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BoA recently expressed her feelings regarding preparing for her new album, drawing attention from fans. On July 13th, BoA tweeted, “To be frank, I feel like I aged 10 years because of this album. I hope all my hard work pays off. Everyone please root for me.” With the earlier reports of the K-Pop queen’s impending comeback during the last week of this month, her tweet serves as a confirmation of what has been said. It seems the singer is indeed in the final stages of finishing up her album and will be returning to the domestic music scene quite soon! Fans commented, “Is BoA coming out with her new album?“, “BoA must be having a hard time working on her album… fighting!“, “Even if BoA has aged 10 years, she is still younger than me

Much to her delight, T-ara's Jiyeon was given time off to spend a day with her parents at home recently, her first visit in more than four years.Living in shared accommodations and keeping a jam-packed schedule means such outings are rare for T-ara."Finally my dream has come true", the 19-year-old said on Twitter Thursday. "I'm back home with my parents again after four years apart. Today I'm going to ask my mom to cook me some spicy rice cakes".Her father also surprised the star at an autograph signing event recently, prompting Jiyeon to shed tears

One of JYPE‘s newest addition Park Ji Min revealed her secret to her blossoming beauty after SBS‘K-Pop Star‘. On this week’s episode of SBSTV’s ‘One Night of TV Entertainment‘, Park Ji Min was asked about her improved appearance after signing with JYPE. She said, “Before, I was just learning how to dance and sing, but now I exercise and do vocal training after school. I do dance practice sometimes and now I’m about to learn how to play instruments

Of the 2PM members, Wooyoung has the perfect mix of characteristics required to survive in a K-pop group, without being overwhelmingly defined by any. While he does have the looks and physique, he does not play up the beefcake appeal like Taecyeon does, or the Prince Charming persona Nickhhun has. While he has the vocal pipes, they admittedly still fall behind Junsu’s.While his reasonably prolific acting (Dream High) and hosting (Win Win in its earlier days) gigs have kept him in the limelight better than Chansung and the (criminally under-rated) Junho, he does have a fair way to go from matching the profile of his band mates mentioned in the first paragraph

What’s up Mr. Noble Idiocy? You’re that one drama ingredient writers like to use to spice up their semi-bland plot. I’m sorry to tell you that you’ve lost your kick and that your expiration date is long overdue. What’s that? You don’t care? Well okay. I guess I’ll dilute your bitter aftertaste with bottles of alcohol. Gah. Somebody. Drink with me.EPISODE 14 RECAPThis opening has got to be one of my favorites

1990s idol group member Eun Ji-won from Sechskies will join forces with A Pink's Jung Eun-ji and Infinite's Hoya in a new tvN "retro" drama.Aptly titled "Answer to 1997", the 16-part series will focus on the extreme fan culture that emerged in the 1990s when idol groups took center stage and K-pop was blossoming. Moving back and forth between the '90s and today, the story centers on the life of high school friends in Busan. The most notable character is an 18-year-old girl named Sung Si-won (played by Jung), who is infatuated with a boy band member

Huh Gak has injured his right Achilles tendon and will have to take off work after being admitted to a local hospital.A Cube Entertainment representative told local media yesterday that the star was hospitalized on Wednesday after falling over and landing on his ankle earlier in the month."At first we didn't think much of it, but he kept complaining that the pain was persisting, so we got it checked out", said the agency spokesperson.According to the doctor, the tear is serious enough to keep the singer in the hospital

Female rapper-singer Gilme has released fifth digital single “Me First” and music video this week.  The song is a medium tempo R&B track and features rapper Eun Ji Won. While he previous tracks featured more intense rapping,  this slower track shows off her vocals. While it has been 19 months since she last released a digital album, she has been active in other projects. Coming from Eun Ji Won’s label GYM Entertainment, they worked together last year as project group Clover along with rapper Tyfoon being the third member

Billboard, Girls Generation, SNSD, PAPARAZZI Billboard Covers Girls’ Generation’s Japanese Single “PAPARAZZI” Success The American Billboard mentioned the success of Girls' Generation's new Japanese single "PAPARAZZI." Billboard summed up Girls' Generation's enormous success in Japan yet again with another hit. The article by siting SoundScan Japan noted the sales of the single "PAPARAZZI" have reached 130,000 copies sold bringing the total singles/download sales to 645,000 copies in Japan

Member Jiyeon of girl group T-ara shared a dream she had when she was young. On the July 13th broadcast of KBS 2TV‘s ‘Star Life Theater‘, Jiyeon reminisced of her younger years as she said, “I liked Tae Kwon Do so much; my dream was to become a Tae Kwon Do professional.” When asked how she became an artist, Jiyeon answered, “When I was young and I didn’t know any better, I was watching a drama on TV and thought I wanted to do that too. I started going to acting classes and started auditioning by myself, and I ended up meeting the company I’m with now