Junsu upcoming solo repackaged album released

More details on JYJ Junsu‘s upcoming repackaged solo album have been revealed.

The singer is currently in Los Angeles working with a long list of top staff members to perfect his album to the best of his ability. C-JeS Entertainment stated, “Junsu is currently recording English songs for his world tour, and there are plans for him to begin recording a music video shortly.”

The representative continued, “We cannot yet release the song’s title and genre, but the album includes the participation of Sony Music‘s composer Bruce Automatic Vanderveer, who previously worked with the likes of Christina Aguilera, The Wanted, and Leona Lewis earlier this year.”

Composer Automatic expressed, “I was surprised by XIA, as he’s someone who truly sings from the heart. I thought we’d need two days for his recording process, but we really only needed one. Throughout the recording, I couldn’t help but be impressed by his skills. I’m really glad to be able to work with him.”

His music video will also be a collaboration with top names. Directed by Marc Klasfeld, who has experience producing for “We are Young“, which was a recent Billboard hit, along with Beyonce, Eminem, Jay-Z, and Far East Movement. He stated, “I was surprised when I saw XIA’s music video for ‘Tarantallegra’. His performance was amazing, as is the same with his facial expressions and acting. I’m looking forward to working with him.”

Junsu himself expressed, “I earned a lot of confidence after releasing my worldwide album and going on a world tour. I feel that my confidence will build towards even better results. I’m glad that I’m working with such amazing people.”

His first solo repackaged album will be released mid-August. Junsu will then go on a world tour until October, which includes concerts in North and South America as well as Europe.

Source + Photos: Chosun via Naver

JYJ’s Junsu to hold a World Tour + release a repackaged album!

On July 16th, representatives from C-Jes Entertainment announced, “[JYJ's] Junsu, who is currently traveling on his Asia Tour, will also be holding a world tour in North America, South America, and Europe.”

After having released his first solo album and sweeping music charts across the continent of Asia, Junsu appears to be ready to meet his global audience. And not surprisingly so, since despite this being Junsu’s first time embarking on solo album activities, he has achieved great sales numbers even on charts abroad with his unique concept and 12 stylistically diverse songs.

CEO of C-JeS Entertainment Baek Chang Joo further expanded on Junsu’s success, saying, “Ever since Junsu’s first public performance, his solo album has not only captivated the country, but also a wide area of Asia as well; as we were, of course, targeting markets overseas, it seems we have produced a world class music video. The awaited results were extraordinary. During Junsu’s successful Asia tour, the number of love calls we received from areas such as North and South America would not stop flowing in, and thus we decided to launch a world tour.”

The CEO continued to reveal, “For this world tour, Junsu has put together and prepared a repackaged album. As this album will be targeting the world market, it will include an English single and a music video produced in America. Although we cannot further clarify our future plans, Junsu will be climbing the steps to fame in America.”

One of these American parties interested in JYJ’s Junsu commented, “There is great interest [and anticipation] for JYJ’s Junsu’s world tour success throughout America. The title song, “TARANTALLEGRA”, not only attempted to draw in interest via the K-Pop Wave, it created its own, unique sensation; the music video has gathered high marks from parties throughout America as well. It seems that, after promoting as a soloist and single-handedly holding a world tour, Junsu has demonstrated the global interest [he has gathered].”

It has been decided that Junsu’s upcoming world tour will include stops in 2-3 cities per continent. Currently, Junsu is still on his Asia tour, which started in Seoul, and is continuing throughout countries such as Thailand, Indonesia, Taiwan, and China. Next month, Junsu will be holding his final concert in Hong Kong.

Source: Financial News via Naver

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2PM’s Nichkhun airs his grievances to his fellow members

2PM‘s Nichkhun has recited all of his grievances to his fellow members.

On the July 14th installment of the segment ‘Guerilla Date‘ under KBS‘s ‘Entertainment Relay‘, the members were asked to share grievances they have kept inside towards their fellow members.

When it was Nichkhun’s turn to speak, everyone was surprised as he had quite a few things to say to each of the members. He began with Taecyeon exclaiming, “Organize your hair before you leave the dorm!” Taecyeon, who’s nicknamed ‘fashion terrorist’, has recently been growing out his hair, leading him to sport unique hairstyles.

Nichkhun then faced Junsu and hilariously commented, “Let’s wake up when the alarm goes off. I always had to wake you up even during our trainee days.”

To maknae Chansung, Nichkhun said, “Take care of your things.” Chansung is known for easily forgetting things as he had once left his phone behind on an airplane.

Lastly, Nichkhun turned to Junho and remarked, “Let’s not play the drums in our rooms,” causing everyone to burst into laughter.

Wooyoung was unable to participate in the recording for this episode due to his solo schedule.

Source & Image: Newsen via Nate

JYJ’s Junsu becomes the first Korean artist to rank #1 on Chile’s music chart

JYJ‘s Junsu has once again proven his global popularity by ranking first on Chile’s music chart.

On July 10th, Junsu’s solo album ‘Tarantallegra‘ ranked #1 on the chart of Chile’s popular television channel ETC-TV. This chart shows the popular songs in Chile and Junsu is the first Korean singer to place first on the chart.

A representative from the concert in Chile said, “JYJ’s popularity has soared since their concert here in March. On top of that, the interest in Korea has risen and it is not hard to hear a JYJ ringtone on the streets. Requests for JYJ to perform again in Chile have been flooding in.”

As expected, Junsu has expressed his happiness by saying, “I am even happier because I see that the world tour has brought great outcomes. Chile is a country far away from Korea, but hearing that there are fans who listen and love my music makes me so happy and it gives me a stronger sense of responsibility. Thank you.”

C-JeS Entertainment said, “Kim Junsu’s Asia Tour is ending, but numerous amounts of love calls from the Americas, Europe, and South America has been flooding in and now we can truly feel that he truly is a world star.”

Junsu’s global popularity can be felt with “Tarantallegra” being ranked first in May on China’s monthly chart and placing first on Germany’s Asian music chart.

Source & Image: Star News via Naver