sLaVe: Artists of one of Korea’s biggest Entertainment companies, SM Entertainment, that is responsible for artists that have started/made the Hallyu bigger around Asia, now are back for their biannual album, this time releasing ‘SM TOWN 2007 Winter’ compilation.

Their title track, ‘Only Love’ deals with children who have been neglected and they need to be loved. It has a joint chorus with everyone singing. It’s now being used as the theme song for Korea’s Children Foundation and 5% of the album’s profits will be going to this foundation. I’m glad to see Boa finally joined with the rest of the company as last year she had to do her scenes separately from the rest and wasn’t in the groups shots.

A total of 12 songs will be:
01. 사랑 하나죠 (Only Love) - SMTOWN
02. 12월 27일 (On December 27) - BoA
03. Evergreen - 동방신기 (TVXQ!)
04. 첫눈이 와 (First Snow) - Super Junior
05. We Wish You A Merry Christmas & Feliz Navidad - 천상지희 더 그레이스 (TSZX the Grace)
06. Winter Wonderland - Kangta
07. Love Melody - 소녀시대 (Girls’ Generation)
08. Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas - 현진 (Hyunjin)
09. 눈꽃이 날리면 (When snow scatters) - 추가열 (Chu Gayeol)
10. Oh Holy night - 장리인 (Zhang Liyin)
11. 유년의 크리스마스 (Christmas of Childhood) - 송광식 (Song Gwangsik)
[Bonus Track] 12. 여행기 (TRAVELING) - 동방신기 (TVXQ!)

2007 Winter S M Town | F U L L A L B U M!, Korean links, Romanizations from soompi

ShenYue!: WOW! SM Town Winter 2007 MV is Out already!
after that half-ass MV they got together after all that we complained last fall for SM town Summer 2007 .. which it turned out to be from bunch of behind the scene vidoes pic editorial they got randomly edited and called it SMTOWN “SUMMER” MV this time not only they are on time .. but took time and actually filmed each of these people on separate shots .. check it out~!

If you know SMTown MVs (they are my favorites by the way) .. they normally get all these people sit in one set and film them while lip-synching .. now only the super popular ones *cough BOA+Kangta + etc… cough* if they are lucky get a single shot of a wink or a smile .. but this time poor SM people had ….

…. 13 suju guys + 9 sushi guys Ops! girls + 5 DBSK(how did they manage to find these guys still alive and breathing) + 4 the Grace (wonder how their Japanese invasion plan went .. the way SM didn’t give them much timing here and they seems depressed i guess we get the idea T__T) + that women ayummi (which by the way what is she up to these days? planning another set of plastic surgery?) + BOA (finding this one free is quite a headache) + that Kangta guy (dragged from China! how did the drama rating go?) + wait a second hmmm where did that always-present Isak women go? I hope i didn’t leave anyone out ….

… on separated shots and dual shots also all at the same time in one place in one day??!!!

Ya know, even in crappy clinical psychology lab i work for we couldn’t find a single day and time to get all staff together to take a single shot .. we ended up photoshopping the individual pictures to put them in one frame O.O!!! Seriously, Kuddo’s to whoever lost-soul was in charge of this project ~! wonder what rehabilitation center he/she/them is/are spending these days at! SM have to give this guys and the editor(s) for taping up all these tapes triple bonuses!!!
you know Lee Soo Man? it’s cold and around Xmass time?!!?? *puppy eyes*

[MV] SMTOWN - Only Love Making

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I know lately we haven’t been bringing the news that much to you guys. Well that’s because we have lives too (like me, working two jobs and going to school). But here is some K-Entertainment that’s out.

In Korea, a big number of women turned out to see Ang Lee’s “Lust, Caution” it drew in 385,000 viewers nationwide in seven days since its release on November, 8th. I guess we know what women in their 30s living in Korea wants.
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Song Hye-Gyo is getting some help from Hollywood in her U.S debut by having her in one of their upcoming movies “Fetish”, where Hye-Gyo will play a woman with psychic abilities in this thriller. But first you can see her in an Nintendo DS CF.

Song Hye Kyo, Nintendo CF

The only thing I have to say..…..is anyone really waiting for her U.S debut, especially after her horrible acting in the movie “Hwang Jin Yi”?
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I know I did a post on Yoon Eun-Hye about her showing her goodies. Well this time I will give her some praise for her newly found talent as a model. Eun-hye will be seen in the Vogue magazine in their December 2007 issue and in Vogue Girl the Korean verson.

In the December issue of Vogue, she will take on the appearance as a…..swan? Yes! That is right! Using her acting abilities and new found model ability, she actually pulls it off gracefully.

And in Vogue Girl she is showing more of her sweet and seductive side.

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Speaking of Yoon Eun-Hye….she along with Rain were selected as China’s favorite Hallyu stars. Each receiving the highest votes taken from a Chinese website survey by the International Reelection Hallyu Channel. Eun-Hye received 2,811,769 votes in the female catogary and Rain received 2,193,388 votes in the male catogary.

But not everyone is loving Rain right now. Peta issued a complaint to the Kpop star for wearing fur. They released a statement asking Rain to stop wearing fur saying “You have said that you want to show American women ‘how sweet and loving Asian men are’. Correct us if we’re wrong, but wearing fur is anything but ’sweet’ and there is no ‘loving’ way to rip the skin off a still-twitching animal,”…

I have to say this…..has PETA run out of U.S stars to harasses now they have to pick on Rain. I mean he hasn’t even made his debut yet and they are already tarring his throat.
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Ivy should be receiving a sigh of relief after hearing that her ex-boyfriend whom was blackmailing her, was arrested and charged for blackmailing, sending threatening messages, and other charges. Even though Ivy has cancelled all of her Korean activates, she was recently seen on stage in Vancouver, Canada participating in a concert that was scheduled before the scandal broke out. She joined DJ Doc and Tei and others at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre, where she received an overwhelming appreciation from the audience that it brought her to tears.

That’s good that she is receiving good will through this ruff patch, but……cough cough… WHERE IS THE SEX TAPE? Trust me I am not the only one thinking that.
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JYP has already started his comeback, but I am just wondering why. The dude cannot sing for the life of him…. I hate to say this, but I would rather hear Heechul sing before I listen to him. JYP may have the magic touch in finding talent, but the magic stops with him.

JYP - The House that You Live In & Kiss

Do people really like this?
and what the hell is up with his fashion sense…..

Is he taking fashion tips from Ugly Spice….hummm…..i mean Posh Spice?

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JYP’s little protégés the Wonder girls have a new basket Robbin CF.

Wonder Girls- Baskin Robins CF [ 35 version ]

They really are going to wear this dance out. Hahahahahah
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Lee Hyori will be featured in the December issue of Cosmo(Cosmopolitan) magazine in the spread labeled “Girl’s Party Best Friend” (what ever that’s suppose to mean)…..


and she also has an Soju CF out……

Lee Hyori’s management is saying that she will be taking a year off to attend college. Oh, now i get it….she is featured in the Cosmo spread named “Girl’s Party Best Friend” and she has an Soju cf out, and she’s going to college…..that means only one thing….PARTY, PARTY, PARTY!!!! It’s good to see that she will have her priorities straight. Hahahahahahah
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Girls Generation is the new “GirlScout” Ambassadors-from Bellisima @ JPHIP.com

Korean GirlScout League (?), “It’s been 62 years since the founding (of GirlScout) and we are ready to welcome a new society with a new image, different images from eating healthy meals to having the best talent, and so the popular Girls’ Generation was chosen as the ambassador,” on the 28th.

As ambassadors, the GirlScout Federation says they will contribute to campaigns, participate in international events such as camping, be distributed to schools nationwide as GirlScout ambassadors, be promo models for the bimonthly “GirlScout” magazine, and a variety of activites, include photo shootings.

Girls’ Generation, “We are really happy to be represented as GirlScout ambassadors. We want girls’ images to be bright and healthy, so we will work hard.”

The ambassador appointment will take place on February 13, 2008 in Seoul GirlScout Association Hall (?) and they will proceed with plans in the General Assembly in 2008.
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Cjlatina—isn’t the GirlScout’s moto suppose to be about being yourself. Where does plastic surgery fall into there….couldn’t they get a group that was more about being unique, instead of the cookie cut-out girls they picked.

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The elves will be seeing less of their Suju gods….well on MBC programs that is. MBC has stated that they will not allow any SM artist to participate in any programs until they receive a offical apology from Mr. SM because of what they feel are unfair pratices. The whole episode is over the fact that Kangin and other members are on MBC and a competing station(SBS) at the same time. Guessing from their argurment MBC programs that have Suju memebers on it are not doing too good compared to SBS’s programs that also features Suju members.

Edit—SM has apologize to MBC. His artists will be able to perform on MBC, but Kangin will not be going back to his MBC MC job. YEAH! For the elves…..boo for the rest of us. lol
~Thanks Jennifer for the update~
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Also in news Kangin was rushed to the hospital during the show “Explore the Human Body” .. he started to vomit so bad, they had to take him to the hospital …. there they found out he is having swollen intestine … so he is kept there for further examinations. This is just more proof that SM is working these guys to the bone that every other day someone is going into the hospital.

Sad that this is happening to him….first is his hand and now his intestines. Ouch!

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Well from my last post, you can remember that I sort of compared these two. Well the results are, SuShi wins with a highly talked about album in Korea. But where is MIN? I haven’t heard any news from her in America, not even a radio debut or a music video to watch! And her Myspace hasn’t been updated either! But, it has been sworn with many comments asking where she is and where the awaited single is at. Let’s just hope this isn’t another Korean lie on artists debuting to America! It’s about time one of them actually gets themselves known here!

Okay, back to SNSD/SuShi!

First up, let’s talk about their music video (“Girls’ Generation”) which has been getting a lot of hype. For the most part, I know that people are really in love with how cute it was. But I wanna hear the other thoughts. Did anyone think there were any flaws? Well here’s what I thought.

The video was… well okay, it was cute… But I think they could have done more. The only part where I was really entertained was when the girls were all bunched up on top of each other and were pretty looking.. It looked like it was a cute Kodak moment that you have with your friends, and it showed how close they were. Plus, the girls were looking pretty!
But the best part was when they got to the main event of the MV, which was when they acted like they were a band. Just to let you know, SuHyun really is playing the piano, which was really cool. It showed that some of these girls really have musical talent! Her video of her playing a Chopin composition has been all over YouTube. I’m not sure about SooYoung playing the drums though. From the looks of it, it looks like she does know what she’s doing. Which is hot. But the guitar playing is so fake though. And don’t no one try and tell me otherwise beacuse I play guitar! They should have just let HyoYun have an awesome dance instead of fake playing the guitar. Also, I’m glad that YoonAh and Yuri sang more than SuHyun this time (if you haven’t realized, I’m not a big fan of SuHyun’s voice, and I don’t know why she’s a lead singer) and that they got more time on the MV. But who deserved more time on the song and MV and totally won my heart from watching this very BLEH video?
(And what is up with the quick scene changes and fast cam shots?! It’s freaking hard enough to learn their names and faces, then tell them apart, then see them in the same clothing… and they still insist on quick shots?! That only works on small groups, people! There are tooooo many girls!)

Why SooYoung? Well that’s easy! Because she is playing the drums (or at least I’m pretty sure for the most part), and the drums aren’t exactly the easiest thing to play, most of all, you don’t always see a girl playing it! I mean, yeah, SuHyun is playing the piano for sure, but most fans already knew she played really well!

After watching this MV, I realized HOW SIMILAR TaeYun and Sun Ye (from WONDER GIRLS) look. Not only that, but they also have the same pitch in voice!
Oh, and may I add that both girls also did that whole hand-to-the-mouth-in-shock thing?
To conclude the MV review, I rate a 5.5 out of 10 because this time the vocals were spread out nicely and SuHyun didn’t sound weird to me! I wanna see these girls have more fun dammit!

First performance (2007/11/01):

Can you really call them a comeback? They haven’t been absent from the media or performing! It shouldn’t be called a COMEBACK. They are acting like the fans were in dire need for more SNSD or something! I mean yeah, fans are always looking for more and more, but they’ve been snagging awards and performing everywhere…

I haven’t mentioned this yet, but I have to say, I think they could have picked a better song to choose as their “Comeback”. I like their first single “Into the World” better than this! This is pretty bad because this is from their album, and they should have picked a different sounding song to debut their album with. Then after listening to their album, they REALLY could have picked a better song too! Not another bubbly/up beat one. We gotta see their more serious side. I mean, I know it’s nice that they talk about girl power and what not, but show us more of your “loving” girl side, what girls REALLY think and sing about. Perfect example could have been songs from the second half of their album! I hate to say this, but I’m actually a bit disappointed.

Album Review: Now I won’t give you a play by play on what I thought of every song on their album. That will make this already long article even longer. I listened to the first half of the album fewer times than the second half, probably because I enjoyed it more that way. I’m not saying the first half is bad, but I guess the first song (which happens to be their album debut song!) just really turned me off. Which is pretty bad. Normally I would probably have skipped all the way through until I was satisfied, or stopped listening to it. But I listened to it because I’m a new (undercover) fan, and I had to review it a bit. I really liked track number 6 “Merry-Go-round”, it might be my favorite from their album as of right now.
What’s crazy is I can tell most of the main vocals apart (+YoonAh and Yuri) and I can’t even tell some of the WONDER GIRL voices apart XD.
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“The titular track “Girls’ Generation” (Track 1) is a remake of Lee Seung Chul’s 1989 hit of the same name. Rearranged by accomplished composer Kenzie, the song appeals to both young and older generations, offering tunes reminiscent of the 1980s and full of youthful energy and funk. Other noteworthy tracks include the lively, rhythmic “Ooh La-La! “(Track 2) composed by Lee Jae Myung, house dance number “Kissing You “(Track 5), and “Baby Baby” (Track 3), a sweet confession of love written by Hwang Sung Je, whose previous works include BoA’s “Atlantis Princess”. Also, lyrical ballads such as “Tears “(Track 7) and “Complete” (Track 4), offer the group’s nine colorful vocals in perfect transparent harmony. Girls’ Generation aims to be a new generation representing all generations.”
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FOR MORE SNSD LOVING :

Watch their comeback rehearsal. I did have videos of their photoshoot, but as soon as it was put up, it was taken down for violation! Wow, does that mean that the girls are closely watched? Oh well, I do have a bit of a sneak peak at their photoshoot, which you can download on their number one English fansite, >>AMBN<<

But who won their ‘Dolled Up’ Photoshoot?
YoonAh did!
>>YuRi<< was close behind, but YoonAh won it for me because she really fit the whole ‘trapped in a box because I’m a doll’ concept, hahah!

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Looks like JYP and Mr. SM are at it again, but this time, their battle grounds are in different places. The much anticipated debut of JYP’s MIN is also the day that Mr. SM will release SuShi’s first song from their first album! So which will you be dying to hear first on November 1st, will it but MIN’s first single or SuShi’s first single from the album? More importantly, which one will you buy first?
I have been an undercover fan of SuShi’s for under a month, so writing this article without sounding like I dislike this is quite hard! So go easy on me when I write good comments! SuShi will perform their song on MNET MCOUNTDOWN. And to quote, “Currently, they have been practicing the dance steps like MAD so SM won’t beat them up!”

Cover Album

The Track list
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소녀시대 1집 - 소녀시대 (Girls’ Generation Vol. 1 - Girls’ Generation)

Release Date: 2007/11/1
Record Label: SM Entertainment
Genre: Pop
Distribution : SM Pictures

1. 소녀시대(Girls’ Generation)
(Lyrics by Lee Seung Chul, Composed by Song Jae Joon, Arranged by kenzie)
2. Ooh La-La!
(Lyrics by Yoon Yo Sang, Composed by Steve Lee, Arranged by An Ik Soo)
3. Baby Baby
(Lyrics by Hwang Seong Je(BJJ), Yoo Jenny, Composed, Arranged by Hwang Seong Je (BJJ))
4. Complete
(Lyrics by Jo Yoon Gyung Composed by Jan Lysdahl,Ingrid Skretting Arranged by Hong Seok)
5. Kissing you
(Lyrics by Lee Jae Myeong,Kwon Yoon Jeong Composed, Arranged by Lee Jae Myeong)
6. Merry-go-round
(Lyrics by Kim Jeong Bae Composed, Arranged by kenzie)
7. 그대를 부르면(Tears)
(Lyrics by Kim Seok Hyeon (Avenue47) Composed, Arranged by Park Gi Wan(Avenue47))
8. Tinkerbell
(Lyrics by Jo Yoon Gyeong Composed by Ingrid Skretting Arranged by kenzie)
9. 7989
(Lyrics, Composed, Arranged by Kangta)
10. Honey(소원)
(Lyrics by Kwon Yoon JeongComposed by Ingrid Skretting(Warner/Chappell Music Scandinavia AB)
Arranged by kenzie)
11. 다시 만난 세계(Into the new world)
(Lyrics by Kim, Jeong Bae Composed,Arranged by kenzie)
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In other news, a few SuShi fangirls got to spend a day with them and learn their dance routines (sheesh, what happened to more fun things like taking your fans out to dinner or to the amusement part? No one wants to work on a ‘lucky’ day!).

^ Take a look at Jessica’s cancles! (and that girl to the left looks like Kamie Eri playing her skit character from Hello! Morning. If you don’t know Morning Musume, then you don’t know Japan).

Recently, Morning Musume, the long time Japanese group that SuShi has been compared to even before their debut had a concert in Korea. One current member, Niigaki Risa, who followed in Goto Maki’s footsteps and learned a bit of Korean was really happy. They even mentioned SuShi in a press conference! Heh, so it seems that the girls really are famous now… They mentioned that they know about Wonder Girls and most of all, SuShi (where’s the KARA love?) and said that the girls were very pretty (duh, Koreans actually fix their teeth!) also mentioning that they had good skin. They mentioned that both groups have great fashion style and dance moves (oh Korea~). Do I smell a collaboration? I hope so, especially since it seems that SuShi is replacing my love for Morning Musume in terms of unnecessarily large girl groups!
Hopefully SuShi can learn a thing or two from Morning Musume and make their share of pairings for the fangirls! It’s impossible to have not ONE pairing in a NINE girl group! Come on people, do I have to spell out the statistics again?

And lastly, watch Tiffany fail miserably at hosting a show.

I couldn’t even finish the whole thing. I did however read the comments, and it turns out that there was some awkward silence between her and her interviewer! Of course fans blamed it on the crew and technical difficulties, but we all know that it was because she didn’t have her phone with her to help her with her Korean! You gotta be more prepared like Jung Nicole (KARA). Tsk tsk tsk, Tiffany. Oh well, at least you don’t look like the rest of your clones, so we forgive you.

A preview of So Nyuh Shi Dae’s new music video for this 1st album! The song is called “소녀시대” a remake song of the 1989 hit by Lee Seung Chul.

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