May 12th, 2008
No Brain is a South Korean punk rock band composed of Lee Seongwoo on vocals, Jeong Minjun on guitar, Jeong Jaehwan on bass, and Hwang Hyunseong on drums. They recently recorded a song that was to be used in a KBS TV program, as well as appearing in the film Radio Star. The video below is of No Brain doing a cover of Fin.K.L’s song To My Boyfriend.
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May 5th, 2008
Seo Taiji is a South Korean singer and musician as well as one of the most prominent and influential cultural icons in Korea. His popularity in Korea during the 1990s was comparable to that of Michael Jackson back in the 80’s. He has his own website which anyone can visit for more updates and information.
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April 28th, 2008
Baek Ji Youn is a South Korean pop and ballad singer who was born on March 25, 1976. She began her music career in 1999, making waves in the Korean dance scene with her first album entitled Sorrow. With the success of her first album, she quickly followed it with a second album entitled Rouge, which sold 360,000 copies and made her one of Korea’s most popular female dance artists.
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April 21st, 2008
Bada, whose real name is Choi Sung Hee, is a South Korean singer who also used to be the former lead vocalist of the now disbanded S.E.S. She has released three solo albums and one single. She also currently has a fashion business.
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April 14th, 2008
Tony An is a South Korean singer who was previously a part of the K-pop boy band H.O.T. After H.O.T. disbanded in 2001, its members including Tony An formed the dance music trio JTL. Since the unofficial disbanding of JTL, they have released their own material, including the video below.
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April 7th, 2008
This post is in tribute to Turtleman, whose real name is Im Sung Hoon. He is part of the trio called Turtles, along with two other female singers, Z-E who is a rapper, and Su Bin, the group’s vocalist.
Reports stated that Turtleman was found dead in his sleep due to a heart attack in his home in Seoul, when a manager came to pick him up for a schedule. His death came as a surprise as we was always seen happy and active, and many celebrities of the K-Pop world attended his funeral.
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March 31st, 2008
L.O.V.E. is from the Brown Eyed Girls’ album entitled “With LOVE, Brown Eyed Girls.” The song is about one’s confession of love towards someone, and this video just can’t help but show off the undeniable charm and appeal of the Brown Eyed Girls.
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March 24th, 2008
During The Days I Want To See You is the song in Park Ji Heon’s album entitled Button. The song is a medium tempo song that features Park Ji Heon’s delicate singing voice about the pain, longing and regret that follows after a separation. This music video was made with a footage from the movie Open Air.
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March 17th, 2008
From Kim Dong Ryul’s top selling album entitled Monologue, Let’s Start Over is about regretting things after a break-up and wanting to start again, although you feel awful and you fight everyday.
Kim Dong Ryul is a Korean musician, composer, and singer. He is also a former member of the group Exhibition that disbanded back in 1997.
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March 10th, 2008
SNSD, also known as Girl’s Generation, is a South Korean girl group formed in 2007 by SM Entertainment. SNSD is the acronym of So Nyeo Si Dae whose members are: Yoona, Tiffany, Yuri, Hyoyeon, Sooyoung, Seohyun, Taeyeon (the leader), Jessica, and Sunny.
The members of the group are professionally trained in singing and dancing, and some members were also trained in acting and modeling. Some of the members also took part in appearing in commercials, magazine ads, and small TV appearances prior to SNSD.
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