But she is going to promote single BEFORE its release, and perform in Korea around 25th August or after, so I don't see a problem anywhere :laugh

^ well it isnt really a big problem XD i was just saying that she is being over-worked abit :yes before this she had her tour right? and before that her album... she should get some rest, a little vacation :yes especially before this really big comeback that she is going to have to prepare for! i bet she is already preparing for it! (or maybe she will start this or next month)

^ I read that she's going to work with korean album (probably "making" songs, recording) after IDENTITY Tour, so... it seems she's working at it now ^^'

^ o________o

see, i really wonder how much she sleeps D:

Yeah, she's always so very busy. SM should stop being so crappy and start treating their artists like human beings. She's only 23 and she's already accomplished this much. Can't they even give her a few months off?

BoA is such a hardworker, I admire her so much for trying so hard in USA, wish her the best with these new releases

She's hardworking since her trainee days... It's a common thing in kpop idols world, also nowadays. :(

I agree she's a very hardworking individual :yes.

This person uploaded on YouTube the IDENTITY Tour concert broadcasted today on WOWOW:
http://www.youtube.com/user/BoAidentitybokachu#g/u

^ Thanks! I'll try to watch it later.

does anyone have pics of the back of her neck?

I just finished watching the concert. I haven't gotten IDENTITY yet so I still haven't heard a lot of songs from it so that was a treat.

Her vocals :love:love

I liked it. I'm probably going to watch it again later.

Does she have a tattoo there or something?:P

the b-side to WOO WEEKEND is called NO DANCE, NO LIFE. it's described as an "upper dance tune".

I really want to hear NO DANCE, NO LIFE. Hopefully it's really good.

After the tour...the album tracks are still as boring and crappy...I think LAZER got worse 0___o. She looks tired and more male than ever...and kind of scary TBH...even the best song....Possibility was a snooze...I dunno. Report to the dance flow? Nah. I think I'll pass. Can we just forget this tour ever happened? I almost have to watch The Face Tour again just to remember how good a performer BoA really is.

thanks a lot for posting! I'll have some fun now :blove

good news about NO DANCE, NO LIFE. actually (by the description of the song) I want it to be the A-side XD. I don't like WOO WEEKEND at all T-T

i'm actually watching the tour right now, and i liked all the performances, pretty much. it's not the best tour of BoA, but it's nice & peaceful to watch. i absolutely love LAZER, though. i think next to possibility, that's the best song. :P i just love it, lol.

Man.. this tour bored me so much. I had to skip through most of the performances to see if something interesting happened and nothing. I don't get it, she used to have awesome stage presence but now not so much.. mix that with bad choreography, bad outfits, boring lights and bad songs and it makes for a really bad/boring tour. One good thing I'll say about it is BoA's voice sounded good.

edit// Wait, I must have skipped Every heart, I just saw it, love it! Only performance I really like <3

This and I think that because there is less dancing that this tour has shown more of her vocal ability which I think is a nice change.

I wish her solo concerts were more like her performances with m-flo. Energy, interaction, smiling faces!

I haven't watched it... I'm still waiting for better quality video with sound in sync xD

^It's in better quality on BoAjjang.

Or at least better quality than youtube.

So according to a post on soompi someone saw her in Korea.

from suejinners @ soompi

^ With Kim Heechul you say :lech... Anyway, that person must be very happy and lucky! She works in a good place ;D

Seems like it. Lucky person. :)

Who's Kim Heechul though? I don't really follow any Korean celebrities or anything except BoA so I don't know who he is.

Lucky! :(

Heechul is from Super Junior :yes
I think he's like... spotted everywhere xD

Hmmm disappointed with the concert, the english songs were played pretty poorly, the arrangement made them boring. xD

ouch! performances were kinda boring :cry

her vocals were great as usual though, but that's it. hope she'll kick ass with her korean comeback. Go BoA!!!

Apparently she was at a Samsung 3DTV press conference.

http://img18.imageshack.us/img18/678...2611111.th.jpg http://img148.imageshack.us/img148/7...4299081.th.jpg


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You can click on the thumbnail and see the other pictures on the side.

She looks gorgeous, does it look like she's growing her hair out? :love

OMG she'll have HAIR by the time she makes her Korean comeback. *phew* And yes. She is gorgeous. Why the horrible blonde color for the tour? I dont understand....lol

BoA looks cute and sweet, if it weren't for her horrible fashion she'd look perfect. She really needs a new stylist.

omg you think the jacket looks like a construction paper origami project too? I was about to say...fits like a bag.

I'm glad she rocks that haircut finally :)

lol am i the only one who liked her short hair ever since she cut it? i think she really works it :yes

She might looks cool with a better fashion :)

glad to see her hair growing out a bit more :D

^^ :yes i'm happy 4 her hair, Growing and growing

Random but is there a good place where I can find PV screencaps for her videos? I've failed so far. :(

she looks gorgeous indeed :blove

NEW JAPANESE SINGLE
WOO WEEKEND
2010/07/21
1890円 (AVCD-31817, CD+DVD)
1050円 (AVCD-31818, CD Only)

http://www.neowing.co.jp/detailview.html?KEY=AVCD-31817

This song is :no but i hope i can change my opinion

I don't want Mickey Mouse on the cover please >_>

?????? i dont get it

It's being used for Disney on Ice.

I think BoA in Mickey ears would be cute! The song is pretty cute. :yes

It's still better than Donald Duck as the cover :innocent~

Ok I'll shut up :laugh I want a cool cover, not something that looked cheap >.>

^^ awww that would be really cute :luv2 now i want it to happen XD

^ THIS is an AMAZING IDEA FOR COVER xD

BoA as Mickey... *coughYoochuncough*

...eh, my references. Anyway, it's good idea for cover. :D

that'd be nice to see. :yes but long hair please!

I think this song is so catchy by the preview! Like the more fun poppy BoA from the past. I like it! Much better than anything on the album.

credit: omona@lj

:thud

^Wowww, i can't wait for the 3D-PVS

really interesting o___o

thanks for the heads up, hearted :3

No. I like her with short hair. She looks totally fierce right now, compared to when its longer.

Edit: I just listened to WOO WEEKEND, and... :no Why BoA?

Really...? incredible o_o

Does anybody knows the source with PV screencaps in good quality? I'm searching something from Milky Way MV and still nothing... I can't make them by myself cause it's impossible to find this mv in HQ/HD and I have problem with snapshooting in my player... Can you help me?:(

^i make screencaps with VLC player, but the quality isnt that amazing .____.

^ oh! thank youuuuuuuuu thank you thank you for your effort :luv2 it's so nice of you :shughug

^lol is that sarcasm i sense?

^ e... No xD I really appreciate this :shughug

^oh okok XD your welcome then bb :glomped if you want i can try to make some screencaps for you :yes

^ I'd be so grateful for this *.*

DOOOONNEEE!!
i put it in a rar for you: CLICK! :yatta

and you can download the HQ mv here: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=V28EL2ME

ahhhh ive missed this song, its so adorable and fresh :luv2

^ I love name of the file omg :laugh

THANK YOU SO MUCH!:shughug I don't know how shall I repay you for your kindness :heart Screencaps are perfectly done:luv2 (I have the same video, but I couldn't make screens myself :()

Milky Way is my current jam xD And I love MV, so cute *.* I'd like to see her in this hairstyle someday, she looked perfect <3

your welcome bb!! had fun doing it :laugh

omg yes her hair is so freakin gorgeous! i love that color too :luv2 also i love the outfit with the yellow shirt :heart

I was hoping for a Korean comeback from BoA, really want to know what kind of music she would make there now. D: Hope she has one before the end of the year.

^you didnt knoww???? she is going to have a comeback this august!!!!

omg whaaat. LOL I'm behind on BoA and Korean news. DDD: YAY!!

^ when we first heard it, we all went crayzaayyy XD august needs to come faster D:



and i hope we will get some special stage with her, rain, se7en and hyori :luv2

@[taskin.ayu] - comeback is prepared on end of August/beginning of September, it's possible that exact date is 25th August, her 10th anniversary :heart

Before that, she's going to release japanese single (21st July, if I'm not wrong).

I totally love this album and the Xmas Live show. Her IDENTITY tour was pretty good too. And I know some have been disappointed by the costumes and such etc, but the unfortunate part is that honestly, since shes lost popularity Avex won't give her a larger budget for her shows anymore to do bigger and better things. Really sucks. I do miss her large Arena Tours.

@flying proud: according to my friend, he said that she was originally going to release her new Korean album on the exact same day as her debut in Korea 10 years ago, but now it's been pushed back til September due to this new Japanese single "Woo Weekend". Some thing she was requested to do to celebrate Disney On Ice in Japan apparently. I've ordered the single, but I'm still much more hyped for the new Korean album. And then I've been hearing that she's coming back to America next year. I can't confirm that last one though.


EDIT:

Where's the preview for this new "Woo Weekend" song?

^PUSHED BACK TILL SEPTEMBER?????? NOOOOOOO is it already confirmed? D:

^I'm not sure. It's just what I heard. I don't have an actual official source though. It wouldn't surprise me with the release of this single if it did get pushed back a week or too though. I personally find it kinda difficult to keep up to date nonstop with Korean music. I just do searches on the artists on YA a couple times a month to check to see if anything new's coming half the time. yeah i know, its sad.

^yeah i wouldnt really mind if its pushed back two weeks :yes lol i always check omonatheydidnt@lj and sometimes allkpop.com, both really good and active sites!

^Thanks. I'll give it a shot. Btw, is there an actual Official BoA Thread on AHS?

^ your welcome :D umm isnt this her official thread? lol i dunno any other boa threads?

THIS IS THE OFFICIAL THREAD :P Just dont care about studpid names
newest (look at numbers) artist thread are always actual offcial thread on an artist

@hearted: oh ok. guess it sorta has become one either way. Can be hard to find a lot of major BoA Threads and such anymore. Really too bad she's lost quite a bit of her popularity. I still adore her. *runs off to give her a big hug* Just I kinda feel sorry for her right now. I think she needs a rest. She's been looking exhausted. It must be so rough with this new single, then her Korean 10th Anniversary album (and probably tour)... and then I've been hearing stuff about her coming back to America next year.

^ Tour? Jesus, It would be amazing if she held first korean tour, but I doubt it. :no

No one said that exact date is 25th August (I said this sorry xD), SM told that they want her comeback near anniversary day. I think that nothing would be uncomfortable to not push back album release because of japanese single. Time between single and album releases is quite big! I can't understand it.

And yes, SM is planning to promote BoA in America again, with new album, it's confirmed, but no one knows when.

^I just hope when she comes back to America she gets some REAL proper publicity in the right places and on the right shows etc this next time around.

^ the same thing with the rest of asian artists trying in America, sadly :(

^yeah, i know what you mean. I was quite disapointed in how BoA did last time. Also, I know its a little off-topic, buti didn't think it was a good idea for WG to release Korean versions of their songs on itunes here.... but heck, they did it. I hate to say it, but awhile back I even saw a very VERY talented young asian woman on American Idol. She was mostly raised here too and yet she got voted off for some young boy who just came off to me as another one of those "boyband" type of kids if you know what I mean. I'm not trying to be cruel or anything, but sometimes I get the feeling like America's trying to keep the Asians out of the major music entertainment industry.

I don't know if this has ever been brought up before, but I just found out, so ... Is it just me, or it BoA's Kimi no Tonari de from OUTGROW pretty similar to Kanade from Sukima Switch? Especially the chorus o.O

Kimi no Tonari de : (I couldn't find a recording of the CD version, which isn't all strings)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dt86Fybeajw

Kanade :

http://video.japanesejunction.com/videos/155/

Obviously I'm not trying to say anything like ZOMG PLAGIARISM, because it isn't exactly the same, but I just found it funny how similar they were.

^That might not be intentional at all. There's a song by Crystal Kay that sounds like Kumi's Moon Crying as well, but I doubt that happened on purpose. Btw, who's Sukima Switch? Never heard of them before.

I never intended to say it was intentional or anything. I just thought it was funny how similar they were. I heared the opening chorus for Kimi no Tonari de for the first time and I thought to myself "Did BoA ever cover a song by a different artist?".

Of course it can happen ^^

Sukima Switch is a Pop/Jazz/Fusion/Whatever band. Been around for quite some time. Kanade is their biggest hit -and a huge one at that-.

Hey random question. Does anyone know where's a good place to get some good BoA desktop wallpapers? I have a few already, but most of them are kinda wintery. Was really looking for something with a summer feel for the season atm.

^you can look here for some wallpapers(some entrys are locked though :weep) or you can request at the shops here on ahs :D

She performed at Shanghai Expo on 30th May!

PHOTOS (attention - image heavy):

OMG HER OUTFIT AND HAIR. :shakehead


She sang Eat You Up, Look Who's Talking and Energetic:





AT THE AIRPORT:




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You can visit Uri BoA site for more - I didn't put everything, because some of photos didn't displayed for me (weak connection with the Internet :weep)

BoA-chan, really... Please find a good stylist kthxbye.

ew the headband and the pants D:
but yay for look who's talking though! but is the whole vid the same as the beginning with all the moving? its giving me a headache .______. i wish she performed i did it for love nistead of energetic, the choreo that song is AWESOME :luv2

Oh nice! Thanks for sharing! ^-^ Actually her look doesn't really bother me...

....I was going to say..."Why are BoA's dancers so fat?" But then....I realized theyre not fat.....BoA's just very skinny...but atleast her hair's growing....god the Shanghai expo stage is as ugly as can be.

Not that i dont like her english songs, cause i really do. Just i was wondering why she keeps doing them so much lately... Is it to keep in practice of using her english so it'll help her improve or something? Also, the performances were cool. Just the person with the camera needs to hold it still better.

I think she just wants to push the fact that this is the "World Expo" and she's trying to be a "World" star. I dunno. I think she needs to give up the English thing. Its failing dismally. Asia still wants her....and with her Kpop return....she has a perfect chance of sparking interest again.

^I'm not sure what to say about the English thing. I have now begun hearing some of her English songs being played in the malls and stores. I honestly think to be honest, maybe she does just need better publicity. I guess we'll see. I have also heard some people(even who aren't asian) talking about her english CDs, so we'll see what happens.

I think that she just doesn't have other songs to perform. xD Songs from IDENTITY? Or from THE FACE, Vivid and eien single? I don't think it would work.

It's one thing I'm wondering about badly...
One korean music show is already confirmed - Yoo Heeyeol's Sketchbook on 10th August. It's impossible to release new album before this or around this day, so... What songs is she supposed to perform? English songs again? I'd love to watch her singing old korean songs... It would work, it would be kind of promotion and reminding herself for netizens to prepare for her comeback.

^well doing some old songs might be a cool as a sorta 10th anniversary thing.

^^omg cant wait!! i think she will do 1 or 2 old songs and then eat you up, since that was pretty popular in korea right? ooooh maybe she will finally sing Mist!! i love that song so much :weep

^ I don't think she's gonna sing something which was promoted in movie, the same thing with korean artists who aren't able to perform songs from commercials... Unfortunately. Mist is one of her best korean songs <3

^yeah i know, but i really want it to happen XD it really sucks, its such an amazing song :(

I would love seeing her perform older korean songs :luv2