Hyori is keeping an eye on SNSD’s Yuri and 2NE1’s CL
At a press conference held on the 13th in celebration of her 4th album’s release, Lee Hyori was asked “Which girl group hoobae are you eyeing?” Without hesitation, the Queen of K-pop answered, SNSD’s Yuri and 2NE1’s CL, two members from the nation’s top girl groups.
Regarding Yuri, Hyori stated, “It was like seeing myself in the past. I watched SNSD’s concert and Yuri’s solo performance was impressive. During the Fin.K.L days, I, too, performed a solo performance at the concert and received attention from the music industry shortly thereafter. I have seen Yuri sing solo before and I think she is capable of succeeding as a solo artist.”
Regarding CL, Hyori stated, “She possesses a powerful aura that no one else has had until now. Her originality and charm are something that cannot be easily found in Korea. As opposed to being a pretty and sexy singer, her powerful singing and rapping skills will lead her to become a major figure in the music industry.”
Hyori added, “The featured artists in my album, 4minute’s Jiyoon and After School’sBekah, are friends that I have already stamped my approval on.”
Hyori also did not forget to lend a few words of advice to all the idols undergoing promotional activities. “As you receive training, you perform as much as you are taught. For now, you do as you are told by the management company, but once the contract ends, you will be all alone. If you do not learn to become independent, you may end up in a situation similar to that of an orphan who lost his/her parents.”
It must be an honor for Yuri and CL to be praised by the Queen of K-pop herself. Her observations are right on point too; Yuri and CL are both a popular favorite among the domestic and international crowd. With Yuri’s sex appeal and down-to-earth personality and CL’s natural charisma on and off stage, the future ahead looks bright for the two of them.
Cr : Allkpop
►►C.N BLUE reveals best looking member, ideal girls, girl groups they want to perform with, etc.
‘4 individuals, 4 colours’ —-LOL @ Jonghyun’s answer to “which girl group C.N BLUE wants to perform with”!
CNBlue showed their individual charms at the recent filming of tvN ENEWS ‘Behind Star’.
Only debuted for 2 weeks, CNBlue climbed to the top of various charts and won #1 before attending the filming. Jung Yonghwa humbly expressed, “It feels refreshing.”
It is a fact that Jung Yonghwa received a lot of love from drama ‘You’re Beautiful’ as the Towel Man and Milk Man, which gained CNBlue tremendous attention before their debut. The team from ‘You’re Beautiful’ attended CNBlue’s showcase, showing the close friendship that they held.
Jung Yonghwa expressed that strong love rival, Jang Geun Suk, is a “hyung with good leadership who takes a good care of his dongsaengs.” He revealed about the casting, “I was constantly active in the indie scene but I went to try out for the drama. The character, Kang Shinwoo, is also a guitarist in the band, so it seemed like a good opportunity.”
Besides Jung Yonghwa, the other members too are skillful. The members have already been living together for 3 years. They revealed that the respective first impressions of each other were, ‘Jung Yonghwa the young noble’, ‘Kang Minhyuk the good student’, ‘Lee Jonghyun the young Busan man who often got lost’ and ‘really tall Lee Jungshin’.
In regards to the topic of ulzzangs, Jung Yonghwa expressed, “We don’t have famous ulzzangs. We just somehow ended up in ulzzang sites; amongst the 4 of us, I am the most famous ulzzang,” showing his mischievious side.
Before their debut, CNBlue went to Japan to study indie music and through the 100 over street performances, they built up their skills and stage manners. However, it was not easy living in Japan where they could not communicate.
“There were instances when there were no fans at our performances. They didn’t even look and just went past,” CNBlue revealed of their activities in Japan, “Slowly, our performances started to gather fans one by one.”
Even though CNBlue picked Lee Jonghyun as the most good-looking member, he was ranked the last of a popularity poll with Jung Yonghwa on top. Jung Yonghwa responded, “This is because Jonghyun’s charms couldn’t be seen yet.” Together, CNBlue disclosed the cleanest member, the member who is the most different on and off-screen, their ideal girls, etc.
►►2NE1’s dream of opening their own concert is coming true!
HELLZZZ YEA!!! that’s what I’m talking about! Real girls, real music, lovin it!
With a new album releases next month, girl group 2NE1 will hold a large-scale concert at the end of the year.
The 2NE1 concert is very significant in various ways. The only female groups that have held their own concerts is Finkl (1998,1999) and S.E.S(2000), Wonder Girls(2008), these three groups only. And for a new group whose debut hasn’t even passed a year to hold a solo concert at such a huge performance hall is impossible without a number of hit songs and a huge popularity.
There have been a lot of female idol groups out, and especially this year it has expanded so much to the point where it was called a ‘fountain of girl groups.’ But the reason they were not able to hold concerts is because compared to the male groups, there wasn’t as many enthusiastic participation from fans. So for concert management companies, it wasn’t easy to invest in female group concerts.
But 2NE1 has had an uncommonly great deal of attention since before their debut, and this put them at a different position from all the other girl groups. Even before 2NE1’s debut, they had gone up the music charts with the LG Cyon commercial theme song ‘Lollipop’ in March. In May, they debuted with ‘Fire’ and gained so much popularity that they won first place in a mainstream music program in just one month.
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