The hard working leader of Big Bang is currently in Europe for a much needed vacation. Apparently, G-Dragon whose real name is Kwon Ji Yong is suffering from a slight depression recently due to non-stop work as an artist, music collaborator and music producer.
YG Entertainment who manages Big Bang's career recently released a statement about it since fans were waiting for his solo album that was scheduled to be released this first quarter of the year. It seems that due to the situation his album will be released on a later part of the year.
YG President said that he analyzed GD's condition and he believe that he needed counseling plus a lot of rest since he was stressed for overseeing a lot of activities for his solo album, his group and other things as well not to mention the issues about his music compositions with other musicians in their very own group.
He urged GD to take a rest and go and enjoy Europe for 8 days. If you have been following this guy's history, he has been working so hard long before his debut and so it is just fitting that he gets a much needed vacation. I am a fan and so I was hoping to see him gone for even a month. The guy truly deserves it.
However, it seems that there are so many activities that are lined up for his group that cannot be avoided such as they are also about to make an appearance in MTV Music Awards in Japan this 2009.
More power to G-Dragon and hopefully he'll be back with a better perspective and a well rested body.
Japan MTV 2009 organizers invited Boa to perform in the upcoming MTV Music Awards in Japan this year. This time she will perform alongside Sean Garett who collaborated with her in her single I Did It For Love.
The 23-yr old artist who is busy with conquering the western audience is looking pretty good these days and so when the Japanese media asked what is her beauty secret she responded, "A filled stomach", meaning she's happy when she's not hungry. She also revealed that she loves to eat noodles. If only all of us who loves to eat noodles will look just as fit as her, I'll eat it everyday.
Just in time for the release of their newest album, MAP THE SOUL, Epik High is on a World Tour covering Japan, Korea and the United States. They started yesterday in Kobe, Japan.
Here's the rest of the schedule:
April 28 Tokyo/Japan
May 02 Seoul/Korea
May 15 San Francisco/USA - Masonic Center (All ages)
May 16 Los Angelos/USA - Sunset Blvd. House of Blues (All ages)
May 22 New York/USA - Irving Plaza (All Ages)
May 23 Seattle/USA - The King Cat Theater (All Ages)
Listen to their latest hit on the top 10 Chart: Map the Soul. Check it on my playlist --->
Junjin of Shinhwa is releasing his new album and everyone will be able to listen to his new song today at his show We Got Married. A promo will take place starting today up to the 30th which will give the fans a chance to interact with Junjin by sending text messages.
To get more info on how to join, click here to read more details.
A lot of korean fans who are in the U.S. will have the chance to celebrate korean music as the 7TH ANNUALKOREA TIMES MUSIC FESTIVAL HOLLYWOOD BOWL 2009 will go on as scheduled on May 9, 2009 at 6:30pm to be held at the HOLLYWOOD BOWL in 2301 North Highland Ave., Hollywood, CA
The participating artists are: Girls' Generation (SNSD) Lee Juk Lena Park Kim Changwan Band Son Ho YoungSHINeeSpring, Summer, Fall, Winter Kim Heung Gook Tae Jina Tenor Um Jung HaengKim Tae Woo Baek Ji YoungSS501 (all five members)Min Hae Kyung.
If you need more info about this concert, you can check them out at Korean Music Festival or Khype.
Photo Credit: KHYPE HB2009
Lollipop is a song sung by Big Bang and the newest korean girl group called 2NE1 (Twenty One). They will make their official debut in April/May of this year. The moment the song came out it created so much buzz and was included in the k-pop charts but it was removed since it is more of a commercial or ad song for LG rather than just a song.
2NE1 is the female version of Big Bang under YG Entertainment.
The song is catchy and addictive. The music video is so colorful and sweet just like the candy.
Listen:
Lollipop - Big Bang & 2NE1
This is Korean Pop tunes. I recently got into the K-POP world and it is now dominating my music world. The latest in the k-pop scene: news, artists, music videos, mp3's, bio's, and anything that shakes the k-pop scene. However since this is a personal blog, it is but natural that you get to see more of my favorite bands and singers. Although, in the news segment anything that's on the cyber headlines will end up there whether I like the artist or not.
Peace!