Broadcast date: April 22
Starring: Kim Chung-ha, Yeri and Seulgi of Red Velvet, Dreamcatcher

Kim Chung-ha

(Naver V app)

Kim Chung-ha of disbanded girl group I.O.I released behind-the-scenes footage for the music video of her new track “Week” via Naver V app Friday.

The four minute long video featured an emotional melody of the song with the artist in a white one-piece dress. In the video, she writes “Spending countless weeks to my debut… Thanks to all my fans as always.”

(Naver V app)

“I succeeded in my crying scene!” exclaimed Kim. “My eyes were too dry because of contact lenses, but I ended up successfully in one cue.”

The director of the music video praised Kim for being a professional artist.

“It was my first time shooting a music video alone, but it was a lot of fun,” she said. “I will improve and show a better performance. Please give lots of love and support!”

Kim dropped digital single “Week” on Friday as a pre-release track of her first debut album. The full album will be unveiled in May.

Yeri and Seulgi of Red Velvet

(Naver V app)

Yeri and Seulgi of girl group Red Velvet greeted fans in Malaysia through Naver V app on Saturday, both wearing bright yellow shirts.

“Today’s theme is ‘music broadcast.’ Disk jockey Seulgi will play songs that go well with the spring season,” said Yeri.

The members kicked off the live broadcast by turning on IU’s newly released song “Palette.”

“We‘re in Malaysia right now,” said Seulgi. “We went out in the evening, and everything was so beautiful, especially the buildings.”

(Naver V app)

The starlets also showed off to fans their colorful manicures done the previous night.

One of the viewers commented in real time that Seulgi was good at driving a bumper car.

“It’s usually more fun when you bump into each other when you drive it, but I never bump into others,” she claimed. “I avoid cars to show that I am good at driving.”

Seulgi said she is planning to obtain a driver’s license this year.

The singers sang their recent song “Would U” live before the they had to leave for a scheduled event.

Red Velvet left for Malaysia on Friday and is to hold a fan meeting on Sunday.

Dreamcatcher

(Naver V app)

K-pop group Dreamcatcher celebrated their 100-day debut anniversary on Saturday through a Naver V app live broadcast.

The members shared a strawberry cake together. A huge model cake decorated with miniature characters of the members was also prepared for the group.

(Naver V app)

The singers held a surprise event for their fans before the live broadcast, in which the fans had to remove name tags on the members’ back.

“It was so much fun. We’re glad that fans also had a fun time with us,” they said. “We want to hold this kind of event sometime again.”

The seven-member group Dreamcatcher made its debut in January and recently released their second single album “Fall Asleep In The Mirror” on April 5.

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.

Google Play https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.naver.vapp
Apple App Store https://itunes.apple.com/app/id1019447011?mt=8

By Byun Hee-jin (hjbandi9@heraldcorp.com)