Boyfriend released photo teaser for "Love Style"!

Boyfriend finally release their photo teaser of their Korean comeback which is planned to be on 14th of June.

The boys showed a sunshine flower boy image in the released official photo teaser. Boyfriend has just debuted in Japan and was noticed that their new Korean comeback photo teaser has the Japanese shadow of them in it. Starship Entertainment unveiled the photo teaser this morning (7th June). Fans were overwhelmed with their broad smile and pretty faces.

Fans assumed that Boyfriend is going to create a cheerful image in the upcoming album this time, despite their previous albums. The boys were wearing pastel flower print shirts and suits, revealing a cute and friendly atmosphere. Fans were pretty satisfied with the teaser, leaving supporting comments like, "Boyfriend are like flowers!" "Boys Over Flowers!" "Can't wait for more teaser of Boyfriend."Boyfriend will be releasing their new mini album on the 14th of June as stated, collaborating with the previous song producer duo from Don't Touch My Girl and I'll Be There, Sweetune. 

Boyfriend had just released their Japanese album "We are BOYFRIEND" in Japan yesterday (06/06). Their albums were selling like hot cakes over in Korea and dominating many Japanese song charts. Their debut albums were seen selling everywhere in Japan and was getting explosive respond.

KwangMin signing the official posters for Japanese album

Sample photos uploaded by fans, Boyfriend's Japanese album CD+DVD

Boyfriend's album launch in Japan receiving explosive respond from Japanese fans

Photobook

Kwangmin (left) and Youngmin (right)'s random photocard included in the album

Japanese fans leaving comments and love for Boyfriend :D

Boyfriend's comeback preview on MCountDown! Watch it here!

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Posted at 11:05 PM |  by Colene Hyori

Boyfriend comeback on 14th June!

Can't wait for Boyfriend's comeback on 14th June!

Love you guys so much!

Will update more news, keep track on my blog and Elosoul!

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Posted at 5:28 PM |  by Colene Hyori

Chef Edward Kwon on Red FM Malaysia

Meet Chef Edward Kwon, Asia’s best chef and previously the Executive Head Chef of Burj Al Arab in Dubai, who tells us more about how he started in the food business.

Chef Edward Kwon share his life experience with Red FM and challenge the food tasting.

I was lucky enough to have class at 9.30am so I managed to catch him on Red FM this morning. He tried nasi lemak and mee goreng on set and was funny enough to use chopsticks while eating nasi lemak.

He said nasi lemak taste good because of the anchovies and the sambal. He bet Koreans will love it too cause he does.

Lucky DJ to be hugged by Edward Kwon. Lucky tssskkk

A souvenir from Chef Edward Kwon to Red FM. Nice handwriting and autograph!

Love the autograph!

With the male DJ. Photo of a life time.

Chef Edward was funny and it caused lotsa laughter on set. He heard an ad during break and he asked what is Johor Bharu LOL

photo credit : Red FM Malaysia

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Posted at 3:00 PM |  by Colene Hyori

EdVentures in Asia! by Chef Edward Kwon

OK, so basically I just discovered this handsome looking Korean celebrity chef who has been working as a head chef in the one and only 7 star restaurant in the world in Dubai. People didn't referred him as a celebrity chef just because of his looks but also his career. He had cooked for Madonna, Tiger Woods, Pierce Brosnan, Maria Sharapova, George Clooney, US former president George W. Bush and many more! His name is Edward Kwon Young-min. He owns a restaurant called Eddy's cafe in South Korea. Read more about him here!

And so, Live Inspired @LITVChannel tweeted a photo of Edward Kwon, "Chef Edward Kwon enjoys authentic Hokkien Mee & Chilli Pan Mee at Let's Eat food court in Publika ‪#EdVenturesInAsia‬ pic.twitter.com/rU7ypdME"

Edward Kwon was on Hot FM this morning around 8am. He tried nasi lemak and mee goreng. He said nasi lemak taste good, and he wants to try combining Malaysian food with Koean food. He said he wants to buy Malaysia's market over to Korea because Malaysian food are tasty. How sweet of him. Most importantly for the girls, he said he don't mind having a Malaysian girlfriend. But the heartbreaking news is that this celebrity chef is a married guy with 2 children. How lucky! "I want to work to globalize Korean food", the chef quoted.

He will be back in Malaysia around September to dine with some lucky people. Only 75 patrs of tickets available. Check here to know how to win those tickets from Maybank!

Chef Edward Kwon @ekfood is interviewed by @SwitchUp_tv at a special visit to The Star! @staronline ‪#EdVenturesInAsia‬ pic.twitter.com/J21FPMsr

Edward Kwon admits to having met several world-famous celebrities during his time in the United States and Dubai. He noted: "We only stop by a VIP’s table to exchange greetings after they have been served. I have had the opportunity to meet celebrities such as George Clooney, Sharon Stone, Pierce Brosnan, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Arnold Schwarzenegger, and Tiger Woods. And Barbara Streisand once offered me a position as her personal chef, and Madonna exclaimed: ‘This food is better than sex!’ I can also remember when former U.S. President George H. Bush came by the kitchen to personally tell me: ‘I really enjoyed the food.’"

Below are some photos uploaded by Life Inspired on their facebook page in Lauch of EdVentures in Asia at Hilton Hotel, KL.

The banner of the promo poster

7-star delicacy prepared by the chef

Amazing presentation

The almighty chef, Edward Kwon

Chef with lotsa camera lenses in front

Edward Kwon posing with his promo banner

Wide smile from the celebrity chef

Click here to read the online news from The Star about Chef Edward Kwon. Inserted some videos of the guy. 

Follow @ekfood which I believe is the official twitter of Edward Kwon and his restaurant.

Here are some Korean tweets tweedted by @ekfood!

"말레이시아 최대 일간지인 The star지의 오늘자 1면에 에드워드 권 셰프의 기사가 게재되었답니다!^^ http://pic.twitter.com/iU8kjwKe"

"말레이시아 쿠알라룸푸르를 우리맛의 멋으로 매혹시킨 에드워드 권 셰프! 현지 54개 매체 120여명의 미디어들이 열띤 취재 경쟁을 벌였습니다! 한식이 더욱 널리 알려지는 좋은 계기가 되리라 기대됩니다^^ http://pic.twitter.com/6YPI14G2"

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Posted at 2:32 PM |  by Colene Hyori

Boyfriend amazed fans with their Japanese debut press conference!

Boyfriend finally held their Japanese debut press conference on May 28th which enlighten fans, as it took place on a luxury cruise along with official staffs of Starship Entertainment, 120 media outlets and 250 reporters. The respond of the press conference over in Japan was explosive.

They will be making their official debut in Japan with their premium showcase, ‘First Date with Boyfriend in Japan‘, at the Budokan on June 30th. It was a rare case in the Kpop industry that a rookie group who just debuted in Korea 12 months back and who hasn't debut officially yet in Japan to hold a concert at the magnificent Budokan venue. 

Boyfriend's press conference was a success and this was proven when they made headlines on various Japanese press on the following day. Their official Japanese website was also updated with photos of them at the press conference and also behind-the-scene photos. 

Members of Boyfriend happily stated, “It’s an honor to be able to perform at the Budokan. 

We’ll work to show the best possible image.”

Yesterday, Starship Entertainment launched a live stream broadcast of Boyfriend's Japanese press conference and interview via Youtube. Many of their fans were online, waiting eagerly for the countdown of the press conference footage in Japan to kick off. Be sure to check out BOYFRIEND Official YouTube Channel for more videos and live streams!

Boyfriend making headlines on Japanese press majorly.

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Posted at 11:25 AM |  by Colene Hyori

Winning tickets for MTV World Stage in Malaysia 2012

Finally won something after a 5 month pause, MTV World Stage in Malaysia 2012, having Jay Park, Kara, Justin Bieber and Mizz Nina as the major line-ups! I won a pair of instant win tickets. MTV Asia is having a game session where you have to click on alphabets to form the words given. After you successfully click on all the alphabets, you will either win any one of the below:

1. Instant win : You will have to fill up only your particulars as fast as you can and click submit. Then the coming screen will pop out stating whether have you win those tickets, if you do, the picture below is what they will say. And this is what I won. Click the photos to view full size.

I remember winning the same thing (instant win) last year when MTV World Stage was having Beast, 30 seconds to Mars, Pop Shuvit and Tokio Hotel as the line-ups. Sadly I wasn't able to attend although I got the tickets thanks to my government examination, SPM. It was around July and it was kinda late, so gotta give up the tickets. Below are the pictures of the screen cap and my tickets, I still have them in my drawer :)

It was a snail mail from Singapore cause I think MTV Asia is based in Singapore, even the envelope was attractive and nicely designed :D worth the keeping, with my name on it (censored)

The pair of tickets, the quality was nice and it is water proof. Nice tickets!

Nearly got a heart attack when I saw this popped out, I guess everybody else did too.

2. Stand a chance to win : If you get this (I'm sure most of the people who click the alphabets correct will straightaway stand a chance) you are required to write why do you deserve to win the tickets to watch MTV World Stage in Malaysia 2012 with word limits of 250. After completing the form, you might stand a chance to win the tickets, the winner list will be out 2 days after the game session ends. Check your email regularly after that!

3. Miscellaneous : You might win goodies from MTV Asia by luck! Digital photo frame, festival tickets and etc.

Here are some tips on how to win the tickets from MTV Asia!

1. Have a good Internet connection. The faster your Internet is, the faster you will be able to submit your entry. Don’t delay in filling up your particulars when prompted!

2. You don’t need to be a genius to play our word game. The one thing you don’t want to be is impatient. You might just click on a wrong letter if you’re in haste!

3. Determine what you think is the best times to win passes. There are thousands of people out there trying to win passes and you will be battling all of them to be one of the winners. Do the math and work out the probability of your chances of winning. Wee hours of the night or morning might be a good time as there are less people trying to vie for passes with you.

4. Luck plays a factor too. If you don’t succeed, just keep on trying!

5. If you want more tips from fellow contestants, follow the Twitter hashtag at #worldstagemy. There's a pretty neat community out there who will definitely help you out!

Join the game here!

Anyway, JayPark and Kara here I come!!

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Posted at 7:40 PM |  by Colene Hyori

Jay Park created the hottest day in Malaysia

Multi-talented Kpop artist, Jay Park has finally made his way to Malaysia for his new album showcase titled 'DiGi Live K-pop presents Jay Park Showcase' which took place on the 12 May and 13 May respectively. A day before the KL showcase, he headed to the east of Malaysia to meet his fans in Kota Kinabalu first. As on the 13th, the showcase for his album promotion took place at KL Life Centre and we, Elosoul were there for the event coverage. Head on the full post for more scoop of the event!

The show started off at 7.30pm not long after the fans successfully filled up the whole venue KL Live by 7.19pm.  Also, the organizer did not let fans wait too long before Jay Park emerged on stage minutes later.

Baki Zainal,  TV host of 8TV was the emcee for the night and he managed to pump the crowd and kept on teasing the fans by mentioning 'Jay Park'. Each time when Baki said the magic word, "Jay Park" the crowd went all wild and crazy. Several moments later, Jaywalkers were finally greeted by Jay Park with a shy smile, clad in a black tank top showing off his hard-rock arm muscles and caused the fans to go 'Gaga'.

Jay Park sang Bruno Mars' 'Nothin' On You' as the first intro of the show and showed off some of his iconic dance moves. The crowd were amazed as Jay rapped in English and hit the high notes while dancing at the same time.

'Star' was Jay's second song for the night. The crowd were totally immersed into his romantic love song and his perfect grooves. His well-known choreography at the chorus made fans screamed their lungs out, trying to get Jay's attention from afar. Fan boards such as "Marry me, Jay Park" could also be seen in the crowd. After that, Jay took a short rest and had a small talk with Baki. A special made birthday video by Malaysian Jaywalkers to Jay was revealed on the screen and touched his heart. Well, he was really happy.

 He said that although his birthday was on April 25 and today was May 13, he was still happy that Malaysian Jaywalkers are celebrating his birthday with him.

Another surprise which shocked the crowd was when Baki introduced two fans on stage and each of them was holding a gift for Jay Park. Malaysian Jaywalkers gave him a special limited edition stamp by PosMalaysia with Jay's face imprinted on it. The other gift was a birthday cake with a small Jay figurine on the cake. Malaysian Jaywalkers then sang a birthday song to him, having Jay to beatbox along with it, making it sound like a duet with fans. Next, he came back on stage to play games with four lucky fans, who won the lucky draw. Their mission was to imitate Jay's dance move. Fans who received the most cheer from the crowd will be the winner and get to snap a photo on stage with him. But of course, he led off with a demo for them to follow his moves.

 

The show continued on with his hit song "Up and Down" and the crowd sang along with him with the fanchants. Throughout the song, Jay interacted a lot with the fans.

"Know Your Name" was definitely the highlight of the night.This time, he put on a jacket just to match the dancers at the back. Fanchants were so clearly heard during the chorus part, leaving a smile on Jay's face before he end the song. "First you ask their name, and then you ask them to be your girlfriend!" was what Jay said before he continued to sing "Girlfriend". That was the sweetest thing he said to his fans that night. Jay enjoyed singing the song and was giving fan service to the camera. "Just be my girlfriend, my girlfriend, my girlfriend, my girl." The lyrics in the song made fans dream for more.

Jay sang "Enjoy The Show" after getting himself dressed with another tight black tank top, showing off his well built body. Fans were asked to sit back, relax and enjoy the show by Jay Park in the lyrics, fans were giving awesome response to him as they cheered along and waved their hands in the air.

After the song ended, the media was invited on stage to take photo of Jay together with the Jaywalkers under the stage. Not long later, the autograph session started. As Jay sat on the chair, he gave his killer smile to the press right before the first fan arrived on stage for an autograph. Jay also insisted to sign on every album and poster for the fans, and also shake their hands. I went on stage to get his autograph too, and to be honest, Jay has the most perfect porcelain skin I've ever seen and also the warmest hand.

The showcase ended around 9.18pm and there were still fans who just wanted to have the last glimpse on Jay Park. Jay said thank you to all his fans after ending his autograph session on stage. 

Apart from the showcase, lucky Digi Customers also managed to catch the star in action in a basketball match against his fans at SM Sri KDU which held yesterday 14 May. For this activity, 400 lucky fans received limited audience passes via a contest on the DiGi Youths Facebook page.

K-pop is a music genre that is very close to the hearts of our customers, especially among the youths. I am confident of the success of tonight’s DiGi Live showcase as Jay Park is one of the hottest Hallyu artistes in the market today. I’m sure many of our lucky customers are going to walk away with fond memories of their close encounters with him,” said Sulin Lau, DiGi’s Head of Marketing Services.

 

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Posted at 3:24 PM |  by Colene Hyori

Jay Park's press conference in Malaysia

Jay Park  has finally made his way to Malaysia to meet his Malaysian Jaywalkers who have been supporting and waiting him since his debut and after he left 2PM. Elosoul attended the press conference which took place last Sunday (May 13) at DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel. Head on the full post to find out what did Jay Park revealed exclusively for the press and to his Malaysian Jaywalkers!

Jay made his entrance into the ballroom hall with a shy smile on his face which marked the start of press conference. Jay said he loves rapping, singing, dancing, composing, producing and he enjoys whatever he likes to do. It is rewarding and awesome although the path as an artist is tough but it was worth it. And for that, emcee Baki asked whether does he feel uncomfortable each time when all of the female fans cheered at his face with the phrase "Welcome Jay Park!". Well, he honestly thinks that its 'Wonderful'. (Jaywalkers, you heard the man!)

He was later asked on how he feel after receiving so much love from Malaysia. To that, he replied that he wasn't expecting a huge response from the Malaysia fans until he came here. Also, he's thankful to Jaywalkers in Malaysia who like and supported his new album, 'New Breed' . Of course like any other celebs, Jay wasn't excused for any relationship questions by the media. In response, he said "I'm 28 and I'm a little busy. But in the future, I would like to have just one girlfriend, yeah just one."

Jay likes composing songs for himself compared to writing songs for other idols because in his own songs, he doesn't put any limits, he sings whatever he wants and he content could be about anything. He tends to make the beat more R&B and hip-hop-ish and it doesn't really need to be catchy. In contrast, if he had to produce songs for idol groups, it has to be catchy and easy to sing along to for mass appeal. He also said that he would like to try more acting in the future since he doesn't have too much time now. When the right opportunity comes, and his schedule is free, he would definitely grab the chance. So, Jaywalkers stay tuned!

When Jay was asked whether how does he feel that now the whole world is into Kpop music, Jay kindly responded, "Well I think it's great, and I'm doing Kpop also, I mean they like the music, they like to sing to it, they like to dance to it, I think it's great. And I don't think I'm competing with other artists or other idols, I feel like I just do my thing, I choose my own career path, I write my own music, I'm just enjoying performing in front of my fans." What a humble guy he is!

Jay also admitted that collaborating with Michael Jackson was his dream, but it is impossible to achieve unless they do a digital collaboration, which might be possible. So, Jay chose Usher as the artist that he would most like to collaborate with.

The next question popped was to the singer was what kind of character he would like to challenge in a drama. He responded, "I would like to be a funny guy, or those guys who are like at first they seems kinda like a loser, but as you get into the character, it seems more and more cool, like Transformer's Shia LaBeouf. At first he doesn't seem like a hero. Or even Tobey Mcguire from Spiderman, they seem more and more cool as the character goes on."

At the end, Jay was requested by the media to do aegyo (cute faces) on stage, Jay shyly placed his hands under his chin, looking like a flower. He killed the camera's light bulb, as expected.

A representative from Universal Music Malaysia stated that Kpop is conquering the music industry in this era. They are delighted to have Jay Park here in Malaysia and they know that fans need more interaction with the artist other than just see them perform on stage. That's why DiGi and Universal Music Malaysia came out with a "Jay Park Campus Basketball Match with Fans in Sri KDU in Kota Damansara" on Monday (14/05/12). 400 lucky fans are entitled a pass to enter the venue to watch Jay Park plays basketball. 5 fans are lucky enough to have the chance to play basketball with Jay Park. Universal Music Malaysia hopes that DiGi can support Kpop in the future and collaborate with them to bring more Kpop artist over.

 

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Posted at 3:17 PM |  by Colene Hyori