Kim Hyun Joong discusses the concept for “Lucky Guy”

Kim Hyun Joong recently sat down with reporters to talk about his upcoming music video for “Lucky Guy”.

“‘Breakdown’ was a very powerful track, whereas ‘Lucky Guy’ is more of an upbeat song that I will be able to enjoy with fans… The concept this time around was inspired by the movie ‘Ocean’s Eleven’.”

He continued, “This music video was shot with a gambler concept, but although the background and atmosphere make it seem like it’s in a casino, in reality, I’ll be playing Blue Marble.” (Blue Marble is a Korean board game similar to Monopoly)

With his last mini-album selling 110,000 copies, Kim Hyun Joong holds the record for the highest figure of album sales out of all the solo artists this year.

He joked, “Since the 1st mini album sold 110,000 units, I hope the 2nd mini album will sell 220,000 copies.”

Kim Hyun Joong will be hold his comeback stage on October 20th through Mnet’s ‘M! Countdown‘, and after three weeks of promotion, he will hold his first solo Japanese tour in November.

Kim Hyun Joong wants to be SS501′s best solo artist

SS501‘s Kim Hyun Joong held a press conference commemorating the release of his 2nd mini-album, “Lucky“, where he discussed the goals he had for his latest work.

The 2nd mini album starts off with “Do You Like That” and “Lucky Guy”, two tracks that carry a pop-meets-punk rock flavor. They are then followed by the softer songs, “I’m Your Man” and “U”.

Kim Hyun Joong stated, “The 1st mini album showed you the first glimpse of my image as a solo artist, and my capability in being able to ‘fill up’ the stage by myself without having all the members of SS501 there. The 2nd mini album will focus more on music in itself; as in it’s meant to be listened to, rather than being a background track for the visual components.”

He continued, “I didn’t dream of being a rocker, but I’ve always liked rock before joining SS501. I was in a school band during middle school, and played bass at church. I wanted to become a musician behind a cool rocker. I want to incorporate more rock genre music into future concepts.”

Although the promotion period for the 1st mini album was short, Kim Hyun Joong managed to sell 130,000 copies and the responses from international fans were also very positive.

He confessed, “It wasn’t easy promoting alone. There was a lot of work to do, from developing the album concept to finding songs, and it was exhausting. Before, I only had to do well on my parts, but as a solo artist, I had to calculate things like where it was hard for me to breathe while dancing; consequently, it was more difficult.”

Kim Hyun Joong continued, “But through the 1st solo promotions, I learned a lot of things such as how to control the tempo and speed.”

When asked what his goals for the new album were, Kim Hyun Joong stated, “I want this album to do better than the 1st mini album, and I want to hear that I’m the best as a solo artist out of all the SS501 members.”

SECRET to have sexy comeback performances!

SECRET has been garnering much attention for their sexy teaser photos and many fans are anticipating their comeback performances to be equally sexy.

With the release of their first full length album “Moving in Secret” just a week away, their comeback performances are planned to be extensions of these teasers. It has been confirmed that the shocking photos where not simply to capture attention, but that the focus and concept of their comeback as a whole is sexy.

On October 11th, a TS Entertainment representative stated,

“This new song will show SECRET’s sexy and confident side. We plan to continue with the image that we showed through the teasers.“

For their latest teasers, SECRET let go of their cute and bubbly image as they held poses slightly revealing their undergarments and their accentuating their silhouettes.

“Moving in Secret” holds the meaning of falling into SECRET. Their agency representatives revealed that this album will allow the public, that has held interest in SECRET through “Shy Boy” and “Starlight Moonlight,” to fall for SECRET’s charms once again.

SNSD officially joins Universal Music Group for U.S. debut!

SM Entertainment previously announced plans on releasing SNSD‘s upcoming album “The Boys“worldwide, and it seems their plans on doing so have been officially confirmed!

On October 12th, SM Entertainment revealed that SNSD will release a maxi single (similar to a mini-album) in the United States sometime in November through the well known Universal Music Groupunder Interscope Records, which currently houses extremely famous talents such as Lady Gaga,Eminem and the Black Eyed Peas.

Together with Universal Music Group, SNSD’s “The Boys” full-length album is expected to be released in Europe, South America, and other countries all around the world as well.

Furthermore, the girls who had postponed their comeback date in order to better market their album internationally have confirmed their comeback schedule by revealing their release date to be October 19th. This includes an official iTunes release, music video premiere through SM Entertainment’s official YouTube channel and Facebook, and lastly the physical album release in Korea.

Their title track ‘The Boys’ is the masterpiece of none other than Teddy Riley, who in the past has served as the producer of the legendary Michael Jackson. Teddy has put together a trendy track with a beat & melody that’s sure to widely please all listeners world-wide.

SNSD will make their long awaited comeback through the October 21st episode of KBS 2TV‘s ‘Music Bank‘.

SNSD’s album release and comeback date confirmed on 21st Oct!

Earlier, it was reavealed that SNSD‘s comeback would be delayed from the originally scheduled date of October 7th with SM Entertainment’s decision to release a U.S. album in addition to the Korean album.

Ever since then, fans as well as other artists who were scheduled to comeback in October, have been anxiously anticipating the date of SNSD’s comeback.

On October 10th, a source revealed to Star News that SNSD will hold their first comeback stage for their new song, “The Boys“, on October 21st through KBS‘s ‘Music Bank‘ (exactly 2 weeks after the original date).  The release of the album is also anticipated to be 2 weeks from the originally scheduled date, on October 19th.