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SHINee, Jonghyun SHINee Jonghyun to Return and Perform with Group on May 23 SHINee Jonghyun, who had recently been in the hospital for a nose injury, will be joining the group again and performing on May 23. SM Entertainment stated, "Back in April, he was in a car accident and had been in the hospital to treat his nose fracture. He will now be joining the group and perfuming again starting with Mnet on May 23." On the other hand, SHINee has been gaining much attention with their song, "Why So Serious?" On May 25, the group will also be celebrating their 5 years since debut and plans to hold a special event with their fans

VIXX, Fan Meeting VIXX Successfully Holds Guerrilla Date with 500 Fans Idol group VIXX held a surprise fan meeting. On May 21, VIXX held a surprise guerrilla date and met with 500 fans. This guerrilla fan meeting was to celebrate their 1 year anniversary since debut and new album, Hyde. 500 fans crowded around even before the event started, showing their popularity. VIXX commented, "We knew that many fans were not able to come to our first event and so we decided to hold this surprise event for our fans

Boy group TOUCH will be making its debut in Japan. It was revealed through their official Japanese website that the Korean boy group will be releasing their first single earlier September."Start to Fly" will be available in two different versions, including a CD Only as well as CD + DVD version. A debut event will already take place later this month, on May 30th. More information about the release hasn't been revealed yet.TOUCH originally debuted through "Nan" in October 2010. They revealed a first mini album after some line-up changes, as well as a single, "Let's Walk Together," last year

LC9 LC9 Says ‘Slump of Idols’ an Opportunity Rather Than a Problem LC9, the new idol group that features 6 members, was hot news even long before their debut. Heralded as the male version of Brown Eyed Girls due to the reports of their evenly superior vocals, LC9 was dubbed the 'Brown Eyed Boys' by Internet users. LC9 stands for League of Competition, which refers to the fierce competition among idol trainees that has finally brought the six members on stage. The war-like sentiment does not end there, as their music video caused a bit of controversy with its extreme violence

“I couldn’t sleep well last night!” said Lee Hong Gi of FTIsland, having just made his screen debut. He said his excitement after the preview held at Lotte Cinema on May 21 accounted for his sleeplessness. Lee says: “Because it’s my first movie, I feel more nervous than when announcing a new album. I was too nervous to sleep well. I asked senior actors about this and they responded that the more previews of your movies you attend, the more nervous you feel. While watching the preview, I felt I’m lacking at acting, but that lack was made up for with the help of the great work of the director and the crew

 According to an announcement made by his agency, SM Entertainment, on May 22, Jong Hyun will be back on May 23 on Mnet M-Countdown after recuperating from the car accident he was in on April 1. An agency official says, “Jong Hyun will perform the group’s new title song ‘Why So Serious?’ The song is dance music with a punk-rock feel. It combines a strong melody and an electronic sound. Having Jong Hyun back will strengthen the group’s performance.” He added that SHINee would throw a special party, dubbed SHINee Day, on the 25th of May to commemorate the fifth year since their debut, and all the members are planning to have a good time with their fans

 G-Dragon, of Big Bang, and Tae Yang recently helped CL with her new solo album. On May 21, YG Entertainment announced, “G-Dragon and Tae Yang are going to appear in CL’s music video of her new song without pay. Since the filming of the video has just finished, we’ll have to wait and see how well it is received. Singers represented by our agency often appear in each other’s music videos without pay. Se7en and Tae Yang also appeared in G-Dragon’s music video of ‘MichiGo.’   CL’s solo album, which is her first since her debut four years ago, will be unveiled on May 28

TVXQ, TVXQ Changmin, Yunho U-Know 'Waiting for Rising Sunnnnn!' These are the sacred phrase that all Malaysian Cassiopeia yearned to hear it LIVE for the past 6 years. 'Today...Malaysia's history starts here'! Soon after U-Know Yunho finished saying these words, loud screams were heard from the red ocean of audience in the Stadium Malawati last Saturday evening, as the Kpop royalty, TVXQ make a stellar comeback for Catch Me LIVE in Kuala Lumpur to heal the yearning hearts of their Malaysian fans

Lee Hong Gi may have been nervous about his first lead role in a feature film, but he still had his agency label mates to back him up in his time of need.The VIP preview for Passionate Goodbye was held in Seoul on May 21. At the preview, the rest of FT Island as well as CN Blue, Juniel, AOA, actress Yoon Jin Seo and Cha Soo Min appeared to show their support for Lee Hong Gi. Lee Hong Gi said about the crowd of friends, "I′m more nervous than I am for our albums. I didn′t get much sleep because I was so tense, but I′m so thankful that my agency label mates came in to support me like this

  A huge number of K-pop idols made their debut each year. Each with all well-prepared vibe to rock the stage in their unique own style. It is a good news to Kpoppers, as though we will have more variety of K-pop to listen, potentiality of having a new bias and give rise to our even bigger love towards K-pop.   However, among all of these fresh newbies, who will we look upon? This is the main difficulty faced by each K-pop entertainment company before the official debut of their trainees