Broadcast date: Aug. 29
Starring: Teen Top, VIXX (Hongbin, Hyuk, Ken), 2PM, Apink, CN Blue, B1A4

K-pop’s hottest stars checked in on Naver V app from various parts of Asia on Saturday.

Teen Top tuned in from New Delhi, India, where they had traveled for a fan signing and a concert. The boys seemed to have a little trouble getting themselves set up with the selfie stick -- they kept passing the stick around and spinning it to try and find an angle that included all of them.

2PM and Apink both gave a shout out to V app users from fan meetings in Thailand. 2PM said hello from backstage, while Apink actually turned on the app onstage at their fan meeting to show off the roars of the Thai Pink Pandas.

BTS' J-Hope gets goofy (Naver V app)

Meanwhile, BTS’ J-Hope made fans laugh with a super-short 12-second video from Hong Kong, where he fooled around by popping his head in from different corners of the screen. Fans appreciated him popping in -- those 12 seconds earned him nearly 3 million hearts.

VIXX’s Hongbin, Hyuk, and Ken said hello from their room at Hotel Lotte in Busan. Dressed in crisp white shirts, the boys talked about various topics through a 20-minute clip including what they do at hotels and their take on VIXX LR (Leo and Ravi)’s music video.

Hongbin said he listened to music and watched dramas, Ken said he slept, while Hyuk said that when he shared a room with Ravi, they would do handstands on the bed to see who could stay up longer. “It’s squishy, so it’s hard to balance,” he said, giving a demonstration to show viewers .

The three boys also did their own reinterpretations of scenes from Ravi and Leo’s music video.

VIXX's Hyuk demonstrates a bed handstand (Naver V app)

CN Blue also checked in later at night to promote their upcoming album. Their second album “2gether” will drop on Sept. 14. “It’s a masterpiece. I listen to it every day, but I never get bored,” joked leader Jung Yong-hwa.

Meanwhile, footage from B1A4’s appearance on Arirang TV’s show “After School Club” showed them introducing their latest lead track “Sweet Girl” as a song about finding your destined love. They did a short demonstration of the “butterfly” dance from their choreography, and also talked about what happened behind-the-scenes while they were shooting their music video.

Naver’s real-time broadcasting app V allows fans to interact with their favorite K-pop stars through live broadcasts. The app is available for Android and iOS. For more information, visit www.vlive.tv.

By Won Ho-jung (hjwon@heraldcorp.com)

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