Kim Tae Yeon will join MBC We Got Married variety. And from the headline and picture, you can see that it’s not with JunJin. Never saw this coming!
On the 7th, a staff from the show confirmed that Tae Yeon has joined We Got Married as a regular and will partner Jung Hyung Don. Tae Yeon and Jung Hyung Don have already filmed their first episode together on the 5th. The shooting took place despite the on-going MBC workers union strike.
Hyung Don has a checkered history on the show. He started off being a couple with Saori, got “divorced” and then became the host on the show. Then he was later arranged to live in with Crown J and Seo In Young for a family concept. And just when it seems like he was at a crossroad with their impending departure, he will continue on the show in this new setup with Tae Yeon.
Tae Yeon who is the leader of So Nyeo Shi Dae, one of the nation’s top girl groups, has bright and cute charms. There is thus a lot of interest to see just how her and Jung Hyung Don, who has developed a everyone- hates-me personality on the show, will mesh together as a couple. The first episode with Tae Yeon and Jung Hyung Don will air towards the end of this month.
Tae Yeon - Jung Hyung Don joins the present cast members on We Got Married with Son Dambi - Marco, Hwayobi - Hwanhee and Kangin - Lee Yoon Ji.
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by coolsmurf
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------SM-JYP-YG take on the world in the new year 2009
As we enter into a new year 2009, we see the Big 3 entertainment companies SM-JYP-YG take their turns to venture into overseas market.
But who will be the big winner at the end of the day?
In 2009, we will continue to see SM Entertainment sending his singers like BoA, Dong Bang Shin Ki and Super Junior out of Korea to promote in other countries.
But with YG Entertainment and JYP Entertainment announcing their plans for entering into overseas market at the same time, fans are interested in how all these adventures out of Korea will turn out.
SM Entertainment
For one, it is pretty obvious that Lee Soo Man is aiming at all singers’ dream stage - America, and also the world’s 2nd largets music market Japan.
Already, last October, ‘Asia’s Star’ BoA had released her debut America single. Since then, she has appeared on numerous concert performance, and in the coming March, she will also be releasing her debut American album. BoA was introduced as the ‘Korea’s Britney Spears’ by the American media.
Dong Bang Shin Ki, who had their first appearance on NHK Red And White SongFest last year, 2009 is another busy year for them. They will be releasing a new Japanese single ‘Bolero’ in January, and releasing a full Japanese album in March. The 4 Japanese singles they released last year had all achieved #1 on the Oricon chart. More anticipation into the more breakthroughs they will achieve in the new year.
YG Entertainment
And for YG Entertainment, singer Se7en will be also be working on his American debut album the first half of the year with the producer of singers like TLC and Beyonce. Anticipation to how Se7en, who was introduced by the American media as ‘Korea’s Justin Timberlake’ will do in the American market after more than 2 years of preparation for it.
Big Bang is also another group who will be working towards the title of the ‘Asian Star’. They will be releasing and promoting a full Japanese album coming summer after their previous promotion in Japan for single ‘With U’ released last November.
JYP Entertainment
Park Jin Young has several times gave empty talk to debut Im Jung Hee, GSoul and Min in America, revealed in a recent press interview that he will devote his time and attention to entering the American market in this year.
He has also revealed that he will helping ‘world star’ Rain with the release of his American debut album at the end of the year.
The staff and the production team to Rain’s American debut album has not been revealed yet. But news have it that there will be a duet song with top female pop star.
This is exciting news especially that Rain has already participated in several Hollywood production movies like ‘Speed Racer’ and ‘Ninja Assassin’. Fans have their eyes set on how his American debut album will be received.
Credit : K-Bites
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Now, this is Big Bang we are talking about.
Group Big Bang’s new song ‘Stylish’ is #1 on download charts even without any special promotional activities.
Mnet.com released it’s mp3 download chart for the period of 29th December to 4th January and Big Bang’s ‘Stylish’ was the newcomer on the chart and also #1 position on it. Also on Cyworld.com, the song jumped straight to #1 position after it was released.
The song ‘Stylish’ was released online on 30th December and had received heated interests from music fans. And what’s more is that the song was not even performed and promoted on any broadcast programs.
A YG representative said, “The song ‘Stylish’ is a song that is good enough to be performed on stage. This is not just mere curiosity to the song but there has been a steady increase in the interest amongst music fans for it.”
Meanwhile, Big Bang will be having their ‘209 Big Show’ concert in SEoul Olympic stadium on 30th January.
Here’s the full song ‘Stylish’
