Today’s song of the day, courtesy of xolucyxo12, features G-Dragon feat. Teddy and CL’s “The Leaders/What’s Up.” Track 8 from his first solo album “Heartbreaker,” this song can be summarized in just one word, swag.

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On the 26th, YG Entertainment posted a on their me2day saying, “Special event run to celebrate the 15th anniversary, 2011 YG Family Concert! Pick the artist you want to see the most and leave the number as a comment below! 1) Yang Hyun Suk 2) JinuSean 3) 1Tym 4) Perry 5) Se7en 6) Gummy 7) Big Bang 8) 2NE1 9) Master Wu 10) Psy 11)Tablo.” More »

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No, Super Junior was not the beginning of Korean music. For those of you who only know about popular, younger groups like SNSD, Beast, and SHINee, you should take a listen to what kinds of awesome music were produced before Big Bang and 2NE1! More »

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As birthdays of Asian celebrities come and go, Ningin will be informing you each day just which Asian celebrity may it be idols, actors, actresses, comedians, etc, will be celebrating their birthdays on the corresponding days. Check out which Asian celebrities celebrate their birthday today (9/14) below. More »

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J.Y. Park and Yang Hyun Suk recently revealed which artists they’d like from each others’ companies. On the September 7th episode of SBS‘s ‘One Night of TV Entertainment‘, J.Y. Park and Yang Hyun Suk were guests on the show and the MC asked, “Which singers from the other agency would you like to scout?” More »

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Many times, the Kpop world seems to like to purchase rights to songs that have already been released and are popular in other parts of the world, or sometimes the original English demos of the songs are later leaked or released. Other times, it happens to work the other way around in which popular songs become an inspiration for others and plagarism issues arise. This time we will be looking at 1TYM’s 1TYM vs. Energy’s One Time. More »

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Recently, 1TYM members Baek Kyung and Jin Hwan celebrated the grand opening of their new curry restaurant in Korea. In addition to SE7EN sending a congratulatory banner, it looks like some more YG love was present that day, because none other then fellow member Danny showed up, too! More »

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1TYM members Baek Kyung and Jin Hwan have joined forces to satisfy not your hunger for music but your hunger for… well… food! It looks like the two have recently opened a new curry restaurant in South Korea! Yum! More »

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While many fans have been excited over the announcement of the 2010 YG Family Concert in December, there are some (including me) who are a little disappointed that the current lineup of artists performing isn’t as broad as they would have hoped. 1TYM fans are especially upset about it, because no mention of the group’s appearance has been made whatsoever. More »

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Congratulations to dArK06pRiNcEsS for correctly answering the previous Trivia question, “Which Asian artist broke the Guiness World Record for signing the most consecutive CDs?” with JJ Lin (Lin Junjie). Playing Trivia is simple: Be the first person to answer the trivia question correctly and win 100 EXP points! Today’s trivia question is courtesy of blogger SuzanneLin: More »

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Sometimes I sit and wonder how things have changed. With all the emergence of girl groups in the Korean music industry, it’s very easy to get caught up in all the hype and forget about all the guy groups that paved that road for them. One such group is the legendary four-member guy group named 1TYM. More »

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This week it was reported that Teddy of 1TYM kindly rejected the offer to produce for radio smash artist Lady GaGa due to scheduling conflicts with 2ne1.

It’s also been reported that Son Dam Bi also rejected an offer to act in the film Hype Nation due to her own contract obligations. More »

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Kpop acts copying Western popstars? What! That happens? Gasp! I have never heard of such a thing, what sayest thou? Latest accusations to hit the blogosphere claim that 2ne1’s space version of the “Fire” MV bears some uncanny resemblances to international chart topper M.I.A.’s “Jimmy” MV. YG Entertainment hasn’t denied the accusations. Instead they sidestepped the issue to netizens by sensationalizing 2ne1’s collaboration with 1TYM’s Teddy for their first ever live TV performance, May 17. More »

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