During rehearsals for today’s episode of KBS’s ‘Music Bank’, a lighting accident caused a major shift in schedules for participating artists.
On August 12th, rehearsals were going as planned at the KBS Public Hall until it reached Seo In Guk’s turn. During his rehearsal, the lights shut off on stage, causing a halt in the rehearsals. Seo In Guk left the stage to be on standby, leading those after him to be put on hold for an indefinite amount of time.
The representative explained, “Fortunately, it wasn’t a big accident as we thought and recording was only paused for a brief moment. Rehearsals will begin immediately after lighting is restored. However, due to the delay of the pre-scheduled rehearsals and recordings, artists who were originally scheduled for pre-recordings may just have to perform live.”
27 July:
On July 27th, representatives of KBS’s ‘Music Bank’ met with reporters and announced that they’ll be taking the popular music program on a world tour!
Starting this October, KBS will be kicking off their world tour in New York, before heading off to China for November; they’ll then tackle Vietnam and Europe in 2012. This large-scale K-Pop concert will be held under the title, ‘Music Bank’.
Director Jun Jin Guk revealed, “In the case of China, the ‘Korean Chinese Gayo Festival’, which we’ve been running for the past 10 years, will be expanded for ‘Music Bank’. For Vietnam, we’ll be celebrating 20 years of Korean and Vietnamese diplomatic relations by opening a Hallyu concert in Ho Chi Minh City.”
Since Europe has been headlining in Korean news due to their strong interest in the Hallyu wave, and representatives of KBS are said to be keeping tabs on the phenomenon.
The director went on to reveal, “Following the Hallyu wave, local concert representatives have been making visits to KBS to discuss the possibility of holding a concert there.”
Source + Photos: Star News via Naver via allkpop25 July:
Due to the special broadcast of ‘Music Bank in Tokyo‘ last week, the winner of the show’s K-Chartaward was not announced last Friday. However, results were still tabulated as usual and the winner was finally announced through their website on July 25th.
2PM was revealed to have won the K-Chart for the 4th consecutive time with their hit single, “Hands Up“. The boys edged out T-ara by a score of 14,011, while the ladies raked in 10,893 points.
Meanwhile, SECRET, HyunA and f(x) rounded up the top 5 for the week.
It’s a fantastic ending note for 2PM, who just concluded their domestic promotions. Congratulations, boys!
Source: KBS Music Bank Website via allkpop
4 July:
Due to the half-year episode that aired last week, the winner of the weekly K-Chart award was not announced during the live broadcast of ‘Music Bank‘. Still, results were still tabulated as normal and the winner was announced through their website on July 4th.
2PM was revealed to have won the K-Chart with their latest single, “Hands Up“; the boys edged outSECRET by a score of 15,950, while the ladies raked in 13,652 points.
Kim Hyun Joong, f(x) and B2ST rounded up the top 5 for the week.
Source: KBS Music Bank Website via allkpop22 Mei
Via tokyohive:
Korea’s KBS music program “MUSIC BANK” will be heading to Tokyo for a live event at the Tokyo Dome on July 13th titled “K-POP FESTIVAL – MUSIC BANK in TOKYO – ”.
15 eclectic Korean groups and artists are expected to attend including TVXQ, KARA, SNSD, 2PM, B2ST, 4Minute, U-KISS, IU, Baek Ji Young, Secret, Rainbow, INFINITE, Park Hyunbin, RaNia andX-5. IU, recently held her first performance in Japan the other day at Tokyo Legend 2011 and RaNia and X-5 just debuted recently. The line-up is full of variety.
Tickets will go on sale at the beginning of June.
[K-POP FESTIVAL – MUSIC BANK in TOKYO – ]
Date/Venue: July 13th – Tokyo Dome
Opening/Start: 17:30/19:00
Ticket Price: A Seats – 12,800 yen (~157 USD), All other seats – 11,800 yen (~144 USD)
Source: Tower Records via allkpop
1 Mei:
During After School’s special tap performance of ‘Let’s Step Up‘, the stage partially collapsed.
On April 29th, the girls had their comeback on KBS’s ‘Music Bank’ with their new mini album title song, ‘Shampoo’. To mark their comeback, they also gave a tap dance performance of ‘Let’s Step Up’.
According to ‘Music Bank’, After School performed ‘Shampoo’ live but pre-recorded ‘Let’s Step Up.’ Fans have been anticipating their ‘Let’s Step Up’ performance for its special tap dance choreography. However, when they were tap dancing to their powerful choreography, part of the glass stage collapsed.
An audience member who witnessed the incident stated, “After School’s ‘Let’s Step Up’ began with Kahi’s solo, but I was surprised when a part of the stage collapsed.” A picture that the witness shared shows the members showing surprised expressions when a part of the stage went down.
After School members reportedly wore metal tap shoes on stage, and although the stage was made with strong glass, it collapsed due to Kahi’s passionate and powerful solo. Fortunately, no one was hurt during the incident.
After School’s agency stated, “Members were surprised, but they are taking this as a sign for huge success. Kahi must have been too motivated [to perform].”
25 April:For some reason, the winner of the weekly K-Chart was not announced during the live broadcast of Music Bank’s 600th episode last Friday, but results were still tabulated as normal and the winner was announced through their website on April 25th.Big Bang was revealed to have won the K-Chart with “Love Song” from their repackaged album, a feat that’s duly impressive because they’ve yet to perform the song on the show. Their score of 10,757 managed to edge out CNBLUE, who came in second with 10,030 points.
K.Will, 4minute and Girl’s Day rounded up the top 5 for the week.
Source: allkpop
24 April:
The community board for Music Bank’s official site is being flooded with criticisms regarding its ‘unfair’ calculation of the first place winners, as well as cutting songs too short and allowing lip synching for certain singers.
Firstly, there are suspicions that Music Bank’s music ranking chart is causing some agencies to buy their singers’ albums in bulk. The show currently adds up the rankings in 4 areas: song ranking, album ranking, broadcasting points, and preference. If an agency buys up several thousands of albums in a day, its singer can rise to the number 1 selling song.
On one music site, a rookie actually placed 1st on the ‘most popular selling songs’ list, receiving many criticisms from the public. Some have been pointing fingers at the agency for buying up their singer’s albums to enter Music Bank’s chart.
Korea’s music market has died down, making it impossible to predict the popularity of a group of songs. In the past, it was possible for an album to sell a million copies. However, these days, even the top idol groups can barely sell 10,000 copies of their albums, making it easy for agencies to manipulate the song rankings by buying up albums.
One viewer wrote on the community board, “Isn’t Music Bank encouraging buying up albums and just looking on while agencies manipulate the song rankings?“.
There are also criticisms regarding the production team favoring certain singers. Big Bang’s fans have long been criticizing the music show’s ‘unfairness’ towards the group. During this week’s program, when Big Bang’s 1st place was for certain, ‘locked in’, the production team took out the 1st place award ceremony due to its 600th episode celebration.
Also, the program allows unpopular groups or even rookies to perform 2~3 songs but when Big Bang was having a comeback in 2 years and 3 months, they only got to perform one song.
Fans also criticized the poor treatment the original idol group g.o.d got from “Music Bank”. They appeared on April 23rd’s program and their performance seemed to end hurriedly to allow TVXQ to perform right after them.
Some angry viewers even commented, “Maybe it’s better just to end ‘Music Bank’.”
15 April:
It looks like the icy relations between public and cable broadcasting networks are finally beginning to thaw.
Mnet’s “Superstar K2” contestant, Kim Greem, has been confirmed as a performing act on the April 15th episode of KBS’s “Music Bank“. Previously, only Seo In Kook and Kim Bo Kyung alone were able to promote on the ‘big three’ music programs; the bitter rivalry between public and cable networks oftenprevented these ‘Mnet stars’ from promoting to their fullest potential.
KBS has been more forgiving than MBC and SBS in the past, as Kim Bo Kyung was the first to break the barrier in “Music Bank” with her solo appearance back in February.
“Music Bank” PD Kim Sang Ho spoke through Star News and revealed, “Our program itself does not have restrictions against certain backgrounds. As long as there is vocal talent, our door is open to anyone. We have every intention of allowing Kim Bo Kyung, Kim Greem, Huh Gak, John Park and other debuts on our stage.”
After seeing such open-mindedness from KBS, the spotlight is now being put on MBC’s “Music Core” and SBS’s “Inkigayo” to offer the same unbiased generosity.
On a much lighter note, Kim Green’s outfit has been earning much attention amongst fans and netizens alike. The singer was seen wearing a unique pattern on her shirt across her chest, leading many to wonder if it held any significant meaning.
Nexstar Entertainment revealed, “Kim Greem suggested that she use her signature for her stage outfit. After autographing her shirt, she added paint, cubics, and other accessories to complete the look.”
12 April:
On April 11th, “Music Bank” PD Kwon Jae Young announced that he plans to impose restrictions on their choreography. As of April 15th, groups who do not modify their dance moves will not be able to perform on “Music Bank” next week.
Kwon PD stated, “We can no longer tolerate the provocative choreography of the “spread leg” dance.” He believed that he could no longer stand indifferent towards the fact that the content of “Music Bank” could have an adverse influence on the young viewers of the show.
“Music Bank” currently has a age rating of 15 and over.
4minute recently came forth with an announcement that they will put in serious consideration over the modification of their ’spread leg’ dance due to the controversial opinions of netizens and viewers.
3 April:
In an interview with Yonhap News, PD Kim Sang Ho revealed, “By this July, ‘Music Bank’ will be airing live in 70 different broadcast stations around the world. We also have plans for a monthly magazine catering specifically to international fans as well.”
KBS already established their international channel, “KBS World,” last year, and currently broadcasts to 54 different stations all over the world, not only including Asia, but Europe and the Middle East as well.
PD Kim stated, “To Koreans, ‘Music Bank’ might not be all that different to MBC’s ‘Show! Music Core‘ orSBS’s ‘Inkigayo,’ but overseas, the status of ‘Music Bank’ is not comparable to the rest. We hear often from agency representatives that go on business trips overseas that there are even special gatherings at homes on days ‘Music Bank’ airs on KBS World.”
He continued, “There’s also a growing interest in learning the Korean language through our programs, so after hearing such things, we’ve decided to expand from 54 stations to 76 by this July.”
He continued, “There’s also a growing interest in learning the Korean language through our programs, so after hearing such things, we’ve decided to expand from 54 stations to 76 by this July.”
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The program also plans to use social networking services more actively to bring their content closer to the international audience. Since November of last year, Music Bank’s Twitter account (@KBSMusicBank), has been uploading exclusive photos, interviews, and videos.
Not only that, but they’ll actually show tweets from international fans on “Music Bank” itself, showing the diversity in their audience.
The PD explained, “Honestly, when we first began our Twitter account, it wasn’t a huge hit because we didn’t manage it properly. Once we started uploading backstage photos of TVXQ and the like, we definitely grew and became more active. Over half of our followers are international fans.”
He took notice of the popularity of other SNS like Facebook as well: “Twitter is popular in Korea, but in the Middle East and Europe, Facebook is also just as, if not more, popular. We’ll be setting up a Facebook account soon and will be connecting it to our YouTube account to better communicate with international viewers.”
On plans for their monthly magazine, he revealed, “This July, we’ll begin running a monthly magazine in Japan first featuring BTS photos and stories, and what goes on backstage. After a month or two, we’ll begin releasing it in Korea, and if the reaction is positive, we’ll add on with other nations as well.”
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After going live for the first time on June 16, 1998, “Music Bank” will be celebrating their 600th episode on April 22nd.
Their 600th special episode will be done under the concept of ‘Music Bank Kids – Dreams Come True‘ and feature idol stars singing old hits of their seniors.
PD Kwon Jae Young explained, “There are a lot of kids that grow up watching ‘Music Bank’ and dreaming of becoming singers. The current idols of today looked up to the first generation idols, and that will be the focus of our 600th episode. They’ll be re-arranging songs of the past into their something their own.”
About 5-7 idol teams will be covering hits from H.O.T., Sechs Kies, Fin.K.L., Shinhwa, and others.
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To conclude, the PD was asked of his opinion on what he thought the success of the show lied in.
PD Kwon replied, “The ‘Music Bank’ K-Chart and the 15 year old+ rating. Our rating shows that we’re not catering to too young of an audience. We feature content that the whole family can still enjoy together. Although we’re focused mainly on idol singers, our goal is to produce a music program that a diversity of viewers can still enjoy.”
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