Thursday, April 7, 2011

[NEWS] Taeyang & Minzy voted as best dancing idols!



Nowadays, idol groups are characterized by their talent. What distinguishes them from each other are the skills that they possess. We have asked opinion from 5 leaders of the top dancing teams about who is the best dancing idol in the showbiz.
People whom have been consulted in this ranking are: Choreography director from JYP Entertainment, YG Entertainment (Lee Jae Wook), SM Entertainment, together with the dance director of Beast (Haw of Prepix) and Secret (Park Sang Hyun).
Boys: The glamorous Taeyang
BIGBANG’s Taeyang who has won 3 votes out of the 5 judges and managed to capture 1st place in this ranking. The person in charge of the choreography for YG Entertainment said, ‘Taeyang’s power and skills (technique), together with his facial expression made his dancing unbeatable.’
This BIGBANG’s member can digest variety music genres and when he was doing his solo activities for the songs, ‘Only Look at Me’ and ‘I Need A Girl’, his dances style were characterized by Soul and R&B style.
The choreography leader in JYP Entertainment praised that, “Taeyang has presented a clear performance in accordance to the music that he had to dance to.” The choreography representative from SME also said, “His skill is outstanding.”
He gave a thumb up to Taeyang.

Gong Minji · BoA · Miss A’s Min’ Prominent female idols
* Female idols – Gong Minji, Min, BoA – Conflicted Opinions
Choosing the best dancer our of the idol group members came easy for the male division (Big Bang’s Tae Yang won 1st), since the opinions were agreeable, but it looks like choosing the best dancers from female idols would not be as easy because of mixed opinions. Group 2NE1’s member, Gong Minji received two votes.
Lee Jae-Wook and Park Sang Hyun gave their support for Gong Minji. They expressed that “When Minji dances, she expresses her own style, and shows exceptional talent,” said Lee Jae-Wook, while Park Sang-Hyun said, “Gong Minji stands out. Her dancing style is very unique, and her expression is very good also,” he added.

[NEWS] Big Bang extends contracts with YG Entertainment for another five years!



On April 7th, the members of Big Bang extended their contracts with their label, YG Entertainment, for another five years!
Representatives from YG revealed, “The Big Bang members, who have been with us for 10 years since their trainee days, are like family members to us. We are thankful that they have put their trust in the label they’ve debuted with once again, but most of all, we are glad that Big Bang will be able to stand before their fans for a longer time.”
They continued, “Discord usually arises between idol groups and their agencies at exactly the five year milestone, when contracts come to an end. This year is Big Bang’s fifth anniversary, and although there’s been rumors about the group, none regarding discord within the group or with the agency have been accurate. They hold strong trust in each other.
Big Bang will be returning with their special edition album on April 8th.

Source: Korea Economy via Naver
Credits: ALLKPOP

Wednesday, March 16, 2011

[Mini Album] Big Bang - Tonight (Acapella Ver.)


Information:
Language: Korean
Release Date: 2011.03.09

Tracklist:
01 Intro (Thank You & You) (Acapella)
02 Tonight (Acapella)
03 Somebody to Love (Acapella)
04 Cafe (Acapella)
05 Tonight (Inst.)
06 Cafe (Inst.)

Tuesday, March 1, 2011

[Mini Album] Big Bang - 4th Mini Album

Information:
Language: Korean
Release Date: 2011.02.24

Tracklist:
01. Intro (Thank You & You)
02. Hands Up
03. Tonight
04. Somebody to Love
05. What is Right
06. Cafe

Big Bang is back! Though Big Bang has certainly stayed busy with concert tours and solo and Japan activities since their third mini album, it's a new Korean album that fans have been clamoring for. Now the wait is finally over! Big Bang is releasing their fourth mini album, their first Korean album in over two years. Leader G-Dragon continues to be the creative driving force of the group, as he participated in the songwriting for all six of the album's tracks. T.O.P also penned rap for most of the songs. Big Bang will be rocking the night this time with the title song Tonight. The mini-album also includes the Korean versions of Hands Up and Somebody To Love, previously featured on their Japanese single releases. 

Tuesday, February 22, 2011

Big Bang & 2NE1 to perform in Malaysia on June 4th



Big Bang fansite “Big Bang Haven” translated an announcement made on the website of Sinchew Daily, Malaysia’s leading Chinese newspaper, sending Malaysian and Singaporean VIPS into a flurry:
” The 2011 the Korean wave will continue to sweep through Malaysia, Kpop fans be prepared to be busy for the whole year! Following an earlier report by ”Sin Chew Entertainment” that Halo Music will bring Big Bang and Se7en to Malaysia this year to meet the fans, 2NE1 will be making their way to Malaysia too.
According to sources, Big Bang and 2NE1 have finalized to come to Malaysia on June 4th where the 5 member group Big Bang and 4 member group 2NE1 will also collaborate to hold a large-scale fan meeting at Bukit Jalil Putra Stadium.
It is reported that earlier this year, Jang Geun Suk has released notice through his website on the launching of “Jang Geun Suk 2011 Asia Tour” and has announced schedules for various countries, organizer HS Media has confirmed the tour for Malaysia to be on June 4th. However presently the performing venue and ticket price for Jang Geun Suk Asia Tour Malaysia stop have not been decided yet.
Now that Redstar who is hosting Big Bang and 2NE1′s fan meeting has announced the performing venue and date except for the ticket price, it is not known if there will be any last minute changes to the performances, but if both groups (Jang Geun Suk as well as Big Bang & 2NE1) come to Malaysia to carry out the activities as scheduled, the Kpop fans will certainly be very busy, having to choose between the two.
Redstar’s partner Marctensia is also collecting comments from fans about Big Bang, 2AM and miss A coming to Malaysia on its facebook. It is believed that as long as the response is good, the KPOP concert in plan will come true.”
(omitted non-related parts)
Are Big Bang & 2NE1 really coming to Malaysia? Will there really be a combined fan meeting? Let’s not speculate too much VIPs, and wait for official information! I for one, will be the first in line for the tickets (even though I live in Singapore) the minute the event and ticketing information are announced! Who’s coming with me? ^^

Source : 21bangs

[NEWS] Big Bang to release new album on February 24th

 source:allkpop

Big Bang fans can finally circle a date on their calendar, as YG Entertainment has revealed that the group will drop their new album on February 24th!
Representatives of YG Entertainment explained, “After nearly two years, they’ll finally be releasing a new album on February 24th.  Details such as the number of tracks or the album’s tracklist have yet to be decided. Big Bang will be holding their first comeback stage not through publicly-broadcasted music programs, but at their own ‘2011 BIG SHOW‘ concerts on February 25th through 27th.”
They continued, “This concert will show just how much Big Bang has improved through the years.
Representatives further explained their decision behind why they chose to have the first comeback stage at a concert, as opposed to a music show. “Since it’s an album they’ve worked hard on for the past two years, they all agreed to show it to their fans first before they appear on broadcast programs.  Instead of being limited to only two or three tracks because of time constraints, they’d rather show all of their new songs at their concert.”
The concert will also showcase GD&TOP’s unit album and Seungri’s solo album.
Stay tuned to allkpop for additional developments!


Source + Photos: Newsen via Daum

Saturday, February 5, 2011

[Exclusive] Taeyang & IU


IU covered TaeYang’s “I Need A Girl”.... interesting!!! here is the audio ^^ Have Fun!!!



Thursday, January 27, 2011

[New's] G-Dragon reveals details on Big Bang’s comeback album


credit:allkpop

Big Bang’s leader, G-Dragon, dropped additional details about the group’s first album in nearly two years and three months, and asked fans to anticipate great changes as well as variety in their work.
In a recent interview with Star News, he revealed that all of their songs were done recording and that the album was in its finalization stages. The singer continued:
“The members of Big Bang have been working on the album very consistently.  The overall style of the album is geared towards being public friendly with comfortable music that literally anyone can follow along to.”
I think Big Bang will be able to achieve great things this year due to some of the big changes that have been going on.  It’s not only the Big Bang members themselves who have changed – the internal composing staff we’ve been working with has also been completely switched up. Consequently, there will be a lot more collaborations with foreign composers.
But one of the foreign composers isn’t Will.I.Am, who’s currently working with 2NE1 for their U.S. advancement. They’re musicians beyond what anyone’s guess right now. You’ll all be surprised once you listen later, so please look forward to a lot more variety to Big Bang’s image.
As revealed earlier, the group’s comeback album will not feature any solo or duet tracks, and consists of songs with all five members.  The album is scheduled for release on February 24th.

Source + Photos: Star News via Nate

[New's] Why aren’t YG artists performing on Music Bank?

credit:allkpop

It seems fans have been unable to see YG Entertainment artists performing on KBS’s Music Bank for some time now due to the label declaring a non-attendance to the public broadcast network’s 2010 KBS Music Festival.
A representative of the music industry spoke with Star News on January 27th and revealed, “Despite GD&TOP and Seungri being well into their promotion cycles, YG Entertainment artists have not once made an appearance on KBS’s Music Bank since restarting their activities.”
He continued, “GD&TOP and Seungri make weekly appearances on MBC’s Music Core and SBS’s Inkigayo, and for a longer period, it seems that YG representatives won’t be sending their artists to appear on Music Bank, which goes the same for Big Bang’s comeback next month.
Some are speculating that YG’s inability to appear on Music Bank is due to the artists refusing to attend the year-end “2010 KBS Music Festival” last year. At the time, representatives of YG expressed, “We are not able to understand why the ‘Gayo Festival’ is giving a ‘best popularity award’ when they declared that they wouldn’t.” YG artists instead attended MBC and SBS’s year-end ceremonies, both of which did not contain award components.
KBS had clarified that the festival overall focused on music and not the awards, and retorted that they too failed to understand YG’s decision.
Since then, YG artists have not been making appearances on Music Bank. Despite the controversy, representatives of the label explained, “We do not have a bad relationship with Music Bank.”
After missing out on Music Bank last week despite apppearing on all other music shows, Seungri will continue to be absent on the January 28th episode.

Source: Star News via Nate

Wednesday, January 26, 2011

[News] GD&TOP to perform “Don’t Go Home” on this week’s “Inkigayo”

credit:allkpop

Although GD&TOP’s “Don’t Go Home” failed to pass its re-evaluation with MBC after it was banned earlier this month, YG Entertainment assured fans that they could still enjoy the song through SBS and KBS.
Representatives of YG Entertainment spoke with Star News on January 26th and revealed, “‘Don’t Go Home,’ a track from their new album released last month, was banned from public broadcast for its lyrics. We didn’t believe that there was anything wrong with the lyrics so we re-submitted the song for another evaluation without making any changes.”
They continued, “However, the song did not pass the re-evaluation. Since it was already accepted by SBS and KBS on the first review, fans can look forward to hearing ‘Don’t Go Home’ on those two channels.
GD&TOP will be performing “Don’t Go Home” for the first time on the January 30th episode of SBS’s “Inkigayo“.

Source: Star News via Nate

Saturday, January 22, 2011

Seungri (Big Bang) - VVIP



Big Bang’s maknae, Seungri, released his new mini-album, “VVIP“, just a few days ago. Seungri and team have worked hard in this album....and yeah!!! Like everybody say's "He's grown up". I have no many words about VVIP tracks...just listen and get ready to move your body!!! ^^

Tracklist

01 VVIP
02 So What Do You Want Me To Do
03 Open Window (Feat. G-Dragon)
04 MAGIC
05 I Know (Feat. IU)
06 White Love
07 OUTRO (In My World)









Sunday, July 25, 2010

LIVE: Sketchbook TaeYang ft GDragon (performaces + interview)

Since it’s my birthday and these guys are amazing I just wanted to share this with you guys. The interview is really funny and subbed so that’s good for the non Korean speaking fans.

 

 

 

And “Wher U At” which wasn’t aired

Wednesday, July 14, 2010

NEW VIDEO: TaeYang – You’re My + I Need A Girl (Dance Version)

Which version do you like best, the first version or this one? Personally I love the scene of GD at the Poker table in the first version.

Saturday, July 3, 2010

NEW VIDEO: TaeYang – I Need A Girl (ft GDragon)

Monday, June 21, 2010

NEW VIDEO: TOP – Turn It Up

Sunday, June 20, 2010

NEW MUSIC: J.Reyez, JD Relic, 3rd Degree – Tell Me Goodbye (English Cover)

Thursday, June 17, 2010

NEWS: Upcoming YG releases

Us Vips have been waiting a long time for this, but time has finally come…

003hrext Our patience has been tested, but YG has finally released a statement concerning TaeYang’s full album. The album will be titled “Solar” and will be released on July 1st. There will be two editions, a regular one and a deluxe one. The regular edition will have 11 tracks and the deluxe edition will additionally feature “Prayer” and “Look only at me” from his previous mini album Hot.

From June 25th to June 30th; a one minute sample of a new track will be released.

There are two rumoured tracklisting going aorund the net at the moment but since it’s not yet confirmed, I’ll be holding off on posting them.

Moving on…

6fyq7o Just like GD got his official site during his solo activities, TOP is also getting his solo site. I can’t help but think, when I look at the picture, he looks like this mafia gangsta LOL. TOP’s solo single “Turn it up” will be released June 21st and a teaser MV has been released (coming in my next post). The song was premiered during their Big Show 2010.

More YG releases…

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Big Bang is releasing the Big Show 2010 Live Album on June 23rd.

Here's the track list:
[LIVE CD]
01. Lies (Hitchhiker Remix)
02. GARA GARA GO
03. Koe wo kikasete
04. Hallelujah
05. Strong Baby (Hitchhiker Remix)
06. Where U At
07. How Gee
08. STYLISH - THE FILA (Perry Remix)
09. Cotton Candy
10. A Fool's Only Tears & I Don't Understand
11. Foolish Love & Oh Ma Baby
12. Remember
13. Stay
14. Haru Haru
15. Heartbreaker
16. Heaven & Fool
17. Sunset Glow
[BONUS CD]
01. TURN IT UP - TOP Solo
02. Hallelujah
03. STYLISH - THE FILA (Perry Remix)
04. Lying (Hitchhiker Remix)

And there are rumours that their new album will be called “Electricity”.

NEW MUSIC: TOP – Turn it up

Sunday, June 13, 2010

NEW VIDEO: Big Bang – Tell me Goodbye

Sunday, April 25, 2010

NEWS: Big Bang Electric Love dvd is coming

989 In February 2010 Big Bang toured Japan and now the fans will be able to relive this amazing concert at home. The “Electric Love Tour” DVD is coming out April, 28th.

Personally I’ve watch the TBS Broadcast and I really love their performance of “Top of the World” and the laid back version of “Stylish” (but to be honest I love it all lol).

The Track list:
01 OPENING
02 ガラガラ GO!!
03 Top Of The World
04 WITH U
05 HALLELUJAH
06 Strong Baby (V.I Solo)
07 WEDDING DRESS (SOL Solo)
08 Ah-Moo-Rut-Chi-Ah-Neun-Chuk (Pretended)(T.O.P Solo)
09 Follow Me
10 Number 1
11 Stylish
12 D-LITE INTRO
13 Som Sa Tang (Cotton Candy)(D-LITE Solo)
14 V.I & D-LITE MEDLEY
15 Chak Hahn Sa Ram (A Good Man)
16 Stay
17 HaruHaru
18 G-DRAGON Intro
19 Heartbreaker (G-Dragon Solo)
20 Korean Dream (G-Dragon Solo)
21 声をきかせて
22 LIE (Korean Version)
23 Ma-Ji-Mak-In-Sa (BABY BABY Korean Version)
- ENCORE -
24 MY HEAVEN
- BONUS TRACK -
Making of ELECTRIC LOVE TOUR 2010

You can already preorder at yesasia.

Check out the promo: