Psy appeared on a Brazilian television show on Jan 13, where he suggested that he may make an appearance during Brazil’s carnival season. Appearing on Brazil’s variety show “Fantastico,” Psy acknowledged that he was in talks with the organizers of the Carnival about the possibility of participating in the Salvador Carnival in Bahia. “There are many beautiful women at the samba carnival and if things go well at the carnival, I might do oppa samba style.”By Bae Soo-min (soomin623@heraldcorp.com)

After waiting for more than a year, Japanese fans will be able to see more of BoA, but first through a QR code. BoA will release the Japanese version of “Only One” via QR code in February.The original Korean version of “Only One,” the title song from her seventh EP, was released last summer in Korea. As part of BoA’s Japanese single promotion, Only One Cocktail was launched in November last year, featuring a QR code that leads to an instrumental version of “Only One.”Five coffee shops in Tokyo a

Girls’ Generation is back with their 4th album and the title track “I Got a Boy” is topping charts in Taiwan and Singapore, S.M. Entertainment announced. SNSD’s latest album, “I Got a Boy,” topped various Taiwanese charts for album sales including FIVE MUSIC Korean/Japanese music chart for two consecutive weeks, G-MUSIC Asia Chart for a week and CCR Asia Music Chart for a week.The album also ranked first on Singapore’s Korean/Japanese album sales chart, HMV, for a full week from Jan. 7- Jan. 13.

YG Entertainment revealed its newest girl group member on Tuesday.The company posted a picture of 19-year-old trainee Kim Ji-soo on its official blog “YG Life.” Kim’s birth year was the only information given to the public. Kim’s picture had been previously posted on YG’s blog under the title of “Who’s that girl?” last May.YG was expected to launch a new girl group last summer but it postponed the group’s debut to this year. Along with Kim Ji-soo, Kim Eun-bi and Euna Kim from reality TV competit

Conscripted K-pop star Rain has read two books and submitted their reviews to his boss while being grounded in his unit for a week, a punishment for dating a top TV actress while on official duty, military officials said Tuesday.The 30-year-old singer, whose real name is Jung Ji-hoon, was ordered not to leave his unit for one week, the lightest form of discipline, after he was spotted dating actress Kim Tae-hee while on work-related leave last month.Under military regulations, Jung, an Army corp

The members of 2PM will be releasing their second full Japanese album, “Legend of 2PM,” on Feb. 13. According to representatives at JYP Entertainment, 2PM is also planning to release its third full-length Korean album later this year, which would make it the first Korean release since July 2011.The boys of 2PM kicked off their 2013 Japan arena tour with opening concerts at the Fukuoka Marine Messe on Friday and Saturday evening. This tour will include 13 concerts throughout Japan, including in N

The songs from MBC’s Saturday show “Infinite Challenge” have dominated the K-pop sound chart again, but the album faced some criticism over the popularity-driven sales, local media reported on Monday. “Infinite Challenge” released its seventh album, “Park Myung-soo What to Do,” on Jan. 5. Amid the popular singers’ comeback, the songs jumped to the top 10 in major K-pop rankings as soon as the album created by mostly comedians was released.“Gangbuk Dandy” by Jeong Hyung-don, a member of the show,

Dance“Romeo and Juliet”: The Korea National Ballet is opening this year’s season with Sergei Prokofiev’s “Romeo and Juliet.” The troupe is presenting a version created by legendary French choreographer Jean-Christophe Maillot of Monte Carlo Ballet Theater. Unlike the Kenneth MacMillan version showcased by Universal Ballet Company last year, the upcoming show presents simple and modern costumes and choreography. Its stage setting, created by French designer Ernest Pignon-Ernest, is also noted for

JeA’s first solo album a good startJeA (Brown Eyed Girls)“Just JeA”(Loen Entertainment)JeA from sexy girl group Brown Eyed Girls has come out with her first solo album titled “Just JeA.” The leader took a risk venturing into the world of group member-turned-soloists, but in this case, it paid off. What better way to begin an album than with the help of American R&B artist Eric Benet. The album’s first track, “Days & Nights,” is a mid-tempo R&B song with a Latin-style harmony. JeA vocals give off

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The reigning hip-hop power couple Tiger JK and Yoon Mirae will be performing at one of the largest music conferences in the world: the “Midem: Marche International du Disque et de l’Edition Musicale” in Cannes, France. The husband-and-wife team will perform on the mainstage of the Midem Festival on Jan. 27, along with other K-pop artists including rapper Bizzy, hip-hop group Block B and the rookie singer-songwriter Juniel. Tiger JK and Yoon Mirae, who married in 2007, are both veterans in the hi

Five-member girl group Kara became the first Korean all-female group to hold a concert at the Tokyo Dome with their “Karaisa 2013 Happy New Year in Tokyo Dome” performance on Sunday.The concert, which attracted 45,000 fans, was part of Kara’s Japan tour which had the girls performing 12 shows in front of more than 100,000 fans across the country including in Yokohama, Osaka, Nagoya and Fukuoka. Previous to the girls’ concert, the only other girl groups that had performed at the Tokyo Dome recent

Jaejoong of the idol trio JYJ sold out a 16,000-seat concert venue for his first-ever solo concert in Korea. Tickets to the two-day concert event to be held on Jan. 26 and 27 sold out immediately after tickets went on sale, causing the ticket retailers’ servers to crash. With so many fans bombarding the site trying to purchase seats, the event set a record for the having the server shut down for the longest period of time, according to representatives of C-JeS Entertainment.Jaejoong released the

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