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On November 24, Moon Heejun, a member of legendary kpop idol group H.O.T, announced that he's going to marry Crayon Pop's Soyul. It was absolutely a surprising news not only for kpop fans but also for all the people in the kpop world because nobody even didn't know Moon Heejun was dating the female idol who is 13 years younger than him. Actually, people in the kpop world including journalists and writers usually can hear about somebody's dating rumor before it is reported. However, even people close to Moon Heejun - including the H.O.T members - never knew he was dating Soyul. Do you know why? Here's a reason for it. Moon Heejun has had his heyday in the 90s as a member of H.O.T but the team was disbanded in 2001. After then, he debuted as a solo singer. Well, by the way, he received a great deal of criticism from people only because he does rock music. People  made a mockery of him, saying, "He pretends to be a competent rock musician even though he ...

Crayon Pop will make a comeback with its new album on September 26, while it will be the girl group's first ever full album. Before releasing the album, the members held a showcase and talked about their comeback. Ellin said "As it has been such a long time since we released our album, we feel like we make a debut again. We'll try our best in return for our fans' love," while Geummi added, "As it's our first ever full album, all the members tried to take much part in it. Through the album, you'll see the evolution of Crayon Pop."

These days, it's becoming common to see kpop idol stars showing performance on the streets. Girl's Day's Minah, who released her first ever solo album on March 16, released a showcase event on the street in Myeondong, Seoul, while Cube entertainment's new girl group CLC performed on the street before it released debut album on March 19. Crayon Pop, a kpop girl group who is well know for its hit 'Bar Bar Bar' will also hold its comeback showcase on the street in Dongdaemun, Seoul on March 21. Well, do you know why the kpop idol stars perform on the streets? Each idol has different reasons. Myeondong is a special place for Minah . As you can see in the pictures above, she showed street performing before she debuted as a professional singer. She was a high school student, and the girl who was in her school uniform did her utmost to sing in front of passers-by. In this way, she dreamed of someday becoming a singer. Years later, yeah, as you know, ...

Crayon Pop held a special event in Japan to celebrate its album release in the country. The girl group, who released its special mini album 'POP! POP! POP!' last November, held 3 mini concerts in Tokyo, Japan on December 6. The first place for the girl group's mini concert was LaLaport TOYOSU, while the group performed its hits such as 'Dancing Queen', 'Bar Bar Bar', and 'Uh-ee'. Crayon Pop also visited Tower Records Shibuya and held 2 mini concerts there, while some of Japanese fans caught eyes of people by wearing the girl group's costume.(Helmets and tracktsuits) Even though the Crayon Pop members had to manage a series of tight schedules by holding 3 concert a day, they didn't look tired at all and tried to communicate with their fans by shaking hands with them. Meanwhile, Crayon Pop released Chrome entertainment's winter song 'Love Christmas' on December 3. The agency's other artists including K-Much, B...

Kpop girl group Crayon Pop's unit Strawberry will make a debut in October. According to Chrome entertainment, the unit, comprised of twin sisters Choa and Way, will release its debut album on October 15. The mini album will have a total of 4 songs including the title track 'OK'. Especially, Way composed and wrote one of the 4 songs, 'Tell me about it'. The agency stated, "Despite their hectic schedules, Choa and Way have been constantly practicing singing and dancing. Much of the two members' opinions were reflected in the title track's concept, costumes, and choreography."

Crayon Pop will make a comeback with its first ever full album. According to Chrome entertainment, the girl group will release its first full album in September. The agency stated, "To make a comeback in September, the Crayon Pop members are now working hard on upcoming album. They are really putting a lot of work into the album." Crayon Pop made a big hit with its song 'Bar Bar Bar' last year and has gained attention from people by releasing unique songs such as 'Lonely Christmas' and 'Uh-ee'. Meanwhile, Crayon Pop returned from abroad on July 24 after performing on opening stages of pop star Lady Gaga's 'artRAVE: The ARTPOP Ball' concerts for about a month.

Crayon Pop gave Lady Gaga its costume as a present. Crayon Pop recently presented Lady Gaga with its 'Bar Bar Bar' costume and took a photo with the female singer. Chrome entertainment, the agency of Crayon Pop, stated, "The Crayon Pop members wanted to get Lady Gaga something special. As Lady Gaga invited the girl group to her concert after watching 'Bar Bar Bar' music video, the members decided to give custom-tailored costume to her." And added, "Lady Gaga always prays with all the staff members before she hits the stage, and Crayon Pop was there too." Crayon Pop is currently participating in Lady Gaga's 4th concert tour 'artRAVE: The ARTPOP Ball' to hit the stage for the opening acts. With Lady Gaga, the girl group has visited a total of 12 cities in North America such as Milwaukee, Atlantic City, Boston, Dallas, and Montreal.

Crayon Pop's Choa will be appearing in KBS' upcoming new drama 'High School - Love On'. On June 4, Chrome entertainment said "Choa is a student of Seoul Institute of the Arts and is really passionate about acting. Despite her hectic schedule, she has taken regular acting class to improve. As an actress, she will show something unusual about her." 'High School - Love On' is a drama about an angel who has become a human being after she tried to save a male student in danger. Actress Kim Seron plays the leading role. Choa stated, "I'm so excited because this is my first ever challenge for acting. Even though it is a minor role, I will do my best. I want to grow up steadily as an actress." Infinite's Woohyun and Sungyeol were chosen to act the main roles in the drama. Check out Woohyun's picture below.

Kpop Girl group Crayon Pop made a comeback with its new song 'Uh-ee' and at the same time, the group held a comeback showcase on March 28. I went there and heard about the 5 members' thoughts about 'Uh-ee'. In 2013, Crayon Pop made a huge hit with the song 'Bar Bar Bar', showing off its unique charm. The song has cheerful melody and easy to sing along to. The same story has to be told about 'Uh-ee'. The songs' lively melody and catchy lyrics maximize Crayon Pop's special fascination. In the song, electronic dance music and trot(a genre of Korean pop music) are combined ingeniously. Member Gummy said "'Uh-ee' is really easy to sing along to. We sing 'Cheer up! You’re doing great!'. We want to give strength to everyone who listens to the music." Way stated, "Genre of the song is 'House Electronic Bbongjjak(trot)'. It's a new challenge." 'Uh-ee' is composed by Kang Jin W...

Crayon Pop will perform at the opening stage of Lady Gaga's upcoming concert. According to Chrome Entertainment, the Kpop girl group will hit the stage for the opening acts of Lady Gaga's 4th concert tour 'artRAVE: The ARTPOP Ball'. On March 21, Lady Gaga also commented about Crayon Pop, tweeting, "I'm excited to announce June 26 through July 22 of Lady Gaga's artRAVE: The ARTPOP Ball will be opened by CRAYON POP!" The official from Chrome Entertainment stated, "Lady Gaga personally named Crayon Pop as a guest of the concert. The Crayon Pop members are very excited about appearing in Lady Gaga's concert." Meanwhile, Crayon Pop will release its new song 'UH-EE!' on April 1.

Crayon Pop unveiled the costume concept for its upcoming new album. On March 17, Chrome Entertainment revealed the girl group's photo titled, 'Urban Life Style'. The photo showed Crayon Pop members wearing ramie clothes, white rubber shoes and red do-rags. Last year, Crayon Pop has caused a sensation in Korea with its hit 'Bar Bar Bar', showing off unique charm by wearing helmets and tracksuits on stage. Crayon Pop's upcoming album to be released on March 31 will be the group's first official album since they released 'Bar Bar Bar' in June, 2013. Check out the 'Bar Bar Bar' performance below. Chrome Entertainment stated, "We chose ramie clothes as Crayon Pop's new stage costume because of Korean traditional outfit's comfort, practicality, and particularity." Meanwhile, Crayon Pop will perform its new song for the first time at the press showcase to be held on March 28. On March 29, the group's comeback show...

New Kpop boy group K-Much held its first fan meeting event. K-Much, the quintet boy band also called as 'Snakehead'(K-mul-chi), met with 200 fans at Bear Hall, Seoul, on March 1. The group has marked the start of the event with its debut song 'Good to go', and the members showed off individual charm by showing their solo stage performance. Member Loki sang Rain's 'Love Story', while Ato and Bornus performed Verbal Jint's 'You look good'. Bornus also performed freestyle rap with G.Low, and main vocalist Kiu sang Ra.D's 'Mom', breaking down in tears. At the end of the event, they had commemorative photographing with fans and presented their cherished things. Meanwhile, K-Much debuted in early 2014 and is known as the 'male version of Crayon Pop' because the two teams are in same agency.

  On February 5, a press conference for Kim Jang Hoon & Crayon Pop's 'Korea Fireman Project' was held at Korea Press Center. The collaborative project was planned to cheer for Korean firemen who are working hard in poor surroundings. Kim Jang Hoon & Crayon Pop released the cheering song 'Hero' for firemen. At the press conference, Kim Jang Hoon delivered an impassioned speech about real condition of Korean firemen's poor working environment. People listened to his words attentively, and everything proceeded in a calm manner. However, at the appearance of Crayon Pop, the mood changed. Well, there's a big age gap between Kim Jang Hoon and Crayon Pop, - Kim Jang Hoon was born in 1967, while the Crayon Pop members are in their mid-20s - and Kim Jang Hoon began to tell the young members one of his impish jokes. When the members said "Kim Jang Hoon gave careful consideration to us during recording the song. He is so humorous," Kim Jang ...

  A sexy concept is a realistic marketing strategy for K-Pop stars to fascinate fans. From legendary sexy star Lee Hyori to rising sexy star 4minute's Hyuna, there are many Kpop idols who won success with sexy concepts.   However, K-Pop stars began to evolve. Recently, K-Pop idols without sexy concpet are on rise. Let me take a few examples.   A five-member girl group Crayon Pop made a viral hit with its song 'Bar Bar Bar'. As you can see on the YouTube channels, there are numerous versions of cover dance videos for the song's choreography '5 straight engine dance'. 'Bar Bar Bar' and the girl group have enjoyed incredible popularity over several months, but there was no sexy concept. Wearing cute costumes and helmets, the girls have performed the song in a dinky way! As a new K-Pop girl group, they proved that it is possible to win success without any sexy concept.     2NE1's CL is another example of K-Pop female star who promo...