01 Roly-Poly
02 진짜 진짜 좋아해
03 Ya Ya Ya (Remix Ver.)
04 왜 이러니 (Remix Ver.)
05 Ma Boo (Remix Ver.)
06 몰라요 (Remix Ver.)
07 괜찮아요 (Remix Ver.)
In benefit of Japan, the boys of SHINee performed “Replay” on June 25th at MTV’s Video Music Aid Japan! Check out their performance below!
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On June 25th, SNSD performed “The Great Escape” and “Mr. Taxi” on MTV’s Video Music Aid Japan stage! Check out the video below!
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01 내가 제일 잘 나가
01. It Girl (Remix Ver.)
02. It Girl (Original Ver.)
03. It Girl (Remix Ver.) (Inst.)
01. Replay(Japanese Ver.)
02. Hello
03. Replay (Korean Ver.)
04. Hello (Korean Ver.)
01 쏙쏙쏙
01. 얼음꽃 (feat. 김세황)
02. 얼음꽃 (feat. 김세황) (Inst.)
It’s been a long time coming, but Hottests can finally rejoice – 2PM is back and stronger than ever with their second album, “Hands Up”!
As its title suggests, lead track “Hands Up” takes a step away from relatively somber songs like “Without U” and “Heartbeat”, featuring an upbeat and catchy tune that would get anybody up and dancing in no time. The rest of the album reflects the group’s musical prowess with tracks of various genres.
Without further ado, give the album a listen below!
01. Hands Up (featuring an adlib by the Wonder Girls‘ Sohee at the two minute mark)
05. 모르니
06. Hot (composed by Junsu)
07. Without U
08. I’ll Be Back
10. Hands Up (East4A Mix)
11. Electricity (220v Mix)
13.Don’t Stop Can’t Stop
Within fifteen minutes of the digital release, the hashtag #2PM2NDALBUM was trending on Twitter, showing the sheer anticipation and power of Hottest fans.
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01 Hands Up
02 Electricity
03 Give It To Me
04 영화처럼
05 모르니
06 Hot
07 Without U
08 I'll Be Back
09 I Can't
10 Hands Up (East4A mix)
11 Electricity (220v mix)
12 Thank You
13 Don't Stop Can't Stop
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Title:Hot Summer
Artist:F(x)
Genre:Dance, Pop
Language:Korean
Release Date:2011.06.14
01 Hot Summer
02 피노키오 (Danger)
03 빙그르 (Sweet Witches)
04 좋아해도 되나요? (...Is It OK?)
05 Dangerous (OT: Sticky Dough)
06 Beautiful Goodbye
07 Gangsta Boy
08 아이 (Love)
09 Stand Up!
10 My Style
11 So Into U
12 Lollipop (feat. SHINee)
13 라차타 (La Cha Ta)
14 Chu~♡
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Title:BONAMANA (Japanese Ver.)
Artist:Super Junior
Genre:Dance, Pop
Language:Japanese
Release Date:2011.06.08
01 美人 (BONAMANA) (Japanese Ver.)
02 美人 (BONAMANA) (Korean Ver.)
03 美人 (BONAMANA) (Less Vocal)
On the night of June 2nd, Daesung paid a visit to the funeral site of accident victim, Hyun. He apologized to the victim’s family after paying his respects to their loved one.
The victim’s family stated, “Daesung arrived with his agency representatives. We received apologies from Daesung and from YG Entertainment, and talked about the procedures that will be taken from now.”
Daesung visited the funeral site around 10:30PM KST. He came with five individuals, including the chairman of YG Entertainment and his attorney. It’s said that he kept his head down and said “I’m sorry“, and apologized again when a family member confronted him.
Family member ‘A’, who was in charge of the funeral procession, stated, “Daesung looked very shocked. A representative from his agency apologized, and Daesung was unable to speak. When the relatives told him to apologize directly to Hyun’s family, he bowed his head to every person in the room and sincerely apologized to each and every family member.”
The apology took place four days after the accident, and two days after the funeral site was set up. This was the first time that the victim’s family met with Daesung and his people from the agency. As such, some of Hyun’s family felt disappointed by the lateness of the call.
‘A’ commented, “We did feel disappointed. A person has died. And he is the person at the center of this accident. We thought the apology came first. But according to the agency, [Daesung] ‘drove at 60km’, ‘Even I couldn’t have avoided the accident’; they explained the accident like that and sheltered him. Our child is dead and gone, and we were disappointed as human beings.”
YG Entertainment explained that the visit took place late at night so that Daesung could pay his respects in person as well. The high level of interest in this case would have made it difficult for Daesung to arrive earlier in the day. They also explained that after the accident happened, Daesung’s condition was so bad that he could not come right away. He couldn’t even eat, and did not see his parents.
Another family member by the name of ‘B’ stated, “The agency explained that it took [a lot of] time so that they could bring Daesung. We were angry at first but after seeing Daesung in person, he looked truly pitiful himself. He looked like he was having a hard time. Wouldn’t he be shocked to have experienced this horrible accident at such an early age?“.
YG Entertainment apparently discussed the funeral proceedings with the victim’s family, and it was agreed that the agency would absorb the costs associated with the funeral. After police investigations are complete, further arrangments will be made with the family.
The victim’s family stated, “We heard about the CCTV and autopsy [proceedings]. We think revealing the truth is the most important thing right now. Daesung’s side apologized sincerely, and told us that they would consult with us cordially about future procedures, so we’ll trust them for now. We will proceed with the burial of the coffin as scheduled.”
The police are currently analyzing CCTV collected around the accident site. The victim’s family were given initial reports of autopsy results and analysis from the CCTV footage.
But because nothing has been finalized or confirmed, however, the family has decided to remain mum. At this point in time, they seek nothing but the truth.
Hyun’s family stated, “The dead don’t speak. But don’t they have a right not to feel injustice even when they’re dead? We hope that questions about our child’s death will be answered by investigations done by the police. Unfair things should never happen to anyone. The police is the only thing we can trust now.”
Meanwhile, Yang Hyun Suk has updated YG-Life blog on June 3rd with the entry, “We express our deepest condolences to the deceased’s family and pray that he may rest in peace.”
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The Khuntoria couple was recently presented with an anniversary cake from their adoring fans.
Kim Na Young, one of the MCs from ‘We Got Married‘, tweeted on June 1st, “2PM Nichkhun, f(x) Victoria’s 1st anniversary cake. Fans placed the studio family on top of the cake too. First on the left is me. Beautiful.” She also shared this picture of the beautiful cake.
Through an interview, Victoria commented, “I finally noticed that a lot of time has passed when people congratulated me and Nichkhun for having spent a significant amount of time together. We didn’t get too close because filming takes place every 2 weeks, but we became fairly close as we played around together while on set. Nichkhun is very considerate.”
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On June 1st, the ladies of SNSD released their first full-length Japanese album and after the first day, the album topped the Oricon daily albums chart by selling 73,583 units. Now, with the second day of sales tallied it’s been revealed that the girls have broken the 100,000 sales mark threshold!
With a second day sales figure of 48,428 units the girls have officially sold a total of 122,011 units! If you can recall, back in November, popular group KARA released their album, “Girl’s Talk” and it sold a total of 107,000 units it’s first week, marking that monumental feat as the first album by a non-Japanese Asian girl group in Japan in 6 years and 9 months to sell more than 100,000 album copies in its first week. Now, SNSD has surpassed KARA’s first week tremendous sales figure in just two days.
Quite an accomplishment, the ladies of SNSD are well on their way to first place on the Oricon Weekly album chart ranking.
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On June 2nd, YG Entertainment’s Yang Hyun Suk updated the YG-Life blog with his thoughts onDaesung’s car accident. He also discussed 2NE1’s upcoming release and “YG ON AIR“.
His message reads:
“2NE1’s new song release, as well as this week’s ‘YG ON AIR’ broadcast has been postponed for a week. We would like to apologize for not being able to alert our fans of this earlier, as it was a decision made under emergency circumstances. We ask our fans for their understanding.
With regards to news of Daesung’s car accident, we would to first and foremost like to send our deepest condolences to the deceased and his family members. We pray that he rests in peace.
I know that Daesung is the type to always blame himself for everything that goes wrong, so I was very worried about Daesung’s condition after the accident. Just as I expected, he was holed up in his room, refusing to even talk to his family members.
No matter what I say, I know that it cannot console him, but I visited his dorm in the early morning and told him, ‘Daesung, if I was in your position, it would have been hard for me to avoid it as well.’
I did not say that simply to console him, but because it is truly how I feel. At the time of the accident, the managers received emergency notification and arrived at the scene within 20 minutes. They were able to observe the scene of the accident.
To briefly describe what happened, at 1:30 AM KST on May 31st, it was raining and a victim of another accident was lying on the road. A car ahead of Daesung discovered the victim and quickly swerved off the lane, but Daesung was unable to avoid hitting the taxi that was stopped at the front, resulting in a collision.
Because it was so sudden, Daesung did not know even after the collision that there was a motorcyclist on the scene. Though the taxi driver estimated Daesung’s speed to be at 60km/h, Daesung testified that he was driving at 80. The truth will be discovered through CCTV evaluations and police investigations; yet because the taxi driver has long-time driving experience, and because people don’t accelerate on downhill lanes, in addition to the fact that there was a turn at the end, I feel that the taxi driver’s estimation is closer to the truth.
I know that the pain Daesung is going through is incomparable to the agony that the victim and his family are undergoing, but what I am most worried about is that this will bring about serious psychological trauma that will last months, years, or maybe an entire life-time. What I am most upset about is that Daesung had also been in an accident prior to this in 2009, where he had almost lost his life. That shock still has not worn off, and he has suffered yet another shocking accident.
Maybe well into the future… but this might be the most difficult time for Daesung.
I honestly hope that accurate investigations will be carried out so that the weight Daesung is carrying can be lifted free.
Thank you to all of you who are worrying over Daesung. I would like to once again send my deepest condolences to the victim and his family.”
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01. Mr. Taxi
02. Genie
03. you-aholic
04. Run Devil Run
05. Bad Girl
06. Beautiful Stranger
07. I’m In Love With The HERO
08. Let It Rain
09. Gee
10. The Great Escape
11. 훗 (Hoot)
12. Born To Be A Lady
Pop fans have been waiting eagerly for SNSD’s first full-length album, and the girls have finally unleashed all twelve tracks from their self-titled work!
Comprised of four remade tracks and eight original ones, SNSD has prepared an audio treat for both old fans and new.
We’ve got the album below, so take a listen and toss us your thoughts on their new work!
(**And don’t forget to support the artists by purchasing their album here!)
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01. MR. TAXI
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02. GENIE
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03. You-Aholic
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04. Run Devil Run
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05. BAD GIRL
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06. Beautiful Stranger
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07. I’m In Love With The HERO
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08. Let It Rain
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09. Gee
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10. THE GREAT ESCAPE
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11. HOOT
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12. BORN TO BE A LADY
On June 1st, the ladies of SNSD released their first full-length Japanese album and after the first day, the album has topped the Oricon daily albums chart by selling 73,583 units.
In addition, on May 31st, the girls kicked off the first leg of their Japanese arena concert tour in Osaka, where nearly 9,000 fans were in attendance. The girls will be touring six cities for a total of 10 concerts from May 31st through July 17th. The six cities include Tokyo, Osaka, Saitama, Hiroshima, Nagoya, and Fukuoka. An estimated attendance figure of 100,000 are expected for the 10 total concerts.
Congratulations to the girls on topping the Oricon daily chart as they’re well on their way to top the Oricon weekly chart.
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Following the unfortunate news of Big Bang Daesung’s accident and motorcyclist Hyun’s (30) death, family members of Hyun gathered today for his funeral.
On the afternoon of June 1st, Hyun’s family gathered at a funeral home in Seoul in remembrance of their beloved family member. The scene was reported to have been sorrowful as siblings, friends and relatives mourned over their loss.
Meanwhile, Hyun’s accident was first revealed through a relative of his, who will be referenced throughout the rest of this article as Person A. Person A agreed to an interview with ‘Dispatch‘ in which he stated, “After I initially got word of the accident, I was extremely shocked… Ever since he [Hyun] was little, I regarded him as my own child. To hear that he left this world at such a young age… my heart broke.”
Hyun’s older brother was also seen at the funeral. He was described as being speechless. His family stated, “He grew up with his younger brother. We brought him here to the funeral home this morning. Hyun was his only sibling so this is a major loss for him.”
It has also been revealed that Hyun’s parents have yet to be informed of their son’s death. The family stated, “His parents’ health is not stable right now. Their health is unstable to the point that everyday tasks are difficult… We think that they will go into shock if they hear about their son’s death, so we have not informed them yet.”
In regards to Daesung’s involvement in the accident, the family stated, “We have seen Daesung on TV a lot and are big fans… While the loss of a family member is hard on us, it breaks our heart to know that a young friend [Daesung] is going through such a hardship right now. We’re not sure what kind of destiny this is.” And while Hyun’s family have not come in contact with Daesung’s side, they added,“We have not come in contact with his people. Neither have they come in contact with us… We have only heard stories from police investigations and insurance companies. Because it is a hard situation for both of us, there has been no business sentiment.”
Hyun’s family also spoke out against current speculations and rumors pertaining to the accident. They said, “The autopsy results have not accurately come out yet. Also, because the CCTV has not been thoroughly evaluated yet, speculations and rumors make the situation harder… We understand that there are various stories being spread regarding the accident; however, we wish that until the results are accurately posted, that everyone will watch the situation quietly.”
As a final response, the family stated, “This whole situation is the only thing on our minds right now. We hope that when the results of the investigation are released, no one becomes victimized, including Daesung. We hope to wrap up this incident with no chagrin; that is our family’s last thoughts.”
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Amidst the many speculations that are taking place following Daesung’s car accident, Dispatchreceived the opportunity of interviewing the sole witness, taxi driver Kim (45), at the hospital.
Although he’s still being treated from the accident, Kim emphasized, “I have to correct everything that’s being wrongly reported.”
Various rumors arose after it was discovered that the motorcyclist’s vehicle was in decent condition, and therefore the rider couldn’t have been involved in an accident prior to his collision with Daesung. Kim, on the other hand, stated, “Hyun (the motorcyclist) was bleeding very much already. I think that there definitely was a very big accident that occurred before ours.”
Check out the full interview below.
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Q. “At this time, the motorcyclist has deceased and the attention is now being focused on whether his death was caused by Daesung’s collision or not.”
Kim: “Daesung is also a victim in this case. It seems that the motorcyclist already received much injury from a previous accident. He was discovered 30m away from his motorcycle and you could tell how bad his condition was with the naked eye. There was a lot of blood where he was laying and his head was also bleeding profusely. Maybe its because of the shock from the impact, but his helmet was also nowhere to be seen. The police later discovered it, and, it too, was badly damaged.”
Q. “You checked for the condition of the motorcyclist but Daesung was unable to. Eventually, he passed Hyun and collided with the taxi.”
Kim: “There is a reason why Daesung could not have avoided Hyun. There was another car in front of Daesung. To put it simply, I put up my emergency lights after discovering the motorcyclist and stopping on the road. Just before I was about to call the police, another car discovered Hyun and swerved to the next lane. The car following him was Daesung’s. Although the first car was able to swerve and avoid an accident, I don’t think Daesung could see what was going on. Usually, when the first car swerves, the car behind it can’t catch what he’s swerving away from. Daesung was in that exact situation.”
Q. “Daesung testified that he did not see the motorcyclist.”
Kim: “Daesung did not know of the motorcyclist at all. He only knew once I told him that there was a person on the road. The car in front of him had swerved away so he didn’t have time to check at the scene.”
Q. “Daesung is currently being questioned for speeding and negligent driving.”
Kim: “I think he was within the 60km/h limit because the car in front of him was not speeding. This was what I observed with the room mirror in the taxi. They say that he was speeding at 80km/h during the investigations, but I feel that’s the speed he was at when he collided with the taxi.”
Q. “No skid marks were discovered at the scene. Does that mean his car only stopped after it collided with the taxi?”
Kim: “In my personal opinion, I think he accidentally stepped on the accelerator instead of the brake. There should have been skid marks, but there are none. Even after the collision, the taxi was pushed out 30m from where it was originally standing. If it was pushed to that extent, it means he did not brake. Even during the collision, I don’t think he braked, and it was most probably because he was nervous and shocked that he accidentally pressed the accelerator.”
Q. “Then if he wasn’t able to see the motorcyclist at the time of the accident, did he check afterwards?”
Kim: “Daesung did not have a chance to. Within 2 minutes of the accident, police arrived and he was taken for investigations. He did not know that there was a person at the time of the accident so I don’t think he knew to check. He only knew that there was a collision with the taxi. Immediately afterwards, a representative of his agency arrived, and he, too, did not see the motorcyclist.”
Q. “Did he look shocked?”
Kim: “There was so much going on. There was an accident and a victim was revealed. Within 10 minutes, journalists swarmed in. Since he’s a young celebrity, I think he was shocked. Even while being investigated by the police, his hands were shaking.”
Q. “The taxi was severely destroyed. Just looking at the taxi, you must have also been severely injured. How are you right now?”
Kim: “In comparison to the taxi being destroyed, I was not that injured. I think it was because I sensed an accident and prepared for it. The hospital said that I didn’t break anything, but I am receiving physical therapy for my shoulders, back, and neck.”
Q. “If Daesung is found to be unrelated to the death of the motorcyclist, that leaves only the issue of his collision with the taxi. The compromise will be important.”
Kim: “Daesung’s side has not begun a compromise yet. I have not received contact from them and we did not exchange business cards at the time. I do not want to reach a compromise at this moment, as I feel that the accident being reported truthfully is more important.”
Q. “As the sole witness, how do you feel?”
Kim: “It’s very disappointing. It was poor (inexperienced) driving for him to not be able to see the motorcyclist and drive over him, but the situation is becoming severe in that there’s also the issue of a preceding accident and it’s unclear as to who caused it. This is why I mustered the courage to say something.”
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Days after Big Bang’s Daesung was reported to have been in a car accident, YG Entertainment has revealed that Daesung is currently in his dorm, in a state of great stress and tears.
Through Star News, representatives commented on June 1st, “Daesung received a big shock because of this accident and is in a very difficult time. He’s in Big Bang’s dorm in Sangsoo-dong, Seoul, and is crying in agony. We will be complying with everything the police asks of us. They have told us that he will be contacted should additional investigations be necessary.”
Yang Hyun Suk commented, “What Daesung is upset over isn’t whether or not he is innocent, but rather he feels sorrow for the deceased. He is more concerned over the motorcyclist and is still crying heavily.”
Source: Allkpop
01. HELLO ~Paradise Kiss~
02. YOU
03. It’s My Life (YUI Acoustic Ver.)
04. HELLO (Inst.)
Officials have reported that the autopsy for Hyun (30), the deceased motorcyclist from Daesung’s car accident, will be carried out today.
Seoul’s Youngdeungpo police spoke through Star News and stated, “The autopsy for the dead motorcyclist began today at 9 AM KST. It will take about half a month for the results to come out.”
What’s being investigated is whether or not the motorcyclist was already dead before Daesung’s collision. Police explained, “We’ll be uncovering whether Hyun was already in an accident prior to Daesung’s collision, and whether he was already dead. Daesung has already testified in the first round of investigations, so whether he will be brought in again is still being discussed. If he is needed again, it will be done in secrecy.”
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