A nice montage of Hoo & Soon Yi~ Also includes subs to the music and dialogue ^^



Related entries:
Fanmade Music Videos

2008-05-06

Se7en to Join an American Cable Program



Korean idol singer Se7en may expand his career in the U.S. to acting. A publicist with RQM, a marketing firm overseeing Se7en’s career in America, joined a press conference by Se7en to announce that Se7en has a plan to debut as a supporting actor in an American cable TV program sometime in July or August. The publicist said that his firm will do all it can to get Se7en’s American career off to a good start. The Korean pop singer plans to not only pursue his music career in the U.S., but also explore his chances in modeling and acting.

Se7en has already debuted as actor in Korea, starring in drama “Gung S.” Although the drama failed to garner good ratings and was criticized for falling short of the prequel “Gung,” it was a new venture that opened wide other possibilities for Se7en. Perhaps the less-than-desirable outcome of his first acting role is driving him to do better in his next project. He is out to prove that he is not only a not musician, but also a promising actor.

Following the successful preview parties in New York and Los Angeles, Se7ven plans to release a regular album in July or August. It appears the year 2008 is going to be a really busy one for this aspiring actor.

credit: KBS World

For more updates on Se7en, visit 7radishkimchi


2008-04-29

SBS Inkigayo appoints Heo Yi Jae and Eun Ji Won as new MCs



Singer Eun Ji Won who has been really popular in KBS “2D1N” variety and actress Heo Yi Hae will become the new MCs for SBS Inkigayo music program.

Both of them will usher in the new summer season in the 11th May episode of SBS Inkigayo. This will be the first change since using Kim Hee Chul in November 2007. They were forced to look for new MCs after Kim Hee Chul’s injury kept him on the sidelines. During their search, they decided on Eun Ji Won who has been enjoying a surge in popularity and Heo Yi Jae as their new MCs.

SBS Inkigayo has kept to it’s history of using a singer-actress/actor pairing for it’s MC positions. Previous pairings include, Andy and Han Hyo Joo, Andy and Goo Hye Sun, Kim Hee Chul and Jang Geun Seuk, Kim Hee Chul and Song Ji Hyo.

credit: Coolsmurf Domain

HYJ really looks good on Inkigayo. ^^ She even sang and danced for a little bit.




I'll be uploading MC cuts here: http://dailymotion.com/starcrystal

I need your help!

I'm doing a presentation in my inter-cultural communication class that has to do with Korean Pop Culture. I'll have about 5 minutes to do my presentation and I would like to talk about music (most popular song?) , movies & dramas (most popular actors?) , and other cool tidbits.

So, whats the hottest thing in Korea right now? Who can help? I'd love to talk to you all about it. I'm even on AIM: spankyelmunkee, or MSN: onlinefreak@hotmail.com, Or Yahoo!: daisy11383

LoL, can you see i'm desperate. I have a few weeks to do this, but I want to get started right away. Wee! I'm so excited!

-Daisy

--Cross Posted (Sorry if you're seeing this more than once)---

First, I want to say happy early birthdays to following: Park Shin Hye (Feb 18th), Heo Yi Jae (Feb 19th) and Kang Du (Feb 27th)!

Se7en: Se7en is currently in the States working hard on his U.S. debut. Recently it's been reported that a well known producer, Darkchild is working with him. Also, Far East Movement and Three 6 Mafia have been said to be guest artists on his album. For more info on Se7en visit 7radishkimchi

Heo Yi Jae: HYJ will be starring in a new drama called 싱글파파는 열애중 (Single Papa in Love/Single Dad in Love) with Oh Ji Ho. The drama will air on KBS2 every Monday & Tuesday at 9:55PM (Korea Standard Time); first episode starts on February 18, 2008 (which is tonight).

Also, I think HYJ's recent physical change (ie. getting thinner) might be caused by the stress from Goong S' criticisms. ._. She didn't directly say that, but I'm guessing that's what's been affecting her lately. She emphasized how she wanted to do better in future works - including this drama in interviews. >< I hope she takes better care of herself. Heo Yi Jae fighting~



( More about the drama )

Park Shin Hye: From the MBC Drama Awards 2007, PSH received a Family award (I'm assuming it's a supportive role). Congrats!



Kang Du: ?_? Still MIA.

As for the others, not much news have been reported ^^;;

Thank you PD Hwang, Se7en, Heo Yi Jae, Kang Du, Park Shin Hye and the rest of the cast and staff for putting a lot of work into this drama. Even though it was not a success, the drama had a lot of potential. It has its strong and weak points just like any other series. However, I'm sure everyone did try their best to contribute putting this production together. Despite all the controversies and criticisms, I'm sure this drama was a good learning experience for everyone. I think it helped some people realized what was good and what areas that needed improvement. Although we may be in minority for supporting Goong S, at least there people who appreciate the drama and its effort.

Well, good luck to everyone on their future projects. I hope they will have a reunion together again some day. ^^

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( Some behind the scenes from the drama )

Just putting everything together in one entry.

Goong S OST [20 tracks]

Other featured Songs:

Se7en - Promise
Lee Eun Mi - I Have a Lover
Se7en - Believe (used in the Japanese version)

Romanized & translated lyrics for the above songs: here

Infinity of Sound (trio group played in Ep 5)
Infinity of Sound - Spring
Infinity of Sound - A Million Blossoms of a Rose (not in the drama, but also a good song xD)

Ringtones:

Lee Hoo
Oppa, did you order jajajangmyun? (used in the drama)
All 3 versions of Hoo's ringtone (original, sexy, and assa! versions)

Soon Yi
Daydream - Stepping on the Rainy Street (used in the drama)
Daydream - Stepping on the Rainy Street (the original song)

Another song was featured in the drama, but only 10 seconds of it was played. But if you like rock/punk music, add Vanilla Unity to your collection~

Vanilla Unity - Hero

Extra:

[OFFLINE] Jinusean ft. Uhm Jung Hwa - Mal Hae Jo (Tell Me) - Hoo & the gang were karaoking to this song before Hoo's departure

And that one instrumental that's by 2nd Moon and not on OST has not been officially released, so sorry if any of you wanted that song. TT;

If want to request some other music from the drama (ie. Songs they sang in the drama like YG songs or something) or want me to reupload, let me know.

Some recent pics from October where he promoted Goong S in Thailand.

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Sporting a watch brand during the drama



He changed his style a lot from The Jadu days (former member of the band). Kang Du use to be on a lot of variety shows like X-Man and other popular shows at the time (2005?) He was also on Happy Share Company ;x I want to see that~ I think he's quite underrated. If more people saw him in those shows, they'll get to see more of his personality.

(on the right)

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Here's him beating Rain at arm wrestling!

Starts at 3:13 to 5:10

( Streaming links for variety shows )

Also, his presence while singing/performing is quite different from acting. He has a nice singing voice ^^; There are some old Jadu perfs/MVs on YouTube as well.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MnLTYisT2tQ

It took a -long- while to gather the lyrics and then suddenly Firefox shuts down on me! sfiojsdpfo T__T!! Argh.. and I had to start over again.. Anyway, I hope this will be of some use to you guys. All songs have been translated.

> > > [Goong S OST]

02. Miracle - HowL
( Romanization + Translation )

03. 전하지 못할 말 - J (Jun ha ji mot hal mahl; Words I Couldn't Say)
( Romanization + Translation )

04. 나무 – A&P (Namu; Tree)
( Romanization + Translation )

05. Remember - Dong Bang Shin Ki
( Romanization + Translation )

06. 너와 함께 - Vanilla Unity (Neo wa Ham kke; With You)
( Romanization + Translation )

07. Super bike - Yellow Tail
( Romanization + Translation )

08. 사랑바라기 - SOREA (Sarangbaragi; Wanting Love)
( Romanization + Translation )

09. 좋아좋아 - Vanilla Unity (Joh-a Joh-a; Like Like)
( Romanization + Translation )

> > > [Other songs featured in the drama]

Promise - Se7en
( Romanization + Translation )

애인 있어요 - Lee Eun Mi (Ae-in Iss-eo-yo; I Have a Lover)
( Romanization + Translation )

Believe - Se7en (used in the Japanese broadcast of the drama)
( Romanization + Translation )

Hi!
Posting for the first time in this community. ^__-
I've become more and more addicted to Goong S lately, and i went on making some animated gifs from random episodes. Even if they're not amazing, i thought it would have been nice to share ^__-

Preview:

 

Posted November 3, 2007

Se7en and Hwang In-roe PD met again!



The friendship between Se7en and Director Hwang In-roe, which they had during "Palace S," was evident when the two dined last November 2. After the filming of "Palace S," Se7en and Director Hwang did not have time meet because of the former's US debut preparations.

This meeting was actually a spontaneous one. Se7en called Director Hwang and requested if they could meet.

Director Hwang obliged and the two dined and talked for 3 hours. Director Hwang, who is currently preparing for his new drama, "Iljimae," which stars Lee Jun Ki, expressed his excitement for Se7en's US debut.

Se7en is set to be back again in the US to finish the production of his US album.

credits: newsen + http://z12.invisionfree.com/Se7enth_Heaven/
DO NOT REMOVE ORIGINAL CREDITS OR ADD OTHER CREDITS

Posted October 7, 2007

Heo Yi Jae, "Humiliation? I think of it as a 'good coming out of evil.'"



Heo Yi Jae faced both joy and sorrow at the same time in the Busan International Film Festival this year.

Although it was first time for her to get invited to a film festival and to be awarded as Premiere Rising Star Awards, she also suffered from a trouble, which is expressed as 'Humiliation of Heo Yi Jae' before her sweet moments.

Heo Yi Jae caught the most attention, leaving out a lot of her seniors in the Opening of the 12th Busan International Film Festival, which was held at Busan Sooyoungman Yacht Track. The reason why is that the photographers were unwitting even when she was walking on the Red Carpet, and the film committee introduced her with another person's name as she lost so much weight during her break that no one was able to recognize her.

Heo Yi Jae became the center of the interest and she ranked 1st in the internet search in any minute. Of course, people around her were concerned as she became famous with something that is not positive. She received so many calls asking if she is alright after the Opening of BIFF.

So do you think she spent the whole week of BIFF crying because of the 'Humiliation of Heo Yi Jae'?
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Some of them are calendar wallpapers..


( 10 wallpapers )

Related entries:
Group8 Wallpapers
New Goong S Wallpapers


Oh and blackdome, I hope you received my comment here. =_= LJ/e-mail services haven't been cooperating when notifying comments lately.

Our Queen got married last month! Myung Se Bin with her husband (and lawyer! ^^), Kang Ho Sung . :] May they both have a long and happy marriage~

Edit: 3/12 - Due to differences in personalities and other reasons, they had a divorce in 2008. T_T


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Going back in time.. In 2003, there was a t.v. variety show called "17 to 1" where Se7en and Kang Du were on the same set!

Watch parts of it on YT:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=kvf7XRM5kkI
http://youtube.com/watch?v=893Xn57lIYQ


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Heo Yi Jae and Park Hae Jin were recently featured in a music video: The Way - "Love.. It's Painful" (2007)
HYJ looks really pretty and sweet. I like the scenes where she's wearing the yellow top and white skirt the most~


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Park Shin Hye - promotional images/conference pics for the drama, "Kimcheed Radish Cubes" (currently airing on MBC)
^^ Very cute with her new haircut~

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Heo-Se Poster Photoshoot ^^~ + School uniforms
(T_T Sorry, I couldn't find untagged images)


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Goong S has aired in Japan and Thailand. It is currently airing Taiwan, mainland China and Vietnam.

>>Full length Goong S Fanmeeting (1 hour and a half long program)

It doesn't have subs, but you could follow it with the previous articles I've posted already (though there are a few inaccuracies writers have reported..)
Or read an analysis/interpretation of the video here on soompi.

Watch it on Dailymotion: | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6
Short fanclip from the fanmeeting: here

>>747 Concert: Goong S Skit

Watch online:
Goong S parody + commentary from Se7en (Hoo & the boys made a skit and sang Jo Yong Pil's "Let's Go on a Trip" song)
[Skit + talk translation can be found here]

>>Music
They should have made a second OST, that way finding certain songs wouldn't be so hard.. Anyway, here's mp3 for song that played during the train scene, graveyard, last kissing scene (sung by a woman with the raspy voice if you don't remember).
Download: Lee Eun Mi - I Have a Lover

>>Updates on the cast:

Se7en: He's currently preparing for his U.S. debut this year. Se7en has been hopping around cities like Atlanta and NYC recently to record further tracks for his upcoming album. For more info on him, visit 7radishkimchi~

Heo Yi Jae: Not much news on HYJ, but her webpage is still being updated with pictures and messages (drop by her soompi thread for updates). Here's an image from Andre Kim's Fashion Show:


Park Shin Hye: PSH has been involved in a few projects after Goong S ended. Her movie "Evil Twins" (The Hometown of Legends) came out on May 23rd. And PSH will be appearing an in upcoming drama called "Kimcheed Radish Cubes," which will begin to air on MBC this month.

Kang Du: After he left his band, The Jadu, there hasn't been any signs if he'll get back into music again. I have no idea what he is up to. .-. I dunno where I can get updates on him either. But here's a shiny picture of him :D/


Song Baek Kyoung (Bulbam): His group, MooGaDang, just released a new single called "OAO" and is preparing for promotional activities. Baek Kyoung also started to get into screenplay writing for a project.

Myung Se Bin (the Queen): She will get married to Kang Ho Sung this month! Congrats!

>>Random Trivia:
-Remember the funky dance Hoo did at the club in the first episode? It's a parody of a Sky Phone CF.
-Throughout the drama, there were references to 3 songs from YG artists (Se7en & Baekkyoung are also from YG Entertainment): 1TYM - Hot Ddeuga, MooGaDang - Nosae Norabosae, Jinusean - Tell Me
-Mark Jordan (who played Alex and is half French & Korean) is model in Korea and has done some CFs. One of the CFs Mark appears in is also featured in Wheesung's MV - Against All Odds.
-Heo Yi Jae was featured in Maya's 독한술 (Hard Liquor) and 나를 외치다 (Road to Myself) MVs and briefly in Seo Taiji's Livewire MV (wearing the yellow shirt + cap).

6.22.2007 Mnet Wide News - Goong S Fanmeeting [English subbed]

Time: 6:23 minutes
Size: 92.6 MB

Preview: Dailymotion
Download: Filesend
Mirror: Zshare

credits: helloseven cb + Se7enth Heaven + Yijae_Forever

I had to omit some captions because they were either repetitive or self-explanatory.. @_@ Sorry if it looks disorganized.. >> Second time subbing w/o knowing Korean. I also had to reword some sentences to make sense.. @_@ So I pre-apologize if some things are a bit off.

First episode preview screening in Singapore


Date: 20th July 2007
Time: 7:30pm
Venue: Bishan Junction 8-Top of the 8 (3rd floor) - lookout for Haagen Dazs ice-cream (the door is just beside it)

Prince Hours hits the stores in Singapore on July 23 on DVD and VCD.

credit: innoform + 8Days + yon @ soompi

DVDs avaliable so far:

Prince Hours (Korea version) on DVD - original (no subs)
Prince Hours (Taiwan version) on DVD - Traditional Chinese subs
Secret Prince (Japan version) - Japanese subs
HMV JP or CDJapan or Amazon JP (will sell in November.. I dunno why they're announcing this early o-o)

The English subbed DVD set is still unavailable. =_= YA Entertainment hasn't even picked up yet..

Posted June 19, 2007

"Palace S" Fan meeting in Japan


( Click for the full interview + more pics )

Will post more pics + video in the next post~!

Interview on the press conference 8D; So cute Se7en translated for HYJ in Japanese ^^
The fanmeeting interview will be posted next when it's done.


Posted June 18, 2007

"Palace S" Press conference in Japan


( Click for full interview + more pictures )

@_@ The previous entries were about the press conference before the fan meeting.



Posted June 17, 2007

"Palace S" fan meeting



( Click for full article )

Se7en singing a sample of "Believe" (audio) at the fanmeeting. It is also the ending theme for the Japanese broadcast of Palace S - Secret Prince.

credits: wouldyou @ 3asian + bestiz + Se7enth Heaven

( Japanese fans surprised! 'SE7EN’s Japanese is better' )


( Fanmeeting fanpics and goods )

Shows scenes of Se7en & Kang Du warming up in the gym, Se7en horseback riding, practicing lines, people taking pictures for clothing brands, PD Hwang directing Se7en, etc.