March 2011
Monthly Archive
2011-03-31 (Thu) 23:42 by mrdeus
Heart to Heart is 4Minutes latest mini-album. The music video focuses on Hyun-a and Jung-shin from C.N.Blue.
What can I say? This isn’t the comeback song I had expected from 4Minute. After hearing the teaser for “4 minutes left” (the first (intro) track on the mini-album) and seeing the dark/mature STEAL 20 concept photos I expected something else. Perhaps more like their previous Korean album HuH.
Credit: source vid. derogatory@jpopsuki
The intro to Heart to Heart instantly made me think of another song. Perhaps Miss A’s Bad Girl Good Girl. Although my initial disappointment has subsided, the chorus of Heart to Heart hasn’t grown on me yet.
The girls look great in the video though, especially Hyun-a and So-hyun. And it’s nice to hear their voices without heavy auto-tune effects.
Apparently the teasers were intended for an album with the actual title STEAL 20 called “4Minutes left”, which is supposed to be released any day now. Last I heard, it’s a full length album. We’ll know soon enough. I’m hoping for a different (more 4Minute-y) sound on the full album.
Update: the album is available for pre-order now. Apart from the second title track Mirror Mirror, it seems like most of the songs that weren’t on the mini-album are from their Japanese releases.
2011-03-31 (Thu) 23:31 by mrdeus
I’ve pretty much passed on Miss A until now. But after watching Miss A member Suzy act in the drama Dream High, they’ve grown on me a bit. I’ve found a couple of songs I like (Bad Girl Good Girl and 다시 사랑 (Love Again)).
Needless to say, Suzy is my favourite (as predicted by Monkey444 
).
2011-03-30 (Wed) 01:18 by mrdeus
Seeing IU perform this song alone in the spotlight on a big empty stage, without quick camera cuts, adds to the feeling of it.
IU looks great and performs well, as usual.
2011-03-27 (Sun) 17:26 by mrdeus
Seung-yeon looks especially fierce in this cover of 2PM’s song Again & Again.
Recommended watching for all KARA fans.
2011-03-24 (Thu) 23:36 by mrdeus
Earlier today BoA tweeted a picture from her Cosmopolitan photo shoot where you can see the tattoo she has on her back. You could spot a part of it in the music video for Copy & Paste, but this is the first time I’ve seen the whole thing.
The photo shoot was for the April issue of Cosmopolitan. You can check out the scans from the magazine below:
[…] there’s more! »
2011-03-24 (Thu) 22:33 by mrdeus
Just read that Ai Otsuka has given birth to a daughter! The father is Su of RIP SLYME, her husband since June of last year (whom she collaborated with in aisu x time).
I had totally missed that she was pregnant, and wasn’t even aware that she’d gotten married 
.
Source: Tokyo Hive
2011-03-23 (Wed) 14:19 by mrdeus
4Minute are making their comeback in Korea very soon with a new album. They’ve posted a teaser sound bite on their official site along with the title “STEAL 20″. I don’t know if that’s the actual album title or just the concept name.
These concept photos were just released:
Source: allkpop (I wanted to use the pictures that 4Minute’s So-hyun tweeted, but the colours were a bit off in those)
They’ll release a teaser video tomorrow and the album will be released on the 29th. Really looking forward to it!
Looks like April is going to be the big month of K-Pop girl group combacks, with 4Minute, f(x), 2NE1 and others making their comeback.
2011-03-23 (Wed) 00:05 by mrdeus
I found this dance version video of Mister by KARA when I was making the KARA collection torrent. At some point I had planned to make a dance version special, but I never got around to it and forgot that I had already made this video 
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Although it’s already included in the torrent, I thought I’d post this piece of eye candy for direct download too.
This is the Japanese version of the song, same as the original music video. Better get used to it as we’ll probably never see KARA perform this song on Korean TV again due to today’s stricter wardrobe regulations 
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2011-03-21 (Mon) 01:56 by mrdeus
This is a performance of Lies (거짓말) by T-ara (not to be confused with Big Bang’s Lies). While it’s not one of my favourite T-ara songs, I really like the cute choreography. Watching the live performance makes me like the song more.
Credit: source vid. yoobin.skyrock
I picked this clip mostly based on how good So-yeon looks, but Ji-yeon looks cute here too. So-yeon is my current favourite member of T-ara, but after watching Dream High I had a dream about Eun-jeong, so I’m confused now .
2011-03-18 (Fri) 02:44 by mrdeus
This is K.Will’s latest music video featuring the lovely IU. While IU doesn’t sing in this video, she acts in an über-cute story along with 2June (이준) from the group MBLAQ.
Credit: source vid. Tavo@jpopsuki
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