New japanese album, yes !!!
I love their debut japanese album a lot! I only dislike Miss Futuristic.

So what are they doing? I've heard Japanese comeback, Korean comeback Chinese...

They are in Japan now, it seems that they watched this show http://www.le-noir.net/ or something to do with it, most likely preparing their new japanese release I think

【AFTERSCHOOL 1/29 New Single 「Shh」 Release】 produced by Shinichi Osawa
http://www.after--school.jp/news/detail.php?id=1005571

^It better be a good song :laugh

OMG can't wait!!

Smash hit Heaven

Yes, another new single !!
I hope is something catchy <3
I'm almost sure this is going to be something really sexy.

this:yes

After School for chinese magazine SoCool

Please tell us your goals for this year

Jungah: "Have our very own chinese album, I want to share our music with all the world".

Lizzy: "Get better at speaking in chinese".

Uie: "We'd love to have a concert here".

CHINESE?!?!? UGHHH Goodbye After School

Now I remember

Pledis Entertainment to enter a joint venture with China's YUEHUA Entertainment
http://www.allkpop.com/article/2013/...#axzz2lzAGfska

Like NUEST, they will probably try something in China. Maybe they are going to add a new chinese member.

Honestly i don't like chinese market, i follow alan (chinese singer) and her way to releases music is horrible.

I don't have idea how chinese music market works, can you introduce me? (:

C-pop artist don't really release singles, they only release albums (at least, Jolin Tsai does). So basically you are waiting 1 or 2 years for something new to come out.

Sometimes they only release digital singles and they take like 1 or 2 years to release an album. There aren't a lot of music programs, and if there are some performances, they're really hard to get. The music quality isn't the best.

Anyway Juyeon cut her hair too !!
http://www.allkpop.com/article/2013/...hort-hairstyle

Lizzy, Jugah and now Juyeon

^At least it's not thaaat short!

Rumored concept for "Shh"
http://i488.photobucket.com/albums/r...psbf8e18a5.jpg

No Jooyeon! Not your long hair :weep

But I must say, both long and short hair suit Jooyeon.

If E-young cuts her hair short I will be pissed!

New commentary (Rough translation)

They seem so excited about Heaven outselling past singles

We should get the covers and a preview soon

Shh video message

Seriously Lizzy, that hair looks horrible

Seriously :no I can only trust Kaeun and Raina to not come up with these surprises

Awww, Lizzy's hair looks cute. I don't see anything wrong with it. I like when girls take risks with their hair.

Where was Uee?

E-young looks better with dark hair. I miss Nana's blond hair but black suits her as well.
Lizzy's haircut is really aweful, ew.

^^You really dislike Raina, lol. XD

:yes E-young looks better with this hairstyle.

The only girl that looks good is in the front center, whoever that is. i can male out raina, kaeun and nana....and nana looks like shit (and she is my fav!)

^That's Jung-A!

New promotional pic
http://i488.photobucket.com/albums/r...ps6b417185.jpg

I love that Jung-A really looks like the leader she is in this pic ^_^

edit:

New MV will be premiered in 1,5 days (Dec 17)

edit 2:

Teaser!

It looks interesting, wow, we almost have the video, yay !

Shh PV!



Wow the choreo is stunning :D

Fucking flawfree, they never disappoint

Is Jooyeon even part of the song? D:

I really like the PV and I'm super happy that E-young and Kaeun had more solo bits than they usually get.

I'm not too found with the song :no maybe it will grow on me later like Heaven

This guy says Heaven sold 22,156 copies in 2013
http://kayoforum.com/threads/k-pop-g...e-sales.16458/

Waiting for confirmation

I don't like it! The MV is plain and boring. The song sounds bad, maybe it could grown on me later.

After School is one of my favourites groups, but this year their songs aren't really exciting for me. I only like Heaven.

This year I only really like First love and Crazy driver

I hope Rock it! will be good

Told ya so.

They need to stop trying to be different and release something that will keep them employed.

They probably all cutting their hair because they can't afford to keep it up. U-iee looks.........healthy though. She isn't doing without. Mnh.

She was the shadow at 2:34 looooool

^oh my god I laughed so hard at this XD

:roflmao I couldn't agree more.

lol :P

But it's true, XD

CD
http://i42.tinypic.com/ev12fm.jpg

CD+DVD
http://i41.tinypic.com/2di0v1d.jpg

Photobook Version
http://i39.tinypic.com/s63uya.jpg


Bigger

I... hope the pictures inside are nicer :x Kaeun doesn't even look like herself on the CD-Only cover. Also, the font is too close to comic sans for my liking.

Still, I will probably buy the single lol~

Ok. I don't like black&white pics

This one is gorgeous!!

I'm so buying it when somebody sell it on ebay (cause it's mu-mo edition)

http://i488.photobucket.com/albums/r...psa3b30dab.jpg

^My favourite <3
I'm not a huge fan of b&w photos either

Lizzy needs neck! and Eyoung looking too girl-next-door lOl
but this cover is the best

Wow it seems like the graphic designers become lazier and lazier :bsigh

The mu-mo cover is my favorite.

It really bugs me that they wrote 'Afterschool' instead of 'After School'.

^If I'm not mistaken in Korea their name is stylized as After School while in Japan it is stylized as Afterschool.

^^Yup, in Japan it's AFTERSCHOOL

Modelpress

http://i488.photobucket.com/albums/r...ps7b8047a1.jpg

A difference between Avex YouTube ver. and MTV ver.


Credits: Afterschool fans chile

^Not their most flattering pictures in my opinion...

The info about Heaven selling a total of 22,156 copies in Japan is totally false, they sold 19,884 copies in 2013 and ranked #364 yearly.

Gosh I hate fans who needs to lie... why this always happens in Kpop

LOL you are too much. I'm just happy they are still working.

E-young ranked #82
Lizzy ranked #63
and Nana ranked #2

:D

(my three favorites :mini)

Juyeon definitely should have been on there too.

CONGRATS TO NANA!!!

E-young over Juyeon...

^In your nightmares :)

NEWS! NEWS!

So proud of our girl :)

More Nana pics <3

I just finally got around to listening to shh. holy train wreck.

It was announced on their Japanese fanclub page that the 2nd Japanese album entitled 「Dress to kill」 will be released on March 19th. They'll use Ms Independent as the title song, and the CD+DVD will include live footage from this past year.

OMG new japanese album?! Miss independent?!

:woohoo:

^^Thanks a lot for the info, i'm so happy !!!I loved their first album a lot.
The title is mmm, dramatic and sexy ?, anyway i like it.

I wonder if they are going to include Lady Luck and more cute songs in this album

Good news ;)

http://www.after--school.jp/discography/ - officially announced

there will be 2 versions, one CD+DVD with the PVs and concert footage, a regular version with FLASHBACK (Japan Version) as a bonus track, and the mumo version with one bonus track entitled "Lucky Girl" for a total of 13 tracks and 12 tracks on the CD+DVD.

Yaaay~! I'm so happy. :) That title is rad too.
My only ish is that it looks like they're only selling CD and CD+DVD editions?? Where's my special edition?? :P

Lucky Girl = Lady Luck pretty much?

FLASHBACK (Japan Ver.)? Is it real life? :clapclap

OMG Crazy Driver live!! I'm so excited, I'll wait for korean or HK version to be released cause japanese is too expensive..

They have a few events supporting Shh release
Uee is not participating in events :shakehead

^Do you know where those events will take place?

Also, do we know if the albums will come with a photocard (I hope so)??

^
Original announcement

Also, they are uploading daily pics promoting Shh to their facebook page
https://www.facebook.com/AFTERSCHOOL.jp?fref=ts

Sometimes i hope UEE leaves After School, she is always busy with her dramas

Honestly Uee is the only member I don't like from AS, but she is the most popular member in Korea so I suppose it's good for the group

Lady Luck and Dilly Dally aren't included (yet) :(
Dilly Dally is one of my favourites japanese songs, at least there is the japanese version of Flashback, yay!!

That means more new songs

omg a new album :thud

I love the title.

Hey guys my friends and I make a crew called East2West and we covered Kahi's Its me just thought I would share it if anyone was interested >.>

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETtlDVeYNTg

Realy nice!! I love the filming haha

After School popularity in Taiwan this year raised a lot, they re-released lots of stuff there as well, now that they properly promoted in China I guess in 2014 their popularity will raise even more ^_^

Thanks! :D

Nice 8-bit version of "Heaven"

HAHA!! this is nice!
I love how each Pokemon represent each member

I like it, Raina is Pikachu, Nana is Ninetails, Kaeun is Pichu and Jungah is the dinosaur (XD i can't remember the name)

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BeA0Y0bCIAEmqBY.jpg:large

They're promo photo for BEAUTY BLUE

Someone asked about trading cards on new album

[CD only] First Press Detail: a trading card randomly selected from 8 kinds

^ and cards are included as well in the CD+DVD :)

E-young has brown hair :heart Suits her better than the blond hair.

My favourite in that pic is E-young <3
Nana needs to be blonde again.
And Juyeon needs her long hair

HAPPY 5TH ANNIVERSARY AFTER SCHOOL!!!!!!!!!

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BeHWnRMCQAAP11f.png:large
from: ChinJu5' stwitter


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After School will also be launching their new show After School Beauty Bible on 21st Jan!

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BeKHa8eCUAAOfZm.jpg:large

^Is it their own show?!

New AS show, nice :)
5 years, congratz girls !

Will it be a Korean show or a Japanese one?

^It's korean, I can put links if you want to download

"Shh" New Dance Version PV