10cm is a South Korean indie band. The band has two male members, Jung-Yul Kwon and Chul-Jong Yoon. Since its debut in 2010 with the release of 10cm The First EP, the band has been a rookie among other Korean bands. The band won “This Year’s Discovery Award” at the 2010 Mnet Asian Music Awards, and “Best Pop Single Award” at the 2011 Korean Music Awards.
Indie duo 10cm has finally released their first full album, “1.0″! After debuting in early 2009 and performing various small gigs in Hongdae, the duo skyrocketed to fame through their track “I’m Scared of the Dark Tonight”, which lead to the release of their first EP album. Fast forward to six months later, and the duo were finally able to release “1.0″ with “Not That” as their title track.
01. Kingstar
02. 우정, 그 씁쓸함에 대하여 (About the Bitterness of Friendship)
03. 그게 아니고 (Not That)
04. Talk
05. Love in the Milky Way Cafe
06. Beautiful
07. 죽겠네 (Deadly) (Album Version)
08. 살 (Flesh)
09. 곱슬머리 (Curly Hair)
10. Rebirth
11. Hey Billy
12. Beautiful Moon
MBLAQ announced that they would be holding their first solo concert, “MEN IN BLAQ“ just last week, but they have already sold out all their tickets! Ningin
After a long wait the first full length album, between the tygh, from singer/songwriter Dringe Augh is finally ready. Scheduled for a release in May the date has now been set to May 11. Two of the songs, tygh and flair, have been uploaded to the Electric Muse SoundCloud and as could be expected both showcase Dringe Augh’s British folk influences and vivid guitar play with the latter getting some extra boost by a piano.
Personally I love those two songs already – flair in particular as I have listened to its rougher demo version many times – and am very excited to hear the rest. It is much thanks to Dringe Augh, who became a friend of mine following the Indieful ROK interview a couple of years ago, that my first ever visit to Korea was so enjoyable including fond memories of listening to him improvising on the guitar, playing demos from some music recording device with at least half a century behind it, and picking up the ukulele to play along to some songs on the Bunny Girls LP I’d just brought back from the underground market in Myeongdong – all making me admire his musicianship more. Sample all the tracks from debut EP Individually Wrappedon MySpace if you want to hear more from him.
Jay Park first new mini album “Take a Deeper Look” has arrive! He is quite impressive as he wrote the lyrics for all seven songs and composed six of them. The singer recently appeared in 5Dolls’s debut music videos “Lip Stains” and “Your Words” marking one of his appearances back into the Korean scene.
This seven track mini album, with the title track “Abandoned,” is a complete album mixing in a variety of musical genres including hiphop, dance, and R&B.
He teamed up with regular collaborators The Quiett and Dok2 for the album, with the latter featuring on two tracks including the R&B title song Abandoned. Take a Deeper Look also includes Jay’s earlier digital single Bestie and the uptempo, electro dance number “Tonight” featuring Davichi’s Kang Min Kyung.
Singer : Jay Park
Single : Take a Deeper Look
Released : 27 April, 2011
Label : Sidus Entertainment
Track List :
1. Touch the Sky (ft. The Quiett)
2. Abandoned (ft. dok2)
3. 오늘밤 (Tonight) ft. 강민경 of DAVICHI
4. 너 없이 안돼 (Can’t Live Without You)
5. Don’t let go
6. Level 1000 (with dok2)
7. Bestie
Kim Bo Kyung is a contestant of Korean Idol contest Superstar K Season 2. She is famous for her strong vocals and her cover of Kelly Clarkson’s Because of You.
After signing with Sony Music, Kim Bo Kyung find no difficult to release her first mini album “The First Day”.
The album including her new single Haru Haru (Day By Day) shows off her strong vocals.
Singer : Kim Bo Kyung (김보경)
Album : The First Day
Released Date : 24 January 2011
Track List :
01. Brand New Day
02. 하루 하루 (Haru Haru)
03. 봄처럼 (Like a Spring)
04. 널 생각하며 (Thinking of You)
05. 눈물은 잊어 (Forget abot Tears)
06. 하루 하루 (inst.) (Haru Haru)
Watch Kim Bo Kyung new single Haru Haru Video here
Gina Choi (최지나) or G.NA is a Canadian born Korean Singer. She had released her first mini album “Draw G’s First Breath” on July 2010.
This time, G.NA is working with so many top musicians. she duets with Wheesung for the hit “Nice to Meet You”. BEAST’s Jun Hyung, who participated in G.NA’s previous single “I’ll Back Off So You Can Live Better”
G.NA also featuring 2AM’s youngest member Jinwoon for single Black & White Music Video. Jinwoon portrays a rockstar plays an electric guitar.
Singer : G.NA
Album : Black & White
Released Date : 20 January 2011
Label :Universal Music (South Korea)
Tracklist:
01 Black & White
02 이제 그만 화 풀어요 [with 준범, 현규, 현석] Don’t Be Mad Anymore (Feat. Junbum, Hyungyu, Hyunsuk)
03 처음 뵙겠습니다 [with Wheesung] Nice to Meet You (Feat. Wheesung)
04 벌써 보고 싶어 I Miss You Already
05 첫눈에 한눈에 [feat. Verbal Jint] At First Sight, At a Glance (Feat. Verbal Jint)
06 꺼져 줄게 잘 살아 [feat. JunHyung] I’ll Back Off So You Can Live (Feat. B2ST Junhyung)
07 애인이 생기면 하고 싶은 일 [with Rain] What I Want to Do Once I Have a Lover (Feat. Rain)
08 Supa Solo [feat. Swings]
09 Loving You
10 소문났어요 There’s a Rumor
Watch G.NA new single ‘Black & White’ Music Video here
Here is the schedule for classes at CFF over the coming months. You can find more information on our website (www.cffwi.org/schedule.htm will have links to each class description), or you can contact me if you have any questions. Have a great weekend!
Topic: Lifebooks for Adopted Children
Wed., January 19
6:30 – 8:30 p.m.
1 Point Place
Topic: Attachment
Tues. February 1
6:00 – 9:00 p.m.
1 Point Place
Topic: Transracial Parenting
Wed., February 23
6:00 – 9:00 p.m.
1 Point Place
Topic: Nature & Nurture
Mon., March 21
6:00 – 9:00 p.m.
1 Point Place
Topic: Grief & Loss
Thurs., April 14
6:00 – 9:00 p.m.
1 Point Place
Topic: Positive Parenting
Tues., May 3
6:00 – 9:00 p.m.
2810 Crossroads
All classes are free for clients (/person for non-clients), but reservations are required. To RSVP, please email me (lori@cffwi.org).
Huh Gak (허각) is the winner of Korean singing contest Mnet “Superstar K2″. Huh Gak beat his handsome rival and friend John Park in the finals aired live early Saturday, winning 200 million won (7,000) in prize money, a car and a chance to release an album.
After became the winner, Huh Gak has a chance to release his first album as he did with his 1st mini album. The album contains 5 tracks in total (1 instrumental) with the title track being ‘언제나 / Always.’ One of the tracks on the mini album titled ‘행복한 나를 / Happy Me’ features the vocals of Superstar K2 runner up, John Park.
Singer : Huh Gak (허각)
Album : Hug Gak 1st Mini Album
Language: Korean
Release Date: 2010.11.16
Tracklist:
01 언제나 – Always
02 하늘을 달리다 – Running Through The Sky
03 행복한 나를 – Happy Me (Feat.John Park)
04 My Heart
Watch Huh Gak (허각) new single Always (언제나) Video here
Korean actress Ku Hye-sun will be presenting her first feature film “Magic” at the 6th Jecheon International Music & Film Festival (JIMFF) next month, according to her agency YG Entertainment (YG) on Monday.
YG announced in a press release that actress-turned-director has been invited to show her film at JIMFF, to be held in the city of Jecheon in North Chungcheong Province from August 12 to 17.
JIMFF — a music and film festival held under the concept ‘harmony among movies, music and nature’ — introduces various music films from Korea as well as overseas. “Magic” will be presented in a section called ‘Today In Korea’s Music Films.’
Set in an art school, “Magic” is a story about the passion and competition among young musicians and features various music genres including classical music, folk songs and Korean pop music. Two notable tunes in the film are reinterpretations of traditional folk melody “Arirang” and “You In My Arms” by the late Korean singer Yoo Jae-ha.
“Magic” was previously shown at the Jeonju International Film Festival earlier this year prior to its theater release on June 24.
In June, the actress was also awarded the “Spotlight Award” at the 12th Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia for her 2008 short feature “The Madonna.”
The pic had been shown at several film events last year including the Asiana International Short Film Festival, the Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival and the Pusan Asian Short Film Festival, where it won the Audience Award.
Ku, 25, had originally planned to debut as a singer with South Korea’s major talent agency YG Entertainment but she started acting in several TV dramas and made a breakthrough with a role in 2006 KBS TV series “Pure in Heart”.
She then became a household name throughout Asia after starring in the mega-hit TV series “Boys Over Flowers” (KBS, 2009) as the character Geum Jan-di. Ku is also a talented singer and songwriter, artist, novelist and scriptwriter.
She will be returning to the small screen through upcoming TV series “The Musical,” in which she plays a medical student who dreams of becoming a musical actress.
Reporter : Lynn Kim lynn2878@ Editor : Jessica Kim jesskim@ <ⓒ10Asia All rights reserved>
Movie poster for upcoming romantic comedy “First Love” [CJ Entertainment]
Movie posters for an upcoming Korean romantic comedy tentatively titled “First Love” were unveiled today.
The first poster reveals Korean actor Gong Yoo holding a name card to help find Lim Soo-jung her first love while the latter shows Lim hugging a giant heart.
Based on a musical which has been performed over 1,200 times on stage since its premiere in 2006, “First Love” is about Seo Ji-woo (Lim) who during her trip to India re-encounters her first love and asks for the help of Han Ki-jun (Gong Yoo) to search for him.
Lim made her debut as a model in 1998 and rose to stardom after starring in the horror film “A Tale of Two Sisters.” She later starred in the hit TV series “I’m Sorry, I Love You” and films “Lump of Sugar” and “WOOCHI.”
Born Gong Ji-cheol, Gong Yoo made his debut with a role in KBS’ TV show “School 4″ in 2001. He appeared in several dramas such as “Hello My Teacher” and “The 1st Shop of Coffee Prince” and movies “My Tutor Friend” and “She’s On Duty.”
The movie is set to open in local theaters in December.
Reporter: Lucia Hong luciahong@ Editor : Jessica Kim jesskim@ <ⓒ10Asia All rights reserved>
