BoA Debuts with “Eat You Up” (溝のヒロイン)
BoA - Coming to America (The J-Pex)
BoA! It’s finally happening! (The Dream Cloud)
BoA To Debut In The U.S (♥pretty boy power♥)

Recommended previewing. The news of BoA’s US debut has been out for a few days, and we now get a taste (pardon the pun) of what the release will be like. The title of the single has been announced as “Eat You Up” and two teasers for the video are up.

Groove Heroine of 溝のヒロイン and spazzes ♥pretty boy power♥ report that the two teasers are for the English version and Korean versions. However, Sarah of The Dream Cloud and Pex of The J-Pex say that both versions of the video will be released (I read the post to mean both in America) on October 7th. Groove Heroine and Sarah have the two teasers embedded.

It looks like the single is getting a good reception so far. I have watched both teasers, and I’m liking the “Korean version” much better than the “American version” if we go by Groove Heroine’s labeling (the videos aren’t loading for me on Sarah’s site). I haven’t followed BoA since she released “Shine We Are”, but with her debut in North American, I may have to start paying attention again.

SHINee’s ‘Love Like Oxygen’ « ♥pretty boy power♥

Recommended reading. There’s some talk about the new SHINee single or something like that, but what caught my eye was this wonderful quote:

KOREA TOTALLY KNOWS ABOUT MY PEDO PROBLEM.

And apparently, they encourage it. So all I can say is, “You Go (Pedo) Girl!”

SMTown Live 2008 in Korea, Part 4
SMTown Live 2008 in Korea, Part 5
SMTown Live 2008 in Korea, Part 6

Recommended reading. These last three parts cover the second half of the huge multi-group concert, featuring DBSK, Super Junior, Tenjochiki, SHINee, Zhang Li Yin, and - in the last part - BoA. Lots of mixing between the acts, lots of boy band flesh exposed, and lots of squee-ing, as to be expected. While there arent any pictures in these posts, the enthusiasm and details are still at level eleven.

SMTown Live 2008 in Korea, Part 1
SMTown Live 2008 in Korea, Part 2
SMTown Live 2008 in Korea, Part 3

Recommended reading. Actually, if you’re a fan of just about any SMTown act, Highly recommended reading. One of the spazzes is in Korea and attended this huge multi-group performance. These first three parts cover the first half of the show apparently, which includes performances by Girls’ Generation / SNSD, DBSK / TVXQ, The Grace / CSJH / Tenjochiki, SHINEE, Zhang Li Yin, and Super Junior. There’s also some mixing and matching, and all of the performers perform at the end.

This is an incredible write-up - if you’re not a fan, you may get lost at certain points (I only knew Tenjochiki by that name, so the CSJH thing caught me off guard), and the fangirling may put off some people. But the details are impeccable, the enthusiasm is infectious, and there are plenty of photos to please the eye. You get a very real sense of what it was like to be there, and feel that not being there means you’re missing out on something remarkable.

SHINee 1st Album Teaser

The spazzes share a clip and squee. My favorite part is this:

can you say sexy? Yes, I really am calling boys 3-7 years (SEVEN!! *dies) younger than me sexy.

Seven years younger? Damn, that’s nothing! I’d call it child’s play but that’d just take the joke too far…

Big Bang ‘Oh My Friend’ MV

The spazzes have a pretty positive reaction to the new video from the Kpop boy band, and shares a download of it and “Haru Haru”.

HANKYUNG IS THE MAN ♥

Recommended. Spazzes shares the video and some pictures of Super Junior’s HanKyung during his portion of the 2008 Beijing Olympic torch relay. Said idol looks extremely happy in all of these; it’s definitely worth a look.