Archive for May 11th, 2012

Tiffany Talks about Girls’ Generation’s Lifespan

SM Entertainment’s Yunho, Changmin, Leeteuk, Eunhyuk, Tiffany, and Taeyeon guested on yesterday’s episode of MBC “Joo Byung Jin’s Tak Concert,” where they shared their personal stories and worries. During the episode, Tiffany talked about her thought’s regarding Girls’ Generation’s lifespan. Tiffany started, “When we debuted as Girls’ Generation, it’s true that I thought ‘we’ll probably only last five years.’ However, the more we worked together, the longer I wanted us to be together and stay as Girls’ Generation

"Voice of Korea" contestant Woo Hyemi almost became a member of KARA

It has been revealed that "Voice of Korea" contestant Woo Hyemi, was a trainee of DSP Entertainment where popular girl group KARA and Rainbow are signed.According to Woo Hyemi, she became a trainee for DSP Entertainment through Ok Joohyun, the former member of historical group Fin.K.L that was under DSP Entertainment. By coincidence, Woo Hyemi met Ok Joohyun through a radio program that Ok Joohyun was leading and received an invitation from her. As a trainee of DSP Entertainment for about a year, Woo Hyemi prepared to debut with former KARA member Kim Sunghee, but in the end, the debut processing ended and she left the company

Songs from IU’s new mini-album ‘Spring of a Twenty Year Old’ top music charts

IU‘s single “Every End Of The Day” achieved an immediate positive response on various online music charts just after being released on May 11th. According to Mnet, Melon, and Olleh Musicreal-time charts, IU’s title song “Every End Of The Day” off new mini-album ‘Spring of a Twenty Year Old‘ seized the #1 spot on the charts IU’s self-composed song “Peach” also grabbed the #6 spot and #5 on the various charts, while her other track “I Don’t Like That Person” secured #2 and #9 spots

Kim Jang-hoon to swim to the islet of Dokdo

Singer Kim Jang-hoon has set a new challenge for himself: to swim the 215 kilometers from the coast of Jukbyun in North Gyeonsang to the islet of Dokdo on Aug. 15 to mark Korea's National Liberation Day.The entertainer, who is sponsoring the "8.15 Dokdo Crossing" project, said that as well as supporting the project financially, he wants to offer his body to it as well. The event's organizers from Korea National Sport University said that Kim's support has been crucial this year."Our swimmers are set to swim from Jukbyun to Dokdo to reiterate the fact that the islet belongs to Korea! We could think of none other than Kim to head the movement", said Professor Choi Kang-jin from the university