SISTAR, IU, and the Wonder Girls chosen for Coca-Cola’s “ALL-STARS: OPEN HAPPINESS 2012” campaign!

Coca-Cola recently announced they’re looking to spice up their ‘Open Happiness’ campaign with the help of some of South Korea’s most talented & popular female idols!

Elizabeth Taylor Wannabe makes a chart comeback!

Back in June, 'Best Friend Idol' Jessica Jiyeon released her debut solo single "Elizabeth Taylor Wannabe". The single -- with its heavy use of auto-tune, excessive repetitiveness, & mostly rapped lyrics -- peaked briefly on the GAON charts at #23 before vanishing out of sight. The song was met with a mixed reaction from Girls' Revolution fans, and was savaged by critics who labeled it "generic trash".

But as of late, the song seems to be experiencing an unexpected resurgence in popularity.

A remixed version of "Elizabeth Taylor Wannabe" was recently used in the popular CF for Pyong & Pyong's new range of fruit-scented vaginal hygiene spritzers, Femme Fresh: Forest Fruits. The CF, which stars Piggy Dolls' Kim Min Sun, SECRET's Sunhwa, and 5Dolls' Chanmi, has gained wide exposure throughout Asia and has become a 'hot issue' with netizens, causing digital sales of "Elizabeth Taylor Wannabe" to skyrocket.

Speaking on the song's revival, White Entertainment Co-CEO KellyRose Spires said:

“When we first had Jessica record Elizabeth Taylor Wannabe, our agency was in a time of turmoil," she reveals. "Girls' Revolution were on an indefinite hiatus, Suzy had been suspended, and Tiffany was overseas on an extended holiday. Jessica was all we had left, so Trina forced her to record an empowering song with lots of autotune to try and cash in on the popular American trend of inspirational pop music. The song flopped because Jessica's fans were angry that we hid her powerful vocals behind electronic effects, so we quickly moved onto OST ballads and forgot all about it. I can't explain why it's suddenly popular again, but I am happy that people are finally seeing the song's unique colors and charms."

“I think there are some songs that are colossal from the jump & stick around, like SNSD’s Gee. And then there‘s some songs that are slow growers. Elizabeth Taylor Wannabe is a slow grower, and we plan on capitalizing on the new-found interest surrounding it.”

Both the original version of the song & the Euro-Trash Clique remix -featured on Jessica’s hit debut solo mini album Girl Without A Heart- have found chart success, with the original version reentering the GAON singles chart at #44, while the remix is currently sitting at #17. Unfortunately, Jessica's current title track, "Bad Girl", has been on a chart free-fall after initially making a high first-week debut. The poor performance has been attributed to its ban from KBS and major radio stations, but its failure has been offset by the rising sales for "Elizabeth Taylor Wannabe".

With "Bad Girl" being banned and "Elizabeth Taylor Wannabe" becoming a hot issue overnight, could we possibly see Jessica re-promote the song soon? Keep an eye on AKF for more.

And the winner of “Lady Pirates” season 3 is…

A Pink’s Chorong!

SBS saw a monumental rise in viewers for the finale episode of its hit summer variety show Lady Pirates, which featured *8 idols from various girl groups participating in pirate related challenges. Second place was given to Secret’s Hyosung, while third place went to Heathers main vocalist Jessica Jiyeon.

The show finally found its audience after getting off to a rough start following 5dolls’s Eun-Kyo’s injury (after she sprained her ankle leaving the SS Inspirit - the show’s main set) & numerous production delays.

Netizens sent their congratulations to the top 3: “I thought Hyosung should have won but I love them all.”, “Chorong did A Pink proud!”, “Jessica & Hyosung should do more variety shows together. I couldn’t stop laughing! JesSung FIGHTING!”

Season four has already been approved & is scheduled to air next spring.

*Season three idols

Chorong = A Pink

Sulli = f(x)

Yura = Girl’s Day

Jessica Jiyeon = Heathers

Hyosung = Secret

Dasom = Sistar

GaYoon = 4minute

Eun-Kyo = 5dolls