Saturday 30 March 2013

[SNS PIC] Han Sunhwa Looks Happy in Singapore

On her Twitter on March 30, group Secret’s Han Sunhwa uploaded a series of four photos along with a short message, “A night in Singapore. Glittery.”

In the pictures is Han Sunhwa in a black mini dress and holding a glass of wine. Against the beautiful view of Singapore behind her, Han Sunhwa looks like she is having a great time. With her beautiful smile, Han Sunhwa looks gorgeous in these photos.

Netizens that saw these pictures admired, “Who is Han Sunhwa drinking wine with?” “Singapore! I am so envious of her,” “Han Sunhwa looks prettiest when she is smiling.”

Meanwhile, Han Sunhwa left Korea to Singapore on March 28 to prepare for the Secret’s solo concert titled “Secret Live in Singapore.”

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Friday 29 March 2013

SPICA’s Jiwon Talks About Almost Debuting as a Member of T-ara

On the most recent episode of KBS “Happy Together 3,” SPICA‘s Yang Ji Won talked about all the hardships and troubles she had to go through until she joined SPICA. She confessed, “I was a trainee for 10 years and was a member of Five Girls with G.Na, Yoobin of Wonder Girls, Uee of After School, and Hyosung of Secret.” 

She continued to describe her pre-debut trainee years, “After Five Girls disbanded, I moved to a different agency and joined T-ara. I was about to debut and even filmed the music video. But in the end, I experienced this period of lassitude like all other celebrities. So I left T-ara and didn’t do anything for almost two years.”

Also on this episode of “Happy Together,” Park Soo Hong, Lee Ji Ae, Kang Sung Beom, and Choi Danbi appeared as guests along with Yang Ji Won and talked about various things. 

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Wednesday 27 March 2013

Hot Celeb Spottings at Day 3 of the 2013 Seoul Fashion Week!

The glamour and glitz keep getting better and better as March 27 marked Day 3 of one of Seoul’s biggest events — the 2013 F/W Seoul Fashion Week. As it is the middle of the week, some of the most high-profile shows were exhibited where many A-list celebrities were spotted.

Shows for DEMOO PARKCHOONMOO, Miss Gee Collection, Steve J & Yoni P, Lie sang bong and others were filled with dazzling stars such as Lee Hyori, Yoon Seung Ah, Super Junior’s Kangin, SHINee’s Taemin, miss A, Girl’s Day, Secret, Rainbow, SISTAR, ALi, Baek Ah Yeon, Jung Suk Won, Ahn Hye Kyung, Kahi, Kang Sora, Nam Gyu Ri, Jo Yoon Hee, Kim Min Jung, Nine Muses, Kim Woo Bin, Lee Yoon Ji and many more!

Flip through the gallery for the numerous celebrity sightings for Day 3 of Seoul Fashion Week and don’t forget to check out yesterday’s celeb spottings here!

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Monday 25 March 2013

Celebrity Candid Moments in K-Pop This Week!

Hey Soompiers!

Another week has passed in the world of K-Pop and our stars are so faithful keeping us up to date with their lives! From Girls’ Generation’s TaeFany’s airplane date to Se7en’s latest appearance in his military uniform, Shinhwa celebrating its 15th anniversary and BoA fitting inside a bag, lots of little bits of daily goodness are in store!

Flip through the gallery to see a few of many celebrities in the bizz sharing what’s on their mind… and who knows? Maybe you’ve learned something new about your favorite stars!



Friday 22 March 2013

[SNS PIC] Bare Faced Hyosung Looks Gorgeous in Recent Selcas

On her Twitter on March 21, group Secret’s Jeon Hyosung uploaded two photo along with a message, “I am truly thankful every day for different reasons. I would like to thank my fans. I think I am a really happy person. Good.”

In the pictures is Hyosung showing off her adorable charms with different facial expressions. Even though she appears to be wearing no makeup, Hyosung still looks gorgeous and natural in these photos.

Netizens that saw these selcas commented, “You look beautiful without makeup,” “I am so envious,” “Truly adorable.”  

In other news, Secret plans to hold their first exclusive concert in Singapore on March 29 at the Marina Bay Sands Convention Hall, which can hold up to 5,000 fans. The title of this concert will be, “Secret Live in Singapore.”

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Thursday 21 March 2013

Secret – Poison

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K Crunch Cocktail: Abracadabra Shy Visual Juliette

Simon and Ga In

1) Brown Eyed Girls “Abracadabra”

NANANANANA! I Met GAAAA-INNN! Ha! No, really, I don’t want to brag about it too much. We’ve been lucky enough to meet a bunch of Kpop idols on the different shows we’ve been on, but those shows are usually a lot of work and planning. This run in with Ga-In was just pure fluke. She was just walking around, asking some young guise some stuff, while some cameras were filming her. We’re not sure why, or for what show it was. WHO CARES! We just happened to be in relax mode rather than work mode, so we could finally fanboy/fangirl over an idol we met, just by chance.

Anyhow, she asked me if I knew who she was, and I said that I did, and that I’m a big fan. She thanked me for it. Then I tried explaining in my broken Korean that I have a YouTube channel and I make kpop videos, but she squished her face in the most emotive look of pure confusion that I gave up explaining and said “Sajin Jusayo!” (which means “picture please!”). So we took pictures together. Woot! Not as amazing a story as some would have expected, but – ah well! Still cool, in our books :D

2) SHINee “Juliette”

We’ve talked about almost every major SHINee video out there. We reviewed Lucifer first, and then Hello. We did the Japanese version of Replay, and – finally – we’re talking about Juliette. Of course, we totally love this song, as we mentioned in the video. SHINee, in fact, has barely ever let us down (apart from Hello, which..uhhhhgghhh). We’ve got such high hopes for Sherlock. SHINee! Don’t disappoint us PLZ!

3) Girls’ Generation “Visual Dreams”

We just realized this now, as we’re writing this blog post, that we’re talking about two SM bands. Pure coincidence. Anyhow, it’s about time we talked about Visual Dreams, which doesn’t really seem to be discussed when it comes to the SNSD canon as much as their other singles. Too bad. We really like this song! It’s so lighthearted, and we like seeing an SM production that isn’t so overblown and super serious. It looked like fun to shoot, even if it wasn’t the best video in the world, and the song is just so peppy and…Japanese? Yes, they’re not singing in Japanese, but it feels perfect for our vision of Japan, for some reason. Ah well. Side note: we’re going to Japan on Friday for a few days. We’ll make sure to play this song as we walk around and hopefully it’ll be a befitting soundtrack. Double FYI: if you’re in Japan in the Ikebukuro area, we’ll be there! PARTY TIME!

4) Secret “Shy Boy”

Holy crap! A GUY REQUESTED SOMETHING! Seriously! Barely any guys ever request anything. It’s all girls! And a couple of dogs. But a guy! We had to pick his request immediately. And it’s from a band we really like: Secret! We just don’t like this song too much, though we love their other songs. And we like, especially, that they’re not disturbingly thin girls. Seriously: not to pick on Girls Generation here, but when we hear about them having the best legs, we’re a little…ummm…ok let’s not use strong words here. Let’s say that we forcefully disagree. Secret has bodies that we’re more appreciative of: curvy, with some meat on them thighs! Womanly bodies, not girly bodies. We like that, and we like Secret for rocking it. Boomshakalaka!

Side note: tonight is such a freaking crazy night for us: since we’re going to Japan tomorrow morning, we’re not sure if we’re gonna be able to upload this weekend’s playlists in Japan, so we’re uploading them all tonight. HOLY FREAKING INSANITY! AHHHH! Ok that’s all for the side note.

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Our Interview with B.A.P.

BAP Interview

Hi guise! The B.A.P interview is finally here!

If you follow us on Twitter, you would have seen over the weekend that we went to the B.A.P. Debut showcase. We also mentioned it in this week’s Music Monday when we reviewed B.A.P.’s “Warrior”. We were lucky enough to attend the showcase as press and we’re also giving away some B.A.P goodies for the contest in this week’s review. Go check it out if you haven’t already!

Anyhow, the debut was really more of a concert. The energy was amazing, and they already had a lot of fans eagerly waiting to see them with signs and everything! As we said in our Music Monday review, they really don’t seem like a rookie group as their stage presence was awesome.

Oh!!! And we also got to see a great performance by Secret. Woot! We never got to review Madonna, but we totally love the song, and we actually memorized the dance back when we were on Star King (though we never got to perform it on stage). Ah! Great song. We’ve uploaded the video of their performance. Check it out!

After the show we got to interview B.A.P. We were lucky enough to have M.E Malaysia reach out to us before the show. They invited us along for the interview. Huzzah! So thanks to them for being so awesome, we seriously owe you guise more then just street food in Hongdae! :D

I’m not sure if you’ll see this interview anywhere else – that is, until some fans steal it and re-upload it (that’s what watermarks are for!). Apart from us and M.E Malaysia, I don’t think we saw anyone else in the room. So, for all intents and purposes, this might just be an exclusive interview. Woot!

Thoughts about the interview: we could see that they were really tired. I mean, they had their debut performance, and then a fan-signing afterwards, and then us. They were probably starving and tired, so we were happy that they took the time to talk with us. Also, we didn’t get this on video, but it turns out Bang Yong Gook knows us! He seemed really surprised when he saw us walk in, and we weren’t sure if it was because we reviewed his song before, or because we had food stuck in our teeth. But then afterwards we were told that he saw our review and liked it. Sweet! See guise! Kpop idols can appreciate our humour! Now the companies might not get it, but the idols do, at least. So who do we know is on our side now? UKISS, Shindong, and Bang Yong Guk…must…gather…a bigger army…of Idols to protect us…from angry fans…*shifty eyes*

And that’s it! Make sure you check out our review of B.A.P.’s “Warrior” and enter the contest for your chance to win a lot of B.A.P. swag. If you don’t win, you can still pick up the album on YesAsia. Yay! We’ll end this post off with the whole performance of B.A.P’s Warrior Live at their debut. Loved the awesome bunny DJ!

Side note: I’m not sure if we’re right about them being choreographers as well. Maybe dancers? Sorry if we got that wrong!

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Secret – Love is Move

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Secret – Starlight Moonlight

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Monday 18 March 2013

Secret to Hold First Exclusive Concert in Singapore on March 29!

Singapore Secret fans rejoice! It looks as though your favorite group is having an exclusive concert in Singapore soon! On March 18, Secret’s agency TS Entertainment stated, “This coming March 29, Secret will be having an exclusive concert that can hold an audience of 5,000 at the Marina Bay Sands Convention Hall.”

The title of the concert will be, “Secret Live in Singapore.” Secret is the 4th K-Pop girl group to hold an exclusive concert in Singapore behind the Girls’ Generation, 2NE1, and the Wonder Girls.

After the “Korean Music Wave in Bangkok” held in Thailand, Sister held a press conference on March 17. Back in March of 2012, Secret held a joint fan meeting with B.A.P. Afterwards, Secret has been receiving love calls all around South East Asia.

Stay tuned to Soompi.com for more Secret news!

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Wednesday 13 March 2013

MBC Korean Music Wave in Bangkok 2013 Official Setlist

    Are you ready, Thai Kpop fans? Make sure you are, because 22 Korean idol groups are headed your way! The performance setlist for the MBC Korean Music Wave

Monday 11 March 2013

Secret’s Jeon Hyo Sung’s Underwear Selling Power Is a Force to be Reckoned With

Korea’s favorite “Bagel Girl” Jeon Hyo Sung from Secret is really good at modeling underwear, and she has proof. As the main model for the underwear brand “Yes,” she has given the brand quite the boost in popularity and in profits. 

A representative of her agency, TS Entertainment, said on March 11, “According to ‘Yes’, since Jeon Hyo Sung became its main model in January, its products’ February sales has risen 40~50%. The products she models in pictorials sells six times more than other products. “

A representative of “Yes” also said in a statement, “The products that Jeon Hyo Sung modeled since January have had record sale numbers that are much higher than the other products. Because of the “Jeon Hyo Sung Effect” there is a 50% increase in consumer inquiries, and we expect our sales and revenue to increase even higher. Jeon Hyo Sung has improved the lovely imagine of ‘Yes,’ which naturally resulted in higher sales. We will continue to work with Jeon Hyo Sung to produce the underwear styles preferred by women in their 20s.” 

Jeon Hyo Sung and the other members of Secret are currently pursuing individual activities. 

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Sunday 10 March 2013

[Opinion] The Power of Fancams

Within the past couple of years, I had to find a way to get into rookie groups. Starting in 2011, many idol groups started to debut [see our idol debut infographic]. There was no way for me to keep up, because as soon as I finally caught up with the groups that had debuted a month earlier, a new batch of idol groups debuted. I simply gave up on trying to see what rookie groups caught my interest simply because there were too many of them debuting.

Just by chance, I stumbled upon fancams. I had always enjoyed fancams because they focus on one member. When idol groups perform on music shows, the camera tries to give all of the members equal screen time and cut to the audience. Well, what if you don’t like certain members? What if you don’t care to see random audience members hiding their faces?

For example, I’m a big fan of Secret’s Hyosung, so I have watched plenty of fancams of her.

Fancams allow me to have greater enjoyment because the focus is on the member that I like the most. In another example, I hated f(x)’s “Danger” when it first came out. Then I watched some Victoria fancams and several of them were performances of “Danger.” The song didn’t irritate me anymore and these days I find it enjoyable. Fancams help me enjoy songs through association. When I listen to to “Danger,” I associate it with watching all of those Victoria fancams. I enjoyed watching those fancams, which led to me enjoying the song.

How does this help with rookie idol groups? The same way. I find the members who I find the most attractive and look up to see if there are any fancams. That is how I became a fan of Rainbow (Hyunyoung fancams), Dal Shabet (Ah Young fancams), Hello Venus (Nara fancams) and EXID (Hani fancams).

I can admit that the visual aspect of K-Pop allows me to enjoy the pop songs more than I normally would. So Soompiers, have fancams helped you to enjoy songs you used to dislike and/or become fans of new groups?

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Tuesday 5 March 2013

14 Celebrities Who Look Nothing Like Their Past!

While they now have an army of stylists, makeup artists and hairdressers to make sure they look amazing at all times, it appears that Korea’s most beautiful swans were once ugly ducklings.

With buck teeth, baby fat, and bowl cut bangs, they look vastly different from their current gorgeous selves! Scroll through the gallery to see 14 stars who look nothing like their past! 

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Sunday 3 March 2013

SECRET's Hyosung and Sunhwa predicted to be rivals in 2013? - allkpop


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SECRET's Hyosung and Sunhwa predicted to be rivals in 2013?
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On the February 19th broadcast of MBC Music's 'All the K-pop', the fortunes of SECRET's Hyosung and Sunhwa shocked viewers. Apparently, the two SECRET members have been predicted to become rivals this year. Three fortune tellers got in touch with ...
'We Got Married' Han Sunhwa Sees Naked Baby Pictures of ZE:A Kwanghee KpopStarz

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SECRET's Sunhwa and Yoo In Na to star on upcoming episode of 'Moonlight ... - allkpop (blog)


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SECRET's Sunhwa and Yoo In Na to star on upcoming episode of 'Moonlight ...
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Sunhwa and Yoo In Na will be guests on KBS's variety book talk show, 'Moonlight Prince', and do their best to appeal to the show's younger audience as they discuss a variety of topics related to their adolescence. KBS revealed, “Sunhwa and Yoo In Na ...



ZE:A Kwanghee Reveals his True Feelings for Wife Sunhwa? 'I'm Really Married' - KpopStarz


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ZE:A Kwanghee Reveals his True Feelings for Wife Sunhwa? 'I'm Really Married'
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ZE:A Kwanghee Reveals his True Feelings for Wife Sunhwa? 'I'm Really Married'. Group ZE:A's Kwanghee talked about his virtual wife Han Sunhwa. February 8, 2013 3:35 PM EST |, 0, EMAIL, PRINT. ZE:A, Kwanghee, SECRET, Sunhwa, MBC, We Got ...
ZE:A's Kwanghee turns down SISTAR's Dasom? allkpop

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Han Sunhwa, Self-Camera Before First Episode of 'Advertisement Genius Lee ... - KpopStarz


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Han Sunhwa, Self-Camera Before First Episode of 'Advertisement Genius Lee ...
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sunhwa, secret, advertisement genius lee tae-baek. han sun hwa self-camera before first episode of drama. Group Secret's Han Sunhwa revealed a self-camera photo before the first episode of her drama KBS 2TV "Advertisement Genius Lee Tae-Baek" aired.

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'We Got Married' Kwanghee, Becomes Shy When Sunhwa Tries To Kiss Him? - KpopStarz


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'We Got Married' Kwanghee, Becomes Shy When Sunhwa Tries To Kiss Him?
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Kwanghee put the lip balm on Sunhwa's lips and then put the lip balm on his own lips. After seeing it, Sunhwa said "Come here," and attacked him. At this, Kwanghee became shy again, arousing laughter. Photo Credit: MBC ...



Kwanghee and Sunhwa We Got Married Episode 27 English Subbed

Here comes yet another entertaining episode from Sunhwa and Kwanghee! Enjoy their 27th episode below~. You can go to kshownow for other links to Kwanghee and Sunhwa We Got Married Episode 27. ~♥~If You Liked ...

SECRET's Sunhwa has a question for her male fans

SECRET's Sunhwa became embarrassed after her somewhat 19-rated curiosity about body parts came to light. On the February 23rd broadcast of MBC's 'We Got Married,' she went to the gym with her husband, Kwanghee, ...

Changmin talks about dating in secret with Sunhwa on 'Moonlight Prince' - allkpop (blog)


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Changmin talks about dating in secret with Sunhwa on 'Moonlight Prince'
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Sunhwa is in the group SECRET and Changmin didn't hesitate on his suggestions to secretly date as much as possible. Changmin became Sunhwa's 'teacher' on the February 26 episode of 'Moonlight Prince'. Since two attractive idols came together on the ...



Secret's Han Sunhwa's Weight Revealed on 'We Got Married' - Yahoo! Philippines News


Secret's Han Sunhwa's Weight Revealed on 'We Got Married'
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While Han Sunhwa received compliments from the health trainer for her fit body analysis, Kwang Hee was told that he was a 'spider-man' based on his own muscle-fat analysis - a man with big round belly and skinny arms and legs. Photo Credit: MBC ...



Kwanghee and Sunhwa We Got Married Episode 26 English Subbed

It's time to get healthy with Sunhwa and Kwanghee! Prepare to get your weekly dose of fun and enjoy their 26th episode below~. You can go to kshownow for other links to Kwanghee and Sunhwa We Got Married Episode 26 ...

Sunhwa and Kwanghee get physical on 'We Got Married'

SECRET's Sunhwa and ZE:A's Kwanghee got physical on the February 23rd episode of 'We Got Married 4'. The two idols decided to try out exercise routines as a couple on the show. Before the physical workouts, they had to ...

SECRET's Hyosung and Sunhwa predicted to be rivals in 2013?

On the February 19th broadcast of MBC Music's 'All the K-pop', the fortunes of SECRET's Hyosung and Sunhwa shocked viewers. Apparently, the two SECRET members have been predicted to become rivals this year.

SECRET's Sunhwa and Yoo In Na to star on upcoming episode of ...

Sunhwa and Yoo In Na will be guests on KBS's variety book talk show, 'Moonlight Prince', and do their best to appeal to the show's younger audience as they discuss a variety of topics related to their adolescence.

Sunhwa cries after Kwanghee's father plays the saxophone on 'We ...

Sunhwa also stated, “Seeing Kwanghee's parents, I thought that it was like seeing my own parents. [That's why I got emotional]. I felt that he was a son who grew up in a normal, loving family.” Kwanghee revealed, “I didn't like ...

SECRET's Sunhwa and Kim Bum donate 300 kg of rice from fans to ...

SECRET's Sunhwa and actor Kim Bum recently donated 300 kg (~661 lbs) of rice to a social welfare organization located in Paju, Gyeonggido. Social enterprise Nanum Store revealed that they had delivered Sunhwa and ...

Sunhwa gets teary eyed after watching Kwanghee's father ... - Allkpop

Kwanghee's parents recently visited his son and on-screen wife Sunhwa to celebrate the Lunar New Year, and were shown cooking 'anchovy dumplings' together as a family in the latest episode. It has also been revealed that ...

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SECRET's Sunhwa “Can’t Date Someone Because No Cellphone” Leeteuk Advises Her to Get a Help From Her Stylist :: KpopStarz :: KpopStarz



SECRET Members Jieun & Sunhwa Reveals 'Spoon' Photo



SECRET Sunhwa's Flawlessly Toned Body Catching Attention



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Friday 1 March 2013

Changmin encourages Sunhwa to date in secret | Ningin

On the recent broadcast of "Moonlight Prince", Changmin acted as Sunhwa's teacher. The topic of dating inevitably came up, and Changmin told her to date as much as possible...as long as she doesn't get caught. Oh, the ...

Kwanghee and Sunhwa try to top each other's first kiss story? - allkpop (blog)


Kwanghee and Sunhwa try to top each other's first kiss story?
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Kwanghee and Sunhwa were at it once again as they argued this time not about their ideal guys or girls, but about their respective first kiss experiences! As every fan of this 'We Got Married' couple knows, one of the charms of the Kwanghee and Sunhwa ...