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New J-pop and K-pop Releases

I think I  last did a combined post on new J-pop and K-pop releases 2 years ago, so it's time for another one! Here are some new Japanese and Korean songs. :)


J-pop

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Jun - Phenomenal World


Jun (full name Lee Jun-young), a member of Korean boyband U-KISS has released his debut solo single, the Japanese language Phenomenal World.* It will be on his upcoming single album also called Phenomenal World, due to be released on 10th April. The album will also feature the song Never Too Late.

The video was uploaded on 10th March.


For more about Phenomenal World check out this post: https://www.hellokpop.com/news/u-kiss-jun-solo-phenomenal-world-japan/


J SOUL BROTHERS from EXILE TRIBE- Yes we are

J Soul Brothers have a new single, Yes we are. It was released on 13th March and is from their new album which also includes the RAISE THE FLAG, FIRE and ~Flowers for you~.



K-pop

LOONA Butterfly

This is Butterfly by LOONA. They are are 12 member girl group who started off releasing singles in the sub units, LOONA 1/3, LOONA Odd Eye Circle and LOONA yyxy. Their Korean name is Idarui Sonyeo which translates in English as "Girl of the Month".

The members are HaSeul (full name Jo HaSeul ,  HeeJin (Jeon HeeJin), ViVi (real name Wong Gaahei) and HyunJIn (Kim Hyun-jin), who are also part of sub unit 1/3); Kim Lip (Kim Jung-un, JinSoul (Jung Jin-soul) and Choerry (real Choi Ye-rim), also members of Odd Eye Circle; Yves (Ha Soo-young, Chuu (Kim Jo-woo, Olivia Hye (SOn Hye-joo and Go Won (Park Chae-won), who make up yyxy, and YeoJin (Im Yeo-jin).* Vivi is from Hong Kong and the rest of the band is Korean.


LOONA /13 were the first to release music, bringing out the EP Love & Live in April 2017. Next was Odd Eye Circle with Mix Match in September 2017,  and finally yyxy with Beauty and the Beat in May 2018. {+ +} (plus plus), their first EP as a full group, was released last August. Each girl also brought out their own single album as pat of the pre debut project, starting in October 2016.

LOONa's first single as a whole group was favOrite, released in August, followed by Hi High later that month.

Butterfly is the group's first release of 2019 and it's from {X X) (multiple, multiple). the reissue of {+ +}. Both single and EP came out on 19th February.


For more on LOONA visit these links:

Official site: http://loonatheworld.com/

K-profile: https://kprofiles.com/loona-members-profile/


TAEMIN- WANT

Here is WANT by Taemin. His full name is Lee Tae-min and he's a member of boyband SHINee. He released his first solo single Danger and EP Ace in August 2014. To date he's brought out 12 singles, (including Danger, Move, Thirsty, Eclipse, Under My Skin and WANT. In addition to Ace Taaemin has released 2 more Korean language EPs- Flame of Love (2017) and Want (2019) and one Japanese EP, Sayanora Hitori (2016); and 3 studio albums- Press It (2016(), Move (2017) both Korean, and Tamein (2018), which is Japanese. Move was also re-packaged as Move-ing and released in late 2017.

Taemin also acts and has appeared in TV shows and musical theatre. In 2012 he was part of the "surpergroup" Younique Unit.

WANT is Taemin's latest single It's from the EP of the same name which was released on 11th February.




For more on Taemin check out these links:

Official site: http://taemin.smtown.com/ (Korean/English language)

FB page: https://www.facebook.com/93taemin/

Hope you like the post! :) What are your current favourite J-pop and K-pop songs?

Want more Japanese and Korean music? You might like these posts:

New Music for 2019- J-pop: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2019/01/new-music-for-2019-j-pop.html

New Music for 2019- K-pop: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2019/01/new-music-for-2019-k-pop.html

*These are Korean and Chinese names, so the surname is first.

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