Kim Hyun Joong to visit Philippines in August

Kim Hyun Joong to visit Philippines in August

MANILA, Philippines - Popular Korean singer and actor Kim Hyun Joong will visit the Philippines in August.

According to a post on PolyEast Records' Facebook page, Kim will be in the country on Aug. 25 in time for the “Hi-Five Touch” Philippine
Promo Tour.

The event is part of Kim's promotional tour for his album “Break Down.”

Rumors of the event swirled prior to PolyEast confirming the matter via its official Facebook account.

Released last June 8 in South Korea, “Break Down,” is Kim's first solo album. It contains six tracks including “Intro (Let Me Go),” the title track, “Please,” “Kiss Kiss,” “Yes I Will” and “Please (Instrumental).”

The album proved to be a hit, selling 100,433 copies in South Korea. It ranked fourth in the country's Top 100 bestselling albums for the first half of the year.

In the Philippines, “Break Down” debuted at No. 1 on the Astrochart’s overall ranking for June 27 to July 3, edging out releases from Selena Gomez, Bruno Mars, Beyonce, Lady Gaga, Sarah Geronimo, and Jennifer Lopez.

In June last year, Kim visited the Philippines for a concert at the Araneta Coliseum with BEAST.



Credits to Jonathan Hicap of MBulletin

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GD&TOP drops "Playboy" logo

GD&TOP drops "Playboy" logo

Big Bang's G. Dragon and T.O.P. released last December 2010 a mini album as a duo entitled "GD&TOP".  One of the album's attraction was its provocative and eye-catching cover which featured what seems to be an image of the iconic Playboy logo.

Old Logo

Fast forward June 29, 2011, YG Entertainment officially released a notice on their website stating that: "GD&TOP's logo, as expressed in numerous interviews, was a design combining the rabbit to recognize the year of the rabbit and the V-sign to signify victory. The logo was based from the Playboy Enterprises International Inc.'s rabbit logo. However, our company did not receive permission from Playboy who has the trademark rights for the rabbit logo." YG Entertainment continued on to express that in order to avoid confusion, they have decided to stop using the "GD&TOP" rabbit logo and have suspended sale of the album featuring the rabbit logo. Still, they promised fans that the album will be made available to them using a new logo in the shape of a heart. The revised release, which will be out this July and will contain the same songs.

Well. this issue will definitely make the first copy highly collectible and will also make the new one even sell better! This will also make YG Entertainment executives very happy (including their pockets!).  

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Kim Hyun Joong's "Break Down" album launch

Kim Hyun Joong's "Break Down" album launch

PolyEast Records in cooperation with KeyEast Entertainment and CJ E&M Korea released SS501 member Kim Hyun Joong's first solo mini-album entitled “Break Down,”.  The album boasts of six songs, with one instrumental version of the title track. 


The title track “Break Down” is a powerful synthesized song with an urban style, which features the stylish rapping of South Korea’s Double K; and Ken Lewis, as the single’s producer. Ken Lewis is the producer of Eminem, Kanye West, Usher and John Legend. The music video for "Break Down" was simultaneously released with the single’s digital release.

Marking his comeback to the music scene, the album also boasts the previously released single “Please” in which Kim Hyun Joong portrayed a different and mature image in his music video. Other album highlights include “Intro (Let Me Go)”where Kim Hyun Joong opens with a magnificent pipe organ melody. Also in the album is the song “Kiss Kiss”another pop/ dance song but accompanied with an acoustic guitar and dance-y beat “Yes I Will”

Aside from the Philippines, “Break Down” will also be released in South Korea, Mainland China, Taiwan, Hongkong, Thailand, Singapore and Malaysia.

The launch was held at Astrovision/Astroplus SM North Edsa The Block and Odyssey Music & Video at SM Megamall from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. with a Flash Mob.  Early buyers were entitled to get freebies like a movie size poster and limited personalized BREAK DOWN eco bag.

The album will also be available in SM Music Box Record Bars and The Landmark Department Stores Record Bars.

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