Since completing his military service less than a month ago, Lee Jun Ki has been busy gearing up for his one-two comeback in both his singing and acting career. He’s got the sageuk supernatural mystery K-drama Arang lined up for the Summer co-starring Shin Mina, but in the meantime he’s prepping for the release of a Japanese album titled Deucer … Continue reading →
The super duper adorable part 1 of the full-length MV for Lee Seung Gi‘s debut Japanese single “Alone in Love” (also called “Time for Love”) has been released. It’s a cute uptempo ballad, and the MV features Park Shin Hye rocking the gorgeous shoulder length wavy do and doing her version of the Cocktail scene. Not much to say about … Continue reading →
It’s T-minus 8 days until Lee Jun Ki gets out of the army, but word is starting to leak out about his first activities lined up after his release. In addition to his fan meeting in Japan, Jun Ki will be releasing a new album there as well. The album is titled Deucer, intended as a reference “deux”, the French … Continue reading →
OMG, so perfect together! I WANT NOW. Lee Seung Gi, who is currently filming the upcoming drama The King with Ha Ji Won, is also planning to release his first Japanese single next month. Eyebrows were raised when he was recently photographed on the streets of Seoul seemingly shopping for groceries with Park Shin Hye. Of course such overt togetherness … Continue reading →
This is going to be so epic it’s not even funny. The Big Kahuna of K-pop boy bands is back together again and ready to rock the stage. Shinhwa, consisting of Eric, Hye Sung, Dong Wan, Jun Jin, Andy, and Min Woo, is gearing up for the release of their 10th album plus a Pan-Asia concert tour after a three … Continue reading →
When Selina Jen vowed she would make a comeback, she wasn’t just shooting for the stars. A year after she and co-star Ham Yu suffered severe burns over most of their body during a catastrophic explosion on the set of their drama I Have a Date with Spring, Selina has made enough of a recovery that she was finally able … Continue reading →
Dayum, Rainie Yang has like the best job around these days. First she scored a good five months with Joseph Chang making moon eyes at each other and making out in Drunken to Love You, not to mention her long list of great co-stars in the past. Then she spent the Summer running all over Asia promoting her platinum album … Continue reading →
Today I started looking for Nicky’s latest album released back in September, only to randomly discover the confluence of two of things I hold near and dear. Nicholas Teo is one of my favorite Taiwan singers (though he’s originally from Malaysia). He’s not called The Prince of Ballads for nothing, and as a singer his voice, pitch, and emotion are … Continue reading →
Wow, talk about dropping a bombshell on a Friday. Maybe Johnny & Associates think that fangirls need the entire weekend to weep and wail their sorrow. Whatever the reason, J-ent got a double bombshell dropped on it today with the official announcement from Johnny’s that both Yamashita Tomohisa and Nishikido Ryo are leaving NEWS, which will continue on as a four-member … Continue reading →
It must be hard trying to be a boyband in the midst of a breakup when your country refuses to let you breakup. Since announcing his departure from Fahrenheit earlier this year, Wu Zun has nevertheless followed through on his promise to continue with their existing engagements, the most high-profile being tourism ambassadors for Taiwan. The group visited Japan on … Continue reading →
Didja all know 2011 is the 20th anniversary of SMAP? I sure didn’t. Somehow it seems like the boys-to-men have been around much longer than that. But in boyband age, especially in Asian boyband age, it might as well be a centennial in terms of it’s significance. If they play their cards right, they can very well be the Rolling … Continue reading →
It’s with a bittersweet feeling that I bring you the final released song from the Lie to Me OST – Kang Ji Hwan and As One‘s version of “Lovin’ Ice-cream”. This version is exclusively part of the Japanese OST for Lie to Me, which makes sense considering how insanely popular Kang Ji Hwan is over there. While I love hearing … Continue reading →
It’s just incredible how everything Rainie Yang touches appears to be golden this year. Her album Longing For just dropped, along with the MV for the title single. I actually like this song better than the first single, the ballad “We Are All Fools”, because it’s uptempo and has a more upbeat message. The MV is drop-dead gorgeous (though it … Continue reading →