Saturday Spazz Night 20

Saturday, September 26, 2009

Girl group 4Minute’s member Kim HyunA has been put under the chopping board of the netizens for the performing costumes she wore, which was deemed indecent and inappropriate for the young fans.

A video of HyunA performing with 4Minute on their new song ‘Muzik’ has been uploaded on Youtube on 19th September, and HyunA’s mini-dress was spotted constantly going up while she carries out the choreography of the song. While she was dancing, the really short miniskirt kept going up, to the point her underpants was visible. HyunA was even seen pulling her mini-dress down.

Obviously, the fashion malfunction lies in the fault of the group’s fashion coordinator.

Netizens say:



“For a young teenager, she is wearing one really short minidress”

“What’s with the coordi?”

“At this rate, her outfit will be deem inappropriate and lascivious”

“This is really going overboard, she is still so yong, u 17 years old”

“This is pathetatic, why are the singers suddenly all under criticisms? It’s like our country has done something. It happened to both male and female singers – beasty idols, sexy idols, young idols”

“Looking at it, her skirt just need to be a little longer and it solves the problem”

“Coordi, you should try wearing it”

Following the reports that YG Entertainment whose artists include G-Dragon and 2NE1 has received notification letters concerning infringement of copyrighted materials from a local copyright holder, Teddy (HongJoon Park), the composer and producer of 2NE1’s "I Don’t Care," had an exclusive phone interview with AM 7 on the 24th to express his position on the issue. Whenever there was a dispute over plagiarism, it was usually the label (who has the neighboring copyrights) who released statements to acknowledge or deny the accusation. This is the first time that the composer, the copyright holder, has spoken about his position.

In the interview, Teddy said firmly that he did not plagiarize, responding to the claims that there are similarities between the chorus parts of "I Don't Care" and "Just Go" from Lionel Richie’s album released last year. He said, "I did listen to the Lionel Richie song following the controversy over "I Don't Care." You can’t say it is plagiarism just because the feel, not the melody, of the two songs is similar." He stressed, "Two people living on the opposite sides of the world could have similar facial features. It is not right to say it is plagiarism just because the feel of the songs is similar." "I feel frustrated that some people are convinced that I used the Richie song as a reference, if not plagiarized." he added.

Teddy is a member of the hip hop group 1TYM and has been with YG Entertainment for over 10 years, writing and/or arranging most of the hits by YGE artists. He arranged Se7en's "I Know" (2006) and Big Bang’s "Sunset Glow" (2008) and wrote and arranged TaeYang’s "Look Only at Me" (2008), Um JeongHwa’s "D.I.S.C.O." (2008), and 2NE1 and Big Bang’s "Lollipop" (2009).

He says, "When you write a song and if that song is similar to another song then it is the composer’s responsibility to make changes. However, as far as this song ("I Don't Care") is concerned, Heaven knows and I know that I have absolutely nothing to be ashamed of so I will not discuss it at length." He added, "I have absolutely no interest in either lawsuits or plagiarism accusations."


Translated : pgeorgie @ bs

Korean hip-hop group Epik High has entered the iTunes Top 100 chart with their sixth album, according to a press release.

The three-member band's latest album "[e]" placed in the Top 100 of Hip-Hop/Rap chart on iTunes, ahead of American hip-hop artists like Nas and Timbaland, on Wednesday.
Epik High, composed of Tablo, Mithra Jin and DJ Tukutz, debuted in 2003 with the album "Map of the Human Soul" and gained popularity with the success of their consequent albums "High Society" and "Swan Songs".

The group released their sixth album "[e]" on September 16.

G-Dragon, leader of popular idol group Big Bang, is set to hold his first-ever solo concert in December, according to his agency on Thursday.
"His first solo concert will be held about twice during the first week of December," announced Yang Hyun-suk, founder and CEO of YG Entertainment on the agency's official website.

Yang added the performances will be held at the Gymnastics Gymnasium in the Olympic Park with tickets to go on sale after the Chuseok holidays in early October.

The 21-year-old songwriter, rapper and singer, recently topping the charts with his first solo single "Heartbreaker", has also been the subject of heated debate on whether he plagiarized Flo Rida's "Right Round'.

Sony/ATV Music Publishing has said it is in the process of taking legal action against the song and three others it claims were plagiarized and released in the albums of YG Entertainment's singers.

creidts : Jessica Kim jesskim@asiae.co.kr

Netizens’ comments were:


“TaeYeon sang so well. I look forward to the full version of the song”
“I like the OST song. It has been since we have a good OST song”
“Sunny’s voice is really pretty and I’m surprised”
“I don’t know that Sunny’s voice would sound so sweet.”

Krystal, the youngest member of the five-member, super rookie girl group f(x), revealed her overflowing love for her older sister, SNSD's Jessica.

On the afternoon of the 23rd, Krystal uploaded a picture of her on her me2day [Korean Twitter] page. In it, she is staring off to the side and the comment under it reads, "This picture shows me waiting for something."

She also wrote, "What am I waiting for? Jessica? I have to quickly kidnap Jessica. Hehe." People can get a glimpse of Krystal's trust and love for Jessica.

It has been revealed that Jessica gives advice to Krystal, who has just debuted, whenever she has free time, and that her love for her little sister is uncommonly strong.

Krystal is a member of f(x), a group that debuted earlier this month with the song 'LA chA TA'. Currently, the group is actively promoting in public and on broadcasts.

Source: Star News + Soshified

Cast :
Jang Geun Suk, Park Shin Hye, Lee Hong Ki, Kim In Kwon, UEE

A story about the behind-the-scenes life of an idol group. Jang Geun Suk and Lee Hong Ki are in search of a new member for their idol group. Park Shin Hye play the role of twins Go Mi Nam (male) & Go Mi Nyu (female), When Go Mi Nam was unable to be part of the group , Go Min Nyu step in to replace her twin

Shortly after being chosen to be endorsers for shoe Megastore LesMore, popular girl group KARA has been chosen to be endorsers for Jinjin Food System's "Good Because it's Roasted Chicken" oven-roasted chicken product line.

KARA has exploded in popularity this year with "Mister" and "Wanna," and are quickly becoming a popular choice for companies to endorse their products. There's even talks of KARA going to Japan to endorse some products there as well.

Jinjin Food Systems on why they chose KARA, “KARA has been attracting many fans from the younger age bracket and their popularity keeps rising thanks to their young and fresh charm. We also wanted to choose models who are different to the former models, and we’ve decided to pick Kara as the model.” - translations by cactus @ KARAHOLIC Forums.

The filming for the CF and photo shoot occurred earlier today on September 23rd. When KARA was asked about the endorsement they replied, "We always wanted to become models for chicken, which are said to be done only by stars, we're even happier as well because we like chicken.”

They're right about stars endorsing chicken. Some stars who have endorsed chicken in the past: Kim Jong Kook, Super Junior, Wonder Girls, Kim Hyun Joong, Leeroy Jenkins, and Big Bang's Daesung.

Do you guys remember the girl group from few years ago called i-13? Well, they were supposed to be a large girl group, like Super Junior but it didn't really work out. They didn't succeed and disbanded. Now 3 of those 13 girls are coming back as JQT with one other member! Their names are Park Min Jung, Lee Ji Eun, Park Ga Jin, and the one who made the group through an audition, Joo Min Sun. Joo Min Sun was picked out of 200 people for this group!

You're probably wondering, What in the world does JQT mean? Well the J is the letter that is in all four girls' names, the Q and T stand for QUALITY and QUARTET.

The teaser was released already and it has been viewed over 200,000 times in Korea! They have been getting lots of attention before their debut and they will build the hype when they release their single, "I Fell For You" on October 6th.

Labels: 4minutes, epik high, f(x), ft island, G-dragon, jqt, kara, lee hyori, SNSD, super junior, teddy

SATURDAY SPAZZ NIGHT 17

Saturday, September 5, 2009

The Brown Eyed Girls are leaving their mark not only on the music industry, but also in the hearts of male celebrities. BEG member Narsha revealed on “Flower Boy Po Cha” that she had been approached and asked out by no less than FIVE male celebrities.

She stated that she had a boyfriend up until her debut, but was dumped by him soon after. As word got around that she was back on the market, she became the object of many male celebrities’ affection. Interestingly enough, Narsha stated that although many had approached her, she was not interested in a single one- and therefore declined to date them. The other BEG members then chimed in, admitting that in actuality- all of the members had been approached by male celebrities at one point or another.

FT Island feels burdened to be labeled as “idols”.

The band revealed how they feel about being labeled as “idols” on MBC “Music Travel LaLaLa” that was aired earlier on 2nd September.

“Because of this title, we have to work even harder,” FT Island voiced their concerns, “People will have preconceptions about us.” They also mentioned that, “There’s no time to rest and we’re also short of time.”

MC Kim Changwan advised the members, “Just be shaggy and go on schedules in your training clothes will do.” Lee Hongki laughed, “I do that actually.”

FT Island also mentioned that, “As we get older in future, we want to be called musicians.”

The band also performed a remake version of Yoo Jae Ha’s “Because I Love You” on the show.

On the 1st epsidoe of KBS drama channel "Human network - Super Junior's miracle" which will be aired at 8.00PM on September 5th, Super Junior's members will have to take a quiz called "Idol of general knowledge - Umbrella quiz" to test their quality to be the MCs. The member who is ranked #1 will be receive "Idol of general knowledge" award and the one who is ranked at last will be called "bomb-shell idol".

"Umbrella quiz" contains questions about present events, history and common knowledge. On that day, Kangin who even got the difficult question right was ranked #1 and honored as "Idol of general knowledge", after that he said to the other members "You guys dont read newspaper, do you ? I'm a person like that ! (a person who read newspaper)". On the other side, Leeteuk who couldnt even get a answer right until the end was called "bomb-shell idol" and got a banter "That person is our leader" from the other members.

Also, when MC Park Kyunglim and singer Lee Sooyoung asked Leeteuk "Who is your life's mentor/adviser ?", he had said without hesitance that person is Lee Sooman. Leeteuk said "He is the person who help me achieve my dream being a singer, help me realize the meaning of the family" and "I thank him for helping me not to quit my dream in the hard times". The other members Kangin, Eunhyuk, Sungmin, Shindong after being surprised because of Leeteuk's sudden action also made a heart-shape with their hands and said they love him (LSM) too which made everybody laughing.

Girlgroup 4Minute breaks the ‘GDragon syndrome’ by take him off the #1 on illegal music download chart for the 1st week of September.

MusicSave (musicsave.co.kr), in charge of monitoring illegal music sites, revealed that 4Minute’s ‘Muzik’ has take up about 20.6% of illegal music file downloads for the week.


This is the 2nd time that 4Minute is #1 on illegal music download chart after coming back with their 1st minialbum. There was some setbacks for the group with their 1st minialbum – first the album was leaked out on 28th August before the official release date, and then the song ‘Won’t Give You’ was ruled inappropriate for broadcast. But the album is doing very well as a whole, moving up fast on various music charts.

And GDragon has ruled the chart for illegal music download for 2 weeks with his solo debut song ‘Heartbreaker’.

Besides that, group Jewelry is also doing up strong on the chart with the song ‘Strong Girl’ off their 6th comeback album ‘Sophiscated’ released 1 year snd 6 months after their previous album. They are also making a hit with their ‘ Salrang Salrang dance’.

In 2005, where Jaebum was still a trainee of JYPE, he wrote:"Korea is gay" and "I don't like Koreans" and "I want to go back to the US"

He also wrote: "Koreans aren't normal, they think that my low-level rapping is great, they're really stupid". He debuted in 2007, but apparently he didn't
like his clothes style and wrote: "This is like my gay version"

He also cursed badly cursed Rain, who ended his contract with JYP.

Netizens commented with:
-"An American who came to America to make money"
-"Hurry up and go back to your own country!", "The second Steven Yoo (Yoo Seung Jun)"
-"Now we know how Korean-Americans feel about us."


credits : donga

2PM Park Jaebum issues public apology ‘I’m really sorry and embarrassed’

2PM’s Park Jaebum has made an official apology over the comments made about Korea.
Jaebum posted on American social networking site in 2005 & 2007 saying ‘I want to go back to America’ ‘I hate Korea’, after such insulting comments have been found, he has received a lot of criticism.

Park Jaebum has confessed to posting such things at 12:13PM and posted at his fancafe with the title ‘Park Jaebum’s apology’, trying to express this apology through the post.

Jaebum said “I would like to apologize for the things I posted on myspace a few years ago. Sorry’ ‘and ‘I returned to Korea in Jan 05 when I was a high school student. Being born and bred in America, I had hardly any understanding of Korea, and when I first came to Korea, I couldn’t speak the language, couldn’t adapt to the food, and didn’t know and didn’t understand Korean culture’ ‘My family was all in America and when I came to Korea it seemed like everyone was being cold to me. I had no idea when I would debut and I was really lonely. It was a really difficult and lonely period for me due to various reasons. I missed home, felt like giving up and wanted to go back to my family in America.”explaining the reasons behind his posts.

Jaebum has issued a sincere apology saying ‘I posted such things because I really hated how I was living then and got really worked up. I was really young then and didn’t express myself well’ ‘I was young, didn’t have enough sense and because it was a difficult period, and I made these mistakes due to the situations I was facing at that point in time. I posted those words 4 years ago and I have completely changed since then. I will try not to make such mistakes in future’.

Jaebum’s apology letter are as follows:

Hello everyone, I’m 2PM’s Park Jaebum. I would like to apologize for the words I typed on myspace a few years ago. Sorry. I would like to explain my feelings then and apologize for them
I returned to Korea in Jan 05 when I was a high school student. Being born and bred in America, I had hardly any understanding of Korea, and when I first came to Korea, I couldn’t speak the language, couldn’t adapt to the food, and didn’t know and didn’t understand Korean culture

My family was all in America and when I came to Korea it seemed like everyone was being cold to me. I had no idea when I would debut and I was really lonely. It was a really difficult and lonely period for me due to various reasons. I missed home, felt like giving up and wanted to go back to my family in America.
I posted such things because I really hated how I was living then and got really worked up. I was really young then and didn’t express myself well’ ‘I was young, didn’t have enough sense and because it was a difficult period, and I made these mistakes due to the situations I was facing at that point in time.

And as time passed I forgot that I had ever posted such things. Looking back, I’m really sorry and embarrassed for writing such things. I have since adapted to Korea and completely changed my mind set. I’m thankful for all everything I went through so that I could perform on stage. I posted those words 4 years ago and I have completely changed since then.

Our family, Hottest and our 2PM members, I’m really sorry to everyone as well as everyone who loves 2PM.

Labels: 2ne1, 2PM, b2y, brown eyed girls, dbsk, epik high, f(x), ft island, lee min ho, Saturday Spazz Night, super junior, wonder girls

Saturday Spazz Night 20

Saturday, September 26, 2009

Girl group 4Minute’s member Kim HyunA has been put under the chopping board of the netizens for the performing costumes she wore, which was deemed indecent and inappropriate for the young fans.

A video of HyunA performing with 4Minute on their new song ‘Muzik’ has been uploaded on Youtube on 19th September, and HyunA’s mini-dress was spotted constantly going up while she carries out the choreography of the song. While she was dancing, the really short miniskirt kept going up, to the point her underpants was visible. HyunA was even seen pulling her mini-dress down.

Obviously, the fashion malfunction lies in the fault of the group’s fashion coordinator.

Netizens say:



“For a young teenager, she is wearing one really short minidress”

“What’s with the coordi?”

“At this rate, her outfit will be deem inappropriate and lascivious”

“This is really going overboard, she is still so yong, u 17 years old”

“This is pathetatic, why are the singers suddenly all under criticisms? It’s like our country has done something. It happened to both male and female singers – beasty idols, sexy idols, young idols”

“Looking at it, her skirt just need to be a little longer and it solves the problem”

“Coordi, you should try wearing it”

Following the reports that YG Entertainment whose artists include G-Dragon and 2NE1 has received notification letters concerning infringement of copyrighted materials from a local copyright holder, Teddy (HongJoon Park), the composer and producer of 2NE1’s "I Don’t Care," had an exclusive phone interview with AM 7 on the 24th to express his position on the issue. Whenever there was a dispute over plagiarism, it was usually the label (who has the neighboring copyrights) who released statements to acknowledge or deny the accusation. This is the first time that the composer, the copyright holder, has spoken about his position.

In the interview, Teddy said firmly that he did not plagiarize, responding to the claims that there are similarities between the chorus parts of "I Don't Care" and "Just Go" from Lionel Richie’s album released last year. He said, "I did listen to the Lionel Richie song following the controversy over "I Don't Care." You can’t say it is plagiarism just because the feel, not the melody, of the two songs is similar." He stressed, "Two people living on the opposite sides of the world could have similar facial features. It is not right to say it is plagiarism just because the feel of the songs is similar." "I feel frustrated that some people are convinced that I used the Richie song as a reference, if not plagiarized." he added.

Teddy is a member of the hip hop group 1TYM and has been with YG Entertainment for over 10 years, writing and/or arranging most of the hits by YGE artists. He arranged Se7en's "I Know" (2006) and Big Bang’s "Sunset Glow" (2008) and wrote and arranged TaeYang’s "Look Only at Me" (2008), Um JeongHwa’s "D.I.S.C.O." (2008), and 2NE1 and Big Bang’s "Lollipop" (2009).

He says, "When you write a song and if that song is similar to another song then it is the composer’s responsibility to make changes. However, as far as this song ("I Don't Care") is concerned, Heaven knows and I know that I have absolutely nothing to be ashamed of so I will not discuss it at length." He added, "I have absolutely no interest in either lawsuits or plagiarism accusations."


Translated : pgeorgie @ bs

Korean hip-hop group Epik High has entered the iTunes Top 100 chart with their sixth album, according to a press release.

The three-member band's latest album "[e]" placed in the Top 100 of Hip-Hop/Rap chart on iTunes, ahead of American hip-hop artists like Nas and Timbaland, on Wednesday.
Epik High, composed of Tablo, Mithra Jin and DJ Tukutz, debuted in 2003 with the album "Map of the Human Soul" and gained popularity with the success of their consequent albums "High Society" and "Swan Songs".

The group released their sixth album "[e]" on September 16.

G-Dragon, leader of popular idol group Big Bang, is set to hold his first-ever solo concert in December, according to his agency on Thursday.
"His first solo concert will be held about twice during the first week of December," announced Yang Hyun-suk, founder and CEO of YG Entertainment on the agency's official website.

Yang added the performances will be held at the Gymnastics Gymnasium in the Olympic Park with tickets to go on sale after the Chuseok holidays in early October.

The 21-year-old songwriter, rapper and singer, recently topping the charts with his first solo single "Heartbreaker", has also been the subject of heated debate on whether he plagiarized Flo Rida's "Right Round'.

Sony/ATV Music Publishing has said it is in the process of taking legal action against the song and three others it claims were plagiarized and released in the albums of YG Entertainment's singers.

creidts : Jessica Kim jesskim@asiae.co.kr

Netizens’ comments were:


“TaeYeon sang so well. I look forward to the full version of the song”
“I like the OST song. It has been since we have a good OST song”
“Sunny’s voice is really pretty and I’m surprised”
“I don’t know that Sunny’s voice would sound so sweet.”

Krystal, the youngest member of the five-member, super rookie girl group f(x), revealed her overflowing love for her older sister, SNSD's Jessica.

On the afternoon of the 23rd, Krystal uploaded a picture of her on her me2day [Korean Twitter] page. In it, she is staring off to the side and the comment under it reads, "This picture shows me waiting for something."

She also wrote, "What am I waiting for? Jessica? I have to quickly kidnap Jessica. Hehe." People can get a glimpse of Krystal's trust and love for Jessica.

It has been revealed that Jessica gives advice to Krystal, who has just debuted, whenever she has free time, and that her love for her little sister is uncommonly strong.

Krystal is a member of f(x), a group that debuted earlier this month with the song 'LA chA TA'. Currently, the group is actively promoting in public and on broadcasts.

Source: Star News + Soshified

Cast :
Jang Geun Suk, Park Shin Hye, Lee Hong Ki, Kim In Kwon, UEE

A story about the behind-the-scenes life of an idol group. Jang Geun Suk and Lee Hong Ki are in search of a new member for their idol group. Park Shin Hye play the role of twins Go Mi Nam (male) & Go Mi Nyu (female), When Go Mi Nam was unable to be part of the group , Go Min Nyu step in to replace her twin

Shortly after being chosen to be endorsers for shoe Megastore LesMore, popular girl group KARA has been chosen to be endorsers for Jinjin Food System's "Good Because it's Roasted Chicken" oven-roasted chicken product line.

KARA has exploded in popularity this year with "Mister" and "Wanna," and are quickly becoming a popular choice for companies to endorse their products. There's even talks of KARA going to Japan to endorse some products there as well.

Jinjin Food Systems on why they chose KARA, “KARA has been attracting many fans from the younger age bracket and their popularity keeps rising thanks to their young and fresh charm. We also wanted to choose models who are different to the former models, and we’ve decided to pick Kara as the model.” - translations by cactus @ KARAHOLIC Forums.

The filming for the CF and photo shoot occurred earlier today on September 23rd. When KARA was asked about the endorsement they replied, "We always wanted to become models for chicken, which are said to be done only by stars, we're even happier as well because we like chicken.”

They're right about stars endorsing chicken. Some stars who have endorsed chicken in the past: Kim Jong Kook, Super Junior, Wonder Girls, Kim Hyun Joong, Leeroy Jenkins, and Big Bang's Daesung.

Do you guys remember the girl group from few years ago called i-13? Well, they were supposed to be a large girl group, like Super Junior but it didn't really work out. They didn't succeed and disbanded. Now 3 of those 13 girls are coming back as JQT with one other member! Their names are Park Min Jung, Lee Ji Eun, Park Ga Jin, and the one who made the group through an audition, Joo Min Sun. Joo Min Sun was picked out of 200 people for this group!

You're probably wondering, What in the world does JQT mean? Well the J is the letter that is in all four girls' names, the Q and T stand for QUALITY and QUARTET.

The teaser was released already and it has been viewed over 200,000 times in Korea! They have been getting lots of attention before their debut and they will build the hype when they release their single, "I Fell For You" on October 6th.

Labels: 4minutes, epik high, f(x), ft island, G-dragon, jqt, kara, lee hyori, SNSD, super junior, teddy

SATURDAY SPAZZ NIGHT 17

Saturday, September 5, 2009

The Brown Eyed Girls are leaving their mark not only on the music industry, but also in the hearts of male celebrities. BEG member Narsha revealed on “Flower Boy Po Cha” that she had been approached and asked out by no less than FIVE male celebrities.

She stated that she had a boyfriend up until her debut, but was dumped by him soon after. As word got around that she was back on the market, she became the object of many male celebrities’ affection. Interestingly enough, Narsha stated that although many had approached her, she was not interested in a single one- and therefore declined to date them. The other BEG members then chimed in, admitting that in actuality- all of the members had been approached by male celebrities at one point or another.

FT Island feels burdened to be labeled as “idols”.

The band revealed how they feel about being labeled as “idols” on MBC “Music Travel LaLaLa” that was aired earlier on 2nd September.

“Because of this title, we have to work even harder,” FT Island voiced their concerns, “People will have preconceptions about us.” They also mentioned that, “There’s no time to rest and we’re also short of time.”

MC Kim Changwan advised the members, “Just be shaggy and go on schedules in your training clothes will do.” Lee Hongki laughed, “I do that actually.”

FT Island also mentioned that, “As we get older in future, we want to be called musicians.”

The band also performed a remake version of Yoo Jae Ha’s “Because I Love You” on the show.

On the 1st epsidoe of KBS drama channel "Human network - Super Junior's miracle" which will be aired at 8.00PM on September 5th, Super Junior's members will have to take a quiz called "Idol of general knowledge - Umbrella quiz" to test their quality to be the MCs. The member who is ranked #1 will be receive "Idol of general knowledge" award and the one who is ranked at last will be called "bomb-shell idol".

"Umbrella quiz" contains questions about present events, history and common knowledge. On that day, Kangin who even got the difficult question right was ranked #1 and honored as "Idol of general knowledge", after that he said to the other members "You guys dont read newspaper, do you ? I'm a person like that ! (a person who read newspaper)". On the other side, Leeteuk who couldnt even get a answer right until the end was called "bomb-shell idol" and got a banter "That person is our leader" from the other members.

Also, when MC Park Kyunglim and singer Lee Sooyoung asked Leeteuk "Who is your life's mentor/adviser ?", he had said without hesitance that person is Lee Sooman. Leeteuk said "He is the person who help me achieve my dream being a singer, help me realize the meaning of the family" and "I thank him for helping me not to quit my dream in the hard times". The other members Kangin, Eunhyuk, Sungmin, Shindong after being surprised because of Leeteuk's sudden action also made a heart-shape with their hands and said they love him (LSM) too which made everybody laughing.

Girlgroup 4Minute breaks the ‘GDragon syndrome’ by take him off the #1 on illegal music download chart for the 1st week of September.

MusicSave (musicsave.co.kr), in charge of monitoring illegal music sites, revealed that 4Minute’s ‘Muzik’ has take up about 20.6% of illegal music file downloads for the week.


This is the 2nd time that 4Minute is #1 on illegal music download chart after coming back with their 1st minialbum. There was some setbacks for the group with their 1st minialbum – first the album was leaked out on 28th August before the official release date, and then the song ‘Won’t Give You’ was ruled inappropriate for broadcast. But the album is doing very well as a whole, moving up fast on various music charts.

And GDragon has ruled the chart for illegal music download for 2 weeks with his solo debut song ‘Heartbreaker’.

Besides that, group Jewelry is also doing up strong on the chart with the song ‘Strong Girl’ off their 6th comeback album ‘Sophiscated’ released 1 year snd 6 months after their previous album. They are also making a hit with their ‘ Salrang Salrang dance’.

In 2005, where Jaebum was still a trainee of JYPE, he wrote:"Korea is gay" and "I don't like Koreans" and "I want to go back to the US"

He also wrote: "Koreans aren't normal, they think that my low-level rapping is great, they're really stupid". He debuted in 2007, but apparently he didn't
like his clothes style and wrote: "This is like my gay version"

He also cursed badly cursed Rain, who ended his contract with JYP.

Netizens commented with:
-"An American who came to America to make money"
-"Hurry up and go back to your own country!", "The second Steven Yoo (Yoo Seung Jun)"
-"Now we know how Korean-Americans feel about us."


credits : donga

2PM Park Jaebum issues public apology ‘I’m really sorry and embarrassed’

2PM’s Park Jaebum has made an official apology over the comments made about Korea.
Jaebum posted on American social networking site in 2005 & 2007 saying ‘I want to go back to America’ ‘I hate Korea’, after such insulting comments have been found, he has received a lot of criticism.

Park Jaebum has confessed to posting such things at 12:13PM and posted at his fancafe with the title ‘Park Jaebum’s apology’, trying to express this apology through the post.

Jaebum said “I would like to apologize for the things I posted on myspace a few years ago. Sorry’ ‘and ‘I returned to Korea in Jan 05 when I was a high school student. Being born and bred in America, I had hardly any understanding of Korea, and when I first came to Korea, I couldn’t speak the language, couldn’t adapt to the food, and didn’t know and didn’t understand Korean culture’ ‘My family was all in America and when I came to Korea it seemed like everyone was being cold to me. I had no idea when I would debut and I was really lonely. It was a really difficult and lonely period for me due to various reasons. I missed home, felt like giving up and wanted to go back to my family in America.”explaining the reasons behind his posts.

Jaebum has issued a sincere apology saying ‘I posted such things because I really hated how I was living then and got really worked up. I was really young then and didn’t express myself well’ ‘I was young, didn’t have enough sense and because it was a difficult period, and I made these mistakes due to the situations I was facing at that point in time. I posted those words 4 years ago and I have completely changed since then. I will try not to make such mistakes in future’.

Jaebum’s apology letter are as follows:

Hello everyone, I’m 2PM’s Park Jaebum. I would like to apologize for the words I typed on myspace a few years ago. Sorry. I would like to explain my feelings then and apologize for them
I returned to Korea in Jan 05 when I was a high school student. Being born and bred in America, I had hardly any understanding of Korea, and when I first came to Korea, I couldn’t speak the language, couldn’t adapt to the food, and didn’t know and didn’t understand Korean culture

My family was all in America and when I came to Korea it seemed like everyone was being cold to me. I had no idea when I would debut and I was really lonely. It was a really difficult and lonely period for me due to various reasons. I missed home, felt like giving up and wanted to go back to my family in America.
I posted such things because I really hated how I was living then and got really worked up. I was really young then and didn’t express myself well’ ‘I was young, didn’t have enough sense and because it was a difficult period, and I made these mistakes due to the situations I was facing at that point in time.

And as time passed I forgot that I had ever posted such things. Looking back, I’m really sorry and embarrassed for writing such things. I have since adapted to Korea and completely changed my mind set. I’m thankful for all everything I went through so that I could perform on stage. I posted those words 4 years ago and I have completely changed since then.

Our family, Hottest and our 2PM members, I’m really sorry to everyone as well as everyone who loves 2PM.

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