TaeYang invites choreographers back to Korea to prepare for ‘Where u at’
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Big Bang TaeYang promises perfection for his upcoming special broadcast performance.
After releasing a new song ‘Where u at’ 1 year and 5 months since his last on 15th October, TaeYang will be performing a one-off special performance of ‘Where u at’ on SBS Inkigayo coming 25th October.
It was revealed on 21st October that the 2 choreographers Shaun Evaristo and Lyle Beniga have returned to Korea again to help out in preparing for the special performance.
It was known that the 2 had gone down to Korea in September for the MV filming and then returned to the States. But after hearing about news to TaeYang’s special performance, they have returned to Korea to help out with the preparation for the performance.
Initially it was decided that there will be no broadcast promotions for ‘Where u at’ and TaeYang will only be doing so for his upcoming title song ‘Wedding Dress’. But with fans’ request, TaeYang will be doing a one-off special performance of ‘Where u at’.
GDragon and TaeYang for solo stage ’showdown’ on SBS Inkigayo coming 25th Oct
In 9 years of friendship, TaeYang and GDragon will have their first ’showdown’ for their solo stage for the first time on music program.
The 2 Big Bang members have known each other since elementary grade 6 and trained under YG Entertainment since 2000. But coming 25th October, the 2 will have a showdown of their solo stages on SBS Inkigayo.
Even though the 2 of them have performed their solo stages on music shows, but this is first time they perform together on one show.
TaeYang will be performing his new solo song ‘Where u at’ for the one and only time. Coming mid November, he will releasing a digital single ‘Wedding Dress’ and also his 2nd full length solo album. This performance was brought up by requests from fans.
GDragon will performing the song ‘A Boy’ from his first solo album for the 3rd time on the show that day.
Much anticipation is in for the 2’s solo stages on the show that day. Definitely a must lookout for.
G-Dragon has released the music video for Butterfly. This song has some story behind it. Not only was the song hand picked by G-Dragon himself as his favorite song on the album, it's also been accused of plagiarism.
We were informed of this music video's October 23rd release yesterday and now it's here!
Originally, it was announced that A Boy would be the third music video to be released but I guess he went with the song he felt was the best. The song itself is different from his other tracks. It has an acoustic guitar introduction and features Jin Jung. It's not even a dance song but more of an alternative rap song where G-Dragon almost sounds like he's singing for the most part.
The song is very romantic and the music video portrays it very well through purposeful animation. This video ends the series of singles for his mini album, it brings together the art direction for the album and its very "Alice in wonderland" like. Although fans were surprised that he chose Butterfly, we all know you ladies love anything G-Dragon. His previous music videos include "Heartbreaker" and "Breathe".
Since G-Dragon is currently promoting A Boy on stage, people were confused. To that YG Entertainment said, "He will promote A Boy on music shows and promote Butterfly with the music video at the same time."
Mnet unveils MAMA – Full nominee list revealed!
Posted on October 23, 2009 by sookyeong
From 2009, Mnet annual music event MKMF will be changed to Mnet Asian Music Awards (MAMA).
A live program took place on 23rd October in Seoul Tower and the idea of the new music awards ceremony was revealed. Previously on 16th October, the note “This year there will be no MKMF’ was posted on Mnet’s official homepage, the change of the music ceremony was to give it a new transformation as mentioned by Mnet.
Go under the cut for the nominee list and more details!
About MAMA
Event: 2009 MAMA
Date: 21st November
Time: 7pm
Place: Seoul Jamsil Stadium
Airing: Via Channel V and will be broadcasted simultaneously in Japan, China, HongKong, Thailand, and other SEA countries.
Specialty: Participation by overseas artistes
Criteria: Album sales and album charts from 15th October 2008 till 22nd October 2009
Nominee List for 2009 MAMA:
Newcomer (Male) – BEAST, Supreme Team, MBLAQ, ChungRim, TaeGoon
Newcomer (Female) - 2NE1, After School, T-ara, 4Minute, f(x)
Male singer – Drunken Tiger, Rain, Lee Seung Chul, GDragon, MC Mong
Female singer – Bada, Baek Ji Young, Son DamBi, YoonHa, ChaeYeon
Male Group – 2PM, Big Bang, Super Junior, SG Wannabe, SS501
Female Group - Davichi, Brown Eyed Girls, So Nyeo Shi Dae, Jewelry, KARA
Mixed Group – Roo’Ra, 8eight, Koyote, Cool, Clazziquai
Rock Music Award – BuHwal , Seo Taiji (Juliet), Jang GiHa and the Faces (Living with no special things), Cherry Filter (Pianissimo), FT Island (I Hope)
Hip hop group award – Dynamic Duo (Dead Guy), Drunken Tiger (Monster), LeeSsang , Outsider (Alone), Epik High (Wannabe)
Ballad/R&B music award – Kim Jong Kook (Today More Than Yesterday), Kim TaeWoo (Love Rain), Bobby Kim (Love, the guy), Park Hyo Shin (After Love), Baek Ji Young (Like being Hit)
Dance music award – 2NE1 (I Don’t Care), 2PM (Again & Again), So Nyeo Shi Dae (Gee), Super Junior (Sorry), KARA (Honey)
House& Electronic music award – Brown Eyed Girls (Abracadabra), Son DamBi (Saturday Night), Clazziquai (Love Again), 4Minute (Muzik), GDragon (Heartbreaker)
Trot Music Award - Gyeon Miri (Happy Woman), Park Hyun Bin (Brilliant Life), Seong JinYoo , Joo HyunMi and SeoHyun (JjaRaJaJjan), Hong JinYeong (Love’s Battery)
O.S.T Award – Baek Ji Young (Don’t Forget – IRIS), Lee Seung Chul (No more love like this – Blue Love Story), T-Max (Paradize – Boys Over Flowers), Tiffany (I’m Along – JaMyungGo), SS501 (Because I’m Stupid – Boys Over Flowers)
Best MV – 2NE1 (Fire), LeeSsang , Bada (Mad), Seo Taiji (Juliet), D.N.G (Step 2 Me)
MV Director - Seo HyunSeung, Jang JaeHyuk, Jo SooHyun, Joo HeeSeon, Hong WonKi
Nominees: 35
Song awards: 30
Voting!
Voting: To be opened from 9pm on 23rd October on Mnet official homepage:
GDragon to reveal special performance of ‘I Know’ by Seo Taiji and Boys
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Big Bang GDragon will reveal this performance of ‘I Know’ by Seo Taiji and Boys.
Coming 25th October on SBS Inkigayo, GDragon will be doing a special performance of ‘I Know’ by Seo Taiji and Boys.
Already on 18th October, he has revealed a special performance of ‘Billie Jean’ by Michael Jackson with his transformation with cute wavy hairstyle. This time he will be back with a different kind of special performance.
Also he will be revealing a different performance concept for ‘A Boy’ as compared to his performance last week.