[10.07.11] 4Minute's Japanese Producer Talks About Their Upcoming Single, NEWS/INTER
Recently, more and more KPOP groups are debuting and making activities on Japan, including our very own, 4Minute
as well as KARA. With regards to the increasing interest of Japanese citizens towards KPOP, a show interviewed 4Minute's Producer in Japan, Mr. Suzuki, about his views on the group's debut and their music.
He thought that the melodious Japanese music and the powerful and cheerful Korean sound may cause a "chemical reaction" or a new change in the Japanese music scene.
He used to be a banker for a year and a half after university, and entered into music scene afterwards, where he became popular by making a music group, Def Tech, successful in 2005. He is in charge of K-pop boom in Japan.
On the near end, Mr. Suzuki interviewed some fans and attempted to ascertain how to modify K-pop music more familiar and easier to enjoy for Japanese listeners. Also, he tried to interview some fans with regards to how they find 4minute's Japanese debut single - Muzik. The first fan said that it's fine for her whether a Korean song will be translated to Japanese. However, the other fan answered that listening to the same songs which only differs in language, and to the fact that she's already used to hearing it in Korean, makes the song sound strange. After hearing the fans' answers, he planned and tried to figure out what to do in order to make their upcoming single more successful than the first one. He discussed it with the other staff, including people from CUBE Entertainment, that made him have his visit on 2010's Dream concert and was able to see the girls perform live on stage hearing a huge number of fans screaming and cheering for them.
[10.07.10] 4Minute's Special Concert for 4Minute's Friends Day, NEWS
Before the show, 4Minute's Friends Day has even started, it was already announced that they will be having a mini-concert with the friends they'll be meeting on each of the episodes of their show.
Now, on the 9th of this month, at Seoul Chodong's MTV Studio, our 4Minute girls revealed their awesome film site for the concert through showing various pics during their performances.
It was announced that the girls performed their hit songs such as
Muzik, HUH and Hot Issue. The fans were also lucky to see Solo Performances from the girls. Surprisingly, another Popular KPOP group,
Secret, appeared on the concert too as they reveal their close relationship with 4Minute, knowingly that HyunA and Sunhwa already had a special relationship from Invincible Youth, where HyunA was a member before. This group also made a special performance on the concert.
More than that, the fans also had a chance to shake hands with the girls and were able to see the dance battle they prepared plus the rolling papers they wrote for each other. It's also amazing how 4Minute show how much they treasured this day by sharing a lot of smiles and tears for their fans.
Meanwhile, the filmed 4minute’s mini concert will be revealed through
MTV
on the
17th,
so please look forward to it!
[10.07.12] Universal Japan to hold special concert featuring 4minute, BEAST, etc.
Universal Music Japan will hold a special extra-large outdoor concert at Universal Studioss in Osaka from July 23 - 25. The concert, known as "United Nations Friends - Asia Pacific Global Tolerance Yes Music 2010," will feature a number of popular Korean groups.
On the 23rd, 5-member popular girl group 4minute, 6-member idol group BEAST, the Japanese groups SPEED and AAA among others will perform.
A formal ceremony will be held on the 4th, and Korean stars Big Bang, Japanese singers Crystal Kay, Chemistry, Beni, and others will perform. On the last day, Korean group Choushinsei, Japanese groups Gospellers, Do As Infinity and others are scheduled.
The goal of the event is to carry the importance of peace through the universal language of music, and it is a festival that will attempt to unite the Japanese artists and the representative artists from other Asian countries with the audience.
This will be the third time this festival has been held.