Super Junior's Japanese Comeback - HERO

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Yea! Super Junior comeback! At least in Japan.  They came out with their first full Japanese Album on July 24th.  The first song released is Hero.  I love the song, especially since Eunhyuk starts off the song rapping in English.  

A few notations regarding the MV: 1 - Kangin slimmed down a lot.  At times it's hard to recognize him.  2 - I'm glad they toned down Ryeowook's purple hair.  It's more white than purple/blue.  (Currently his hair is black since he's in the High School Musical).  3 - Eunhyuk's hair got slighty bright red and he looks skinner.  4 - I don't like Siwon's patterned suit. It's not only on the jacket but shirt and pants as well.

Right now you can't really find the MV easily.  Seems like the Japanese music companies don't want anyone outside of Japan listening to any of "their" music.  Other than Japan's EMI Music, who has a YouTube account, I couldn't find any official site to watch any japanese music videos.  I would think SM Entertainment would be annoyed that they won't promote Super Juniors' Japanese Album outside of Japan.  I would like it on iTunes or Amazon.com like the Korean songs.

I won't upload a video here since someone my trace it back to the account and force them to take it down.  Listen to it, I love the song.  Here's a song list from their album.  If anyone finds the CD or song please let me know, I would love to get it.

 Album Tracklist credit: Renheit0202@KYU0105EUN

Super Junior Hawaii Experience

Eunhyuk on the beach =D
Photo: @sanjinamarie

Super Junior left Hawaii on July 15th. Well, most of them left on the 15th.  Eunhyuk left on the 17th.  For their brief stay in Hawaii they left a very big impression, not only on me, but a lot of K-pop fans who rarely see any big name K-pop idols in Hawaii.

When I heard that they had arrived on the island of Oahu, you can't imagine my excitement. Usually I hear that SMtown travels to New York or California, if they decide to travel to the U.S.  I'm always stunned that I don't hear them stopping over in Hawaii for refueling before continuing on back to Korea.  Why not???

In any case, they had arrived and stayed to do a photo shoot.  Coincidentally it's at the same time as the Korean Festival.  I thought they were going to perform there but sadly no.

During their time here so many fancams were uploaded to show where they were and what they were doing.  In the past, there were photos of them all clothed and if there were glimpses of their chest or bellies peeking from under their shirts fans would go crazy and I have to admit, me too.  But while they were here somehow it didn't seem strange that they were practically half naked on the beach surfing, tanning or relaxing.  I thought it was normal and didn't think anything of it.  All I kept on thinking was "YIKES! Some of them are getting pink.  Why isn't someone telling them to put on sunscreen?"  "Hope someone is giving them Tylenol and aloe to ease the pain if they felt any after being in the sun so long."  Kangin looked super red in one of the skateboarding pics.

Kangin in the orange tank, Ryeowook in the strip shirt.
Photo credit: Mimikim12 @instagram/twitter

My only brief sighting was on a Tuesday.  All the pics of Suju returning to Korea didn't have Eunhyuk in them.  People were saying there was one missing.  Yea! It looked like it was my bias, Eunhyuk.  I had to go down to the hotel to see if I could get a glimpse of Eunhyuk.

After work, Chai, my partner in crime, and I decided to see if he was actually still at the hotel.  I only had 2 hours before I had to be somewhere else.  We had gotten to the hotel and it didn't look like there were any fans hanging around.  We decided to wander back towards the beach and looked around.  Nothing.  Then back to the front of the hotel and hung out there.  We had heard that Eunhyuk was still there and had gone out in a silver car.  As we waited, I kept on looking at the time.  I was getting nervous because I needed to leave already.  Next thing I knew a car pulled up and I glanced at the passengers.  I notice the hair and thought "Is that him?!?"  As he walked by with the Prince Manager and someone else, my brain slowly decided "TAKE A PICTURE!"

Ugh! The delay between pressing the button and the click of the camera was too long.  Someone had walked between Eunhyuk and me as my camera snapped.  Sadly, I only got a bit of Eunhyuk's head in my pic. T_T

They had walked into the hotel and I was going to follow but stopped.  I didn't know if I was going to be too intrusive or not.  We had decided to leave.  Sigh...I would have wanted a picture with him.  In hindsight, I wish I was bolder and had followed and asked for a picture with him or  at least a hug.  Oh well, at least I have a memory of seeing him close up and in person, however briefly.  It was fate that my bias had stayed a day longer, hopefully so I could see him (haha).  I hope he comes back, so I could really get a photo with him.  Kyuhyun too. =)

Eunhyuk on the right, this is what he was wearing when I saw him. =)
Photo: Johann Hedemann Twitter Update

I hope that they had enjoyed their stay here, however, short and hopefully return.  I have high hopes that the rumors would be true and Suju would be coming back to Hawaii.  

Super Juniors in Hawaii!

Photo copyrighted by: JosephLibby.com

AHHHH! Can I get anymore excited?!?  Super Junior is here on Oahu!  First Daniel Henney comes to Hawaii in 2012 for HIFF and I get to meet him. Now, miracles of all miracles, Super Junior DongHae and Siwon are on Oahu.

Well, at first it seems like it's only DongHae and Siwon.  But looking at the photo above, it looks like Shindong (in yellow) and Sungmin (see below) is here too.

Korean Drama Hawaii's Facebook stated that they are here for a photo shoot.  Kyuhyun, Eunhyuk  and Ryeowook will be arriving on Oahu either Friday or this coming weekend. Hopefully, visit the Korean Festival while they are here.

I don't know how long they will be here but hopefully long enough for me to catch a glimpse of them. =)

Enjoy the Hawaii sun boys.

Donghae and Sungmin (standing), Kangin (possibly laying down)
 Photo: SUP3JUNIOR.WORDPRESS.COM

UPDATE: Here's more pics of Suju. ;)

Siwon, Kyuhyun, Kangin and Sungmin
Photo credit: SUP3JUNIOR.WORDPRESS.COM

http://onehallyu.com/

Siwon, Sungmin and Kyuhyun
Photo credit: Hans Hedermann Surf's Instagram

Super Junior Cruising in Hawaii!

Green Tea will probably have more to add to this, she's so extremely excited, but tweets from members themselves and confirmed by local sources show that members of the K-Pop group, Super Junior, are here in Hawaii!


Donghae uploaded a video to YouTube, which was also uploaded by SM Entertainment on July 11th.

Siwon also tweeted a photo of the view of the sunset from Waikiki Beach and tweeted the morning of July 11th that he was enjoying an espresso from one of the two major coffee companies on Oahu, Honolulu Coffee Company. We couldn't tell which one, but we know all of the Honolulu Companies are in Downtown or Waikiki.

 

What they are in town for, one can only assume that it's for the Korean Festival happening this weekend at Kapiolani Park! UPDATE: They are in town for a photo shoot. =)

A big welcome and aloha to SuJu! Welcome to our lovely state!

Sources: SM Entertainment and Choi Siwon's Twitter

Super Junior in Brazil!

Photo Source: @AllRiseSilver Twitter Account

Hey, SJ fans in Brazil! Wow, you're so lucky.

Super Junior is in Brazil as part of their Super Show 5 World Tour.  It took them 20 hours from Korea to Brazil.  When they first arrived there, they attended a charity event.  They had donated 2,000 shirt to friends in need.

They will be holding 5 shows in 4 South American countries (Sao Paulo on April 21, Buenos Aires on April 23, Santiago on April 25 and Lima on April 27).

If you haven't gotten your tickets yet, well, it's too late.  I'm guessing it's all sold out.  Hopefully you can spot them around your area.  They seem to be out and about when they had some free time.

Here's more pics from their twitter account:

Photo Source: @AllRiseSilver Twitter Account

Photo Source: @donghae861015 Twitter Account

Photo Source: @ryeong9 Twitter Account

Source: Super Junior Facebook

SHINee's Dream Girl cover by "The Managers"

I thought this was funny that SMTown had put this video out.  The first time I saw this, I couldn't stop laughing.  The managers of SHINee, Super Junior, f(x), SNSD and EXO danced to SHINee's Dream Girl.

The managers are:
SHINee's - in the red and black jacket
Super Junior's - in the white jacket
EXO's - in the black jacket and knit cap
SNSD's - in black pants and shirt with "I Trust" on it
f(x)'s - in black pants with red strip.

They look young for managers of these popular groups. They were pretty good considering that they are not performers but managers. They did keep some of the choreography simple when they got to their solo parts.  Dancing with the mops instead of mic stands was funny.

SJ's manager is cute and a pretty good dancer.  He kept to Minho's part well.

EXO's manager is kind of funny performing Taemin's part.  He did some parts but he probably knows that he can't dance like Taemin, so he made a lot of the movements up.

I would have loved to hear what the groups said about their managers' performance.

Source: SMTown Youtube

Super Junior's Weibo and K-Pop Smartphone App

***Update***

If you're joining the Weibo, here's Donghae's ID too add:  Donghai1015

I'm guessing it' like a Twitter account.

I'm a bit late on these news but if you haven't heard:

To all ELF, Super Junior fans!  This is from SMTown's Facebook page.  Super Juniors has an official Weibo, where you can get the latest news about them.  I thought you can only get on if you're in Korea but I guess not, now.  Korea is so good at promoting their Kpop and KDramas.  I wish Japan would be good with promoting their Jpop too.

My laptop will translate the registration into English, hope yours will too.  I didn't join yet, but will.

Here's the site: Super Junior's Weibo

One more app news. Google's Genie K-pop App.

This is a global version app for the smart phone.  This will let you listen to the full K-pop song tracks for free before you purchase it.  Unlike Tunes, where you will only hear a minute of the song.  You can also download images and videos at a price.  SMTown is promoting this and will have their SM artists on Genie.  It's available in Google Play.  I think you can install for free but only purchase the song(s) at a price.  They say it's reasonable.

Here's the site where you can read the full description of the app: Google Play Store

Let me know if you joined SJ's Weibo and/or installed the Kpop Genie app.  Tell me how you like it.

Photos: SMTown Facebook and asianfanfics

Super Junior Coming Out With "Break Down"

Super Junior M Teaser Photo

ELF's all over are rejoicing in this new project coming out featuring Super Junior M with the release of their newest album, "Break Down", on January 7th.

It is said that they initially plan on releasing the album through Asian music sights in China and Korea. And it sounds like they will take it from there as far as where to release it next due to popularity.

Get ready and hit up those music spots when it come avaialable!

Source AllKpop

Video Credit to SM Entertainment.

Hong Ki's Festive Nail Art

Long-time buddies Lee Hong Ki of FT Island and Heechul of Super Junior got couple nail designs to celebrate the upcoming holiday. Hong Ki loves to decorate his nails. He loves to go to nail salons period. It stuck with him ever since FT Island released their song, "Hello Hello". If you ever watch that video, he uses his hands a lot during the chorus. He's often said in interviews that his hands become the focal point when he's on stage.

Photo courtesy Lee Hong Ki's Twitter

Going along the same lines(I know that Green Tea will be interested too), I thought it would be kinda cool to post a couple of videos on nail art design.

Happy holidays and happy decorating!

Santa's Coat Nail Art Theme

Glitter Snowflakes and Snowmen Theme

(Videos courtesy of "Lenysea". She has a bunch of other videos on nail art, check those out along with videos from "IHaveACupcake" as well.)

MAMA 2012 Results

Here's a list of last nights winners. Congratulations to all winners and nominees!


Best Female Rookie : Ailee

Best Solo Dance: PSY

Best Male Group: Bigbang

Best Female Group: Sistar

Best Asian Awards: Wang Lee Hom
AKB48 (Japan)
Agnes (Indonesia)
Sarah Geronimo (Philippines)
My Tam (Vietnam)
Taufik Batisah (Singapore)
Li Yuchun (China)

MNET PD's Choice: B.A.P

Best Collaboration: Trouble Maker

Best Male Dance: SHINee

Best Female Dance: f(x)

Best Vocal Performance Solo: K.Will

Best Vocal Performance Group: Davichi

International Favorite Artist: PSY

Best OST : Eunji & Seo In Guk "All for You"

Best Band Performance: Busker Busker

Best Male Rookie: Busker Busker

Best Female Solo: IU

Best Music Video: PSY "Gangnam Style"

New Asian Artist: EXO
New Asian Artist (Thailand): Natthew
New Asian Artist (China): TimeZ

Style In Music: Gain

TVB's Choice Award: Joy Yuen

Guardian Angel/ Worldwide Performer: Bigbang

Best Rap Performance: Epik High

Best Male Artist: GD

2012 MAMA LINE Award: Super Junior

Best Global Group Female: Kara

Best Global Group Male: Super Junior

International Artist Award: B.o.B

Artist of the Year: Bigbang

Album of the Year: Super Junior "SFS"

Song of the Year: PSY "Gangnam Style"











Source: hallyu8.com

Calling All K-Pop Fans for MAMAs!

The voting for the 2012 MAMAs (Mnet Asian Music Awards) are still going. This is one of the biggest music events of the year!

Go and vote for your favorite artists! Especially these below!

If you're an FT Island fan, vote for them in the "Best Band" category and "Song of the Year" category.

If you're a CNBlue fan, please vote for them in the "Best Global Group- Male" category.

If you're an f(x) fan, vote for them in the "Best Global Group- Female" and "Best Dance Group- Female" categories.

Super Junior is also up for "Best Dance Group- Male" and "Artist of the Year"!

Go and vote! Let them know you love them by supporting them!

http://mama.interest.me/visite?s=1352106514736

Voting ends midnight on 11/28/12. Go and vote!

~Chai

2012 MAMA voting Update

Is everyone voting??

Well, I must have been blind.  My previous post says that voting ends November 22nd.  It's actually November 28th, midnight.

Are your favorites in the running?  So far I have most of my favorite groups winning.  Super Junior leading in Best Male Dance Group and Song of the Year.  Shinhwa leading in Best Male Group and Artist of the Year. TVXQ leading in Best Global Group.  FTIsland leading in Best Band (Chai should be happy).

Also, are you a pretty girl?  MAMA is having an event for only who think they are pretty (very subjective, I think).  You need to sit in front of the computer and sing B.O.B and Bruno Mars' song Nothing on You.  Winner's video will be broadcasted on the live show and will win a signed CD and TShirt of a Super K-Pop Star.  Comb your hair and put on a pretty blouse and belt it out.  You may win.  Event Ends on November 24th.  Here's the site for more details: Beautiful Girl Singing Contest

Don't forget to vote for the MAMAs: 2012 MAMA voting

VOTE VOTE VOTE!!!

Super Junior Wins Triple Crown in Japan's Oricon

WooHoo! From SMTown's Facebook, Super Junior won a triple crown on the Oricon's weekly chart in Japan.

"‘SUPER JUNIOR WORLD TOUR SUPER SHOW4 LIVE in JAPAN,‘ released as DVD and Blu-ray Disc in Japan on October 31st, ranked at 1st on both daily and weekly DVD charts, DVD music chart and Blu-ray Disc chart of Oricon.

Especially, by standing atop in 3 categories including weekly DVD chart, DVD music chart and Blu-ray Disc chart of Oricon, Super Junior proved their high popularity and influence in Japan once again.

The DVD and Blu-ray Disc contain two concerts from ‘SUPER JUNIOR WORLD TOUR “SUPER SHOW4”’, which were held at Kyocera Dome Osaka in December and Tokyo Dome in May."

Good going boys!  So proud of you.

Source: SMTown Facebook

SMTown's I AM, the movie

A little late but I just saw I AM, the movie from SM Entertainment at the HIFF.  Go and see it, if....

If one of your favorite idol group is either Super Junior, SHINee, TVXQ, Girls Generation, f(x), Kanta or BOA and you have never gone to any of their concerts.  Actually, you should see it on the big screen if you haven't seen their concerts.  It shows some of their concert performances of their popular songs and it is like being at their concert. Plus, you get up close shots of their performances.  It helps if you sit a little back and you have a bunch of fans in the first six or seven rows screaming when the group performs on stage.  It's like being in the front row at a real concert.  It felt amazing.

If you're a fan of any of those groups, then you should see this movie. You get to see their pre-debut days and how they auditioned and practiced.  They were so young, normally around 14-15 yrs old.  They are interviewed and they explained how they felt auditioning, performing and practicing.  There were times I got all teary eyed because of how hard they practiced and how much they love their families and the sacrifices they made.

If you're into Kpop, then you should see this movie.  I would think in any of the Korean groups or idols in any of the companies feel the same way,auditioning and practicing in a similar fashion.  Watching them and listening to them is a little heartbreaking.  It really made me appreciate all the hard work they have done.

One thing I felt sad about was Kangta and Boa.  When they appeared on screen, there weren't any screaming fans in the theatre for them.  They were popular back in the day.  I discovered H.O.T. just last year, so I pretty much knew about Kanta.  I knew of BOA just because she's in the SM company and I recognized the name.  I hope the fans went home to look up Kanta.  I believe H.O.T. was the reason why Kpop groups continued on until today.

I would love to go and see the movie again.  The DVD and Blu-ray box set was released on Oct 3rd. I think it's a set I would love to own and if you're a fan you would too.

Source: SHINee Forum International
Photo: Korean Updates

Super Junior nominated for MTV's 2012 EMA

Congrats to Super Junior! 

EMA is Europe Music Awards.  It will be broadcasted on November 11, 2012 in Frankfurt, Germany.

They were nominated under the category "Best Asian Act" along with EXILE from Japan, Hangeng from China, Yuna from Malaysia and Jolin Tsai from Taiwan.

Hangeng was a former Super Junior member who left SM Entertainment, citing mistreatment from the company.

The winner of the Best Asian Act will represent Asia in the Best Worldwide Act.  In last year's show, BigBang was the first Act that won the Best Worldwide Act.

You can vote for your favorite nominees from now through November 9th.

Click HERE for the voting page.

There's a whole bunch of other categories but you know I'm going to vote for Super Junior.

Let's have Super Junior win!  woohoo!  Hwaiting!!

Source: MTV Europe Music Awards
Photo: The Jakarta Post

H.O.T. - debuted 16 years ago

After my first post on H.O.T., I didn't realize that it's been 16 years since their debut, Sept 7, 1996.  A fan had sent Jang Woo Hyuk an anniversary cake celebrating their debut.

The boy band is considered the forerunners of the Korean idol groups.  They were created by the chairman of SM Entertainment.

Members "Sexy Guy" Kangta was the first member and the leader.  "Radiant" Moon Hee Jun was the second member to join and he also had his friend "Shy Guy" Lee Jae Won to audition and then became the third member.  "Wild Guy" Woo Hyuk became the fourth member of HOT after he won a dance contest.  "Mood Guy" Tony An auditioned in LA along with Andy Lee and won the fifth spot.  Andy Lee later became a member of Shinwha.

There's talk of a reunion since last year, since the final member completed his military duty . It would be really nice to see them together.  I don't know if it will come true since there were issues between the company and the members when they disbanded after 5 years.

In any case, in celebration of their debut, here's Full of Happiness, just because Super Junior did a remake of this song.  We are the Future was considered one of their best songs.  My favorite song is Candy.

I don't own this video. Credit: mutjinnamja88 from SM Entertainment.  Sorry for the quality. =/

Photo Source: Allkpop

Super Junior's Goodbye Stage

Waaahhh!  =(

This week is Super Junior's Goodbye stage, ending their Sexy, Free and Single and SPY promotions.  The SPY promotions was too short.  I like the SPY song and their suits in the live performances.

What I feel sad about was, I didn't hear anything about them winning on any of the music shows for their Sexy, Free and Single or SPY.  I think when their SPY promotion started, Psy's Gangnam Style exploded all over the world.  He started winning on the music shows.

I think LeeTeuk would have wanted one last win before he goes into the army.  That would have been nice for him.  He should be enlisting soon. =(

I also heard that SJ-M and KRY will start their activities.

Suju Hwaiting!

Here's their goodbye stage on M Countdown.  At the beginning, you see a little glimpse of HongKi (the new MC on M Countdown).

I do not own this video. Credit: Choco Sherrie

SHINee's Dazzling Girl, Part 2

The fourth teaser photo is up, and it's  Jonghyun. Click here to see his photo.

Hmmm...I don't know about the chains and feathers.  He still looks good.

So far, I'm liking this series of teaser photos better than the Sherlock photos.  For my personal taste, I prefer the short hairstyle that they have.  I didn't like the long hair that Key and Taemin had for the Lucifer and Sherlock comebacks.  They did look good in it and I have gotten use to it but I didn't like it.

I think some idols need to be careful about having long hair.  Taemin has a pretty face and will look like a girl with long hair.  So does Key.  And Heechul, from Super Junior.  He did actually look like a pretty girl when he had long hair during the U comeback.

I can't wait for the last photo, Onew, and the song.

What do you think of the photos so far?

Photo source: Shinee Japan

Super Junior's From U and SPY

Woohoo! Another new song from SuJu.  I didn't over play From U and Sexy, Free and Single, yet, and now a new song, SPY.

Even though their comeback song is Sexy, Free and Single, From U is my favorite of the two.  Actually, I like From U, not only because SuJu is dedicating the song to ELF, their fans, but mainly because of Eunhyuk.  Yes, he's my bias.

I love watching their live performances of From U.  I love watching him dance.  As much as I try to look at the other members, my eyes always drift to him and I don't realize I'm watching him again.  I'm glad they got rid of his platinum blonde hair and swept his bangs out of his eyes.  Sometimes I wish there's a fancam that focused only on Eunhyuk dancing in From U.  I get so irritated when the camera cuts from him.  Don't get me wrong, the others should get their camera time but still...

I'm also happy that KRY are the main singers.  I like them.  I like the evil maknae and the goofy Yeseung, as well as Wookie.  I'm glad they formed a sub-group.  I like the way they sing.

So now, after watching their MV for SPY then watching their live performance.  I'm liking this song.  I like that they are in tuxes,  they look so good in them.  And I'm so glad Leetuek changed his hair style from the MV to the live performance.  Ugh! That split hair was just so wrong.  I'm also happy that most of them went back to their darker hair color.  I think platinum blonde are so wrong for Asians.  But I got to say, when Eunhyuk was platinum blonde, it was so easy finding him in their performances.

I hear people complaining that their video is not as flashy as the other SM artists.  That they didn't have a story line or anything.  That SM are not taking care of Suju as much as EXO or the other new groups.  Well, I don't need it.  I think sometimes it gets in the way of the song, especially if it gets too complicated.  Plus they are a dance group.  I want to see them dance.  I always wait for their dance only version of their songs.  I hope it comes out soon.

For now, here's their SPY MV from SMTown's YouTube.  I do not own this video.  Enjoy. ~gt

Siwon Shows Support For Nichkhun

In a tweet today, Siwon Choi of Super Junior, tweeted a friendly message of support. He asked that the public be understanding of Nichkhun and give him space to reflect upon his actions. This came up after volley upon volley of criticism and rebuke had been thrown at Nichkhun following his DUI (driving under the influence) accident involving a motorcyclist a couple of days ago.

"A few days ago korean idol group 2PM member Nichkhun was involved in a traffic accident while drinking and driving which is an absolutely illegal action. To this point Nickhun should regret and refrain from committing such actions ever again. I believe he is examining himself more because of this accident. Nickhun is a symbol of the Thai dream of success and has significance for both Korea and Thailand . Let us give him time to reflect from which he will emerge a better and reborn person. Thank you." 

I hope the public remembers that idols are humans too and that they make mistakes. Luckily, this time around, the accident wasn't fatal.

If you own a drivers license, chances are that you've been in a situation where you almost hit someone. Think back to that time. And imagine that feeling multiplied a hundredfold. Not a great feeling is it? Let's follow Siwon's lead and give Nichkhun time to reflect.