keyber Conversation

Key: She is my baby
Amber: He’s my boo
Key: She’s my boo. Actually, that’s not she, he
Amber: “He”?
Key: Yeah.
Amber: Hyung~! Hyung~! Hyung~! Key Hyung~!

Key: You look bizarre.
Amber: I look bizarre?
Key: lizzare
Amber: A lizzard?
Key: Lizzard. Yeah. Right. Lizard.
Amber: You look like a mouse.
Key: Hahaha..
Tiba-tiba ada suara Taemin yang duduk dibelakang Key berkata:“HEH MOUSE!” ha..ha.
Key: Am I?
Amber: You’re a mouse.

Amber: key Hyung.
Key: Oh my god I’m frikkin’ tired. I got a cold. So sick.
My body is so hot. That means I’m so hot.
Amber: He’s hot.
Key: I’m hot.

Super Junior

re interesting to say the least. Though the K-pop group originally consisted of 13 different performers, there are ten today. Despite this, the three individuals who have moved on still claim to be members of the group. Kang-in had left the organization to fulfill his military service requirement. Kibum left because he wanted to pursue an acting career. Han Geng has left to return to his native China.

In fact, there have been several connections that Super Junior made in the People’s Republic of China, and these have been fraught with controversy and gossip. When the band announced they would start promoting in that county, there was a decent level of fan outrage. A new subgroup, Super Junior-M, was formed that references the word Mandarin in the name. To protest the addition of new members, a fan website known as Only 13 popped up.

Some fans planned to boycott SM Entertainment’s products while others settled into a silent protest. There were even efforts to gain a controlling interest in the company to let fans plan Super Junior’s moves. Fans had purchased 58,206 shares of stock in SM Entertainment by March 20, 2008. This represented only 0.3% of the company’s total volume, but the fans stated that they would use every change they got to prevent Super Junior from ending up with some extra members.

As if Super Junior hadn’t seen enough controversy, there was a disagreement with the Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation over the time-slot that Kang-in would be appearing in. In protest, MBC put a temporary ban on performances featuring other members of Super Junior on their network. Kang-in also ended up loosing his ability to MC events on Show! Music Core. These would ultimately go to T.O.P. of Big Bang.

A lawsuit over contract rights that involved Han Geng’s termination with SM Entertainment simply added more flame to the fire. To top it off, Han Geng had a number of performance restriction controversies. Add this to the news of a conflict during the Expo 2010, and fans have plenty to talk about between releases.

CN Blue

CN Blue is a South Korean indie rock band that has debuted on August 19, 2009 in Japan with their first mini album entitled, now or never. There are many who coined them as the “second FT Island.” The group released four teasers for their first album, Bluetory that stars each member per video with a sequence of Jonghyun, Minhyuk, Jungshin and the last one is Jung Yong Hwa beginning from the 6^th, 8^th, 11^th and 13^th of January respectively, CN Blue had debuted on January 14 with their first mini album and lead single “I’m a loner”

In January, the FNC Music releases a new teaser pictures for the group’s debut in South Korea. The Bluetory was released on January 14, 2010. It had stayed as the part of the Gaon Chart in the whole two weeks, “I’m a loner” was the chosen title track for this.  The song had reached the number two spot, making their break into the industry. The group attended their first live stage on KBS Music Bank on January 15 and got first spot on the shows’ chart win on January 29.

They were headed back to Korea in May to release their next promotional single entitled, “Love Light” on 10^th of May, 2010. The said song had reached the number ten on the Korean National Chart and was foreshadowed their upcoming release.

After their recorded success in Korea, CN Blue had headed back to Japan. There, they had released their first single, “the way” on June 23. For the very first time, they had been charted within the Oricon top 40 with them being the 26^th. Their release was followed by “I Don’t Know Why” on September 16 of the same year. The song had reached the number eight spot of the Oricon daily chart that marks their first time reaching the top ten since debut. On the weekly chart, the group had also reached the number 15 spot making them happy and proud. As for the Japanese Indie Top Chart, the group has eventually reached the number one rank.  The indie band had also done some small tours around the country of Japan to express and shows their different promotions.

Their members Kang Min Hyuk and Lee Jong Hyun are going to star in the Korean movie “Acoustic”. On October 7^th, they had released a song from the soundtrack entitled “High Fly” that reached number 98 in Gaon Chart.

On 9^th of January, the group had released their 3^rd Japanese single, titles as Re-maintenance. They had then started off their 2011 Japanese promotions with Zepp Tour in four cities of the country including Osaka, Fukuoka, Nagoya and Tokyo from January 9^th to 16^th respectively.

The group’s entertainment agency in Korea, FNC Music had released teasers for their comeback in February 2011, but unfortunately it was later changed to March 21. The teaser was take notice for having a “more of the same departure from their pop rock sound into a heavier concept.”

4MINUTE

4minute is a South Korean girl band under the company Cube Entertainment. The band includes Ji Hyun, Ga Yoon, Ji Yoon, Hyuna and So Hyun. The gformation of the group was announced in the month of May in the year 2009. Their designated leader is Ji Hyun and Hyuna was actually a former member of the girl group Wonder Girls. On June 11, 2009, they had released online the silhouette teaser video along with their official website. The other three members have shown their identities the next day June 12 to keep the excitement to some viewers.

They had released a teaser for their very first single “Hot issue” on June 10 and they had debuted on June 18. The girls have promoted the song since its release and continue those promotions until August. At the end of the month of August, they had released a mini album entitled, “For Muzik” which was alongside with their second single, “Muzik”. Their third single was called “what a girl wants” was announced not ong after the release of their EP.

On January 13, 2011, the girls had participated at Digi Live K-pop Party 2011 in Stadium Negara, Malaysia together with B2ST and G.NA. 4minute was awarded by Bonsang Award during the 20^th Seoul Music Awards on 20^th of January, 2011. On February 6, the girls had attended the 2010 Billboard Japan Music Awards and gained the “Kpop New Artist Award.”

On January 19, 2011, it was revealed that 4minute will be releasing their fourth Japanese single named “WHY” on March 9 and will be the theme song  to TV Asahi drama, “Akutou~Juuhanzai Sousahan”. The MV teaser for the said song was released on January 21, 200 and the full music video was followed up in February 7, 2011.

On February 23, the girls had modeled for the well-known bridal designer Yumi Katsura for her “2011 Paris Grand Collection Tokyo fashion Show” that was held in Tokyo’s Ryogoku Kokugikan. At the end of the show they had performed the Japanese version of their song Muzik and WHY. They had also performed at the 50th Anniversary Music Wave Concert in Thailand last March 12, 2011.

On January 12, 201, their management company, Cube Entertainment had initially revealed that 4minute will come back with a full official album in March. There are several teasers that were released featuring a “Steal 20″ concept. It was then revealed that they would release a mini-album, titled Heart to Heart that has 5 songs. The MV teaser for “Heart to Heart” was released last March 28, 2011 and the full music video was released on March 29, 2011. The MV also stars the CN Blue’s Jungshin.

On April 5, they released their first full official album titled 4MINUTES LEFT. They have also just released their new MV mirror mirror. The album consists of all the songs the Heart to Heart digital EP, some of the tracks from their debut album in Japan, DIAMOND, as well as the new single Mirror Mirror.

YUI

Yui, stylized as YUI, (born March 26, 1987) is a Japanese singer-songwriter, composer, actress, and radio personality. Born and raised in Fukuoka, she played live at various locations in her home town before being noticed by Sony Music Japan when she was 17 and released her debut single months later. However her singles were only met with moderate success until her breakout "Good-bye Days", which charted for 44 weeks on Oricon and marked her as one of the Japanese music industry's rising stars.^[1]

Since her debut album, From Me to You, each of her albums has topped the charts, and has had at least one single reach number one yearly since 2007, including five straight from mid-2008 to late-2010.^[2]

She is popular in Japan and in surrounding countries, ranking number one in 2011 Count Down TV "Dearest Female Artist"^[3] and Music Station "Artist You Most Want to Marry"^[4] polls, as well as Radio Television Hong Kong's "Most Popular Japanese Artist".^[5]

FT Island

F.T. Island (Korean: 에프티 아일랜드 Japanese: エフティー・アイランド; stylized as FTISLAND), short for Five Treasured Island, is a five-member South Korean band. The members are consist of Choi Jong Hun (leader, guitar and keyboard), Lee Hongki (lead vocals), Lee Jae Jin (bass and vocals), Song Seung Hyun (guitar and vocals), and Choi Min Hwan (drums). Their debut album, titled "Cheerful Sensibility", was the sixth best-selling album in 2007. Their debut song "Lovesick" topped the K-Pop charts for eight consecutive weeks.^[2] Oh Won Bin had been a member of the band up until the beginning of 2009.

Davichi

Davichi (Korean: 다비치) is a South Korean duet female group made up of Lee Hae-ri (이해리) and Kang Min-kyung (강민경,姜珉耿). Debuting in 2008, they won various new artist awards, and released a mini-album in March 2009, with the lead single "8282" fast becoming a chart-topper.^[1] In September 2011 Davichi's song Love Delight ( Don't Say Goodbye) peaked at number one on the Korean K-Pop Hot 100 billboard chart^[2].

Simfoni Luar Biasa Tayang di Bioskop!

Bosan dengan film laga, hantu, atau film roman remaja, bagaimana jika kali ini Anda nonton SIMFONI LUAR BIASA? Bukan sekedar film biasa dengan ide cerita basi, tapi sebuah film yang akan meninggalkan kenangan dan pelajaran berharga untuk Anda, khususnya bagi mereka yang peduli dengan nasib dan kisah anak-anak luar biasa.
Siapa anak-anak luar biasa itu? Mereka adalah anak-anak berkebutuhan khusus yang selama ini jarang diangkat jadi ide utama sebuah film, meski film tentang anak-anak sudah mulai banyak digarap.
Nilai lebih dari film ini adalah bintang utamanya yang diperankan Christian Bautista, bintang pop Filipina yang namanya cukup tenar di Indonesia. Bautista akan berperan sebagai Jayden Valarao, penyanyi yang berambisi menjadi rockstart dan menembus industri musik.
Saat film dibuka, kita akan melihat Jayden bernyanyi di sebuah kedai, di hadapan penonton yang kebanyakan mabuk anggur. Jelas ini bukan karier yang dibayangkan oleh Jayden. Singkat cerita, Jayden terbang ke Jakarta dan bertemu dengan ibu kandungnya (Ira Wibowo) yang merupakan ketua yayasan dari sekolah anak- anak berkebutuhan khusus. Jayden pun menjadi dekat dan mengajarkan musik kepada anak-anak berkebutuhan yang ternyata memiliki bakat musik yang luar biasa.
Cerita tak hanya berfokus pada sosok Jayden, tapi juga hubungan beberapa murid sekolah luar biasa dengan orang-orang di sekitarnya, dengan orangtua, pengajar, sesama murid, maupun anak-anak di luar sekolah. Beberapa pihak bisa menerima, beberapa menolak, beberapa lebih memilih bersikap cuek.
Sampai akhirnya mereka tampil di panggung kompetisi, menang atau kalah tak lagi jadi soal. Pertanyaan yang lebih penting adalah akankah mereka bisa diterima? Mengingat dalam kompetisi mereka akan bersaing dengan sekolah biasa. Melalui pergumulan dan perjuangan untuk bisa diterima, SIMFONI LUAR BIASA berusaha menarik simpati penonton, termasuk simpati Anda.
Kisahnya begitu penuh simpatik dan menyentuh. Film ini sendiri meraih sukses di Filipina sejak diputar 3 Agustus lalu, dan akan segera ditayangkan di bioskop-bioskop di Indonesia per 29 September 2011.
Saat akhir pekan nanti, sempatkan waktu nonton SIMFONI LUAR BIASA. Sebuah film yang akan membuat kita lebih merasa bersyukur dengan diri kita.

Jang Geun Suk Gelar Tur Jepang, Tiket Ludes dalam Lima Menit!

Jang Geun Suk akan melakukan tur di tiga kota di Jepang termasuk Nagoya, Osaka, dan Tokyo selama bulan Oktober. Tree J Company menyatakan, “Dengan pengalaman wisata Jepang Jang Geun Suk tahun lalu dan respon positif terhadap kinerja tur Asia tahun ini, kami telah memutuskan untuk mempersiapkan tur arena Jepang.”
Tur kali ini akan menampilkan konsep pertunjukan dongeng Jang Geun Suk sebagai pangeran hutan. Acara ini akan terdiri dari kombinasi dari musik dan konser. Jang Geun Suk akan menciptakan alur cerita yang akan disuguhkan pada paruh pertama pertunjukan. Acara ini akan dimulai dengan lagu hit ‘Let Me Cry’, dan berjalan menuju berbagai lagu dance, balada, dan genre rock. Selain itu, efek khusus dan pertunjukan DJ akan ditampilkan oleh Lounge H.

Popularitas Hallyu Tingkatkan Ekspor Konten Kreatif Korea

Pada 22 September lalu, Ministry of Culture and the Korea Creative Content Agency (KOCCA) merilis sebuah gambaran untuk paruh kedua tahun 2011 dan menemukan bahwa total penjualan yang dibuat oleh industri ini berjumlah sekitar $27.500.000.000 USD, sebuah peningkatan 15,6% (atau sekitar $ 4 milyar USD) dibandingkan rekor tahun lalu.
Dalam segi ekspor juga telah mengalami peningkatan 27,2% dibandingkan tahun lalu, dimana total sekitar $ 2 milyar USD. Hasil yang seperti terlihat di seluruh papan, sebagaimana keuntungan usaha meningkat sebesar 18,2%, 95,9% dari penyiaran, dan iklan dengan 104,3%.
Penyiaran melihat mengalami peningkatan tajam terutama karena popularitas drama seperti ‘Daemul’, ‘Ginat’, dan ‘Secret Garden’. Banyak drama populer Hallyu yang diekspor, menambah total penjualan. Semester pertama tahun 2011 mengalami peningkatan 379,3% dalam penjualan.
Penjualan internasional untuk SBS Content Hubs total sekitar $ 38.200.000 USD. Kementerian tersebut menyatakan, “Dengan popularitas yang luas dari Hallyu, ekspor konten Korea telah meningkat. Kami berharap untuk melanjutkan momentum ini dengan meningkatkan upaya kami dalam menciptakan produk-produk berkualitas tinggi.”

Girls’ Generation to Release Third Full Album “The Boys” on October 5th

Girls’ Generation will be making their comeback on October 5th.
Girls’ Generation will be releasing their third official album’s title single “The Boys” on October 4th. The full album itself will be released on iTunes in Korea, as well as the rest of Asia, Europe, and the Americas, at the same time on October 5th.
As Girls’ Generation has grown as a girl group that gains attention, not only in Asia, but all over the world, they have planned a fitting “worldwide” concept. They are planning on revealing both Korean and English versions of ‘The Boys”, for both the song and music video.
“The Boys” was written and composed/arranged by Teddy Riley, who was Michael Jackson’s producer, as well as the founder of “New Jack Swing” and Black Street member in the 1990s. He is currently known as one of the best producers all around the world, and has garnered even more attention after it became known he was working with Girls’ Generation.
Starting with Taeyeon on September 26th, teaser images will be released in order. It is predicted that the anticipation amongst fans will grow regarding their new single and performance.

Laskar Pelangi Kini Merambah Korea Selatan

Novel best-seller 'Laskar Pelangi' yang telah terjual di Indonesia secara resmi sebanyak sekitar lima juta eksemplar itu rupanya telah menembus pasar Korea Selatan.
Semenjak bulan Agustus 2011 lalu, novel tulisan Andrea Hirata tersebut telah tersedia dalam alfabet Hangul di negeri gingseng.
"Novel di Korea (Selatan), senang. Ternyata, penulis Indonesia bisa juga berkiprah di pasaran internasional, seperti penulis-penulis Asia lainnya dari China, India. Sebetulnya kita sanggup," kata Andrea, usai konferensi pers 'Musikal Laskar Pelangi Menuju Esplanade Singapura', di Red and Whyne Cafe, Kemang, Jakarta, Sabtu (24/9/2011) siang.
Upaya internasionalisasi ini tidak terlepas akan idealisme penulis tetralogi Laskar Pelangi -Laskar Pelangi, Sang Pemimpi, Edensor, dan Maryamah Karpov- itu akan ekspansi budaya.
Menurut Andrea, sudah saatnya bagi Indonesia jauh berpikir luas, mengamati pasar internasional yang ternyata juga bisa menyukai hasil-hasil karya anak negeri.
"Peluang penulis Indonesia untuk menulis dan mengabarkannya ke seluruh dunia sebenarnya besar. Orang-orang di luar sana suka dengan apa yang disebut sebagai culturally spesific, kisah-kisah tentang budaya, kehidupan masyarakat di Indonesia. Itu diminati pembaca di luar. Saya masih terus belajar agar terbit di lebih banyak negara," lanjut Andrea.
Korea Selatan menjadi salah satu negara pertama tempat ekspansi karya novel Laskar Pelangi setelah sebelumnya mencoba merambah negara-negara serumpun seperti Malaysia dan Singapura.
Bahkan, di kedua negara jiran tersebut, Laskar Pelangi turut menjadi best-seller dalam artian besar secara kuantitas untuk buku yang diminati.
Selama ini pula, semenjak kemunculan pertamanya novel Laskar Pelangi tahun 2005 silam, ekspansi baru sebatas dilakukan ke dalam penerjemahan bahasa Inggris.
"Buku ini juga telah sampai di India dan Australia setelah ke Malaysia dan Australia," kata Dita, bagian penerbit dan manajemen Andrea menambahkan.
Rencananya, novel berkisahkan tentang pengalaman sepuluh anak Belitung dalam meraih mimpi itu akan dicetak ke dalam 26 bahasa di 30 negara.
"Saat ini China untuk Taipei sudah, tapi China Mainland belum termasuk, belum untuk Hong Kong," sambung Dita.
Manajemen pun masih menjajaki untuk kawasan Jepang dan negara-negara Eropa. "Bahkan di AS dan Inggris masih belum. Kemungkinan tahun 2012 nanti sudah ada novel tersebut di jual di sana," ungkap Dita lagi.
"Saya harap, lebih banyak buku lagi seperti Laskar Pelangi dihadirkan oleh orang-orang Indonesia di masa mendatang," harap Andrea penuh semangat.

2NE1

2NE1 (Hangul: 투애니원; RR: tu-aeniwon; pronounced "to anyone"^[1] or "twenty-one"^[2]) is a South Korean hip-hop/pop girl group formed by YG Entertainment in 2009. 2NE1 consists of four members: Bom, Dara, CL, and Minzy. The group's name 2NE1 stands for "New Evolution of the 21st Century".^[3]
They first appeared in "Lollipop", a commercial campaign with Big Bang for LG Electronics, and their debut single "Fire" was released on May 6, 2009. Since then, the group has released two extended plays, 2NE1 and 2NE1 2nd Mini Album, and one studio album, To Anyone

Girls' Generation (Korean: 소녀시대, Hanja/Kanji: 少女時代; Sonyeo Sidae) is a nine-member South Korean girl group formed by S.M. Entertainment in 2007. The nine members are: Taeyeon (Leader), Jessica, Sunny, Tiffany, Hyoyeon, Yuri, Sooyoung, Yoona and Seohyun. They are often referred to as SoShi (소시, Hanja: 少時), or SNSD; the first is an abbreviation and the second, mainly used outside Korea, is an acronym of the group's Korean name So Nyuh Shi Dae.

The SNSD group has released two Korean full albums, three Korean mini-albums, one Japanese full album and various singles. Their 2009 hit single "Gee" holds the record for being the longest running No.1 song on KBS's Music Bank, having held the No.1 chart ranking for 9 consecutive weeks. Gee was named song of the decade by the Korean music site, Melon.^[1] The group also won various awards in 2009 and 2010, including consecutive Artist of the Year (Daesang) awards at the Seoul Music Awards, Golden Disk Awards, Melon Music Awards, and the Korean Cultural Entertainment Awards.

The group began a foray into the Japanese music scene in late 2010 under Nayutawave Records, a part of Universal Music, with the Japanese remakes of their 2009 Korean hits "Tell Me Your Wish (Genie)" and "Gee".^[2] 2009 saw the group reach considerable success in Korea after winning the prestigious Disk Daesang (Album of the Year), Seoul Music Awards, and Melon Music Awards respectively.

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