JYJ’s ‘Music Essay’ sells 10,000 copies in pre-orders alone

JYJ’s upcoming new album (to be released in the form of a ‘music essay’) has already sold over 10,000 pre-sale units in just one day.

Titled “Their Rooms, Our story“, the album recently became available for pre-sales on the official Interpark site. Their pre-sales record easily ranked them to the ‘#1 general best seller’ category on Interpark’s website.

The music essay contains the members’ handwritten stories about their lives, and will also include ten new self-composed Korean songs. “It’s unique because it’s easily collectable,” said an Interpark representative.

チャンミン＆イ・ヨニ、「私たち結婚しました〜」ウェディング写真を公開

SBSの新月火ドラマ『パラダイス牧場』主演のシム・チャンミン(東方神起)＆イ・ヨニのウェディング写真が公開された。

二人は『パラダイス牧場』で夫婦の縁を結ぶ。21才の三浪生シム・チャンミンと19才の天才少女イ・ヨニのウェディング写真は、ホワイトトーンの結婚式場と窓枠からもれる明るい光が作る幻想的な雰囲気が漂っている。

結婚式のクライマックスはやはり新郎と新婦の甘いキスだ。『パラダイス牧場』の青春カップル、シム・チャンミン＆イ・ヨニはほのぼのしたキスシーンで、たった今結婚した初々しいカップルの雰囲気を演出した。特に「最強ビジュアルカップル」らしく新郎新婦の秀麗なルックスが目を奪う。

しかしこれからドラマの中で二人は、愛らしいウェディング写真とは反対に幼い年で離婚の痛みを体験することになる。

一方『パラダイス牧場』は全編が事前製作で撮影され、6カ月撮影後、6カ月以上の後半作業を行い、高い完成度を誇る。幼い年で結婚した後、電撃離婚、世間知らずのバツイチになった青春男女の大胆で不らちなラブスキャンダルを描く『パラダイス牧場』は、『パパの娘だから大丈夫』の後枠で24日からスタートする。

パク・ユチョンの弟パク・ユファン、MBC新週末劇にキャスティング

JYJのパク・ユチョンの弟で有名になりつつあるパク・ユファンがMBC新週末ドラマ『キラキラ光る』に電撃キャスティングされた。パク・ユファンは『キラキラ光る』に中年演技者チャン・ヨンの年の差がある腹違いの弟イ・ソウ役で出演する。

『キラキラ光る』のある関係者は5일「パク・ユファンのキャスティングが確定した。幼いが家では大人の役割なので他のキャラクターとの関係が面白いと思う」と語った。この関係者はパク・ユファンのキャスティングと関連、「まだ新人だが可能性を高く評価した。声が良く魅力的だ。まだ新人だから現在演技トレーニングを受けながら演技の練習を一生懸命している」と語った。

パク・ユファンはパク・ユチョンに良く似た容姿で、ファンの間では「ミッキーユチョンの情のいく弟」として有名になり、最近演技者デビューが知られながら話題となった。前もってパク・ユチョンは自分のトゥイッターで「愛するユファン! これから頑張れ」という文章と共に弟パク・ユファンの写真も掲載もした。

一方キム・ヒョンジュとイ・ユリ、キム・ソクフンなどが出演する『キラキラ光る』は来月2月12日に放映される。

ユチョンの弟も演技デビュー！

東方神起の新曲『なぜ』、チャート独占

デュオでカムバックする東方神起(ユンホ(ユノ)、チャンミン(マックス))が、2年3ヶ月ぶりに発表した新しいレコードが各種音楽サイトを独占した。

3日に先行公開されたタイトル曲『なぜ(Keep Your Head Down)』は、バグス、トシラク、Mネット、ダウムミュージックなど音楽サイトの日刊チャートの首位を独占した。また4日深夜12時、ユーチューブで公開したミュージックビデオも、韓国ユーチューブ最多アクセス数、最多コメント数、最多お気に入り、最高評点動画など、各種の日刊チャートで1位にランクした。

特にミュージックビデオは日本、台湾、香港はもちろんカナダ、英国、フランス、スペイン、オランダ、アルゼンチン、ブラジル、ロシアなど、世界のユーチューブチャートでも、1日の最多照会映像に選ばれた。

5日に発売された東方神起の『なぜ』スペシャル版は、レコード販売量集計サイトのハンターチャートでリアルタイム1位にランクした。

JYJ talks about Yunho and Changmin, Japan, and changes

Ever since the announcement of JYJ splitting from SM Entertainment on July 31, 2009, both the members of TVXQ and their fans have been riding a long roller coaster with numerous ups and downs along the way. After revealing their new album, ‘The Beginning’, last October, the JYJ trio has become increasingly confident about expressing the thoughts they’ve kept to themselves this past year.

- You won the Golden Disk Awards twice in your careers (2006, 2008), did you watch this year’s awards show?

“We watched it. It made us reminisce about our past, as well as feel new emotions. It’s already been two years since we stood up on that stage. We’ve carefully stored away our Golden Disk platinum medal.” (Yoochun)

- We’ve heard that Hero Jaejoong is popular amongst Japanese female celebrities. There were even rumors about him being in a relationship with one.

“All those articles about relationships are just fiction. It’s true that I get along with the Japanese female stars, but there isn’t one that I’m in a relationship with. Japan is different from Korea in that their celebrities all comfortably get along privately. I’m close with Hamasaki Ayumi, which is probably where the relationship rumors came from.” (Jaejoong)

“Jaejoong has everything Japanese girls like about guys. He has cute and sexy charms all in one body. But in real life, he doesn’t have a girlfriend.” (Yoochun)

- Korean artists seem to be popular in Japan.

“The status of Korean artists in Japan have increased to their advantage. Korean singers are becoming acknowledged for their dancing, singing, and looks. It’s not just their skills, but they also admire Korean males for their nice bodies and being able to drink alcohol well.” (Jaejoong)

- You’ve worked so hard in Japan for how many years, but you’re unable to promote.

“We predicted that there would be difficulties along the way. We’re just thankful that we were able to even release an English album. We’re disappointed, but all we’re hoping for is to get everything solved so we can meet our fans again.” (Junsu)

- What warranted you to withdraw from the team, even when you knew it would be hard? You knew there would be a possibility of people pointing at you for betrayal.

“Up until we made our decision, we lived in chaos for over a year. At the time, there were a lot of speculations regarding business and revenue shares, but we only have one answer. We thought about how we would answer ourselves if we were to ask, “Were we really happy?”, later in life. From the moment we realized we would answer, “I don’t think so”,  there was no point of us hesitating any longer. We are sorry for everyone who supported us and helped us, but we put down the decision that we couldn’t do this to our own lives anymore.” (Junsu)

- But it wouldn’t have been easy to make that decision at the peak of your careers.

“We were prepared to face the possibility of not being able to be sing again. If we weren’t prepared to that extent, we wouldn’t have had enough courage to make that decision. We even thought of going to the countryside to build and live on a farm. We also thought this would turn into a 10 year long fight.” (Junsu)

“It’s true. We all knew our celebrity lives could end. We didn’t even have hope of doing well. I thought of selling my house in Seoul to live in the countryside.” (Yoochun)

- There are a lot of mountains you must get over, like not being able to go on broadcast.

“Even though we get criticized a lot at the beginning, doesn’t it get better later on? It’s hard when problems keep surfacing, but we’re learning how to win over them. When something bad explodes, I turn off my internet and don’t even read articles. Even though it’s a bad situation, we try to be positive. Being pessimistic just because we’re sad makes the people around us even more stressed. That’s why I write up fun messages on my Twitter and try to communicate with our fans.” (Jaejoong)

- Do you still keep in contact with SM’s Yunho and Changmin?

“We’re really sad that we can’t. We’re not saying that just because we left the company it means we left the members too… We watched their album teaser for the January comeback. We honestly hope they will do well.” (Jaejoong)

- You three members must have become more independent.

“We didn’t have a lot of time together because of our busy schedules, but after our concert last month, us three went on a nationwide trip. We traveled from Kangwon-do to Busan in two weeks. We rode yachts and went to find the nation’s best restaurants. We found out that Junsu has a lot of popularity in the countryside.” (Yoochun)

- When does TVXQ shine the most?

“We hope we can shine even more when the five of us are together. We’re open to the idea, although we’re not sure when that will happen…” (Yoochun)

- Do you have any special plans for Christmas?

“None of us have girlfriends… I think us three will be getting together for some soju.”

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