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Rainie Yang Reunites with Will Pan for Duet Single and Confirms Breakup with Younger Boyfriend Prince

A Koala's Playground Posted on July 5, 2014 by ockoalaJuly 5, 2014

No one can ever accuse Rainie Yang of being unable to act because she has the same one facial expression. To the contrary, she’s had to work hard to really reign herself in with a tendency to have a hundred different expressions some of which are delightfully animated. She’s like a walking manga shoujo heroine, with a saltier real life … Continue reading →

Posted in Miscellaneous, Music | Tagged Rainie Yang, Will Pan

So Ji Sub Releases New Rap Song Dedicated to His 18 Years in K-ent

A Koala's Playground Posted on June 30, 2014 by ockoalaJune 29, 2014

There are various feelings that So Ji Sub‘s just released new rap single elicits from me. The track is called “18 Years” and is a So Ji Sub rap ode to his eighteen years in the entertainment industry. The lyrics were self-written to express thoughts and feelings he’s not able able to share during his long tenure as a K-actor … Continue reading →

Posted in Music | Tagged So Ji Sub

Jay Chou Announces Impending Nuptials to Long-rumored Girlfriend Hannah Quinlivan

A Koala's Playground Posted on June 28, 2014 by ockoalaJune 27, 2014

I think every single person in the Chinese-speaking world placed a bet against these two making it all the way to the altar when news first broke four years ago that they were dating. Of course it was never confirmed, but goodness the tabloids are fantastic at being relentlessly persistent to grab any confirmation detail as possible. The two in … Continue reading →

Posted in Music | Tagged Hannah Quinlivan, Jay Chou

Ha Ji Won Releases Melancholy Digital Single “Now In This Place” with Lyrics by Empress Ki Screenwriter

A Koala's Playground Posted on June 15, 2014 by ockoalaJune 15, 2014

I thought Ha Ji Won was headed straight to Hollywood after ruling the domestic television network ratings for half a year as the titular Empress Ki. Turns out she’s taking a quick detour to drop a digital single first, making it seem as easy and effortless as stopping for a coffee. Ha Ji Won’s new original single is called “Now … Continue reading →

Posted in Music | Tagged Ha Ji Won

Park Shin Hye Records New Track “My Dear” Featuring Yong Jun Hyung for Mamonde Skincare

A Koala's Playground Posted on June 11, 2014 by ockoalaJune 11, 2014

I still remember the first time I heard Park Shin Hye sing. It was five years ago in episode 1 of You’re Beautiful and she was auditioning in lieu of her twin brother character for a boy band even though she was a novice nun. The drama was more entertaining than her singing was memorable but she did contribute tracks … Continue reading →

Posted in Music, Musings | Tagged Park Shin Hye

Aaron Yan Has a Very Bad Fashion Week and Drops MV for “1/2” Featuring K-popstar G.NA

A Koala's Playground Posted on June 9, 2014 by ockoalaJune 10, 2014

Aaron Yan may be multi-talented but he honestly only works in a few settings. I love his singing and his latest mini-album Drama just dropped last month and is fantastic especially with the two songs from the album that are theme songs for his currently airing drama Fall in Love with Me. The opening song “1/2” with Aaron and Korean popstar … Continue reading →

Posted in Fashion, Music | Tagged Aaron Yan

So Ji Sub Models Watches for High Cut and Plans to Release New Hip-hop Album at the End of June

A Koala's Playground Posted on June 7, 2014 by ockoalaJune 6, 2014

The Summer of 2014 will mark the first time in two years that So Ji Sub doesn’t have a Summer drama lined up. In 2012 there was Ghost (Phantom) and last year in 2013 who can forget The Master’s Sun. I’m pretty bummed about it because I’ve gotten used to So Ji Sub as a cool lollipop on a hot … Continue reading →

Posted in Music | Tagged So Ji Sub

Biggest News in K-ent This Week is the Real-life Drama of EXO Member Kris Suing SM to Leave the Popular Group

A Koala's Playground Posted on May 16, 2014 by ockoalaMay 16, 2014

Prior to this week I only knew two things about the currently hottest K-pop guy group EXO: (1) it released the most unintentionally hilarious (i.e. awful) music video I had the pleasure of watching in years in “Wolf”, and (2) it has allegedly the most crazy/scary/absurd fandom since the heyday of DBSK and Super Junior. I didn’t care to learn … Continue reading →

Posted in Music | Tagged EXO, Kris

New Adorable OST Song Released for Bride of the Century

A Koala's Playground Posted on March 27, 2014 by ockoalaMarch 27, 2014

Bride of the Century appears to have finished filming, a good two weeks in advance of it’s last episode. That’s a feat more dramas need to emulate since it avoids the actors looking half dead by the final stretch and the drama coming across as haphazard and choppy. I don’t know if this drama just managed to be efficient with … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas, Music | Tagged Bride of the Century

Bride of the Century Releases New OST Lee Hong Ki’s Version of Words I Have Yet to Say

A Koala's Playground Posted on March 20, 2014 by ockoalaMarch 20, 2014

I showed my sister a scene from Bride of the Century and told her who Lee Hong Ki was and she did a double take and went “omo, that’s the dude who played Jeremy?” That’s pretty much been the exact same reaction anytime a non-Lee Hong Ki fan who has only ever encountered him via You’re Beautiful reacts in seeing him … Continue reading →

Posted in Music | Tagged Bride of the Century, Lee Hong Ki

Harlem Yu and Lee Min Ho Perform the Meteor Garden Theme Song at the CCTV Lunar New Year Gala

A Koala's Playground Posted on January 31, 2014 by ockoalaJanuary 31, 2014

Happy Lunar Year everyone/da jia/yeorobun! It’s goodbye to the year of the snake and hello to the year of the horse. This is going to be a great year, I can feel it. Let’s all start by being optimistic and who knows if that’ll be a self-fulfilling prophesy. Last night was Lunar New Year eve and in China that meant … Continue reading →

Posted in Music | Tagged Harlem Yu, Lee Min Ho

Rain Releases 6th Studio Album Rain Effect and Confirms Relationship with Kim Tae Hee Still Going Strong

A Koala's Playground Posted on January 2, 2014 by ockoalaJanuary 2, 2014

Look who’s back, baby! 2014 is off to a banging start with the New Year’s day breaking news about top idols Lee Seung Gi and Yoona of SNSD dating, and now with the January 2nd release of Rain‘s sixth full length studio album Rain Effect which is also his first album in four years (two of those years spent in the … Continue reading →

Posted in Music | Tagged Rain

Hebe Tian Releases New Solo Album Amidst Reports She’s Settling Down with Ex-Girlfriend

A Koala's Playground Posted on November 14, 2013 by ockoalaNovember 14, 2013

C-entertainment (Mainland, Taiwan, and Hong Kong) went on a blitzkrieg yesterday with the dating news dump and November 13th is being called Red Wednesday. Either it was the case of the most surreptitious coordinating in the history of entertainment news or else the biggest coincidence ever. In addition to Nicky Wu and Liu Shi Shi dating, Yang Mi and Hawick … Continue reading →

Posted in Music | Tagged Hebe Tian

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