K Bites – 01.09.2008

Heated response for YounHa’s 2nd album ‘Someday’

Singer YounHa’s 2nd album “Someday” was ranked #1 for album sales on the day of release.

The offline sales record for “Someday” was ranked #1 on daily album sales chart on an online site on 28th August. The response to the new album was so good that the album was also ranked #5 for the weekly record sales chart.

The response for YounHa’s album was also heated online. On Mnet.com, the title song “Telepathy” was ranked 5th on the music chart in just 3 days into the album release. And 9 songs out of the album lists were ranked within top 100 positions. On Melon, it was ranked 9th and on Dosirak, it was ranked 7th.

Meanwhile, YounHa and Tablo will be doing the telerecording of KBS 2TV “Yoon Do Hyun’s Love Letter” on 2nd September where the 2 will perform the song “Memory” off YounHa’s new album. “Memory” has the electronica style and is written, composed and features Tablo.

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After Jun Jin, SHINee ONew is the next featured artiste for Lee Hyun Ji’s first minialbum

With Jun Jin featured in Lee Hyun Ji’s first minialbum “Kiss Me Kiss Me”, SHINee’s leader ONew is going to be the next featured artiste to the minialbum. The minialbum will be revealed on 2nd September.

Lee Hyun Ji debuted as the 3rd generation “Banana Girl” recently released her first minialbum. She participated as a vocal for Banana Girl’s 3rd album “Chocolate” in 2007.

The title song to the minialbum “Kiss Me Kiss Me” is a cute and light dance song produced by famous producer Kim Do Hoon, showcasing Lee Hyun Ji’s fresh and cute charms in the song.

And this time, SHINee’s leader ONew is featured in the song “Vanilla LOVE” and the both were said to achieved great harmony in the song.

Lee Hyun Ji will start her comeback stage performances on 7th September on Inkigayo.

“Kiss Me Kiss Me” preview

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Toy’s vocal Lee Ji Hyung injured during performance

Lee Ji Hyung who participated as a vocal for Toy’s 6th album ‘뜨거운 안녕’ tore his lips and injured himself during their performance on 31st August in Seoul.

After he injured himself halfway through the performance, he was sent to the nearby hospital where he had more than 10 stitches on his injuries.

They were performing the song from their 1st album ‘Nobody likes me’ and he was turning around on the stage when he bumped his lips against the guitar and hurt himself. Even though his lips continued to bleed, Lee Ji Hyung only got off the stage after he finished the whole song.

Lee Ji Hyung will need to reach treatment for his injuries for the next 2 weeks and will have to stop his schedule temporarily.

Lee Ji Hyung will also be releasing his 2nd album ‘Spectrum’ on 4th September.

Now i understand why Lee Hyun Ji is called the Banana Girl also..