Kpop Behind | All the Stories Behind Kpop Stars

Girls' Generation's new song 'Lion Heart' was released on August 18 2015. At first, it seemed that the song was a commercial failure because the song couldn't top Korean biggest online music chart, Melon. By the way, the song is attracting the attention of the public by moving up on the chart as time goes by. Of course, once in a while there were kpop stars who went against the flow and showed their contraflows on music charts such as Crayon Pop and EXID. However, Girls' Generation's contraflow is more special than theirs. 1. Weakened Infinite Challenge and SMTM4's Threatening Force These days, songs of 'Infinite Challenge Music Festival' and 'Show Me The Money' are occupying top slots of online music charts. Famous kpop stars including Hyuna and VIXX LR released their new songs just before the broadcast of 'Infinite Challenge Music Festival', but failed to remain in the top 10 of music charts due to the great popularity of s...

A large number of young people all over the world now enjoy k-pop. By the way, some of you may wonder why k-pop stars are so active in foreign music market, especially in Japanese music market. Actually, it sometimes seems that k-pop stars and their agencies are obsessed with the market. So, let's talk about the reason why k-pop stars and agencies are trying so hard to take over Japanese music market. So, let's talk about the reason why kpop stars and agencies are trying so hard to take over Japanese music market. K-pop stars depend on album sales, TV appearance fees, concert profits and more for their incomes. Then, what do you think are the main sources of income of k-pop stars? In case of top-rated k-pop singers, those are concert profits and sales revenues of their goods, while the latter accounts for bigger part. But, Korean domestic music market is not big enough to make sufficient money out of concerts and sales of goods because Korea has only about 50 milli...

On August 29, Beast held its exclusive concert "Beautiful Show"  at the Gymnastics Stadium in Olympic Park. Before the concert, the 6 Beast members held a press conference and talked about their concert.   Q. How does it feel to hold your exclusive concert? Dujun: It is our first concert at the Gymnastics Stadium in 2 years. I'm so excited. And I feel great because I've been counting down to today. We'll do our best. Q. Tell me about your concert. Dongwoon: Our concert is like dry ice. Dry ice is icy cold but it can burn us too. Through the concert, we will show our cool performance, and at the same time, we will give audience a heartwarming feeling. Yoseob: We excluded many stage settings. Instead, we'll impress the audience with our voices. I think audience will be moved to tears when we will sing an encore. Q. How did you prepare for your concert? All of you look so busy. Junhyung: Actually, we  did not have a lot of time to pract...

These days, everything makes me wonder because I even couldn't think about my life in Seoul city when I was a high school student. I lived in the countryside of Korea. I didn't even dare to imagine that I can be loved by so many people. I think I'm blessed. I'm very thankful to live each day with great fans and great members. I'm so curious about our future. And I want to keep on having a special bonds with my fans. It's just the beginning for us, right? We'll try our best in return for your love. I know you undergo all sorts of hardships. We usually take a good rest in a waiting room, but you just wait several hours under the hot sun. The only thing we can do is provide soft drinks and say "Thank you." I'm sorry for that.  I thank you for what you did for us, and we'll try not to disappoint you. Thank you, and I love you all.

Step 1. New Stars from the Exoplanet The boy group's name EXO, taken from the word exoplanet, means the members are the new stars from the unknown world, while each member has their own supernatural power. All of these may sound very childish. However, it was part of SM Entertainment's promotion strategy to increase commercial value of EXO. It was a great success. EXO succeeded in capturing hearts of teens because the group was attractive, handsome and mysterious. Step 2. Combination of EXO-K and EXO-M EXO originally consisted of two sub units, EXO-K and EXO-M. The EXO-K members were active in Korean music scene, while the EXO-M members tried to fascinate Chinese fans in the country. This kind of promotion strategy was Lee Soo Man's idea. He wanted to grope for new possibility of kpop by taking over the enormous market in China. EXO is the only kpop idol group who divided the team into two and was active in both Korea and China at the same time. Step3. Chinese mem...

1. She has a natural face There are many many beautiful Korean female celebrities, but it's true that many of them had plastic surgeries. And some of their  faces look so unnatural and emotionless, which  draw unwelcome attention  from the public. Seolhyun succeeded in catching eyes of people by showing off her innocent and pure face among the  artificial plastic beauties. 2. Perfect Body Males usually go crazy when they see innocent but sexy woman. Seolhyun has an innocent face, but her body is curvy. On stage, she fascinates people by displaying her sexy dance moves. As she has a perfect body, she has been chosen as a model for jeans brand. 3. Full Support by FNC Since AOA debuted in 2012, FNC Entertainment has constantly tried to make Seolhyun big star. Thanks to the full support by FNC, Seolhyun could appear on various drams and be chosen as a model for several TV advertisements. This is what kpop agencies usually do. They try to make a member of the...

On August 25, Apink's Naeun attended a press conference for her new drama "Second Time Twenty Years Old" to be aired from August 28. The drama is about 39 years old woman(Choi Ji Woo) who becomes a college freshman much later than her peers, while Naeun plays a lovely college student. Let's see what Naeun talked about her character at the press conference.

HwangTaeJi (Kwanghee X Taeyang X G-Dragon) - Mapsosa Good: Since his debut in 2010, Kwanghee has been active in various TV shows and has been loved by many for his cheerful and energetic energy. However, he couldn't show his musical talent as a singer on stage. His part as a member of ZE:A was small and pedestrian, while all the people regarded him just as a rollicker, not a competent singer. It was surprising that Kwanghee showed a charismatic performance with two of the most competent kpop singers, GD and Taeyang. Bad: It is commonly acknowledged that GD is the most talented young singer songwriter in Korea. He has produced numerous hit songs. Recently, he likes to mix different music genres in one song as you can see in Big Bang's hits such as 'BAE BAE' and 'BANG BANG BANG'. In this way, he makes music that is not only popular but also very musical. However, this time it was too much. I can't say 'Mapsosa' is one of his best works. It seems t...

From August 22-23, Boa held her exclusive at Sejong Center for the Performing Arts. The concert was held to celebrate the 15th anniversary of the female singer's debut, while it drew a total of 6,000 fans. Some of you might be disappointed because the concert is not a large scale.(Top kpop stars such as Big Bang, EXO and Girls' Generation usually hold their concerts at the Gymnastics Stadium in Olympic Park which is large enough to accommodate ten thousand people) However, Sejong Center for the Performing Arts is a special place for kpop singers. The center is usually used for classical concerts and musical performances. HOT and Sechs Kies are the only two kpop idol groups who held their exclusive concerts at Sejong Center for the Performing Arts, while the other idols have not been allowed to perform there. In 1989, legendary Korean female singer Patti Kim became the first popular singer who hold an exclusive concert at Sejong Center for the Performing Arts. After ...

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Q. Tell me about your new album 'A+'. Hyuna: I took part in every track of the album. "Sexy" is my concept for the album, but I hope people will recognize all my sweat and effort. I will show you all about the album through my performance on stage. I want to hear people say that only Hyuna can show such a gorgeous performance. I titled the album "A+" because I wanted to be praised by the public. Q. Is there a difference between the title track 'Because I'm the best' and your former hit songs such as 'RED' and 'Crazy'? Hyuna: 'RED' and 'Crazy' are the songs which are full of sounds. However, 'Because I'm the best' has some spaces and I have to fill it with my voice. So, it requires more concentration to perform 'Because I'm the best'. I hope many females who live their lives to the full will sympathize with the song. Q. You are considered as one of the sexiest kpop singers. Wh...

Big Bang's G-Dragon is going to have a very special time with his global fans. Through a special project with Airbnb, GD will invite his fans to his old practice room, while the fans will stay there for 2 nights and 3 days. (Actually, I've never heard about Airbnb before. According to the company, founded in August of 2008 and based in San Francisco, California, Airbnb is a trusted community marketplace for people to list, discover, and book unique accommodations around the world — online or from a mobile phone or tablet.) Anyway, only 5 fans from 5 different Asian countries(Korea, China, Hong Kong, Japan, and Southeast Asia) will seize an opportunity to visit GD's old practice room. Here's the event page.  https://www.airbnb.com/night-at/gdragon?locale=en It says,  "This is your host, G-Dragon. For five of you special friends, I'm going to completely welcome you into Dukyang Studio, which is filled with my memories from over ten years of music and dan...

is the 8 members' couple dance :) Taeyeon X Seohyun Sooyoung X Yoona Tiffany X Sunny Yuri X Hyoyeon And here's Girls' Generation's formation change for its new song 'Lion Heart'.

On August 17, popular kpop idol group VIXX's sub-unit VIXX LR, composed of Leo and Ravi, released its first ever mini album 'Beautiful Liar'. The album has a total of 5 songs including the title track 'Beautiful Liar', while the two talented members took part in writing all the tracks of the album. With the release of the album, VIXX LR held a showcase and talked about the album. Q. Tell me about your first mini album. Ravi: It's the first album of VIXX's first sub-unit, VIXX LR, composed of Leo and me, and we put so much work into the album. Especially, I'm deeply attached to 'Beautiful Liar' because it is the title track and we've worked so hard on it. Q. What made you decide to form VIXX LR? Ravi: It was our company's intention to form a sub-unit which is composed of two members who can write and produce songs. Leo: We wanted to show a new side of VIXX by forming the sub-unit. Q. Just as you said, VIXX LR is VIXX...