the kpop edition

[acchikocchi]

1. So give me the lowdown on SM Entertainment as a corporation. How do they recruit/train/market/etc., especially in comparison to JE? Info on shady business practices and lawsuits and things of that sort also welcome. XD ...How does the Korean music industry and market compare to the Japanese in general, actually? There is no such thing as tldr in comments here.

2. Favorite Korean artists/songs/albums/music videos? I am woefully ignorant. Pop, not pop, what have you - hit me. (Assume I know basically no one except Park Ji-yoon, since that's... true. Oh, and BoA.)

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[xxlithiumflower.livejournal.com]

Oh, I don't know why I didn't think of this before! *raids bookmarks folder of YouTube videos*

Big Bang parody of Hana Yori Dango. (part 2) Daesung makes a retardedly adorable Tsukushi. Their collective smokin' hotness is exceeded only by their collective retardation.

Big Bang parody of Coffee Prince. (part 2) This time GD's the girl... maybe? Again, more hotness and retardation, this time with random bursting into song! (Not that there's ever a wrong time to randomly yell I'M SO SORRY BUT I LOVE YOU DA GEO-JIS-MAR! or however the hell you spell it. *Korean-ly impared*)

SS501 have delusions of being able to speak English. The subs really make it. I AM A BOY, YOU WANNA GIRR, WE ARE THE STUDENTS! EVERYBODY SAY... SUGURR SURUP. As you can probably tell, I like the ones that were obviously dropped on their heads in infancy.

Rain, in some movie, yodelling. Best random talent EVER.

Sorry Sorry with cracksubs. I've seen it several dozen times and still laugh 'til I cry every time. Also to make sure it's still stuck in your head.

SHINee on some show, being cute. Not as heavy on the retardation, but so silly and so, so cute.

MySpace-y band Royal Pirates covering Mirotic. No idiocy this time, the appeal's all in the utter win. They've got some other great covers and original stuff too, but this one's probably their most popular.

And Stephen Colbert is singin' in Korean. WHAT, WHAT, IT COUNTS.