Things That Make You Go "Mwo??" #5

The members of Beast taking a little vacation with fellow

labelmates 4Minute at a ski resort.

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Super Junior's Heechul braving the cold weather to support

fellow SJ member Kibum at the premiere of his movie "Jumunjin"

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A lucky fan posing with Rain during the making of a

Nikon CF. The fan, along with others, will be in the CF

with Rain.

And this is where I cry and ask myself "Why am I not there??"

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WGM "Couple" Brown Eyed Girls' Ga-In and 2AM's

Jo Kwon posing together in their Hanboks* for

Jo Kwon's me2day.

How adorable do they look together!

*Hanbok=traditonal Korean Clothing

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SNSD's Taeyeon lets her inner five year old out

when she recieves a gift from some fans.

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2PM's Taekyeon and 2AM's Seulong learn NEVER to

tick off Baek Ji Young or this will happen *lol*

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Pics of BEG's Ga-in, 2AM's Jinwoon, Jo Kwon

and Seulong that Jo Kwon posted to his me2day.

And yes that's how he posted them *lol*

Picture of the Day #22: Leeteuk to E.L.F's "Fourth Album Very Soon"

Super Junior Members Leeteuk, Shindong, Siwon,

Eunhyuk and Donghae traveled to Thailand to make an apperance

at the KPN Awards (An American-Idol type show).

When asked about upcoming events, SJ Leader Leeteuk stated that a

fourth album will be released very soon and will also be returning to

Thailand in March for the Bangkok Motor Show.

2010 is turning out to be an interesting year!

Things That Make You Go "Mwo??" #4

The new Wonder Girls dolls?

No, it's the actual Wonder Girls posing as

barbie dolls for the clothing line EXR

Super Junior's (newly blonde) Shin Dong and comedian

Kim Shin Yeong acting scary for "ShimShimTaPa

Hyun Young and Woo Ri of Rainbow's

version of 2PM's "Heartbeat

KBS Gayo Daejun: My Top 10

Being monkey-in-the-middle between two rival channels with massive lineups is not a fun position to be in. Fortunately, it didn’t affect KBS’s Gayo Daejun at all. In my opinion, KBS’ show was my favorite of the three festivals. It didn’t have a huge building that looked like an airport hanger or huge set pieces that looked like they were from a movie, but everything seemed to flow better and didn’t seem so rushed.

Also, The variety of the performances were better, in my opinion, with idols sharing the stage with legends and many different genres of music were represented instead of it just being one big idol show (not that I mind, but sometimes you need a little variety in your life).

Here is my top 10 and honorable mentions. Again this was incredibly hard to choose everyone was so good.

Top 10
1. 2PM Stage: They've been suprising me with every stage and I love "Tired of Waiting"
2. IRIS OST Recap: KTW, BJY & SSH together at the end was just amazing
3. 2NE1-Fire: Even with a basic stage they can totally rock the house. And how can you not like this song!
4. KTW, Jonghyun & Kim Jung Mo-Beat It:
5. 1N2D Stage
6. SSH & 2PM Special Stage: They were so adorable here when they were fainting over SSH *lol*
7. 2NE1 & Lee Seung Chul

8. SNSD, BEG & Davichi-I’ll Be There: Their voices together sound amazing!
9. MC Mong- Horror Show: Loved the performance and if you haven't watched the video, do it. It's hillarious!
10. Leessang Stage
　
Honorable Mentions
Kpop Mashup
BEG Stage
K.Will, Onew, Yesung & Kara-Heal The World
BJY & Taec-My Ear’s Candy
SHINee-RDD
K.Will-Dropping Tears
Davichi-8282
SNSD-Rhythm Nation

2009 SBS Gayo Daejun: My Top 10

First out of the gate, SBS Gayo Daejun is shaping up to be the big festival of the year with literally EVERYONE in Kpop set to attend.

From hot hip-hop performances to cool singers giving it their all, cute girl groups to even cuter boy bands, epic drama parodies to the glorious return of Heesica, the SBS Gayo Daejun has something for every fan.

Here is my top ten of the best performances of the night. This was extremely hard for me to choose because everyone did so well this year. Do you agree with me?

1. 2PM Stage: everything about this performance was top notch. They really stepped it up and I was especially impressed with the acrobatics. I was not to fond of "Heartbeat" when I first heard it, but now I may have to go back and give it a second look.

2. Super Junior Stage: masks aside (can we please retire the masks in 2010), their performance was electric. They had everyone in the place dancing, and OMG Yesung's voice was HOT! In my opinion, "Sorry, Sorry" was the best song of 2009. I mean how can you not get up and dance to that song!

3. Kim Tae Woo, Junsu, Jonghyun & K.Will Special Stage: Their voices individually and together were amazing. Every time I hear "Bump & Grind" I always think back to the movie "Without A Paddle" (watch it, it's hillarious!), and I can't help but laugh when I hear this song. But Junsu TOTALLY made me love this song again.

4. CL & GD-The Leaders: How hot was that performance! though GD NEEDS to grow his hair back. Not really liking the "Moe from the 3 stooges" look. The only thing I wish was that Teddy was there.

5. SNSD Stage: Great performance, very energetic. Love the set for "Gee" and I LOVE the PJ's they look so comfortable!

6. CL-Heartbreaker: CL totally gave GD a run for his money with her version of "Heartbreaker". Would've totally pwned if she did the dance in those heels, but none-the-less, an awesome performace from "The One and Only Baddest Female".

7. GD & Taeyang-Lies & Korean Dream: How adorable were they as kids! and the mini GD & Taeyang were a nice touch. The performance was great and it's so nice to see them still friends after 10 years.

8. Brown Eyed Girls ft. 2AM-Sign (Remix): I LOVE the remix and their voices were amazing. Great Performance from an awesome group!

9. 2AM, 2PM & Beast-Sign: Jo Kwon as Ga In. One word, EPIC! out of this set of performances, they were the best!

10. Davichi & 2AM Stage: Both group's voices were all on point and I love both songs.

Honorable Mentions: (in no order)

-4Minute, Kara & After School-Heartbeat: awesome performance!
-SJ, SHINee & MBLAQ-Muzik: Key and Joon looked hot, loved Shindong's wig and I absolutely LOVE Mir in pigtails *lol*
-Bom & Taeyang-You & I: They really need to put this version on either one of their albums!
-MBLAQ & Beast Dance Battle: Joon looked hot ripping his shirt, but Seungho totally pwned with the flips!
-2PM-Bo Peep Bo Peep: Made this song 50 times better IMO
-SHINee & SJ-Gee: HEESICA!! *LOL*
-2PM & Beast-Mister: the "butt dance" was fantastic!

Picture of the Day #6: Truly Great Friends Are Hard To Find, Difficult To Leave, And Impossible To Forget

I was going to put this picture in another catagory (because it's such a cute picture), but I woke up in the middle of the night (about 2:00am) to find this news flooding my twitter account:

Hankyung Requests To Terminate His Contract

Looks like SM Entertainment just might lose another star... After the JaeChunSu trio turned their backs against their company in regards to their unfair contract, Hankyung (Hangeng) of Super Junior decided to follow their lead and attempt to opt out as well.

According to a related source in China, Hankyung filed a request at the Seoul Central District Court to make his contract with SM Entertainment null and void at noon on the 21st.

Hankyung, who is well-known as the only Chinese member in Super Junior, is popular amongst both the Asian youth and media. With his good reputation and talent, many speculated that the singer would go on to have a very successful solo career as well. However, rumor has it that the contract forbade Hankyung from pursuing a solo career, creating a rift that led to this contract termination request.

The press stated,

"No specific details have yet been released towards this termination request. However, it is likely the reason is because of the unfairness the contract holds in regards to Hankyung's personal development."


Currently, Hankyung's legal representative is remaining silent. However, allkpop.com will be sure to provide further details of this hot news.

So what do you guys think? Is Super Junior finally reaching its end, downfall after downfall? Since SM Entertainment has yet to confirm anything, I guess we'll just have to see.

Source: Yahoo Korea & Sina; allkpop.com

I'm saddened by this news but I think Kyuhyun summed it up best by saying:

"Even a beast don't bite the hand that feeds one...I can not understand..."

Review #1: Super Junior-Sorry Sorry (Answer)

Video Credit: ManiwhoamI

Five years ago, my best friend introduced me to Korean dramas by suggesting “My Name Is Kim Sam-Soon” and after that I’ve been hooked on Korean entertainment since. I love the drama; it’s actually my favorite drama; but I started watching it mostly because I heard “She Is” by Clazziquai. After hearing Alex’s sexy voice, I wanted to find out as much as I can about this group. That lead to me finding Soompi and the rest is history.

AZN.tv (which they need to bring back!!) had a show called “The Bridge” that would show Asian music videos and one of them was Super Junior’s “U”. for the longest time, I thought half the guys were backup dancers until I was on Soompi and read all of them were apart of the group. The idea of a thirteen member group completely surprised me because we don’t have anything remotely like that in America. There were a few members that I found interesting, but for the most part I stayed away from them mostly because of the sheer size of the group and I was certain I wasn’t going to remember all their names.

It wasn’t until I saw one of the performances for Sorry, Sorry that I started taking notice of Super Junior again. Now the second part of the video “Sorry, Sorry-Answer” was released a few days ago.

I’m in love with this video. The video albeit simple is beautifully executed with the black and white tones. I love the contrast of sleek and modern electronics and furniture to rustic old world furnishings, making it look sexy and sophisticated. The use of light and shadows in this video was also used beautifully. It almost made everything come to life.

The song was remixed perfectly and a welcome addition to the CD. Recently with all the repackaged CD’s being released usually we would hear a catchy song being remixed into this loud and pulsating techno version that, in most situations, ruined the song. This song however was remixed into a sultry R&B version that showcased the boys vocals. I was pleasantly surprised to hear Yesung’s crooning at the beginning, never knowing of his singing abilities since I’m a newbie when it comes to Super Junior.

In conclusion, I’m wouldn’t say I’m officially an E.L.F yet (I love how I totally put yet at the end of this statement. It’s like I have a premonition *lol*), but I loved the video and hoping I get to here more songs that show off their vocals. If you want more information on SJ, please visit sj-world.net for more.

Epic SJ Performance at GDA

So many amazing things in this performance. Yesung's singing at the beginning, Eunhyuk's dancing, Siwon at about 6:28 *sighs*. Just watch the video below to see all the goodness for yourselves. And Heechul, you're my second favorite and I love your crazy and entertaining performances...but PLEASE PLEASE cut your hair!!

Video Credit: HyukGem