Thursday, November 3, 2011
Korea’s top labels to create global K-pop concert brand ‘M-Live’
Entertainment company, CJ E&M has teamed up with some of the top Korean music labels in order to help improve the organization of their concerts and further spread the K-pop Hallyu wave throughout the world.
A conference titled ‘CJ E&M Global Concert brand M-Live K-POP Joint Advancement‘ took place on November 2nd in Seoul, and in attendance were CJ E&M representative Ahn Suk Jun, Star Empire‘s Shin Joo Hak, Amoeba Culture‘s Ko Kyung Min, FNC Music‘s Han Sung Ho, Jungle Entertainment‘s Cho Sun Oh, J Tune‘s Jo Dong Won, Cube Entertainment‘s Hong Seung Sung, as well as 6 other representatives from Korea’s top music agencies. The topic of discussion being the launch of a new global concert brand ‘M-Live‘.
Ahn Suk Jun of CJ E&M remarked, “This is the first global concert brand that we’re currently working on with the top names in the industry.”
“K-POP has well established in Korea as well as Asia, but now we want to effectively enlarge our territories in South America as well as the Middle East. We will continue to work on spreading the Hallyu wave world-wide. Our goals are that in the future, not only K-POP but Korean entertainment overall will be established globally.”
Agencies housing today’s hottest Hallyu stars also expressed their anticipation for K-pop’s global advancement though ‘M-Live’.
Ko Kyung Min representing Amoeba Culture and the home of Dynamic Duo & Supreme Teamremarked, “We talk a lot about this with Dynamic Duo but America’s hip hop focuses on rhythm and beat, while Korean hip hop focuses more on the melody… America is now changing their hip hop, incorporating more melodies into their music and because this is something we have been doing all this time, Korean hip hop music will have more of a competitive edge. We believe M-Live will do positive things, and we are thrilled to be a part of the team.”
Han Sung Ho representing FNC Music, the home of FT Island & CN BLUE stated, “Europe is the birthplace & mecca for band music and it is honestly a bit intimidating but we have good expectations for our bands. As long as we express our own unique colors, I think we will see good results.”
Hong Seung Sung, representative for Cube Entertainment, home to B2ST, 4minute, and G.NA along with Shin Ju Hak, representative for Star Empire, home to ZE:A and Nine Muses shared some of the advantages on performing overseas with M-Live.
Representative Hong stated, “We have done a lot of shows like this before, but we never had enough information about the local community, and we ran into a lot of problems. It’s advantageous for us to partner with a large enterprise when we try to go overseas, it will be much more organized and effective.”
Representative Shin remarked, “We definitely run into issues overseas. When artists travel to perform in other countries, we don’t have any accurate information and sometimes the local performance organizers are nowhere to be found, mid-performance. I think working with CJ E&M should alleviate these sorts of problems.”
M-Live’s first project is Star Empire’s Nine Muses and Seo In Young performing overseas in the Middle East. The two teams will be performing in United Arab Emirates on the 9th and 10th.
Cube Entertainment’s 4minute, B2ST and G.NA will be performing at the ‘2011 United Cube Concert in Brazil‘ to take place in Sao Paulo.
And next month, Jungle Entertainment’s Tiger JK, Yoon Mirae as well as other Jungle artists will be putting on a ‘Jungle Entertainment Label Show‘ in Los Angeles, California. In the new year, Amoeba Culture’s Dyanmic Duo will perform as a special guest at a performance by a popular hip hop star in Seattle.
FNC’s FT Island and CN BLUE plan on traveling to England or France next year as well, and J Tune Media’s MBLAQ are planning their Japan & Asia Tour.
cr: allkpop
Wednesday, November 2, 2011
‘United Cube Concert’ confirmed for Brazil!
South American fans will be delighted to hear that 4minute, B2ST, and G.NA will soon be touching down at Brazil.Cube Entertainment revealed on November 2nd that the ‘United Cube Concert‘ will be making history by holding the highly anticipated event in South America.Cube Entertainment has joined hands with CJ E&M, and plans to hold the concert at Sao Paulo, Brazil at the ‘Espaço das Americas, Sao Paulo’ on December 13th.The concert tour kicked off earlier in Japan during August and brought in 10,000 spectators, and will be followed by London on December 6th (Korean time, December 5th in England).B2ST commented, “We regretted not being able to meet the many fans in South America before, but now we will finally be setting foot on Brazilian soil. It’s an honor to hold the first ever K-POP concert in South America… As the first K-POP concert, we will showcase high quality performances to match the expectations of South American fans.”Cube Entertainment stated, “It’s known that South American fans highly enjoy music. ‘United Cube Concert’ will be the first opportunity for them to enjoy K-POP on a three-dimensional level… Please look forward to the 4minute, B2ST, and G.NA’s first South American performances.”cr: allkpop
Cube Entertainment artists donate $45,000 to flooding victims in Thailand
It was revealed earlier today through the Thailand media and Twitter that Cube Entertainment artists B2ST, 4minute, and G.NA donated roughly $45,000 to the people in Thailand currently suffering from the current flooding crisis.
Their donation through the Korean Red Cross was wholly voluntary and a means for them to partially repay all the love they have been receiving from Thailand as artists.
Grateful Thai fans commented, “We are truly thankful for such a heart-warming and generous gesture. Thank you K-Pop.”
4minute is currently preparing to release their newest song in Japan in early December. The entire Cube family will also be heading to London and South America soon for their United Cube Concert series.
cr: allkpop
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