{credit: annlaser @ youtube}

CRAZY GOOD EPISODE ♥.  You really can’t go wrong with two of the best singers in kpop.  I embedded the one of them singing Stevie Wonder’s ‘Ribbon In The Sky’, but they individually sang a lot of great stuff on the show too.  I especially loved the covers!!!  K.Will covered GD’s ‘Heartbreaker’ and Wheesung covered SuJu’s ‘Sorry Sorry’  and f(x)’s ‘LA chA TA’ ^_____^.

♥ K.Will – Heartbreaker.   Ahahahaha K.Will reminds me a lot of Daesung … it was kind of cute seeing a Daesung look-a-like in the blonde hair GD sported in his ‘Heartbreaker’ performances XDD.  Anyway, super good performance.  I think this is a great song and K.Will did it with as much oomph and energy that GD did :).

♥ K.Will – Miss, Miss, and Miss.   ♥________________♥

♥ Wheesung – Trickling.  I really think this is one of the best songs he’s ever released, really *___*.  Good lord his voice ♥.

♥ Wheesung – Sorry Sorry & LA chA TA.  HOW FANTASTIC IS THIS.  A rock version of Sorry Sorry.  The rasp in his voice is sooooo sexy.   And ‘LA chA TA’ — you know, I like f(x) and think they need better songs cause they’re actually pretty  good performers but I have never been too fond of this song.  BUT!  Wheesung’s cover makes me want to go listen to it again lol.  He’s so prection when he was doing the dance with that biiiig smile.  LOL SO CUTE.

I gotta admit that I know close to nothing about this group … I can only name three of the members (Gahee, Bekah, and Jung Ah) and I’ve probably watched them on one variety show.  I have watched a lot of their performances, especially their special stages and the Ah performances and anything they’ve done with Son Dam Bi (especially this), cause it’s like the hottest thing watching them dance.    It’s, uh, LEGS LEGS LEGS LEGS LEGS something to do with watching very able performers, lol.   But I never cared too much for their music (except for ‘Ah’) until they released this mini-album!   I still don’t like ‘Diva’ all that much, but the two new songs are greaaaaat!  Different from everything else they’ve released, but a good kind of different imo.  ♥!

♥ Because Of You.   I love how the piano and violin instrumentals start off this song.   And the chorus is really infectious ♥.  Great vocals and rap parts too.   I think it will do very well on the music charts.  What I’m really looking to, though, is the live performances and choreography :D.

♥ When I Fall.  As much as I like ‘Because Of You’, I like this song even more and think it’s the gem of this album.  FREAKING GORGEOUS song a;sldkf.  Gahee helped to produce this song apparently … and I guess this means she should be helping to produce more of their songs.

Thanks to sookyeong for the info and pictures and to klamchops for the heads up!  You can read more info and view more fab pictures @ KBITES!  :D

I mostly wanted to post this because this embedded picture is precious and ITA with klamchops that they’re one of the best celeb couples, kpop or otherwise :D ♥.   (Did you see how he was mad cheering for his wife at MAMA??  SO FREAKING CUTE ZOMG.)   I put some of my other favorite people behind the cut (BEG, Kim Tae Woo, and Park Jung Ah) behind the cut; go to KBITES for lots more ^___^!

Brown Eyed Girls

Kim Tae Woo

Park Jung Ah.

This is my kind of Little Red Riding Hood, heh.  My favorite one; I neeeeeeeed to find scans of the rest of Ye Ji Won’s editorial….!

The SHINee editorial has already been posted up HERE, but some of these other ones were just too fantastic to not share.  I absolutely love the Corpse Bride editorial.  And GD, I’m really not sure what he’s supposed to be lol, but the boy is so eccentric that he pulls it off pretty well imo.

Thanks so much to the soompiers for putting this all together.  You can view more pictures at the soompi thread!  :)

Kim Min Hee & Lee Hyuk Soo

I missed out on that other press conference where he appeared with Han Hyo Joo, sorry about that!  I’ll go back to find pictures in a bit.  But for right now, here’s another press conference he attended yesterday.   I really like some of these pics; there’s that biiiiiig smile I miss seeing ♥.

Lots more pics: one, two, three.

I CANNOT WAIT for their Japanese activities to resume at the end of this year so they can stand together as five again and hopefully without the legal BS.

;____; ♥.

That and all the boycotting/political stuff going on (a lot of the groups and artists that were responsible for some of the biggest kpop hits in 2009 aren’t here), there were some pretty good performances this year!    Thanks so much to everyone who sent in information and links, especially fruityrose, who pretty much sent all the links you see here hahahaha!

♥ JaeChunSu Accepting DBSK’s ‘Best Asia Star’ Award.   Thanks lyphta for linking the subbed vid!  It’s really sad to think that just one year ago, they were owning this show.   Their ‘My Addiction’ stage was easily one of the best performances all night, plus they won all those awards!  They also won a big award this year, but the stage looks so empty ;___;.   Jaejoong’s ending comment about how they love “the two other friends who may be watching” killed me zomg.  ;_________;!!!!

♥ 2PM + JYP – Intro + Heartbeat.  No Jaebum ugh, but I gotta admit I LOL’ed and LOL’ed when JYP popped up.  He’s a pretty cool guy though, especially on Twitter ^__^.   Anyway, the boys are looking great!

♥ 2PM – Again and Again.  Empty space is really obvious in this one, but I love that they leave that space open for Jay (who I really hope rejoins the group soon).  Love this song!

♥ Ivy + Nichkhun – World Of Temptation.  So … this is kind of awkward LOL.   Poor Ivy probably has loads more antis after this.

♥ Ivy (feat. Nickhun) – Touch Me.  And this is the actual performance… hmmm I don’t know what to think about the whole concept.   I agree with the yt users who think that the vampire concept is overused (and the ending was so scary, wtf!), plus she looks really dead with that makeup, but I still think she’s a talented gal.  (Her album is one of my favorites all year so far; I hope she promotes ‘You Are The Ace’ sometime soon…)   Nowhere near as exciting as last year’s Hyori + T.O.P though.  Is that a good or bad thing?  LOL!

♥ 2PM Wins Artist Of The Year.  :DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD!!!!!!!!   Get your tissues ready :’)

♥ Seo In Young – That Person Of That Time.  What a voice, eh?  ♥!   I think she’s more well-known for her public persona and people forget she’s actually a damn good singer.

♥ Epik High + Kim Tae Woo – 사랑밖엔 난 몰라.  Kim Tae Woo is teh awesome ♥.  Really jealous of everyone that got to hear him sing live at Hollywood Bowl, especially because it’s said that these recorded music shows don’t hold a candle to how good he sounds in real life *___*.  And he already sounds damn good here!  Epik High was great as well; I miss Tukutz, but Tablo and Mithra rocked the stage.  It’s always awesome when artists actually look like they’re having fun onstage!  Like…

♥ 2NE1 – 21st Street Musical (1)(2).  These girls!   This was really cute and fun.  They started of with a remixed version of ‘I Don’t Care’, then Dara did ‘Kiss’ (she is so, so, so, sooooooooooooooooo hot), Park Bom did ‘You and I’, and CL and Minzy did ‘Please Don’t Go’.  Really enjoyed this; they always have so much energy in their stage performances, I LIKE.  I also really liked all the shots of GD approving, lol.  And all the shots of Kim Tae Woo!  They must have cut to him like 5-6 times; lolololololol he’s so cute.  I LOVE 1:20 IN PART 2!!

♥ B2ST – Lies (Big Bang).  New boyband that I’m not too familiar with, but I’m definitely going to look them up after this.  I don’t know what’s up with the stage (did they not even get to perform on the stage, just the red carpet?!), but they sounded great!   Awesome cover of an awesome song.

♥ GD + Taeyang – Heartbreaker, Where U At, Wedding Dress, Korean Dream (1)(2)(3).  This is a power stage ♥♥♥♥♥.  GD has crazy hair lol — it’s weird to see him performing this song without the blonde hair.  He did really well though!  (And he won ‘Album Of The Year’!)   Was something off about the sound in Taeyang’s ‘Where U At’ and ‘Wedding Dress’ performance?   He looks kind of tired too.  But I’m biased and I loved it still ♥.   (Also gotta say: as much as I enjoy their solo activities, I miss them as a group!  I don’t keep up with BB fandom as much as I would like, but I do try to watch all of their performance.  In terms of pure raw energy in performances, they’re one of the best  out there.  Can’t wait to see them performing as a group of five again.)

♥ Brown Eyed Girls + KARA – Abracadabra + Mister.  LOLOMG THERE ARE SO MANY PEOPLE ONSTAGE.  Very short mix, but holy shit holy shit all the girls were SMOKING HOT.  Mmmm ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥.   Ga In’s legs look so shiny, lol.

♥ Brown Eyed Girls – Sign (Girls x Girls).  I just love them.  ♥♥♥♥!  AND!  They won Best Female Group of the year ♥.

♥ Rappers Battle.  Loooooooooooooooved this!  Featuring Miryo, that rapper from Jewelry (I can’t remember her name), JiYeon and Hyunah from 4Minute, and …. Tasha!!!   I thought the first four did a really good job (especially Miryo), but Tasha completely overwhelmed them when she came out at the end, lol.  But she’s the best, so I guess that’s expected.  It was so cute when her husband stood up and looked really happy :D.

Too lazy to find pics now, but I’ll be baaaaaack :D

{credit: gracenote0501 @ youtube; thanks to devy1988 for the heads up!}

Sunday!!!  1/4 of CSJH the Grace, still my favorite girl group ever (although maybe they share that spot with Brown Eyed Girls now :D).  H-Eugene’s original version feature JooHee of 8eight, but I guess Sunday will be featured in his live music performances.   Honestly, this was kind of a shaky performance and I know she can do better than this, but CSJH hasn’t been on a Korean stage since MKMF 2007 and not on a music show stage since their One More Time OK performances ended in Summer 2007.  A long, long time!   She must’ve been nervous.  I wish more people cheered when she came out (where you at, Shapley!), but I really look forward to seeing more of her.  It’s been a long time ♥.

I also hope we’ll be seeing all four of ‘em onstage soon.  I miss them ♥.

Some photoshoots!  Thanks so much to fruityrose for being my crack dealer :D ♥

SHINee has some of the most interesting outfits I’ve ever seen on SM artists.  They’re even more interesting than that crazy stuff DBSK wore during their TRI-ANGLE days lol.   But even though their outfits are hit or miss with me (mostly miss through the entire Juliette promotion XDDD), I gotta say, all five of them can pull off high fashion quite well.  LOL yes, even Onew!  The Vogue shot is quite interesting (and honestly, this isn’t too crazy compared to other artists that have been featured in Vogue Korea!  XDD) ~ zip file and some pics behind the cut!

Be sure to also check out their photoshoot for Ceci.  Less interesting, but they still look super good.  2PM was also featured in that issue; I can’t save the pictures, but you can go straight to the website!  They’re looking gooooood (although it still looks empty :X).   Chansung is so freaking cute in that one of him eating ♥♥♥.

{credit: as tagged + icepluscoffee @ wordpress + piecesofporcelain for the heads up!}

OH MAN ♥______♥!   I could eat him up with a spoon.   I really like this photoshoot!  I see some ab definition :D.  He lost quite a bit of weight; he looked a little fuller in his new drama (which is a good thing imo cause he’s always been pretty skeletor), but then he said something like, “Whoa I got fat and was upset with the way I looked in the drama” and dropped all that weight.  I just remember thinking at the time, if Kim Heechul is “fat”, I am a freaking whale okay.  Anyway, my sob story aside, this boy is one of my biases and I’m happy to see him being his usual fantastic self ♥.

Lots more at icepluscoffee @ wordpress :)!!  I also put them under the cut~

(Also, zoolooney has some pictures of what Hankyung has been up to: one, two.  Y-y-yeah.  XDDD.  piecesofporcelain explains:  That lady is Dee Hsu aka Xiao S, (whose sis is Barbie Hsu the Makino/Jandi of Twn version of Hana Yori/BOF).  Xiao S have this talk show with this other guy called Mr Con & Ms Csi which is very popular…and she is well known for being provocative, which pretty much explains what she was trying to do to Geng ^o^… I love the show and Geng and Zhou Mi claims to love the talk show too… I think the show is having a tour now, which is why the M boys are appearing on their show? :)  … and I have nothing else to contribute except … um, you know, my mind is in the gutter.

Just saw this; thanks to ripgal @ soompi for sharing these!  I have to get some work done so I only saved a few pics of my favorites, but I think all these shots are really great ♥.  You can view loads more pictures at soompi and vote for your favorites at the Marie Claire site!  :)