According to TV Report and broadcast insiders, veteran actress Choi Ji Woo, who recently returned to the small screen through ‘Suspicious Housekeeper’, and YG Entertainment’s reps recently held a meeting to discuss matters concerning possible management of the actress’ activities in Korea and Japan. As rumors made its way to the media, a source close to Choi Ji Woo cautiously told TV Report that the actress and the reps of the agency did not meet with the intention of recruitment. The source commented, ”If I were to put it exactly, it was not in the form of an [official] meeting. The rumors of them discussing specific details is also just speculation.” A YGE rep also cautiously stated,"There is currently nothing set in place concerning the recruitment of Choi Ji Woo and other actors… However, it is true that actors are showing more interest in YG following [the recruitment of] Cha Seung Won." Choi Ji Woo is accredited as one of the initiators of Hallyu Wave. She is known for her roles in KBS Winter Sonata, SBS Stairway To Heaven, MBC Air City and more. Source: TV Report Translated by: AKP via ygfamilyy BIGBANG, PSY, 2NE1. The list does not end here. Sensational 4 groups are making a debut this year. YG Entertainment’s founder YANG HYUN SUK announced his ambitious plan for the year. At a meeting with Sports Chosun on Jan 26, YANG announced, “2014 is an important year for YG. BIGBANG’s 3rd full album comes out in summer, and 2NE1 is set to kick off their 2nd World Tour, which is a first for a girl group. World star PSY will be revealing something new, and 4 new groups will be making a debut.” The most surprising news is the 4 new groups’ debut. Not many new groups were formed in YG recently, so this is special. WINNER’s debut had been made official for February, and a girl group that will follow the steps of 2NE1 will be unveiled. YANG explained, “This is not a hasty decision. YG aims to widen the spectrum of its artists with the new groups.” YG’s schedule for new groups is going smoothly. WINNER is securing its fan base through WINNER TV. YANG said, “Many new groups normally make a debut with a digital single. But WINNER is unveiling a full album. Members’ producing skills combined with YG’s producers will result in monstrously good music.” The new girl group is also devoting their energy for a perfect debut. When asked whether Team B, which went against WINNER on the program WIN (members B.I., KIM JINHWAN, SONG YOONHYUNG, BOBBY, KIM DONGHYUK, KOO JUNHOE), is included in the 4 teams, YANG zipped his mouth. The secrecy heightened the curiosity. Team B is currently back to trainees, working hard to reach the goal of making a debut. They made an unannounced appearance at BIGBANG’s concert, exciting many fans. [YGLIFE] YANG HYUN SUK SAYS, “BIGBANG COMES BACK IN AUGUST, GD WILL CONCENTRATE ON NEW ALBUM”1/27/2014 YG Entertainment’s head Yang Hyun Suk talked about BIGBANG’s comeback. In the afternoon on the 26 this month, after the end of BIGBANG’s concert in Seoul, Yang held a press meeting in a restaurant located in Bangi-dong, Songpa-gu, Seoul. In the meeting, he said, “I’m thinking about BIGBANG’s comeback with a regular album in this summer. I think it will be in July or August.” Before Yang’s such remark, BIGBANG’s member G-DRAGON shouted in the concert, “The only way to give back to your love is to release an album. It will be this summer. We have released only a few regular albums under the name of BIGBANG, so it is time to release one more, isn’t it?” Then, G-DRAGON went on to say, “Summer is not that far. We will do our best producing our new album, while standing on the stage as a solo artist, too. We will come back with a new album made by the complete team of BIGBANG, which you like. We will come back as a singer who you can take pride in. Please wait for us just a little more.” Yang respects G-DRAGON’s plan and stated, “We have no schedule for G-DRAGON from this March. We will make him concentrate only on the works for BIGBANG’s new regular album. He writes good songs so fast, so I think there will be no problem with BIGBANG’s comeback in this summer.” With the plan for BIGBANG’s comeback now, YG is preparing itself to attack the K-Pop world once again through the comeback of the company’s top artists like Psy, TAEYANG, and BIGBANG, as well as through debut of four rookie artists. source yglife “Not a sexy girl group!” YG Entertainment’s head producer Yang Hyun Suk mentioned his plan for the debut of YG’s new girl group. In a press meeting held on the 26 after BIGBANG’s Seoul concert, Yang said, “We will make four new groups debut this year”. He went on to say, “We aim to make a new girl group debut in the first half of this year. What is clear now is that they will not be a girl group that puts up sex appeal”. Before the remark, Yang once stated, “I will create a girl group that does hip-hop music with an appearance like Girl’s Generation”. Actually, last year, nice appearance of some female YG trainees including Jenny Kim who featured for G-DRAGON’s solo album was disclosed, which drew much attention. Yang made the people at the press meeting laugh by saying, “To my eyes, they are pretty of course. But what soldiers see is different from what I see”. Then, Yang went on to express his wish for the success of the new girl group, saying, “I think capabilities are the most important. In fact, the girl group who represents our times is Girl’s Generation. I hope YG’s new girl group can follow their footsteps”. source yglife YG’s CEO Yang Hyun Suk opened up to share more details about the new groups he will be debuting from YG this year.
The CEO met with reporters on January 26, and said, “This year will be a very important year for YG. It’s more like a period of reinforcement than a turning point.” “YG will be debuting four new groups this year, with Winner being one of them. A new group might debut from WIN’s team B, but it hasn’t been decided on yet. I get very careful about debuting each group. Since there are four new groups coming out, I’ve been working even on Sundays. Psy and Big Bang will also be releasing new albums this year, which make it an important year for YG,” he said. He also brought up YG’s new girl group stating, “It’s my goal to debut a girl group during the first half of this year. One thing I can say for sure, is that they are not going to have a sexy concept.” Referring back to the time when he mentioned that he would like to debut a girl group who looks like Girl’s Generaiton (SNSD) but with hip-hop style, he added, “I think talent has to come before anything else. Realistically speaking, SNSD is the representative girl group of today. I hope this new girl group will be able to follow in the footsteps of SNSD.” Source: YG-Life YG’s CEO Yang Hyun Suk shared details about Big Bang’s upcoming album this year.
When he met with reporter on January 26, he said, “The album will be released sometime in the summer, possibly in June, July or August. G-Dragon, who is going to be producing the album, will have no other official schedule starting this March. I did this so he can just be in the producing room. He’s fast when it comes to writing songs, so it won’t take him too long to produce the full-length album.” Before the press meeting took place, Big Bang held a concert titled 2014 BIGBANG +α IN SEOUL on January 26 at the Olympic Gymnastics Arena. G-Dragon said during the concert, “I always feel bad for my fans, and I think the only way to express my apologies is by releasing an album and present new songs. I’ve been working hard on it.” “To be a little more specific, Big Bang’s full-length album will be released this summer,” added the Big Bang member. “It’s been many years since we debuted, but we only have a few full-length albums. So we’ll release one this summer. The summer is not too far away. We’ll work hard to come back as Big Bang as a whole, so you can all be proud of us.” Source: MWAVE YG’s Yang Hyun Suk shared more details about Winner’s upcoming debut schedules.
When the YG CEO met with reporters on January 26, he said, “I will be debuting four new groups this year, with Winner being one of them.” “Originally, Winner was to debut right after Winner TV ended, but it has been postponed in order to better prepare,” he added. “We are preparing to release a full-length album, and not a digital single. Half of the tracks will be written by the members themselves.” He also announced, “The plan for now is to have them debut at the end of February, but that’s not a firm set date. But if it gets postponed, it won’t be pushed back for more than a week or two.” Winner is a group made up of the winners from Mnet’s survival program WIN: Who is Next. The group has been showing the pre-debut process through Mnet’s Winner TV. Siurce: MWAVE G-Dragon is grabbing the spotlight all over the world, especially in American magazine “Hollywood Reporter”.
With the title of “Pop Goes the World”, Hollywood Reporter wrote about various artists that weren’t from America, yet were globally influential, such as Avril Lavigne from Canada, Ellie Goulding from England, Lorde from New Zealand and many more. Out of the 9 globally influential artists they wrote about, G-Dragon was included as one of them. They mainly focused on G-Dragon’s history in the music industry and the kind of global leverage of his music, in which his position in K-Pop was the equivalent to that of Justin Timberlake and Kanye West in the American music industry. Hollywood Reporter also praised his musical resume, in which they mentioned how his second official solo album “Coup D’Etat” ranked within the 200 top albums on the Billboard charts, and how he collaborated with several of the top internationally recognized artists in the world, such as Diplo, Baauer and Missy Elliot. They also reported that G-Dragon is planning to release a collaboration with Justin Bieber soon, thus arousing a lot of interest and excitement among their fans. Furthermore, G-Dragon revealed in the interview that the artist he wanted to work with the most was Pharrell Williams, and he confessed Pharrell Williams was the only artist he deemed as his ‘idol’. G-Dragon has accomplished many worldwide feats, in which being written about in Hollywood Reporter is not his only achievement. He has also been recognized as a musical and fashionable artist in American men’s magazines such as COMPLEX, New York Times and on cable TV channel Fuse TV, and is gathering a lot of attention world wide. Source: KOREABOO |
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