On SBS‘ “Good Morning” show today, celebrities Shin Se Kyung and T-ara’s Eunjung unveiled photos from their child actress days from 2004.
These photos, which were taken on the shooting set of the historical drama “Toji the Land,” reveal the idols’ bare faces from their teenage years. More importantly, the shots show off the duo’s close friendship, which has been revealed on television broadcasts in the past.
Michael Mind Project, a German house & dance producer duo, recently unleashed the track “Ready or Not” featuring Sean Kingston’s vocals. While the track has been receiving attention as the official mascot song for the FIFA’s Women’s World Cup this year, it has made its rounds through the online Korean music community for its striking similarities to SHINee’s “Ready or Not.”
When the song was first released and shared around the internet, the credits attributed Michael Mind Project for production, unlike SHINee’s version which credited the lyrics to Misfit and composition & arrangement to Mikko Tamminem, Risto Asikainen and Will Simms.
With this discovery, Shawols immediately began posting angry comments on the video and message boards, branding Sean Kingston as a “total failure,” “SHINee copier,” “f***ing s***,” and even “burglar” and “blackdog,” spamming the comments section with plagiarism accusations and hate threats. One fan even remarked, “Bye bye Sean Kingston, when SM finds you ^^ are you ready or not~ you ready or not~ to die ;D“.
This incendiary reaction itself also received backlash from fellow netizens who responded, “Calm down and stop jumping to conclusions,” “k-pop fans can be so embarrassing sometimes,” and, ”Shawols, please don’t make SHINee look bad by arguing or flaming. Be respectful, just say you prefer SHINee… that’s it.“ Another commented, ”I personally don’t give a f*** who sings it better … Maybe Shinee and Sean made some kind of deal like the whole Run Devil Run thing.”
Sure enough, Michael Mind Project posted the following message, explaining that both versions of “Ready or Not” were cut from an original Finnish track titled “Girls,” and that both Michael Mind Project and SM Entertainment produced the track with legal rights. Here’s the post below:
The same day, Eero Tolppanen (who does the licensing for Elements Music) posted on the Facebook Wall of Elements Music, which is the Finnish record company that owns the rights for “Girls,” the original song:
“Eero Tolppanen: Going Big! Michael Mind Project feat. Sean Kingston – “Ready or Not” to be the official mascot song of the FIFA Women’s World Cup! Song written by Elements Music writers Mikko Tamminen and Risto Asikainen together with Will Simms (Universal). Hit incoming!”
So in short, with Michael Mind Project & Element Music’s official posts, Sean Kingston’s “Ready or Not” is a legally sold adaptation of “Girls.” Considering the way that this controversy played out and how some fans jumped the gun before hearing the whole story, we hope that kpop fans in general will be more considerate and mature instead of immediately pointing their fingers and jumping to conclusions in the future.
Sean Kingston launched his musical career back in 2007 and is behind hit tracks including “Fire Burning” (which was, ironically, cast under the kpop spotlight last year when U-KISS‘ “Bang Bang Bang” was claimed to be a plagiarized version of “Fire Burning”), “Eenie Meenie” (with Justin Bieber) and “Beautiful Girls.”
Ji Yeon of Tiara shares a photo of herself with a million dollar smile.
Earlier today she uploaded the picture with a short message, “today at Music Core~ It’s raining all day. :’(“ In the picture she had her hair in braids and was wearing a denim jacket. She also had a JStina’s necklace emphasizing her fashion styling.
Her cute smile and the pink lips were enough to draw people’s attention. Netizens states, “she has such a cute smile,” “the real diva,” “that’s a really pretty necklace.”
Earlier, we reported that KBS was coming up with a new singing variety show with an all idol cast titled “Immortal Song 2.” Although a tentative line-up was released earlier, producers have recently confirmed a final six-member line-up. On May 4th, PD Kwon Jae Young tweeted, “Changmin, Hyorin, Yoseob, Min, Yesung, and IU have all come together. If they compete with a song by Shim Soo Bong… I think it’d be fun. Have fun kids, don’t be too nervous.”
A representative from KBS confirmed through Newsen, “SHINee’s Jonghyun will not be able to join the program due to conflicting schedules. We are currently in discussion with 2PM’s Junsu to be added in later.”
The first recording will be held on May 16th. The pilot episode is currently scheduled for June.
Source + Photos: Newsen
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After ending U-Kiss’ ‘0330’ and Asia promotions they will head to Japan to officially debut there. They will debut under Avex Entertainment. From June until onwards, they will be staying in Japan for 3 months and officially start promoting there. They have been learning Japanese even before their ‘0330’ promotions.
As of now,they are getting ready to debut in Japan.
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A new selca photo of f(x)'s leader Victoria gained much attention from fans.
Victoria is seen sitting on a chair in elegant black dress looking at her mobile phone,fans left comments such as "is she a human or a doll","she is pretty" and "too perfect to be a human" after seeing this pic?
After reaching the top of the charts in Japan within a few days, Girls' Generation's newly released single 'MR. TAXI/Run Devil Run' managed to sustain its momentum, selling 100,000 copies in the first week of its release. The single also managed to reach second place in the weekly Oricon rankings. With the strong sales of their first original Japanese single and the enthusiastic response to the Japanese concert tour, the girls' popularity in Japan is at an all-time high.
In related news, the 'MR. TAXI' dance PV that was released last week has surpassed 2,000,000 views on the official Universal Music Japan YouTube page.
Source: Oricon Written by: michaelroni@soshified.com
Name: 김남길 / Kim Nam Gil Previously known as: 이한 / Lee Han Profession: Actor Birthdate: 1981-Mar-13 Height: 184cm Weight: 70kg Star sign: Pisces Education: Myeong Ji Cheon University TV Shows:
Bad Guy (SBS, 2010)
Personal Preference (MBC, 2010) cameo
Queen Seon Duk (MBC, 20090)
Terroir (SBS, 2008)
Several Questions That Make Us Happy (KBS2, 2007)
When Spring Comes (KBS2, 2007)
Lovers (SBS, 2006)
Goodbye Solo (KBS2, 2006)
Be Strong Geum Soon (MBC, 2005) Movies:
Lovers Vanished (2010)
Hand Phone (2009, cameo)
Portrait of a Beauty (2008)
Modern Boy (2008)
Kang Chul Jung : Public Enemy 1-1 (2008)
No Regrets (2006)
Don't Look Back (2006)
Low Life (2004)
A Fan account written about how SHINee Jonghyun passing his driver’s license test. It’s such a cute story to read.
The fan’s friend practiced with Jonghyun for the driver’s license test under a private tutor.
Jonghyun took these photos for the friend when he went to take the driver’s license test
The friend said he was singing while driving and failed the test
While they were practicing for the test, Jonghyun kept singing.
So the friend couldn’t focus and said to Jonghyun he’s too noisy
Jonghyun then said, “You’re like my mom and sister. They say I’m too noisy when I sing.
But I AM a singer!”
(He’s passed the test later)
1st Update: [종현] 에프엑스!!!어제일등했죠!!!추카추카!!아자뵤 문제!!!누예삐오 앨범을 열장이나 샀던 샤이니의 종현군은 이번 정규앨범 피노키오를 몇장이나 구매했을까요!? 맞추면 셀카올리지롱>○< [Jonghyun] f(x)!!! won the 1st place yesterday!!! congratulation!!!woo hoo question !!! bought 10 NUABO album’s SHINee Jonghyun this time round will buy how many Pinocchio album !? guess it right and i will update with a selca >o< 2nd Update: (with Selca)
[종현] 아직 안ㅋ샀ㅋ엉ㅋ 내일 사러 가야지…팬싸추첨있는데로…아! 물론 뽑혀도 가진 않을겁니다 겨뤄보자구 에프엑스팬들 누가 더 많이 사나 투닥투닥(도발)ㅋ
[Jonghyun] i haven’t bought it yet hbahahahah , i will buy it tomorrow… autograph have to draw lots.. ah! if i got choosen i wont go to , let’s have a challenge Aff(x)tion see who buy more (ge zi ge zi – some voice to disturb the fans ) ha
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