[News] Jung Yonghwa’s Playful Homer Simpson Impression Selca

CNBLUE’s Jung Yonghwa does his very best Homer Simpson impression.

CNBLUE‘s front man Jung Yonghwa tweeted a very adorable selca late Tuesday night of himself imitating the expression the ‘Homer Simpson’ illustration on his t-shirt was making. In his very cute tweet he stated, “Everyone! kk I look like him, right? kk It’s late, I want you to get a good night’s sleep after seeing me! kk Hwaiting tomorrow, too!”

A few months ago, Yonghwa first expressed his love for the Simpsons on Twitter for the first time. Since then, the popular Idol has shared selca after selca showing his growing collection of Simpsons memorabilia. Loving CNBLUE Fans have added to this growing collection by gifting him with Simpsons clothes, toys & stuffed dolls at recent CNBLUE fan meetings and autograph signings. At this point, Yonghwa probably has more Simpsons gifts than he knows what to do with, possibly making him wish he had never mentioned it the public but either way, he has shown his utmost appreciation for his fans.

CNBLUE are currently actively promoting their 4th Mini album ‘RE:BLUE‘ and are making their music show and fan meet rounds to spread the word.

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CNBLUE’s ‘Re:BLUE’ reaches #1 on Billboard’s World Albums Chart

CNBLUE has topped the Billboard World Albums Chart!

The band’s fourth mini album “Re:BLUE” has been enjoying incredible success in Korea and Japan, and the results were good enough to top the World Albums chart.

“Re:BLUE“ had over 100,000 pre-orders, and features a title track penned and composed by the leader Yonghwa, along with many other self-composed works by the CNBLUE quartet.

The title of the mini-album, ‘Re:BLUE‘, stands for ‘the rebirth of a new CNBLUE’. The mini album also snagged #22 on the Billboard Heatseekers Albums. Congratulations to CNBLUE!

Source: Billboard
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[News]CNBLUE to release limited edition of ‘Re:BLUE’ album

CNBLUE will be releasing limited editions of their highly successful ‘Re:BLUE‘ album.

There will be four available versions of the special album, which will feature the four members on the covers as well as artwork by the members and exclusive postcards. Yonghwa, Jonghyun, Minhyuk, and Jungshin personally participated in the design of the albums as well.

Agency FNC Entertainment stated, “As the albums hold each member’s unique style, we’re looking forward to a good reaction from fans. The members have [composed and took part in producing all the songs on the album], so it’s all the more meaningful.”

In related news, CNBLUE is currently promoting their title track “I’m Sorry“.

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[News] CNBLUE’s Yonghwa and miss A’s Suzy chosen as the #1 ‘celebrities who look like cafe tea-tenders’

It’s time for another random poll as Tea brand ‘A;T Fox‘ reached out to consumers to ask them to pick, “celebrities who look the most like cafe tea-tenders [people who make tea]“ to determine the #1 tea-tender voted by men and women in their 10s and 20s.

CNBLUE‘s Yonghwa came in first place in the male category with 31% of the votes while miss A‘s Suzy ranked first place with 37% in the female category.

Trailing right behind were all actors including Lee Jong Suk at 2nd place, Seo In Guk at 3rd, Kim Woo Bin at 4th, and Yoon Si Yoon at 5th place.

In the female category, actress Park Bo Young grabbed 2nd place, Girls’ Generation‘s YoonA came in at 3rd, KARA‘s Hara at 4th, and Park Shin Hye at 5th place, An ‘A;T Fox’ marketing representative stated, “A cafe these days is more than just a place to drink coffee and tea, but is also serving as a place of culture exchange.

‘A;T Fox’ will do their best to become a satisfactory service that serves as a ‘healing area’ to heal the bodies and hearts of our customers by offering snacks and drinks filled with beneficial ingredients.”

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[News] CNBLUE share their thoughts on the ‘Infinity Challenge’ controversy

CNBLUE shared their thoughts on the controversy surrounding the ‘Infinity Challenge‘ cast’s success on music charts.

Yonghwa shared, “I enjoyed listening to [their songs] and even sang along. I don’t feel bad at all that my music chart ranking was lower because of ‘Gangbuk Fancy Guy‘.

Doesn’t the public listen to the songs they like? I met Park Myung Soo hyung yesterday and [jokingly] asked him, ‘Our album just came out. [Isn't your new song] too strong?’ He responded with his trademark voice, ‘I’m sorry.’ I believe that Park Myung Soo hyung worked hard to produce it. There are people who want to listen to fun songs. Although there are a lot of different genres, I see it as a way to develop musically.”

Jonghyun added, “If you listen to it and like it, I think it’s good music. The public likes it, so I think there’s a good reason for it. We get asked a lot if we’re victims of ‘Infinity Challenge’s musical success, but it’s not like that. We like ‘Infinity Challenge’s music too, and that’s all that matters.”

In other news, CNBLUE made their highly anticipated comeback with new single “I’m Sorry” and will embark on their world tour later this year.

Credit : allkpop

[News] CNBLUE’s Yonghwa reveals TVXQ’s Yunho asked him for a song

CNBLUE‘s Yonghwa revealed that TVXQ‘s Yunho asked him for a self-composed song. For the first time since CNBLUE’s debut, a song written and composed by Yonghwa has been used as their title track. His agency FNC Entertainment acknowledged his talent by making “I’m Sorry” the title track for their album ‘Re:Blue‘, and his song is proving its worth by ranking in the top five on various online music charts.

Yonghwa has even created songs for his juniors Juniel and AOA, and after concluding his promotions last year, he focused his attention on songwriting. Yonghwa confessed, “I felt the pain of composing for the first time.”

Now that he has become an acknowledged songwriter, many artists are coming up to him and asking if they can have one of his songs. Even seniors have come up to him to ask for a song, and Yonghwa shared about that instance, explaining, “At an award ceremony last year, I met TVXQ’s Yunho, and he asked me, ‘Can you write a song that will be included in our 10-year anniversary album?’ ZE:A‘s Kwanghee has also made a similar request.”

The number of people asking Yonghwa for songs has increased, and he appreciates the attention, but he is hesitant to give his songs to an artist other than CNBLUE. He explained, “I felt really good when I heard that I have been receiving many requests to write songs, but I don’t feel comfortable about participating in other artists’ albums yet.”

He also shared his ambition on writing different genres, stating, “When I wrote songs for my juniors, it was fun making songs from different genres like dance and ballad. I want to create a variety of songs.“

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[News] CNBLUE achieves an all-kill on music charts with “I’m Sorry”

CNBLUE has swept all the music charts with ”I’m Sorry“!

They recently released their title song and the rest of the mini album, sweeping all the major music charts immediately upon release. The song is currently #1 on Mnet, Olleh, Daum Music, Naver Music, Melon, Bugs, and Monkey3.

The title track , “I’m Sorry“, was penned and composed by leader Yonghwa, along with many other self-composed works by the CNBLUE quartet.

In addition, CNBLUE is set to perform live with their instruments for their upcoming music show comebacks. Unfortunately, due to the logistics of music program production, nearly all bands are required to pantomime their instrument playing. CNBLUE however have such a passion for live playing that their company, FNC Entertainment is in to have the band perform with their on all three major music shows.

Congratulations to CNBLUE!

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[News] Hottest K-pop acts ready for Golden Disk Awards in Kuala Lumpur

Excitement is building up barely a week before the biggest K-pop event hits our shores.

The Samsung Galaxy The 27th Golden Disk Awards in Kuala Lumpur will be rocking the Sepang International Circuit over two nights next Tuesday and Wednesday.

Founded in 1986, the Golden Disk Awards, dubbed the Grammys of Korea, is South Korea’s most prestigious K-pop awards show and is presented annually for outstanding achievements in the music industry.

Hosted by Mediartncomm Co Ltd, supported by the Malaysia Convention and Exhibition Bureau (MyCEB) and presented by Samsung Malaysia Electronics as title sponsor, the music awards will see 25 of K-pop’s hottest acts in Malaysia next week.

The earliest acts will arrive on Sunday night. They are members of the boy bands SHINee and BTOB.

Monday will see the arrival of 10 acts: Exo (in two batches), Infinite (first batch), 4Minute, B1A4, Beast, Super Junior, CNBLUE, FT Island, Juniel and Kara.

Fourteen acts will fly in on Tuesday, the first day of the awards. They are Infinite (secondbatch), Secret, Heo Gak, Lee Ha Yi, Ailee, Epik High, T-ara, Sistar (first batch), G-Dragon, f(x), K.Will, Miss A, B.A.P, and Teen Top.

The remaining members of girl group Sistar will arrive only on Wednesday. As for the show’s hosts, CNBLUE’s Yong Hwa and Kara’s Nicole will be emceeing on the first night while FT Island’s Hong Ki and Sistar’s Dasom will host the show on the second night.

Fans can expect over 70 songs during the two-night gig, including hits such as Super Junior’s Sexy, Free & Single, G-Dragon’s One Of A Kind, FT Island’s I Wish, Beast’s Fiction, 4Minute’s Mirror, CNBLUE’s Intuition, Epik High’s Light It Up and Lee Ha Yi’s Mamadu. The main entrance to the venue will be open for fans to start queueing at 2.30pm. The Samsung Galaxy zone entrance opens at 4.30pm for ticket holders to access the red carpet event, which starts at 5pm.

Rockpit and Hallyu zone entrances will open at 6pm. The awards show starts at 7.30pm.

Tickets are priced at RM199 (Hallyu zone) and RM999 (Samsung Galaxy zone). Tickets to the Rockpit zone (RM688) have already been sold out while limited tickets remain for other zones.

For ticket reservation and enquiries, contact TicketPro (03-7880 7999 /www.ticketpro.com.my) or e-mail info@ticketpro.com.my or head to DiGi outlets at SoHo KL, Sunway Pyramid and The Gardens. Samsung and DiGi users are entitled to a 20% discount.

Visit www.goldendiskawards.asia or www.facebook.com/GDA2013 for details on the Samsung Galaxy The 27th Golden Disk Awards in Kuala Lumpur.

Source: TheStar
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CNBLUE Unveils ‘Re:BLUE’ Jacket Image From London

A new jacket image for CNBLUE’s upcoming new album has been revealed. The new image was unveiled on January 9, showing the CNBLUE members on a busy London street.

FNC Entertainment explained, “We strived to find a place in London that gave an exotic feel. Because of the frequent rain, our shoots were often postponed but the members all took part in a passionate manner.”
Th
e new album, Re:BLUE is said to mean a new start for CNBLUE and the album will be released on January 14, exactly three years after the band first made its debut.

The comeback track will also be a self-composed song by Jung Yong Hwa and marks the first time the band has used a self-composed song as a title song.

Credit : enewsworld
Photo Credit: FNC Entertainment

[News] 27th Golden Disk Awards: CNBLUE will perform on Jan 15, with Yonghwa-Nicole and Jonghyun-Juniel special stages

Malaysia has been given the honor to hold the 27th edition of Golden Disk Awards at Sepang International F1 Circuit on January 15 and 16. More than 20 Korean artists have confirmed their attendance for the two-day event. The Golden Disk Awards (GDA) is the most prestigious Korean Pop Awards in South Korea where the most popular K-POP music from the past year are selected and celebrated. Dubbed as “Korean Grammy”, the Golden Disk Awards contributes to the music and digital downloads industry while bolstering the creativity of pop music and finding talented artistes.

FNC artists that have confirmed their attendance to the awards are CNBLUE, FTISLAND and Juniel. CNBLUE’s Jung Yonghwa and FTISLAND’s Lee Hongki had been given the honor to host the prestigious awards on January 15 and 16 respectively. Both of them will be accompanied by KARA’s Nicole and SISTAR’s Dasom.

The first day of the awards will be hosted by CNBLUE’s Jung Yonghwa and KARA’s Nicole and as the emcees, they will be performing a duet of Neyo’s “Because of You”. CNBLUE will also be performing on the GDA stage with their “Intro + Hey You” followed by “Intuition”. Adding on, CNBLUE’s Lee Jonghyun will also perform a duet with fellow FNC talent, Juniel for two numbers, “Illa Illa” and “My Love”.

The full list of performers can be checked at GDA’s Official Facebook Page. In another news, CNBLUE will release their new album “RE:BLUE” on January 14 and set to make their comeback stage on music shows starting on January 17. T/N: Unrelated news have been omitted.

Source: GoldenDiskAwards + Harian Metro
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[News]CNBLUE heads to the streets of London for ‘Re:Blue’ album jacket photoshoot

CNBLUE has unveiled a new album jacket photo for their upcoming album, much to the excitement of fans!

FNC Entertainment stated, “We worked hard to find a location that showcases London’s exotic aura. Although the filming was delayed due to the rainy weather, everyone passionately participated in the photoshoot.”

This comes after the release of various individual teasers that have already been revealed in the previous weeks.

CNBLUE will release their 4th mini-album ‘Re:Blue‘, which is meant to stand for ‘the rebirth of a new CNBLUE’, on the 14th, so stay tuned!

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[News] Yonghwa and Jonghyun to appear in Running Man (again) with fellow idols

It seems some of your favorite idols will be appearing on an upcoming episode of SBS‘s ‘Running Man‘!

Various idols were recently spotted filming for the variety show on the 8th and the photos taken by fans started to spread through SNS means. The idols donned red jackets with their name tags attached to the back, while the ‘Running Man’ members sported blue jackets, and a backdrop with the words ‘Running Olympic 2013′ could be seen in the photos.

A representative confirmed, “CNBLUE‘s Yonghwa and Jonghyun, ZE:A‘s Kwanghee, MBLAQ‘s Lee Joon, f(x)‘s Sulli, SHINEE‘s Minho, and INFINITE‘s L are currently filming ‘Running Man’ at Gimpo International Airport.” The upcoming episode is said to be an idol-turned-actor special, which explains why these specific idols have been chosen.

Source: MyDaily + SportsChosun
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[News] Sunny Hill’s SeungA selects CNBLUE’s Yonghwa as her ideal type

Co-ed group Sunny Hill‘s SeungA revealed herself to be a fangirl of CNBLUE‘s Yonghwa!

Sunny Hill guested on the January 7th radio broadcast of KBS 2FM‘s ‘Hong Jin Kyung’s 2:00‘, where they were asked whether they had someone in mind while singing one of their tracks off the album, “Do You Want To Get Married“.

To this, member SeungA sheepishly revealed that she’s always thought of Yonghwa as her ideal type and confessed that she sings while thinking of him. The singer then expressed her desire to personally meet him.

Meanwhile, Sunny Hill is currently promoting their latest title song “Goodbye to Romance“.

Source: newsen
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[News]Yonghwa composes CNBLUE’s next title song

CNBLUE‘s Yonghwa is hard at work in the studio once again.

On the 2nd, Yonghwa posted the following message to CNBLUE’s official Twitter: “Everyone, hello! This is Yonghwa. These days the weather is super cold. CNBLUE’s title track to be released on January 14th is composed by me! We’ll be doing amazing promotions to make up for how long you all waited for us. Look forward to it a lot. We’ll see each other soon!”

He also added a photo of himself in the studio in the process of making another great hit.

Fans commented, “I’m so looking forward to the title song you’ve composed”, “Talented musician”, “These pictures look like they belong in a photo shoot pictorial”, and more.

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[News] CNBLUE’s ‘Robot’ Single Charts at number Two on Oricon

CN BLUE’s latest Japanese single has landed in the top three of the Oricon.

Oricon’s latest ranking for its daily singles chart revealed CN BLUE’s Robot had made a second place debut on the chart.

The band’s latest Japanese single sold 24,001 copies to come in at number two. CN BLUE faced stiff competition with new releases from Dir En Grey, Gackt and other popular Japanese musicians all on the same day but managed to sell the second most copies for the day.

CN Blue’s Robot single album contains four songs including title song Robot.

Photo Credit: Oricon
Article credit: Stewart Ho @enewsworld

[News] CNBLUE to show off their masculine charms on the ‘Go Show’

All of the members of CNBLUE will be making a guest appearance on SBS‘s ‘Go Show‘.

The four recently recorded a ‘Scent of Masculinity’ themed discussion on the show that pulled off without a hitch thanks to their natural variety talents and masculine charms. Yonghwa did some voice imitations of stars fans have never heard before like Kim Sang Joong in addition to his usual repertoire of Park Young Kyu, Park Myung Soo, and Simon D.

The members were also asked to audition to be awarded the title of most masculine member where they took part in various contests like wrestling and coin flipping. The ‘Go Show’ episode will broadcast on December 14th.

Check out the preview!


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[News] CNBLUE Jung Yonghwa′s OST Piece for ′Heartstrings′ Tops Yearly Ringtone Chart in Japan

CNBLUE′s Jung YongHwa took over Japanese charts with his OST piece for Heartstrings.

According to Dwango, a Japanese music site, the OST for the drama Heartstrings came in first place for the yearly ringtone rankings of 2012. Second place went to Jang Keun Suk′s OST for Love Rain with the same title, and third place went to As Ever, the OST for the dramaYou′re Beautiful.
The drama Heartstrings starred Jung Yong Hwa, and gathered much popularity in Korea. The drama even went on to grab a steady time slot on Fuji TV in Japan, and aired from July to November.

With the success of his dramas You′re Beautiful and Heartstrings in Japan, Jung YongHwa managed to leave a big impression as an actor in Japan.

In the meantime, CNBLUE also previously made it to the top of the Oricon Weekly Chart with its first studio album Code Name Blue in August, selling a total of 44,000 copies.

Photo credit: FNC Entertainment
Article credit: Park HyunMin & Erika Kim @enewsWorld
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[News] CNBLUE’s Yonghwa and B2ST’s Kikwang selected as Inkigayo special MCs

On the December 2nd live broadcast of SBS‘s ‘Inkigayo‘, actor Lee Jong Suk announced that he’ll be leaving his MC position to focus on his new drama, ‘School 2013‘.

The actor expressed, “Truthfully speaking, the MC position on ‘Inkigayo’ was a new, yet a difficult challenge for me. Thank you for showing your love for me, who still lacks a lot. I’ll return as an actor through a good project.”

With Lee Jong Suk leaving his MC post, it’s been revealed that CNBLUE‘s Yonghwa and B2ST‘sKikwang will be temporarily filling the position.

PD Park Seung Min of ‘Inkigayo’ recently revealed to Star News, “We have yet to decide on who will take over Lee Jong Suk. For now, we have appointed CNBLUE’s Yonghwa and B2ST’s Kikwang to join IU on stage next week as special MCs.”

Source: Star News via Nate
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[News]CNBLUE Debut 4th Japan Single Title ‘Robot’ PV Teaser

Finally, after much anticipation CNBLUE and Warner Music Japan have released the official 30 second PV teaser video for their title track, "Robot". CNBLUE fans knew somehow the teaser would be released soon because recently, part of the "Robot" music video was featured on Mezamashi TV in Japan which sent fans and internet users into new video frenzy mode. The entire official video will mostly likely follow soon so fans are eagerly vigilant waiting for when it does finally post!


Recently, FNC Japan updated the band's website with new album covers, one for each of the mini album's editions. The unique and very artistic album covers show CNBLUE members as statuesque and expressionless and include strategically placed deconstructed music instruments.

CNBLUE's 4th major Japanese release will be available on December 19th 2012. The new mini album Robot will be available in three versions: Limited Edition, Special Warner Music Direct Edition, and Normal Edition.

Writer: Mari (CNBStorm/colormecnblue) | Source: cnblue.jp | Photo Credits: FNC

[News] CNBLUE’s Jung Yonghwa Shows Off his many talents in ‘Music Bank in Chile’

CNBLUE‘s Jung Yong Hwa showed off just how talented he is in the recent broadcast of KBS2′sMusic Bank in Chile.

He hosted the show with Super Junior′s Kyuhyun and After School′s Uee, and also sang as the vocalist of CNBLUE in its performance of Intuition and Love.

What′s more surprising is that for his performance of Love Me Tender, he played the guitar to provide his own accompaniment and was even the one who rearranged the song for the performance.

Jung Yong Hwa was also responsible for rearranging the song sang at the end of the concert by all the singers also showed when everyone came up onstage to sing Arirang. He thus served as a host, singer, guitar player and producer all in one day.

Netizens commented, “He′s a good singer and he even rearranged the songs,” “Jung Yong Hwa is the best” and “He really is talented.”

CNBLUE will be holding an exclusive concert from December 15-16, and will make its next comeback in January 2013.

Photo credit: KBS2
Artcile credit: Park HyunMin & Erika Kim @enewsWorld