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PSY IS STILL LEADING K-POP INDUSTRY TRY EXO to make a come- TO CONQUER THE back this summer 5 WORLD!ith PSY’s 7 CONTENTS Dream girls are waiting for you! Watch a new paradigm of audi- tion programs, PRODUCE 101 hoose your dream member of new idol group! Only 11 members will debut by the Cchoice of viewers. This is a brand new, simple and fair competition call-in program! Be a producer! ew idol Audition program, “produce 101” becomes hot potatoes in Korea. Unlike oth- Ner famous audition programs, It has a strict competitive system that only 11 girls can debut among 101 candidates. Also, from the start to the end of the show, viewers have the power to choose their favorite members. It means that only fans can decide who is going to be the part of new idol team. The show is famous for making good people to be stars and focused on the need for the girls to have humility, good atti- tude, and passion.

he final line up of the group includes SeJeong, ChungHa, NaYoung, YeonJung, ZhouJiepiong, ChaeYeon, DoYeon, YooJung, SoHye, MiNa Tand SoMi. Produce 101 fans voted SoMi in first place, followed by Se- Jeong and YooJung. The chart-topping JYP trainee girl, SoMi is very charismatic and has great stage presence. Kim SeJeong of Jellyfish Entertainment was also a consistent fans’ favorite during the show. She always displayed strong leadership abilities and technical talent ESSI J already joined the crazy for “Produce 101”!!! as well. YooJung of Fantagio Entertainment has a quirky, lovable per- Pop star Jessie J is also paying attention to the sonality beyond her talents. Jshow by mentioning dream girls’ performance of her song, ‘Bang Bang Bang” on her official Facebook ac- count.

he video was the dance team match video from 7th episode of “Produce 101”. In this episode, one of Tthe final winners, Jeon Somi mentioned that if Jessie J follows our dance, it would be such an honor. Right Here is the new idol group after Jessie J’s mention, dream girls also mentioned that this is also a dreams come true moment like 100% made by fans’ choice! their debut! is STILL leading K-pop RELEASED A NEW SONG “FIRE” AND BTS NEW ALBUM “YOUNG FOREVER” industry to conquer the ire is the Flead single world! from the al- angnam bum. “Fire” PSY GStyle’s in- fluence was stands out so powerful al- for the snip- though nobody expected that. pets of house Over two years, production it was impossi- and twitching ble to ignore the addictive ear- electronics, drums or Gang- while the boys deliver some of their most impressive rap sections to nam Style. The song started to date, with member J-Hope particularly shining in the track’s opening make a huge verse. In addition, the song coupled with powerful and complex dance, boom on You- let members show very full of their charm. Tube, then spread to other YouTube videos, flash mobs, trendy talk shows, and even SuperBowl. Because of his big success, K-POP indus- try has developed fastly and the world focused on it. However, many TS has taken their new album come back this summer. they critics were skeptical whether PSY would be able to avoid being a Bfinished their final chapter about The Most Beautiful one-hit wonder and lead K-POP industry. Moment in Life. The album been named as Young Forever. The same name song “Young Forever”, which lyrics were written n order to overcome burden, Psy chose to focus on Asian market first. What he did before releasing new album was making a con- by members. Those lyrics talked about the members’ attitude tract with YG entertainment, which is one of the biggest entertain- of young, as well as show their more positive attitude to Iment company in Korea, and collaborated with young K-POP idols. The treat the dream. CEO of YG Entertainment said that Chinese fans love his style, and Psy’s albums all ranked as the first of [all the] Chinese music charts. Psy’s decision to focus on the Asian music market also helped Korean musi- cians to pay attention to Chinese market. It is also an opportunity to establish a solid foothold in world market. Because of the rapid growth of Chinese entertainment industry (China’s entertainment market was last valued at $95.7bn ), Korean entertainment seemed to face a sud- den end, but many Korean musicians expect good out of evill. Follow- ing Psy, K-pop artists are looking forward to go to Chinese market as a start of success all around the world. EXOhe well-known K-pop group EXO has reported to be returning in June. Accord- Ting to the media outlets and industry insiders, EXO is preparing a studio album for comeback in June. During the “Exodus” stage concert, the members men- tioned that they would make a comeback in summer. The last comeback was over a year ago so they expect the next comeback this summer and they are preparing their new concert in mid or late July. The organizer stated: “It’s not completely confirmed, but EXO said that they have been preparing for a concert in mid or late July.” Following by a huge success and accomplishments, EXO has very busy schedules but all of the members are working hard for a quick return and fans. The new coming-up album will include more than 10 songs in full length. EXO debuted in December 2011 with twelve members and was divided into two sub- groups EXO-K and EXO-M. EXO released a best-selling album XOXO in 2013. Al- though they are facing some critical issues, i.e some of the members Kris, Luhan and Tao left the group, EXO is still going strong with series of individual projects and promotions.

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