[News] Eun Ji & Superstar K2's Kang Seung Yoon are hometown friends

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A Pink's main vocalist, Jung Eun Ji, has been revealed to be hometown friends with former "Superstar K2" contestant and current YG Entertainment trainee, Kang Seung Yoon.

Both originally from Busan, the two attended the same private music class. Although Kang Seung Yoon was born in 1994, he’s considered the same age as ‘93-er Jung Eun Ji because he was born in January.

A close associate of the two revealed, "Kang Seung Yoon and Jung Eun Ji kept in contact after arriving in Seoul.  Kang

Seung Yoon would often tell industry representatives that his friend from Busan would be debuting in A Cube Entertainment soon.  Jung Eun Ji also told others of her friendship with him."

After discovering that bit of information, netizens expressed their surprise over the coincidence of them entering the music industry around the same year, and passed on good wishes for the duo’s future.

Source: Newsen via Nate

[News + Videos] A Pink reveals their fifth member, Hong Yoo Kyung

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After revealing their talented main vocalist today, A Pink has returned with a video teaser of their fifth member, Hong Yoo Kyung!

On March 10th, A Cube Entertainment’s official Twitter reported, “Is this a reveal of a track from their debut album? A classic idol that has never been seen before! What is the song our fifth member, Hong Yoo Kyung, is playing for you in this video?”

Judging from the video and tweet, the fifth member is speculated to be a talented pianist performing a piano version of a song from their debut album. Fans replied, “She kind of looks like Park Min Young!” and “I wonder what their album will sound like.”

Check out the video and stay tuned for the remaining two members!

Source : @ACUBE2011

[News + Videos] A Pink reveals main vocalist Jung Eun Ji, stuns netizens with her talent

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A Cube Entertainment’s upcoming girl group, 'A Pink', has revealed their talented fourth member and main vocalist, Jung Eun Ji!

Through their official Twitter, A Cube Entertainment uploaded a video of Jung Eun Ji performing Jennifer Hudson’s “Love You I Do.” Revealed to be a 19 year-old from Busan, the member stunned netizens by bringing a feel of true soul with her voice.

Said to be happiest when she sings, Jung Eun Ji was introduced as the ‘happy virus’ of the group because of her sweet and outgoing personality. Check her performance below!

After introducing Son Na Eun, Park Cho Rong, Oh Ha Young, and now Jung Eun Ji, fans can look forward to the revealing of the remaining three members through the label’s official Twitter soon.

Source: Newsen

[News] A Pink to share their debut process through "A Pink News"

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A Cube Entertainment's upcoming girl group, 'A Pink', will be walking fans through their debut process, thanks to a new program from cable channel 'TrendE'.

Titled "A Pink News", the program features weekly footage surrounding both the girls’ day-to-day lives, and their busy preparations for their debut.

The program will take on a unique ‘news/documentary’ concept; the show will be endowed with captions and certain effects to make it seem as if it’s a real news program.

Each episode will feature a different celebrity guest as its anchorman/anchorwoman. As well, the show will include fun segments like 'Today’s Important News', where on-scene reports of the day’s most important events will be summarized for viewers. Meanwhile, ‘The Week’s Headlining Figure’ segment will engage in interviews with each of the A Pink members.

The pilot episode is scheduled for March 11th, and will feature MBLAQ's SeungHo and G.O. as its guest anchors. As for its interview subject, the episode will focus on Son Na Eun, the first member of A Pink who was revealed late last month.

Be sure to check out "A Pink News" when it airs at 11:30 PM KST through TrendE!

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Source: Kuki Media via Nate (http://news.nate.com/view/20110309n08161)

[News/Videos] B2st's DooJoon & KiKwang introduce A Pink through a news parody

B2st's DooJoon and KiKwang recently transformed into news anchors for a fun “breaking news” parody in order to raise hype for A Cube Entertainment's upcoming girl group, A Pink.

In the video, DooJoon states, "This is breaking news. A Cube’s rookie girl group has been headlining for days now. Just who are they, and why are they dominating the search rankings? Let’s turn to Lee Kikwang for further details."

Kikwang continues, "The entire situation began when an internet article about a naming competition for A Cube’s rookie girl group first went up. The fact that the competition is heating up proves that they’ve definitely earned the attention."

After introducing how to participate, they exclaim, "Everything will be revealed through channel Trendy!"

Kikwang then turns to Doojoon and laughs while stating, "I already saw them at our agency." DooJoon asks back, "Are they pretty? Pretty?"

A Pink is currently scheduled to be revealed on a day next month, and they recently unveiled three of the seven members through various B2ST featurings and photo teasers.

Watch The Video Below!