ShinHwa Andy picks member Shin HyeSung as the member he thinks of the most.
Andy reported for his 20-months military services at ChoongNam Nonsan camp at 1pm on 11th January. He gave up his American citizenship in 2003 and came back to Korea for his celebrity promotions and is the only ShinHwa member doing active service.
On the day, about 200 fans were present to send him off to his military service. He was accompanied by ShinHwa members Eric and Kim DongWan who are currently serving their military services.
Andy said, “At this point in time, I think of the members the most. Especially Shin HyeSung hyung. HyeSungie hyung is the only who did not contact me.”
Big Bang leader GDragon will be having his solo debut soon.
It is planned that GDragon go over to American the beginning of next year to finish his composing work and will return with a solo album.
GDragon said in an interview recently, “The songs are already been set in place for making.”
It is planned that GDragon will go over to America after the promotional activities for their 2nd album ends. He said, “The people whom I want to work on my music with are all in America. I will be going over with the other Big Bang members.”
It is also said that the solo album will most probably be a minialbum. “There will be about 6-7 songs included. But nothing much is decided on the concept and style of the album”
ShinHwa member Kim Dong Wan (29) enlisted for military service on 17th November in CheongNam Princess 32nd army division. He is the next to enlist after Eric who enlisted on the 9th last month.
Kim Dong Wan was asked about the response from other ShinHwa members about his enlistment. He said with a smile, “Eric called this morning and said, ‘Must pack lotions for enlistment. And put on combat boots that are larger than your normal size.’ This is the first time I hear something like that from Eric.”
Dong Bang Shin Ki is most popular singer of October on M!Countdown
Dong Bang Shin Ki has been crowned the most popular singer for the month of October on Mnet M!Countdown on 30th October.
Their 4th album title song ‘MIROTIC’, released in end-September, took WonderGirls‘ ‘Nobody’ off the spot to win them the position as the most popular singer for the month of October.
With this, Dong Bang Shin Ki has won the Mutizen award for the 3rd consecutive week on the show.
Kim Dong Wan to do duet with YounHa before entering for military services
Kim Dong Wan will receive a present of a featuring from junior YounHa before he enters for his military service in mid-November.
Kim Dong Wan will release his a new solo single on 11th November. The title song to the last single before he enters for military service will be called ‘Promise’, which will feature junior songwriter YounHa in it. Despite her busy schedule lately promoting her 2nd album title song ‘Telepathy’, YounHa has offered to do the featuring willingly.
Meanwhile, Kim Dong Wan will report for military service on 17th November in ChoongNam GongJoo 32nd division training centre.
Kim Jong Kook #1 on Bugs Chart with ‘Today more than yesterday”
Comeback after 2 years, Kim Jong Kook is #1 on Bugs Chart with the title song of his 5th album ‘Today more than Yesterday’.
His last record on the chart was a 5 consecutive #1 positions on the chart 2 years back with ‘Star, Sunlight and Love”. Other songs from the album like ‘Thank you’ and ‘For a long long time’ are also popular hits on the chart standing at #6 and #13 positions.
While Rain is at #2 on the chart with ‘Rainism’ the title song off his 5th album, up 2 positions from last week. And BoA‘s American debut song ‘Eat You Up’ is at #3 up 69 positions on the chart.
Nobody would have guessed that WheeSung actually underwent vocal surgery earlier this year. His comeback performance on 30th October on Mnet M!Countdown with the song ‘별이 지다(The stars fall)’ off his new album was almost flawless.
As usual, his life performance was great. I half expected Lee Hyori to enter the stage in the middle of the performance, haha. Looking forward to more of his performances. And am looking forward to Baek Ji Young‘s too.
‘Nobody’ top KChart on Music Bank for 4th consecutive week
WonderGirls won their 4th consecutive #1 with ‘Nobody’ on Music Bank.
WonderGirls performed the song ‘Nobody’ on KBS 2TV Music Bank on 24th October and they came top on the show’s K Chart for the 4th consecutive week, taking Brown Eyed Girls‘ ‘How Come’ off the position.
Kim Dong Wan’s last TV appearance before reporting for military service
Kim Dong Wan appeared for his last TV appearance on MBS ‘Introducing star’s friend’ before he reports for military service on 17th November, which was aired on 25th October, talking about his manager.
Kim Dong Wan said, “Appearing for ‘Introducing star’s friend’ will be one of my last present for my fans.” On the show, he introduce his manager as his close friend who looked like Yoon Do Hyun. On the same episode, his manager also did a little rendition of Son DamBi’s “Crazy” performance.
Kim Dong Wan will be reporting at the Gongjoo training center on 17th November. He is currently in the midst of recording his final album and will release it just before entering the army. The album will be released as a single in early November.
Amidst all the news about Choi Jin Shil (40) who committed suicide in her apartment bathroom on 2nd October, just a day after her death, another artiste Jang Chae Won (26) has also commited suicide.
Jang was found on 3th October, hanging by her neck in her apartment bathroom at 11pm Korean time.
Neighbours suspect that Jang’s death may be linked to her recent breakup with her boyfriend. But investigations are still being carried out.
Jang is more widely known as a transgender artiste after artistes like Harisu. Some also said that Jang has been undergoing a lot of stress after netizens starting leaving mean messages on her minihompy last year.
After the news of her death was known, many netizens left messages on her minihompy like, “I hope you will be reborn as a beautiful girl your next life.” etc.
Eric to report for military service on 9th October
Eric will be ShinHwa‘s first member to report for military service. And other ShinHwa members will come together again once again for him.
Eric will be reporting at ChoongNam NonSan Training Centre on the 9th. He will then receive 4 weeks of basic military training.
The other 5 members will be having a farewell dinner with Eric on the 8th but they will not be able to turn up on the 9th for him as they are all caught up with their own schedule.
Meanwhile, member Kim Dong Wan will be the next to report for military service after Eric. They are both born in 1979.
ShinHwa‘s member Kim Dong Wan promises to come up even better after his military services on the first performance of his first ever solo concert ‘Promise’ which will also be his last one before he report for his military service.
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