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BB Girls
BB Girls (; formerly known as Brave Girls) is a South Korean girl group consisting of members Minyoung, Youjoung, Eunji, and Yuna. The group was formed and produced by Brave Brothers in 2011 through Brave Entertainment. Initially a quintet debut as Brave Girls on April 7, 2011, with single album ''The Difference'' and has undergone multiple lineup changes, with their current lineup consisting of Minyoung, Youjoung, Eunji and Yuna become the most well known after the group gained a huge spike in popularity with their song "Rollin' (Brave Girls song), Rollin'" (2017) unexpectedly went viral in 2021. In February 2023, Brave Entertainment announced the group officially disbanded after the members left the agency. Two months after the announcement of the group's disbandment, the four members signed with Warner Music Korea and continued as a group with their name changed to BB Girls. History Pre-debut On September 21, 2010, Brave Brothers revealed he is launching a new 4-member hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seoul
Seoul (; ; ), officially known as the Seoul Special City, is the capital and largest metropolis of South Korea.Before 1972, Seoul was the ''de jure'' capital of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea) as stated iArticle 103 of the 1948 constitution. According to the 2020 census, Seoul has a population of 9.9 million people, and forms the heart of the Seoul Capital Area with the surrounding Incheon metropolis and Gyeonggi province. Considered to be a global city and rated as an Alpha – City by Globalization and World Cities Research Network (GaWC), Seoul was the world's fourth largest metropolitan economy in 2014, following Tokyo, New York City and Los Angeles. Seoul was rated Asia's most livable city with the second highest quality of life globally by Arcadis in 2015, with a GDP per capita (PPP) of around $40,000. With major technology hubs centered in Gangnam and Digital Media City, the Seoul Capital Area is home to the headquarters of 15 ''Fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
YouTube
YouTube is a global online video platform, online video sharing and social media, social media platform headquartered in San Bruno, California. It was launched on February 14, 2005, by Steve Chen, Chad Hurley, and Jawed Karim. It is owned by Google, and is the List of most visited websites, second most visited website, after Google Search. YouTube has more than 2.5 billion monthly users who collectively watch more than one billion hours of videos each day. , videos were being uploaded at a rate of more than 500 hours of content per minute. In October 2006, YouTube was bought by Google for $1.65 billion. Google's ownership of YouTube expanded the site's business model, expanding from generating revenue from advertisements alone, to offering paid content such as movies and exclusive content produced by YouTube. It also offers YouTube Premium, a paid subscription option for watching content without ads. YouTube also approved creators to participate in Google's Google AdSens ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Korea Times
''The Korea Times'' is the oldest of three English-language newspapers published daily in South Korea. It is a sister paper of the ''Hankook Ilbo'', a major Korean language daily; both are owned by Dongwha Enterprise, a wood-based manufacturer. Since the late 1950s, it had been published by the Hankook Ilbo Media Group, but following an embezzlement scandal in 2013–2014 it was sold to Dongwha Group, which also acquired ''Hankook Ilbo''. The president-publisher of ''The Korea Times'' is Oh Young-jin. Former Korean President Kim Dae-jung famously taught himself English by reading ''The Korea Times''. Newspaper headquarters The newspaper's headquarters is located in the same building with ''Hankook Ilbo'' on Sejong-daero between Sungnyemun and Seoul Station in Seoul, South Korea. The publication also hosts major operations in New York City and Los Angeles. History ''The Korea Times'' was founded by Helen Kim five months into the 1950-53 Korean War. The first issue on November ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Webtoon
Webtoons (), are a type of digital comic that originated in South Korea usually meant to be read on smartphones. While webtoons were mostly unknown outside of Korea during their inception, there has been a surge in popularity internationally thanks in great part to the rise in popularity of manhwa and the fact that most manhwa are released as webtoons. In the country, as digital manhwa have emerged as a popular medium, print publication of manhwa has decreased. The amount of material published in webtoon form has now reached an equal amount as that published offline. Format usually feature a few of common traits: each episode is published on one long, vertical strip (making use of an infinite canvas rather than multiple pages so that it is easier to read on a smartphone or computer); some feature music and animations that play during each chapter; and unlike the majority of East Asian comics, they are usually in color instead of black-and-white since they are published digita ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
We Ride (Brave Girls Song)
"We Ride" () is a song recorded by South Korean girl group Brave Girls. It was digitally released on August 14, 2020, by Brave Entertainment and distributed by Kakao M. A sleeper hit, the song initially failed to chart in South Korea following its release. Seven months later in March 2021, following the sudden success of "Rollin' (Brave Girls song), Rollin'", "We Ride" also became a success and their second top 5 hit on both the Gaon Digital Chart and the K-pop Hot 100. Composition The song was written by Brave Brothers and Maboos, who also composed the song alongside JS and 2CHAMP. The song was described as a retro mood city-pop genre dance song that empathizes with the silence between old lovers who faced boredom, within the lyrics. Background and release On August 5, 2020, it was announced that the group will comeback on August 14, releasing a poster using an analog TV style with the group's name and the release date. This will be the group's first release in almost three ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Idol Rebooting Project
Idol or Idols may refer to: Religion and philosophy * Cult image, a neutral term for a man-made object that is worshipped or venerated for the deity, spirit or demon that it embodies or represents * Murti, a point of focus for devotion or meditation in Hindu and Buddhist religion (not always man-made) * Idol (philosophy), one of several concepts developed by various philosophers Arts and entertainment * In pop music entertainment, an idol refers to an entertainer, generally from their teens to mid-20s, whose image and attractiveness are marketed to maintain a close relationship and financial loyalty with fans **Chinese idol, a younger entertainer active in the Chinese entertainment industry ** Japanese idol, a younger entertainer active in the Japanese entertainment industry *** AV idol, a Japanese adult video star *** Junior idol, a Japanese entertainer generally under the age of 15 *** Net idol, a Japanese entertainer mostly known as an Internet personality ** Korean idol, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rollin' (Brave Girls EP)
''Rollin is the fourth extended play recorded by South Korean girl group, Brave Girls. It was released on March 7, 2017 by Brave Entertainment and distributed by CJ E&M Music. This marked their first release as a five-member group, since original members Yoojin and Hyeran had stopped promotions with the group in early 2017. In order to promote the album, the group performed "''Rollin'"'' on several South Korean music programs, including ''M Countdown'' and ''Inkigayo''. A music video for the title track of the same name, was also released on March 7. The EP was a moderate success peaking at number 30 on the Gaon Album Chart. Background and release The group held a crowdfunding effort to subsidize their comeback on Makestar, from September to December 2016, with the scheduled of release the album in March 2017. On January 13, 2017, it was officially announced by Brave Entertainment, that member Yoojin would be leaving the group to focus on studies, meanwhile, member Hyeran wo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chung-Ang University
Chung-Ang University (CAU; ) is a private research university in Seoul, South Korea. It is widely regarded as one of the best universities in South Korea. The university operates two campuses: main campus located in Dongjak District, Seoul, and an additional campus in Anseong, Gyeonggi Province. CAU consists of 16 undergraduate colleges and 16 graduate schools. Starting as a church-run kindergarten in 1916, CAU transformed into a school for female kindergarten teachers in 1922 and was granted university status in 1953. The university held its centennial in 2018. It has 33,600 undergraduates, 5,200 graduates, 700 professors and 500 more part-time teaching staff. Established in 1918, CAU has endured through the painful course of Korea's modern history, upholding its ideal of "Truth and Justice". The symbol of Central University is Blue Dragon. The blue dragon statue represents the dragon to the universe toward the outer world by ascending and ascending the earth with the dragon ble ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
High Heels (Brave Girls EP)
''High Heels'' is the third extended play by South Korean girl group, Brave Girls. It was released on June 27, 2016 by Brave Entertainment and distributed by CJ E&M. The EP was a moderate success, peaking at number 22 on the Gaon Album Chart. Background and release On February 2, 2016, it was revealed that Brave Girls will be returned as 7-member group after two years hiatus. On February 16, "Deepened" was released as a digital single and marked their return to the music scene. On June 19, 2016, Brave Entertainment announced that Brave Girls will be releasing a mini-album titled ''High Heels'', revealing a comeback schedule, setting the release of the EP for June 27. A day later, it was revealed that the album will consists of five songs, including the song "Deepened", previously released, and also revealing the album cover. On June 21, were released the first two teaser images including members Yujeong and Eunji. On June 22, were released two more teaser images including members ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deepened (song)
"Deepened" (Hangul: 변했어; RR: ''Byeonhaess-eo'') is a song recorded by South Korean girl group Brave Girls. It was released on February 16, 2016 as a digital single and later included in the third EP from the group, ''High Heels'' (2016). The song was released by Brave Entertainment and distributed by CJ E&M. Written by Brave Brothers, Maboos and JS, and produced by the first two. It marks their first release in two and a half years from the group and also with the addition of five new member. Background and release On February 3, 2016, Brave Entertainment announced that three of the five originals members left the group, and five new members were added, being Minyeong, Yujeong, Eunji, Yuna and Hayun, the new members and Yoojin and Hyeran, the last two original members, transforming Brave Girls into a group of 7 members. It was also revealed that the group was preparing a new song with a release date within the month. On February 11, 2016, it was revealed that the group w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
