Hangeng’s solo album 《庚心》 will be released throughout Asia on 27th July. On top of that, he released the first song from his album 《My Logo》, from this week onwards, 10 songs from his solo album will be released. Today, the collaboration of “袁惟仁” & “方文山”, 《心疼•笔记本》 (Heartache Notebook) was released online on NetEnt.
Since debut, Hangeng has always been into songs that are more suitable for dance. In 《Heartache Notebook》, Hangeng tried ballad for the first time.
《Heartache Notebook》is the collaboration of “袁惟仁” & “方文山”, so as to present Hangeng’s image of gentleness. This portrays the innocence of a generation of stubbornness and regret, also whereby everyone has experienced embarrassment and dreams.
It is reported that in Hangeng’s album, 《飞蛾扑火》,《Say No》,《撑伞》 will be made as a film trilogy, using the tracks and MV to tell a touching story of a new king. Furthermore, the MV of《Heartache Notebook》will be also the side story that will be background story of Hangeng’s film trilogy.

Translator’s note: irrelevant parts omitted ^^

Listen to the singles here:
My Logo
爱的翅膀 (Wings of Love)
《心疼•笔记本》(Heartache Notebook)

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On July 11th, American R&B star Usher will hold a concert in Beijing for the first time in Wukesong Arena. While the concert date is quickly approaching, the official guest performers for his concert had not been finalized as of yet. Usher did provide a list of invited esteemed guests requested by him as possible acts, including some of East Asia’s premiere singers such as Will Pan, Jay Chou, Han Geng, and David Tao.

One of the factors that motivated Usher in holding a concert in Beijing was to hold a cultural exchange and friendly communications with his Mandopop star counterparts, as well as having the opportunity to collaborate and dance alongside them on stage. In terms of dancing, Usher was specifically interested with Will Pan, whom has released strings of hit songs that highlight his dance moves; and Han Geng, whom achieved acclaim for his dancing due to his training from his Super Junior days.

Will already has established ties with the United States due to being born and partly growing up there, as well as having made frequent trips back to record and produce his previous albums there. The Taiwanese-American singer had earlier planned to attend Usher’s concert regardless in order to support his idol. On the other hand, Han Geng’s invite is the latest in a string of positive news for the ex-Super Junior, whose popularity had not only been unaffected following his departure from one of South Korea’s most famous boy bands, but has actually been rising rapidly.

Concert organizers are currently scrambling with booking the invited artists in the hopes of scheduling them as acts in Usher’s first ever Beijing concert. The American R&B star also hopes to gather some feedback from Chinese fans on their views through online polling in order to determine which artist would be a compatible match for his performance style. In the mean time, as the finalized list of guest performers are in the works, netizens are expected to have a war of words as to who should be some of the acts in Usher’s concert.

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Super Junior member Choi Si-won, who recently starred in TV series “Oh! My Lady,” has confessed that he had never dreamed of becoming a singer or an actor.

“It was not my dream to be a singer,” the singer said during an appearance on KBS2 TV’s celebrity talk show “Win Win,” which aired Tuesday evening. “I just had the dream that I wanted to make my name known quickly and becoming a celebrity was the fastest way to do that, so I went to an entertainment agency.”

When asked by host Kim Seung-woo if he had any fears about becoming an actor without any preparation, Choi answered, “It is very scary but if you don’t take on a challenge because you are scared, what can you achieve in life?”

Choi, 23, debuted in December 2005 as one of the 13 members of idol group Super Junior, which quickly became one of the most successful K-pop acts throughout Asia. He is also a member of sub-group Super Junior-M, which focuses its activities in the Chinese market.

He has also crossed over to acting, appearing in dramas “Eighteen, Twenty-Nine” (KBS2, 2005) and “Spring Waltz” (KBS2, 2006). He also had a supporting role in war epic “A Battle of Wits” (2006) alongside top Hong Kong star Andy Lau.

The pop idol recently won favorable reviews for his portrayal of fictional superstar Sung Min-woo in the SBS TV series “Oh! My Lady,” which co-starred Hallyu star Chae-lim.

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Marriage and military service loom, but won’t break up the band

Super Junior, the Korean super group founded in 2005, had some major changes to its lineup last year, but its fifth anniversary year looks like it will be another successful one for the group, which is one of the largest boy bands in the world.

Last month, when Super Junior released its fourth full-length album, it sold 100,000 copies in the first week after its release on April 13. Industry experts expect the album, titled “Bonamana,” will surpass the group’s previous sales record, achieved with its third album “Sorry Sorry.” That album sold 250,000 copies and topped the album sales chart when it was released in March last year.

At a time when other groups such as Girls’ Generation are eschewing the regular full-length CD format in favor of mini albums, digital albums and other kinds of special albums, that’s quite a feat.

Despite their success, the up-and-coming idol group has struggled this year. Three of the band’s members – Han Geng, Kang-in and Kibum – left the group during the recording period. In the coming year, the band is facing new challenges, with marriage and military service looming on the horizon.

In a recent interview with 10 of the band’s 13 members, however, the boys seemed committed to staying together for years to come, no matter what life may throw their way.

Here are some excerpts from the interview.

Q. What has made you such a strong group over the past five years?

A. Heechul: We really talk a lot. If there are problems, we talk until they are resolved. Lack of communication always creates problems.

It must have been difficult for you to make the new album without the three other members of the band.

Sungmin: We felt pressure taking their places, but it has also given us an opportunity to think about how important each member of the band is.

What do the three other members think about the new song “Bonamana”?

Leeteuk: Kang-in said the group’s dance moves are awesome and Kibum said he was sorry that I have to fill the space he left.

The choreography for the song is pretty impressive.

Eunhyuk: The dance moves were created by American choreographer Nick Bass, who was inspired by figure skating and short track skating.

Many people have said the title song for the current album is very similar to the group’s previous hit song “Sorry Sorry.”

Leeteuk: Maybe that’s because the new song is so characteristic of what we do and that’s what makes people think that Sorry Sorry and the new song are alike.

I think that criticism like that is better than nothing because it shows that Bonamana has made an impression on the public.

Heechul: For me, the criticism is flattering because it is a sign that we’ve found our signature sound. In fact, Leeteuk and I didn’t like the idea of [Bonamana] as the title song because we didn’t think the electronic sound represented us.

But after recording it and practicing the dance moves, I’ve changed my mind. I think the song suits us.

Shindong proposed to his girlfriend [in a numerical code] in the liner notes and his actions have since become the talk of the town. What’s happening with that?

Shindong: I was thinking about decoding it for the public after the album was released but my fans have already decoded it.

I haven’t heard from my girlfriend since I popped the question, but if she says yes, I want to get married as soon as possible.

Do you think you will still perform as Super Junior even if some of you get married?

Heechul: It’s our goal to keep singing and dancing as Super Junior when we are 30 and 40, even after marriage and our military service.

Do you have any secrets for keeping fit?

Yesung: Siwon always inspires us. Now we’re in a kind of competition [to build muscles.]

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Nothing can ever break this band<3

Group Super Junior is causing Hallyu wave once again with “Miinah.”

On the 29th, according to the management company SM Entertainment, Super Junior has conquered the number one spot in various music charts in Asia including Thailand, Taiwan, the Philippines and Hong Kong.

Super Junior’s fourth album “Miinah” which was released on the 15th in Thailand became number one in Thailand channel V countdown Asian chart two weeks in a row. They also conquered the number one spot in Thailand’s various CD sales charts including “B2S TOP20,” “GRAM ASIAN POP TOP10,” and “Look Maew Asian Pop Top5.”

Also, Miinah which was released on the 18th in Taiwan, took the top spot in various CD sales charts including “G-MUSIC 風雲榜(펑윈방),” “파이브 뮤직(FIVE MUSIC),” “KMCC,” “CC Record” and in the third week of June (June 18th~June 12th) they became number one in online music sites “KKBOX,” and “ezpeer” weekly charts.

Aside from this achievement, “Miinah” became number one three weeks in a row (first week of June ~ third week of June) in the Philippines music channel MYX hit chart. In Hong Kong, they were ranked number one in HMV Korean Japanese music top 10 chart. Super Junior is sweeping the number one spot in various music charts that one can feel the Super Junior craze that’s all over Asia.

Meanwhile, Super Junior has released their repackaged fourth album on the 28th which include four new songs and is continuing their success with becoming number one in Hanteo real-time chart .

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Super Junior’s 4jib repackage album is getting attention for self-written songs by the members. The album will be released on upcoming 28th.

This repackage album has original 4jib’s 11 songs and has the follow up song “No Other,” which will be released on 25th through music sites. The album also has more powerful “Shake It Up” remix, the member’s self-written song “All My Heart” and “A Short Journey,” total of 15 songs with 4 new songs.

A ballad song composed by leader Leeteuk and Super Junior-M’s member Henry “All My Heart” excluded all sharp sounds as much as possible to deliver feeling of warm heart just like the title itself. It’s mainly by acoustic guitar to express pop feel. Since it’s Leeteuk’s first ever self-composed song, he has shown passion while making of the song even in his hectic schedule.

Also, there will be a welcoming for fans as Kangin, who is going in to army, has participated in another self-composed song by member Donghae, and lyrics by member Eunhyuk. The song, titled “A Short Journey” is a simple song with repetitive chorus and fresh melody.

This song was the last song Kangin participated before going into the army, so the money collected from digital side will be used to help people in need.

Super Junior will be on KBS “Music Bank” – Looking back on first half of the year on 25th, performing goodbye performance of 4jib title song “BONAMANA.”

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Super Junior will end promotions for ‘Bona Mana’ and will proceed with promoting of the followup hit.

SM Entertainment announced, “Super Junior will reveal their followup hit ‘너 같은 사람 또 없어/No Other’ on online music sites like Melon, Dosirak, Bugs and Cyworld etc on th 25th.”

The song ‘No One’ will be included in the group’s 4th repackaged album and is a synth pop dance song with trendy hip hop beat. The producers to the song are Reefa and C-2, who have produced for singers like The Game, Fabolous and Ludacris, as well as Ryan Jhun. And the lyrics are written by Kenzie.

And coming 28th June, the 4th repackaged album, which will include songs like the remix version of ‘No One’ and ‘Shake It Up’, will be released.

Meanwhile, the group will have their goodbye stage on 25th June on KBS Music Bank.

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Korean boy bands SS501 and Super Junior both scored wins on televised music programs over the weekend.

SS501 grabbed their first win on KBS’ music show “Music Bank” with their latest track “Love Ya,” from their new album “DESTINATION,” beating out female idols Wonder Girls’ “2 Different Tears,” while Super Junior collected their third Mutizen Award on SBS’ Sunday program “Inkigayo” with their single “BONAMANA.”

Other contenders on both shows included Secret, f(x), CNBLUE, 4minute, MBLAQ and Davichi.

SS501 has been enjoying their return to the local music scene promoting their latest record “DESTINATION” which has fared well on numerous online and offline music charts since its release on May 24.

Super Junior, created and managed by major talent house SM Entertainment, has been one of the biggest K-pop acts in Asia since their debut in 2005.

They have been topping many music charts with their fourth studio release “BONAMANA” and are currently gearing up for their third Asia Tour “SUPER SHOW 3.”

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2PM Taecyeon, Super Junior Choi Siwon, CN Blue Jung Yonghwa will jump rope in the middle of the night.

The three people who are receiving great praises as an actor will film an episode of “Win Win” on the 17th at Seoul Yeouido KBS Hall when a game between South Korea and Argentina opens.

The three of them received favorable reviews with their unexpected acting skills from the following drama, Taecyeon with KBS 2TV “Cinderella Unni,” Siwon with SBS “Oh! My Lady,” and Jung Yonghwa with SBS “You are Beautiful” last year. Taecyeon received attention as a Kyungsangdo man who has a crush on Moon Geunyoung in the drama, Choi Siwon and Jung Yonghwa each received popularity by transforming into a rough flower boy star and a gentleman who steals women’s hearts.

A staff of “Win Win” said on the 15th, “they will reveal their stories of hardship they experience while they were acting and talk about behind the scene stories. Because of the time allotted for filming, we are unable to watch the game against Argentina.”

Meanwhile, the three stars are planning to move to a place in Seoul after the filming to accomplish their mission of jump roping. The staffs said, “the jump rope mission will start at midnight, but since that will be right after the game ends, we believe that many people will gather.”

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Previously, Super Junior’s 4th album titled ”Bonamana” has topped many of the album sales chart and they have sold over 70K albums in just 5 days after the album has been released. The title song ”Bonamana” is also Super Junior’s fastest rise to the top of the chart for a lead single.

After the released of Version A and Version B, now Super Junior’s Japanese version of Banamana is set to release on 21th July 2010. Besides, Super Junior K.R.Y will be holding a concert in Japan on 1st of August.

Tracklist as below:
1. Miinah
2. Boom Boom
3. Coagulation
4. Your Eyes
5. My Only Girl
6. My All Is In You
7. Shake It Up
8. In My Dream
9. One Fine Spring Day
10. Good Person
11. Here We Go

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