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Instead of evilly chuckling like the Hydes they are, the VIXX members found themselves screaming out names of girls groups. In episode 39 of Mnet America’s Jjang, VIXX talked a little about how it was to become Hyde in its newest album concept, even going partially nude to express the transformation to evil. But the highlight of the episode was when the VIXX members had to play a speed quiz, where Hong Bin had to guess what girl group the other members were describing, all in English. Check out who described the girl groups the best! Photo Credit: Mnet America  

Yang Hyun Suk, CL, 2NE1 Why CL’s Success is Good for K-pop YG CEO Yang Hyun Suk was right about CL after all. Prior to the release of CL's "THE BADDEST FEMALE" Yang Hyun Suk expressed his thoughts about the song, saying "People may find the song a bit too strange. It is a type of hip hop rarely attempted by K-pop artists, even less by a solo female artist. But I think that a large following will form after a while because the song is so catchy." CL's "THE BADDEST FEMALE" ended up taking over all music charts 3 hours upon release

CL, K-Pop, BEAST, MBLAQ, Lee Hyori, Bumkey The New Trend in K-Pop: Girls Get Badder, Guys Get Nicer In music, dramas and movies, the women are becoming more 'bad' while the guys are becoming more 'nice.' What is going on? Spearheading the transformation of women are CL, who debuted as a solo artist with "THE BADDEST FEMALE," and Lee Hyori, whose title song is "Bad Girls." MBLAQ's "Smoky Girl" and Bumkey's "Crazy Romance" both pivot around bad, irresistible girls who crush hearts left and right

Korean legendary rock guitarist and singer-songwriter Shin Jung-hyeon plans to release his new album on LPs.  Korean legendary rock guitarist and singer-songwriter Shin Jung-hyeon, 75, was once a front-runner of digital sound. He is the first Korean musician who made a track "inhyeong" (meaning doll in Korean) in the 80s using a computer program. His studio album that came out in 1994 was made entirely with computer programs, from recording to mixing. Shin spent much of his time and career achieving a higher level of digital sound

B2ST, Yoseob, collaboration Yoseob + Robin Thicke The point of Fantasy K-Pop Collab is to bridge the gap between K-Pop and mainstream music around the world to show that while there are a lot of unique elements, music of all forms and genres can easily mix together.This is especially true when you are combining artists who are not only very talented, but who have something different and intriguing to share with the world. This week our imaginary mashup features two incredibly gifted singers from opposite sides of the world, but who share the same kind of mesmerizing performance quality and equally impressive pipes: B2ST's Yang Yoseob and Canadian-American singer-songwriter Robin Thicke

kdrama Lee Byung Hun-Lee Min Jung to Wed in August   When it was learned that Korea's Power Couple Lee Byung Hun and LeeMin Jung were both in the U.S., people assumed that they were on a sortof pre-honeymoon. Lee Byung Hun's agency denied reports that the newly engaged actorswere on any kind of vacation, saying that he was in the U.S. onbusiness. The veteran Korean actor is making a name for himself inHollywood. Lee recently appeared in two American films, "Red 2" and"G.I. Joe Retaliation

Two Months, Lim Kim, COLORRING Two Months singer Kim Ye Rim made an interesting stylistic choice for the first single off of her debut solo album, released under the name Lim Kim. Two Months singer Kim Ye Rim made an interesting stylistic choice for the first single off of her debut solo album, released under the name Lim Kim. The song forgoes the 1990s American boy band production so synonymous with K-pop, instead channeling the sound of seminal southern California indie bands like Shivaree and Giant Drag

Girls Generation, TaeTiSeo Girls Generation Album Updated News: 2013 New Album For TaeTiSeo Girls Generation Album Updated News: 2013 new album for Girls' Generation subunit, TaeTiSeo, will be released in the latter part of the year, and a new album for the nine members of Girls' Generation may be a repackaged English-language album of "I Got A Boy." Girls' Generation member Tiffany hinted at the girl group's plans for new albums this year during an interview with Danny from DFLA last month

INFINITE INFINITE Talks About First World Tour 'Dream Come True' The members of INFINITE shared their thoughts about the upcoming world tour, their first since debuting in 2010. On June 10, INFINITE attended the press conference for 'One Great Step' their world tour. "We came on to the K-pop scene on June 9, 2010. I can't believe we are doing a world tour in just three year's time," Hoya remarked. About selecting the title of the tour, Sung Yeol said, "When Neil Armstrong took his first step on the moon, he called it one small step

Speaking With Will Simms, Composer of Exo’s “Wolf” and SNSD’s “I Got a Boy”Meet Will Simms, producer du jour, most recently the composer and producer behind the much-talked about “Wolf” from the much-talked about when-are-they-coming-back? group Exo. Simms, hailing from the south of France and currently based out of London, is signed with Universal Music Publishing Group and made his own SM Entertainment debut with Shinee’s track “Ready or Not,” which was later remade by Michael Mind Project, featuring Sean Kingston