Interest in the Korean group ‘Super Junior’ has rocketed through China of late, and that was readily apparent during an online fan meeting, organized for fans in the country recently. With only Choi Si Won making the cyber appearance, an estimated 210,000 fans logged in to the event in hopes of getting a question into the Korean singer, and quite possibly into the band itself. There were claims of some 50,000 questions being submitted, which is incredible considering only one of the band’s members was in attendance. It looks like a few local concerts might be in order to appease the seemingly unquenchable thirst the Chinese currently have for all things Super Junior..
Archive for August, 2006
Korean singer Lee Hyori ran into a bit of controversy recently, after vacationing in the island nation of Maldives. Apparently getting a little too much sun, Lee Hyori flew back to Korea to film the KBS program “Happy Together Friends”, only to find her new found look highly scrutinized. The pop star quickly apologized saying that she hadn’t realized so many people would be concerned about her exposure to the sun, and promised to keep that in mind during her vacations in the future.
It has been said that both members of the Hong Kong pop duo Twins are some of the nicest stars in the business. That coming after reports that the groups sudden success and hectic schedule is starting to catch up with them–with claims that there are many days in which the singers are quite literally on the verge of complete exhaustion. In spite of this, many around them have been pleasantly surprised to find out how kind and engaging the two can become when approached by their many fans. Known for going out of their way to chat and spend extra time while signing autographs, it’s nice to know that these pop stars haven’t forgotten the very fans that put them on top.
The last few months have been good for Johnny Jimusho and his large stable of boy band artists. Bands such as Kinki Kids, KAT-TUN and others, have all been dominating the Asian music charts lately. Now the latest of Johnny’s groups to achieve good results is of course the long running Japanese band SMAP. They just debuted #1 on Oricon’s music charts with their new 2 CD set “Pop Up!” Quite an accomplishment, seeing they’ve been out of the public eye for quite some time.
Airports and Asian pop stars don’t seem to mix. At least it looks that way again this month after Se7en passed through Hong Kong’s international airport. It started out as a simple case of missing luggage, but then turned into something just a wee bit more interesting. The bag in question apparently contained a large collection of the singers underwear. It could have been quite a dramatic situation, but the Korean pop star couldn’t haven’t been nicer to both the airline and the airline’s employees. Signing autographs and joking casually as he waited for his lost bag to show up.
