YG Entertainment’s upcoming girl group seems to parallel 2NE1?

YG Entertainment recently revealed yet another ‘mystery girl’.

On May 11th, YG Entertainment released a video teaser featuring a potential member of the agency’s upcoming girl group on the YG-Life Blog. The new mystery girl seems to have outstanding dancing skills and, according to reports by media and fans, is rumored to be a 16-year-old half Caucasian and half Korean trainee from Thailand.

With three ‘mystery girls’ in total, including Kim Eunbi and Euna Kim, who were already known to the public through Mnet‘s ‘Superstar K‘, it seems like the members and overall structure of the new upcoming group shows several similarities to 2NE1, who made a powerful and impacting debut into the Korean music industry in 2009.

First, despite her young age of only 17, Kim Eunbi was one of the Top 6 finalists in 2010′s ‘Superstar K2‘. Many are anticipating that she will most likely be the main vocal or the ‘Park Bom‘ of this new group. During the second season of ‘Superstar K’, Eunbi showed her quirky and honest personality that captured the hearts of many male fans, which seems similar to 2NE1 Park Bom’s four-dimensional and dorky personality.

In addition, Euna Kim, who showed her talents and rapping skills in ‘Superstar K3‘ last year, could be connected to 2NE1′s CL. Euna Kim proved her potential and capabilities in rapping through her cover ofSam Sparro’s “Black and Gold” with Kim Eunbi. Other than that, her English proficiency and background in the United States seem to be similar to CL.

The second ‘mystery girl’, who was revealed on May 4th, gained attention from the public through her innocent and beautiful appearance. Although there hasn’t been much information revealed about this member, many are speculating her to be handling the ‘visual’ role of the group, which reminds us of 2NE1′s Sandara Park.

It has been said that the third ‘mystery girl’ revealed on the 11th is one of the best dancers from YG, with a fantastic sense of rhythm and powerful moves. Although she is only 16 years old, the video clip revealed shows her flexibility and skills in dancing to fast beats. This member seems to parallel with the ‘dancing-machine’ and the youngest member of 2NE1, Minzy.

These 16-20 year old girls have been taking away the search rankings on various Korean portal sites each time they were revealed through the YG-Life Blog. It seems like the marketing strategy by YG to reveal each ‘mystery girl’ one by one to build up anticipation has been a success so far.

Recently, there have been many girl groups making their debut in the industry. However, this upcoming girl group from YG Entertainment has been gaining a huge amount of attention from the media and public despite the fact that only a few members have been revealed. This is incredibly similar to when 2NE1 made their debut. 2NE1 transformed the definition of K-Pop girl groups, from innocent and cute looking to powerful hip-hop warriors. 2NE1 was a revolutionary group that swept the music charts during their debut, and now many are anticipating whether this new girl group will be able to follow in their footsteps.

YG has been trying to hide the personal information of these members and have been keeping them in complete ‘mystery’. With YG’s impressive marketing strategies, ability to set a new trend in the industry, and their top-class trainees, many are excited to see what this new group will bring to the K-Pop world.

2PM’s ‘The Avengers’ poster revealed

Last week, allkpop presented its own poster version of the highly popular movie, ‘The Avengers‘.  Now, it looks like boy group, 2PM has one of their own.

On May 13th, 2PM’s Chansung uploaded 2PM’s Avenger poster and tweeted, “The sync is daebak!!!!  Avengers 2PM Version!!! kekekeke  It looks like Jin Young hyung gathered all of us. Muhaha. Chanthor! kekeke Ok-Hulk keke JunHawkEye kekeke“.

‘The Avengers’, Marvel’s latest blockbuster movie made history earlier today, as it accumulated over $1 billion in gross sales, only 19 days after it began rolling out in designated markets.  Although, this is an edited version, it’s very impressive, nonetheless.  The smooth embedment of the 2pm members onto the poster makes it look very authentic and professional.  For those who aren’t familiar with the characters,Junsu represents Iron Man, Junho as HawkEye, Taecyeon as Hulk, Nickkhun as Captain America, Chansung as Thor, Wooyoung as Black Widow, and Park Jin Young as Nick Fury.

Fans were extremely intrigued and commented, “Wow, this looks awesome“, “I need to go and watch this movie“, and “Junsu looks sick in that armor!”

Who’s your favorite match-up?

JYPE’s JJ Project releases new video teaser

JYP Entertainment‘s latest group JJ Project has been racking up a fair amount of hype within the K-pop fan community after their past previews, and today, the agency has released a new video teaser to heighten anticipation even further!

As earlier reported, JJ Project will consist of JB (Lim Jae Beom) and JR (Park Jin Young) of ‘Dream High 2‘ fame, two JYPE trainees who have both been with the agency since 2009.

Titled ‘Time 2 JJ‘, the teaser doesn’t show any faces but high-definition shots of the duo’s bodies and their wardrobe choices. Furthermore, the teaser ends with the date, ’2012.05.20′, setting the group’s official debut for next Sunday.

Watch ‘Time 2 JJ’ below!

TaeTiSeo wins ‘Inkigayo’ mutizen + performances from May 13th!

SBS‘s ‘Inkigayo‘ is back once again with a new show full of exciting performances from the artists you adore, brought to you by the lovely IU, and KARA‘s Goo Hara and Nicole.

Aside from the usual stages on tonight’s episode, A Pink returns to the stage with their latest release titled “Hush“, and “BUBIBU“.

Pledis Entertainment‘s newest girl group, Hello Venus, made their debut with “Venus“.

Artists from this week’s ‘Take 7′ include: TaeTiSeo, SISTAR, 4minute, December, JYP, B.A.P, andNoel!

As for today’s mutizen winner, it was TaeTiSeo for “Twinkle“. Congratulations TaeTiSeo!

EXO-K & TaeTiSeo pose backstage at ‘Dream Concert’

After 21 K-pop artists swept the stage at the annual ‘Dream Concert‘ this weekend, SM Entertainment has just released a backstage photo featuring EXO-K and TaeTiSeo!

Already dolled up and prepped for performance, the nine idols pose with big smiles on their faces.

Netizens from Korea and all over the world flooded the photo with comments on individual members and the SM family. “Tiffany’s hair makes her look like a mermaid,” one comment admired. Another pointed out, “EXO-K debuted in a month and they’re at Dream Concert!”

After School‘s leader Kahi is often known for her strong and sexy stage charisma, but her latest update reveals a transformation that would have many doing a double take. On May 12th, Kahi updated her Twitter with a new photo (above) showing off a new hairstyle, revealing that the singer has gone back to black with full, straight bangs across her forehead. This hairstyle tends to create a youthful, innocent look, and Kahi was no exception. She tweeted, “Mighty Mouth’s ‘Bad Guy’ Let it blow up~~~!!!!! Sangchu are you happy~~~??!! ke Fighting~~!!^^ Sangchu are you happy? Picture is hair change~^^” Mighty Mouth responded, “MM at the same time, you’re promoting and you’re a beauty queen like a PR diva! ke Thank you!” What do you think of this new style?

Actor Jung Il Woo recently opened up about what he thought of himself.

On May 13th’s airing of MBC’s ‘Section TV‘, Jung Il Woo was asked on why he said that he wasn’t a flower boy. Jung Il Woo explained saying, “It’s true. In my opinion, I don’t consider myself a flower boy because there are many handsome sunbaes out there like Wonbin.”

The show then asked Jung Il Woo what he likes the least about himself. The star answered, “My feet because they are very small. I wear a size of 250mm so it is hard for me to find shoes.”

Jung Il Woo was then asked what he likes the most about himself and he answered, “I like my fingers the best.” Jung Il Woo proudly showed off his fingers to the camera with a dazzling smile and brought laughter to the set.

After School’s Kahi shows off a new hairstyle

After School‘s leader Kahi is often known for her strong and sexy stage charisma, but her latest update reveals a transformation that would have many doing a double take.

On May 12th, Kahi updated her Twitter with a new photo (above) showing off a new hairstyle, revealing that the singer has gone back to black with full, straight bangs across her forehead. This hairstyle tends to create a youthful, innocent look, and Kahi was no exception.

She tweeted, “Mighty Mouth’s ‘Bad Guy’ Let it blow up~~~!!!!! Sangchu are you happy~~~??!! ke Fighting~~!!^^ Sangchu are you happy? Picture is hair change~^^”

Mighty Mouth responded, “MM at the same time, you’re promoting and you’re a beauty queen like a PR diva! ke Thank you!”

What do you think of this new style?

miss A’s Suzy displays her “4-D” personality on ‘Invincible Youth 2′

Suzy reenacted one of her scenes from the film ‘Introduction to Architecture‘ on the May 12th broadcast of ‘Invincible Youth 2‘.

The miss A member was congratulated by her fellow cast mates for being the first singer after Rain to be crowned as an official “triple threat” as she received the rookie awards for music, drama, and film at the ‘48th Paeksang Arts Awards‘.

Jewelry‘s Yewon commented, “Treat us all out!” Suzy, known for her unconventional “4-D” personality, caused a bit of awkwardness as she responded, “Bang!” as she shot an imaginary bullet with her finger. The phrase “treat us all out” sounds very similar to “shoot me” in Korean.

Comedian Kim Shin Young quipped, “If you want to get along with Suzy, you have to accept her ways.”

When asked by Boom to reenact a scene from ‘Introduction to Architecture’, Suzy responded with the line, “I need to go pee,” and was met with cheers.