Love Me Tender

I had not heard any news about this until now. Apparently Lee Soo Man, the founder of SM Entertainment, has future plans for TVXQ/DBSK and BoA to debut in the U.S. At a recent press conference he stated that they were not yet ready and they will focus on expanding their careers in the Asian market before attempting to break into the States. Dang, I didn’t see this coming. I had heard about BoA planning to eventually debut in the U.S. but not TVXQ. For some reason I don’t see them being able to do it…their music style isn’t favourable in the current music scene. They would definately have to revamp their image and come off as less of a boyband. I’m sure this won’t happen for a few years anyway, but I guess they’re going to be practicing their English? Who knows.

P.S. I FINALLY got my categories to list alphabetically. W00t!

References:
1. Asian Fanatics & allKpop: info

This was posted way back in October but I only saw it now. It’s so amusing.

I don’t understand what the big deal is about celebrities admitting they watch or have watched porn. Honestly, who hasn’t? And what makes people think that all those commercials, advertisement posters, billboards, music videos, and music performances AREN’T porn? Just because artists cleverly cover up certain parts of their bodies and not others doesn’t mean they aren’t also screaming “fuck me”. I think these are more sexual than “official” porn itself, although it depends on the type and genre. But really, what is the big deal? As if it’s so taboo for to people watch it when it is only a very small minority of people haven’t or don’t. Let’s just be realistic and mature about it. If a person wants to watch porn, that’s their choice. I don’t think they should be slandered because of it, like Soo Young of SNSD. Poor girl. Even though I think she’s stupid and deathly skinny, it’s not fair that people are dumbasses and blow things out of proportion. I don’t encourage people to engage in porn, but they should not be demonized for it. Anyway, that’s my two cents.

References:
1. Asian Fanatics: info on Soo Young

It seems like recently a lot of Korean celebrities are going to China. What’s up with that? I just posted about Super Junior M (Mandarin) debuting in China, but I found out that Andy is going to be holding a solo concert there and DBSK are heading there as well. I guess China is a hotspot right now. I wonder how their Korean fans are feeling about this. I remember how many people turned away from BoA when she was doing a lot of promotional work in Japan because they felt betrayed. Maybe if Korean fans actually bought albums then their artists wouldn’t be heading overseas to make some money. But who am I kidding. Artists sell out all the time for material promotions all the time. As if they need anymore money. =P

Here is some concert information about Andy and DBSK. Dang, check out the schedule for DBSK! I hope they don’t start to wear our like SS501.

Andy Lee Concerts:
04.19.08 - Shanghai
04.20.08 - Shanghai
? - ?, Japan

DBSK Summer Concerts:
[3rd LIVE TOUR 2008]
04.12.08 - Fukuoka (Hiroshima Green Village)
04.15.08 - Yisihol- Japan
04.16.08 - Yisihol- Japan
04.19.08 - Yisihol- Japan (Sendai hotto House supercomputer arena)
04.26.08 - Yisihol- Japan (Marco Managua Seki gas under the ice arena yimeu)
05.03.08 - Yisihol- Japan (Saitama supercomputer arena)

[2ND ASIA TOUR “O”]
05.10.08 - TaiBei
05.31.08 - Shanghai

[DREAM CONCERT]
08.31.08 - Shanghai

References:
1. Asianbite: Andy’s China concert
2. Contagious Melody: DBSK in China
3. My-Shinhwa: Andy Lee concert schedule
4. Sweetfig: DBSK concert schedule