Music Bank Highlight: Trouble Maker Wins # 1 on the November 8, 2013 Episode + Performance Recap

Music Bank is back this week with fantastic stage performances as well as your favorite stars all in one night! Last night's episode had numerous comebacks which were Miss A by singing "Hush", BTS with "The Rise of Bangtan", Fiestar with "I Don't Know", Yoo Seung Eun made an "Healing" return, Trouble Maker with "Now", Untouchable with "Vain", A - JAX saw a "Snake", and MR.MR made their return by saying "Do You Feel Me."

Nominees for first place last night were Trouble Maker and JYJ's Jaejoong. Though in the end, it was Trouble Maker who won for their song "Now." Congrats!!

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NC.A and Davichi makes their comeback on Music Bank next week!!

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With all these being said, here is the performance recap from last night.

Performance Recaps

Block B had a "Very Good" performance by coming out explosive as well as full of charisma on-stage last night. The crowd screamed as well as fan chanted and truly loved their performance. 

Trouble Maker came out explosive as always due to HyunA being the sexy one and Hyun Seung the serious and aggressive person. These two are always great on-stage and it shows by the crowd screaming when they perform. The duo sang "Now" and the audience loved their performance. 

Miss A are saying "Hush" while they entertain you. The ladies came out beautiful as they made their comeback last night on Music Bank. This is a different side to them and one that fans did not thought they will see. Though it shows that the ladies came perform sexy when they need to.

BTS came out to play baseball as they performed "The Rise of Bangtan." The guys came out with energy as well as charisma which the crowd loved. 

Jung Joon Young had "A Sense of Ending" last night has he brought his great voice on-stage. Jung Joon has great charisma as he shows his emotion by telling the audience that he wants a few seconds with his fans.

Tae 1 sang a really "Sad Song" as he set the ambience last night by having rain imagery in the background. Also, with his orchestra females playing the violin with him, this truly set the mood more depressing. Hopefully no one cried last night due to Tae 1's performance.

N - Sonic are saying "Run & Run" as they brought energy last night. M.Pire said "I'm Better" last night as they came out explosive by having energy as well as charisma last night. A - JAX are saying watch out as there is a "Snake" which is a beautiful one that will poison you as she makes her move through enticement. The guys set the stage last night by having a jungle ambience as well as wore the proper wardrobe.

Yoo Seung Eun had a "Healing" comeback as she brought her great vocals on-stage last night. Great comeback as the audience were entertained by her performance. Great job Yoo Seung Eun! The nine ladies of Nine Muses came out beautiful for their performance for "Gun." 

Topp Dogg told the audience to "Say It" as they brought energy as well as charisma on-stage last night. These guys are young like Teen Top which is why they are great to watch. BESTie came out with a sky blue dress for their wardrobe last night for "Love Options." Ladies, try not to make your options regarding about love to difficult; there is someone out there for you. 

Fiestar says "I Don't Know" as they came out with their cute song for the night. The stage setting was nice and colorful which the crowd loved.

K.Will is saying "You Don't Know Love" as he brought his great voice on-stage last night which the ladies loved. MR.MR made their comeback last night by asking "Do You Feel Me" which the crowd responded by screaming in the end. Looks like the females do feel you guys. Welcome back MR.MR!

Lim Chang Jung said "Open The Door" as he brought entertainment last night with him and his colorful backup dancers for their wardrobe chosen. Crowd truly loved his performance and were entertained. Fun was brought by Lim last night! Also, does the song remind you of Psy with the black shades on? This is truly a catching tune.

Untouchable made their comeback last night by singing "Vain." The guys brought they great rapping skills which the audience watched entertainingly. Great performance overall guys!

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Block B

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Trouble Maker

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Miss A

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BTS

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Jung Joon Young

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Tae 1

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N – Sonic

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M.Pire

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A – JAX

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Yoo Seung Eun

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Nine Muses

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Topp Dogg

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BESTie

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Fiestar

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K. Will

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MR.MR

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Lim Chang Jung

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Untouchable

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Other performances for the night were Boys Republic and Baek Seung Hoon which they performed great by keeping the crowd entertained.

Great job to all the performers last night!!

Teen Top Invited to Become Gangwon Province Honorary Ambassadors of Economy; Teen Top & Girl’s Day to Hold Joint Concert

Teen Top Invited to Become Gangwon Province Honorary Ambassadors of Economy; Teen Top & Girl’s Day to Hold Joint Concert

by KPOPPlanet Team(kpop@khan.co.kr) | Nov 1, 2013

The popular K-pop idol group Teen Top received an invitation from the Gangwon provincial governor to become Honorary Ambassadors of Economy for the province.

Also, Teen Top will hold a joint talent-donation concert with the girl group Girl’s Day on November 1. Starting at 18:00 (GMT+9) and expected to end at 21:00, the concert is part of a campaign to vitalize Gangwon province’s traditional markets.

 (Photo: Economic Policy Division, Gangwon Provincial Office)

Idol of Idols Justin Bieber Visits Korea

Idol of Idols Justin Bieber Visits Korea

by Kang Soo Jin(kanti@khan.co.kr) | Oct 11, 2013

“Hello Seoul!”

The world-famous pop star Justin Bieber held his first Korean concert in the evening of October 10 at the Olympic Gymnastics Arena in Seoul. The audience numbered over 8000, many of them girl fans whose shrieks of delight continued all throughout the concert. The popular Korean artist G-Dragon of Big Bang also appeared on-stage as a guest.

Other K-pop stars showed up, as well, as fans of Justin. They included Super Junior, Girl’s Generation, Miss A, 2NE1, Wonder Girls, 2AM, and Teen Top.

Before the concert, Justin tweeted, “Show day in Korea. I got some surprises.” This appeared to refer to a performance of his new song “Heartbreaker”.

Justin arrived at the Arena 40 minutes late; the concert was scheduled to begin at 2000 (GMT+9). He slowly came down the stairs on-stage, dressed fashionably in all-white calf-length jacket, T-shirt, pants, and sneakers. On top of all this he had on black sunglasses.

First up was the hit song “All Around The World”. The audience stirred at the gay rhythm of the electronic dance music. When Justin shouted “Jump!” at the climax, they did just that.

Following this, he tossed his jacket away and sang “Take You”, and the quieter rhythm and blues song “Catching Feelings”.
In the middle of it all there was a short video introducing Justin’s rise to stardom. He became famous on YouTube at just 14 before he followed Stevie Wonder’s lead in becoming the youngest singer to top a Billboard chart.

As aforementioned, G-Dragon was a special guest, appearing to sing “Crayon”. Actually there were some hopes that Psy would show up, since they were labelmates through their mutual manager Scooter Braun’s School Boy Records. He didn’t show up, but instead Psy’s Korean labelmate G-Dragon took his place.

As the two-hour-long concert wound down, the audience screamed for an encore, and Justin sang his best hit songs “Boyfriend” and “Baby”. And so, regrettably, Justin Bieber’s first Korean concert ended.

Justin made some tweets on what he thought of the concert after it ended. He wrote, “Korea that was amazing. Thank u for the love. Shout out to my friend @IBGDRGN for coming out on stage tonight. They went crazy.”

(All photos except the last, courtesy of Access Entertainment)

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[Special Feature] Song Hits when Dance Hits?

[Special Feature] Song Hits when Dance Hits?

by Park Hyo-Jae(mann616@kyunghyang.com) | Sep 20, 2013

Idol group’s code for success has changed.

A ‘hook song,’ song with short chorus with repetitive melody, is not enough, but the choreography needs to make an imprint on the public.

The wind of dance that has been calm for a while since Wonder Girls’ “Tell Me,” is blowing again. In fact, it started when Kara’s hip dance made a sensational hit in the summer of 2009 from their song, “Mister.” In the same year, Brown Eyed Girls continued the heat with the ‘arrogance dance’ from “Abracadabra,” which this year received attention again when Psy borrowed the move for “Gentleman.”

Left: Wonder Girls “Tell Me” / Right: Kara “Mister”

Choreography of idol groups has been much more diverse in recent years. T-ara lead the retro dance fever with hustle and disco from “Roly Poly” and “Lovey Dovey,” while After School performed high technique pole dance in “First Love.” Rookie girl group Wassup grabbed attention by grafting twerking, an African-American street dance, into their choreography. Twerking or a ‘hip shaking dance,’ is a type of dancing in which the dancer, shakes one’s hips in an up-and-down bouncing motion. Wassup’s music video as well as their practice clip was quite a topic on You Tube when it was released.

Left: Teen Top “Rocking”/ Right: T-ara “Roly Poly”

Boy group Teen Top adopted ‘free step,’ a b-boy dance where you move your feet ceaselessly, in their newest track “Rocking.” A formal Wonder Girls member Sunmi combined modern dance moves in her new solo single, “24 Hours.”

As such, it appears that the focus of popular music is expanding from ‘listening’ to ‘performing.’ There’s an analysis that the means of embracing music has been changed since the development of video-sharing website You Tube or SNS, etc. Han Dongyoon, a public music critic, commented, “There are many video clips that copy idol group’s dance, to the point that there’s ‘K-pop cover dance,’ which is almost a kind of a genre overseas.”

Such flow is in mesh with Idol group’s preference to retro disco music or electronic dance music. Han added, “Idols usually perform dance music. They have tendency to perform difficult choreography to appeal to the public by differentiating them from other singers.”

Entertainment agencies grapple with creating distinguished choreography as much as producing good music. Thus attempts to differentiate from standard idol dance routines of perfectly angled choreography can be visible. Baek Soo-Won, public relations manager of TOP Media, agency for Teen Top, stated, “Characteristic of Teen Top’s performance, also known as the levitation dance, is the ‘busy’ choreography that offers no time to rest. We thought that a flashy foot movement of free step would make a different impression than other idol’s ‘knife-like’ perfectly angled choreography.”

Orange Caramel, a unit from After School steer passed the knife-like dance routine by creating a new character. Their strong point is the concept that suggests characters from animations through comic hand motions and exaggerated face expressions.

“There are many video clips that copy idol group’s dance, to the point that there’s ‘K-pop cover dance,’ which is almost a kind of a genre overseas.”

EXO “Wolf”

Public’s eye-level heightened with more variety of dance moves. Bae YoonJung, the leader of Yama & Hot Chicks choreographers said, “You can’t compete with just point choreography that makes certain motions stand.” Choi Sun Hee, the leader of Switch choreographers, and who designed Wassup’s choreography said, “Not only point choreography, but the routine needs to fit with the whole flow of the song naturally. It is also important to define the group’s characteristics.” The two selected choreography from EXOs “Wolf,” which projected a tree, and Teen Tops free steps, as one of the best choreography with high degree of perfection.

However, emphasizing differentiation can cause side effects, such as injuries and suggestiveness of sexuality. It took 7 months for After School members to learn basic pole dance techniques. And it was common for them to have bruises on their thighs and legs. Public relations director Woo Young-Seung from their agency Pledis said, “The members went through a lot and it took a long time to create the choreography. There was also a lot of pressure because After School was known as the performer group from showing marching band, tap dance, etc. since their debut.”

Sexually suggestive content is also an old controversial issue to solve. For example, pole dance has a strong impression of being an American strip dancers dance in Korea, which is why there were disputes of right and wrong when After School first presented it.

Particularly, twerking has been regarded as a degrading dance that’s sexually provocative in America. There was a case where dozens of students were suspended from high school for creating a clip of them twerking in San Diego.

On this, Bae YoonJung commented, “There’s a tendency to perceive dances sexually when you spread your legs or shake your bottoms even just a little bit. But if that’s the case you can’t express dance freely. I hope people see dance as a form of a genre.” Regarding Wassup for attempting twerking she said, “I believe that the attempt itself is meaningful because it’s difficult to make the bounce happen with a physically different structured body from the African-Americans.”

K-Pop Workout Play List: 'Ringa Linga' And Other Dance Hits Will Help You Keep Up The Pace With Your Exercise Routine

Taeyang has the perfect example of chocolate abs.

K-Pop is known for guys with perfectly defined, chocolate abs and girls whose perfectly curved S-Line bodies are considered the industry standard. While it does require strict management of dietary intake, much of the perfect visuals K-Pop is known for comes from regular exercise. As a fitness trainer, I understand it is difficult to motivate yourself to exercise, especially when the holiday season arrives. Most people do not have the time scheduled in for fitness or the top personal trainers and give up on maintaining a routine.

While mastering the intricate dance moves that are displayed in K-Pop videos can be difficult and time consuming, adding K-Pop songs to a workout playlist is not. If you are a natural dancer and pick up on the moves from videos quickly, those moves can be incorporated into workouts either at the gym or at home. Whether you enjoy dancing or running, K-Pop can provide the absolute best music to be the soundtrack for your exercise.

Why Choose Dance Music For Your Workout?

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In order to achieve success in a cardio workout, you should have music that is between 135-145 BPMs (beats per minute). Most dubstep and dance music songs fall within this guideline, which will help to keep you moving at an appropriate pace. The infectious beat of Taeyang's Ringa Linga is wonderful for those who enjoy dance workouts, as well as those who enjoy running on a treadmill. Similarly, the grime infused dance tune that is G-Dragon's Shake The World will not fail to get you up from the couch and moving. The drop or interruption in the tempo that occurs within both songs allow for recovery if you are just beginning to start a workout routine.

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While Miss A's Hush provides a more appropriate backdrop for time spent after a night at the club, the Party Version of Hush is perfect for dance fitness routines such as Zumba or for the gym. The tempo is hard hitting, with little interruptions, which is appropriate for those who have more experience with exercise. SHINee's Everybody provides a similar beat structure, which is intended for nightclubs, but just as comfortable in the gym.

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If You Love To Dance, But Hate Working Out

If you avoid the gym at all costs, but love to dance around your living room, then learning K-Pop dances in the comfort of your home may be more your speed. Teen Top's choreography for Rocking may be difficult, but the pay off for learning the dance steps is the fact that the footwork is excellent for building stamina and exercising your legs. Loen Entertainment's Let's Dance series provides an interesting breakdown of the dance steps for Rocking.

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The choreography for Crayon Pop's Bar Bar Bar provides an opportunity similar to Teen Top's Rocking in that it is a dance which emphasizes cardio activity and provides a great leg workout. After the second instruction to begin jumping, you will definitely feel the burn.

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The next time you are seeking motivation to get and move, look no further than some of your favorite new K-Pop songs. As K-Pop fuses as a genre with electronic music and dubstep, the result is that there are songs which will definitely make you move. What K-Pop songs are you listening to, while exercising?

[News] Teen Top’s Changjo and 100%’s Rockhyun hold a dance showdown

[News] Teen Top’s Changjo and 100%’s Rockhyun hold a dance showdown

 Teen Top’s Changjo and 100%’s Rockhyun showcase their powerful moves in a special dance showdown!

On November 7th, Changjo tweeted, “Please watch this! It's my present for the Angels for my upcoming birthday!!”, and shared a link of a dance showdown video.

Titled “TOP MEDIA TEEN TOP&100% - THE FIRST PRESENT”, the video features Teen Top’s Changjo and 100%’s Rockhyun showing off their graceful and powerful moves for a special fierce dance battle.

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Teen Top Reveals Encouraging Video for Korean SAT-Takers

Idol group Teen Top encouraged everyone taking the Korean SATs.

Yesterday, Teen Top uploaded an encouraging video clip on YouTube for all high school students taking the SATs tomorrow.

In the video, Changjo said, "All SAT takers in the nation. The test is coming up soon. I hope you control your condition well and do well on the test."

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Ricky also said, "Teen Top supports everyone taking the SATs," and all the Teen Top members threw a fist in the air.

Photo Credit: YouTube