[Vid] JaeJoong – MBC K-POP Star World [Preview]
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120412 Editors Note JYJ Fantalk Is Back!!!!!
Hi Everyone. Welcome back to JYJ Fantalk for sure. This site was down due to such a high volume of use that it discombobulated the server. JYJ Fantalk had to be switched to a server with a larger capacity. Thank God for the skills of my husband John who labored for hours and hours to transfer 4 gigs worth of posts and pictures to the new server. I love you, Honey. So now it is on to new adventures with JYJCY and JYJ Fantalk. Be seeing ya!! Momma Cha
120401 Acappella DBSK, JYJ, TVXQ
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[NEWS] JYJ Performs At A Special Event Of The Nuclear Security Summit
[NEWS] JYJ Performs At A Special Event Of The Nuclear Security Summit
JYJ held a special performance at the Blue House (Cheongwadae), in conjunction with the Seoul Nuclear Security Summit.
According to JYJ’s management agency, JYJ performed at the “Seoul Nuclear Security Summit・Spouse Event”, held at the Blue House State Guesthouse on the afternoon of 27 March.
JYJ, formed by the three members Yoochun, Junsu and Jaejoong, performed “Be My Girl” and “In Heaven”, catching the eyes and ears of the guests.
A representative of the event coordinators said, “JYJ is the only group to have advanced into Asia, North America, Europe and even South America. The response from all the guests, including the First Ladies, was very positive. From the perspective of the organisers, we are also very appreciative of JYJ’s efforts. The stage this time was also an opportunity to share with the world how outstanding K-pop is.”
JYJ also expressed their thoughts. “We are very happy to have been invited to share the merits of K-pop with the First Ladies, who are representatives of the various countries. After our world tour, we feel very happy to be given another opportunity to promote Korea. Although it was a short event, we hope that this will be an opportunity for the guests present at the meeting to be left with precious memories of Korea.”
Guests, including those from Switzerland, Vietnam and the Philippines, also drew attention when they requested commemorative photos with JYJ. The First Lady of Korea also mentioned (when greeting JYJ) that she enjoys watching Yoochun in “Rooftop Prince”.
Meanwhile, after their South American concerts, which officially mark a close to their 15-city World Tour, JYJ is expected for focus on their individual activities, including dramas and musicals, in the short-term.
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[TRANS] 120329 JYJ Which Cannot Be Heard In “Inkigayo”, Can Be Heard In “Rooftop Prince”
[TRANS] 120329 JYJ Which Cannot Be Heard In “Inkigayo”, Can Be Heard In “Rooftop Prince”
In the third episode of “Rooftop Prince”, which was broadcast on SBS on 28 March, it seems that compared to the attractive development of the plot, the melodious music is more attention grabbing. However, you may still miss it if you are not paying attention.
The music that appears when the crown prince’s 3-man consort, Song Man Bo (played by Lee Min Ho), Do Chi San (played by Choi Woo Shik) and Woo Yong Sul (played by Jung Suk Won), make a video call to the crown prince, Lee Gak (played by Park Yoochun), at the fast food joint is “Be My Girl” from JYJ’s first official album, “The Beginning”.
Aside from that, JYJ’s “Be The One”, also from “The Beginning”, appears when Park Ha (played by Han Ji Min) is at the departmental store with her mother.
It is normal for singer-turned-actors to have their songs played in the dramas, but for JYJ songs to appear in “Rooftop Prince” is something special for JYJ and their fans, since it is usually not easy to hear these songs on programmes. Although JYJ is able to appear in dramas, and appear actively in news programmes, they are still not able to appear on music programmes.
Perhaps someday we would be able to hear JYJ’s songs not as background music, but as live performances. And perhaps someday we will be able to see these three men stand proudly on the stage of music programmes.
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[PIC/TRANS] 120327 JYJ with Chile’s First Lady Cecilia Morel, Featured in a Chilean Newspaper
[PIC/TRANS] 120327 JYJ with Chile’s First Lady Cecilia Morel, Featured in a Chilean Newspaper
March 27, 2012 · ceskjj
[TRANSLATION]
(Cecilia Morel) tells about how she met the popular guys and the first ladies in Seoul
Cecilia Morel Make-up Oriental Style and Meeting with JYJ
Seoul. The second day of Cecilia Morel in Seoul transformed into a huge introduction to the korean culture. During the second and last day of the Nuclear Summit, Morel had lunch with the first ladies. The lunch appointment was in the Blue House, seat of the government, that was built in Korean style. “We had to pull off our shoes to enter the house” said Cecilia, who had to put on special footwear.
She sampled the local food during lunch, and spent a lot of time with the korean first lady, Kim YoonOk, who was sitting right next to her . The main event came after lunch, which began with a dance show with performers wearing traditional clothes. Later, Cecilia met JYJ, the most popular korean k-pop group who were in Santiago [Chile] in the beginning of March . ”I went to meet them and congratulated them. It was funny because two of them were very blonde, blonde, blonde, blonde. It was also funny because they look like Korean rock stars, and for me, that is something new and it catches attention” said Cecilia.
(T/N; this is a rough translation; information unrelated to JYJ omitted )
++ Update++
The First Lady of Chile tweeted about JYJ:
[TRANS] At the First Ladies’ banquet in Korea, I was with JYJ
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120326 Hallyu 2.0: The Korean Wave in the Age of Social Media Facebook Page University of Michigan Ann Arbor
Perspectives on Contemporary Korea Conference Series
Hallyu 2.0: The Korean Wave in the Age of Social Media
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April 6, 2012
Rackham Amphitheatre, University of Michigan
Free and Open to the Public – No Registration is Required
Hallyu (the Korean Wave), a term coined to describe the widespread popularity and regional/trans-regional influence of Korean cultural products, has recently come into its own as a subject of academic inquiry and broad intellectual interest. However, while much attention has been paid to the impact of the Korean Wave on Korea’s national image or domestic economy, as well as its implications for transnational cultural flow, there has been little discussion about the impact of new communication technologies, such as social media.
Hallyu is indeed entering the new age of social media. For the last few years, Facebook, Twitter, youtube, cyworld, and myriad social networking websites have boosted the dissemination of Korea’s popular media contents to regions where the traditional media– theatrical distributions, TV networks, and DVD/VCD sales– had never reached before. Korean films, TV dramas and variety shows, online games, comics, and popular songs are now being shared, distributed and consumed in cyberspace at an unprecedented pace.
“Hallyu 2.0: The Korean Wave in the Age of Social Media” conference seeks to comprehend and interpret the meaning of this new and powerful cultural industry. The conference will stage interdisciplinary dialogues among scholars of cinema, media, and visual studies, and of area studies and communication studies, by implicating multiple approaches in deciphering the intricate web of contemporary media ecosystems.
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[INFO] University of Michigan Symposium on Hallyu 2.0: “OF THE FANS, BY THE FANS, FOR THE FANS – THE REPUBLIC OF JYJ”
[INFO] University of Michigan Symposium on Hallyu 2.0: “OF THE FANS, BY THE FANS, FOR THE FANS – THE REPUBLIC OF JYJ”
The University of Michigan will be holding a Symposium on the Hallyu Wave on April 6. One of the seminars offered during the 2nd panel is entitled: “Of the fans, by the fans, for the fans: The Republic of JYJ.”
YJ3 Note: Prof. Seung-ah Lee has presented the same topic at UC Irvine. Event description is below:
The nationalist celebrations behind K-pop hide uncomfortable and troubled reality of the Korean entertainment industry. Far from being a paradise for aspiring young artists, SM Entertainment is a powerful industrial machinery that maintains complete control over the products it manufactures—the dancing and singing teenage boys and girls who are carefully marketed as “idol groups.” Prof. Lee’s lecture examines the JYJ fandom as an emerging social movement and analyzes both the mechanisms and logics internal to this movement.
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[NEWS] 120322 K-Pop Fever In South America “Grow Twice As More”
[NEWS] K-Pop Fever In South America “Grow Twice As More”
CNN Chile reporter Stavros Mosjos that came to report for JYJ’s Chile concert shared, “Now K-Pop that was limited to certain fan base has now reached the public. Now is the perfect time for K-Pop to spread out to the general public.”
The furthest country from Korea, Santiago, Chile, shows Kia, Hyundai, LG, and Samsung company’s billboards are lined up on the way to downtown from Comodoro Arturo Merino Benitez airport. 1 of three to four cars on the street are Korea. K-Pop is greeting an important time as Korea’s brand power is already significant in South America.
All the K-Pop fans, concert promoter, and press have stated that this year is the golden opportunity for K-Pop to spread K-Pop in South America.
According to the fans in Chile there are about 2-3 students in each classroom who are K-Pop fans. Although it only reached the mania however due to the ardent fans now K-Pop music has started to spread out to the general public.
CNN Chile reporter Stavros Mosjos that came to report for JYJ’s Chile concert shared, “Now K-Pop that was limited to certain fan base has now reached the public. Now is the perfect time for K-Pop to spread out to the general public.”
Concert promoters expect the current K-Pop of 20,000 to 30,000 market audiences to grow more than twice the size within this year. JYJ’s concert promoter Noix company CEO Gonzalo Garcia stated, “Korean artists popularity will more than double within one year. K-Pop is surely attracting quite a lot of attention.”
Some say that this type of popularity can be a temporary K-Pop boom however if you look further back Chie’s hallyu wave began much earlier. Majority of JYJ’s fan that visited JYJ’s concert March 9 has been a fan of JYJ since 5-6 years ago. This is even before the K-Pop boom started.
Cristina Jorquera, 25 shared that her Korean name is Han Boa said she became interested in Korean artists through Japanese animation. She held an interview after the concert with OSEN stating, “I liked Japanese animation which had me take interest in Japan’s pop culture which in turn made me a fan of BoA and TVXQ who were active in Japan at that time. I came to know that they were all Korean artists which led me to take interest in Korea.” Not only that she replied that majority of JYJ’s fans have been waiting for their performance for over 5 years, which tells us this is not a temporary boom.
Especially the K-Pop artists are already influencing the Chile’s youth values so it’s expected that K-Pop will become a larger influence. The stories of K-Pop artists making a name for themselves on their own seem to have contributed to being more favorable towards Korean artists. Another fan Nicole Escobar, 27 stated, “The social polarization in South America is very severe which limits the youth of dreaming of becoming successful however seeing the Korean artists that endure the difficult trainee period to become successful singers allow us to have hope ‘I can do it.’ Many fans like their stories of overcoming hardship.”
The fans have gathered actively together with other Korean artists fans to share and exchange information. Nicole Escobar, “International fan clubs are community of destiny. Although my friend is a fan of After School since there is no one in the fan club who can fluently speak Korean or English. Therefore they will request to a Super Junior fan who can speak English to translate some information. So there are these fan clubs that gather together to socialize by sharing information. If the numbers of fans are small then the Korean artists will not come to visit us, therefore it’s fairly important for all the fans to unite.”
Nevertheless there are still many things that are lacking. Fans pointed out that for K-Pop’s popularity to grow further within Chile the sharing of information needs to be more active. Cristina Jorquera expressed,“It’s is really difficult to find the information of my favorite artist in my language. More than the music that is made worldwide composers and new trend, we need the access to the information. We can even barely find one official homepage in Spanish.”
There is another assignment to solve. The reporters in Chile shared, “If album license is issued properly and CD is distributed, more fans who will purchase for $25-30 rather than purchasing it for $300-$400 from online.”
Most of all, the willingness of K-Pop stars towards the fans in South America will be the deciding factor to K-Pop sensation’s future. And more artists including Super Junior and B2ST have been reported to be preparing for concerts in South America. Big Bang, Super Junior, SHINee, 2NE1 are also popular in Chile, according to the reporters in Chile. As the interests towards K-Pop increase, there will be a higher demand for local events and concerts.
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[NEWS] 210,000 Craze for JYJ World Tour, Grand Finale in Peru
[NEWS] 210,000 Craze for JYJ World Tour, Grand Finale in Peru
The South America concert has been a part of JYJ World Tour Concert that began last April Bangkok, Thailand. The tour included stops in Taipei, Vancouver, Newark, Los Angeles, Barcelona and Berlin; total of 15 different cities.
The JYJ Peru concert on March 11 at Estadio X Sur Plata Nada Monumental in Lima drew in more than 6,000 fans. The concert has drawn large interest as the trio became the first K-Pop artist to perform in South America.
The South America concert has been a part of JYJ World Tour Concert that began last April Bangkok, Thailand. The tour included stops in Taipei, Vancouver, Newark, Los Angeles, Barcelona and Berlin; total of 15 different cities and performed for 210,000 audiences.
C-Jes Entertainment announced on March 13 that the concert in Peru drew up to 6,000 fans. Fans had been camping outside over a week to await the boy’s arrival and the show. The dreams of the fans were met and yet fans have been reported to have been asking for more.
During the concert that lasted for 2 hours fans cheered and sang along JYJ’s hits like ‘Ayyy Girl,’ ‘Mission,’ ‘Be The One,’ and more. There was reportedly 10 fans that fainted due to exhaustion.
The South America portion of the concert was held in Chile and Peru has been making headlines all over the local media as well as other parts in the world.
After successfully concluding the performance in Chile with 3,000 fans on March 9, the trio flew over to Jorge Chavez International Airport in Lima where over 3,000 fans have been waiting for JYJ’s arrival.
Surprisingly this large unprecedented number of fans waiting at the airport wasn’t the first sign of the excitement and craze over JYJ. The first whim was back in January when the concert tickets of both Chile and Peru broke records sale. Due to the overwhelming demand of fans the Peru concert added an additional 1,000 tickets that were sold out immediately.
With the completion of their successful World Tour concert, fans are awaiting expectantly already of their next tour.
C-JeS Entertainment CEO shared, “JYJ will focus on their album and individual activities for now. The group will release a second English album, in the second half of the year.”
The K-pop wave seems to be writing new history and breaking records wherever it lands.
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Video 120317 JYJ in South America–KBS
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JYJ’s Kim Jaejoong’s Impression of the South American Leg of the World Tour: “Moved by all the Love and Passion”
JYJ’s Kim Jaejoong’s Impression of the South American Leg of the World Tour: “Moved by all the Love and Passion”
On JYJ Kim Jaejoong’s personal twitter, Jaejoong conveyed his impression of the end of the last concert.
On his personal twitter he wrote, “In situations such as this, up till the last concert in Peru things ended quite well. Because of the great amount of support and love we received, I am very thankful. Though there was a feeling that we were quite close to everyone, we were still not able to see you all. I was moved by the South American fans who had been waiting for us with love. For sure, I will come again.” After this, netizens wrote, “I didn’t know in South America they’d be so popular too” and “If JYJ also had a concert in Korea, that’d be great” as well as “If they returned to Korea as soon as possible, that’d be great” and much more.
JYJ had a concert in Santiago, Chile on the 9th at the Teatro Caupolican and finished their final concert performance on the 11th in Lima, Peru’s Explanada Sur del Estadio Monumental.
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[News] 120312 JYJ First Korean Band to Perform Solo in Latin America
[News] 120312 JYJ First Korean Band to Perform Solo in Latin America
Boy band JYJ held a concert at Teatro Caupolicán in San Diego, Chile, on Friday (local time), becoming the first Korean group to perform solo in Latin America. The venue was packed some two hours before the concert got under way, with over 3,000 fans hunkering down to catch a glimpse of the Asian pin-ups
JYJ perform at the Teatro Caupolicán in San Diego, Chile, on Friday. /Courtesy of C-Jes Entertainment
In the days leading up to the concert, hundreds of fans from other parts of Latin America such as Brazil, Columbia, Mexico and Venezuela camped at a nearby parking lot to make sure they got a seat at the concert.
The spectators went wild throughout the concert, cheering and waving their national flags. During the show, three people were reported to have fainted and were carried out of the premises.
Fans cheer wildly at a concert by JYJ at the Teatro Caupolicán in San Diego, Chile, on Friday. /Courtesy of C-Jes Entertainment
The performance was part of the group’s world tour, which started last April and ended on Sunday in Lima, Peru.
Chilean reporters who were present at the latest concert said, “K-pop fans here currently number 20,000 to 30,000. But once Korean singers’ music is released through official channels, their fan base will surely expand further.”
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[News] 120313 JYJ Completes World Tour and Prepares For Second English Album
[News] 120313 JYJ Completes World Tour and Prepares For Second English Album
After successfully completing a year of their world tour, JYJ has revealed that they will now be focusing on their individual activities and the release of their second official English album in the second half of the year.
On March 13th, C-JeS Entertainment revealed that 6,000 fans showed up to watch JYJ perform in Peru. For over a week, fans had been camping outside the concert hall awaiting the boys’ arrival and their show. Their dreams were met for even after it was all over, they were reported to have been chanting for more.
For the past year, the boys have toured a total of 15 different cities and performed for a 210,000 member audience, completely selling out 12 of those cities and recording 80% higher ticketing rates than the average.
CEO Baek Chang Joo expressed, “JYJ will be focusing on their album production and their individual activities for now. In the second half of the year, they will release a second English album.”
He continued, “This world tour was possible only because it was JYJ. Their popularity is great enough to be able to open a concert anywhere in the world. Through this, they earned confidence and know-how, which is one of the many reasons why I’m looking forward to their world tour next year.”
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Editors Note: A Year Has Passed Since The Japanese Earthquake and Tsunami
Japan’s earthquake and tsunami that rocked the world in 2011 doesn’t seem a full year ago does it? The tsunami still seems close because there are so many reminders around that it actually occurred. There are nuclear summit talks, charity events for victims, and rebuilding of stricken areas as an ongoing project. The tsunami will figure forever in the saga of JYJ’s struggle to stay above the water and to conquer the water through 2011. Not only did the tsunami aftermath effects bow to the concerted efforts of people around the world–but the industry that has tried and is still trying to drag JYJ down has had to bow to the ultimate realization that they are survivors. This is partly due to the utter talent and tenacity of JYJ, and the ingenuity and tenacity of JYJ’s true fans.
It is so easy to sing and dance along with a thriving group like TVXQ was before 2010. It takes more courage to survive a splintered group situation with your heart and loyalties intact. I am happy and proud to say that not only have we survived, but there are those of us who have enough love, passion, and compassion in our hearts to still embrace all five of these truly special young men.
The tsunami taught the world how to give and pull together to rebuild and rethink a way of living. The split of TVXQ has prayerfully taught the world how to acknowledge, evaluate, and start to restructure the entertainment industry.
Dear Jaejoong, Yoochun, and Junsu. Please do not ever regret doing what you felt was necessary for your own happiness but also for the happiness of others. Yunho and Changmin–do not ever regret doing what you considered to be the best for you. We may not ever fully understand what happened, but the important thing is to forge ahead and make a history that may someday converge onto a path that includes all five once again. Until then, and because there is a hope of then, we keep Fighting and Keeping the Faith!!
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