Lena Park receives a laptop from Psy

The episode of KBS2′s Happy Together 2 that aired on December 20 was titled “Christmas  Concert.”
Lena Park spoke of customs in doing a featuring in K-pop music industry. “Doing a featuring in K-pop world is usually arranged by a friendship rather than a contract. It’s like to give a gift to your friend. One day, I was asked to work with Psy, who I barely know in person. I was like, ‘Psy?’ and I was really busy getting ready for a concert. I had to refuse as I couldn’t get down to it, but he didn’t stop asking and contacted me several times. In the end, I couldn’t decline him anymore, so I got down to working with his song.”

Lena Park obviously seemed to have had no desire to collaborate with the world-famous “Gangnam Style” singer because of her busy schedules.

The songbird, however, added: “In the end, I feel happy that his album hit it big and I was given a nice laptop as a gift from Psy.”

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Check out full teaser images of SNSD!

Something unexpected occurred online: All teaser images of SNSD are exposed.
In the morning on December 22, some teaser photos of the girls are spread through SNS. It seems to have occurred due to people’s explosive interest in their return.
As a result, SM Entertainment that manages the group decided to officially release the seven other teasers of Tiffany, Jessica, Sooyoung, Taeyeon, Yoona, and Yuri.
Primarily, the agency planned on releasing the teasers one after another, but because of such an incident, all teasers are released in advance. Such a happening also proves that so many people are interested in SNSD and the group’s popularity keep on soaring high.
In addition, SNSD’s one of the new songs, “Dancing Queen,” topped all the rankings online as soon as it was released on December 21. This winning also confirms the girls’ power in the industry.
In the meantime, SNSD’s fourth full album I Got a Boy is to be released on January 1 in 2013.

• Source: TV Report

SNSD’s Yoona and CNBLUE’s Yong Hwa to emcee KBS Song Festival

SNSD’s Yoona, CNBLUE’s Jung Yong Hwa, and singer Sung Si Kyung will emcee KBS Song Festival, which will be held on December 28 in Seoul.
On December 21, an official for KBS said, “Yoona, Jung, and Sung were selected as MCs for the song festival. The festival will be held in a totally different way.”
The official added, “Singers will give new performances without competing against each other. They are now busy preparing for their unconventional performances.”
Unlike during previous festivals, a KBS announcer will not appear as an MC. The production crew said that they wanted give a change to the festival so that all generations can enjoy the festival together.
The KBS Song Festival will air on December 28 at 8:50 p.m.

• Source: Starnews

f(x)’s Krystal once again surprises viewers with her perfect abs

Recently, f(x)’s Krystal has shown off her beautifully shaped abs.
There was a special feature of KBS 2’s Music Bank on December 21 celebrating the end of the year. Krystal gave a joint performance of a carol medley with the member Sulli, Miss A’s Suzy, 4Minute’s Kwon So Hyun, and Kara’s Kang Jiyoung.
In advance to the performance, Krystal and Sulli sang “Santa Claus is Coming to Town” together. She appeared in white skinny jeans with a red knitwear, showing off her slim, solid figure. Especially because her top was short, you could see her perfect 11-shaped abs.
The episode also featured performances by TVXQ, Infinite, SHINee, Kara, B2ST, Sistar, Teen Top, T-ara, 2AM, Jung Eunji, Cool, Miss A, Juniel, FT Island, Ailey, B.A.P, BTOB, 4Minute, K.Will, and Boyfriend.

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Park Ji Min of 15& remakes Lim Jung Hee’s “Clockwork”

The female duo 15&’s Park Ji Min is to come up with her own interpretation of one of Lim Jung Hee’s songs. For a project in which rookie singers reinterpret masterpieces of other veteran singers of JYP Entertainment, Park decided to remake “Clockwork,” originally sung by Lim Jung Hee. On December 21, the singer posted a video clip online of herself singing the song with her unique voice and personal emotional twist. In the video, she successfully portrays the lyrical sentiments of the original song. It is said that the way she sings the high notes fully delivers the mournfulness of the original classic.
15& is going to perform four other songs and release them under the title of “15& Sound.”

• Source: Starnews

Infinite’s Dong Woo and Hoya start a hip-hop unit dubbed Infinite H, to debut in January

The seven-member idol group Infinite will reveal a whole new side of themselves with their first unit activities in the new year. The group’s Dong Woo and Hoya have formed a hip-hop unit, dubbed Infinite H, and will make their first appearance in January. Dong Woo and Hoya are the rappers of the group and have prepared a long time for this new gig. They’ve already have demonstrated their talent through Infinite’s concerts.
A publicist for Infinite says, “We plan to leverage the unique hip-hop sound of Infinite H to broaden Infinite’s musical spectrum.”
The H in Infinite H stands for “hip-hop,” and the talented hip-hop music producer Primary has joined them. Primary, who previously wrote hit songs such as “See Though” and “?” for Dynamic Duo, Jay Park, Mblaq, and G.O will be handling the production of Dong Woo and Hoya’s music.
Vocalist Kim Sung Kyu of Infinite recently released some solo work in the rock genre, so this new unit group will take Infinite another step befond, into hip-hop music as well.
Infinite made it to the top of idol groups with their hit song “Chaser.” They are leading the K-pop wave by holding solo concerts in Korea and Japan.

• Source: Starnews

2AM’s Jo Kwon blows a kiss

On the afternoon of December 21, 2AM’s Jo Kwon uploaded a “kissy face” picture of himself on his Twitter page with the caption, “It’s been quite a while since I got to be on Music Bank. Uploading for the I AM who miss me.”
The picture is filled with Jo Kwon’s face. His skin looks perfectly clean despite the fact that the picture was taken at such a close range. He looks funny with his mouth puckered up as if he’s ready for a kiss.
2AM appeared on the December 21 episode of KBS’s Music Bank.

• Source: Xportsnews