JYJ Practices Hard for Their Upcoming Concert

 
A picture was shown of JYJ practicing hard for their upcoming JYJ Tokyo Dome Concert titled, “The Return of the JYJ.” According to a representative JYJ is nearly practicing 10 hours a day for their upcoming Tokyo Dome Concert. Recently pictures were shown of JYJ dancing with a 16-man team and singing.

A representative of JYJ’s agency had stated before, “We are looking forward to the concert because JYJ has perfect harmony and singing abilities. We will see a concert that only JYJ could do.” When JYJ left for the concert, 500 fans waited at the Gimpo Airport in South Korea. Then when they arrived at the Tokyo International Airport nearly 1,000 fans waited for them.

“The Return of the JYJ” will be going on for 3 days from April 2 to April 4. The concert of the last day will be shown in Japanese theaters.

Big Bang and CNBlue Top Japanese Oricon Music DVD Chart

Big Bang and CNBlue’s music DVDs recently achieved first and second places, respectively, on the Japanese Oricon Music DVD weekly chart.  

On March 20, DVD of “Big Bang Alive Tour 2013 in Japan Special Finale Tokyo Dome,” which took place last year on December 5, was released. It was a huge success as it quickly reached number one on the chart and sold 36,000 copies in the first week.

On the same day, DVD of CNBlue’s “Arena Tour 2013 –Come On!!! -@ Saitama Super Arena” was also released and ranked number two on the Music DVD chart.

In addition, Big Bang and CNBlue also achieved rank number two and three respectively on live DVD comprehensive chart following the Animation ‘Gundam UC 6.”

Psy to Release New Song in April

On February 4, Psy arrived at the Incheon International Airport after visiting China. He told the reporters at the airport that he is planning on releasing a new song around April. He said that he is working on the new song and explained, “I’ve got the song. It’s just a complete hell to come up with a music video.” 

Moreover, the reporters asked him how he feels about having his first US TV commercial air during the 47th Super Bowl game. Psy asked, “Did it air today? I feel great and very satisfied.” He also commented that he is very honored to be invited to perform at the presidential inauguration ceremony on February 25. 

Although Psy did not originally plan on making a pitstop in Korea, he ended up spending a day in his home country. YG Entertainment explained, “Psy originally planned on leaving Shanghai and connecting in Inchoen to go to Los Angeles, but his connecting flight has been delayed.” He plans on enjoying his surprise stay at home with family. 

Once he goes back to the United States, Psy will continue his US promotion until February 8, when he is scheduled to perform at the Carnival of Brazil. He will then visit Malaysia on February 11 to perform “Gangnam Style” at a Lunar New Year event. On February 25, he will be back in Korea for the presidential inauguration ceremony.

PSY Is Included in April Fool’s Google Treasure Map!

Wowza, on April Fool’s day many Koreans were surprised to see that PSY was included in the “Treasure Map” version of the April Fool’s day Google Map! Pretty awesome!

For April Fool’s, Google came out with a clip and a “treasure map” version of Google Map. It functions very similarly to the original Google Map except it looks like an authentic treasure map! The surprise appearance of PSY is shown when you zoom into South Korea, Seoul, then the Gangnam area.

It looks as though the people in Google had a lot of fun with the map of Seoul. On top of the Korean Parliament building is the robot Taekwon V. Namsan Tower and General Yi Sun Sin’s statue is also shown on the map.

Happy April Fool’s Day everyone!

YG Artists Supports G-Dragon by Making Special Appearance at Concert

It’s great to see YG artists supporting each other!

On March 31, Big Bang’s G-Dragon opened his solo concert “G-Dragon’s World Tour: One of a Kind” at Olympic Park’s Gymnastic Stadium in Seoul. On this day, he performed “Michi GO” for the first time along with “Heartbreaker,” “One of a Kind” and “Butterfly.” He ended up performing sixteen songs in total.

The concert-goers were able to see other YG artists make special appearances. Epik High’s Tablo dominated the stage with G-Dragon during “Light It Up,”  Lee Hi did her thing with her freshly released track “Rose” and 2NE1’s CL brought the house down with her collaboration with G-Dragon with “The Leaders.” It’s been reported that CL was physically ill and received IV treatment the day before at a hospital. The rest of 2NE1 also made appearances and performed “I am the Best” and “I Love You.”

“Thank you for the warm welcome,” CL directed to the audience. “G-Dragon is really cool. It’s an honor to be invited to perform at this kind of venue. While we’re performing, G-Dragon is getting re-energized to give you all a great performance so please support him until the very end.”

Meanwhile, G-Dragon is planning to meet his fans through his solo concert “G-Dragon’s World Tour: One of a Kind” until the end of June. It’s been estimated that he’ll tour thirteen cities in eight countries and will perform a total of twenty-six times.

 

Lee Seung Gi to Feature as Main Character in Japanese Novelist Banana Yoshimoto’s New Work

Lee Seung Gi proves his multimedia stardom. Apart from singing and acting, the actor is now a model for a piece of literary work by Japanese novelist Banana Yoshimoto, whose novels such as “Kitchen” and “n.p.” have gained worldwide renown.

According to local news agencies, the Oricon reported on March 30 that Banana Yoshimoto is to come out with a new novel titled “Shall We Love?” that will be serialized in “An-An Magazine” beginning April 10. The lead character is modeled after Lee Seung Gi. Further reports said that the two are mutual fans of each other, with the author visiting singer at his Budokan concert and personally handing a signed copy of her novel.

Lee Seung Gi is also said to reveal the conclusion of the novel when he visits Japan for an exclusive concert on December 7. Meanwhile, fans will be able to catch Lee Seung Gi wearing his actor’s hat on “Gu Family Book,” set to premiere on MBC in April.