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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Re: pardon my capslock

[guiltyschu.livejournal.com]

Ahahahaha, I am happy to provide! Also. I love so much that what got you into Suju was SIWON TAKING OFF HIS SHIRT. I am lol-ing irl over here, that's the best reason ever. (Have you seen his Don't Don photos? They uh, made a lot of fans happy. *_*) In my experience, it's the kissing card game that brings in the fans, lol (from about 3:40 onwards). Worked for me!

Not gonna lie, Heechul was my first favourite, but he was followed about 0.2 of a second later by HanGeng when I watched this clip. ^^ Heechul thinks he's great so that's enough reason for me to think so too, lol! You should definitely keep an eye out for him, because he's lovely and awesome and he studied dance in China and knows dances for all the ethnic groups and is really beautiful whenever he shows them off. *_*

/mini-pimp


Also. LOL at the Siwon/HanGeng/Heechul = Akamepi thing, that is completely awesome. They totally are like that too, only more...functional, lol. Also, the fans are moderately less crazy (like, you won't see a Geng/Heechul fan battling it out with a Siwon/Heechul fan the way you would say, Akame and Pin fans, lol. ^^;)

That trio is definitely my main thing, but the great thing about SuJu is that there are SO MANY PAIRINGS, so there's less risk of fandom being saturated by one thing (looking at you again Akame, lol). So I'm always getting plenty of variety in my fandom. :3

Zhoumi is incredibly hot and an AMAZING singer, and the other SuJu M ring-in, Henry, is totally adorable as well. I have a huge soft-spot for those two + M, because they went through a lot of crap with the fans early on (and still kind of do :( ). Henry performed in Don't Don with SuJu, playing the violin, and when some rumours came out that he would be the 14th SuJu member, the fans reacted very badly, and there were protests and nonsense. And for ages - actually, I think it still happens - whenever SuJu performed Don't Don live, when Henry came out for his violin solo the fans would all shout "Only 13!" at him (or "we will protect 13", something like that). Then when M started, Zhoumi got a lot of crap from people asking why he was there, saying he was unnecessary and didn't bring anything to the group like Henry, who had his violin. D: Completely disregarding that he's a) talented, b) hot, c) regularly gropes Kyuhyun on TV shows. I don't get it. So yeah, I have a massive place in my heart for them.

Re: pardon my capslock

[acchikocchi.livejournal.com]

*DIES* IT SOUNDS SO SHALLOW WHEN YOU PUT IT THAT WAY. it is so shallow, i know, i know.

Have you seen his Don't Don photos?

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Thank you. Thank you so much. *stares*

(This is particularly hilarious because I explicitly said to someone at one point after my initial exposure to Suju, explaining why it wouldn't threaten my JE love, "Yeah, they were super entertaining, but it's not like with Jin, say. They're not hot." OH HOW THE MIGHTY ARE FALLEN.)

JE has infected my brain for good. I keep thinking Hangeng looks like Ohno. (I SWEAR HE DOES. Thinner face.) That clip is beautiful. Beautiful. ♥_♥ They are adorable friends, all the more because of His Highness' acidic exterior, ahahaha. (I will never forget the comment I saw on this clip of Heechul actually shedding tears on some show or other - "So he does have a heart!" XDDDD) Anyway. Dancers = yes plz.

Ahhhh, so many people to learn about. So much variety. So much potential material. I am so happy. :D

For one thing, they all seem to get along well, so that right there is one up forever on Akamepi. XDD You would not believe how happy I am to hear the fans are not competitive, though, sheesh. The source of so much of my fandom irritation, argh.

Re: pardon my capslock

[guiltyschu.livejournal.com]

Siwon's six-pack makes me want to do obscene things. *_* I'm not about to judge for shallowness, lol, I'm in that handbasket with you! Siwon cracks me up because he has this amazing body and face and he looks like he should be out there living a crazy party-life and banging a different hot girl every night, but he's just a total sweet-heart marshmallow that wants his friends to come to church with him, lol.

(This is particularly hilarious because I explicitly said to someone at one point after my initial exposure to Suju, explaining why it wouldn't threaten my JE love, "Yeah, they were super entertaining, but it's not like with Jin, say. They're not hot." OH HOW THE MIGHTY ARE FALLEN.)

BRB, LOL-ING. But really. There's no resisting the Sibrows. XD (sorry, I'll stop spamming you with pictures and shit soon, I promise haha)

Also this -

I keep thinking Hangeng looks like Ohno. (I SWEAR HE DOES. Thinner face.)

I KIND OF SEE IT. Now I want them to be on a program together or something, because Hangeng would just TOWER over Ohno, it'd be like a tiny chipmunk faced Mini-me. :D

General fandom attitude towards pairings in Suju seems to be 'if it's hot and/or crack, it's good with us'. Actually, when I first got into Suju I don't recall fandom being that mature, but the LJ fans these days seem pretty respectable. I tend to be a fringe-lurker in fandom, so perhaps there's a spiraling vortex of wank in the centre that I've not discovered yet, but from where I'm sitting generally all the haters seem to get out all their rage on the hate memes, then go back to being quiet. ^^ I like it.