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Release Date: November 5, 2009
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01. A Penetrating Glance - Praha
02. 진실
03. 웃었어
04. 정 때문에
05. 내 여자입니다
06. 내 아픈 사랑아
07. 노을
08. 아니래
09. 비가 오나 눈이 오나
10. 나 때문에 울지 말아요
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Past MC's have included SNSD's Tiffany as well as Kara's Han Seungyeon. Tiffany and Han Seungyeon made their name and their groups' names more known through the role of being the MC for this show.


Because the job is usually given to a cute and bubbly girl, it makes sense that it has been given to a girl from the newest hot girl group. Regarding the job she said, "The past MC's have done such a great job being cute and refreshing to the audience and I want to meet up to peoples' expectations as well. I will work very hard."

She has completed the recording for the first episode with U-Kiss's Dongho and showed confidence for the future episodes to come. Her company TS Entertainment stated, "Tiffany and Han Seungyeon really made a significant difference in the popularity of their groups after doing Sonyeon Sonyeo Gayo Baekso. Jun Hyo Sung will do the same and work hard to represent Secret and bring up their popularity."

Jun Hyo Sung was part of the ex-girl group Oh-Sonyeo (5 Girls) with UEE of After School and Yubin of the Wonder Girls. But now she is back with her new group, Secret, and is hitting the music scene with their newest single I Want You Back.

With Sunhwa on Invincible Youth and Hyo Sung on Sonyeon Sonyeo Gayo Baekso, Secret is definitely trying hard and doing well in getting more known.

Singer/Model Lee Hyori recently modeled for the winter collection of Guess Korea.

As part of the promotions for the RED brand of Guess, Lee Hyori's charms served Guess well, showing off both her beautiful face and body as well as the winter coats.

Son Dambi was just admitted to Kyunghee University along with actress Im Jung Eun.

A Kyunghee University representative stated on the 5th to Newsen:


"Son Dambi and Im Jung Eun will be studying Post Modern Music and Film & Theater respectively."


These two celebrities will be joining many other celebrities including, Wonder Girls' Ye Eun, Park Hyo Shin, Lyn, SG Wannabe's Kim Jin Ho, Buzz' Min Kyung Hoon, Sugar's Park Soo Jin, TVXQ's Changmin and Yoochun, and Super Juniors Kyuhyun. In addition, worldstar Rain also attended this school and graduated back in 2006. Talk about a star studded university... would you even be able to study with all these celebrities on campus?

Anyway, congratulations to both!

Lady trio Top.AZ has finally made their first live performance on the 5th November episode of Mnet's M! Countdown.

Their song is titled "Can't you trust Noona?," with the music video being very controversial; apparently the members wore clothes that were too revealing. Top.AZ has been trying to differentiate itself from girl idols by calling themselves a "lady group", and tonight we will get to see how the ladies do it differently from the girls.

An interesting thing to note is their costume in this performance.

The costume that Top. AZ are wearing is apparently worth over $20,000. Mr. Cho, who designed their costume, says "Tonight's costume is called glam lingerie look, inspired from Valencia's work in 1910s. We put a lot of detail in all hand made beads, and with imported material the production cost of the costume was over $20,000."

Here is the video of their performance. Enjoy!

The Brown Eyed Girls are back with their first live performance of "Sign" and I'm loving it!

These ladies have got it all. Vocals, looks, charisma and style, they are the complete package.

"Sign" has already been climbing the charts as well as receiving much recognition due to their controversial music video. And after tonight's performance, all signs are pointing to success!

Check out their first live performance of "Sign."

Release date: 2009.11.04
Genre: Indie
Language: Korean
Bitrate: 320k

01 유리소년 (Feat. 시나에)
02 소리없는 새벽 (Feat. 타루)
03 서툰하루
04 역에서

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Release date: 2009.11.04
Genre: Ballad
Language: Korean
Bitrate: 320k

01 사랑이 싫다 (Feat. Doy)
02 그저

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Release date: 2009.11.05
Genre: R&B
Language: Korean
Bitrate: 320k

01. 라떼처럼
02. 비개인 하늘에
03. 사랑하니까 다 괜찮아
04. 자기기준
05. 라떼처럼 (Inst.)

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Release date: 2009.11.05
Genre: Ballad
Language: Korean
Bitrate: 320k

01. Ready for Love
02. 미안해, 사랑해서…
03. 눈 먼 사랑
04. 사랑은 늘 눈물로만 끝난다
05. 눈물병
06. One-way Love
07. 체념 2009

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Genre: Electronica / Dance
Language: Korean
Bitrate: 320k

01 All I Wanna Feeling
02 Little Butterfly

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Release date: 2009.11.04
Genre: Pop / Indie
Language: Korean
Bitrate: 320k

01 싱숭생숭
02 걷기 좋은 날씨
03 몽상 (Acoustic Ver.)
04 생각지도 못한 선물
05 낯설지 않아 (Acoustic Ver.)

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Release date: 2009.11.05
Genre: Ballad
Language: Korean
Bitrate: 320k

01. 바람
02. 그립고 그립고 그립다
03. 반복일 뿐이야
04. Hypnotism feat. Outsider
05. 눈물 연못
06. 사랑해 반대말
07. 끊었던 담배
08. 필름이 끊겼다
09. 이별 몰랐던 날
10. 초콜릿 (Project: Color Chocolate) with MARIO
11. My Last Love
12. 사랑 후유증
13. 다시 사랑하면 안되니
14. 사랑한단 말을 못해서 (Soul Special OST)
15. 나무
16. 소원 (Great King Sejong OST)
17. 내 가슴이 운다
18. 그립고 그립고 그립다 (Instr.)

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A lot of Korean artists are giving various items for charity. Popular girl group Girls' Generation / SNSD are joining in on this giving as the clothing from their Chocolate Love MV was put up for auction on October 23rd. All proceeds from the auction are to be donated to needy children around the world.

The auction recently ended and here's how much the dresses were auctioned off for:


Regular Dresses:
YoonA: 8,061,000 won (around $6800)
Tiffany: 7,010,000 won (around $5900)
Taeyeon: 6,470,000 won (around $5500)
Jessica: 5,981,000 won (around $5000)
Seohyun: 2,370,000 won (around $2000)
Yuri: 1,701,000 won (around $1400)
Sunny: 1,481,000 won (around $1250)
Sooyoung: 718,000 won (around $600)
Hyoyeon: 621,000 won (around $520)

For the 2 piece white outfit:
Jessica: 3,120,000 won (around $2600)
Tiffany: 2,700,000 won (around $2300)
Yuri: 2,190,000 won (around $1800)
Taeyeon: 1,730,000 won (around $1500)
YoonA: 1,540,000 won (around $1300)
Sunny: 1,260,000 won (around $1100)
Seohyun: 1,213,000 won (around $1000)
Sooyoung: 666,000 won (around $560)
Hyoyeon: 420,000 won (around $350)


Poor Sooyoung and Hyoyeon at the bottom, but I wasn't surprised that YoonA, Jessica, Tiffany, Taeyeon, and Yuri fetching a good amount for their dresses. All in all, a good amount of money donated for a good cause. Thanks to chosun, Wenfany@Soshified, and KPOP JJANG for sharing the information

As all of you are aware, the singer Ivy has made a full-fledged comeback after her sex-video scandal with a successful comeback showcase, along with performances on Inkigayo and M! Countdown - and what's more, she's as gorgeous and talented as ever. However, though her fans are incredulous that she has made such a great comeback, Ivy has revealed that she herself is more incredulous about this comeback than anyone else.

When she was asked how she felt about her comeback, she said, "The fact that I was able to make a comeback as a singer after two years is miraculous to me. The fact that I even made a comeback was purely due to luck. So the fact that I even released my third album is a true miracle to me."

She continued, "Up to the beginning of this year, I gave up on everything and I just wanted to go back to living the normal, everyday life as Park Eun-hye and not as the singer Ivy. However, I managed to overcome this huge struggle in my life and I'm standing on the stage again - and I'm truly happy," and "Truthfully, I already accomplished my dream of becoming a singer and I've been #1 before so I don't have much greed about that kind of thing. I'm just so thankful for all my fans who've waited for me, and my only wish is for my fans to hear these songs that I've put my heart into."

She also added, "If you think about it, two years is a pretty long time. A lot of idol groups and singers have debuted since then, so I'm that much more thankful for my fans who have waited for me to make my comeback. If anything, I'll work as hard as I can for my fans who have been the source of my strength."

Wow, those are some heartfelt words from Ivy. But she's right, it's going to be tough for her because she's going to be competing with the hordes of new idol groups and singers who have debuted since her leave from the music scene. At any rate, best wishes to her, and let's hope that she doesn't run into any more trouble

Rumors of this group have been brewing for many months now. Just moments ago, DSP Media, the agency behind SS501, KARA and Fink.L, confirmed the suspicions and revealed the new girl group to the Korean public.

"After four long years of training, these girls have developed the best vocal and dance skills around," a DSP representative revealed. "They were affectionately called 'rainbow' in their training days, a nickname that has gained popularity. We chose this word as the group's name because each girl has a different charm. Furthermore, this name has more meaning because it was generated by fans."

Akin to the promises they made when KARA debuted, DSP is already comparing Rainbow to Fin.K.L, stating, "The members of Rainbow were picked so that their physical appearances wouldn't be inferior to Fin.K.L"

As the teaser image suggests, the girls will already be coming out with an album upon their debut titled Gossip Girl.

Honestly, I'm a bit skeptical about the promised "originality" of this group - with lackluster word choices for their group name and album, we can only hope that this isn't just another rehashed version of every other girl group out there. Also, is it just me or does the bottom-right girl on the album look a tiny bit like a grown-up Goo Hara of KARA? Is DSP Media re-debuting their artists or something?

As a bonus, here are some pre-debut selcas from the members...



Who knows, maybe these girls will blow us out of the water with their teaser and debut. After all, talent is the most important quality of a music group, right?

Rainbow is set to come out with their first teaser this Friday, November 6. Stay tuned as allkpop brings you more about this brand new group!

Mnet's KAIST Season 3 starring Kara's Nicole has been delayed by a week.

The show is about a celebrity attending a science university and Jewelry's Seo In Young is known for being one of the celebrities to have gone through this process.

The representatives of the show said that after checking out the results from Nicole's interviews with the colleges, they weren't very impressed. It was scheduled to air today on the 4th, but it will now be aired on the 11th instead.

On the show, she has to become a normal college student, go through the intense education process and show viewers the life of a college student.

Nicole has had 4 interviews with prestigious schools for the show but she did not score well on any of them. To reason Nicole's disappointing scores, Park Junsu PD stated, "Because of her busy schedule, Nicole could not really prepare well for the interviews. Though she didn't manage to get into the colleges, there will be good news soon."

I don't blame her for not doing well. Have you guys seen her cute yet poor Korean skills on TV before?