2NE1’s album was just released along with the new MV for “I Don’t Care”, which shows off a smooth mid-tempo paced beat. The lyrics of which relate to breaking up and love gone wrong. More »

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2NE1’s newly released mini album exceeded 50,000 in sales while moving past SNSD in just a handful of charts: Hanteo, Cyworld and Mnet. (SNSD still holding strong with multiple no.1 spots). More »

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Traffic on Ningin has been great! We’ve been growing every month and it’s all thanks to you guys. More traffic also means a bigger budget for prizes and giveaways. So we’re going to be dipping into our stash of albums and do something no website has done before. Starting July 1st and for all 31 days of July, we’ll be giving out a free album to a random registered user. More details after the jump. More »

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Mega Kpop band; FT ISLAND, known for heart wrenching OST style ballads, will cause tears to drop all over Asia with their first mega Asian Tour. More »

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The last time I made snapshots of the After School album I got some people to actually buy the album. A few members on Soompi and Ningin both sent messages and asked me how they could buy the After School album, so this time I’ll simply repeat the process. More »

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I guess you can see I’m hyped up on promoting AfterSchool :P

Can you guess which one I think is cutest/like most? More »

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Haven’t partied with Utada yet? Here’s your chance!

With her album digitally dropping on March 23, Angels & Kings is hosting an album release party in Utada’s name. And yes, Utada will be there herself. So not only will she be there but you’ll be able to listen to the album, get free promo items and possibly win an advance copy. What more could you ask for? More »

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BoA’s first US album debuts today! I’m guessing most of you aren’t really album buyers for one reason or another, but the sales total matters more than anything else if you want to see more US albums from BoA. So I’m saying if you really want to help BoA succeed here, you gotta buy this album and tell your friends to do the same. More »

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This was another super popular contest. It’s too bad we don’t have more Utada stuff to give away. It’s even more unfortunate she doesn’t do many concerts and performances. But we’ve been in touch with her label and publicist so hopefully some things will work out. More »

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A big thanks to the BoA fans that came out to Club Touch in NYC last nite! It was awesome to hear “Look Who’s Talking”, “Eat You Up”, “Touched”, and “Energetic” on the big sound system. I won’t forget when the cheers went up from the dancefloor when we started off with “Look Who’s Talking” then going straight into a special video edit of “Eat You Up”. My favorite was “Touched” which got a response of “This track is hot!” from the DJ crew. More »

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BoA has two album she’s promoting, one in Japan and of course one here in the States. In a few days she’s heading to Japan, but will be back in time for her US album release on March 17th. Here’s her confirmed schedule according to our sources at SM Entertainment: More »

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We didn’t forget about the other part of this contest! The following entries won autographed Wonder Girls items from the random prize bonus contest: More »

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With all the various contests and stuff happening on Ningin, we really haven’t had a lot of time to talk about BoA and help her crossover successfully. We’re going to fix that by starting with some free BoA give-aways! More »

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Utada has been pretty busy since we last interviewed her. Faithful Utada fans should have already seen her LA video by now. Only a few more weeks till Utada’s new album is coming out. I know I’m very excited. In the meantime, here’s a small Utada fix that will help pass the time – Utada Contest #2 for an autographed Exodus album. More »

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BoA’s self-titled album will be out in less than a month but that doesn’t mean you can’t preview her latest track now.

Imeem, along with all BoA’s social media pages, is hosting the 1:30 teaser for BoA feat. Sean Garret – I Did It For Love. You can listen to the clip below. More »

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It’s exactly one month till BoA officially releases her American debut album, and you can now preorder it on Amazon.

The pop princess is taking her debut seriously by pulling out all the stops for this moment. Not only have they hired top notch producers, music video directors and photographers, but doing whatever it takes to get BoA on the map. If only Se7en did the same.

The album is officially called BoA (self-titled) and will be released on March 17th. You can preorder your album here for $11.99. More »

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While David was chatting away with Utada, I was sitting on the couch with Utada’s father and manager, Teruzane Utada. Oh man, is he a cool guy! It’s too bad I can’t share some of the stories he told me about Utada. Perhaps one day I can…

Thanks to Mr. Utada, we have the following autographed photo of Utada which we’ll be giving away to a lucky fan. All you have to do is send a private message to “utada_contest” with the message, “I Heart Utada” and that’s it! More »

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Big Bang’s second album titled “Remember” is here! To jump start on things, Big Bang has released their video for the song “Red Sunset” a cover of a song by Lee Moon Sae. As a start, I guess I’ll have to review that first since I saw it first before the album.

Well, I must say, it’s a cute video. I thought Daesung was cute running around like a doofus. Of course, TOP is hot as always. It’s an interesting cover of the song. It’s definitely in the pop category. It’s very obvious that Big Bang’s style likes to constantly change. It was odd listening to “Number 1″ earlier today and then to jump to this. I was also distracted by their sign that read “Let’s go west!” Apparently, it’s an attempt at awareness for the major oil spill that happened in S. Korea a while ago. Well, I like the enthusiasm but it’s kinda late for that. It’s a very upbeat song and I must admit it’s catchy. But of course, Big Bang finally got better when they covered someone else’s song. More »

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TVXQ has officially released their fourth album, Mirotic, only a few days ago but even before then it has hit number 1 on the charts. I’m glad they’re back in Korea again so they can put these fake talentless boy bands to shame.

The new album is title Mirotic which is the combination of a coined Korean word “miro” and the English word “tic”. The word “miro” means “lost or maze” which has lead people to believe the definition is the feeling of being wrapped in love with no way out.

Listening to the entire album, I was more of a fan of the slow songs (especially Jae Joong’s solo) over the upbeat ones although “Wrong Number” and “Crazy Love” were one of my favorites. I really enjoyed the entire album with its techno pop feel; definitely a hit for a comeback album. More »

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Your manly looking idol is going to release an album in October and take part in a comeback program with major Korean broadcaster MBC.

After attempting to pursue an acting career in Hollywood and realizing that he doesn’t have much of an acting talent, Rain has decided to return to his comfort zone, which is recording sub-standard songs and shaking his bon bon for his screaming fans. According to the Asian Michael Jackson, this will be an album made for all his Asian fans. It contains both Korean and English songs. It even has some of the songs that Rain wrote for himself. Great, we are so in for a treat! I am sure one of the songs he wrote is about how he was falling in love with a dude girl but she fell sick and left him after she found out she was going to die soon. This is a typical plot in a Korean soap.  Most Asian girls love that kind of crap. They will even shed a tear or two whenever that song comes on the radio.

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