This girl has poor fashion stylist and her MV looks like a product of 80’s, even her stage name sounds so 80’s, but they call her the girl version of Se7en. She can sing, i guess, but it’s pretty hard to find similarity between her and Se7en. Seems like she’s just another teenage artist like Min. Apparently, the 17 yo May Doni was once under YG and JYP as trainee, and got famous because of that. *pause*…well..yeah, whatever “that” is.

She officially debuted thru Music Bank on March 7, 2008 under the new label Neganetworks. Like some other stories we’re familiar with, she was born in America, moved back to SK for training, and of course like some other American-ish Korean artists we’re familiar with, lacking off in English department.

Her song 끌려 Ggeulyuh is part of Jo PD & Yoon Il-Sang’s Project Album titled PDIS. Jo PD was present to accompany her on stage.

Maydoni & Jo PD – 끌려 Ggeulyuh MV

Before debut, singing Alicia Keys “If I Ain’t Got You” :

Debut Performance

And check our forum to join the May Doni poll by Sinbeee*

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They might look almost the same (Hee Chul’s a bit prettier…), but this guy Suh Kang Yoon attends credible school and sings in a band. as in real band, with people playing instruments and all that.
 

He gained his sudden popularity after appearing in M-Net’s X-Boyfriend in 2006 and crowned as “Seoul University’s Kim Hee Chul”. And he decides to extend his five-minutes of fame, as him and his rock band, “Napoleon Dynamite”, will soon release their first album

Until now, Kang Yoon was active in Hong Dong’s club scene and ranked #1 on various portal sites along with his guitarist.

Napoleon Dynamite band consists of Napoleon (Suh Kang Yoon, vocal), Paedelo (base), D (2nd guitarist), who have past experience performing and also won the 2006 University Gayo competition, along with Talmood (1st guitarist) and Choi Sun Seng (drums) to make a total of 5 members. Super Kid member Park Gwa Jang is the producer and together they will release their first album.

Their song, “Even if you don’t eat,” was also featured as the OST for the 2007 drama “Evasive Inquiry Agency.”

Napoleon Dynamite’s first album will consist of funky disco songs and ballads.

Another star look-alike who is using their popularity to enter the entertainment industry.

i won’t be happy if i were him, since everyone now will associate him as “The Hee Chul Resemblance”..huh..

well anyway, listen to their song 못먹어도Go! or….emmm… “Blah-Blah-Blah-Go!”,  OST of Evasive Inquiry Agency, and decide whether he’s better or badder than Hee Chul. (see?even now i make him overshadowed by Hee Chul…   ) 

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T-Max is a new boyband under Two Step Entertainment , just released their debut single “BLOOMING” on July 30th. ~We’re so sucked into SuShi that we don’t bother other debut groups..~

The 3-guy group, made up of Shin Min-chul, Park Yoon-ha and Kim Hyung-joon, was formed based on the idea of maximum, perfect harmony, as its name suggests. Their debut song is a J-pop style dance track about the moment that new love blooms. (arirang)

The three are :

Shin Min Chul

[date of birth]; February 5, 1982
[height/weight]; 178 cm / 63 kg
[bloodtype]; O
[school]; Otorohanga College, New Zealand
[hobby]; Taking weird pictures, Watching movies
[specialty]; Making accessories, Reforming clothes, Surfing
[history];
+<Sangdoo, Let’s go to school (상두야 학교 가자)>, <(별난 여자 별난 남자)>, <(크러시기어)> OST featurings
+Featuring for <Sonin>

(Yey!English speaker!)

Kim Hyung Joon

[date of birth]; February 3, 1985
[height/weight]; 183 cm / 65 kg
[bloodtype]; O
[school]; Hangook University for foreigners?, chemistry major
[hobby]; Playing on-line games, basketball
[specialty]; Snowboarding
[history];
+appearance on M.Net KKot Mi Nam Teuk Gong Dae [꽃미남 특공대]
+appearance on MBC <PD Soochup> [PD수첩]

(He loves dog? and he attends university for foreigners??hmm..we can have the chemistry…~lame spun, i know..otikee, it’s a boring Sunday T.T~)

Park Yun Hwa

date of birth]; January 31, 1986
[height/weight]; 175 cm / 52 kg
[bloodtype]; AB
[school]; Suwon University of Science
[hobby]; Playing computer games, collecting accessories
[specialty]; Computer programming, graphic design
[history];
+A contestant of <Battle Shinhwa III>, sponsored by Good Entertainment and M.Net

(ok, so i chose the pics that show their best looks..)

J-style indeed, from the song, the voice, and even the shaved eyebrows. Apparently, they ARE big fans of the jap group ARASHI (uuh..JUUUNN!!)..in an interview, they show how they admire ARASHI :

Q. The writer of your title song said he will make TMAX the korean version of arashi.
A. For us, rather than being a group with the feeling of a Japanese group, if you just look at Arashi they’re like a group that gives off the feeling of being the ideal Japanese sons. We would also like to be that way, showing off a familiarity like them.

check out how big their devotion to ARASHI *They’re watching Arashi’s video, and seemed to love it, even printed out the lyrics, and when they didn’t manage to learn the dancing by themselves, they asked their teacher to teach them* :

and their particulars:

PETBOY PARK YUNHWA
+was an uhljjang.
+is always hungry.
+eats every 2 hours.
+is always tired.

SHIN YUHSA SHIN MINCHUL
+is different.
+loves to be on camera.
+talks a lot.
+has a unique fashion sense.
+has a finger puppet monkey named everererererere. (eh-ve-reh-reh-reh…..)
+first started leaving comments to t-max fans’ posts at the fan cafe.
+likes to leave comments on other members’ journal entries, often threatening them and revealing secrets.

MATSUMOTOHYUNGJUN KIM HYUNGJUN
+is surprisingly quiet off-camera.
+bit shin yuhsa’s everererererere.
+is at times even more.. different than minchul.
+can be found leaving weird comments to his fans’ posts.

pretty cute. i don’t understand why MinChul and HyungJun have two names, maybe it’s their real name..(Matsumoto Hyung Jun??is that his real name?or he’s just being too crazy over Jun Matsumoto?)

And if you’re wondering about the title of this post, check out their MV for their debut single “Blooming”, prepare your shades, ladies and gentlemen!

woohoo..those smiles..heellloo sunshine! *putting on my shades*
that funny voice at the beginning is YunHwa’s, very j-style. They don’t have the magnificent dance, but no problemo for me, when it comes to dance, i only dig for b-boys (no singing, lads, just focus on your body.) I’m not really into the song too, but it’s quite refreshing. The only thing that sounds cool is the rap, and the only one who looks cool is the rapper, the other two look kinda feminine in the video.

Their official fan cafe : GO!T-MAX

bonus:

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It’s an old issue, yeah, we all know that those (well, maybe most of) Kcelebs’ looks are nothing more original than a made-in-China Phrada or Louise Vuitton bag.

(Be frank people, you must be thinking you are a lot prettier than these babes’ old looks, aren’t you? well, same here.)

what’s with all these huge make-overs?really, i used to think that there was nothing to be fuss about, that plastic beauty is totally natural in the business, but hey, allow me to spit it out as i have an access to a blog. a famous one, that is.

So let’s see what these celebs have to earn their tags as, well, celebs. Maybe we can learn something from them.

what do you expect from your idols? Me? i want my idols to have all in a package. The talent and the figure. And i want them real. (you, our smart and sensible readers, won’t buy “That’s the magic of Bobbi Brown and MAC” thing, will you? i’ve seen such naive comments, but we all know, to make a before-after look of dear Sunny, whose previous look wasn’t as sunny as it is today, Bobbi Brown must be an alum of Hogwarts School Of Make-Ups)

so, circle lenses are not enough, eh?ooh no, they need permanent bigger eyes (for clearer visions?perhaps…) so long for natural/traditional beauty…plastic is natural now.

Not that there’s no true natural looks, if we dig deep enough, sure we can find those real beauties. I won’t mention the ladies, we all know who the minorities are. But check out Mr. Rain. (Well, i won’t say he’s a beauty, but he’s okay.) I’m not sure if he’s ever done anything to his unsymmetrical slanted eyes, but wow, who can count how many diehard ahjummas he has.

*some invincible hand slapped me on the face*

Ok, diehard FANS.

see? sometimes being real and original won’t hurt. Especially when you don’t have any sewings on your face.

and now i wonder how much they paid Kim Ah Jung for her real-life story to be put on the widescreen of 200 Pounds Of Beauty.

(shocked?don’t be. i made it up. joking. Laugh, people!laugh!)

Uhm Jung Hwa

Now, now, this whole thing can’t be just about physical figure, isn’t it? of course not. Good looks, real or fake, would be just a boring accessories if you don’t have the aura. They say Lee Hyori is a natural beauty (well, there goes the relativity of natural. I’d say Ganguro look -afro look, popular in Japan- is definitely not a natural way to define beauty, but guess natural of Lee Hyori meaning no knife). And, she has the aura. now read carefully.

For me, she combines the aura of sex appeal and , not necessarily stupid, but dumb, yes. Who would believe a person who said “I will use my sexiness to conquer Japan” has an IQ high enough to count her pride?not me.

And that way, she’s not boring. oh yeah, she’s not.

Of course, that’s not the only choice of aura. It’s a tentative matter. You can be smart, elegance, snob, bitchy, holy, whatever. Just don’t be plain.

What else?

You wanna be a singer but you can’t sing nor dance? You wanna be an actress but you can’t act? No worries. Those management companies will train you, half of your lifetime if it’s needed, to make you good enough to sell. Years of training will have its fruit when the trainees see their faces on the net, being talked about by the netizens. And the long awaiting till come the time for your debut doesn’t make you loose your life anyway. You can go to school, you can have parties with your friends, and you can fool around with your seniors at the company. Fun.

But of course, life’s hard when you’re a celebrity. There will always be people bashing you around and poking you, making fun of you, picking on you (eg. me). Be careful of your flaws. Don’t be off guard. Defend yourself in a smart way, or if your brain is not big enough to do that, forever hold your silence.

Resume

so what exactly do we need to be a celebrity in South Korea?…hmm…first, let’s see what we DON’T need :

1. Good looks. (Frankenstein, you can join. Don’t worry, the surgeon will wave its magic knife, you can have any face you like. You name it, they sew it. Ugly Duckling, you can be the prettiest silicon swan on the lake)

2. Talents. (Remember our so-called swinger girl Jessica? 7 years in the training should make it obvious how much talent she had in the first place. But hey, look where she is now, a soon-to-be-debutante, and a full experience with some of the hottest guys in the industry. Guess it is also included in the training syllabus. That and the plastic surgery. Shenyue said she’d love to be a trainee just to see how her face would be when she’s out of the training LOL)

3. Brain nor Pride. (You can be simply sexy. Say “I’m sexy enough for my brain and pride”)

4. Sensitivity. (Remember, No pain no gain, darlings. Besides, suicidal celebs are not cool)

5. Old pictures. (Ask your parents to burn your old photos, bribe your old school mates to admit that your pointy nose is a real, you have it even since primary. Don’t let the netizens find your sore spot and poke it. It might hurt. And humiliating.)

6. Coy attitude. (Kawaii only works in Japan. Remember, Sexy is the keyword. oh, and Plastic.)

And what DO we need?

1. KSSN. (It’s a possibility. I wouldn’t be surprised if they ask for your KSSN before they hand you the mic on the stage, or before the director says “action!”. So find your way out if you’re a foreigner: a) marry a Korean, or b) just ask for a miracle, that tomorrow you’ll wake up as a Korean.)

2. Something different from your group mates. (Coz usually after the surgery, you all will look like twins, coz the company sends you to the same surgeon and the very uncreative hairstylist will give you the same hairstyle. So make sure you have something different, like maybe your chipmunk-speaking voice, or blinking habit, or a tattoo -don’t ask your senior Se7en for an advice for this matter-. Let’s hope in a year or two, your family and fans can finally differentiate you from the other group members by spotting that little mole on your upper lips.)

3. Tutor-bodyguard. (If you can read and understand this post, good. Maybe you only need a Korean tutor-bodyguard. If you already speak Korean, even better. You just need a bodyguard to save you from crazy die-hard fans you will have. And make sure the bodyguard looks convincing, no chubby-chubby nor skinny-skinny, at least bigger than you.)

4. Sexy-trainer. (You need to look sexy, then you need a private trainer. Let me introduce you to Choi Seong Jo, a trainer that shapes the body of famous celebrities’ in Korea, like Cha Seung Won and comedian jeong Hyeong Don

Here he is :

Choi’s secrets to helping chubby comedian Jeong Hyeong-don shed 11 kg in just seven weeks are power walking and jump rope. In power walking, your strides are more effective if you bend your arms 90 degrees and swing them back and forth until you feel your chest muscles stretch. Jump rope is also very effective for burning off weight. Choi recommends 20 sets of 50 jumps with a 20 second break between each set. If you don’t sweat much, you can try wearing a specially designed suit that will help you sweat. If your goal is to lose weight, it’s more effective to exercise for a long period of time at mid to low intensity. Going from fast to slow, hard to easy, also helps. (English Chosun)

aha….i can think of other ways to make me sweat without the (special) suit, Mr. Choi…man, just looking at him makes me feel sexy…*some invincible hand slapped me on the face again. It’s my mum’s*

5. Circle lenses. (Just in case your plastic surgeon is a trainee)

6. Good relationships with Kpop bloggers. (We can help you spread your wings. And we’re nice to our friends.)

7. Strong and good sense to choose your stage name. (Don’t let anyone give you stupid name, like numbers or weathers, or coloured body parts like Purple Ears, or any abbreviates like ABCD or XYZ or PQRS, or even I.A.M.G.O.O.D. Big chance it will happen, so be ready with your name since the beginning and good story behind it. Never let people know you get the name from kimchi dish or any un-elegant source.)

Well, i hope it helps. Don’t forget to check the internet to find out when the next audition will be held. SMTown.com has its own special page for this.

So People, Go Get Your Korean Dreams! Fighting!

Cheers,

Louise a.k.a Zzhang @ShenYuePop.com

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Shim Eun Kyung a korean actress admits that she cannot see anything from her left eye because of an accident that took place while she was filming the movie JoPokManura(TOugh WIfe)!!!Scary!!!But, still she told all her fans that she was okay and there was no problem in her regular lifestyle!!!Let’s all wish her luck in getting back her sight of her left eye.

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Choi Jong Hun (Leader)

DOB: Mar, 07th 1990, Seoul
Age: 18
Bloodtype: A
Height: 178cm
Weight: 60kg
School: ½Åµ¿½ÅÁ¤º¸»ê¾÷°íµîÇб³ 2Çгâ (ShinDongShinJung BoSan School 2nd Year)
Hobby: Making Music, Internet
Family: Parents, JongHun
Talents: Piano
Nickname: SexyJonghun
Best Points: Nose
Position in band: Leader!
What I like: Food & music
Motto: Think & always do something (or move forward) *I’m not sure at all, sorry!
For my future love: “I’ll buy something for you, may I? What do you want? ^^;”

Lee Hong Ki

DOB: Mar 02rd 1990 (solar calendar), Feb 06th (lunar calendar)
Bloodtype: AB.
Height: 176cm
Weight: 60kg
School: ¼ºÁö°íµîÇб³ 2Çгâ (SungJiGo School 2nd year)
Hobby: Singing, Listening to Music, Soccer, Games (Board&internet), Cooking
Family: Parents, younger sister, Hongki
Talents: Singing, Soccer
Nickname: ±Í¿©¿î ¹ÝÇ×¾Æ (Cute Rebellion/Oppostion)
Best Points: Smiling Eyes
Position in band: Lead vocal.
What I like: Besides pimiento I like all!! Whatever!! & I really really like things that make me palpitated.
Motto: Do I know it?
For my future love: “Let’s try our best! If I can’t do well, please understand & forgive me”

Oh Won Bin

DOB: Mar 26th 1990
Blood type: O
Height: 180cm
Weight: 63kg
School: ¼ºÁö°íµîÇб³ 2Çгâ (SungJiGo School 2nd year)
Hobby: All Sports, Making Music
Family: Parents, Wonbin
Talents: Martial Arts
Nickname: °³±¸ÀïÀÌ¿øºó (Silly Wonbin)
Best Points: Smiling Eye
Position in band: Rap, second vocal, second guitar
What I like: Playing games, sleeping & eating
Motto: None… but I’ll think ’bout it!!
For my future love: “When will you appear in front of me? ¢´¨¢¢´¨¢ I’m so lonely ~~”

Lee Jae Jin

DOB: Dec 17th 1991
Height: 177cm
Weight: 58kg
Blood: A
School: ¼±À¯°íµîÇб³ 1Çгâ (SunYoo High School 1st year)
Hobby: Surfing the Internet, Asking questions to music teachers & sunbaes
Family: Parents, Older Sister, Jaejin
Talents:Bass, listening to music
Nickname:ÀÚÁøÀÌ (JahJinnie)
Best Points: Lips
Position in band: Bassist
What I like: money … food … music
Motto: Do well the works that are for me!
For my future love: “Saranghae”

Choi Min Hwan

DOB: Nov 11th 1992
Age: 16
Blood type: A
Height: 171cm
Weight: 55kg
School: ¾çÈ ÁßÇб³ 3Çгâ (YangHwa Junior High School 3rd year)
Hobby: Making Music
Family: Parents, Younger Sibling, Minhwan
Talents: Drum, eating CHICKEN!
Nickname; »ç¿ÀÁ¤ (SahOhJung)
Best Points: Cuteness
Position in band: Drummer – backbone of F.T Island!
What I like: Chicken!!
Motto: There’s no tomorrow for me!?
For my future love: “My lovely beautiful girlfriend, plz take care of your health. Luv you!”

Credits: loveFT-I Forums & Facebook group (for pic)
Credit for the info: Michelle @ Shenyuepop.com

Stage Name: YangPa (This word means ‘Onion’ in Korean)
Real Name: Lee Eun Jin(이은진)
DOB: March 17, 1979
Blood Type: O +
Family Members: Parents and younger brother
Height: 162 cm
Job: Singer
School: Joong Kyung High School – Boston Berklee College of Music
Hobbies: Listening to music, Watching movies
Homepage: www.yangpa.com

LOL~ i am even more bored ^^ Here is another girl, now at the age 28 came out on May 17 after 6 years of hiatus … with her 5th album titled ‘Windows of my Soul’

What is she having to say for her comeback?

“I had problems with my former agency. I spent four or five years crying, drinking and playing,” she said. “Oh, and since I did some exercise to lose weight and fixed my teeth with braces, I guess you could say I invested some time for beauty, too.” Feeling uncertain about her future, she sent her resume to a foreign advertising agency. She didn’t get the job — the company wasn’t impressed by the title ‘Singer Yangpa.’ “I could have succeeded if I used the people I know in broadcasting and the music industry. If I got in there, I’d be advertising fast-food stores or government projects.”

Making her debut in 1997 as a high school singer, Yangpa quickly rose to popularity. “I think people found it strange that a little girl was singing pop ballads,” she said. She was even referred to as a pop idol. “I hated being called a pop idol at the time, but now I sometimes think I was very happy then. It’s a great gift when a singer earns unconditional love from her fans. I don’t think my voice is technically superior, but I can move people’s hearts.” On the Internet, netizens react to even the briefest updates of Yangpa’s life. “I think the long wait of six years has endeared me even further to my fans,” she said.

(englishnews@chosun.com )

Yangpa(양파) – Love… What is it?(사랑… 그게 뭔데) MV

Ok well .. i am sitting here bored .. so thought i would introduce a new artist here ^^

Name : Min Hyo Rin
Real Name : Jung Eun Ran
Born : 2/28/1986
Height : 164cm
Job : actress, mdoel
Entertainment : X-TOWN Entertainment
Started with : Model (2006), Singer : RinZ 민효린(2007)
Have done : M/V: 박기영-그대때문에, 박기영-아픈사랑(2006), Shinwha MV(2006),
Model: 의류 브랜드 플래퍼(2006),
CF: 쌍용건설, 비오레, 삼성애니콜, 가나초컬릿, 아이비 클럽(2006)

Min Hyo Rin – Stars MV

Min Hyo Rin – Wait For Me, Wolf! MV

HER DEBUTE In Mnet M-Countdown 5/10/07

Singer Byul returns with short hair, a U-line and backless dress and sexy image. With the release of her 3rd album last year, she came out as a woman but this time, she makes a 4th album comeback with a sexier image. From a cute image to a refined adult, Byul is set to release her 4th album on April 24.
Credits ~ KBS World Radio + Kpopper.com + noV@Kpop Kingdom

Her Profile …
Kim Go-Eun (김고은) known as 별 (Byul)
Born on October 22, 1983 in Seosan
K-Pop singer known mostly for her ballads
She was discovered by Park Jin Young, the head of JYP Entertainment
when she had the opportunity to sing for him at one of his fan-meetings.
Her first album was released in 2002, debut with single “December 32nd”
Byul took a year break and trained vocally, eventually coming out with her second album in March 2005
Her first and only single from this album was entitled “안부”, a duet with ballad singer Na Yoon Kwon
and it did not result in great album success, however, this album also featured the song “I Think I”
The OST of Korean Drama “Full House” 2004, As this drama was released in many different countries,
her first two albums were subsequently released in China in order to capitalize on the drama’s success.
The following year, she released her third album while also revealing a dramatic makeover, resulting in many rumours of extensive plastic surgery!
The popular title song “눈물샘” and “Cupid” were released,
but it was promoted for a short amount of time, and Byul soon went on a break.
In April of 2007, she then released her 4th album entitled “Her Story”
Byul Vol. 4 – Her Story (2007)

미워도 좋아
연애의 정석 (Feat. Tk)
열한번
물풍선(12월32일 그 이후…)
세상의 반 (Feat. Hoody)
단꿈 (드라마 `오버더레인보우` Ost)
Yes I Am
투정
잊혀진 것들에 대해서
서툰 기대
마음이 (영화 `마음이` Ost)
Credit: Wikipedia

Byul (별) – 미워도 좋아 MV 2007 …. this is her latest
 

Byul – I Think I (Live) – OST of Kdrama “Full House”

[MV] Byul – Sweet Dream – OST of Kdrama “Over the Rainbow”.

<3 and HwanHee being in it is just part of it ^^

Byul (별) – Cupid MV – From her vol.3 album (Lachrymal Glands) released last May 2006.
But out of all this – I heart this song … cuz someone made a cute fanvideo out of this for Se7en LOL! all i see is smile!

Byul – How Much I Love You – 2003 .. see how much Rain’s voice has improved O_O