Greetings, fellow readers! It's almost turkey day in the U.S. Who is ready to stuff their face? XD But let's not forget the main reason for Thanksgiving--giving thanks for the things we have. Though I'd be extremely greatful if I got to see my bias in person. ^^;; From the last part of October to now there have been quite a few suprising stories in fandom. Let's get to it!
Celebrities on Twitter
After his departure from KAT-TUN back in late October that left fans devistated, Koki has come back via Twitter~! There was a fake account before his, so when his was actually found there was a little speculation. But since two of his brothers had followed that account, fans did the same. Koki is the second KAT-TUN member to make an account after Jin (who doesn't use his anymore) and it's enjoyable to read his tweets--even though they're in Japanese. :P He's quite the chatterbox, and I like that. ^^ Also to join Twitter is SNSD member (and one of my biases from the group) Seohyun! She may not tweet often, but I'm glad that she's entered the world of Twitter. I also came across Taiwanese singer and actor Ken Chu as well as Barbie Hsu and Vic Zhou. Slowly but surely I'm finding the F4. I follow a whole bunch of Kpop, Jpop, and Cpop stars that it's crazy. >__< But there are a few that I'd really enjoy seeing on Twitter, and I'm pretty sure that you can make a few guesses as to who they might be. :P But aside from Twitter, you have quite a few of them on other social networks--Instagram being a big one followed by Chinese site Weibo. Of course there is now LINE and a few still use Cyworld. So alot of stars are feeling out to the world through alot of different places. It's really nice to see them talk about things that the general public would (to some degree), take a whole bunch of pictures of themselves or the food they're eating or their pet or their house...etc. And it always brightens a fan's mood when they do mini fan-talks. I have yet to get a response from anyone though. ;A; But one thing (though it's perfectly normal) is seeing them when they're sad or mad. Most of the time it's due to someone hacking their accounts and whatnot. Of course that can be avoided with stronger passwords (like a set of cryptic numbers and letters). But then there are events that make them upset and they take to Twitter like the rest of us. ^^;; A while back, Jaejoong had such an issue where someone made him upset and he made it known through Twitter. I've not seen any of my favorite celebrities get upset (probably never will on camera), but it made me wonder how scary they'd look if they got really mad. Some of them it's hard to imagine getting really mad: Yunho and Junnosuke are just two that come to mind almost immediately.
Dongho calls it quits
U-KISS's maknae decided to call it quits from idol life it seems. And while it's sad to see him go, I can understand his reason for doing so. He said it was not good for his health, and if you think about all the schedules, lack of sleep, and not enough time to eat that celebrities--especially of the Kpop variety--go through you might not even want to keep going either. The ones that do are troopers. ^^ But Dongho also had a health issue with his lungs, so I think he made a good decision. Best of luck to you, Dongho. Though this is a second blow to KissMe's as they've lost Alexander and Kibum previously, I don't think that will stop them from loving
all the members no matter what they're doing.
It's that time of year again...
Yes...awards shows. =____= These tend to be a reason for fanwars to start. And I am certain that a good amount of cheating goes on in them as well--at least in the past there may have. These things also seem to bring out the ugliest parts of fans. Of the latest there was the YTMAs (Youtube Music Awards). I was really glad that SNSD's 'I Got A Boy' won the Video of the Year Award. But quite a few non-Kpop fans were not too thrilled with that. Then there was the recent EMAs (European Music Awards). Now, I don't know how EXO managed to make it on there, but they did. I usually don't participate in these things, but I did try to help them to win whatever they were nominated for. Unfortunately, they were pitted against fans of One Direction and Justin Bieber. And it didn't help that some fans of other Kpop fans also didn't want them to win. It was apparent on my Twitter list. And when EXO didn't win, they jumped for joy...and I found that to be totally unecessary. >__> But EXO, One Direction, and Justin Bieber all lost to a Chinese singer. And that is fine by me. The award show I tend to keep from voting in is the MAMAs (Mnet Asian Music Awards). I've been doing so since HoMin was nominated...that year was crazy. .___.
Ailee/Allkpop scandal
*sigh* In what might be the biggest scandal of the year (aside from the pain I felt towards the whole 'ChangToria' thing) is the whole fiasco between Kpop star Ailee and Kpop gossip news site Allkpop. I may not know the whole issue, but from what I'm gathering the thing started when Allkpop posted an article about nude photos of Ailee being posted. That led to serious backlash for the site as fans found it extremely improper of Allkpop to do. The site had already ruffled many fans' feathers numerous times before, but this might just be the icing on the cake. I say that because it's caught the attention of actual Korean media who didn't know about the site's existance until last week. What makes this issue so tough is that the apparent leaker of Ailee's photos was an ex-boyfriend of hers and the photos were taken before she became a star and while she was living in the U.S. And that ex-boyfriend works at Allkpop so...yeah. My thought on the issue (and while some may totally disagree with me) is that this is a lesson learned on Ailee's part. One should be careful of what they do or say in the time before they become someone in a position of fame because someone is bound to dig it up. I was suprised that she admitted that those were photos of her to begin with because most would just deny it. And while it was pretty bad of Allkpop to post those, I'll still continue to follow them on Twitter. Sure, they may have said some awful things about Kpop stars before Kpop became global, but I doubt they're the only site out there that trolls like that. I had been visiting a site called POPSEOUL! in my early fangirl days that also was a bit of a troll. But I can't help wondering if this whole mess would've been different if the leaked nudes were of a male idol instead... Well, all I can say is that I hope things will get cleared up soon.
Aside from all that there were the pictures that Kpop collaboration duo Troublemaker had released that were a bit
too sexy and a clip of a movie called 'Rough Play' (starring Lee Joon) that was nothing but sex. :P I wonder how he felt filming it? Well, that is all for now. Until next time!
