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TikTok Brings K-Pop Craze to Malaysia with MAMA 2018, and #JennieSolo Global Challenge!

Monday, December 03, 2018

Vote now on TikTok to win tickets to attend 2018 MAMA in Hong Kong

TikTok, the world’s leading short video platform is bringing the K-Pop craze to Malaysia with two exciting announcements!

This month, the popular platform has partnered with the Mnet Asian Music Awards (MAMA) as the official sponsor and the global voting channel. As the official sponsor for the global voting channel, K-Pop fans in Malaysia can vote for their favorite acts across 18 award categories, including Artist of the Year, Best Asia Star, Song of the Year, Best New Artist and more, with voting channels closing on 9 December 2018.

Lucky Malaysian voters will stand a chance to win tickets to the MAMA show in Hong Kong on 14 December 2018. As part of celebrating creativity on a global stage, TikTok will be supporting MAMA 2018 by featuring the best of K-Pop and Asian artists, and empower users to engage in the upcoming event by voting for their favorite artists on TikTok.

Follow these steps to vote on Tik Tok:

Step 1: Download the TiTok app via iOS or Google Play

Step 2: Create your own account

Step 3: Go to the challenge page and click on MAMA 2018 banner to vote

Join #JennieSolo challenge to stand to win Jennie's signed merchandise

To promote the debut solo track from Jennie of the Korean girl group BLACKPINK, TikTok has also launched a #JennieSolo challenge to the latest hit titled ‘Solo’. As a treat, fans stand to win exclusive Jennie signed merchandise by submitting their creative short videos on TikTok. Lucky winners will be announced on December 5, 2018 via the TikTok@globalchallenge and Instagram@tiktokglobalchallenge channels.

Prior to this challenge, Jennie and the rest of her group at BLACKPINK have introduced their single titled “Ddu-Du Ddu-Du” on TikTok, breaking records with a over 35 million total video views worldwide. Currently, BLACKPINK’s TikTok account is among the most popular channels, with 3 million followers and growing.

Jenny’s latest hit, ‘Solo’, has been consistently topping the Korean music charts in two consecutive weeks following its release. ‘Solo’ has also topped the iTunes charts in 40 countries, with Jennie becoming the first Korean female solo singer to top the iTunes worldwide music chart. The music video for ‘Solo’ has surpassed 80 million viewers in 13 days, and as of 25th of Nov, Jennie won first place in SBS Inkigayo.

Download the TikTok app via iOS or Google Play and get ready with your best ‘Solo’ moves.

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Bii

MacpiePro's 'Crazy 20' to Bring More Heart-Pumping Concerts in 2019

Monday, December 03, 2018

(from left): Fuying & Sam, MacpiePro CEO's Mr.Ang Chee Chiang, Sterling Progress Bhd. CEO's Mr Francis Leong and Han Xiao Aii

In 2019, MacpiePro will be planning more amazing and heart-pumping concerts, not only to dedicate to their Music Fans, but also to support music artists globally. ‘Crazy 20’ will be their plan in 2019. With an ambitious plan to keep up the trend in organising music events, MacpiePro is planning to organise 20 concerts within 2019, not only KPOP but to diversify genres such as CPOP, international acts and local artist. During the press conference, MacpiePro announced that there'll be K-WAVE Music Festival next year.

BLACPINK World Tour in KL set as the starter for 'Crazy 20'

BLACKPINK 2019 WORLD TOUR [IN YOUR AREA] KUALA LUMPUR will be the kickstarter concert for ‘Crazy 20’. Additionally, on 20th April 2019 MacpiePro will organise their first Mandarin concert that will be held in the Arena of Stars with remarkably talented performers from Taiwan, Korea (Bii and Roger Yang), China (Jeno Liu) and Malaysia (Victor Wong and pop duo, Fuying & Sam).

Local artist Fuying & Sam: MacpiePro is planning to hold the duo group solo concert in Malaysia

MacpiePro also plans to promote local artists by giving them the opportunity that they deserve to showcase their wonderful talents. And since Malaysia have numerous talented local acts, MacpiePro will venture into artist management as well. Han Xiao Aii is the first local artist they have signed.

Local artist Han Xiao Aii hinted that her solo EP will be released soon.

Moreover, MacpiePro is grateful for their previous sponsors for supporting them throughout the journey, especially to Mcalls for being their strategic business partner ever since MacpiePro’s first concert to deliver ‘STRESS -FREE MUSIC’ spirit so that Music Fans will get to enjoy music without barriers.

MacpiePro is also planning to work together with in-bound travel agencies to bring-in more international fans so that they too can enjoy their favourite music events. This will boost Malaysia’s Tourism, which will benefit Malaysia’s economy as well.

With MacpiePro’s ambitious spirit and determination, they are hoping to deliver more incredible shows with their aim and vision of Crazy 20 in 2019.

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2018 Busan One Asia Festival

Watch 2018 Busan One Asia Festival on MTV Asia

Monday, December 03, 2018

2018 Busan One Asia Festival

MTV Asia today announced it will be the first to broadcast the opening concert of the 2018 Busan One Asia Festival in Southeast Asia on 2 December at 7pm (WIB), 8pm (SG) and 9pm (MY). The network will also be airing the closing concert on 9 December at the same times. This is the second year MTV Asia is supporting Busan One Asia Festival. A special MTV curated K-pop playlist will also run on MTV Asia for a week, starting today.

2018 Busan One Asia Festival Opening Concert Performer: EXO

2018 Busan One Asia Festival Opening Concert Performer: Wanna One

This year, the star-studded Opening Concert at Busan Asiad Main Stadium featured leading Kpop groups EXO, Wanna One, SEVENTEEN, NCT 127, Celeb Five, MAMAMOO, EXID, GFriend, (G)i-dle, A.C.E and The Boyz.

The festival closed with an equally stellar lineup with RED VELVET, NCT DREAM, FAVORITE, Dynamic Duo, RHYTHM POWER, April, ASTRO, TEEN TOP, Mighty Mouth, KARD and SPECTRUM in the closing concert.

Experience the 2018 BOF with MTV VJ Hanli Hoefer and a very lucky fan in an exclusive MTV BOF Special that will go on air before the Opening Concert. Take a peek into the whirlwind MTV Fan Ex adventure they had right in Busan, from getting glitzy makeovers to meeting their favourite idols at the festival.

“What we are always keen to do at MTV Asia, is to embrace the wider experience around music, culture and personalities, especially those that belong to Asia. And we love how Hallyu fever grips fans across the region, so bringing a festival like the 2018 Busan One Asia to our audience is exactly what we are all about” said Abhishek K Rao, Senior Director, MTV Brand, Southeast Asia.

Telecast Information:

Exclusive MTV BOF Special on Sunday, 2 December, 6.35pm (WIB), 7.35pm (SG) and 8.35pm (MY)
Opening Concert on Sunday, 2 December, 7pm (WIB), 8pm (SG) and 9pm (MY)
Closing Concert on Sunday, 9 December, 7pm (WIB), 8pm (SG) and 9pm (MY)

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2018 Mama

Song Joong Ki to host #2018MAMA in Hong Kong

Monday, December 03, 2018

Actor Song Joong Ki is confirmed to be the host of the upcoming 2018 MAMA in Hong Kong. With this announcement, the star-studded hosts for all three regions have been finalized.

■ Hosts for 2018 MAMA are as follows:

2018 MAMA in HONG KONG host: Song Joong Ki

2018 MAMA Premiere in KOREA host

2018 MAMA FANS' CHOICE in Japan host

■ Celebrities to attend 2018 MAMA are as follows:

Janet Jacksoin, the legendary pop icon, U.S. singer, songwriter, actress, producer, and dancer

JJ Lin aka Lin Jun Jie (Chinese Singaporean singer, songwriter, record producer, and actor)

Matsushige Yutaka (Japanese Actor)

Cha Seung Won (Korean Actor)

Hwang Jung Min (Korean Actor)

Jang Hyuk (Korean Actor)

Seo Hyun Jin (Korean Actress)

Information on 2018 MAMA

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<2018 in="" korea="" mama="" premiere=""><2018 choice="" fans="" in="" japan="" mama=""><2018 hong="" in="" kong="" mama="">2018 MAMA will continue to unveil information on performers and nominations. Meanwhile, online voting for 18 K-Pop Categories, including 'Artist of the Year' and 'Song of the Year' will continue until December 9 (KST). Fans can participate to vote on MAMA's official website (www.2018mama.com).