B.A.P(비에이피) - POWER Making film (#take1)

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[Very special gifts for BABYz!
Here are the undisclosed pictures from B.A.P including their self-camera pictures.]

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On April 2nd, B.A.P’s agency, TS Entertainment updated its official Facebook page and wrote, “March 31st was the birthday of B.A.P’s leader, Bang Yong Guk. Thank you very much for your kind support, BABYz!”

TS Entertainment also attached a photo of Bang Yong Guk, dressed in black jacket and cap while happily holding his birthday cake.

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While top idol groups are now concentrated in heading abroad for their overseas activities, rookie groups are now beginning to flourish in Korea.

Top idol groups, such as Big Bang, Super Junior, B2ST, and more, will be circulating around the globe for their world tours. While solo artists, such as IU and Kim Hyun Joong, will be greeting fans in Japan with the launch of their Japanese activities. Although fans in Korea will be unable to see their favorite artists, rookie idol groups are now emerging one by one and are proving that they are capable of taking over the previous generation.

One of the numerous rookie groups that have debuted in 2011 and stood out was five member boy group, B1A4. They were sucessfully able to capture the hearts of many noona fans with their past hits such as “Beautiful Target” and “My Love“. Now, they have made a comeback on the 14th with their new title song “Baby I’m Sorry” and with this they’ve topped various online music charts.

Rising girl group C-real, who has been nicknamed as the “5 IU’s” since their debut, have also returned with their brand new single, “JOMA JOMA“. With their goal of stealing the hearts’ of uncle fans, they have worked with hit making producers such as Shinsadong Tiger and Brave Brothers.

After successfully completing their debut showcase back in January, the boys of B.A.P have concluded promotions for their debut hit “Warrior” and shortly thereafter began follow-up promotions with “Secret Love“. Their strong and intense performance has earned an enormous amount of applause from netizens for their high quality performances on stage.

Meanwhile, Cube Entertainment and Pledis Entertainment have also unveiled their highly anticipated boy groups. Cube Entertainment’s BtoB, short for Born to Beat, has landed MC roles on SBS MTV‘s ‘The Show 2‘ immediately after their debut to showcase not only their vocal talent, but also their variety skills. On the other hand, Pledis’s rookie group NU’EST have become the stars of their new reality program ‘Making Of a Star NU’EST‘ and have been displaying their infinite amount of charms through the show. With both groups starting off on a great note, the two groups will definitely be worth keeping an eye on.


However, the debut of new groups don’t stop there. SM Entertainment, home to Girls’ Generation, Super Junior, f(x), and more, will finally be debuting their 12 member group, EXO, this coming April. Ever since the beginning of 2012, SM Entertainment has constantly been releasing teasers after teasers but now they will finally unveil the group to the public this Spring.

In addition, A Cube Entertainment‘s rookie singers A Pink and Huh Gak will also respectively be making their comebacks in the same month. As the two are known to have been hits last year, it’ll be interesting to see what they have in store for us this time.

Finally, M.I.B, aka ‘Most Incredible Busters‘, are also included in the list of those making a comeback in April. The hip-hop quartet joined the scene last fall with their debut single “G.D.M“. With well known hip-hop artists under their agency such as Drunken Tiger, LeeSsang, Tasha, etc., fans are highly anticipating their return to the K-Pop scene.

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This week, popular rookie group B.A.P will be wrapping up their debut promotions.

B.A.P made their highly anticipated debut on January 26th with ‘Warrior‘ in a showcase that drew over 3,000 fans. The group had made significant waves before their official debut, as leader Bang Yong Guk‘s unit activities with Zelo gave fans a taste of what the group had in store. They were also the first group to film the promotional ad for an end of the year award ceremony without having officially debuted.

In addition to ranking on the Billboard World Album Chart, they have amassed over 30,000 members in their official fan cafe only six weeks into their debut, as fans fell for the unique charms of members Bang Yong Guk, Himchan, Zelo, Youngjae, Daehyun, and Jongup. Furthermore, their combined followers on popular social networking site Twitter total over 400,000 followers.

Their company TS Entertainment has significantly benefited from the combined success of their girl group Secret, along with the new-found success of B.A.P.

After they make their final rounds on the music programs this weekend with their track ‘Secret Love‘, B.A.P will be going straight into preparations for April comeback.

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After conclude their promotions for “Warrior” and their will aim for a comeback sometime this spring. Well, it has just been announced that the six boys have chosen “Secret Love“ to be their follow-up track!

TS Entertainment, the group’s agency, revealed, “B.A.P has concluded their promotions for their debut track ‘Warrior’ through ‘Inkigayo’ yesterday and will begin their follow-up track ‘Secret Love’ starting this week. We will be showing a 180 degree transformation of the boys through ‘Secret Love’.

They continued, “We had a hard time deciding on which song to follow-up with but ended up choosing ‘Secret Love’ in order to show a whole different image of B.A.P to fans.”

“Secret Love”, featuring SECRET‘s Song Ji Eun with lyrics written by Bang Yong Guk, tells a sad love story about two celebrities having to secretly date. Fans are curious to know whether or not Song Ji Eun will be joining B.A.P’s stage performances for the song.

Meanwhile, B.A.P’s new reality program titled ‘Ta-Da, It’s B.A.P‘ aired its 8th episode on the 26th, where they revealed the making of their music video for “Secret Love”.

In the music video, member Him Chan displayed his acting skills by taking the role of a man who’s unable to express his love to a girl. In addition, fans were aroused with jealousy after seeing the two embracing each other.

Are you guys excited to see the boys perform “Secret Love”?

Check out the MV below :



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안녕하세요. TS ENT입니다. 그동안 많은분들께서 문의주시고, 기다리셨던 B.A.P의 공식 팬클럽 이름이 확정되어 여러분께 전해드립니다.

언제나 B.A.P와 함께 해 주실 우리 팬 여러분들의 이름은 리더 방용국군의 공식 데뷔전부터 오랜시간 사용해 왔던 ‘BABY(베이비)’로 멤버전원의 만장일치로 결정되었습니다.

앞으로 B.A.P의 무대를 비롯해 모든 활동을 함께 해주실 ‘BABY(베이비)’ 출발에 여러분들의 많은 사랑과 응원 부탁드립니다.

감사합니다.

hello, this is TS ENT. We are announcing B.A.P’s official fan club name that many of you have inquired about and awaited for.

The fanclub’s name that has always supported B.A.P have been called “BABY” by leader Bang Yongguk before debut, has been unanimously determined “BABY” by every member.

From now on, on stage as well as all of B.A.P’s activities, we ask for the support and love from BABYs.

Thank you.

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With the recent flurry of love scandals and many members of popular girl groups nearing the marriageable age, Sports Chosun was able to interview representatives from ten top music companies: Cube Entertainment, Happy Face Entertainment, Starship Entertainment, Core Contents Media, TS Entertainment, Star Empire Entertainment, Pledis Entertainment, DSP Media, and NegaNetwork.

The representatives voiced their opinions on important issues that idol groups face, including marriage, dating, and the age at which girl group members halt activities.

▶ Is marriage poisonous to girl groups?

The following investigation is from ten staff members who are part of the singing industry with girl groups. All replied, “Whatever is the case, we do not believe that marriage will positively affect the girl group’s image.”

The most important image for girl groups is ‘lovers of all men’. Even with small love scandals, the idea of being ‘one man’s woman’ will drastically take a hit on the popularity. Most importantly, however, it will negatively affect the whole team.

One representative revealed, “The daily pattern of an idol group is different from that of normal people. Whether it’s practicing throughout the night or having to swallow their schedule, they usually have to work until dawn for their next schedule. There is also an increasing trend of long-term overseas activities. In this situation, when a member marries, it naturally places a burden on the other members.”

With the potential of having one’s popularity drop due to marriage, this type of change would also create problems for the whole team, as it could hinder activities and schedules. The representative explained further, “If they do marry, they must consider entering different fields such as [becoming] MCs or actresses.”

▶ Is there a dating ban? Secret dating?

While we can state that marriage is a negative factor for girl groups, is simply dating a problem too?

While 2NE1‘s Sandara Park can happily say that she has been freed from the dating ban, other girl group members sadly cannot say the same thing.

Three reps revealed, “We prefer a dating ban because of management problems.” While it can be assumed that dating will pose problems to popularity, it could adversely affect other members.

The most strict period of management regarding dating usually takes place during the debut season. Usually, girl group members are in their teens and early 20s, a period in which their reasoning is sometimes overpowered by emotions. If the idols experienced the emotional turmoil of teenage dating, they would be overwhelmed by their emotions and could be scarred.

In addition, the agency and management also have an obligation to protect the artists and are even asked by parents to “manage problems in relation to the opposite sex,” Sports Chosun reports.

However, it is difficult for the management to enforce the restrictions on the idol members. When it comes down to it, dating lies within the privacy of the girl group member, as members can exchange their own passwords or various hand signals, and secretly date through Kakao Talk.

Although secret dating is preferred, idol group members also let their managers know. One representative stated, “Because the agency respects their personal lives, they want members to consult before they start dating. That way, the agencies can think of a corresponding method.”

Another representative shared another opinion, saying, “As they have to swallow various concepts on stage, those who experience love and separation have better expressive power. We approve dating to the extent that it does not burden the team.”

▶ Until what age can girl group members continue their activities?

About 30% of the representatives had voted that the boundary should be around mid-30s. As girl groups usually need to show off their sexiness and cute charms, it is difficult for 30 year old women to go through with the cute concepts.

However, the other side stated, “Age is not important.” Lee Hyori is one example as she is still continuing her activities, showing that appeal and personal care are more important than age. In addition, even if members are relatively old, they are part of a team who promote activities together, diminishing the hindrances that age can pose.

Debut age also comes into play as an issue. Five to six years after a debut, activities can become tiring as girl group members consider entering other fields. This has led to many idols entering the fields of entertainment or acting.

Share your thoughts on Sport Chosun’s in-depth editorial in the comments section below: do you think the reasons behind the dating restrictions are fair, or do you think they should be changed?



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