As with the end of year countdown, its always expected to have the Gayo DaeJuns (Song Festivals) take place days after each other for all the main broadcasting stations to show-off  or outdo each other with performances.

There’s always the same performances with the same people on SBS, MBC and KBS shows that you sometimes fail to remember which performance they wore that particularly hideous outfit in, or which one made a fool out of so and so, and which show so and so made you want to puke, etc. And believe me, that has become a staple amongst the shows and the obvious favouritism and lack of creativity/originality is insurmountable on these shows, that not watching them isn’t really going to make a difference.

Not to mention the glitches that shouldn’t be made in terms of technical support… How many mics not working, bad camera work, bad timing or lack of synchronisation is there with these things, eh? You would think that with it being an annual thing there wouldn’t be so many mistakes. Think again.

And that’s why, our wonderful readers and trolls, we’re giving you an account of our thoughts on the worth watching mishaps, blunders and just plain EEEEWSIES (as in EEW, what the hell is going on? That’s gross!) in the end of year Gayo DaeJuns… Where Gayo sometimes means KAyo! (GO! Go! GO! away! in Hangul).

Biggest blunder (possibly of all time) SNSD and their over-exposure (in so many shapes and forms).

>(No need to insert any videos here for proof, go to YT and search for ANY performance!)<

Lady Gertrude in Shakespeare’s Hamlet said it best, when you try too hard to convince people of something, it most likely is not true….SNSD and SM “Thou Protesteth Too much” when it comes to claiming that your 9 demons have any talent.  Where the hell are the “Supernatural” Brothers  to get rid of the leeching, talentless, unbelievably un-sexy 9 demons of SM Entertainment?  Opening the doors of the Devil (aka Lee Sooman) really did let out some horrible things unto the World.  LOL.  Every performance was full of mishaps and blunders that lack of time could never account to the hideousness of their performances of their songs and/or special collabs.

Let’s get on to business shall we?

SBS

2PM weren’t very good in their past lives, were they?

WooYoung face right there, was his (And most peoples) expression  throughout the whole performance. Enough said.

G-Dragon gets emotional

Probably after watching Wooyoung suffer in the above.

Hes a sweet Hyung he is.

But we all know G-D has had his fair share of bad press (Plagiarism and indecency!) so he lays the blame on the oldest excuse in the book “I got something in my eye”.  Smoke to be exact.

CL shocks

Aww, they’re like Lil’ Kim and Se7en!

While performing G-Ds track “The Leaders”, 2NE1 leader, CL, wore a leotard of some sort with her underwear sticking out at certain places and had peoples panties in a twist since shes under-age. On the other hand, I don’t know if its those monster heels shes got on, or if its the out-fit or the hair but don’t G-D look teeny?

Boys should stay boys

I’m all for boys performing girls songs and vice versa but there’s a fine line between paying tribute and gay-fantasies.

The drag has got to go. (I thought they were “manly manly men!”?)

I actually thought ShinDong was HyunA for his, SHINee and MBLAQs’ performance of 4Minutes “Muzik”. On the plus side, I thought Key and ShinDong really worked it, and well… MBLAQ boys got the dancing down.

I don’t know what it is about Kwon that gets me in fits of laughter, that guy was made for the stage. 2PM/2AM/BEAST joint stage for Brown Eyed girls‘ “Sign” was good. They got those sleepy/dead looks down right, and of course a little Kwon diva moment in between.

I would have been fine with this performance if there was only less of GAH!ee. What was with that spasm in the end? Like a kick but then half way through her heart stopped beating too early and then, commence toppling.

And ofcourse…

Lil’ CL strikes again with her leaotard-ity!

CLs was the best rendition of this cross-dressing nightmare, hands down.

Mostly due to the fact that she IS G-Dragon, female.

Thats what got a reaction outta me from them liberal (Drag? Good!) SBS folks.

KBS

Taemins your Venus

He’s your fire, your desire~

Greek Goddess Taemin decided to go for a futuristic look with his Toga. Thats the only way I can make sense of this out-fit, I have no idea what else it could be but it sure as hell left an impression on me.

Gil goes hunting

But looks pimpalicious with the top hat and fur that he got as a trophy from his day hunting in the woods. Besides Gil owning everybody, he put on an awesome performance with teammate Gary and Jang Giha & The faces (Personally, one of my favourite bands)

Gorilla man lives his fantasy

Is that the ’sexy’ “Oh-mo-na”?

JYP decided to spice things up with a “sexy” dance performance with Son DamBi. But we all know it was just an excuse to perform female dance moves on stage.

KBS Gayo Daejun was probably the most versatile out of the three, seeing as it wasn’t as much of an Idol Fest as MBC and SBSs’ were.

Last and definitely the least….

MBC

CLEAR!

After School and Son DamBis performance of “When I grow up” certainly shocked me. I don’t know if Gahee was still hung up over performing “Heartbeat” the day before and that she, and apparently the rest of After School and DamBi, had to constantly pop their chests to regain composure, but what the hell was that?

Is Gahee really fluent in English? Cos’ by the sound of it, shes the worse of the lot.

JYP wants mini-mes!

Break a leg, pops!

Looks like JYP wants to re-live his youth through the 2PM boys (The sleazy hip thrusts, oh the sleazy hip thrusts!). DJ Jinyoung looking and sounding like a Cockatoo  really had me distracted, especially with the ad libs (lol) and the pleather (not lol).

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I know there was probably a lot more to comment on with last years Song festivals but some performances took a lot to mentally block out (The ones that didn’t have “lol”s in them, just “Wtf?”s) and I would rather not re live them O_O(*cough*MBCs-horridly-cheesy-video-intros/attempts-at-creativity/reminder-of-why-their-variety-shows-are-failing*cough*). Plus, if I had to comment on everything disappointing I’d go on forever (Can somebody say Michael Jackson tributes? Where was the passion, where was the fire?).

So, which Gayo Daejun (No matter how exceptionally similar they were) did you like best?

I nearly forgot to thank Fabia.O for working together with me on this! Thanks!

The ‘2008 Mnet KM Music Festival ‘(2008 MKMF) was held at the Seoul Jamsil Stadium at 7 p.m. on 15 November. Big Bang, Wonder Girls and Dong Bang Shin Ki won “Singer/Artist of the Year”, “Song of the Year”, and “Album of the Year” respectively.

In particular, much attention was on the idols who shed tears of joy. Both Ye Eun of Wonder of Girls and TVXQ!’s Changmin broke in tears.

Fans of the idol groups claimed that “I cried too! Them winning the awards were a result of their effort. Way to go!”

Source: SportsSeoul + UsaGiLicious!!!! + Tangera

you want update, and we’re giving you a picture of people crying (heck, it’s a dude crying!). hope you’re satisfied.

but for real, aren’t there any other artists there?the k-ent keeps spinning around WG, BB, DBSK, and other candy-pop-sugar-group-singer-whatever-you-call-it and we’re getting tired of it.

and for Lily, who posted this comment on the previous post :

me again.
honestly, if you’re gonna keep with this
thing that you do..i suggest you actually
post things. honestly if i were you i’d
just quit. you suck at updating and don’t
give me an excuse cuz why would you still
have this blog? i would quit if i were you
i used to love reading your blog but you’ve
disappointed me with the lack of updates

YOU DO NOT COMPLAIN FOR SOMETHING YOU DONT FUKIN PAY OR EARN. dammit, you just dropped by to piss me off??

be smart Lily, we have all the updates on the forum. see that “What’s hot in our forum” box? it contains what’s hot in our forum. updates. just be smart,will you, just like everyone else, it’s not that hard to do.

So is it too late for me to post this one up now? of course not. i never meant this piece as news anyway. Just a story to share. but i should tell you before hand, dont expect pictures. google them, or find them from other sites, cos i got no pictures.

Break a neck, ladies!

Sitting in a ridiculously far distance relying purely on the big screen to watch the stage, with ridiculously poor vision (cos I had neither my glasses and contact lenses), and armed with a ridiculously old digital camera (Hewlett-Packard Photosmart435, 3.1 MP, with 2 AA Energizer batteries), this is what I can say…

It was more likely a DBSK concert. Oh yeah, you can definitely see that. Nobody really cared about the foreign artists, well maybe except for W-INDS and Fahrenheit. Which was kinda sad, I mean, they’re not even the best artists in the concert, let alone in ASIA (Fahrenheit just cracked me up with their cracked voice and dancemoves. Me?Harsh?Life is indeed harsh, babes. Go back to the studio and try to catch some tunes.)

Rivermaya, on the other hand, could use some more appreciation –a real band, with instruments and good music. Not to mention, strong voice of the vocalist,and his omigoshed cute face, which uh, as cute as it could be cos, hey, I had blurred vision. And of course Anna Tsuchiya and Agnes Monica. The gals just rocked the stage. Man, I would PAY for their performance.

And Shin Seung-Hun, I guess everyone knows him too well to not appreciate him. He sings like an angel. I didn’t actually see his entire performance, cos I was in the toilet at the time he was on the stage, but that dude made my taking a leak a better experience.

Thus, if I were the organizer, I would do the same, I would definitely put DBSK as the closing performance (but I would definitely write THAILAND instead of THILAND when Peck performed). People simply scrammed right after DBSK had said their goodbyes.

What else do I need to say? Oh, The Lollipoo Troop. Now that I’m sure whoever you are who’s reading this already knew –or about to find out- where I (or shall I say “SYP”?) stand regarding SNSD, you can expect this one to come…

They performed 4 songs. In a medley. Shoot me. Well yeah, they threw away the lollipoos (out of disgust, may I hope) on the second song, but still…telling you, that one (and the only) girl who can really sing should have her own career and leave that group of bullshits.

The Kobbitz Bozo(Berryz Koubou. -ed), or whoever they are, the girlband from Japan, just another thing you can expect from a Japanese girlband. With their anime-ish voices, they performed this cute and entertaining Monkey Dance song. But personally, I was grateful that performance was for free.

SS501 was there too. But im not that familiar with them, so nothing much I can say, and nothing like a performance to remember either. And SHINEE. Man, if there’s a boyband I would care more than other boybands, that would be SHINee. Just because of the Replay, replay, replaaayyyy……

Oh and since I was in a group with other foreigners which were not really familiar with DBSK, I just have to spill this.

“Oh so this is the biggest boyband in Korea? Nice.”

“Nice voices. Better than the other boybands tonight.”

“Thank goodness, they can sing.”

“Shit. Gays.”

There’s only one flaw in the DBSK performance. Yoochun didn’t rip off his shirt. Maybe he was playing it safe in front of 외곡인 (and that is “foreigners” in Korean. see i’m a proud level 1 korean language student.)

All in all, despite the lack of audience and -for some performers- lack of talents, the festival was a good show. It’s nice to see what other countries have in their musical industries. Just that they put some of the better performers before the show had officially started. You know, like before some of those important people gave their speeches. I was expecting to catch 2 PM on stage, but I was too late. And this Malaysian dude who can really sing,  Rynn Lim, they put him in the afternoon when not so many people had arrived yet. But like I said, the show was good. Whoever had the idea to make the festival, we gotta thank the person. And whoever had the idea to make it free of charge, we gotta pray to God to place her/him in heaven on judgment day.

Amen.

ps. :’ve told ya, my camera was a crap, but hey, i’ve got this one for you, cassies!

a balloon!yeeeyyy!!the fans dropped tons of balloon from the podium where they sat, and some of these damned freakish rubbers hit my nose. but i managed to catch one! and popped it!

As last week I’m afraid this week doesn’t have that much news-wise. Nevertheless here we go with last weeks main news update for Monday 25th of August to Sunday 31st.

YounHa is coming back

I reckon she looks like Song YuRi, what do you think?

First of all, in those pictures I could barely recognised the young talented songstress. YounHa looks stunning in that dress for sure. Anyhow, YounHa comes back to Korea for the release of her second album “Some Day” which came out on the 28th. This year is full of so-called “come-backs” isn’t it? And its fun to watch the people strive to make an effect in the Music Biz. YounHa is hella talented and she is looking hella good on her comeback, let’s look forward to her promotions. Just please keep away from Ajoo, for your credibility sister. O_O

WheeSung no longer wheezing

Yeah that has nothing to do with his operation. WheeSung, the vocally talented musical whizz is back as well. He has fully recovered after he went under the surgical knife to remove a cystoma on his vocal chords. And Thank goodness to that. He performed on the awesome Yoon DoHyuns Love Letter with Ko YooJin, and also performed a rock version of his last hit single “Love is Tasty”. Mmmmmm, sounds scrumptious. (Yeah I know that was lame, I don’t have much to say this week that’s why.)

Lee HyoRi looking for her Mr….BIG?

Lee HyoRi has officially stopped promotions for “U-Go-GRRL” and started promoting her new single, “Hey Mr. Big”. Check out the MV above ^^. She looks stunning as always of course, and the video is also, all about her. And heck if you looked that good wouldn’t you just want it to have no theme at all, but you?

FT Island wash up on Korean shores

FT Island have come back!! Oh my God, who saw ANOTHER come back in the works? Comebacks are sort of starting to lose their super effect on me, I just want good entertaining music, like now. FT Island have been drifting around Asia for a while now and I think they finally got the directions back to their homeland. Gah, Men and their pride, never want to ask for directions when they’re lost… In this case, still boys though. I like FT Island actually, they’re cute and they don’t suck up to noona that much. They play hard to get. Joking of course, this noona still prefers her men, but I like the pop “rock” of this cute little group that twang and beat on their instruments.

G-Dragon and his flares?

Excuse the typo, I meant artistic flair. Although I would pay money to see him in 70s inspired flares, it would be…interesting. G-Dragon of Big Bang is known to be a little artiste that likes to experiment with his music and style-sense. And he has been in the limelight for it recently, would I call him a “fashion Icon”? Hell no, but he is brave and bold and that’s respectable. I also do like some of his getups to be honest, sometimes K-Pop can get a little boring and dull fashion-wise so it’s nice to see some color. Ah, like lemonade on a hot summers day…. Strange lemonade sometimes, but refreshing nonetheless.

This is getting long….

Yes another comeback. Please show some excitement though for Jo SungMo. He has come back after 2 years of serving his mandatory military service and it’s nice to have him back. Well he left in May but that’s beside the point, he will be singing the official soundtrack to drama “Garden of Wind” on SBS.

Wonder Girls go Global

Global in the sense that Virgin Media have recognised them. Aaaaw, Wonder Girls, South Koreas little sisters, have made them proud by getting a shout out from Virgin Media as “the ones to watch”. Personally the following line stood out the most, “Candyfloss pop aimed squarely at the female teen market”. Um…. sure. If you can call it that. Nevertheless, thanks Virgin Media for that ignorant remark, at least they got some promotion. I shrug out of confusion as to how “So Hot” is candyfloss pop.

Edward1849 of Soompis Weekly Music Chart everyone….

Weekly Music Chart
1. Seo In Young – 신데렐라 (Cinderella)
2. Cool – 사랑을 원해 (I Want Love)
3. Lee Hyori – U-Go-Girl
4. Davichi – 사랑과 전쟁 (Love and War)
5. Big Bang – 하루하루 (Day By Day)
6. Uhm Jung Hwa (feat. T.O.P) – D.I.S.C.O
7. Kara – Rock U
8. Seo Tai Ji – MOAI
9. Kim Gun Mo – Kiss
10.Brown Eyes – 너 때문에 (Because Of You)

And Kim HyunJoong of SS501 shows us all that he is a trooper…

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Here is the round-up to the news-slow week that passed (Monday 13th to Sunday 24th). It was a seriously slow Newsweek to be honest and I was hoping for more juicier news, unfortunately I can’t make any up….

Final Goodbyes

The biggest news of last week was of course, actor/Model/DJ Lee Eons passing. The news rocked a lot of netizens and fans as it was a sudden and sad death. Rest In Peace Lee Eon you shall be missed.

Photo Movie?

Actress Kim HaNeul and actor/model Daniel Henney have come together to star in a “Photo-Movie” called ‘Sweet September’. It’s a joint project by Elle and On Style and it seems like quite an interesting artistic idea, which of course was “borrowed” from the French like a lot of music we’re seeing nowadays too. I’m looking forward to see how they work this out and how good it may or may not be….

SHINee, um… Shines?

That’s the worst name to try and tag to be honest. Nevertheless these 5 young boys have stormed back in to the Music World and made quite an impression.

Promotional Ambassadors anyone?

First we need to know what a promotional Ambassador is, but SHINee deserve some kudos for landing this gig…. I guess. Group 8 continue to baffle us in terms of their ‘Hana Yori Dango” release, and instead of announcing the stars of the show they have provided us with some SHINee for our eyes. Not that we’re complaining, but it just doesn’t seriously make much sense. Why do you need a promotional ambassador for a Drama that hasn’t even announced stars or quite possibly started filming yet? Anyhow, SHINee will be releasing the single “In My Room” off their first mini album for the drama with accompanying MV. Group 8 stop playing games please, I am seriously starting to not care anymore…

90s Pop Music is back

Seriously, the pants

Well, with SM it never really ever left. Anyhow, SHINees remake title track “Love Like Oxygen” is out and so is the full MV, and I cant get my head around the material for their pants. Is it not the worst thing to wear while you dance those moves? What is it anyway, is it pleather? Besides the strange fashion choice in this video we finally hear Taemins little voice. This boy blows me away with his dancing skills, his control over his skinny and tall frame is unbelievable for a boy his age.

Events this week

Jang GeunSuk host of the Mnet Awards, I put him up cos I think he’s hot

Rain at the Olympics and the Mnet 20s Choice were covered earlier this week in great detail by SYP staff, y’all should go take a peak at our coverage.

Eric serenades…

Well quite possibly. Eric of Shinhwa keeps teasing his fans when it comes to releasing an album before he trots off to the army this October for 2 years. His company say that there is a 99% chance that he will, and so expect it soon.

Crown J IZ in A-Town

question Crown J, iz YOU fly?

Crown J makes his way to the hometown of Hip Hop to film the MV for his upcoming mini-album, in Atlanta, Georgia. His album is called “Fly Boy” and was officially released on the 26th. Check out the teaser here:

Seriously you have to watch that teaser just for the bad spelling, and yes I purposely picked the most unfly picture.

I told you guys the week was seriously slow when it came to news. Anyhow here is the top 10 for the last week, credit to Edward1849 of Soompi.

Weekly Music Chart – 4th Week – August
1. Lee Hyori – U-Go-Girl
2. Davichi – 사랑과 전쟁 (Love and War)
3. Seo In Young – 신데렐라 (Cinderella)
4. Cool – 사랑을 원해 (I Want Love)
5. Uhm Jung Hwa (feat. T.O.P) – D.I.S.C.O
6. Seo Tai Ji – MOAI
7. Kara – Rock U
8. Zi-A – 사랑해 미안해 (I Love You, I Am Sorry)
9. Mighty Mouth (feat. Sun Ye) – 에너지 (Energy)
10.Sung Shi Kyung – 안녕 나의 사랑 (Goodbye My Love)

The Wonder Girls released a new video and then they didn’t…

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My sincerest apologies again for the lateness of this weeks update. Before we begin I would like to pass on my respects and condolences to Lee Eons’ family for their great loss. Rest In Peace.

This is the update for the past week, Monday 11th to Sunday 17th.

Festival rocks Jamsil to pieces

Two big Concerts took place in two Jamsil stadiums last week, ETPfest and SMTownLive ‘08. There were strange things to pick up in the media about one of them, but clearly they were both marked as successful. ETPfest opened up to a sold out audience opening its doors to over 40,000 spectators within the two days of the festival. The show was undoubtedly awesome and I think we can all be envious to those of which that attended. SMTownLive opened to Jamsil Olympic stadium with a less than enthusiastic response, but still went on to get a lot of positive remarks from the media due to the Big Name performers there.

Big Bang got busy

With Big Bang releasing their mini-album ‘Stand Up‘, it’s no surprise that they would be in the limelight a lot. With the Olympics still going on there is not much attention paid on the Celeb world or Music world since all eyes are on Beijing, yet Big Bang have found their own way to still pop up on the Media Radar.

First it was their crazy concert in Thailand:

Before they started their official promotions of their new mini-album the Big Bang boys held a concert in Thailand, causing many a fan girl to faint. 20 to be exact and it seems YG Entertainment was proud to mention it. “Our boys are studs and can knock you out with a look” is what they said in my head, after mentioning that.

The release of two MVs within a week.

It took a while to get here, “haru haru” of Big Bang that is, yet as soon as they released that MV with actress Park Min Young, we got another surprise with the release of “Oh My Friend” featuring the psychotically entertaining No Brain. I am all for promotion of underrated KRock Artists mainly because the underground K-Music scene is full of awesome talent, but seriously I couldn’t let ‘haru haru’ sink in and then got bombarded with “oh my friend”. Big Bang make it up though with being cute, and well seeing G-Dragon as a mental patient is always nice….

Thailand got lucky

Well to me, they did. Not only did they get Big Bang but soon after they left, Epik High came for promotions and a showcase for over 1000 fans. “We went there without much expectation, and it turned out we have a lot of fans here in Thailand. We were shocked when they sang along with us during our showcase performances. We have a tight schedule here, we are not feeling tired and is advancing smoothly.” Is what Tablo said on a phone interview about their trip. Any Thai fans out there willing to take me in next time they have Epik High around? Better yet any Thai fans that attended either event of Big Bang and Epik High?

SHINee need mouth to mouth resuscitation.

Noona’s, you wish. Well it’s a play on words to SHINees’ new single “You’re like Oxygen” that they teased us with the week before. The 5 young boys performed it at SMTownLive ‘08 (which was like a promotional tool for the upcoming SM plans to be honest), to a big happy response from fans. I am still waiting on the official MV, but in the forums you can get a listen. I hear only Michael Jackson with this song and as the official release is due tomorrow, wait for that. Although there is some controvercy surrounding the originality of this track, I am still giggling at their attempts to man-up these cute little boys.

lol, Beware of Darth Vader JungHyun….

It’s Wonder JIN?

Mnet is always the place to be for young music pop fans and their events are always fun to keep an eye on. You are bound to get some drama and interesting footage to keep you entertained till the next years version. And Mnet doesn’t want this years Mnet 20’s Choice (last years was the first), to go without some major attention. It’s not enough with their weird awards and choices but they have a strange collab stage going too. Jun Jin of Shinhwa and the Wonder Girls are going to share the stage for something, apparently spectacular. Well that’s what the PD is insisting on (I love how PDs get attention in SK don’t you?), and the PD also claims that after the performance it will by number 1 on search engines…. Ok, we will have our eyes on your project PDnim, but expect our laughter recorded and sent in a package to you if it ends up a joke….

Bae YongJoon forever young

In the heart and soul. The beloved Hallyu star had shoulder surgery recently after his well publicised shoulder ligament injury. After the two injuries Mr. Bae YongJun received after filming his last blockbuster he has been recuperating in the States and now will remain in the hospital for a week. South Korea’s prize smile should keep himself fitter and safer so he can swoon more Ajummas in to the Hallyu Wave…

East of Eden, right down the street

This has gotten tongues wagging for a while now with the uber awesome cast. The cast has a lot of big time names in it that leave your head reeling. Song Seung Hun, Yun Jung Hoon, Park Hae Jin, Lee Da Hae, Lee Yeon Hee, Han Ji Hye, Dennis Oh, Jo Min Ki, Lee Mi Sook, Kim Bum, Shin Eun Jung and many more are set to star in it. The teaser has finally been released and it will be interesting to tune in and see how this drama goes. The plot speaks of revenge, murder and ill-doings, definitely something to watch with a cup of tea and chocolates. Bring it on MBC.

The teaser:

damn, be prepared for drama, drama, drama and needless shedding of tears…

It’s also time for this weeks Music charts thanks to Edward1849 of Soompi

Weekly Music Chart – 3rd Week – August
1. Lee Hyori – U-Go-Girl
2. Davichi – 사랑과 전쟁 (Love and War)
3. Seo In Young – 신데렐라 (Cinderella)
4. Uhm Jung Hwa (feat. T.O.P) – D.I.S.C.O
5. Shinee – 누난 너무 예뻐 (Noona’s Pretty (Replay))
6. Wonder Girls – So Hot
7. Mighty Mouth (feat. Sun Ye) – 에너지 (Energy)
8. Zi-A – 사랑해 미안해 (I Love You, I Am Sorry)
9. Cool – 사랑을 원해 (I Want Love)
10.Brown Eyes – 너 때문에 (Because Of You)

And Kim JangHoon distributed his own version of the National Anthem online…

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Ok guys, here’s the latest roundup of the news of the past week (Monday 4th to Sunday 10th). Enjoy.

Super Junior-H with not so Happy news

Yesung of Super Junior Happy injured his back last Friday during the Music Bank Rehearsals. He tripped on a Power Cord and fell from the stage, he was sent immediately to the Hospital. The rest of the boys continued the performance like the troopers they are, check out the vid. My favourite of the lot is Ms. Patty (total lol soyboy!).

Get better soon and stay fit and healthy Yesung.

JYP ever the young’un

JYPs new album concept, ‘pimp’?

Park Jin Young the coolest Producer on the block doesn’t seem to notice that he can never be sexy. As much as I love this guys talent, I think he should stay away from these crazy photo shoots. JYP please be as great as you are in the recording booth but please put on some clothes and act your age? Just a tip. By the by to the random netizen that said, “He is as sexy as a gorilla. His stomach muscles are like chocolate.” Please be exposed to some more men, thank you, take a look at Kwon SangWoo for instance, and since when were gorillas sexy?

Big Bangs comeback

Well 08.08.08 has come and passed and Big Bang released their newest mini-album. There were some rave reviews by some and not-so-happy reviews by others. No matter what, Big Bang showed us that they are as popular as ever as their album sold an impressive amount in just pre-orders (100k). The album as covered by the staff earlier this week has a wide range of genres and as some people here in the international section are not so keen on it, Big Bang dominates the Cyworld chart as the Top 10 includes every track of the album, even the intro “Stand Up”.

Korean Films rock the movie theatres

One of the main reasons for plenty of people to get in to the Hallyu Wave has got to be their movies. I for one am a huge KMovie fan and finally, the movies are nabbing a nearly 50% market share of the Korean Movie Market, 47.7% if you’re going to nitpick. Awesome movies are out this summer and one of the best picks has to be the Korean western “The Good, the Bad, the Weird”, starring three of the most talented actors Jung WooSung, Lee ByungHun and the ever awesome Song KangHo. Keep watching those Kmovies people.

Kang HyeJung hits the US

Well, kind of. Young actress Kang HyeJung has been cast in ‘American’ movie ‘Wedding Palace’ about two people who meet in L.A and get married. It focuses on their different cultural backgrounds and will be shot mostly in the US with some scenes in Korea. Its produced by Korean American company TU Productions.

Monday Kiz goes solo

After the devastating death of Kim MinSoo of the talented duo Monday Kiz earlier this year, news has reached us that the other half Lee JinSeong will continue. Monday Kiz’s record label gave up finding another partner and wants Mr. Lee to try his luck as a solo singer. We wish him the best of luck in his efforts.

Hana Yori Dango still dangling in the air

It was announced earlier this year that Mr. Hyunjoong of SS501 was going to star as Hanazawa Rui in the Korean adaptation of Hana Yori Dango, and then not too long after that they claimed it was not confirmed. Group 8 who is producing this version seem to be meticulous in their casting project as it has been extended yet again. I know that it’s going to air next year but it’s getting ridiculous as they refuse to tell us who is going to star in the drama. Apparently 80% of the idol stars have auditioned for the drama but no one has particularly stood out yet. They are still deciding on who is going to make them rake in the most money without looking like they sold out.

Maybee wants you to be as inventive as ever

Pretty and talented Songwriter/Singer/DJ Maybee has allowed her fans to produce both her recent single and Music Video. The single was written and produced by 20 high school girls who are avid supporters of Maybee. It was released on the 4th last week as a digital single. Maybee is great to encourage and reward her fans for their own creativity. And its pretty nice that the song is dedicated to her. It’s called “Maybee Praise Song” if you were wondering.

Nell makes their way in to Japan

After a successful comeback earlier this year with their album “Separation Anxiety”, Nell find themselves being invited to the Japanese SummerSonic Rock Festival. Foot traffic reaches highs of 80.000 (concert-goers) and it’s good to think that they will be able to be exposed to the almost-eerie yet ear pleasing music of Seo Taiji discovered Nell. All those hours “researching” in that insane asylum paid off, right guys?

It’s time for this weeks Music chart, credit goes to Mr. Edward1849 as ever, from Soompi.

Weekly Music Chart – 2nd Week – August
1. Lee Hyori – U-Go-Girl
2. Davichi – 사랑과 전쟁 (Love and War)
3. Uhm Jung Hwa (feat. T.O.P) – D.I.S.C.O
4. Shinee – 누난 너무 예뻐 (Noona’s Pretty (Replay))
5. Wonder Girls – So Hot
6. Brown Eyes – 가지마 가지마 (Don’t Leave Don’t Leave)
7. Mighty Mouth (feat. Sun Ye) – 에너지 (Energy)
8. Alex – 그대라면 (If It’s You)
9. Sung Shi Kyung – 안녕 나의 사랑 (Goodbye My Love)
10.Zi-A – 사랑해 미안해 (I Love You, I Am Sorry)

Also, check out news for Dynamic Duos anticipated comeback…

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Has Rock music suddenly taken over Pop as the most popular Music Genre in Korea?

After 4 years in exile, Seo Taiji (36) makes his official comeback in to the Korean Music scene on the 15th of August. Similarly, after 2 years of promotions in Japan, DBSK are headlining the SMTOWN LIVE 08 on the same day.

In the media its been seen as a battle of the generations. Seo Taiji being an idol star of the 20th century and DBSK the 21st Century idol stars.

ETPFest is an annual festival held by Seo Taijis company where plenty of World Stars participating on an annual basis. It started in 2001 and past acts have been Tommy Lee from Motley Crue, and Hide from X-Japan. After 2005 it was cancelled, to commemmorate Seo Taijis comeback its back and better than ever. Check out the headliners:

SMTOWNLIVE is not an annual event organised by SM Entertainment, instead its supposed to be a treat for fans, since there was no ‘Summer SMTown Album’ this year. All their popular artists are meant to perform (with some exceptions). This years show lineup is as follows:

On paper and judging by the Korean Music Scene, one would assume that because of the crazy youth fandom in South Korea, SMTOWNLIVE would be the packed concert, winning the so-called ‘Battle of the generations’.

Apparently not.

Let me educate you on this matter. Both concerts will be held in ‘Jamsil’ stadiums. ETPFest in the ‘Jamsil Baseball Stadium’ and SMTOWNLIVE in the ‘Jamsil Olympic Stadium’. Tickets for both have long been available, but only one is SOLD OUT.

Yes, ETPFEST is sold out. While only 70% of SMTOWNLIVE ticket sales have been issued. The problem also isnt in price. ETPFest tickets all sell for a pretty hefty amount of 132,000 KRWs (around $133), while the most expensive for SMTOWNLIVE is 66k. The sales for the latter predict it will be sold out, but the significance in its availability is obvious.

What has happened to all those crazy fangirls/fanboys? Is it possible that they’re Seo Taiji fans too? And his comeback is more valuable to them?

Only Heaven knows We only have our theories.

As an afterthought, It was ridiculous for SM to organize their concert on the same day. Why? I think the sales figures can answer that question.

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Ok, so I enjoyed my last newscast, and I thought it’s best to go that way from now on. So you don’t see the difference between this structure and my first? Well… whatever, I just like to type my thoughts out for the world to see. And it makes it looks like I have more than seven readers when I talk out directly.

Let’s get cracking with this weeks news:

Hallyu Hunk off the market

Gorgeous man that is Kwon SangWoo has officially spoken out via press conference that he is set to be married late this September. I think it’s time to start sobbing in to those hankies ajummas, and I say it fondly because I’m going to join you. Sexy SangWoo is set to marry Miss Korea second runner up Son TaeYoung. Apparently not many people are pleased. Not just with the fact that he’ll be off the market (not that many people had a realistic chance), but with whom he will be marrying. Netizens went nuts and started anti-ing up Ms. TaeYoung. SangWoo obviously hurt by their remarks spoke out to those people directly. “I, Kwon Sang Woo am not in love and getting married with a Miss Korea. I am really in love and getting married with a woman.” Now after the initial shock, I genuinely felt really happy for him. Ok, it was sudden, and it came with a very random person, but if that means happiness in the cold sad world of showbiz, I support it 100%. You with me ajummas? Afterall, this news wont change his position in our dreams.

KARA Comeback

Kara are coming back within days, the 24th if I’m gonna get specific. As a lot of people know they’re back with two members to the one they lost. The 5 member idol group format is known and most successful, so I was all nodding and interested at their upcoming debut until I saw their new members. Now, call me a cynic, because that’s what I am, but damn. One of their new members is like a child and the other is 17. What happened to the days where we used to look up at idol group members and wish were a little older so we could date them. Now that’s when I was 12-14. Now that I’m 21 and could date all the guys I used to have a crush on, but have since reconsidered since now theyre all weird, gay, married, insanely promiscuous and/or crazy. Anyhoo, back to the topic at hand, the girls are Gu Hara (1991) and Kang Jiyoung (1994).

Nam GyuRi leaves SeeYa

funny her debut movie is a horror flick…

To be honest, Nam GyuRi kinda scares me, I mean I would never like to meet her in a dark alley or see her in the dark. Her smile and her “doll” image freaks me out a little. Nevertheless, shockingly to me she has gotten most of the attention out of the singing trio that is SeeYa. And her acting in their music video was mediocre, but people loved it nonetheless. I have no understanding of how they think, but it seems to have blown up her head a little (you’d think she’d be more humble after her ‘wardrobe malfunction’). Anyhow, she’s left SeeYa to pursue an acting career and a solo singing career. I don’t think her voice is ear-pleasing enough to go solo, but I will be looking forward to her new single. What will happen to the group now? Hmm… Mnet?

Is Elly still Sexy?!

Elly is Seo In Young if you didn’t know. Constantly a part of the gossip mills, Ms. Inyoung is going back to her solo singing for a wee while. Though she seems to have plenty of people hating on her (as we previously covered this week), she is funnily enough a seriously in-demand entertainer. Now I have a little confession to make, it doesn’t happen so often, but I would watch a show just because Seo In Young is in it. I wouldnt watch an ad though. She is entertaining and her joining ‘Ya Shim Man Man’ is proof enough of peoples interest in her. I hate her hair, hate it, hate it, hate it, with an unbelievable passion, her new mini-album is called “Elly is Cinderella”, so perhaps Fairy God Mother can give her a hairstyle worthy of Crown Prince J.

Here’s an ‘officially’ released teaser for a refreshing change.

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Lee Hyori

Like how I mentioned her right after the officially released teaser??

Little Miss Lee HyoRi, has made everyone crazy about the Hyorish. Her music is inferior in my opinion to Uhm JungHwas (yes I must mention them together), but goodness is she really leveling the playing fields. I didn’t like ‘U Go GRRL’ to begin with, or the other leaked songs as much as JungHwas mini-album, but after her comeback I’m getting second thoughts. With performance after performance I keep watching and that bloody “GRRL” keeps playing over and over in my head. That song is a grower and HyoRis awesome stage presence and performing abilities livens up the song so much more. I must admit I prefer her debut performance at Music Bank than the rest, but I still continue to tune in. Though I am a part of the “Dress women up and undress men” Kpop movement, I must concede this one and say, enjoy it guys. I also am, but not for the same reasons. I for one will be rooting for both the sexy divas, just because it’s refreshing seeing such great performances on stage. Viva la entertainment! I’m finally getting seriously entertained. How’s about you?

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As if being back in singing action and being awed wasn’t enough, Miss HyoRi is getting smooches from the Big Bang boys.

Lovable wrestler wants your money

Well, not yours or mine but talent agencies. And he bloody well deserves it. Mr. Kang Ho Dong and his crazy laugh have been entertaining people for ages. He’s come a heck of a long way from his wrestler days, he’s lost weight, got hitched and has scored successful shows on all major television networks. As well as of course winning awards, so now that his contract with Phantom Entertainment has ended, everyone wants a piece of him. Word has it he can ask for and get 2 Billion Won (a cool 2 million US). Wow, I wonder if he’s up for adopting any young adults….

No post is complete without shameless plugging of ones favourite idol….

Seo Taiji goes classical

Yes, with his comeback slowly reaching us, we get news that Mr. TaiJi is going to be going classical. On the 27th of September (a day before Kwon SangWoos wedding), “2008 Seo Tae-ji Symphony” will take place. How about that for experimentation? Well, ok classical music has always been used in various genres, but it’s exciting to see how Seo TaiJi is going to incorporate it to his music. He’s flying in classical conductor and composer Tolga Kashif, who once conducted the Royal Philharmonic and London Philharmonic orchestras, both critically acclaimed and admirable in the world of Classical Music. Come on guys, tell me you love him too?? Say it now before he’s officially back and everyone mindlessly joins the TaiJi troupe….

Thanks to Mr. Edward1849 of Soompi for the weekly charts
Weekly Music Chart – 3rd Week – July
1. Brown Eyes – 가지마 가지마 (Don’t Leave Don’t Leave)
2. Wonder Girls – So Hot
3. Mighty Mouth (feat. Sun Ye) – 에너지 (Energy)
4. Sung Si Kyung – 안녕 나의 사랑 (Goodbye My Love)
5. Shinee – 누난 너무 예뻐 (Noona’s Pretty (Replay))
6. Alex – 그대라면 (If It’s You)
7. V.O.S – Beautiful Life
8. Tae Yang – 나만 바라봐 (Watching Only You)
9. Ok Ju Hyun – Honey
10. Super Junior Happy – 요리왕 (Cooking? Cooking!)

And Epik High are going to drive everyone wild with an upcoming tour…

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Sorry for the late post loyal readers, unfortunately I had technical difficulties yesterday and couldn’t post this weeks segment on time.

Nevertheless we have a lot of updating to do, so let’s get down to business. Firstly I need to mention that the ‘news’ this week doesn’t need much elaboration so I’ve decided to give you guys a lot of news with not so much commenting. So, here goes the ShenYuePop K-Entertainment newscast:

Seo-InYoung boosts Maybelline’s Popularity

That’s right, little miss mushroom head Seo InYoung has impressively boosted Maybelline’s Internet sales a decent 10% ever since she signed on as a Spokesperson. Now, who needs Godly beauty for a makeup ad, personality is what really shines. (that and an extremely popular reality show)

Epik High promotes Subliminal Messaging

Well, not really. Apparently some have discovered that when you play Epik High’s album track “비(Be)” backwards the word “Jesus” can be made out. It’s called ‘Backward Masking’ and it is usually associated with devil worship and subliminal messaging, but um…. what the hell? It’s purely coincidental and whoever discovered this seriously has too much time on their hands.

Faceless star Zia, causes a stir

I’m pretty sure she’s no longer faceless and she’s revealed her face (hands up to whoever actually was anxious to see who she was), but apparently Zia also been bitten by the ‘plagiarism’ bug and her album poster looks a little too much like the new ‘Sex and The City’ movie poster.

Ohhh Lee Hyori and Mnet

This poor girl has so much drama thrown her way. Miss Lee HyoRi apparently needs as much attention as humanly possible to be successful with her new album. Get this, she’s dropped out of hosting popular variety show ‘Sang Sang Plus’ to concentrate on her new album, has had more songs off her album leaked, and has been accused of plagiarism for both her album cover and new video. Phew… that’s quite a lot of drama for just one album, and anyone who knows the Biz can tell how stupid Mnet is looking by purposely leaking it. YES, Mnet we weren’t born yesterday, we can tell you leaked 5 whole songs off her album yourselves and are announcing it so people can listen to it. Keep insisting your hunting the guy down that leaked it, where’s the dude that released the teaser then?

Not Another Girl Band?!

Apparently the music scene isn’t bombarded enough with girl bands and boy bands debuting, but they’re also not young enough either. Check out the music video of new girl group “Sweety“, whose youngest member is 7 and the oldest is 14 (korean age). Warning, this is going to keep playing in your head no matter how bad you think it is.

Ryu SiWon, talented and Honorable

Ryu SiWon has been making ajummas in Japan swoon for years now, and it’s obvious that he is a big time HallYu star. Now, he is a ‘Hallyu Star with a Heart’ and he’s been awarded for it. Mr. Ryu, was awarded a Japanese Emperor’s Medal of Honor last Tuesday at Niikata Prefecture for his large donations to the region. To those of you who didn’t know, Niikata was hit with a bad earthquake last year and Mr. Ryu contributed quite a hefty donation as well as holding a concert there. So nice.

Super Junior hit no.4 in Japan

My apologies, I couldn’t be bothered to find a picture of all of them.

I personally had no idea they were releasing any single, what with half of them in China and half being Happy, but word has it that Super Juniors’ Japanese version of ‘U’ has reached the fourth spot in the Oricon Daily Chart. Good for them, maybe when they all get back together and they go to actually promote their singles, they may in fact do better. It’s a good time to be a Korean Artist in Japan.

Seo TaiJi making hearts beat faster

Maybe it’s just my heart, but I seriously cannot wait for Seo TaiJi’s comeback album. This man is not only Music Legend in Korea, but a Musical Genius. His company has released the date for his Mini-Album and people write it down in your diaries, July 29th shall be the day we see true creative music get back in to K-Entertainment. Ok, I know there’s great music out there already, but it’s so few and far between… *sigh* I just love me some Seo TaiJi…

JinuSean comeback?

JinuSean recently graced the stage with sexy diva Uhm JungHwa on the great show “Yoon DoHyuns Love Letter” and there’s been cries of comeback for the duo. It’s about time if you ask me, come back JinuSean and make our ears scream happy please!

Baby VoX is back!

No sweetheart, just the name. There are no names left in the Universe, old ones must be recycled, it’s good for the environment. Well, not really, but Baby VoX ReV have come back with two new members and have decided to drop the ‘Rev’ part in their name. Collectively, the ‘Baby VoX’ name has seen 11 female members to this day, if my calculations are correct. I dont understand why this is necessary, nonetheless I have lost interest already, how bout you?

Well, so much for not commenting… Anyhow here is the top 10 of last week, and as ever thanks to Edward1849 of Soompi…

Weekly Music Chart – 2nd Week – July
1. Brown Eyes – 가지마 가지마 (Don’t Leave Don’t Leave)
2. Tae Yang – 나만 바라봐 (Watching Only You)
3. Wonder Girls – So Hot
4. Shinee – 누난 너무 예뻐 (Noona’s Pretty (Replay))
5. Alex – 그대라면 (If It’s You)
6. V.O.S – Beautiful Life
7. Ok Ju Hyun – Honey
8. Sung Si Kyung – 안녕 나의 사랑 (Goodbye My Love)
9. Super Junior Happy – 요리왕 (Cooking? Cooking!)
10. Mighty Mouth (feat. Sun Ye) – 에너지 (Energy)

Oh and Shin JungHwan has left the hospital and is back in action…

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