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B.A.P’s Himchan was accepted without an audition?

B.A.P‘s ‘classical instrument ulzzang‘ Himchan is garnering attention for his “3-second audition”.

On September 4 KST, Himchan guested on MBC Radio‘s ‘This is Two O’clock Date with Joo Young Hoon‘, where he revealed what happened during his audition for B.A.P.

Unlike the other members of B.A.P who went through a rigorous audition process, Himchan was accepted into the group after a meeting. DJ Joo Young Hoon commented, “After one desk meeting at your agency? Ah, that’s what’s called a ’3-second okay’. I heard that there are times when some are ‘okayed’ even before the music turns on during auditions.”

Himchan was known before his debut as a talented ulzzang. He attended the National Korean Traditional Music High School and graduated at 17 with a full scholarship. He is currently studying at Korea National University of Arts.

In related news, B.A.P is promoting their new track “Crash“.

B.A.P concludes promotions for “No Mercy” and to return with “Crash”

Powerful boy group B.A.P will be returning with their new title track, “Crash” from their upcoming repackaged album!

After a month full of promotions, B.A.P concluded their final stage performance of “No Mercy” on the August 26th broadcast of SBS‘s ‘Inkigayo‘. The group is now scheduled to release their new repackaged album ‘Crash’ on the 29th and return with a fresh new image.

B.A.P marked success with “No Mercy”, which had exciting hip-hop rhythms along with a dialect rap and samulnori (traditional Korean percussion music) sounds, as it topped Taiwan’s g-music K-Pop chart for five consecutive weeks and also ranked #1 on the ‘German Asian Music Chart‘.

Now, the group is ready to return with “Crash” which is produced by Duble Sidekick, the production team behind SISTAR‘s “Loving U“, MBLAQ‘s “It’s War“, Eru‘s “I Hate You“, and Baek Ji Young‘s “Voice“. With a British rock base in addition to elements of synth and guitar sounds, the song will express the feelings of falling in love through its lyrics.

In addition to “Crash”, the repackaged album will consist of a new version of Bang Yong Guk‘s “I Remember”, but this time featuring B.A.P’s Daehyun rather than B2ST‘s Yoseob.

Details on B.A.P’s upcoming repackaged album revealed

Earlier, we reported that B.A.P would be releasing a repackaged album of ‘No Mercy‘. Since then, details have been revealed through several retail sites about the upcoming album including the track list as well as the album cover.

The repackaged album is titled, ‘Crash‘, and contains seven songs in total. In addition to the songs included in the ‘No Mercy’ album, ‘Crash’ will also feature the new title song, “Crash”, as well as a new version of Bang Yong Guk‘s “I Remember” featuring B.A.P’s own Daehyun this time rather than B2ST‘s Yoseob!

“Crash” is the work of Duble Sidekick, and will express the feelings of falling in love through its lyrics. The song is said to have a British rock base with elements of synth and guitar sounds.

The album is scheduled for release on August 30th, so stay tuned!

Source: Gmarket, Leesmusic

Tip: rainbowrd

B.A.P to release a repackaged version of ‘No Mercy’

Wrapping up their promotions for “No Mercy“, rookie group B.A.P plans to top music charts again with the release of their upcoming repackaged album.

As mentioned previously, “No Mercy” has hit the top of Taiwan’s g-music K-Pop chart for five consecutive weeks in a row and also ranked #1 on the ‘German Asian Music Chart‘.

The title track for B.A.P’s repackaged album will be produced by Duble Sidekick, the production team behind SISTAR‘s “Loving U“, MBLAQ‘s “It’s War“, Eru‘s “I Hate You“, and Baek Ji Young‘s “Voice“, raising the excitement among fans for the repack, which will contain two new songs.

B.A.P made their debut with a tough and strong concept for “Warrior” and also showed their softer, sweet charms through “Secret Love“, and has thus left fans anticipating what new image the boys will showcase next.

B.A.P.’s “No Mercy” tops the ‘German Asian Music Chart’ + Taiwan’s ‘g-music’ K-Pop chart

B.A.P.‘s on the rise not only in Asia, but all the way in Europe as well!

In addition to their “No Mercy” release maintaining its position at the top of Taiwan’s g-music K-Pop chart for five consecutive weeks in a row, TS Entertainment has shared with allthatkpops that the song has also managed to top a German chart in the Asian music category.

The song has managed to surpass current hits like Psy‘s “Gangnam Style“, as well as those by B2ST, Super Junior, 2NE1, JYJ‘s Junsu, and other popular Japanese artists. B.A.P. is no stranger to the chart, as their “Warrior” and “Power” releases had always managed to rank in the top four. Fortunately, they hit a home run with “No Mercy” this time, confidently coming in at first as one of the rookie groups to look forward to.

B.A.P. is actually the only rookie to record such acn achievement on the chart since the chart’s creation in 2009, so representatives of the chart made sure to send their messages of congratulations to the boys.

In related news, B.A.P. is also working their way into the hearts of Russian fans, as a few contestants of the ‘K-Pop Cover Dance Festival’ in Russia competed with B.A.P dance covers, with one contestant even doing a vocal imitation of Bang Yong Guk.

Super Junior, KARA, F.T. Island, B.A.P, and more to perform at the 4th annual Incheon ‘Korean Music Wave’

The line-up for the 4th annual Incheon ‘Korean Music Wave‘ has been revealed!

The ‘Korean Music Wave’ will be held on September 15th at the Incheon World Cup Stadium. The artists scheduled to perform are Super Junior, KARA, F.T. Island, Wooyoung, TEEN TOP, 4minute, A Pink, ZE:A, Rainbow, Girl’s Day, and B.A.P.

The HH Company representative Lee Hyuk Jae stated, “We are glad to announce the 4th year of the Incheon ’Korean Music Wave’. It is a festival that not only involves music, but combines Korea’s music and culture together in one spot. Through this festival we can also display Incheon as not just a regular city, but one that can be associated with the Korean culture.”

Source + image: Nate

B.A.P’s lively shoot for ‘Elle Girl’ revealed

Talented idol group B.A.P‘s lively photo shoot with ‘Elle Girl‘ magazine has been revealed.

The September issue of ‘Elle Girl’ features B.A.P in a unique shoot that shows the members’ cheerful boyish sides with plenty of action shots of them playing tennis or running with a suitcase.

During the interview following the photo shoot, B.A.P said of their fellow K-pop idol groups: “These days, we learn and realize a lot when we watch them on music shows.”

When asked about how they felt about the first performance after their comeback, the members answered, “This album is decked out with songs that the fans can respond to and enjoy, so we enjoyed it as if we were having a concert rather than [performing for] a broadcast.”

The boys were also asked how they would confess their feelings to someone. Maknae Zelo answered, “Like from a scene in the movie ‘Step Up‘, I want to confess by dancing while coming down the stairs,” while Leader Bang Yong Guk shyly responded, “I want to convey my feelings with my eyes rather than through words.”

Check out photos from B.A.P’s photo shoot with ‘Elle Girl’ below!

Source+Picture: Chosun via Naver

SBS MTV to have a special ‘B.A.P. Day’ for summer break

As a special gift to students on their summer vacation, SBS MTV has announced that they’ll be airing a special on B.A.P.!

Scheduled to broadcast on August 4th, the special will be approximately five hours and 30 minutes long. Through their official Facebook, officials wrote, “This Saturday on August 4th! SBS MTV has prepared something special for summer break! B.A.P. Day! Ta-dah! It’s B.A.P. consecutive broadcasts! B.A.P. has prepared messages for everyone in between each broadcast so don’t miss it!”

B.A.P. day will last from 1 p.m. KST to 6:30 p.m. KST. The group is actually the third to receive such an opportunity on the channel, as in 2007, TVXQ was chosen through online votes as the ‘presidents of music’, while in 2011, Big Bang earned their own air slots by winning the ‘Worldwide Act’ award at the ‘2011 MTV Europe Music Awards‘.

Fans will be able to see reruns of ‘Ta-dah, It’s B.A.P.‘ and ‘B.A.P. Diary‘ along with special never-before-released videos the boys specially filmed for their fans.

SECRET‘s Hyosung will be making a special cameo performance, so fans definitely won’t want to miss out on this TV special.

Gaon Chart releases chart rankings for July 22nd – July 28th

The Gaon Chart is the national chart of South Korea and is intended to be the equivalent of Oricon in Japan and Billboard in the United States.

Check out the chart rankings for the week of July 22nd to July 28th below!

< Gaon Chart National Digital Singles Ranking >

1. PSY – “Gangnam Style”

2. BoA – “Only One”

3. 2NE1 – “I Love You”

4. SISTAR – “Loving U”

5. T-ara – “Day By Day”

6. CNBLUE’s Lee Jong Hyun – “My Love”

7. B2ST – “Beautiful Night”

8. B2ST – “Midnight”

9. PSY ft. Sung Si Kyung – “Passionate Goodbye”

10. Brave Guys – “Spring Summer Summer Summer”

< Gaon Chart National Physical Albums Ranking >

1. B2ST – ‘Midnight Sun’

2. BoA – ’7th Album Only One’

3. B.A.P – ‘No Mercy’

4. Super Junior – ‘Sexy, Free & Single 6th Album’

5. Jang Geun Suk – ‘You’re Beautiful OST’

6. Jang Wooyoung – ’23, Male, Single’

7. Various Artists – ‘You’re Beautiful OST (Music Director Limited Edition)’

8. Various Artists – ‘Big OST’

9. PSY – ‘PSY 6th album Part 1′

10. Various Artists – ‘Phantom OST’

< Online Downloads For The Week >

1. BoA – “Only One” – 536,545 Downloads

2. PSY – “Gangnam Style” – 473,372 Downloads

3. B2ST – “Beautiful Night” – 314,746 Downloads

4. Brave Guys – “Spring Summer Summer Summer” – 261,736 Downloads

5. CNBLUE’s Lee Jong Hyun – “My Love” – 249,083 Downloads

6. PSY ft. Sung Si Kyung – “Passionate Goodbye” – 241,967 Downloads

7. 2NE1 – “I Love You” – 235,396 Downloads

8. SISTAR – “Loving You” – 228,818 Downloads

9. T-ara – “Day By Day” – 220,727 Downloads

10. Brown Eyed Girls – “One Summer Night” – 202,951 Downloads

< Top 10 songs sung at Karaoke >

1. Psy – “Gangnam Style”

2. SISTAR – “Loving U”

3. JUNIEL – “Illa Illa”

4. 2NE1 – “I Love You”

5. Ulala Session – “Beautiful Night”

6. Lee Hyun – “My Heartache”

7. Lim Jae Bum – “For You”

8. Busker Busker – “If You Really Love Me”

9. CNBLUE’s Lee Jong Hyun – “My Love”

10. Busker Busker – “Cherry Blossom Ending”

Source: Gaon

TS Entertainment warns fans to watch out for businesses scamming with B.A.P. related products

B.A.P.‘s growing popularity overseas seems to have brought about not just success for the group, but also some unfortunate circumstances.

On July 27th, officials of TS Entertainment expressed their concern to allthatkpops over the selling of illegal B.A.P. related products overseas. Officials asked fans to make sure that they double check their purchases to avoid being scammed.

Companies were apparently using B.A.P.’s name, which is definitely on the rise as the boys rank at the top on various international music charts, to sell vacation packages at higher prices, promising to take fans to their Taiwanese showcase scheduled on September 22nd. One of the plans included in the itinerary is a ‘greet B.A.P. at the airport’ event, making for quite the dangerous situation should it not be handled properly.

Officials recognized that it wouldn’t be B.A.P. put in danger’s way, but rather their fans. They expressed, “We’re afraid of our fans being harmed through these illegal products. We hope that this is an opportunity for us to alert these companies that their unethical business practices will not be tolerated.”

B.A.P’s Zelo gains a thousand followers on Twitter after sharing close-up selca

TS Entertainment told allthatkpops that B.A.P‘s maknae Zelo gained a large amount of followers after sharing a selca that showed off his new side part and bare face.

On the 25th, Zelo tweeted “1:9” and shared the above picture of him resting his chin on his pillow, flaunting his flawless skin and defined features. According to TS Entertainment, his tweet was referring to his new hair part, which is separated according to a 1:9 ratio.

Fans seemed to be quite impressed with his flawless baby skin as Zelo is reported to have instantly gained over one thousand followers after his tweet, surpassing 140,000 in total.

Zelo’s followers all over the world commented, “Where did your eyebrows go? You look like Mona Lisa,” “Cute. Even your bare face is perfect,” and “Wow. Got handsome. What are you doing when you’re supposed to be sleeping?”

Meanwhile, B.A.P is currently promoting their first mini-album ‘No Mercy‘ and will meet their fans this week on ‘M! Countdown‘, ‘Music Bank‘, ‘Music Core‘, and ‘Inkigayo‘.

BABYs trend three B.A.P hashtags worldwide on Twitter

To celebrate the comeback of B.A.P with their 1st mini album, ‘No Mercy‘, BABY‘s all over the world have gathered to trend the group on Twitter.

A Canadian fan recently alerted TS Entertainment, via B.A.P’s official fancafe, on the group’s worldwide Twitter trend to help prove B.A.P’s ever-growing popularity.

According to the fan, the hashtag “#NOMERCYBAP”, “No Mercy”, and “B.A.P” seized the top 3 spots on Worldwide trend immediately upon the release of ‘No Mercy’ on July 19th.

In addition, the mini album has proved to be performing well overseas. On July 21st, ‘No Mercy’ ranked within the top 10 on the iTunes Top 10 Hip-Hop Albums chart for the U.S., Japan, Canada, and Australia. It has also been reported that the album ranked #2 on the iTunes chart in both Norway and Finland’s iTunes on July 20th.

The group has also attained great success with their debut album, ‘WARRIOR‘, which came in at #10 on the Billboard World Albums Chart. Upon releasing their second single, ‘POWER‘, the album ranked #1 and #2 on iTunes Top 10 Hip-Hop Albums chart for Canada and the U.S, signifying the group’s domestic and overseas popularity.

Meanwhile, B.A.P will be continuing their promotional activities this week.

10 Male Idols we’d like to be on a date with this weekend

It’s the weekend and unfortunately we’re hard at work, ugh! If we had our way though, these are the top 10 male idols we’d like to be on a date with right now!

Super Junior's Siwon

Super Junior's Donghae

CNBLUE - Jung Yonghwa

Big Bang's TOP

B.A.P's Bang Yong Guk

B2ST's Doojoon

2PM's Taecyeon

Infinite's L

TVXQ - All 5 of them!

Psy - OPPARS GANGNAM STYLE

B.A.P trashes 50,000 copies of their new album due to color print mistake

It has been revealed that B.A.P has trashed all 50,000 copies of their 1st mini-album ‘No Mercy‘ and will be delaying its release to a later date.

B.A.P was scheduled to release the MV of “No Mercy” and the album both on and offline on July 19th. However, the group has decided to discard all 50,000 copies of album due to problems with the finished product.

According to TS Entertainment, “We were initially planning on releasing the physical album on July 19th, but the color print on the finished product was a bit off from what we expected. Therefore, we have decided to discard all albums to present fans with the best as we have promised.”

The release of “No Mercy” immediately reflected on MelOn‘s real-time music chart, placing high upon its release. With a complete 180-degree concept, the boys returned with exciting hip-hop rythms and rock riffs. The song starts off with leader Bang Yong Gook and maknae Zelo‘s dialect rap, followed by samulnori sounds (traditional Korean percussion music).

The MV of “No Mercy”, in particular, is gaining much interest as the director of the MV turned out to be none other than Hong Won Ki of Johnny Bros, who’s famously known for directing music videos for Girls Generation, Seo Taeji, B2ST, Super Junior, and more.

B.A.P will be making their comeback on the July 19th episode of Mnet‘s ‘M!Countdown‘, followed by KBS‘s ‘Music Bank‘ on the 20th, MBC‘s ‘Music Core‘ on the 21st, and SBS‘s ‘Inkigayo‘ on the 22nd. In addition, the boys’ showcase that was held in Malaysia will be aired on Mnet’s ‘Wide Entertainment News‘ on July 19th at 5PM (KST).

B.A.P’s title track mv teaser “No Mercy” to be released today + new “Pop Boy” photos!

TS Entertainment revealed to allthatkpops today, that B.A.P‘s video teaser for their first mini-album title song “No Mercy” will be revealed later today and also unveiled some new photos.

Yesterday, TS Entertainment unveiled album jacket photos of Bang Yong Guk, Zelo and Youngjae. Today they have released to us the photos of Himchan, Jongup and Daehyun, following up with their “Pop Boy” concept, which means leaders in style and fashion.

In addition, B.A.P’s music video teaser for “No Mercy” will be revealed later tonight at 6PM KST and the full music video along with their album will be released on the 19th.

Check out the new album jacket photos below and stay tuned for more information on B.A.P’s comeback, only on allthatkpops!

Jongup

Himchan

Daehyun

B.A.P’s “Power” takes the #1 spot on Malaysia’s ‘Nite Live’ K-Pop Chart

After what has been a successful showcase at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, rookie group B.A.P has completed yet another feat by grabbing the number one spot on the K-Pop chart of 8TV, one of Malaysia’s popular TV channels, on the program, ‘Nite Live‘.

B.A.P managed to rise to the top, beating out other K-Pop hits such as “Monster” by Big Bang, “TARANTALLEGRA” by Junsu and “The Chaser” by INFINITE. The group is no stranger to their fanbase in Malaysia, having completed their showcase on the 6th as well as appearing as guests for the final round of ‘8TV Showdown 2012‘, an audition program, and performing in front of the audience and the viewers watching at home.

Meanwhile, B.A.P has released their latest track, “Goodbye”, on July 9th and is also getting ready to make a comeback with their first mini album, ‘No Mercy‘.

B.A.P to release “Goodbye” ahead of their mini-album release

TS Entertainment has recently announced that rookie group B.A.P will be releasing their single “Goodbye” ahead of the release of their first mini-album, whose title and release date have yet to be announced. The single is expected to see its release on July 9th.

Goodbye is specially noted as it is produced by none other than TOP, the lead guitarist for The Seo Taiji Band. TOP is said to have taken on the role as not just the head producer, but as well as a musician as he is featured on the song playing a variety of instruments from guitar, bass guitar and the drums. While B.A.P’s previous singles showcased strong urban, hip-hop influences, Goodbye is said to a rock number that will marriage B.A.P’s unique musical color with the distinctive rock sound as produced by TOP.

Lyrically, Goodbye will take in the same mold as the group’s earlier releases as a commentary on society, describing their encouragement for fans to “never be frightened of new beginnings” and to “keep their hopes alive for their dreams.”

VIP seats at B.A.P’s Taiwanese Showcase sell out within 5 minutes!

Powerful group B.A.P has already sold out the VIP tickets for their Taiwanese showcase!

On June 30th, G-Music, the company that will be hosting the showcase, put up the tickets for sale on it’s website. Around 600 VIP tickets were available, and amazingly, they were all sold out within 5 minutes.

VIP tickets that were being sold offline have also attracted a lot of traffic, as stores selling them saw long lines of eager B.A.P fans. Surprisingly, there were also a large number of male fans seen waiting in these lines, defying the popular theory that boy groups tend to only attract female fans.

After having sold out all available VIP tickets, G-Music is currently receiving an overwhelming number of requests for not only more tickets, but also for a recorded interview with B.A.P. Such a high level of demand for a new face in the KPop scene is extremely rare, and is thus particularly exciting for both B.A.P and supporters of the Hallyu Wave.

In other news, B.A.P, Girls’ Generation, SHINee, and more have recently departed Korea for the ‘K-POP Nation Concert in Macao 2012′. Afterwards, each group will be holding a showcase independent from each other in Malaysia.

B.A.P releases second photo book ‘Recording Take 2′

B.A.P revealed their second photo book ‘Recording Take 2‘ on June 27th.

The first photo book covered six months of preparation before their debut, and the newly released photo book contains pictures from fan signing events, live video chats with global fans, and their 100 day anniversary fan event.

B.A.P showed their fierce warrior side in the music video for their second album ‘Power‘, and fans will get a closer behind-the-scenes look at the filming. The photo book includes shots of the boys getting tattoos drawn on their arms and shoulders for the MV.

Maknae Zelo made the hearts of nuna fans flutter by baring a shoulder while getting his tattoo drawn, and B.A.P’s leader Bang Yong Guk talked about what it was like when he broke his arm while preparing for the album. He also brought tears to fans’ eyes when he shared the troubling times he experienced when his grandfather passed away.

B.A.P’s 80-page second photo book ‘Recording Take 2′ is printed on A2-sized paper, and each page has separate bromides that fans can decorate their walls with.

Introducing the amazing producers of Duble Sidekick (Double Sidekick)!

As more and more groups begin to enter the Kpop scene, producers have stepped up their game in order to release some amazing work as we’ve seen with many rookies and non-rookies alike this year.

However, in particular, there is one absolute amazing production crew rising up, which you may or may not have heard of. They go by the name of “edan yupchagi“, which translates to “Double Sidekick“, although they prefer to spell it “duble sidekick“.

The epic duo consists of One Way‘s magnificent leader Chance, who takes lead for composing and writing the music, while Park Jang Geun takes charge of coming up with the song’s lyrics.

The two have worked with a countless number of stars and idol groups to date, including MBLAQ, B1A4, 2PM, Super Junior, Baek Ji Young, NS Yoon-G, Dalmatian, Miryo (Brown Eyed Girls), and plenty more!

Both Chance and Park Jang Geun have recently worked hand in hand with the ladies of SISTAR for their upcoming return with “Loving U“, and will also be working with Jewelry which is slated for release in July. They also have plans of working with ZE:A, HaHa, and Kim Tae Woo, all of whom have plans to return with fresh music.

Furthermore, it has been revealed that Duble Sidekick are currently working with the boys of B.A.P on their impending comeback in the near future. BABYs, are you excited?

Stay tuned to allthatkpops as we continue to cover some of the great works coming from Duble Sidekick. Also, don’t forget to check the boys out on Twitter and give them a holler at @OneWayChance and @rudeboy1082 (Park Jang Geun)!