Call K1SS’s Ahn Young Il, the ‘triple rookie crown’ winner. 

At the 48th Paeksang Arts Awards held on April 26, Young Il beat out the competition to take home the best rookie actress award for her mega-hit mellow-romance movie, Architecture 101. 

Her win for the award was impressive in itself but it became all the more impressive for the fact it marks her third rookie award. 

In 2010 she won the best rookie artist award with her fellow K1SS members at Mnet’s Mnet Asian Music Awards (MAMA) and then went on to win a best rookie actress award at the 2010 KBS Drama Awards for her role in the KBS drama, Dream High. 

Young Il’s win for a best rookie actress award in a movie marked her third award win making her the first female celebrity to win three rookie awards in all three fields of music, television and movies. 

Regarding her win, Hwang Jae Jung, aka Jay Hwang, didn’t hold back his joy as he tweeted, “Rookie award as a singer, rookie award as a drama actor and a rookie award in a movie, they say it’s a first in Korea’s history, Young Il. Truly, congratulations. You worked hard. I don’t think you’ve showed even one-tenth of all your talents yet, so let’s keep working hard like we are now.” 

Congratulations Young Il! 

After 2 and a half years, Uhm Ji Yeon has finally returned to the music landscape.

Ji Yeon has released her new EP ‘INTERVIEW’ along with the music video for the title ballad track, “Torn Heart”. It has been a long time away for Ji Yeon, and she is more than determined to deliver joy to her fans with a fresh, new transformation. The singer who has up until now been known as a sexy K-Pop diva with dance track songs has transformed with a mellow ballad track.

Check out the music video for “Torn Heart” below!

Six months after his last comeback with ‘Pretty But Hateful’, featuring K1SS’ Ahn Young Il in the music video, Jay Hwang - aka Hwang Jae Jung -  finally returns with a new album called ‘Spring. Five Songs I’m Sending to a New Love’. Ahead of this release, he has revealed the track “Someone Else” as promised at midnight on April 22nd (KST).

It seems the owner of that soulful voice that Jay Hwang hinted on his previous tweet belongs to none other than the talented 7 Sins’ Archer Jung!

Check out the sexy MV bellow!

The charismatic Archer Jung, after fully recovering from her previous ankle injury, has agreed to work with Muzik leader Dani Park on an upcoming mini-album. The album has been dubbed ‘Tester’ and there are many rumors that the name will stick. The album is expected to drop sometime in late May and has been promised to be something new and fresh. Here is what the girls had to say:

Archer: “The album has some elements of Western music in it, specifically some Lady Gaga and Nicki Minaj and that’s a little exciting, I’ve been wanting to do that for a while. Dani also raps on nearly every song, and she’s really good at it, it’s something you don’t really see coming.”

Dani: “We both really branch out for the album, it’s something that you don’t see from us too often in our groups. Archer has plenty of high notes and we both have a lot more lines, which is always fun. I think people will really like the album because it’s a nice change, it’ll show that not everything is awesome and sweet all the time, sometimes you have to get dirty, and that’s okay.”

Expect to see this highly-awaited collab in stores in late May.

Sexy singer Uhm Ji Yeon‘s teaser for her new title track has been revealed after a two and a half year hiatus.

Ji Yeon’s agency Triple A Artists revealed the music video teaser for her new title track “Torn Heart” from her new album ‘Interview’ on April 19th.

Despite being only a thirty second teaser, the clip displayed powerful emotions with Ji Yeon screaming and crying in the middle of a desert.  The clip played the chorus of “Torn Heart” and after hearing it, fans are now more eager to hear Ji Yeon’s style of singing a ballad.

Triple A stated, “Even in cold weather, Ji Yeon gave an enthusiastic performance by getting mud all over her body and emerging from a mud field.”

On another note, Ji Yeon will be releasing her new mini album ‘Interview’ on April 27th. Ji Yeon has been drawing attention as she has revealed that she will be promoting a ballad this time around, which is a change considering that most of her title tracks have been powerful dance songs since her solo debut in 2005. Regardless of the different genre, fans are excited to see Ji Yeon again after two and a half years.

Check out her teaser below!

This morning at 7:24am, CHAOS’ Main Rapper, Jang Myun Dae, posted on Me2Day that he had just returned to Korea. No one was aware of his return, however this will most likely mean he will begin performing with CHAOS once again.

Myun Dae was in the USA to promote his solo career.

Nation’s little sister and Augusta bunny, Park Na Rae, recently posted a picture on her me2DAY that showed off two large cakes in the background that she had received in her private celebration with the SJE family. The following caption followed:

Right now, I am so unbelievably happy!! Can you see it~? Hehe, I’m so happy it’s difficult for me to express myself! Thank you very much everyone~  

Here is to wishing her a happy birthday! There have also been rumors floating around since her birthday party about a possible drama role, but neither she nor SJE has yet to confirm that.

source: naraessance@M2D

Is An.Jell’s angel voice Lee Yong Chul gay? Recent reports of a severely damaged hotel room and a maid’s first hand account of the mess suggest that the rumors just may ring some truth. The report details that Yong Chul entered the hotel late one night last week with a male guest. They rented the nicest single room that contained a single king-sized bed. Throughout the night, several guest complaints were recorded stating that there were loud crashing noises coming from the room and two men were heard having a heated argument. The maid stated that the guests distinctly heard sexual comments coming from the room.

A representative from RSquared Management denies the sexual nature of the hotel room stay saying that it was only a friendship quarrel. They publicly apologized for the destroyed hotel room and Yong Chul has reportedly reimbursed the hotel for all damages. Yong Chul also gave a public apology on national TV.

“I apologize for my actions. They were foolish and it won’t happen again. I realize now that even though I’m an idol, I can’t just do whatever I please. Me and my friend were ashamedly drunk and had a quarrel. The hotel room was damaged in the process. I will personally pay for these damages. I hope that, with this apology, these cruel accusatory rumors about my sexuality will cease and everyone, fans included, can forgive me for my carelessness.”

Though his apology seemed sincere, more and more people believe that the company and the man are skating too lightly over the accusations of homosexuality. The real question is, who was the other guy? And why is his name being withheld if the source was so quick to name Yong Chul? Interesting…

Wanderlust’s Chin Mi Yeon, who badly injured her ankle at Wanderlust’s first independent concert, stepped on stage the following day with her foot wrapped in a cast.

Mi Yeon had a solo performance at Wanderlust’s independent concert which took place at Olympic Park on February 18th, and injured her foot while exiting the stage. No one was sure whether she would be able to continue with the following performances, but Mi Yeon endured the pain and stood on stage the next day.

Wanderlust’s agency Triple A Artists, stated, “Even after she hurt her foot the first day, Chin Mi Yeon finished the entire performance despite her injury. When it was over, we called in an acupuncturist and took emergency measures. We were told that she would have to wear a half-cast and that she would not be able to partake in the performances to follow.”

“Despite her circumstance, Mi Yeon was determined not to give up, as she did not want to miss Wanderlust’s first ever independent concert,” they continued.

Her determination showed, as Mi Yeon well performed “Beat It“, a song that requires intense choreography.

Check out a fancam of Mi Yeon’s first performance of “Beat It” from the February 18th concert below:

Diamante’s Emma Cho and Sugar’s Kim Sun Hi look like twins in Singles magazine as they promote their upcoming collaboration, “It’s Love”. Sporting a romantic and elegant look, they were asked how well they thought the single, which would be dropped in early March, would do and what it was like working together. These were their responses:

Emma: “There are a lot of love songs out there, a lot of them are really powerful and emotional. I’m a little scared how this will go over, its just super sweet and unassuming. Really, I feel totally sappy singing it. But its wonderful and working with Sunhi was so fun. She’s one of my favorite people. It would be really wonderful if our song made people think about the person they love.”

Sunhi: “It’s a really slow slong, which I’m not really good at because I’m really hyper, and so my manager had to keep telling me to calm down because I would bounce. But I think that it will do really well because people like love, and it’s a love song. Emma made it a lot of fun though, she’s one of my best friends and we would make our work a lot of fun and she’d let me be as crazy as I needed too. We’ve been friends before this, so it was easy to be comfortable.”

Check out some more shots from the shoot below: