Sunday 1 December 2013

Crayon Pop Release New Track Lonely Christmas to Mark the Festive Season

Crayon Pop have unleashed their first totally new track since this summer's Bar Bar Bar epidemic. Composed by the same songwriter as their biggest hit, the MV for 'Lonely Christmas' dropped today December 1st. The song is available for digital download on all the major music sites and a physical release including a set of special limited edition Crayon Pop Christmas cards has hit the shelves in recent days.

Now click play and enjoy Yong Pop's latest MV masterpiece!


Thursday 14 November 2013

POPCON in Seoul - Crayon Pop's First Korean Solo Concert

Crayon Pop's first solo concert in Seoul, POPCON - held at the end of October was broadcast recently on Korean TV channel MBC Music (former home of Crayon Pop's reality show Colorful Growth Diary). The concert itself featured live performances from special guests Bumkey, The Seeya, 100% and MYNAME although only 100% made it to broadcast alongside Crayon Pop. Bar Bar Bar composer Kim Yoo Min debuted a new song called 'Road' featuring Choa and Way while the whole group performed their new ballad track 'I'm Beautiful'.


Friday 8 November 2013

Crayon Pop to Hong Kong?

As we all know the MAMA 2013 awards are being held in Hong Kong this year (and Crayon Pop have been shortlisted in 4 categories). Crayon Pop have just announced their intentions through twitter for a four day trip from November 20th to 24th in order to attend the ceremony and carry out some promotions, giving all you lucky Hongkongers the opportunity to see the fantastic five in real life.


Also, don't forget to keep voting for Crayon Pop in MAMA 2013 as it's still open and ongoing:


Friday 1 November 2013

Crayon Pop head to Australia for promotions

Not content with having taken Korea by storm with Bar Bar Bar this year, Crayon Pop have now set their sights on the Australian market.

They have lined up a week's worth of promotions in Sydney and Melbourne starting November 4th. Aussie Crayon Pop fans can expect much the same as Korean fans have been getting for the past year, with a series of guerrilla performances planned for new and interesting places in Australia's major cities!

You can probably expect an avalanche of local media appearances, performances and interviews as soon as they hit the ground too.

Enjoy one of Crayon Pop's Korean guerrilla performances to get you in the mood:



Thursday 24 October 2013

Crayon Pop win at 2013 Style Icon Awards

Consolidating theirs status as leaders of the fashion forward pack Crayon Pop have been crowned 'New Icon' at the 2013 Style Icon Awards, donning a special black and gold version of their Bar Bar Bar outfits to mark the occasion.


They also performed a special stage live at the awards ceremony which you can view below:


Friday 27 September 2013

Dancing Queen 2.0 MV Released

Crayon Pop have returned with an MV to promote a retooled version of their sleeper hit of late 2012 Dancing Queen. It marks the return of the classic school uniform and tracksuit pants combo which got occasional outings during the original promotion period of the song.

While we previously had to make do with an edited down version of the song played over some guerrilla performance footage Crayon Pop fans now have the television friendly MV they've always wanted!


Friday 20 September 2013

100K Subscribers for Official Crayon Pop Youtube Channel

What a year it's been for Crayon Pop, they've gone from having music videos with under 100,000 views to having over 100,000 subscribers to their official youtube channel! If you're not one of them, you should be - otherwise you're missing out!



Now follow the link below and hit subscribe, all your friends probably have already!

Official Crayon Pop Youtube Channel

Saturday 14 September 2013

Soyul School Photos Part 2

Another pre-debut photo of Crayon Pop's resident Queen of Cute has surfaced online. Soyul is yet again shown in uniform, this time in what appears to be a school yearbook photo.



Monday 9 September 2013

Bar Bar Bar Global Version Launches Crayon Pop VEVO Channel



Today's release of a new and upgraded version of Crayon Pop's hit song 'Bar Bar Bar' marks the debut of Crayon Pop's official VEVO channel. Following quick on the heels of Chrome's strategic partnership with Sony, Crayon Pop's latest music video has been exclusively released on their new VEVO channel. Unfortunately the video is not embeddable outside of Youtube and some regional restrictions may apply.

Follow the link below to visit Crayon Pop's new channel:

Crayon Pop VEVO

Bar Bar Bar MV now at 5 million!

The Crayon Pop freight train continues to roll on with the dance version MV of Bar Bar Bar accumulating over 5 million views at last count!


Why not watch it again!





Friday 30 August 2013

Crayon Pop Secure First Music Show Win!

Crayon Pop have won their first music show trophy! The girls went head to head with EXO on the August 30th episode of KBS MusicBank to secure the first win of their K-Pop careers.

Watch their performance and the winner's announcement on the videos below:




Congrats Crayon Pop, all that hard work is finally paying off!

Thursday 15 August 2013

Presenting Your Billboard K-Pop Hot 100 #1...

Crayon Pop with Bar Bar Bar!


The reason for Crayon Pop's safety helmets has become clear as they hit the roof of Billboard's weekly K-Pop chart on August 15th. The infectious K-Pop cut spent 6 weeks gradually climbing the chart before finally claiming top spot powered by their signature straight 5 cylinder engine dance. The girls managed to hold off the challenge of 2NE1 and their track 'Do You Love Me?' to secure Crayon Pop's first number 1 placing on a major weekly music chart.

Billboard.com Article

Crayon Pop's Ellin Stars in Bumkey's new MV

Crayon Pop aren't just in demand as a group, talented vocalist Bumkey has selected Ellin to star as the female lead in his latest music video. Making legions of fanboys jealous, Bumkey gets up close and personal with Ellin in the promo clip for his latest song "Attraction".

Watch the video below:


Tuesday 13 August 2013

Chrome and Sony Sign Deal

Chrome Entertainment and Sony Music Entertainment have revealed details of a strategic cooperation agreement. Sony will be involved in the publishing of Crayon Pop's future albums as well as assisting in promotional activities both at home and overseas.


Crayon Pop with Edgar Berger (left), President & CEO of Sony Music International and Denis Handlin (right), Chairman & CEO of Sony Music Australia & New Zealand and President of Sony Music Entertainment Asia.

Monday 5 August 2013

Crayon Pop continue to climb Instiz Chart

Crayon Pop have moved up another 5 places on the Instiz Weekly Chart to rank 4th for the week ending August 4th.




Friday 2 August 2013

Crayon Cop!

Bar Bar Bar fever is spreading through Korea at an alarming rate, even police forces are not immune. In recent days two separate groups of Korean police officers have uploaded their cover versions of Crayon Pop's hit. One even went so far as to rewrite the lyrics and rerecord the song alongside performing a dance cover.

Watch the two police cover versions below!

Male Version


Female Version


Crayon Pop's Bar Bar Bar Hits Number 1 on MelOn!

After more than a month on release, Crayon Pop's Bar Bar Bar climbed to the top of MelOn's real time chart on the morning of August 2nd.


Released in back in June, Crayon Pop's song took 44 days to reach the summit of MelOn's real time chart.

Tuesday 30 July 2013

Crayon Pop - Bar Bar Bar MV passes 1 Million Views on Youtube

Crayon Pop's Bar Bar Bar MV reached a major landmark on July 30th as it became their first Youtube video to pass 1 million views.


The dance version music video showcasing Crayon Pop's now signature series 5 cylinder dance was released after the story version MV but has become the first to hit the 1,000,000 views figure.



Watch it here:





Nation's Fairy Soyul?

A recent photo of Crayon Pop's Soyul posted to their official Facebook page attracted almost 30,000 likes in just over a day! Aside from the fact that this is considerable number of likes for any photo, it is also notable because it is more than the Facebook page itself has attracted to date!


#NationsFairy



...and of course, the original photo in all it's glory!


photo by ksh850817.tistory.com

Sunday 21 July 2013

Crayon Pop make an appearance at DJ DOC's 2013 Summer Pool Party

Crayon Pop recently performed at DJ DOC's annual poolside party alongside acts such as 4minute, 45rpm, and  Moon Myung Jin. The event was held on the 20th of July at Seoul's Sheraton Grande Walkerhill Hotel.


Crayon Pop do Itaewon Freedom!

Crayon Pop have released a teaser for their send up of Itaewon Freedom (originally by UV and JYP). The clip is expected to feature as part of a spot they are filming for Mnet Japan.


...and for those of you who need reminding, here's the original music video from 2011:


Friday 19 July 2013

Crayon Pop 1 Year Anniversary Video Message

Crayon Pop have marked the 1st anniversary since their debut by uploading a video message to their fans.



KMDSubs have translated the clip into English for Crayon Pop's international fans.