Did Japanese group plagiarize B2ST’s song, ‘Bad Girl’?

Japanese group U.I.C (UGLY in CLARITY) raised doubts of plagiarism by making their song similar to Korean Idol group B2ST’s ‘Bad Girl’.

The song, which raised doubts of plagiarism, called ‘NAKED SUN’ and it was released on June 8, from U.I.C’s first ablum, ADDICTRO. The rap part of this song and the entire melody sound similar to ‘Bad Girl’, so that people who know the song ‘Bad Girl’ can even sing.

Group U.I.C have been release their songs online since in February, 2010. ‘NAKED SUN’ was also released in June, 2010. However, B2ST’s ‘Bad Girl’ was released 8 months earlier in October, 2009.

People want the Cube Entertainment to take an action for this situation.

One of the officials of Cube Entertainment said, “B2ST’s fans told us about the doubt of plagiarism. We don’t know about the U.I.C’s song yet, but we will figure out soon.”

Meanwhile, U.I.C is a group with 3 female vocals and 4 male rappers. They put a song, dance, and rap together and made their own genre ‘ELECTROCK’.

Check the video of Japanese group U.I.C’s ‘NAKED SUN’
Source: E News 24 from Nate

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BEAST, Photobook ‘FICTION. Written by BEAST’ available for pre-ordering

‘FICTION. Written by BEAST’, a photobook of unseen photos during BEAST’s first studio album promotions will be up for pre-orders for a week on Internet Kyobo Book store starting July 15th.

The special thing about this photobook is that it contains photos of many moments during the one month promotion time of their song ‘FICTION’ from their album ‘FICTION AND FACT’.

The photobook, with a total of 6 chapters and 260 pictures, includes pictures from when they were recording, practicing choreography, shooting their album cover, filming the M/V, first comeback, first win, showing the members passionately going through their hectic schedules.

To commemorate the pre-order sales for the photobook, during the week, Internet Kyobo Book store will be handing out 15 signed books and 10 CDs to 25 lucky purchasers.

Details can be found on the Internet Kyobo Book store homepage (www.kyobobook.co.kr)

Meanwhile, BEAST rose as a new generation K-POP store and is on an Asia fanmeeting tour for the month of July.

CREDITS: kmomnews (SOURCE); poco123@B2ST RISING (TRANS)

Source: Daily K Pop News

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KBS airs ‘Music Bank in Tokyo K-POP Festival’

The three hour-long concert was attended by 15 Korean artists, including TVXQ, KARA, SNSD, 2PM, B2ST, 4minute, U-KISS, IU, Baek Ji Young, SECRET, Rainbow, INFINITE, Park Hyun Bin, Rania, and X-5, who danced and sang to an exuberant crowd of 45,000. This was the first time in 15 years that 15 artists stood together at the Tokyo Dome, so it’s no surprise that tickets sold out in just 4 days.

KBS spent a total of 7.1 million USD for the Hallyu concert and brought in 25 different cameras for the special event. Hosted by KARA’s Gyuri, Hara, and actor Hyun Woo, the concert had an exciting finale with a group performance of DJ DOC’s classic song “Run to You“.

Performances list:
Arrival at Narita Airport + IntroductionKARA – Mister + Jumping


INFINITE – Come Back Again + BTD (Before The Down)
Rainbow – To Me + A
U-KISS – 0330 + Man Man Ha Ni
IU – Good Day + You Know
Baek Ji Young – Don’t Forget (OST IRIS)
2PM – Hands Up + 10 out of 10
4minute – Mirror Mirror + Heart to Heart
Rania – Dr. Feel Good
X-5 – The Show Is Over/Don't Put On An Act
Park Hyun Bin – So Hot + Shabang Shabang
SECRET – Madonna + Starlight Moonlight
B2ST – Fiction + Beautiful
Baek Ji Young & Taecyeon – My Ear’s Candy
KARA & Rainbow – To My Boyfriend
SNSD – Hoot + Run Devil Run
TVXQ – Maximum + Why + Rising Sun
All artists – Run To You

KPOP Artists Headed to Sydney!

As part of South Korea’s and Australia’s 50th year anniversary in diplomatic ties, Aussie company JK Entertainment has decided to bring in an array of KPOP stars down to the ANZ stadium, in Sydney, on 12 November this year. DBSK, Beast, KARA, CN BLUE, SNSD, 2AM, Miss A, SHINee and Secret will make up the other performers at this mega concert! This will also be 4minute’s first visit to Australia.

Source: JK Entertainment Official Website
Reporting + Editing: snowyICEgun@4-minute.com

Source: Daily K Pop News

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Music Bank to air ‘Music Bank in Tokyo’ Special This Week

On July 22nd, the usual weekly broadcast of KBS’s ‘Music Bank‘ will be preempted in favor of a special called ’Music Bank in Tokyo‘.

‘Music Bank in Tokyo’ took place last week at the Tokyo Dome, where 15 Korean groups and artists – including TVXQ, KARA, SNSD, 2PM, B2ST, 4minute, U-KISS, IU, Baek Ji Young, SECRET, Rainbow, INFINITE, Park Hyun Bin, RaNia and X-5 – performed to a wildly exuberant crowd.

The concert – which was emceed by Hyun Woo and KARA’s Gyuri and Hara – was a great success, and drew in a crowd of more than 45,000 fans despite the temperature nearing 95 degrees Fahrenheit.

‘Music Bank’ will return next week as scheduled on July 29th. Check back with us on Monday, July 25th to check for the winner of the K-Chart!

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B2ST is Leading The Way as Korean Wave Stars in France and Great Britain

B2ST has been ranked on German music chart for the first time as Korean group.

B2ST’s song “Fiction” ranked 63rd on a German music chart called Viva. Other Korean singers have been on its Asian chart before, but it’s first time for a K-Pop to rank on top 100 of overall chart.

Recently, singers from SM Entertainment gave performances in France, and Great Britain asks YG for a K-Pop performances. Along with this, B2ST’s ranking on German chart certainly shows Korean Wave spreading throughout Europe.

B2ST gave last performance of its song “Fiction” and is now actively working on schedules abroad, including tour concert in Asia.

Source Nate by Hanna

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B2ST Member Makes The Most Money is...

On July 13th, the members of B2ST shared that rapper Yong Junhyung brought in the highest cash flow.

The boys guested on the latest episode of MBC TV’s ‘Radio Star‘, where they revealed that their wages were split equally, regardless of who appeared on variety shows, dramas, or commercials.

However, Junhyung’s income from his composing and writing is exempt from this equal distribution because it’s his own work, a benefit of his creative license.

Junhyung impressed the MCs by saying, “My income is a little more than I can handle.” Junhyung had a hand in many of B2ST’s hit songs, including “Shock,” “Fiction,” and “Thanks To“.

MC Kim Gura joked, “Poor Kikwang. He had to dance by himself next to a washing machine, and then had to share that money with the rest of you,” referring to Kikwang’s CF with actress Lee Na Young.

The episode also noted Junhyung’s past activities under the alias ‘Popping Dragon‘ with group Xing.

Source & Photo: TV Report via Nate

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