On an episode of KBS 2TV’s Secret, a video message from SNSD’s Hyoyeon directed towards miss A’s Min was revealed as she pleads with Min to stop her random, embarrassing dancing in the streets.
“I’m embarrassed to walk around with Min! She starts shaking her body every time she hears any kind of music. Don’t you think busting out Beyonce moves in the middle of the city is a bit much? Please stop, at least when you’re with me,” she begged.
After watching the video, Min stated that she didn’t really care what other people thought of her and enjoyed just being herself, no matter who was around. But Min quickly changed her mind after being embarrassed watching Shin Bong Sun emulate her own dance moves on the set, and promised that she would try to stop herself the next time she felt like dancing in public.
The secrets of many other stars were revealed on the same episode, including that of Jang Woo Hyuk, Kim Jun Ho,Kim Dae Hee, Park Hwa Yo Bi, and 4minute’s HyunA.
The August 11th edition of KBS2TV’s “Happy Together 3” was filled with much laughter.
MBLAQ’s Lee Joon was asked to dance to HyunA’s hit track, “Bubble Pop“, for which he brought out a ‘ballet version’ on the set. INFINITE’s Sung Jong was then asked to perform and he delivered akkab diva performance.
However, the ‘King of kkab’, 2AM’s very own Jo Kwon, delivered a hilarious cover of his own with miss A’s Min and Sung Jong as well, causing the audience to howl with laughter.
On July 27th, 2PM’s Taecyeon guested on SBS’s ‘Strong Heart‘ and talked about his ‘business relationship’ with SNSD’s Jessica.
The segment began with 2PM talking about how they failed to cast f(x)’s Krystal to feature in their latest track, “Hands Up“. Taecyeon said, “J.Y. Park told us to ask Krystal ourselves, but I’m the one who communicates with SM so I sent the text to Krystal to ask.”
Taecyeon revealed that he wanted Kim Yuna at first but gave up after turning on the TV and seeing news reports of Kim Yuna leaving for Russia. “All of the members then chose f(x)’s Krystal, but out of everyone, Junho was the most enthusiastic about casting her.”
Krystal accepted the offer, but the entire recording was unfortunately canceled because of the song’s lyrics containing lines like, ‘Enjoying the club‘, and ‘Let’s drink‘.
As she is a minor born in 1994, representatives felt that the song was unsuitable for Krystal. Eventually, the song was turned over to Wonder Girls’ Sohee.
MC Kang Ho Dong pressed, “How did you find out Krystal’s phone number?” Taecyeon replied, “I found out through SNSD’s Jessica.”
Super Junior’s Eunhyuk then raised suspicions by asking, “Nichkhun and Victoria are a virtual couple so you could have asked Nichkhun to find out Krystal’s number. Why did you go through Jessica? Even I don’t know Jessica’s number.”
Kang Ho Dong continued by asking, “Do you know the SNSD members’ numbers?” Taecyeon replied, “I don’t know all of their numbers.”
Pressing further, Kang Ho Dong asked, “Is it only Jessica’s number you know then?” Put on the spot, Taecyeon finally responded, “I don’t talk to Jessica often. I call her when I have a favor to ask.”
Fellow guest Kim Young Chul made the studio burst into laughter by commenting that the two were of ‘business relations’ then.
Source + Photos: Newsen via Nate, TV Daily via Nate
On a recent episode of MBC’s “Radio Star,” B2ST’s Dongwoon showed off his ‘aegyo’ by imitating Girl’s Day’s Minah during their “Twinkle Twinkle” promotions.
Dongwoon does a pretty damn good job and provides us with lots of laughter.
On July 8th, Block B and B1A4 guested on MTV’s ‘The Show‘ and were briefly interviewed on their summer survival tips.
The two groups are currently co-starring in their own reality program, ‘Match Up‘, and are known for their contrasting personalities. B1A4 gave some four-dimensional
responses like telling fans to shower in hot water, to which Block B’s P.O. retorted, “You have to shower with cold water!”
Sandeul also suggested finding a cold wall to lay against while Baro and Gongchan suggested cold food items like watermelon and shaved ice.
Kyung brought out the envy of fans by saying, “The best way to survive the heat is to go to the beach and play with the nunas.”
On June 27th, K-pop performers such as TVXQ’s Changmin, Super Junior’sLee Teuk, Eunhyuk, Shindong and Yesung along with SNSD’s Yuri, Tiffany, Sooyoung and Hyoyeon, f(x)’s Sulli and Krystal starred in the special episode of MBC’s entertainment program ‘Come To Play‘.
During the ‘Closet Talent Show‘ segment of the episode, cast members were divided into gender specific groups and held a dance battle against each other. Eunhyuk and Hyoyeon mastered the famous signature move of Michael Jackson (moon walk) leaving everyone amazed.
Soon after, Shindong, Tiffany, Sulli, and Krystal continued on with the battle. However, the best dance was saved for last, which featured Super Junior’s quirky cutie, Yesung.
Yesung’s unidentifiable but energetic dance couldn’t be described in words and his antics left everyone in the crowd bursting in laughter.
Watch as Yesung both terrify and amaze at the same time with his unique dance below!
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Boyfriend’s twin brothers Youngmin and Kwangmin met up with MC Yoo Jae Suk for the first time in five years while guesting on KBS’s ‘Happy Together 3‘!
The twins first met the famous MC through SBS’s ‘Truth Game‘ five years ago when they starred on the show as children. Yoo Jae Suk stated, “They were so handsome when they were little, I just knew that I’d see them again. They grew up to be such handsome young men.”
Kim Hyun Joong was also a guest on the show and the boys are also known for being Kim Hyun Joong look-alikes, so they parodied his scenes from KBS’s ‘Boys Over Flowers’ as well as performed a dance cover of his “Break Down” title track.
On the 11th, “Beastly Idols” 2PM met up with the cast of FujiTV’s “Picaru no Teiri”.
The boys opened their segment of the show with some flashy dance moves from their Japanese single “Take off”.
They then showed a sign that showed what all of the men were good at. Taecyeon claims to be good at cooking, Nichkhun is good at piano, Wooyoung is good at soccer, Junho is good at sleeping without moving, Chansung is good at taekwondo and Junsu is good at drawing.
Being in Japan, where food and cooking are very popular, Taecyeon’s answer specifically sparked some interest. When he was in the middle of being asked what he’s good at cooking, former AKB48 member Oshima Mai perked up, “I know! Dduk bok ki!”, which seemed to impress the 2PM members, but not her fellow castmates. Watanabe Naomi called back to her, “Shut up! Why are you talking when we’re the ones asking them?!” The two continued to bicker, before Oshima tried to impress the Korean group and busted out some Korean for “shut up” (shi kuh luh) towards Watanabe.
Next, the host explained that since they’re considered “beasts” they should be able to lift up a princess and take her away. 2PM agreed that they could do that and the host said that he would like to see them try. The cast got excited and many assumed that the tiny and adorable Oshima would be the ‘princess’. However, that was not the case… as the host quickly turned it around and made the chubbier Watanabe the ‘princess’ instead.
2PM got together in a powwow before they headed over to try and lift Watanabe. Being a gentleman, Chansung offered up his jacket to cover Watanabe’s legs so her underwear wouldn’t show, causing her to say “He’s so niiice~”. Junho then attempted to lift her, but failed to lift her and proved he wasn’t “beastly” enough.
Next in line was Chansung, Junho held the jacket this time, shaking it like he was at a rodeo, which caused the host to call out, “This isn’t a bullfight with Nao-tan (Watanabe)!”. In the end, Chansung saved face and lifted Watanabe, proving his “beastly”-ness.
On June 11th, 4MEN appeared as guests on Mnet’s “M Sound Plex” and revealed which idol singers they would like to have as a fourth member.
When asked to choose from the male idols currently promoting in the industry, the trio chose SHINee’s Jonghyun, B2ST’s Yoseob, and “Superstar K2” contestant John Park. As for female idols, solo-artist IU and SNSD’s Taeyeon were chosen.
4MEN also talked about their desire for a bit more public recognition.
They explained, “We’d like for people to recognize our faces more. We once met a fan in the subway but the fan didn’t recognize our faces. It was quite embarrassing.”
The episode was also special in that 4MEN performed their hit from the “Secret Garden” OST, “Here I Am“, live for the first time, as well as a special arrangement of Big Bang’s “Love Song“, which was in response to G-Dragon’s previous cover of “Baby Baby“.
Via tokyohive: NHK’s Music Japan recently aired a special episode dedicated to SNSD!
In addition to video footage tracking the girls from their debut until now, the episode also featured a in-studio interview with the members.
Check out our translations from some of the clips, as well as videos, down below!
=== [On their trainee days:]
Hyoyeon: “Of course, there was singing and dancing, but we also received lessons in acting and foreign languages.”
Jessica: “One thing that was a little difficult was that we couldn’t hang out with our friends a lot, but that was time we invested into ourselves, and it’s thanks to it that we’re the Shoujo Jidai we are today.”
— [On debuting as a nine-member group:]
Hyoyeon: “Nine members… I thought it was a bit much.”
Jessica: “At the time, there weren’t any other groups with as many members as us in Korea, so we thought it was too much. But we each have different personalities and we show different sides when we’re together, so we’re very happy that we can do activities as a nine-membered group now.”
— [On their first time in Japan:]
Tiffany: “We were like, ‘Finally, we’re going!’”
Taeyeon: “It was our dream since before our debut, so we were really happy.”
Yuri: “Even so, we had a lot of anxiety as well. We really wanted to show ourselves naturally, so in order to break the language barrier, we studied before our debut.”
Tiffany: “And so we prepared, Sooyoung-chan~”
Sooyoung: “I felt pressure because I’m able to speak Japanese better than the other members. But once I started to think, ‘I have eight friends who are together, so it’s not really pressure’ and ‘Let’s think of it as going on vacation with members and having fun while working’ – it became really fun. I’m sure everyone felt anxious when our Japanese debut was decided, but now we’re having fun.”
— [On their "Ariake Showcase Live": ]
Taeyeon: “I was really grateful that so many people came to our first live. There’s footage of (people) imitating us, right?”
Sooyoung: “Copy?”
Taeyeon: “People made parody videos, and I could feel that people were taking an interest in us.”
Sooyoung: “I’m sure there are people who know us through the internet, but I think it’s more thanks to our seniors BoA and TVXQ for spreading K-pop. We’ve reaped the rewards from that, so we’re really thankful. We also have to work harder for our juniors.”
— [Phrases You Like - Part 1]
Taeyeon: “‘Don’t do something you will regret…’ – It’s an unfortunate thing to feel regret. It’s the same when you look back on a day, and since starting this line of work I really started to feel this way. But even now, there are things I regret. I try my best while looking at this phrase.
Yuri: “‘Genius can’t win against those that work hard, and hard workers can’t win against those that have fun.’ – I think the most important thing is something you like and can enjoy. I always try to feel happy when I’m singing and dancing on stage. I try to think positively all the time.”
— [Overseas Tour]
Jessica: “I was the most happy when we had our first concert abroad. It was my dream. We started in Seoul, Korea and then moved around for our Asia Tour. It was a valuable experience different from our usual stages. I’m also very excited for our first tour in Japan this time.”
Hyoyeon: “Fans cheer passionately for us no matter where we go. Are there any differences?”
Seohyun: “Language.”
Hyoyeon: “Yeah, language is different.”
Tiffany: “The strange thing is, no matter where we go, the fans do the chants in Korean. So I feel there are more similarities.”
— [Happenings Abroad]
Yoona: “This time, when we came to the airport in Japan, I ended up falling asleep while waiting with the luggage. When I woke up, no one was around. Everyone went outside because they thought I’d gone to the ladies’ room. There are lot of members, so even in Korea, sometimes we lost track of people and left someone behind. But it hadn’t happened in a while.”
Jessica: “It happened a lot when we first debuted.”
Yoona: “It had been a while, so I was really surprised, but I also laughed. I was used to it, so I wasn’t scared. I figured they were outside and there they were.”
Tiffany: “We all thought, ‘Is Yoona in the ladies’ room? If we wait for her, she’ll come.’ We didn’t doubt that and waited for around 15 minutes without realising we’d left her there. It was like ‘Home Alone’.”
— [Phrases You Like - Part 2]
Sunny: “‘Do your best in any moment!’ – I didn’t have a phrase to live by until now, but I thought of this in a hurry just now. If you always do your best, whether it’s while having fun or following your heart, I don’t think you’ll have regrets. I took a little bit from everyone’s. I tried condensing everyone’s.”
Seohyun: “‘The final winner is a good person.’ – Things that you do will come back to you in one way or another. I’ve experienced this a lot. If you do good things, it will always come back to you in the end. I always try to act with this phrase in mind.”
— [2011 Tohoku Earthquake]
Yoona: “The day before the earthquake, we were in Japan, but on the day of, we went to Thailand for a performance. We found out about it in Thailand.”
Taeyeon: “I was worried about the staff in Japan so I contacted them right away. But the call didn’t go through easily, so we weren’t able to confirm their safety immediately. All the members were really surprised and worried.”
Sooyoung: “My mother heard we were holding a concert in Japan and she said, ‘You guys are a group that send messages through songs. Even if it’s foreign songs that are not your own, why don’t you sing songs that can be of some help?’ She gave me advice this way.”
Tiffany: “We will work hard so that we can deliver more happiness. I want to continue singing to express good energy.”
— [Phrases You Like - Part 3]
Tiffany: “‘Today is my day.’ – Even though I’m always doing my best, sometimes, I still get in a bad mood. If I think it’s ‘my day’, I start feeling better, like I’m the protagonist.”
— [Future Dreams]
Tiffany: “(Lives) are where you can meet fans at a short difference and perform, so as long as it’s possible, I want to hold lives in lots of places.”
Yuri: “My goal is to be able to sing on stage with all nine members for a long time.”
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Are TRAX’s Jungmo and CNBlue’s Jung Yonghwa engaged in a head-to-head battle over the heart of SNSD’s Seohyun?
Jungmo appeared as a guest on the June 1st airing of MBC TV’s “Radio Star” and said, “Seohyun is closest to my ideal.”
With that comment, Yonghwa fired with jealousy since SNSD’s Seohyun was his wife as a fake married couple on MBC’s “We Got Married“. He showed his jealousy by recalling his memories of when Seohyun learned guitar from Jungmo, her senior in the same company, during “We Got Married”.
On May 29th, MBLAQ’s Lee Joon guested on MBC’s “Bouquet” with his mother, who’s also a music professor at Myungji University.
Lee Joon confessed, “My mom once told me don’t go around singing.” Jokingly shocked, panelists asked his mother, Son, why she would say something like that to her son, who’s a singer.
Son retorted, “I sometimes forget that he’s a singer!” After a burst of laughter from the panel, she continued to explain that as a professor of music, she felt that he lacked some vocal talent.
Later on in the show, she also revealed childhood photos of Lee Joon, along with a hilarious explanation that although he was smart as a kid, his IQ began to drop into the double digits growing up.
