Eun Ji-won (은지원)

A scene from variety show "Two Nights and One Day" [KBS]

KBS variety show "Two Night and One Days" is aimed at visiting the South Pole for a shoot in March, according to the show's producer on Tuesday.

"We haven't set a detailed schedule yet but are laying out our plans with March in mind", Na Young-suk told Asia Economic Daily over the phone.

He added cautiously though, that the date may be pushed back since it is not easy coordinating the schedules of the cast composed of singers, comedians and actors. "We're having a hard time setting a time frame because it's not easy for everyone to push back or miss out on all their other activities for two whole weeks"....More

Korean girl band T-ara [Core Contents Media]

Korean girl group T-ara dominated the K-pop charts on televised music shows for the second week in a row.

The group took the crown on KBS's "Music Bank" on Friday with their hit single "Bo Peep Bo Peep", the title track from their album "Absolute First Album"....More

Shin Seung-hoon, 2PM attend KBS music awards

Shin Seung-hoon and 2PM [KBS]

From left, singer Shin Seung-hoon and boy band 2PM members Nichkhun, Junsu and Junho perform together on stage at major broadcaster KBS' year-end music awards held at the KBS Hall in Seoul, South Korea on December 30, 2009....More

Singer Eun Ji-won, who is a former member of the 1990s idol boy band Sechskies, debuted as a solo hip-hop artist in 2000 shortly after his group was disbanded. His first four albums focused solely on the hip-hop genre. But for his just-released fifth album entitled "Platonic", Eun has chosen the electronic hip-hop dance song "Siren" as the title track despite opposition from his agency.

Eun said, "When I had just debuted solo, I was engrossed in the world of hip-hop because I was working with such renowned hip-hop artists as Drunken Tiger. But this time I chose a dance song because I wanted to show that my dancing skills were still good. I have become so used to hip-hop that dancing is a bit of a challenge to me, but if I don't start dancing now, it'll be too late. I am not as good at dancing as today's idol singers. My choreography this time is the revived form of the 'dog leg dance'. I call it a 'guileful dog leg dance'."


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But despite the title track, Eun's fifth album is still based on hip-hop. It was produced in cooperation with the hip-hop producer Keeproots, who is Eun's close friend. The singer also broadened his musical spectrum by combining hip-hop with his favorite music style. His new album is reminiscent of 1980s pop. It contains the euro-sound track "Out Of Control", the old Miami-style hip-hop number "160" and the lounge-style "Just Like The First Time", as...More

Eun Ji-won, a rapper and former leader of the 90s idol group Sechs Kies, has gone into producing and nurturing new artists. Eun's representative announced that Eun had founded GYM Entertainment earlier this year to raise new, promising musicians and his first project is singer Gilmi. Now he has begun a new career as a music producer after spending 12 years as an idol singer.

Eun says that Gilmi is a very talented underground musician, who has put...More