Epic comeback is epic

so umm, where should I start? this whole stage is pure awesome. After watching T-ara's comeback (which is right before 2NE1's) the fact that 2NE1 is performing just 1 song hit me hard. The fact is......quite....sad? Comeback stage should be special, should be one of a kind.


But then suddenly CL's voice goes all 'R U READY? R U READY?' I was screaming and my hands are all over. And then she raps, OMG guys, she rap! CL FREAKING DID A RAP! This is just my thought but I can't help to think the rap is actually from their next track. CL did say their next song will be hip hop. and remember MAMA 2010? GD&TOP did performed their INTRO which was yet to release (at that time). 


The parrot oh yeah, the parrot. Queen look so badass with parrot on her shoulder @#$%^&*() At first I thought it was the same parrot which was in YG's room but its not :(
I don't get what the fuss of her bringing parrot on stage. It was the same parrot from IU's MV afterall. So, why don't you guys go file a report on IU too? (which I highly do not recommend because IU is precious to me~~~) 


When I LOVE YOU start with Minzy on the floor and the guy dancer grab her hands, I was totally spazzing because I thought it was Deuk. My Mindeuk hearts are all excited until I found out it was Don :( WAEEEEEE?! papelah, dony pun dony lah =='  


OMG Dony is so hot x10000000000000 He looks like Dalmatian's Simon! Now that I think about it, He must be getting nearer and nearer to his debut or not. The fact that he is appoint to be the main dancer for this performance. No wonder he got time to tweet lately :P It's actually good to see he is back dancing again. Which means KWON TWINS IS BACK Y'ALL! :D 


The dance, lol expect to see Taeyang's sushi dance more from now onward. :D I really love the dance at the last bridge. It looks like the dance from fire which I personally think so cool.


p/s: oh yeah, I just changed my tumblr's url to CROWN-DONY.TUMBLR.COM in tribute to my undying love to dony (though my bias is deukkie :P)

Your beautiful nightmare

I love how this poster include YMGA. classic

An excerpt from K-pop uncovered article by Edward Chun in 2009.

K-Pop Uncovered: Making Bubblegum, Part 1

Detractors, and perhaps even some supporters, argue that many idol stars are not truly “musical artists,” since many can neither read nor write music. The term “entertainer” is often used to label these actors, dancers, MCs, and product spokespeople – who also happen to be able to sing. Although the amount of singing each K-pop star contributes is sometimes questionable. For example, Super Junior has thirteen members and Girls’ Generation has nine – I often wonder how much singing an individual member gets to do in a three-minute song. And being auto-tuned and quietly mixed into the chorus doesn’t count
Ten to 12-hour work days, seven days a week – that is the life of a K-pop star-in-training. Of course, the honor of even getting to this level is afforded only to a select few.

I asked the group to describe a typical day, and Kevin (a San Francisco native whose somewhat feminine features marked him as the band’s requisite “pretty boy”) filled me in: two hours of exercise in the morning, four hours of dance and choreography classes, two hours of vocal training, and two additional hours for review and language studies. This was their 24-7 schedule – and is in addition to busy days on the road touring, appearing on television programs, or recording music.

the band’s “tough guy” Eli added that, “[We] can’t go out whenever we want…[I]f you’re hanging out at night and you go out and someone sees you, or it could be someone from a different company, [they could ask] why’s he around playing like that and then it gets all…” Eli made a strangling sound, indicating that even innocent behavior could come back and cause a big headache for the company.
“Being an entertainer, to be honest, especially teenagers who think it’s a glamorous thing – it’s only on-stage or on television,” said Alexander. “Behind the scenes, we put in lot of effort. We are also worried and get stressed about how we can keep being popular, and how to keep our fame and be a successful star. We also have to think about what’s the next [step] in [our careers]

And what was that next step? 

Alexander, on the other hand, gave a different answer:

“I’d like to continue my education. Seriously, it’s true that entertainers have to learn everything. You can’t only sing and dance, you have to act and MC [as well] because Korea’s so competitive. But I don’t think this can go long term.”

“You can be, like, the top, and all of a sudden, one little mistake, and you can be down here,” agreed Eli.
“Not even a mistake,” said Alexander softly. “As time goes by…”
Alexander’s voice trailed off, and I wondered what it must be like to know your dreams had an expiration date. I also wondered if sacrificing one’s youth – the only years of your life when being stupid and immature could create your most treasured memories – was worth a reward that may not even be attainable.

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 K-Pop Uncovered: Making Bubblegum Part 2

The trend toward a more naturalistic and approachable depiction of idol stars, according to Isak (a former member of SM's unsuccessful duo, Isak N Jiyeon), is a positive one, and she heaped a great deal of praise on 2NE1, a four-member girl group represented by YG Entertainment:
“I don’t think 2NE1 is the typical Korean pretty girl,” said Isak. “I think they’re the most beautiful girls in the world because they don’t have double eyelids; because they don’t have noses that hit the ceiling; because they don’t have that “entertainer” look that people have grown accustomed to.”

“They [the management companies] promise before you debut, ‘we’re going to house you, we’re going to feed you, we’re going to give you all the lessons you need. Do your best’ and then we think that that’s all free,” remembered Isak. She soon learned, however, that all the expenses that went into her upkeep, including stylists, salon visits, manager fees, food, and clothing, were deducted from her pay.

Young Kim, host of the Arirang Radio program “K-pop Zone” and former rapper for such groups as S#arp and Uptown in the late 1990s, noted just how little money one could make, even as a member of relatively successful groups: “I made about three thousand dollars in the seven months that I was promoting the [S#arp] album.”
There are big risks at stake for those investing in idol groups. These risks did not go unnoticed by Isak who understood her previous lack of freedom, stating that, “[We] are products. I know it sounds very bad, but we are products, and that’s why our companies…sometimes treat us like products.”

However, for all the financial risks the companies bear, perhaps the biggest gambles are still those taken by the talent in sacrificing their youth to achieve national or even international stardom. As D-Lite (Daesung Kang) of Big Bang put it, sacrificing “common things in life that we liked – walking around the streets, time to hang out with old friends, etc…” was something he knew he’d have to do. Every idol star has gone into the K-pop game knowing the cost of fame. Behind the bright lights and their big smiles hides another truth, which D-Lite voiced in simple terms: “We all knew that we had to let it [their former lives] go when we decided to [join] Big Bang but, honestly, sometimes it’s tough on me.”

As I pondered the pressures of surviving in a shrinking Korean music market, I could only think, “It’s tough all around, kid.”

source: MTV Iggy 

Just like her I wanna be pretty

I copy this from Kpopsecret.

People always seem to bash her because of plastic surgery. But let me tell you a story. Let me take you back about 5 years ago when she featured in Bigbang’s We Belong Together. When the song was first released, many people praised her for very good vocals but when the music video came out, everyone bashed her because they said she’s ‘UGLY’ ‘FAT’ and ‘GD OPPA AND TOP OPPA WOULD NEVER LIKE HER’. After all the bashing, she was featured in Samsung Anycall CF with Lee Hyori alowing people to bash her more. Even my friends bashed her. I also bashed her- not because ‘SHE’s TOO UGLY TO BE NEXT TO HYORI’ but because she wasn’t the same girl I saw in We Belong Together. People still called her ugly though I think she’s very beautiful. They even went as far as that which made her close her cyworld account.

When 2ne1 debuted in 2009, I felt very, very, VERY guilty because people say she’s the ‘plastic queen’ without even knowing what really happened. She was judged, bullied and she lost her confidence. It destroyed her self-esteem. I wish people would just understand that judging someone without knowing them really hurts. I bet people who judge someone never experienced how hard and how painful it is to get bullied without even trying to know who they really are.

If I was heavily bullied like that, I would also get plastic surgery so I will ‘fit in’ and not get bashed.
Well, those ‘judgmental people’ are probably THAT perfect for bashing people who just wants to follow their dreams. They can’t stand that some people are higher than them. BUT GUESS WHAT. Whatever you say will mean NOTHING because we love BOM and she will FOREVER be BEAUTIFUL.

S.B my friends are 2ne1-antis
p.s I hope this will stop the hate on not only Park Bom, but also other idols who gets bashed for their looks.

Anycall CF 

WORDS. I can't imagine just how much she has to go through. Well let me take you to what happen years back then too.

Park Bom's mom was always against her dream to become a singer. Even when Bom got call from a very famous singer, she refused to let Bom become one and asked Bom if she is out of her mind. She went to Berklee College of Music secretly. She made up her mind to become a singer in Korea. It was a now or never chance for her. Shen then auditioned for YG but was rejected. She worked hard for a year and auditioned again, and again she was rejected and worked hard for a year again and rejected again. After 3 years of hard work, she got accepted in YG because YG thought her determination is inspiring. 

She trained for almost 4 years and what did she get? harsh criticism saying she sings like a breathless pig, fat, ugly, slut and plastic bitch. What makes me even more sad is that it's not just antis on the net who said stuffs like that, but so are the people around me. I'm not her but I feel ashamed and frustrated. Then imagine how Park Bom herself feels? 

When Ugly was released, antis strike again saying how much she is not in the place to sing the song. Guys, come on, that's the whole point of Teddy making the song. He wants to tell the world what girls want to but don't have the guts to. 

 I'm trying to sing but,  no one is listening. I'm not pretty, I'm not beautiful - Park Bom

pump up the jam

I'm just imaging, just imaging that I still got you - Dara

There's no stronger word, theres no stronger love, theres no stronger thing than to say goodbye - Minzy

Pump up the jam in my heart whenever you walk by and I cry broken down baby sink in deep and it’s cloudy and you know how it goes down when I look you’re not around now my life is upside down and I’m drowning without you now. - CL

I need the full song right now! puh-lease.... I bet this
gonna be on my jam.

2011

What ringtone do they use?

K-Celebs who silent-mode their mobile:
Alexander – U-Kiss
SooHyun – U-Kiss
Park Jung Min – SS501
G-Dragon – Big Bang
Minho – Shu-I
In Seok – Shu-I
Jinon – F-Cuz
Kim Hyun Joong / Hyung Joon (not sure which their names are identical in Japanese!) – SS501

K-Celebs who use their own songs as ringtones:
Kiseob – U-Kiss [Man Man Ha Ni]
Kevin – U-Kiss [Shut Up]
Cheon Juson – Co-Ed [Too Late]
Miryo & Jea – BEG [Love Is...]
Jin Seok – Shu-I [Bomb Bomb Bomb]

K-Celebs who use songs by other people as ringtones:
Eli – U-Kiss [all be there by usher]
Minji – 2NE1 [Love the Way You Lie - Eminem and Rihanna]
Ga-In – BEG [Christmas Song by Faith Evans]
Narsha – BEG [Like a Star by Corrine Bailey Rae]
Rana – 9Muses [Beautiful Thing by Xiah Junsu]

K-Celebs who use standard ringtones:
T.O.P. – Big Bang
CL – 2NE1
Sandara – 2NE1
Park Beom – 2NE1
Ye Jun – F.Cuz
JiHyuk – Supernova

Translated by: christabel88 @ bigbangupdates
Scanned by Tisya @ bigbangupdates
Source: KStar Lovers Japanese Magazine

I use Shinee's Get Down. ^.^

2010 yg family concert

The concert site.

The one that we all waited, LOLLIPOP!

Look who came!
Hwangssabu
I remember I saw some pictures of Teddy, Sean and YG sitting among the crowd but I can't find it back right now.

I combined day 1 and day 2 so it is messy.

I fell in love with Seung Ri's voice. omigawd~!


YG made a big mistake by putting Dara among Se7en, Taeyang and especially Gummy. (but I was so happy knowing they cover one love and phone number as those two are my most favourite song from 1tym and Jinusean respectively)

Although we all know that Bom made a cover of Swi.t, but I just can't forget how cool this is,

Need a Bombae joint stage again!!!

credit: 21bangs + YGLadies + bigbangvip + omona

MAMA 2010: The red carpet

2NE1

Cl why so cute?

She look like a doll.

What in the world did she wear?

2PMlol at the Khuntoria.

credit:Osen

WANT

Leave high high mv party and back to Seoul Tokyo music festival

Everyone hold their laughters.

I should not say this but I'm gonna say it anyway. Some people say 21st December will be BB's comeback but on 26th they already scheduled to go back to Japan. I'm confused. If you go to Omona or any other gossip site, they were all busy talking about BB's comeback and High High MV party (except for allkpop. That place is allsnsd and alljaypop forever. Not to mention they hate Big Bang since 2006). I can smell haters who anti YG and their family. Yes Blackjack ad VIP always hype (okay, overly hype) when either two make comeback or anything but guys seriously, this is after 1 or 2 years. We also never know when they are going to comeback again. I don't care if they get sick of BB or 2ne1 soon enough because dude, I know you still love them.

Credit: 蘇菲 sophiell @ dsholic

Happy belated birthday!

Happy d-day to goddess Sandara Park unni! She is a vampire indeed. Never age huh?
I was too busy yesterday that I didn't get to post this yesterday and maybe I'll spam her pictures as soon as possible like what I did for TOP.
The surprise celebration with fellow bandmates.
What she got from her bandmates. (The overall outfit)
Presents from Blackjack.
Message book from YGL

credit: Dara's me2day, YGLadies.com