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Tencent X Cantara Global Press conference
TENCENT KPOP LIVE, which is co-hosted by Tencent and Cantara Global, held their Press conference at Seoul Gangnam JBK conference hall on the 31st of August 2015.
This event was grace by directors of both company, billboard Asia CEO director, famous musicians and KPOP artists such as Hello Venus, Playback and Wannabe.
The press conference talked about their future and current status of the Tencent K-pop Live Concert series. Till date, Tencent K-pop Live Concert has reached out to large numbers of online viewers in China.
On the 31 August 2015, Tencent K-POP Live concert, they will be having SNSD as performers and many are looking forward to it.
We can look forward to artistes like F(X), Girls Days and Wonder Girls which are well-liked in China in the future concerts series of Tencent Kpop Live, held and co-hosted by Tencent and Cantara Global.
Hello Venus
WannaB
Playback
We would like to thank Tencent and Cantara Global for the invitation to this media conference.
[Article Coverage] BTS Live Trilogy in Hong Kong 2015
BTS (Bangtan Boys), a seven-membered idol group, held their first ever concert in Hong Kong, ‘BTS Live Trilogy Episode II. The Red Bullet’ on Saturday, 29 August 2015! The Hong Kong stop was also the last stop for the 2nd half of 2015 BTS Live Trilogy tour, which began in June 2015.
On the day of the concert, A.R.M.Ys (Bangtan Boys’ fans) arrived early at the concert venue and queued to enter the concert hall, all ready and excited to meet their idols. BTS performed numerous of their hit songs, such as Boy In Luv and N.O. During Propose, BTS’ vocal line (Jin, Jimin, V and Jungkook) serenaded their fans with their voices and beautiful harmony.
At the concert, the members of BTS and Hong Kong A.R.M.Y celebrated leader Rap Monster‘s and youngest member Jungkook’s birthday. During the speech segment, fans and the BTS members sang a birthday song for both of them. BTS members V, Suga, Jin, J-Hope and Jimin also attempt their best to speak in Cantonese and English which left the fans laughing.
BTS Trilogy in Hong Kong Episode II. The Red Bullet proudly brought to you by Sun Entertainment Culture (太陽娛樂) and JACSO Entertainment (加秀娛樂).
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Article by: Andrea and Annissa F.
We would like to thank JACSO Entertainment for the invitation to cover this concert.
NTU students celebrate Singapore’s 50th birthday with NTU Fest
Singapore, 29 August 2015
· K-pop girl group Dal Shabet and MediaCorp celebrities light up the night
· Record-breaking largest logo made of 10,000 photographs, made-in-NTU science and technology exhibition and art showcase to mark SG50
Nanyang Technological University (NTU) students are holding their biggest public event of the year – NTU Fest – at the Promontory @ Marina Bay today. Comprising a day-long carnival, charity run and concert, the mega event celebrates Singapore’s Golden Jubilee and marks the start of NTU’s new academic year.
Mr Heng Swee Keat, Minister for Education, will launch the event by unveiling NTU’s record-breaking NTU Fest logo formed by 10,000 photos of NTU students and the community. The photos – that took five months to put together to commemorate SG50 and will enter the Singapore Book of Records – surpass the previous record of more than 1,000 photos.
Mr Heng, who also chairs the Singapore50 (SG50) steering committee, will then launch the evening segment of the NTU Fest concert with a National Day song, accompanied by MediaCorp actress Rebecca Lim, NTU senior management and student performers.
Ms Tan Hui Jun, Chairperson of NTU Fest 2015 organising committee that has been working feverishly over the past year, said: “NTU Fest is a unique opportunity for the public to experience the richness and diversity of our university, as it showcases some of the best talents that we have at NTU.
“This year’s NTU Fest is particularly special as we also celebrate Singapore’s 50th birthday. We hope this event will inspire people to see how far Singapore has come, and how bright the future looks with so many talented youths,” she added.
The student organisers’ final line-up of 50 carnival booths, 2,400 runners and a wide slate of local and international artistes attest to their hard work and success.
Celebrating Singapore’s Golden Jubilee
In celebration of SG50, the NTU students worked with the university to put together two exhibitions spanning a diversity of disciplines. An art exhibition features eye-catching art installations based on the theme of “SG50 and beyond”.
A science and technology exhibition presents more than a dozen made-in-NTU inventions. Among the innovations on display are interactive ageing technologies, cutting-edge medical devices and satellites designed and built by NTU students and researchers. NTU, which is driving to be at the forefront of electromobility research, is also showcasing a student-built car made out of 3D-printed parts, the NAVYA, Singapore’s first driverless vehicle, and BMW’s latest i8 hybrid sports car that runs on electricity and petrol and i3 electric car.
As a gesture to give back to the community, the students gathered more than 100 underprivileged children who have been mentored by NTU students and 41 needy families to participate in the charity run and spend the day at NTU Fest. In addition, proceeds from the registration fees for the run will go towards a two-year training programme in partnership with SportCares Foundation to promote character development in underprivileged youths. NTU students will mentor the youths and join them in swimming, sailing and windsurfing training.
Commenting on the students’ efforts, Associate Provost (Student Life), Associate Professor Kwok Kian Woon said: “I am proud of our students who have truly stretched their abilities and revealed new talents, as they give back to the community through this project. Given the huge scale of the event, not everything may run as smoothly as we would wish, but the students have proven yet again that they are up to the challenge. They have also showed us that they have big hearts. They have touched the lives of many disadvantaged children and families through this event and through their project to help the youths at SportCares.”
Star-studded line-up
(Photo provided by NTU Singapore)
Performing at NTU Fest this evening are Dal Shabet, one of K-pop’s most popular girl groups and more than a dozen Mediacorp’s hottest stars and deejays. MediaCorp is the Platinum Media Partner of NTU Fest.
Dal Shabet is scheduled to perform some of their most popular hits, including Supa Dupa Diva, B.B.B (Big Baby Baby), and Joker, the new title track from their latest album Joker Is Alive.
(Photo provided by NTU Singapore)
Five of the Eight Dukes of Caldecott Hill – Ian Fang, Shane Pow, Romeo Tan, Jeffrey Xu, Zhang Zhen Huan – will also be out to entertain the crowd. In addition, appearing on stage with Rebecca Lim are Elvin Ng, Jeffrey Xu and Zhang Zhen Huan, who star in Channel 8’s latest drama serial, Sealed with a Kiss, plus the cast of Channel 5 drama, Tanglin – Nat Ho, Eswari Gunasagar, Elfaeza Ul Haq and Jae Liew.
The evening show will be hosted by 987FM deejays Gerald Koh and Joakim Gomez from the popular radio show, The Bro Code.
Carnival full of treats and attractions
The carnival booths run by NTU students and vendors feature a wide range of cuisines, games and fun activities for the whole family.
Making appearances at MediaCorp’s Toggle booth in the carnival are up-and-coming actresses Jayley Woo and Seraph Sun as well as actor Shaun Chen. Local comedians Alaric Tay and Chua Enlai from The Noose will also appear in character.
NTU Fest’s Gold Media Partner, The Straits Times, also has a booth at the NTU Fest carnival.
This is the second year that NTU Fest is being held. Last year’s inaugural event at the Padang attracted more than 8,000 people and featured a star-studded line-up headlined by K-pop stars Running Man’s Kang Gary and singer Jung In as well as MediaCorp artistes.
Jessica Jung shares her inspiration behind her collections at the Singapore Press Conference for the launch of Blanc & Eclare Denim Collection in collaboration with Salon by Surrender
Singapore – Jessica Jung met up with the media for an exclusive press conference on August 27 held at Salon by Surrender, Marina Bay Sands, to talk about the launch of her Blanc & Eclare Denim Collection. Jessica gave insights on what inspires her fashion collection, the pros of being independent and what is in store for the future of Blanc & Eclare.
Wearing her favourite piece from her collection, a sailor-inspired white top, Jessica encompasses the motto “less is more”. She stresses that being understated describes her brand well. The reason behind her denim collection was simple. It is because she love denim. Jessica shared, “My favourite piece from the collection is the high-waisted jeans. It comes with two colors and it has a very nice fit, especially for Asian ladies and is super comfortable.”
When asked what her inspiration for her collection was, she simply exclaimed “Travelling! I love traveling and looking at the different cultures. Different colors from different places really help.” She also shared that the different styles from her sunglasses collection are from different cities. “For example, Paris has a more chic and elegant feel, hence the cat-eye frames. While Shanghai is more suited for round frames.” Jessica even joked that a design inspired by Singapore might even come out soon!
Jessica, who separated from popular girl group Girls’ Generation last year, just began working alone on her new fashion line Blanc & Eclare a few months ago and commented on the pros of working independently. “You can make decisions on your own and you are also able to work very closely with your team.” She also added that it was easier to communicate and share ideas with one another.
Not only is Jessica a well-known singer turned creative designer, she is also well-known to be the sister of idol, Krystal Jung, who is a member of f(x). These sisters even had their own variety show “On Style” where they share their everyday moments and occasionally talked about fashion. Hence, it is no surprise when Jessica shared that “Krystal have always been giving me input throughout my journey as a designer. She has been given me advice and it would be like that continuously.”
Jessica also shares that she values comfiness the most in her designs. It is important for her that people who buy her designs are comfortable in it. This shows how, even as a new creative director, she still manage to show how she prioritise the comfort of the people who wore her clothes as compared to the visuals of her design.
Jessica then ended off the press conference by concluding that she would love to work with other artists in the future and hope that everyone supports Blanc & Eclare.
This is the first time Creative Director, Jessica Jung came to Singapore to promote her new brand Blanc & Eclare. We hope that she continues to expand her brand and maybe eventually open up her own fashion store all over Asia. I’m sure lots of fans and fashion-enthusiast would look forward to that one day.
Article written by: Ayuni
Photos taken by: Hui Ling
We would like to thank Salon by Surrender for the invitation to this media conference.
Ticketing information for 2015 1st SH Power Music with BTS and KM
Event: 2015 1st SH Power Music with BTS and KM
Date: 11th September 2015, Friday
Time: 6pm [4pm for VVIP ticket holders (high 5 & photo session) and Major General ticket holders (high 5)]
Location: The Kasablanka Hall, 3rd floor of Kasablanka City, Jakarta Indonesia
Things to expect on that day would be a showcase, group photo session (VVIP ticket holders), high 5 session (VVIP and Major General ticket holders) as well as a lucky draw where 100 fans will get a special gift from BTS!
Official ticketing partner:
Indotix (online & offline)
Website: http://www.indotix.com/
Twitter: @indotix
Outlets: Jakarta – Senayan Trade Centre (STC Senayan) Lantai 2 no 1044 and Ruko Grand ITC Permata Hijau Blok Sapphire No. 27
Bandung – Bandung Ticket B0X
YES 24 Indonesia (online)
Website: http://www.yes24.co.id/
Twitter: @yes24indonesia
Snow Bay, Taman Mini Indonesia Indah (offline)
Twitter: @SnowBayID
Outlet: Counter Snow Bay, TMII. Jl. Pintu II, Komplek Taman Mini Indonesia Indah, Taman Mini Indonesia Indah, Daerah Khusus Ibukota Jakarta 13560
Promotion: There will be a discount of 10% for each ticket purchased at Snow Bay, TMII counter.
Major and Sergeant Class tickets are also available at Qoo10, http://shentertainment.qstore.id/ (Twitter: @qoo10INDO). Customers will be given 1 free ticket for Snowbay, for every ticket purchased.
[Article Coverage] EXO Planet #2 – The EXO’luXion – in Hong Kong
South Korea phenomenal boy group EXO came back to Hong Kong for their second concert titled EXO PLANET #2 – The EXO’luXion – in HongKong. The concert tour which started in Seoul on March 2015 was held for two days in Hong Kong Asia World Expo Arena from Sunday (16/8) to Monday (17/8). EXO’luXion in Hong Kong started at 7.30 pm sharp with Overdose, the song which is their 2nd Mini Album title in 2014, continued with History (2012) and El Dorado (2015).
EXO who came to Hong Kong with their leader Suho, and eight other members; Xiumin, Lay, Baekhyun, Chen, Chanyeol, D.O., Kai and Sehun also had a lot of fun during the Full Moon and Machine stage. EXO member Chanyeol stood in a big DJ equipment and soon, the concert hall changed into a huge clubbing session. All fans, from balcony to standing sections jumped together with the EXO members once the song started and it made the ground of seating section shook! EXO members especially asked the fans to have fun and put their camera inside the bag. “We had prepared different performances so please jump and play together with us! Everyone put down your cameras, play with us and enjoy our performance,” Baekhyun said.
EXO’luXion in Hong Kong which was organized by Media Asia Entertainment lasted for three hours. The concert was closed by a special song which was arranged by Chanyeol, Lay and Chen; Promise. During this song, the fans prepared a special banner project for EXO written in Korean “Forever we will be together! (We) promise (you)! Okay!” and this made the members speechless. During the encore speech, the youngest member Sehun expressed his gratitude towards their fans. “I already said this yesterday, but for the fans who weren’t here yesterday, I’ll say this one more time. I am happy because all of you are here. Thank you!”. A sweet song titled Angel was the closing song for their concert. Before went backstage, the EXO members promised they will come to Hong Kong again for their next concert. Thank you for the great performance, EXO! See you during your next concert!
Concert Set List:
1. Opening VCR – The EXO’luXion
2. Overdose Remix
3. History
4. El Dorado
5. Speech
6. Don’t Go
7. Playboy
8. Baby Don’t Cry (Kai and Sehun dance stage)
9. My Answer
10. VCR
11. The Star
12. Exodus
13. Hurt
14. VCR
15. Peterpan
16. XOXO
17. Lucky
18. 365
19. 2nd Speech
20. Christmas Day
21. First Snow
22. Miracles in December
23. Full Moon
24. Machine
25. Let out the Beast
26. Run
27. VCR
28. Call Me Baby
29. Love Me Right
30. Growl Remix
31. Wolf
32. 3rd Speech
33. MAMA
34. VCR
35. Promise
36. 4th Speech
37. Angel
Article by: Annissa F.
Photo coverage: https://www.flickr.com/photos/stararena/albums/72157655134419853
We would like to thank Media Asia Entertainment for extending the invitation to us to cover this concert.
ATTACK ON TITAN Achieved Extraordinary results at Singapore Box Office
Singapore, 17th August 2015 – Japanese live-action blockbuster ATTACK ON TITAN did extremely well over its opening week. Together with its sneaks over the 5-day National Day holiday, the current gross box office (as at Sunday, 16 August) amounted to over half a million at S$513,809. It is a phenomenal success, considering that the movie opens amidst strong competition and is only screened at 15 locations island-wide. Box office results of ATTACK ON TITAN is almost on par with the highly popular DEATH NOTE during the latter’s initial release back in 2006. Golden Village Pictures and Encore Films are confident that ATTACK ON TITAN will continue to do well as it moves into the second week.
“We are very happy with the stunning sneaks result and the opening ticket sales. The word of mouth is superb among the local audience. ATTACK ON TITAN proves to be one of the few great Asian blockbusters in recent years,” said Joyce Lee, Managing Director of Encore Films. “We are happy to partner Golden Village Pictures in bringing such quality movies to the Singapore audience.”
Starring multiple sought-after young stars such as Haruma Miura and Kiko Mizuhara, and directed by the world renowned Shinji Higuchi (who also directed “The Sinking of Japan”), ATTACK ON TITAN tells the story of a dystopic world where giant man-eating creatures called Titans appear and threaten to destroy all of humanity. Protagonist Eren, together with his friends join the Survey Corps in a bid to save their own kind, reclaim their homeland and above all, restore mankind’s honour and freedom.
The sequel, ATTACK ON TITAN II: End of the World, will be released in Japan on 19 September. It is set to open in Singapore on 24 September. Part II of the movie revolves around Eren’s mysterious past, and the Survey Corps’ final battle against the Titans.
ATTACK ON TITAN is co-distributed by Encore Films and Golden Village Pictures in Singapore.
B1A4新歌Sweet Girl 女神泫雅Jessica都like爆
B1A4最近以全新輕熟男造型回歸，為粉絲們攜上最新專輯《Sweet Girl》。8月10日公開的MV中，B1A4 五子化身成為甜蜜大男孩，現身在童話般的夢境世界，心動的唯美畫面令人不得不尖叫。
今次專輯全碟都由B1A4成員親自創作，主打曲”Sweet Girl”描述了對戀人在命運的安排下一見鍾情並展開追求對方及告白，曲風是偏朋克風格但同時不失甜蜜溫柔。歌曲完整版未公開已經被選為在8月4日至11日期間韓國10-19歲青少年聽得最多的一首歌。而另一首受關注的是“10年後”，這首歌則講述了隊長真英在回歸前空白期間自覺變得懶散，從而幻想自己10年後的樣子來警惕自己要更積極過充實人生。
B1A4為答謝粉絲們一直以來的支持， 在早前的《偶像明星運動會》錄影中成員們自掏腰包買了200份便當請來錄影的粉絲們吃，令粉絲們相當感動。為了爭取更多與粉絲見面的機會，回歸海報中預告了會有一連串與粉絲們同慶的活動，就讓我們一同期待B1A4會繼續帶給BANA們什麼驚喜吧！
這張專輯火熱程度席捲全球，就連最近公開了Teaser再次性感回歸的泫雅及前少女時代前成員Jessica 都在自己instagram 上載相片叫大家一起聽。B1A4每次回歸總有一位成員的形象受關注，這次成員則票選出孔燦是今次回歸的黑馬，年紀最小的他一改可愛形象，大方秀出鍛練後的精實身材，令眾多粉絲激動大呼「要暈了」！
說B1A4是大暖男一定沒有人會反對，事關一向很關心世界各地粉絲的五子得知前晚發生的天津爆炸事故後，成員們隨即於官方微博上發帖問候：“在移動過程中突然聽到天津爆炸的消息，太震驚了！我們會為天津和中國朋友們祈禱，希望大家都平安無事！ ” ，暖男組合之名當之無愧！
B1A4’s new song “Sweet Girl” well-liked by Artistes such as Hyuna and Jessica
B1A4 recently did a comeback with a young, fresh and mature mature with their new album, ‘Sweet Girl‘. In their newest MV which was release on 10th August, the five members of B1A4 transformed into 5 lovely boys in a fairytale-like world. The scenes in the MV were so beautiful and captivating and it definitely made fans squealed with excitement and anticipation.
It was said that Members of B1A4 took part in the production of this new album, ‘Sweet Girl‘, with the title song ‘Sweet Girl‘ narrating a confession after falling in love with a girl one has met for the first time. The style of this song is funk-like with a tinge of sweetness and gentleness. Even before this song was released, it was voted by Koreans youths (aged 10-19), as the song that they listened to the most from 4th Aug 2015 to 11th Aug 2015. Another song that has been in the focus of attention was ‘10 years later‘. This particular song narrated the feelings B1A4‘s leader, Jinyoung, felt during the period before comeback and his thoughts on how he would like to become 10 years later. It expressed his wish to make good use of his time now to achieve his goals and live a fulfilling life.
In the recent recording of ‘2015 Idol Star Athletic Championship‘, B1A4 purchased 200 packaged meals to thank fans that came to recording and also for their unwavering support for B1A4 all these while. In B1A4‘s recent comeback posters, it hinted several upcoming events and interaction opportunities fans can get with B1A4. Let’s all anticipate the surprise B1A4 have for their fans!
Artistes such as Hyuna (4 Minute member) and Jessica (former Girls’ Generation Member) have uploaded and shared this album with their followers, encouraging them to listen and support B1A4‘s newest album/songs.
In this comeback, the youngest member of B1A4, Gongchan, left his cute image behind and showed his toned and well-trained body, which pleasantly surprised many fans.
It is no debate that B1A4 is a group of warm-hearted boys and in the recent unfortunate incident in Tianjin, they immediately expressed their concerns and prayers for those affected by the incident. This definitely substantiated the fact of how good-natured and kind these lovely boys are!
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