Once again, the news of award shows is back!! Only this time, it’s the Golden Disk Awards, which were held on Dec. 14th at the Olympic Gymnasium Stadium!! Golden Disk, it is said to be different from MKMF because is the Daesung award that all artists aim for, which is based on best song and artist of the year. It is equivalent to gold, like in Olympics, and they actually give out a gold medal with the trophy! It is the next biggest award is the Bonsang award, which it’s equivalent to silver, but no medal is awarded, just the trophy! Bonsang awards are for the artists that are in the final round to competing for the Daesung.
Once again, the big award goes to *drum roll* SG Wannabe, who was also the big winner back in 2005!! Another good thing about this show is that they always some how managed to get the party started with all the remixes of the songs!! I thought that Epik High’s performance was the best!! It featured Honey Lee (Miss Korea 1006) playing Fan on a GayaGeum instrument!! You really gotta check it out!
2007.12.14 – Epik High Performance on Golden Disk
So…here are list of winners ^^
Format = Artist – Album – Album Title Song
Daesang:
SG Wannabe – The Sentimental Chord – Arirang
Anycall Digital Award Daesang: Particular song that includes online and mobile voting.
Ivy – A Sweet Moment – If You’re Gonna Be Like This
Disk Bonsang: (album award)
Big Bang – Big Bang Vol. 1 – Dirty Cash
Super Junior – Don’t Don – Don’t Don
Shin Hyesung – The Beginning, New Days.. – First Love
Yangpa – The Windows of My Soul – Love…What is Love?
SG Wannabe – The Sentimental Chord – Arirang
Epik High – Remapping the Human Soul – Fan
Wheesung – Eternal Essence of Music – Love is Delicious
Digital Bonsang:
SeeYa – Lovely Sweet Heart – Love’s Greeting
Ivy – A Sweet Moment – Sonata of Temptation
Wonder Girls – The Wonder Years – Tell Me
Anycall New Singer Award:
Seo Nyuh Shi Dae – Seo Nyuh Shi Dae – Seo Nyuh Shi Dae
FT Island – Cheerful Sensibility – Love Sick
Younha – Perfect Day to Say I Love You – Secret Number 486
Anycall Popularity Award:
Seo Nyuh Shi Dae – Seo Nyuh Shi Dae – Seo Nyuh Shi Dae
Super Junior – Don’t Don
Wonder Girls – The Wonder Years – Tell Me
Trot Award:
Jang Yoon Jung – The Encore – First Love
Céci HipHop Award:
Dynamic Duo – Enlightened – Attendance Check
Soundtrack Song Award:
Kim Ah Joong – 200 Pound Beauty OST – Maria
Céci Special Award:
JYP
Performances
They are linked to the Youtube videos
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[As Se7en would say… It’s a ShenYuePop “Collabolation”! Some of you have been wondering if there was gonna be a post on this, so here you go! I was actually wondering about it too…so I decided to make one!! So here it is, brought to you by Michelle and sLaVe!]
As you can see, Big Bang is our featured artist of the month! If you’re not into them cuz their music isn’t your type of music, then that’s ok, but giving them a try wouldn’t hurt, cause they’re a pretty awesome group of guys!! If you guys don’t know who they are, here’s a little background info!! Big Bang consists of five guys and is under the management of YG Entertainment. I know that SE7EN and Wheesung had helped train these boys.
Theses dongsengs have hidden talent finally being discovered by the rest of Korea, has many hidden talents. New fans may not know, but all of them beat box! Even Seung Ri, like SO-1, almost didn’t make it – he was shy on stage and he would mess up during dances – but through hard work and re-auditioning, he made it (but now, he’s the one helping in choreography!)! If you watch their pre-debut documentary, you’ll know more about it. Could you imagine what it would be like without Seung Ri? Furthermore, SO-1 making it with the rest of the gang?! SUPER NOVA will actually have a real reason to be a band. [joke explanation: honestly, I see no point in SUPER NOVA. They aren’t that great to me, and who are they competing against?]
Now on to the goods! BIG BANG’s mini album (number two if you haven’t kept count) was released on 2007/11/22. Titled ‘HOT ISSUE’.
To listen to the hot songs and other featured videos, check out >>BB Youtube Playlist for November<<.
Big Bang’s second concert has been planned to be on 2007/28, 29 and 30 by the title of “BIGBANG is GREAT.” And they will also be attending YG’s “One Concert” on the 31st (fans, go mark your calendars!!) SE7EN will be at this One Concert too!!
Big Bang is currently preparing for their Japanese debut. They will debut with an album consisting of English versions of their Korean songs and the infamous “How G” song! Their album will be called “For the World” and is expected to be released on 2008/1/04. 2008 is when the Korean Wave is forecasted to hit again. This time storming over Japan, China, the U.S., and maybe even Europe! Big Bang will now take part~ So you’re for sure gonna hear from them again! [LOL sLaVe’s lil sis: their title for your next post is gonna be something cheesy like "We back, Yo!"]
On the YT list, you will find:
- A hot performance of them with WONDER GIRLS on 2007/11/10; TOP’s first day as a host on MBC MUSIC CORE. They performed one of my favorite INTROS, “Victory” – also Seung Ri’s nickname.
- One of TOP’s acting clips from his drama “I AM SAM/I’M SAM”, where he plays a student. It’s romance comedy about young teachers and students. [Sorry for half assign this synopsis, but I haven’t watched it and wiki is not giving much info at all!]
- A performance of BIG BANG’s version of ‘OAO’. Other than G-Dragon writing for Big Bang (as you can see, he also wrote THIS upcoming mini album) but he writes for other artists! He wrote another YG group’s song. MooGaDang’s ‘OAO (SHAKE YO BOOTY)’. But instead of BB singing it, it was decided that since MooGaDang was new, it’s a better fit for them.
- A fan made MV (using Rain and Omarion’s ‘MAN UP’). It features DaeSung’s abs. And the others too, hehe
- Lastly, a present (and more like a reason to bring this preview in, haha)! LIVE, and English subbed! And for a preview of >>Entertainment Battle<< PT.2…Did you know another awesome YG artists is the girl that starts off Big Bang’s famous song, LIES (Koh Ji Mal)? She is the girl in the beginning saying “hello? hello?”.
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[DAMMIT ALL! BoA was gonna perform in Korea AGAIN! FUKC FUKC FUKC!!!!!]
Despite the rainy weather around Asia, the MKMF awards still continued.
Ahem, anyway. Let’s get to the point. By now, if you’re a big Korean Entertainment fan and is with it in all the latest news, you probably know about all the shock and rage from the fan(girls) whose idols did not win. Before I continue, see for yourself what the award show was like with the >>Compiled MKMF videos<< I compiled.
Well, let’s start with the DBSK fans. DBSK and BoA were stuck in Japan and could not make it to the award ceremony and perform. Poor fans! But what angered them the most is that DBSK didn’t win anything this year, quite a shocker yes (well to the fangirls at least)? Sources say that maybe it really wasn’t the weather’s fault… but more like the boys being too tired from a performance they did on the same day. If they had flied to Korea right after, it would have been too late for preparations. Lucky for them that the weather just happened to be bad so they could make an excuse not to come!
The weather was not so bad in Japan, but it was in Korea (or so they say…). Supposedly bad enough that flights to Korea were canceled, or that it was too dangerous for celebs like BoA and DBSK to be taking.
Can’t blame this one on BoA though, for her performances were done in the 16th and not on the same day. DBSK needs a better schedule manger. Their fangroup, Cassiopeia, fought with the guard because they didn’t come! M.net said that there was not a ‘board post’ that ensure DBSK for attend the event, so DBSK’s fans don’t have to make a big drama for this. Mr. SM on the other hand said, “Today on MKMF are invited some of our artists like Super Junior, CSJH and SNSD” so the absence of TVXQ wont cause a lot of controversy.”
After seeing the performance list, Tablo and BoRa were not included in the ANYBAND performance. Which was quite odd seeing as Epik High was there for Tablo to be able to participate. Here’s the set list of what it should have been:
Min Hyori + Jung Inwoo – Award presenters
Shin Dongyap + Lee Dahae – Emcees
Lee Yunjung – Designer
Park Jinyoung + Wonder Girls – Combined Dance Performance
Seo Nyeo Shi Dae + Wonder Girls + Black Pearl + Kara – Combined Dance Performance
Gackt (Japanese rock artist)
Zhen Yuan Chang (Taiwan artist)
TVXQ
Super Junior
BoA
Big Bang
Cheon Sang Ji Hee
Epik High
Seo Inyoung
Cheo Shinsung (Supernova)
Lee Minwoo
ANYBAND – BoA + Xiah Junsu – Performance
Younha
Fly to the Sky
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Now, it’s my favorite time… the rant. Yes, and after you read this, you can share with me all your thoughts.
I’ll start off with the good, since there were people who deserved it. To make it easier for you, I shortened my reasons (ya’ll know how much I like to write ) Who’s on the list: SG Wannabe – Come on. These boys? What group can compete with such ballad vocal? No competition there. Epik High (for Hip Hop artists) – With awesome writing skillz and flow, it’s no disappointment here(I only say that because FreeStyle didn’t come out with anything) Clazziquai – Can anyone really compete with them this year? They’re so damn catchy. Humming Urban Stereo would have been a close call though.
(Definitely ma girl) Younha – Come on, piano skillz? Vocal skillz? Writing skillz? Even language skillz? And now dancing skills: >>1<< >>2<< Wodner Girls (best new female) – But then again, it could have been anyone like KARA or SNSD really. Black Pearl – no, Baby Vox Rev – no.
SeeYa – What other group out there that isn’t new deserves this?
Big Bang (for best male group and song of the year) – There’s no doubt about it. They were all over the media this year. I think they even deserved other awards…
So you’ve heard how SuJu was supposed to win the award that BIG BANG won, and the award that SuJu won was an award that someone else won. And now news has hit that there was a mistake, etc etc. Honestly, why is SuJu mad? Because they won an award they didn’t deserve and didn’t get the one that they paid for? This is the exact reason why Minwoo and Shin Hye stepped out of MKMF, they knew it as rigged! MKMF awarded those who had great achievement lately, not the whole year. If they did award for achievement through out the year, it would have been KARA’s award that Wonder Girl’s got. And where’s Fly to the Sky? Don’t tell me they don’t deserve something. Kim Ji Eun? As a new artist, she’s been blowing people away!
Which brings me back to my first topic. Bad weather? Of course not! They knew this was going to be a joke of an award show! If the weather was so bad in Seoul, BoA and the boys could have took a flight to another airport in Korea and drove there!
Now, you may be asking yourself, “If it’s rigged, then why do they even bother to make poles?” Well the more interactive shows like these are, the more people will watch to see if their idols won.
And Super Junior as ‘ARTISTS OF THE YEAR’ ARTIST?! Dose anyone KNOW what an artist is?! FOR THE LOVE OF YO MAMA, artists are not a bunch of boys who sing with no over the top talent! Tell me, ANYONE, especially you crazy fangirls, EXACTLY what is their talent? What is it that they contribute to the ART of music? To the ART of dancing?! For heaven’s sake, even their hair isn’t a work of art! Their fashion is far from it as they all dress alike! And their faces look like abstract to me! Gah, I am furious. It’s bad enough that they took home a bunch of a awards, but it angers me that they got ARTIST of the year! If BIG BANG won this, but lost ‘MALE GROUP OF THE YEAR’, I would have been fine. I probably would have still preferred BIG BANG for both, but at least I know that a group deserved something for their art for G-Dragon actually wrote the song that got them the attention they so deserved.
Only awards SuJu deserved were the ‘AUCTION NETIZEN POPULARITY’ and ‘MOBILE POPULARITY’ awards. Why? Because there are so many freaking fans on the internet and mobile, that’s why. Plus, remember how many ’supporting’ fans SuJu had when they boycotted Henry joining? (Oh~ the love~ *eye roll*) End of statement, that’s a fact.
That being said, here’s my list of those who are undeserved: SuJu – ‘Artists’ my ass. IVY – No, not because of her so called “sex scandal” (it ain’t a scandal till there’s proof. So show me the goods already!) but because I don’t see her as talent. Kim Ji Eun or Lee Jung Hee totally deserved it. Shinhwa – OKAY fucking seriously. Not because I’m a BoA fan, but WHERE in the hell is Shinhwa bigger than BoA overseas? More people know BoAin the U.S., her career is bigger in Japan (it IS the biggest Korean career in Japan), and China knows her as well. Let’s not forget the South Asians who praise her too! I think maybe even RAIN (as much as I hate him) might have deserved this!
To quote someone else, “BEST ARTIST AS IN ARTIST THAT “SINGS” BEST?
SUPER JUNIOR CAN’T EVEN SING. LOLS. THAT’S THE FACT.
THIS IS WAY OVERATED. MNET HAS ITS SENSE OF HUMOUR AS ALWAYS.” – Anonymous
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Anyway, enough with that; let’s get to the fun part!
Before the award ceremony, all I would read about in the girl group forums (forums for KARA, SNSD, and Wonder Girls) were voting for the DANCE BATTLE. Being that I’m a fan of the three of them, I couldn’t choose!
My exact thoughts while watching this (I took out the drooling comments ;]):
Uhhh how exactly did BLACK PEARL even get a part when hey didn’t dance?
And SNSD had the same dance from their video… KARA actually used a NEW dance and performed a remix… Wonder Girls came out in gun and interactive way, really confident too.
Competition was definitely between KARA and WG. All the songs were great though. And the Individual dances were good! Nicole danced for KARA, SunYe danced for Wonder Girls, Mika danced for BLACK PEARL, and prodigy HyoYun danced for SNSD/SuShi. Dizzam, you saw how everyone got up for HyoYun? XD
Mika chick messed up in the beginning of the last group dance (you have to watch closely)
Surprised that Sun Ye was the one that danced, and not Ye Eun or SooHee (whom by the way is looking a lot less…weird looking but more like really pretty).
But ‘Best dance’ award goes to CSJH? I mean, I know Stephanie is awesome, and all four of them are hot… but the bigger topics this year were KARA, Wonder girls, and SNSD…. As much as I wanted KARA to win, I really thought with Wonder Girl’s ‘Tell Me’ spreading like the black plague, that it would win!
In the end, the congratulations goes to WONDER GIRLS who took the prize for the dance battle. And I must say, this song from Black Pearl ain’t bad… the first song I heard from them was not my type at all… but I see their voices are really good. But good enough to be with SeeYa and Brown Eyed Girls?
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Trend of the night: FUR. Seriously, everyone and their mama was wearing fur! Even sexy Lee Da Hae wore it for her performance!
Who looked the hottest that night? Lee Da Hae, that’s who. Never mind that her version of I Love Rock and Roll was laughed over by some (I thought it was okay until the chorus…) but admit it. She was hot. Her outfit in yellow… >>was hot<<. Did I mention it was hot?
OH! But let’s not forget that she played the drums! And ya’ll know how much props I give on that.
Other stars of the night:
Nice to see Park Si Yun (from My Girl) in there and looking good and the leader of the Park team on XMAN (sorry, I forget her name!) was looking great as well. And man, Younha came in style! She was looking great AND someone was holding the umbrella for her (talk about pampered!). Unlike Wonder Girls, who had the wind and rain falling on them.
All in all, horrible show. No Se7en, no BoA, no DBSK, not even Hyori!? And Gackt didn’t even perform LAST SONG? —- Wait, why WAS >>Gackt<< there in the first place? XD Why not Angela Aki, Utada Hikaru, Ayumi Hamasaki, YUI or Kamiki Aya? Hell, Morning Musume was there, why not them? Was it because Gackt is such a sexy beast? If so, they should have asked The GazettE to come, since there’s five sexy beasts in there. All young too. Mhhm mhmm *nod nod*
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[Just so you know, that line is from one of their songs]
Okay, so there’s been much talk of BIG BANG since their mini album made such a great hit. These boys started back in 2006 in YG Entertainment. At first, I looked at them as Se7en’s back up dancers when I saw Se7en on MTVK and MTVChi (talking about his American debut earlier this year in May). But later, I grew to freaking love these boys.
Unlike DBSK and all the other boy groups out there, these boys are pure hip hop and R&B. Which I love. Another plus is G-Dragon actually writes some of their songs! I really think they deserve as much hype and attention as SuJu and DBSK (and trust me, you DBSK/SuJu fans don’t want to know why!).
The group consists of : G-Dragon (as the leader), TaeYang (as the lead singer), T.O.P., Seung Ri, and DaeSung.
They had a sixth member, So-1, but he got kicked out, along with Seung Ri. But later on, Seung Ri was able to get better at his mistakes and was accepted as the group’s little brother! All the boys are young. Although T.O.P. is the eldest, TaeYang (who started out as a rapper like T.O.P. and G-Dragon) and GD were training since they were 12. There are MANY cute and nice information that I left out, but can be read when you look them up on wikipedia and wiki.theppn.org
Earlier this year, while Se7en held preparations and press conferences for his American debut, BIG BANG said they were aiming for Japan. But that was so long ago and nothing has been said since then, except for the rumor that TaeYang (a.ka, YongBae) was the only one that was going to debut in Japan. Though TaeYang had the best Japanese out in the group, I didn’t think it would be complete without the rest of the boys (even though he also happens to be the lead singer). With that out the window, things are FINALLY showing up!
Though it’s completely in English, (which by the way isn’t bad! Usually boy groups and their English covers have not impressed me) it is considered part of their Japanese single. At least these boys are smart enough to know they’re not ready for America and instead will impress the Japanese with their English! I’m pretty sure they will accept them greatly because one, J-urban music is hitting it mainstream, two, Japanese love Korean music, three, Japanese women love Korean boys (XD!). Though I have to say, I’m a bit disappointed. I really wanted to hear what their Japanese would be like.
Translation note: (The way the radio DJ says “How G” is so funny!
They are so serious and surprised by it… it adds on to the humor.)
The lady said that the song was really good, and she said it in a surprised/shocked way (praising).
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And for those of you who like BIG BANG, but don’t keep up with them much, here’s their latest MV! “Lies” was a big hit, but this new song (the title track) from their mini album, “ALWAYS” is just as catchy. I didn’t like “Lies” at first, and preferred this one actually. Well here it is:
If you aren’t a big BIG BANG fan like my sister, then you probably didn’t know that the photoshoot they had for promotion of their mini album, but it definite coincides with the place and clothes as the ones they are wearing in this video. From my sources, I hear it’s filmed in Hawaii. But to me, it looks like the Philippines! (Yes, that deserves an exclamation point because once again, hot Korean celebrities are in my home country which I left). Dried mangoes? Beaches are so similar? And the mega tall & skinny palm trees?
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One of the most talked about issues on BIGBANG’s comeback is TOP’s pair of sunglasses!
So our Korean friends again did all the research they could do .. and this is the outcome!
Is anyone keeping up with the TOP’s drama?
Is it any good? Is it subbed at all?
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BIG BANG, celebrating its 1st anniversary this August, expressed its gratitude to Se7en.
Se7en, a senior member of YG Entertainment and who watched over BIG BANG’s training life, from its song and dance practices, has been giving the group moral support and advice even before its debut and until now.
“Se7en hyung, who is in the US, sent us a message that said, ‘You improved a lot and did well’. We were deeply moved by the message,” expressed BIG BANG in an interview with Mydaily.
“Se7en hyung does not hesitate to give his juniors positive advices and is frank in telling what he thinks about things. When it comes to music, he gives us lots of moral support,” BIG BANG continued saying.
Last August 16, BIG BANG released a mini album entitled “Always” and on the 19th, it celebrated its 1st anniversary with 5,000 fans in a fan meeting/mini concert, which was held in the Seoul Olympic Gymnasium.
“You still have a long way to go. Continue to work harder to be the best,” Se7en advised. BIG BANG will not stop here and will continue on improving,” promised the group. BIG BANG already started promoting “Lie” and is planned to debut in Japan in November.
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I hate to write about this … but it’s way off for me to hold it … So here we go!
G-Dragon from Big Bang revealed in a showcase concert/Fan meeting held on the 19th the rumors are true that he is into buying women clothing. G-Dragon said, “Women’s clothing has a better/prettier line than men’s clothing. Because the line is pretty, I have bought women’s clothing before.
Please someone tell me he didn’t say that! Otoke? Just when I came this little to like these boys’ music for real … they had to ruin it? Chumal!
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Big Bang’s back with their new mini album “Always” … Their official comeback is set for 18/08: MBC 3:30pm & 19/08: SBS 3:30pm
08,16,2007 BIG BANG – MNET MCOUNTDOWN- COMEBACK
01. 우린 빅뱅 Intro (U rin bik baeng)
02. 거짓말 (Keo jit mal)
03. 없는 번호 (Eom neun beon ho)
04. 아무렇지 않은 척 TOP Solo – Featuring. 지은 (Ji Eun)
(A mu reo ji a neun cheok)
05. Oh Ma Baby
06. Always
and here is their latest Music Video!
Big Bang – Lies [MV]
*whistling* How’s everyone liking the new image?
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Ya’ll been taken aback by T.O.P’s shaved head at “I AM SAM” press conference? Well, the truth is I was! T.O.P in fact has been paid for the action ~ jealous huh?! He was chosen to play as a main character in a new band “RED ROC” debut single Hello as a guy who has been betrayed by his love! The story-line required him to take the honor and shave his own head as a mean for expressing his frustration! And it is said that T.O.P replied the scene was a way to depict his tough character! The MV shooting apparently took twenty seven hours!
Watching the MV the scene where he was touching those cute hair strands of his forhead .. and then started the shaving process I was literally on the floor SHOUTING NOOOOOO! LOLOLOL …. Between ourselves, I didn’t feel much for the MV .. and the most exciting part of the whole five min something MV, is the shaving part … the music itself though is another story .. Here, judge for yourself ^^
Red Roc [MV] – Hello
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) Who’s on the list:
