Singer Ailee will be attending the 55th Grammy Awards ceremony at Los Angeles Staples Center on Feb. 10. “Ailee was invited by the Grammy Awards Committee to participate in the VIP premiere of the Grammy Awards,” said YMC Entertainment.The starlet will walk the red carpet with producer Tony Maserati, who is nominated for Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical for Jason Mraz’s album “Love is a Four Letter Word.”  Maserati has also worked with many other artists including Lady Gaga, Beyonc, Christin

Singer Ailee will be attending the 55th Grammy Awards ceremony at Los Angeles Staples Center on Feb. 10. “Ailee was invited by the Grammy Awards Committee to participate in the VIP premiere of the Grammy Awards,” said YMC Entertainment.The starlet will walk the red carpet with producer Tony Maserati, who is nominated for Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical for Jason Mraz’s album “Love is a Four Letter Word.” Maserati has also worked with many other artists including Lady Gaga, Beyoncé, Christin

A pop-up cafe themed around SNSD, Girls Generation Express, will be open for 11 days around Valentine’s Day. The Rabbit in the Moon caf on Seoul’s Garosugil in Sinsa-dong will be transformed into a special SNSD-themed caf named Girls Generation Express from Feb. 7-17. It will feature some 40 items related to Girls’ Generation. Macaroons, cakes and special chocolates for Valentine’s Day, kitchenware, mug cups, customized clothes and furniture inspired by the girls will be on sale at the cafe duri

The members of new hip-hop group know how to let loose

The icons of Korean hip-hop Tiger JK and Yoon Mi Rae have joined with fellow label mate rapper Bizzy to form the project group MFBTY, which stands for “My Fans’ Better Than Yours.” The trio has released their first EP as a group titled “Sweet Dream,” which features three tracks: “Sweet Dream,” “BizzyTigerYoonmirae” and “Sweet Dream (SMELLS Like Money Mix).” The group’s debut album, which was released on Monday, shows off a different side of each member, projecting a more upbeat and intense club

Singer Huh Gak has released a music video teaser for his comeback track “Mono Drama.” On Jan. 21, A Cube Entertainment released Huh’s comeback video on YouTube featuring Yoo Seung-woo, a contestant from the television talent show series, “Superstar K4.” The teaser shows behind-the-scenes footage of Huh and Yoo recording the track together.On Jan. 14, Huh, the winner of “Superstar K2,” hinted at a possible collaboration with Yoo on Twitter. He tweeted, “I finally met Yoo Seung-woo, who I worked s

Singer Huh Gak has released a music video teaser for his comeback track “Mono Drama.” On Jan. 21, A Cube Entertainment released Huh’s comeback video on YouTube featuring Yoo Seung-woo, a contestant from the television talent show series, “Superstar K4.” The teaser shows behind-the-scenes footage of Huh and Yoo recording the track together.On Jan. 14, Huh, the winner of “Superstar K2,” hinted at a possible collaboration with Yoo on Twitter. He tweeted, “I finally met Yoo Seung-woo, who I worked s

The members of the hip-hop duo Bae Chi Gi, Moo-woong and Tak, have finally released the second part of their comeback mini album, “Vol. 4 Part 2.”The mini album, released on Jan. 14, contains five songs including the duo’s chart-topping title track “Shower of Tears.” The title song ranked No. 1 on MelOn, Daum, Naver and other online music sites’ real-time charts as of Monday morning. Ranking at the top of the chart is a big-time victory for the members of Bae Chi Gi as it is the first time the b

Internationally acclaimed American conductor Lorin Maazel will lead the Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s Super Concert in Seoul on Feb. 6-7 at the Seoul Arts Center, replacing the orchestra’s chief conductor, Riccardo Muti. Muti on Friday announced that he will drop out of the orchestra’s Asia tour this year due to a medical condition. He is reportedly suffering from a severe flu. “I feel very sad, frustrated and upset to leave my wonderful musicians and audiences in Chicago and on this very importa

CNBLUE comes back revamped with ‘Re:Blue’CNBLUE“Re:BLUE”(CJ E&M)With their large fan base, Korean rock stars CNBLUE can surely no longer refer to themselves as an indie band. The young musicians of CNBLUE show off a little something new with their latest album release “Re:Blue.”The album’s title track “I’m Sorry” is upbeat, snappy and a good listen overall. With the elements of mild metal rock mixed in with modern rock, the boys start off the album snatching the listener’s attention.On the other

TALLINN (AFP) ― A Twitter feud in June between the Estonian president and New York Times columnist Paul Krugman who questioned the impact of Estonia’s austerity measures, is being turned into an opera, U.S. composer Eugene Birman told AFP on Wednesday.“Our short opera will be first performed by Iris Oja and the Tallinn Chamber Orchestra conducted by Risto Joost during Tallinn Music Week on April 7,” Birman, who moved from Riga to the U.S. at age of six, told AFP.The piece, in two movements, uses

Some of K-pop’s brightest stars flocked to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, to attend the 27th Golden Disk Awards where Super Junior and “Gangnam Style” sensation Psy took home the top prizes.The awards ceremony, which was held on Jan. 15 and 16, was split into two categories, with the first day featuring the nominees for the best full-length album award categories and the second day the nominees for the year’s best digitally released albums and/or singles. “Sexy, Free & Single,” which featured 10 of Sup

LONDON (AFP) ― Iconic British music retailer HMV was fighting for survival on Tuesday after slumping into administration, but its boss expressed hope the high-street giant would manage to secure its future.HMV had announced Monday that it had appointed administrators Deloitte in an attempt to help it remain operational, placing about 4,350 jobs at risk after the company had struggled throughout the critical Christmas holiday period. The group’s 239 outlets, including nine Fopp-branded branches,