Seohyun Gives Her Thoughts About Appearing on an American Talk Show and a French TV Show
Girls’ Generation’s Seohyun revealed how they almost did not appear on the popular American talk show “Late Show with David Letterman”. She told this story on SBS’s “Strong Heart” on February 28th.
Seohyun surprised everyone by saying, “While we were happy about being asked to appear on the ‘Late Show with David Letterman’, after discussing it with the members, we came to the decision not to go on.” She added, “It was because ‘Late Show with David Letterman’ is a talk show that is carried out while sitting, and we would be at a disadvantage when performing on their stage. Because it was a talk show stage, it was too small for all of our members to even stand in a line.” Seohyun continued, “But after giving it some more thought, we decided to go on the show and recorded after rehearsing numerous times.”
Seohyun also talked about the behind-the-scenes story of appearing on a French TV show.
During the recording, Seohyun revealed, “We were the first Korean singers to appear on the popular French program ‘Le Grand Journal’. It was an honor because it is a program that has had Beyonce, Usher, Rihanna, Justin Bieber, and other Hollywood stars on it.” She added, “I wasn’t just happy thinking that we were there as representatives of Korea in France, but I was really surprised when the audience cheered for us in Korean.”
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J.ESTINA To Hold Fansign with Girls’ Generation
J.ESTINA revealed on February 29th that they will be holding a fansign at AK mall in Suwon with Girls’ Generation on March 11th.
Customers who purchased over 100,000 won worth of J.ESTINA products between February 23rd to March 5th will receive entry slips, and the names of the winners who can attend the fansign will be posted online on March 9th.
After Girls’ Generation started modeling for J.ESTINA, sales for items carrying each member’s names, such as “Jessica earrings”, “Yoona Angelica bag” and “Tiffany earrings” have been selling consistently. Items that will on sale in the future can currently be pre-ordered.
Source: EDaily
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Sunny Talks About Her First Time Being a Solo MC
With K-pop fans all over the world watching, Girls’ Generation’s Sunny showed her emceeing skills in her first attempt as a solo MC for the music concert program “Music Island”, which is broadcast on SBS MTV.
Prior to the broadcast date on February 29th, Sunny stated, “I got on the stage with a nervous and burdensome heart as this is my first time emceeing a program alone, but I was able to complete it with a relaxed feeling thanks to fans cheering me on.”
Even though this was Sunny’s first attempt emceeing a show by herself, it was said that she carried the show in a calm, yet lively manner, making viewers anticipate future episodes.
Source: SBS News
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Yuri Photographed with ‘Fashion King’ Script
Yuri, who is making her first attempt at acting as a regular in the upcoming SBS Monday/Tuesday drama “Fashion King”, has garnered attention for looking like she is in love with her script from the show.
Photos from the site where the drama is being recorded in New York were recently revealed. Among these photos included shots of Yuri reading her script with a serious face.
Yuri stated, “A singer only needs to focus her energy for a short period of time to cause an impact. But to make an impact as an actor, you have to take a deep breath and live as that character, so I think it’s harder (to be an actor). Lately, I’ve been enjoying this new challenge.”
Official “Fashion King” photos of Yuri have also been released, and you can check them out on the show’s official website. A teaser of Yuri recording for the show has also been released, and you can view this below. “Fashion King” is scheduled to start broadcasting on March 19th.
Source: TVDaily, MonsterITouch@youtube.com
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Sunny Takes Her Place as the ‘Brain Idol’ on ‘Invincible Youth 2′
During the latest recording of “Invincible Youth 2″, the idols of G8 took a basic education exam which tested their abilities to solve problems from the first grade level to the sixth grade level. Though the idols were taken aback by the difficulty of some of the questions, Sunny surprised everyone by easily answering all of the questions on the test, including the most difficult fraction calculations. The other members were unable to answer several questions, giving Sunny the highest score and her place as the “Brain Idol”.
Source: KBS Office
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Krystal Discusses Her Close Relationship With Jessica
It is well known that f(x)’s Krystal is Jessica’s little sister and that the two of them share a close relationship. Recently, MyDaily struck up an interview with Krystal, discussing her recent activities. In the interview, Krystal mentioned her relationship with her sister and shared interesting tidbits about their lives. An excerpt of the interview can be found below:
- Photos of your sister Jessica kissing you garnered a lot of attention, right? It seemed like you didn’t like it very much.
“I saw the article, and when I read that they wrote I didn’t look like I liked it, I went, ‘Ah, what the heck. They don’t even know.’ I’m usually the one who gives my sister kisses. I even kiss her when she’s sleeping. It’s not that I don’t like it. There were a lot of people there at the time, so I was just taken aback when she suddenly kissed me. I didn’t know they were filming it from the top either.”
- A common search on portal sites during that time was “Jessica little sister fool”. (Translator’s note: the phrase means that Jessica is a fool when it comes to her little sister) One netizen asked, “Why is Jessica’s little sister stupid?”
“I’ve seen reports about that too. I thought the article itself was funny when I first read it, but ‘Why is Krystal stupid?’ was even funnier. Haha.”
- How was Jessica’s acting in the KBS 2TV drama “Wild Romance” as a senior actress?
“She was good and looked really pretty. She practiced her lines a lot at home and we even went over them together too. Once, while she was practicing her lines, I was in the same room with her and she said, ‘Bring me some water.’ So I brought her some and she asked, ‘What are you doing?’ I said, ‘You asked me to bring you water,’ and she replied, ‘Those were my lines!’ [She was] really cute.”
- You two are like siblings that people might read of in a romance comic.
“I really thought she was talking to me then. It just means that she was that natural at it. (Laughs)”
[Interviewer then asked if she gave Luna a gift for entering college, and Krystal replied that she hasn't been able to see her or her other members because of their individual schedules.]
- Then who do you usually play with? I guess just your sister.
“My sister’s really busy. I just play alone. Haha.”
Source: MyDaily
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Unaired Cuts of ‘Girls’ Generation and Dangerous Boys’ to be Broadcast In Upcoming Episodes
JTBC’s “Girls’ Generation and Dangerous Boys” will reveal scenes that were unaired in previous episodes. These cuts will be broadcast over a period of two episodes as a wrap up of the whole show for the viewers.
In particular, the MT (Editor’s note: MT stands for membership training, a time to bond with one another through various activities) scenes with the boys’ mothers will be broadcast to the viewers, many of whom are disappointed that the program is ending. It will also provide the show’s audience with entertainment and heart moving scenes.
Last week, Girls’ Generation bid their mentees farewell after they successfully accomplished their final goal, which was to perform at the “Street Jam Dance” competition.
Sources: MyDaily
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Shinhwa Expresses Affection Towards Girls’ Generation
The popular six member Korean group Shinhwa expressed their affection towards Girls’ Generation during their fourteenth anniversary comeback press conference.
On March 5th, at the CGV Chungdam Cine Center in Seoul, Shinhwa had their comeback press conference at Mcube. During the press conference, Shinhwa mentioned Girls’ Generation, who is currently under SM Entertainment, the same management company that they were once a part of.
Jun Jin stated, “When we were active with SM Entertainment, the members of Girls’ Generation were still trainees in elementary school. We are thankful the kids grew up so well. We have a special feeling for them, seeing how hard they are working.” He also added, “When Jessica and Hyoyeon were younger, they wrote letters for us. It’s kind of weird seeing them as grown ladies.”
Lee Minwoo stated, “I’m a fan of Girls’ Generation. I remember Hyoyeon in particular. When Hyoyeon was little, she danced really well despite her young age. At the time, BoA was promoting, and I was anticipating a second BoA. I’m happy to see that Hyoyeon has achieved her dreams.”
Source: MK
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Seohyun Reveals a Story of Losing a Drinking Game on ‘Strong Heart’
Girls’ Generation’s maknae Seohyun revealed, “Girls’ Generation unnies forcefully made me drink a ‘bomb shot’”. (Translator’s note: a “bomb shot” is a mixture of beer and a hard liquor, such as whiskey)
During a recording session for “Strong Heart”, Seohyun said, “After completing one of the concerts on our Japan Arena Tour, we had a drinking party as a means of celebration.”
Seohyun continued, “The members created a bomb shot in a big glass,” and revealed an unexpected side of Girls’ Generation. Seohyun also said, “I had to drink a bomb shot for the first time in my life, because I lost the game we played.”
Fans who have seen Girls’ Generation’s appearance on KBS2′s “Night Star” in 2010 may remember that Hyoyeon revealed a very similar story about Seohyun losing in a game with the other members and having to drink a small amount of alcohol. It seems that Seohyun is unlucky when it comes to drinking games.
Source: SBS News
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Girls’ Generation’s Endorsement Contract With Vita500 Ends
Girls’ Generation’s contract with Kwangdong Pharmacy to endorse the Vita500 vitamin drink has come to an end. Over the past year, Vita500 has been a fixture among Girls’ Generation’s many endorsements and it joined Samyang Ramyun, Goobne Chicken, J.Estina, and others as memorable products and brands that have featured the girls. Vita500 became especially popular amongst SONEs for the seemingly endless number of promotional photos of the girls that were posted regularly on Kwangdong Pharmacy’s Twitter account.
In addition to the photos and CFs released by Kwangdong Pharmacy, the time spent by Girls’ Generation as Vita500 advertisement models was marked by special events such as the time when acontest was held to win special Girls’ Generation memorabilia. Also, on Girls’ Generation’s latest Korean album, “The Boys”, a special song named “Vitamin” was included, which was originally a song used to promote a Vita500 Girls’ Generation smartphone application.
Finally, a message full of emotion and gratitude was posted on Kwangdong Pharmacy’s Twitter account.
[회고록] 1년동안 비타500 모델로 활동해주신 소녀시대 정말 감사합니다ㅜㅜ 그로인해 소원분들과 여럿 좋은 분들을 트윗에서 만날 수 있어서 정말 행복했습니다~ 부족한 저와 대화해주신 모든 분들 정말 감사합니다! 이젠 더이상 모델은 아니지만 영원히 제 맘속엔 함께할듯해요^^ 섭섭한 마음 이루 말할 수 없지만~ 마지막으로 감사의 말씀 드리고 싶어 이렇게 글 남깁니다~ 트친님 화이팅! 소녀시대 화이팅! ♥♥♥ (아~ 눈물나ㅜㅜ)
Translation:
Thank you Girls’ Generation for working hard as Vita500 models for the past year T_T I was very happy to meet SONEs and other good people on Twitter because of that~ Thank you to all those who spoke to an insufficient person like me! Even though you’re not our models anymore, I think we’ll be together forever in my heart ^^ I can’t express my sadness in words~ But I wanted to leave a word of thanks for the last time~ All my Twitter friends hwaiting! Girls’ Generation hwaiting! ♥♥♥ (ah~ I’m tearing up T_T)
Source: kwangdongpharm@twitter.com
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SBS Releases a Teaser for ‘Fashion King’ and Photos of Yuri
SBS has released another teaser of Yuri for “Fashion King”, which includes previews from the drama’s recent filming in New York. Though she appears only briefly, fans were stunned by her beautiful and sophisticated look. You can check out the teaser below.
SBS has also posted several new photos of Yuri and revealed several behind-the-scenes facts from the filming. After they filmed a scene in which Yuri just gets out of the shower, the staff members present stated that they were reminded of Audrey Hepburn, and commented, “I think we need to call her ‘Audrey Yuri’.” They also said, “As expected, anything Yuri does is like a photoshoot,” and, “It’s tough having to film all night, but I’m happy because Yuri’s here.”
Anticipation for Yuri’s first major role in a drama is continuing to build, and the first episode is set to air on March 19th.
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