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[WEEKLY FEATURE] STAY TONIGHT WITH KIM CHUNG HA

by Stephanie Macayan May 2, 2020

After the success of her single ‘Snapping’, Kim Chung Ha is back with her pre-release single ‘Stay Tonight’ to break all stereotypes!

Photo from: Chung Ha Official Facebook Page

Before the unveiling of her new song, Chung Ha shared glimpses of concept photos, music video teasers, preparations, and a 20-seconds Tiktok dance video of ‘Stay Tonight’ on her social media accounts to hype up her fans.

On April 27th, at 6 P.M KST, Chung Ha officially dropped the PRE-RELEASE SINGLE #1 ‘Stay Tonight’. On the same day, the music video was also released. The song was composed and written by VINCENZO, Any Masingga, Fuxxy, and Anna Timgren.

Stay tonight music video

In the music video, she showed her stunning visuals with her strong glittery make-up that compliments her glamorous outfits together with her jaw-dropping performance accompanied by her out-of-this-world’s best backup dancers wearing high heels and dark makeup which makes the whole performance very interesting and powerful.

The choreography of the song is in a whole new level and it proved that her skills is not a joke and her only opponent to beat is herself showing how she wanted to try new things in every comeback.

A dancing queen

Chung Ha became a successful solo artist when I.O.I (아이오아이) officially disbanded on January 31^st 2017. She is known as one of the best dancers in KPOP when she showed her incredible skills in dancing while auditioning in a 2016 reality show ‘Produce 101’ season 1 on Mnet. It all started when dancer trainer, Bae Yoon Jung, ask Chung Ha to dance in any song they’re going to play. Everyone is shocked when she flawlessly dances to ‘Hey Mrs. Carter’ by Beyonce.

Check out Chung Ha’s ‘Stay Tonight’ MV

May 2, 2020 0 comment

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[KPOP RELEASES] April 25 – May 1, 2020

by Shaira Aquino May 1, 2020

written by Shaira Aquino

K-Pop releases just got hotter this summer! Have you listened to Jay Park ‘s new single, checked out CHUNGHA ‘s pre-released single, and NCT DREAM ‘s comeback?! Discover more below!

April 25 – Jay Park “All The Way Up”

Jay Park just released his new self-written single “All The Way Up” and it’s totally a bop! Some of the song’s notable lyrics are “Forget about tomorrow” and “get away from the negative energy” . Very uplifting!

April 26 – MAKTUB “RED MOON: SUPERNOVA”

Proving himself as a talented artist of perfect composing, writing, and producing all of his songs! Back with his new released single album “RED MOON: SUPERNOVA”, here came MAKTUB with his new song “너를 그린 우주 (Insomnia2020)” featuring 이라온(Lee Ra-On). The song title speaks itself, “Insomnia2020” is a song about a man who can’t sleep thinking about the girl he loves.

April 27 – CHUNGHA Pre-Release Single #1 [STAY TONIGHT]

It’s time to enjoy the first piece of music Chungha handed over with excitement! Chungha just pre-released one of her first full-length album track “Stay Tonight”. The words of the song implies a theme of love and aims to capture everyone who will listen to the album. Runaway or Stay Tonight?

CHUNGHA’s upcoming full-length album consists of chapters worked out with different musical colors and themes for each track which is something to look forward to!

April 28 – 라비(RAVI), 에일리(AILEE) – 묻지마 (What About You)

“Let’s not contact our ex-lovers.”
https://www.melon.com/album/detail.htm?albumId=10423378

Ravi and Ailee just released their new song collaboration “What About You” and it’s surely a relatable song to those who are being bothered by their exes, but has already moved on and there is no way of going back together, so better to “묻지마” – the song title which actually translates to “Don’t ask”.

April 29 – NCT DREAM “Reload”

NCT DREAM has made a comeback with its new album “Reload”! The album features a total of five songs from various genres, including the title track “Ridin” – a song that awakens the heavy bass line and intense beat of the Urban Trap genre, and lyrics containing the passion and aspirations of NCT DREAM reloading towards a new path. NCT DREAM is indeed expected to focus more on new music and performances with this album!

E.DA (이다) x (SEJIN)전세진 – It’s You

“It’s You”, the third digital single album of E.Da, whom is known for ballads with her sweet and charming voice, has been released. Uniquely, this album is the third digital single of E.Da and her first collaboration album. He was joined by Jeon Sejin, the leader of Stallion Entertainment’s boy band “THE KING”. Di1e, the leader of the popular new boy group AWEEK, also participated in the featuring to enhance the album’s completeness. The song is about “the most exciting unrequited love, and the choice” which was very well accompanied by cute melodies and rap lyrics. It is a love song that goes well with the current fresh spring vibe that will bring another thrill to people to start a new love.

April 30 – OCYAN’s first single [Persona]

Singer-songwriter Ocyan just released his first single [Persona]! The song contains honest lyrics which compliments his “sweet but serious” voice. Persona has a warm sound of guitar and ep mixed together with the trap rhythm 808 from Xavi.

May 1 – 버비(Burvey) “스윙베베 (Swing Bebe)”

New five-member kids girl group, “버비(Burvey)” has just debuted with their New Jack Swing song entitled “스윙베베 (Swing Bebe)”. New jack swing is a combination of rhythm blues and hip hop. It refers to a genre of songs with soft melodies, strong rhythms and good tempo for dancing. We guess little girls on a colourful stage with stylish fashion and plump choreography will catch the eye of many in 2020!

Do you feel the Hallyu heat? Let us know in the comments below which kpop release for this week was the hottest for you!

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[K-Highlight] April 20 – April 25, 2020 – Philippine KPOP Convention

by Fern Estrebello April 28, 2020

written by Fern Estrebello

Another week ends and as usual, the K-pop community is burning with its hottest news! Here are some of the most sizzling happenings last week:

April 20

The week started with a surprise as BLACKPINK’s Lisa dropped her new dance cover on her YouTube channel, Lilifilm Official. Her cover awed a lot of viewers as she snapped gorgeously in the video.

April 21

The following day was followed with the news that Red Velvet‘s Seulgi and Irene are now preparing for a unit debut as per SM Entertainment (SME). The news was first reported by SPOTV News where SME confirmed it. Thus, this will be the first sub-unit of the group since their debut back on 2014.

Photo from Red Velvet Official Instagram

April 22

Paul Kim just released his new mini album “Maum Pt.2” with his self-composed title track “But I’ll Miss You.” According to Soompi, the song topped in real-time charts of Korea’s major music services – Melon, Genie, Bugs, and Soribada by 1 a.m. KST on April 23. Check out Paul Kim’s song below.

April 23

As GOT7 just made their comeback, the group just dropped their dance practice for their song “Not By The Moon.” See below the on-point choreography of their title track from their mini-album “DYE.”

April 24

Rain just celebrated his 18th anniversary as a singer and an actor. He posted a thanksgiving message on his Instagram account with a video of him performing 18 years ago. He also shared a clip of him waiting to perform in Inkigayo back then 2002.

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덕분에…비 라는 이름으로 데뷔 햇수 19년차가 되었습니다 우리 함께 했던 그 첫방송이 기억납니다 2002년 4월24일~ 작은 연습실에서 나와 “비”라는 이름을 달고 과연 많은 분들께 이름을 알릴 수 있을까 이것이 첫방이자 마지막이 되진 않을까 밤잠을 설치고 첫 무대를 했습니다…그 기억 어렵게 구했습니다 오늘은 함께 공유하고 싶네요^^ 첫 1기 구름 팬클럽부터 지금까지 우리 구름 식구들 넘 감사하고 사랑합니다. Thanks to all my fans who have supported me throughout the years, today marks 19 years since I first released my debut album. I still vividly remember leaving the small practice room to perform for the first time on April 24th 2002. On this special day, I want to share a hidden gem I found of me right before this performance. A big thanks to my cloud family who have been with me since day one. I love you all!

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Meanwhile, former 2NE1 Dara thanked her co-member Minzy, on an Instagram post, for the support on her musical show “Another Oh Hae Young.” Dara just made her debut as a theater artist on the said show which is an adaptation of the Korean drama on the same name.

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밍끼밍끼 우리 밍끼~!!! 😍 어제 민지가 공연 보러 와줬어요~!!! 우리는~ 퉤니원의 #막내라인 ㅋㅋㅋ 이렇게 센스 넘치는 케익까지 만들어서!!! 😆🎂 이런거 선물해주기만 했지 받아본건 첨인거가태!!! 💘 짱귀여어!!! 너무 멋있구 감동 받았다구 세세하게 다 얘기해주는 밍끼의 후기를 들으니 기분도 너무 좋고 마음도 놓이구😭 아무래도 나를 제일 잘 알고 오래 봐온게 우리 멤버들인데, 나의 이런 변화? 발전한 모습을 보고 좋아해주는 모습을 보니 나도 몬가 뭉클하면서 뿌듯하구 신나구😭 만감이 교차했다.. 퉤니원의 의미가 그거잖아요 ㅋㅋ 21세기의 새로운 진화 ㅋㅋ 항상 진화하겠다는..🤣🤣 #realmaknae & #fakemaknae #minzy #dara #2ne1 ♥️♠️

A post shared by Sandara Park (@daraxxi) on Apr 23, 2020 at 11:02pm PDT

April 25

BTS had made their two music videos, “IDOL” and “MIC Drop” reached 650 million views in YouTube on the same day! “MIC Drop” (Steve Aoiki Remix) was released two years ago while “IDOL” was released a year ago. Congratulations to ARMY for the double celebration!