Broadcast date: May 3
Starring: Shin Dong-yup, Suzy, Park Bo-gum, MC Gree, Ben

Shin Dong-yup, Suzy, Park Bo-gum

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Singer-actress Suzy and actor Park Bo-gum expressed their thoughts on hosting the 54th Baeksang Arts Awards which during the awards ceremony live broadcast via Naver’s V app Thursday. The awards ceremony was held at Coex in Seoul.

During the event, Shin said to Suzy, “You are hosting this event for the third year in a row. It doesn’t seem to be awkward to call you ‘Lady of Baeksang.’”

Suzy replied, “It is my honor to host (Baeksang Arts Awards) again this year. Thank you all for improving the dignity of pop culture.”

Park, who co-hosted the event, said, “‘Baeksang Arts Awards’ is a significant event in overall cultural areas such as film, drama, television variety shows, educational programs. It is my honor to host such an event.”

“I’m also happy to co-host with you two,” he added.

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“I feel reassured to be with you,” Shin said.

The Baeksang Arts Awards is one of the biggest awards ceremony in Korea’s entertainment industry.

This year’s Grand Prizes of the Baeksang Arts Awards went to “1987: When the Day Comes” (film) and “Stranger” (television drama).

MC Gree

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Rapper Kim Dong-hyeon, better known by his stage name MC Gree, communicated with his fans in a live broadcast held via Naver’s V app Thursday.

In the broadcast, the rapper revealed that he would release a new album titled “Don’t You Love Me” more than a year and a half after his last one.

“The song expresses what I want to tell the fans. As I appeared on ‘High School Rapper’ and grew my hair, I got so much criticism and condemnation,” he said.

“I had mixed feelings due to the adverse public attention. I was mad and sad at the same time. I tried to sing those feelings in part 1 and part 2,” he said.

“This time there is no rap (in the song),” he said. “I followed my instinct to make the song and sing the song. So please listen to it as you feel it. Please feel my voice without prejudice.”

Kim’s new single album “Don’t You Love Me” will be released on Saturday.

Ben

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Singer Ben released a video featuring snippets from her upcoming new album “Recipe” via Naver’s V app Thursday.

The video played audio samples from the album, which consists of seven songs, including the lead track “Still in Relationship” (unofficial translation), “Love Recipe,” “Iced Coffee” “BAT,” “Blank” and “My Name.”

It is the singer’s long-awaited first full-length album, coming eight years since she debuted in 2010.

Ben debuted as a member of K-pop trio Bebe Mignon but remained obscure for years. She finally gained public attention after she got the highest-ever score on tvN’s singer competition show “Perfect Singer VS” in December 2013.

Her latest hits include “Just Like a Dream,” the soundtrack for tvN hit drama “Another Miss Oh” aired in 2016.

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 http://www.vlive.tv.

By The Korea Herald (khnews@heraldcorp.com)

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