[120204]Massive fan turnout for Girls’ Generation’s Best Buy event results in store shutdown
Girls’ Generation have once again proven their popularity, this time by shutting down an entire store because of their U.S. fan meeting.
The fan meeting, which was held at Best Buy in NYC’s Union Square on February 2nd, drew around 1,300 fans, causing the surrounding area to fall into confusion. The crowd was so huge that the NYPD were called in and concerns for safety resulted in the store getting shut down.
According to the group’s agency, SM Entertainment, a Best Buy official was quoted as saying, “This is the first time we had to shut down the store for safety reasons since Lady Gaga“.
In related news, Girls’ Generation made their U.S. network TV debut through performances on ‘The Late Show with David Letterman‘ and ‘Live! With Kelly‘. The girl group will continue their American promotional blitz with a ‘meet and greet’ event, held with promoters, broadcasters, and famous DJs.
Source: Allkpop
[120204]Yoona Exposes Sunny’s Temper on ‘Girls’ Generation and Dangerous Boys’
During a recent recording for jTBC’s “Girls’ Generation and Dangerous Boys”, roughhousing between Kim Hwehoon and Park Kyunggyu eventually became a quarrel, leading to a court trial to solve the dispute. On that day, Yoona served as a witness and stated, “I’m usually really playful, but because of this, I get into trouble with my members.” She then revealed an incident in a waiting room at a music program.
Yoona explained, “All of the members were tired and sleeping in the waiting room when I started talking to them with a voice full of aegyo(cuteness). At that moment, Sunny unnie threatened, ‘I’m going to push you down from the stairs.’” Sunny was taken aback by Yoona’s statement and said that Yuri also got mad. However, it was said that Yuri denied this by saying, “I don’t remember,” making Sunny feel even more awkward.
This episode of “Girls’ Generation and Dangerous Boys” is scheduled to air on February 5th at 7:30PM KST.
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120203 Girls’ Generation spotted at an NYC nightclub
Looks like Girls’ Generation took some time to let loose in New York City after performing on bothLate Show with David Letterman and LIVE! With Kelly.
A video was recently posted on Youtube with the title, ‘Girls’ Generation at a club in New York‘, where the 9 members Taeyeon, Yoona, Jessica, Sooyoung, Yuri, Tiffany, Sunny, Seohyun, andHyoyeon were spotted at a local club in Manhattan.
After the girls were introduced by the house DJ, they began casually swaying their hips to the music. Hyoyeon who is known to be one of the main dancers of the group was especially lively in the video, dancing with her hands in the air.
Netizens who saw the video remarked, “Girls’ Generation looked pretty in NYC“, “Hyoyeon looks excited to be at a club“, “Why didn’t the other girls dance more with her?”, and more.
Source: Allkpop
[120203]Sunny Featured in Brown Eyed Girls’ Miryo’s ‘사랑해 사랑해’ (‘I Love You I Love You’)
On January 27th, Girls’ Generation’s Sunny made a surprise appearance in a teaser released for Brown Eyed Girls’ Miryo’s first solo album. Miryo’s mini-album has recently been unveiled, and contains a song featuring Sunny, entitled “사랑해 사랑해” (“I Love You I Love You”). The song is a powerful collaboration, in which Sunny adds her smooth vocals as a contrast to Miryo’s fierce rap.
Jae Ik Cho, music business director of Nega Network (music label for Brown Eyed Girls), took the time to thank and compliment Sunny through his Twitter account for her contribution to the song. His message read: “Oh and my sincere thanks to Sunny, who managed to find the time to practice the song to perfection despite her international promotions, shocking the composer by knowing exactly the type of emotion that the song needed~^^ As expected of Girls’ Generation!!”
Source: MelOn, J_COOOL@twitter.com
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[120203]Viewers Praise Jessica’s Acting Skills in ‘Wild Romance’
Girls’ Generation’s Jessica is making headlines with her acting skills in the weekly drama “Wild Romance”.
Jessica plays the role of Kang Jonghee, the unforgettable ex-girlfriend of Park Moo Yul, who is played by Lee Dongwook.
On the tenth episode of the drama, Jonghee was revealed to have a serious case of bipolar disorder, which caused her to leave Park Moo Yul in the past. While they were able to rekindle their relationship, disaster struck as Moo Yul’s stalker began attacking Jonghee. Upon witnessing a terrible event, Jonghee began to have a seizure. Despite Moo Yul’s efforts to calm Jonghee down, her condition continued to deteriorate from simple shivers to not being able to breathe. She even attempted to physically harm herself, which greatly upset Moo Yul.
In earlier episodes, Jessica’s acting had become a hot topic among viewers for her romantic kiss scene with Lee Dongwook. However, the latest episode allowed Jessica to show off her impressive acting skills by portraying a darker side to her character. Many viewers were enthralled with Jessica’s acting, saying that, “Jessica’s acting proves she worked hard,” and, “I felt bad for Jonghee who is suffering from bipolar disorder.”
Source: Sports Chosun
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[120203]Sunny Proudly Wins the Title of ‘National Soonkyu’ on ‘Invincible Youth 2′
During the latest recording of “Invincible Youth 2″, the idols of G8 became grandchildren for the local village’s elderly members. In this episode, Girls’ Generation’s Sunny and SiSTAR’s Bora became partners, and cooked for one of the grandmothers of the village.
At their first meeting, Sunny introduced herself by asking the grandmother to choose between calling her “Sunny” or “Soonkyu”. The moment Sunny finished her sentence, the grandmother yelled out “Soonkyu!”, showing that Sunny’s reputation from the “Invincible Youth”‘s first season has carried over. In fact, the other elderly members of the village have been calling Sunny “Soonkyu” since the start of the program.
This episode of “Invincible Youth 2″ will be aired this Saturday, February 4th.
Source: KBS Office
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120202 Sisters Jessica & Krystal prove they were blessed with good genes
An old photo of Girls’ Generation member Jessica and f(x)‘s Krystal has surfaced online.
The above photo was recently posted on an online community site with the caption, ‘A photo of the Jung sisters when they were younger.”
Their adorable and innocent image in the photo drew smiles from fans everywhere, as it is 180 degrees different from their current chic stage personas. Fans also took notice of how mature Jessica looked with her long straight hair, and how both girls were gifted with good genes, being natural beauties since they were young.
Envious netizens remarked, “Such good genes“, “Both beautiful since they were young“, and more.
Source: Allkpop
120202 Jessica’s upcoming kiss scene preview in ‘Wild Romance’
Girls’ Generation‘s ‘ice princess’, Jessica, is seen making out with Lee Dong Wook, in the latest released preview of ‘Wild Romance‘!
On February 1st, the release of preview for episode 10, has caused quite a stir amongst Girls’ Generation fans as Jessica and Lee Dong Wook are seen in the midst of a passionate lip-lock.
The KBS drama has been receiving positive reviews with a great story line, and the actors’ excellent performances, and will be sure to see their viewer ratings peak with this preview!
Source: Allkpop
[120204]Yoona confesses, “Sunny threatened to push me down the stairs!”
Girls’ Generation member Yoona spoke out about an incident where Sunny threatened to hurt her after a playful tease went overboard.
During the recent recording of JTBC’s ‘SNSD and the Dangerous Boys’, the Girls’ Generation members and the boys took to court the incident where an argument broke out in the boys’ dorm involving Kim Hwehoon and Park Kyungkyu. Yoona, who was also present at this hearing, unexpectedly revealed incidents that had happened within their group in order to support the boys’ case.
Yoona confessed to have gotten into trouble with some of her group members due to her playfulness and pranks going overboard by adding, “I have also been punished due to my prank on the members.”.
She spoke out about this one incident where they were all in the waiting room at a music program and because they were all tired most of the members had fallen asleep. But Yoona, being the playful type that she is, picked the wrong time to start throwing her aegyo to her unnies, and after a while when she didn’t stop, Yoona finally hit Sunny’s last nerve. Sunny had then exploded at Yoona threatening her that she will ‘seriously push her down the stairs’.
Surprised at Yoona’s sudden confession, Sunny rebutted that she wasn’t the only one, and spoke out that Yuri had also gotten angry at Yoona and was saying bad things that time as well. Hearing this, Yuri pretended she didn’t know anything which made Sunny lost for words in a difficult position.
Yoona also revealed that, although Seohyun doesn’t play any pranks on the other members, she does tend to say things straight to your face. For example, when the members go eat fast food, Seohyun would tell them, “If you eat a lot of fast food, you’re going to die”.
The court trial about the playful argument between Kim Hwehoon and Park Kyungkyu, and Yoona’s confession about Girls’ Generation members will all be revealed on February 5th at 7.30pm on JTBC’s ‘SNSD and the Dangerous Boys’.
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[120204]Girls’ Generation spent meaningful time with fans at Union Square, New York
At 7pm (New York local time) on February 2nd, Girls’ Generation’s 1st fan signing event in America took place at a record store within ‘Best Buy’ at Union Square, New York. About 1300 fans flocked to the venue to participate in the event.
To catch a glimpse of the girls, fans started to form a queue since the early morning and for the sake of the fans’ safety, New York’s police officers came to the venue to make sure everything was in order. In addition to that, ‘Best Buy’ halted all sales operations for safety reason.
A staff of ‘Best Buy’ said, “To this day, many fan signing events took place here but this is the first time since Lady Gaga’s event that we had to stop all sales activities for the safety of the fans”.
During the event which took place for about 1 hour and 30 minutes, Girls’ Generation greeted and shook hands with the American fans as well as spending some meaningful time by interacting with the fans directly.
Meawhile, for this promotional activities in United States, Girls’ Generation have appeared on main American TV channels such as CBS, ABC and NBC as well as interviews with various American media as well as ‘Meet and Greet’ sessions with influential club and radio DJs, broadcasting officials, promoters, etc. Girls’ Generation concluded all their American promotion schedules with the fan signing event which took place in ‘Best Buy’ outlet at Union Square, New York.
Credit: tvreport.co.kr/fanwonder.com
[120203]Universal Music Malaysia and KNUKEast present ‘Universal K-pop Crazy Party’ in Kuala Lumpur!
Come this February 11th, Universal Music Malaysia and KNUKEast will present the first K-pop fan-gathering of the year ‘Universal K-pop Crazy Party’ from 3pm onwards at Bentley Music Auditorium in Mutiara Damansara. This invite-only event will consist of various activities including competitions for fans such as K-pop Artist Impersonations, K-pop Cover Dance Competition, Quiz and Fun-Games session, Best Dressed Awards and a lucky draw with chances to win a trip to Super Junior’s sold-out Super Show 4 in Singapore or Beast’s Beautiful Show and other cash prizes, as well as autographed artist merchandise. There will also be a video booth and signing booth for fans to leave personal messages to their stars of choice. Fan-clubs are also invited to submit their impersonator candidates to add cheer to the event.
The event will be highlighting new and current K-pop stars under the Universal Music label, including artists from CUBE Entertainment (Beast, 4Minute, G.Na, Troublemaker), SM Entertainment (TVXQ, Super Junior, Girls Generation, f(x)) and JYP (2AM, Wonder Girls, MBlaq) and many more.
The main event headlining the event will be the Universal K-pop Crazy Party Cover Dance Competition, open to groups of two to nine after purchasing one of the Universal K-pop Artist albums, Super Junior’s ‘Mr. Simple’, Girls’ Generation’s ‘The Boys’ and Troublemaker’s Mini EP or selected caller ringtones. Ten groups will be selected to choose a song from a selected list of songs to be in the running to win cash prizes and a Universal Music hamper.
On the day itself, there will also be booths selling K-pop artists merchandise, including calendars, diaries and more, as well as albums and food booths from local Korean restaurants.
First 200 caller ringtones downloaders from each of the three telcos (Maxis, Celcom and Digi) will receive an invite via SMS and automatically be in the running to win the tickets to the concerts. Fans can also purchase Super Junior’s ‘Mr. Simple’ album, Girls’ Generation’s ‘The Boys’ album or HyunA & JS’s ‘Troublemaker’ Mini EP album to receive invites to the party.
For information on the event, check out Universal Music’s website (www.universalmusic.com.my), Facebook page or call them at 03-79587433 (ext 102/504).
First 10 readers to mention @fanwonderdotcom on Twitter with hash tag #fwgiveaway win passes to this invite-only event!
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[120203]Sunny crowned ‘National SoonKyu’ on Invincible Youth 2!
Girls’ Generation’s Sunny has become ‘National SoonKyu’.
On the recent episode of KBS’s ‘Invincible Youth 2′, every member of G8 visited grandmothers in Daebu Island and became their granddaughters for a day.
On this day, Sunny, along with Bora, visited a grandmother, who wasn’t feeling well and they helped to prepare a meal before eating together to have some meaningful time.
When they first met the grandmother, they introduced themselves after telling the grandmother that they have come to be granddaughters. Also, by chance, Bora had the same name as the grandmother’s real granddaughter.
As soon as Sunny asked the grandmother, “Do you prefer to call me Sunny or SoonKyu?”, the grandmother answered “SoonKyu”. Sunny then stated, “No doubt I am SoonKyu.”
It was also said that all the elders were very fond of the familiar name ‘SoonKyu’ during the recording of ‘Invincible Youth 2′. Even during the entrance ceremony to the village, most elders were busy calling Sunny by the name ‘SoonKyu’.
Credit: mydaily.co.kr/fanwonder.com
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[120203]Sunny surprises Dynamic Duo’s GaeKo with a birthday cake!
Using her own money, Sunny prepared a birthday party for Dynamic Duo’s GaeKo.
On the recent recording of JTBC’s ‘SNSD and the Dangerous Boys’, Sunny arranged a meeting between her mentee, Kim Sunghwan and his role model, Dynamic Duo, and it happened to be Dynamic Duo’s GaeKo’s birthday.
Leaving for a while during the recording and returning with a cake, Sunny surprised GaeKo. When she revealed that she bought the cake with her own money for him, GaeKo seemed to be very touched.
GaeKo expressed his happiness by saying, “Today is a day to remember. Girls’ Generation’s Sunny used her own money to buy me a cake!”
GaeKo later tweeted, “Girls’Generation’s Sunny bought me a cake with her own money!”. However, he then expressed his concern for his wife by adding, “But SooMi doesn’t know about this.”
On this day, Dynamic Duo taught Kim Sunghwan, who dreams to be a rapper, the correct attitude to have to be a rapper, the types of music he should listen to and many other meaningful advice as a mentor for the day so this was a very memorable day for Kim Sunghwan.
Credit: etoday.co.kr/fanwonder.com
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[1202023]Brian is proud of Girls’ Generation’s American debut
Singer Brian Joo expressed his support for Girls’ Generation’s successful American debut saying how proud he was of the girls.
On February 2nd, Brian, who recently released a new album ‘Reborn – Part 1’, told Enews, “I called Tiffany who is currently in America and told her how proud I was of them, and cheered them on a lot.”
Brian used to be an artist within the same company as the girls, SM Entertainment. He still keeps in contact with the girls and maintains a close relationship with them, giving them words of encouragement and advice.
Girls’ Generation, who recently released an album in the US, appeared and performed on CBS’s ‘Late Show with David Letterman’ and ABC’s ‘Live! with Kelly’, also holding an interview with one of America’s main newspapers. Brian said during the interview, “I told Tiffany that I wanted to join them and also perform in the US. She told me that I had plenty of potential to do so also.”
He continued saying, “In the era when I debuted, I couldn’t even imagine of advancing overseas, especially in America; it would be something that you would never even think of. I’m glad that Korean entertainment industries have developed so much.”
“When I grew up in the US, I experienced a lot of racism. And when Americans saw Asians, they only thought of Japan and China. They didn’t even know the country of South Korea. So I’m glad that through Girls’ Generation and through K-Pop, Korea is able to finally grab the attention of people worldwide.”
He finished off saying, “After actively promoting in Korea, I plan on promoting over in the US also. Please look forward it.”
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[120203][Interview] Girls’ Generation, “We want to go on a world tour!”
“Were we intimidated by the audience?” (Tiffany)
“Not at all! We enjoyed the stage.”
It was just as expected from Korea’s top girl group Girls’ Generation, as they appeared one after another on main American talk shows. On January 31st, the girls appeared on CBS’s show ‘Late Show with David Letterman’ showing a strong and synchronized performance, and then appeared on ‘Live! with Kelly’ the next morning on February 1st grabbing the attention of viewers across America. Of course, wherever Girls’ Generation went, a crowd of fans also followed. After their recording at ABC, Joongang Daily met up with Girls’ Generation at their hotel.
It is the first time that a Korean artist appeared on all three main broadcasts, how do you feel?
Tiffany: I guess since I grew up in America being told that we would be appearing on these shows made me cry.
Weren’t you nervous?
Sooyoung: Because it was a live performance we felt a little bit of pressure. And on top of that it was David Letterman Show’s 30th anniversary so that just made it even more nerve wrecking.
Tiffany: During the rehearsals we were all jetlagged, but once the camera started rolling, we all screaming and just enjoying ourselves.
Taeyeon: It was the first time that we had performed this song with a live band, so it was very exciting for all of us. If another opportunity arises, we wish to perform with the live band again.
What kind of conversation did you share with David Letterman?
Jessica: Mr. Letterman shook our hands and told us that our performance was ‘absolutely fantastic’. We were all happy after hearing that.
How was the talk show with Kelly Ripa?
Seohyun: It was fun when we were teaching Kelly one of our dance moves. We all enjoyed ourselves. And a lot of our fans were also in the crowd, so it really gave us strength when we heard them singing along and cheering us on.
The audiences’ reaction was very hot.
Tiffany: We were only able to get this far due to our loyal and passionate fans. Wherever we go, they were always with us giving us strength. But we were really surprised to hear our fans cheering from inside the American TV studios.
Last year you performed at Madison Square Garden and now three main broadcasting stations. What is your next goal?
Yuri: We want to start an American tour, and dreaming a bit bigger, our big hope is to also do a world tour.
Taeyeon: We travel a lot overseas for our solo concert as well as other performances so there is one little thing that I wish to accomplish. And that is going on a world tour in our own private plane. (laughs)
In order to increase your activities in the US, wouldn’t you need to study more English?
Tiffany: We are studying hard in order to do our interviews all in English. There are a few members that are especially good at learning languages, such as Sooyoung and Seohyun.
Sooyoung: Thank you! (smiles)
Do you have plans on releasing an English album?
Tiffany: We do have plans on releasing an American album around spring or summer. Please look forward to its release.
Having nine members and having to always be around each other, do you get into fights or arguments?
Yuri: Of course we do. But because we all grew up together from such a young age we’re all pretty much sisters. We know what the other wants just by looking at their eyes.
Tiffany: Just like any family, if there is a mischievous and cheeky member, there’s also the kind and gentle older sister-like figure. We’re just one big family.
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