130424 U.S Popdust Predicts Battle of K-Pop Girl Groups: 4minute-T-ARA N4-SECRET Comebacks

U.S. Popdust recently released an article predicting that there would be competition for K-Pop girl groups in the coming weeks as they make their comebacks.

In particular, they talk about 4minute, SECRET, T-ARA N4 as well as other groups.

With a string of girl groups making a comeback around the same time, there is bound to be some competition in the air.

The first to make a comeback is 4minute on April 25. They have been releasing teaser photos and jacket photos for their new concept which consists of glow in the dark themes. Their title song, “What’s Your Name?” reveals a different image as it shows off a bit of electronic and hip hop.

T-ARA’s unit group, T-ARA N4 will make a comeback on April 29 with their song, “Countryside Diary.” T-ARA N4 reveals another side to T-ARA as they dress up in a more tough and charismatic look and reveal a more rough side.

SECRET will make a comeback at the end of the month on April 30 with their new song, “YooHoo.” This time around, they are putting the ‘sexy’ concept aside and coming back to their ‘cute’ side. Unlike their usual sexy and powerful performances, their teaser photos reveal a more cute and fresh vibe with cute outfits and themes.

4minute and SECRET will most likely be the main focus of the ‘battle’ between the girl groups, while T-ARA N4 will be ranked according to how popular and successful their new song is. This will allow us to see where T-ARA falls currently amongst girl groups after their crisis last year.

In the coming weeks we will see how these girl groups compete with one another.

130425 HyunA and Heo Ga Yoon Make the Perfect Twins for InStyle Pictorial

4minute‘s HyunA and Heo Ga Yoon transformed into a cute pair of twins!

On April 24, InStyle magazine revealed HyunA and Heo Ga Yoon’s first photo shoot together. As this was the first time that only these two 4minute members worked together, they even asked themselves, “Will we look good together?” especially when they found out it was a twin concept.

However, HyunA and Heo Ha Yoon rendered their own worries as useless because they pulled off the twin concept perfectly. The two artists sported the iconic Mod look of the sixties.

Pushing aside their signature charisma and fierce attitude on stage, HyunA and Heo Ga Yoon was said to call each other by their cute nicknames in a playful and friendly manner throughout the shoot.

HyunA and Heo Ga Yoon promised to show the public a new side to 4minute through their come back. They commented, “As we were preparing for the album, we thought of each member’s hair, makeup and clothing concepts ourselves and we’re practicing at least six hours a day.”

HyunA and Heo Ga Yoon’s twin photo shoot can be found in the May edition of InStyle.

 

130425 4Minute Releases Group MV Teaser for "What's Your Name?"

After revealing many solo teasers this past week, 4Minute has now revealed a group teaser for “What’s Your Name?”

While it is only 21 seconds long, we finally get to hear more of the song.

“What’s Your Name” is 4minute’s first project with hitmaker Brave Brothers. It is been reported by to be a new kind of “fantasy hip-hop” genre.

The solo teasers for Heo Ga Yoon, HyunA, Nam Ji Hyun, Jeon Ji Yoon and Kwon So Hyun have reached a total of 3.6 million views all together.

We can expect the full music video to be released tomorrow, April 26, along with their new mini album.

130424 4minute reveals individual jacket photos for 4th mini-album ?Name is 4minute?

Having released individual video teasers for Hyuna, Gayoon, Sohyun, Jiyoon and Jihyun with the tagline “What’s Your Name?,” 4minute has revealed the answer to the question in a series of jacket photos for the upcoming album, “Name is 4minute.”

Sporting the same outfits from the group concept images revealed last week, the new set ofindividual teasers feature the members gazing into the camera as petals flow throughout the background, creating a mysterious and subdued aura contrary to the previous funky teasers that were revealed.

4minute will be returning with a “fantasy hip-hop” concept and will be releasing their 4th mini-album, “Name is 4minute” on April 26th. What do you think of the new set of images? Are you looking forward to 4minute’s comeback?