Hot Potato to release comeback album in October

Kim C will finally be wrapping up his solo promotions and returning to his band, Hot Potato, for a comeback in October.

This will mark the group’s first comeback in nearly two years since Kim C left to study in Germany last year. He’s since released his first solo album in March with a focus on electronic music, but is now ready to get back to the roots of Hot Potato with a new album.

Representatives revealed on June 27th, “Kim C started planning for the new album last week. He’ll be focusing on the album all summer long and has scheduled the album’s release for October.”

Although he earned widespread popularity through KBS‘ ‘1 Night 2 Days‘, he boldly left the variety show for Germany, where he spent 15 months studying and finding new musical inspiration.

For those unfamiliar with the band, Hot Potato released their mini-album ‘Seesaw‘ in 2010 and had their track “Confession” go on to be a hit. At the Korean Pop Music Awards in 2011, the group also won the ‘Song of the Year’ award.

Source + Photos: Star News via Naver

Kim C releases limited edition LP version of his solo album, ‘Priority’

Singer Kim C has revealed that he has reproduced his first solo album, ‘Priority‘, as a limited edition LP.

On June 12th, his agency explained, “Kim C’s solo album ‘Priority’ has been reproduced to a limited copy of 300 by an American distribution company.”

The limited edition LP comes marked with a number between 1 and 300 on the album jacket to indicate its limited availability, along with a new hidden track that was never included in the album’s previous digital and physical release, making it a total of six tracks included in the album.

As it was his first album marking his step away from his band, Hot Potato, the album earned a variety of reviews for its use of sounds usually unfamiliar in association to him and his band.

Kim C expressed, “I’ve always wanted to make this album in hi-fi from the start. My first album ‘Priority’ is of a quality that I can listen to throughout the times, and it features electronic music as its base under the genre of Dub.”

The limited edition can be purchased exclusively through his official blog starting June 13th.

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Noh Hong Chul reveals story behind his assault case

Entertainer Noh Hong Chul revealed the story behind his assault incident back in 2008.

In the most recent filming of KBS 2TV‘s ‘Story Show Do Dream‘, Noh Hong Chul, along with Kim C and Lee Hae Young, hosted the show as the MCs. During the recording, Professor Pyo Chang Won, a forensic psychologist, asked the MCs to recall an incident.

Noh Hong Chul revealed, “During my assault, I just kept getting hit. I even heard them say, ‘You should fight back. Attack!’” After listening to Noh Hong Chul’s story, Professor Pyo responded, “You have coped very well,” praising him for overcoming such a horrific experience.

This episode of ‘Do Dream’, which features Professor Pyo, comedian Jung Joo Ri, and director Kim Soo Yong, will air on May 5th at 10:05pm KST.

Source + Photo: OSEN