Shining SHINee: Mei 2012

Kamis, 17 Mei 2012

Girls’ Generation as Blondes: Who’s Prettiest?

As previously reported, Girls’ Generation’s Sooyoung looked like a living Barbie with a doll-like face, porcelain skin, and perfect figure for a spread in fashion magazine “High Cut.” As shown in the photos, she dyed her hair to look the part, becoming the sixth member in Girls’ Generation to go blonde.

As a result, netizens uploaded a collection of Girls’ Generation’s photos – featuring Sooyoung, Tiffany,Sunny, Jessica, Taeyeon, and Hyoyeon – as blondes. Netizens commented, “They’ve all tried blonde at one point,” “Taeyeon is prettiest,” “I want to die my hair blonde too…or brown at least,” “They are so gorgeous,” and more.

What about you? Which member do you think looks best as a blonde?

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Girls' Generation Model Student Seohyun Texts Her Teacher for Teacher's Day

The model student Girls’ Generation, Seohyun gained attention for her kakao message that she sent to her teacher.

The message read, “Teacher. I really miss you. I am so sorry that I wasn’t able to go see you on ‘Teacher’s Day.’ I am always thankful. After the promotions are over I will go see you with an album! I love you.”

The message was sent to Seohyun’s high school room teacher. (In Korea, students stay in their classrooms and teacher’s go to the classroom.)

The high school room teacher replied with, “I am enjoying your song. I am always watching you with pride.”

Teacher’s Day in South Korea is held on May 15. The day has been celebrated since 1963 in Seoul, and students/former students show their appreciation towards teachers by giving gifts. Usually teachers are given carnations.

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Girls' Generation Jessica's First Pitch Blooper Shown on U.S. Sports Blogs

Girls’ Generation Jessica’s cute ceremonial first pitch gained the attention of blogs such as “Sports Grid” and “Deadspin.” The titles for the articles were “How Not To Throw A Ceremonial First Pitch” and “This Is Quite Possibly The Worst Ceremonial First Pitch Ever.”

What is the reason for these mean titles, you ask? Jessica did the first pitch for the baseball game between the Samsung Lions and the LG Twins. Jessica had perfect form, up until the point where she actually threw the ball. The ball hit the ground with a clunk.

Korean Netizens were more forgiving, they stated, “Jessica is gaining attention even in the U.S.,” “You can just do better on your next try,” and “You are gaining attention from all over the world.”

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Super Junior Lee Teuk Reveals the Secret Behind Their International Success

On May 11-12, “Super Show 4” was held at the Tokyo Dome. All of the seats were sold out and throughout the two days, 110,000 fans went wild. Remember, Super Junior has not officially debuted in Japan nor have they done any specific promotions.

During the May 13 “Super Show 4” press conference, Lee Teuk stated, “The Tokyo Dome is a concert hall that only the top stars get to perform in. We haven’t promoted in Japan but we are thankful that we were able to perform here in such a short amount of time.”

When asked what he believed was the secret behind their success he stated, “I think it is because we broke the conventions for idols. If you look at the path that most Hallyu stars have walked, they focus on mysteriousness, charisma, and a soft image. We are not like that. We give off a free-spirited and friendly vibe. I think that is what our fans like.”

Lee Teuk ended by saying, “Tokyo Dome and other concert halls internationally were not goals we had when we debuted. I am surprised at these unimaginable turn of events and I want to travel around the world and meet fans.”
Super Junior will hold their “Super Show 4” encore concert in Seoul on May 26-27.

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Choi Si Won Still Energetic for Japanese "Super Show 4" Despite Back Injury

Super Junior successfully finished "Super Show 4" at Tokyo Dome, Japan. Previously, Super Junior presented "Super Show 4" in Seoul, Osaka, Taipei, Singapore, Macao, Bangkok, Paris, Shanghai, and Jakarta. For "Super Show 4" at Tokyo Dome, Super Junior mobilized large scale facilities like wires and cranes for 110,000 fans who came to see them perform live.

Although no major accident occurred, members were exhausted from four hours of high-energy performances. Especially, Choi Si Won suffered from a minor back injury during the second showing of "Super Show 4" at Tokyo Dome. During the encore performance, Choi Shi Won complained, "I hurt my back during last night's performance." However, he re-energized himself for the encore performance. He said, "I'm going to enjoy this until I die," and that is exactly what he did.

Prior to the last "Super Show 4" concert in Japan, Super Junior held a press conference. During this press conference, members of Super Junior talked about physical exhaustion they experienced from the night before.

Shindong revealed, "My body told me that I'm exhausted, I had to get vitamin supplement IV. I didn't realize it during the concert, but once it was over, I was aching everywhere." On the contrary, Ryeowook said, "I was more energized. I was so excited and happy that I don't know if I'm tired or not." Kyuhyun honestly added, "I was tired during the concert and I'm exhausted right now, too,"

Yesung commented on the quality of the concert, "This particular 'Super Show 4' is different from previous concerts.

The entire stage moves and we have a lot of high technology props like water bombs. We also sing in Japanese and have prepared special solo stages." Sungmin added, "We have tried all we could for this concert. I studied the Japanese language very diligently."

"Super Show 4" at Tokyo Dome was completely sold out. Although this independent concert did not have any special promotions or the official debut of Super Junior in Japan, they successfully gathered 100,000 fans for these concerts. On May 26 and 27, Super Junior will return to Seoul, Korea and have encore concerts of "Super Show 4," wrapping up their grand world tour.

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Super Junior's Yesung Reveals a Photo of Himself Dressed as a Woman

Super Junior's Yesung revealed himself as a lovely woman. On May 11, along with a picture, he wrote on his twitter, "If I were to dress as a woman, would I look like this?"

In the picture, Yesung has pins and flowers in his hair while wearing a traditional Korean dress. He looks just like a beautiful woman character from a comic. However, it is being assumed that a fan composed this, possibly by Photoshop.

Netizens are showing responses like, "Yesung unni. So pretty," "You look nice even dressed as a woman," "I can't wait until Super Junior releases an album," and "I want to hear Yesung's voice."

Meanwhile, Yesung and the other Super Junior members have gone to Japan for their exclusive concert.

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Rabu, 16 Mei 2012

Super Junior’s Shindong: “My Double Eyelid Surgery Increased the Number of My International Fans”

Super Junior’s Shindong made a joke about his double eyelids that made everybody laugh! Shindong stated on May 13 during the “Super Show 4” press conference, “I wanted to gain popularity like my fellow members, that is the reason I decided to get double eyelid surgery.”

Shindong had his double eyelid surgery in August 2011. The reason he decided to get the surgery was because people said that his demeanor with respect to his eyes did not look nice.
Shindong stated, “After the double eyelid surgery my fanbase increased significantly. If in the past there was only one person who would hold up a ‘Shindong Stick’ now there are two fans that are holding up my sticks.”
What do you think, does Shindong look better after the surgery?

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Super Junior’s Heechul Faces Mental Breakdown at a PC Bang?

Super Junior’s Heechul seems to be on the verge of a mental breakdown, but he’s enjoying every moment of it. On May 13, Heechul jokingly wrote on his Twitter, “Double-Chul. Playing lol with Ui-Chul. Ah, mental breakdown is coming.”

In the shared photo, Heechul is sitting next to actor Jung Ui Chul. They both seem to be in the middle of an intense shooting battle on a computer game. The “lol” Heechul mentioned is guessed to be derived from the wildly popular video game, “League of Legends.”

In particular, fans have taken note of Heechul’s boy-next-door image. He may be one of the most popular members on Super Junior, and he’s also serving the Korean army as public service personnel, yet he looks as regular as any Korean guy you would see on the street.
Netizens commented, “Which PC bang is this?” “That can’t be the face of a mental breakdown,” and “Hee-Nim we miis you!“

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Super Junior Comments on DBSK Comparison, May Create Subunit in Japan

Super Junior shared their thoughts on the recent DBSK comparison and their upcoming Japanese promotions during the press conference for “Super Show 4” on May 13.

Super Junior started off by saying, “We think we benefited a lot from the Hallyu’s recent popularity.”
“A lot of people compare our popularity to DBSK’s, but in order for that to make sense, we need to work a lot harder. DBSK’s fandom is bigger than you can ever imagine. DBSK first started with small-scale concerts with only 500 seats when they first came to Japan. They worked extremely hard to work their way up and achieved the results they did,” Super Junior continued.

“We never stayed in Japan to promote and it’s not like we had official promotions in Japan, either. But we think because of K-Pop’s overall popularity, we gained a lot of fan support. In order to return the love, we are also thinking about unit groups in Japan,” they continued.

Meanwhile, Super Junior held the “Super Show 4” for two days in a row, on May 12 and 13. The concert, held twice at Tokyo Dome, sold out both shows, which brought in over 55,000 fans. Since 2007, “Super Show” has visited many different countries, including Japan, Singapore, and France, attracting more than 354,000 fans in total. They will hold an encore concert in Seoul on May 26 and 27.

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"Korean Wave in Google" to Livestream on YouTube

K-Pop fans all over the world will be able to see their favorite artist performing live on Youtube on May 21. DBSK, Super Junior, Girls' Generation, and f(x) will be appearing in "MBC Korean Music Wave in Google" along with other famous K-pop stars. "MBC Korean Music Wave in Google" will be held at Shoreline Amphitheater in California and the event is hosted by MBC and sponsored by Google and YouTube.

"MBC Korean Music Wave in Google" will be streamed live through YouTube Presents Channel to the world. Previously, famous pop artists like Jason Mraz, Taylor Swift, Rebecca Black, and others have reached the homes of their fans in the world through YouTube Presents. This is the first time for K-Pop artists to be featured in this channel, so many industry experts are expecting "MBC Korean Wave in Google" to garner much attention from music and K-pop fans all over the world.

Tiffany and Taeyeon from Girls Generation will be emceeing the event. DBSK, Super Junior, Girls' Generation, f(x), Wonder Girls, SISTAR, MBLAQ, BEAST, and KARA will present their most popular songs as well as some special stages in "MBC Korean Music Wave in Google."

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Amber f(x) shared a photo with SNSD Taeyon, Tiffany, and Seohyun

Amber f(x) shared a photo with SNSD Taeyon, Tiffany, and Seohyun

On May 7, f(x)’s Amber showed her support for Girls’ Generation’s TaeTiSeo by posting, “Please show Soshi unnie’s unit group TaeTiSeo’s “Twinkle” a lot of love! The first broadcast was amazing! Kekeke Girls’ Generation-TTS’s song is bomb! Please support and get old school funk!!” on her me2day. She also shared a photo of herself posing with Taeyeon, Tiffany, and Seohyun.

In the photo, Amber mimicked TaeTiSeo’s signature hand gesture for “Twinkle,” much to fans’ delight. She confidently showed off her natural beauty and perfect complexion in comfortable clothes and no makeup.
Netizens commented, “Oh my goodness, they are so cool!” “Amber is awesome,” “haha Amber should join TaeTiSeo! She's got the hand movement down! TaeTiSeoAm!” “Amber blends right in,” "Look at Amber's manner hands! She's barely touching Seohyun..." and more.

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Girls' Generation's Hyoyeon Looks Good in Non-Photoshopped Image

Girls' Generation Hyoyeon's non-photoshopped photos are becoming a hot topic.
A recent post was made on an online community forum with the title, "This is How Hyoyeon Looks in Real Life?" along with two photos.

In the revealed photos, Hyoyeon is waiting for her order in a cafe. Her non-photoshopped image still showed off her thin legs and her small head, which awed many netizens.

Hyoyeon is also receiving much love for her appearance in "Dancing With the Stars 2." Her increasing beauty and her charming interaction with her dance partner are receiving warm praise from the viewers.
Netizens who saw these non-photoshopped photos commented, "Hyoyeon did get prettier! She is definitely a celebrity," "Her body got better - maybe because she is dancing a lot these days," "Hyoyeon looks so good blonde. So loveable," and many others.

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Fans Celebrate Girls’ Generation Sunny’s 23rd Birthday

Fans gifted Girls’ Generation’s Sunny with a special message for her 23^rd birthday (24th in Korean age). On May 15, SONE’s from Korean portal site, Naver and Daum, bought ad space on some of the leading Korean newspapers to celebrate the star signer/musical star’s special day. Sunny was born on May 15, 1989.
The message contained words of appreciation and support for Sunny. It said, “Please continue to be our warm sunshine. Always supporting Girls’ Generation wherever we go, wherever we are, we are the happy SONEs!”
It also added at the end, “[Our wish] We will love Sunny until the day she can slam dunk <3.”

After wrapping promotions for the Girls’ Generation, Sunny has been busy with her musical role in “Catch Me If You Can.” Her Brenda role in the show earned a nomination in the “Best Rookie Actress Award” for the “6^th The Musical Awards.”

Happy birthday Sunny!

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f(x) Amber and Rainbow Go Woori Are BFFs?

On May 13, Rainbow’s Go Woori tweeted, “It’s been a while since I’ve been with Eunyoung,” and uploaded several photos of the two together. In the photos, Woori poses with a fork, while f(x)’s Amber makes funny expressions next go her. Unlike their charismatic stage appearances, the two looked like any other girls having fun and fooling around with a camera.

Netizens commented, “Woori and Amber! They’re so cute!” “I didn’t know they were close friends,” “They must be close,
and more.
Meanwhile, Amber and Go Woori became close friends while starring in KBS “Invincible Youth S2” together. Last month, both left the show due to their respective schedules.

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f(x) Krystal's Childhood Photos Surface on the Web

Childhood photos of f(x)'s Krystal have surfaced the web and are once again becoming a hot topic.

A post was made on an online community forum with the title, "Krystal's Past Photos from 1994-2009," along with several photos. The post contained photos of Krystal from her toddler stage to captures of her CFs during her childhood years.
Krystal is known to be a natural beauty and this particular collage of photos seem to prove it further, this caught the attention of Netizens.
Netizens who came across this post and these photos stated, "She is truly a natural beauty," "So pretty," and "She grew up so well."

Meanwhile, Krystal is still being remembered for her role in "Highkick 3," which ended last March.

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[NEWS] EXO-K for Asta Tv spot Magazine

[NEWS] EXO-K for Asta Tv spot Magazine!

On April 9th, EXO-K and EXO-M’s mini-album ‘MAMA’ was released in 2 versions, EXO-K recorded in Korean while EXO-Mrecorded in Chinese. The best composers such as Yoo Youngjin, Teddy Riley, Thomas Troelsen and Shinhyuk participated in the album that has 6 songs, they completed EXO-K and EXO-M ‘s differentiating music color.

✩ The splendid soar of the global new stars EXO ✩EXO-K and EXO-M’s splendid debut strategy was aimed at fans from all over the world and used global medias such asYoutube and SNS to do a real time promotion at the same time. During a 100 days online promotion they released various teaser videos, images and music videos, and even though they’re rookies the totalviews of their videos gather to over 30,000,000.

It was anouncing the next generation of global stars’ birth. After that, they had successful big scale showcases in Korea on March 31st and China on April 1st and began their promotions in Korea and China; all this kept on raising the fans’ expectations for this mini-album too.EXO is divided into EXO-K and EXO-K who have KOREA’s K and MANDARIN’S M. EXO-K who’s promoting in Korea is composed of Suho, Kai, Chanyeol, Sehun, Baekhyun andD.O. EXO-M who’s promoting in China is composed of Kris, Luhan, Tao, Lay, Xiumin and Chen. They made their debut with a groundbreaking theory of each releasing the same day,at the same time, the same song in Korean and Chinese, one in Korea and the other in China, they were already gathering hot reactions before their debut.

EXO comes from the word EXOPLANET which is a planet out of the solar system, it means that they’re new stars coming from an unknown world. As it’s implied, EXO shows an original music with a powerful performance, the fans’ expectations are upgrading by a level with this new syndrom they’re raising to the global KPOP wave with their trendy fashion!

On April 19th, ASTA TV was with EXO-K, SM’s global project, for their splendid performance on M!Countdown. A lot of fans were already at the broadcast station at Sandamdong CJ E&M Center, 2nd floor’s studio. In harmony with the fans, it madethe stage even hotter for EXO-Kwho were passionately singing their title song ‘MAMA’. They’re planning to become the next generation of Hallyu idols with perfect charisma that is unexpected from rookies, angled choreography and poweful singing skills.

“WE ARE ONE, Hello, we are EXO-K.” When they are on stage, the members change by 180 degrees, starting from the look in their eyes. When you look at EXO-K’s interview, they’re still full of this rookie-like freshness and shyness. As soon as they hear the staff’s “Standby”, they immediately stand still and their shy image disappears in a second. When then music starts, all we can see on stage are prepared rookies full of charisma.
Even after finishing their performance, they give a 90 degrees bow. The members come down from stage while saying “Thank you, we will work hard.”

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