Kim Hyun Joong's new album is coming out! 12.12.12

お楽しみにしていてください！

Hyung in a Japanese band, being a rocker and playing a guitar. I don't know what else I want in life coz I think this pretty much makes my life perfect now as it is.

Kim Hyun Joong - Heat

You know what would be much cooler than this? Him on the guitar playing his own song.




I'll get back to you next year, hyung. In the meantime, stay awesome.

And this single is to be the result of my first foray into buying digital CDs in the iTunes Store. Love it!

Celebrating my New Year with Kim Hyun Joong~

Let's see, what was he up to after winning Best Male Solo Artist in MAMA11 and KIA Soul People’s Choice in SIA11?

Lots! Hyung has been beeezzzzy... so I have to pick and choose. I haven't been updating as diligently as I should, but there are better blogs that are more dedicated to hyung out there, so I'm not inclined to feeling guilty  about this.

In SBS Gayo Daejun alone he gave us many performances:

29.12.11

 

He's owning this performance now. 

Love the show, hate the lighting (arrgh, my eyes!). Anyway, I've never heard this version of the song before. Or maybe it's in the LE, you know... that LE that I've had for months now still within the bubble plastic it's wrapped in. Uhuh. He looks like a Vampire Prince, or Alien Prince, or something ethereal and not of this earth. I think he should totally play a cold-blooded psycho killer in a movie some day, he'd be perfect for that role. 

Hyung's getting all the gurlz! First, it's Miss A (Suzy), now two After School ladiez (Nana and Kahi)! Oh, and I vote for no glasses in all hyung's later shows, unless they're the stylishly classy transparent kind. Did you see those eyes?? They're not meant to be covered, dude. Let us see them next time, kay~

I found this video. Thank you, fellow fan koreanlover1fan2.

I purposely put the opening teaser last coz hoshizlookathim *jaw dropped*. He looks very good in black. Or in anything and nothing, I guess. Yes, I'm remembering that shower scene right now.


30.12.11

I think this is the performance where I've seen him smile the most and the longest. And he's very playful towards select members of the audience, namely pretty ladiez. Sorry boys. This one likes us too much to swing your way. Of all his performances, I like Lucky Guy the best (esp when coupled with Do You Like That). And of all his solo songs, I like I'm Your Man the most.

I knew this performance is going to go somewhere! I made a post about his Rainism dance in my blog, and I'm so glad he's showing it to us again. You know what will top this? The Baek Brothers dancing to Rainism. Oh oh, better yet: Hyung and Rain perform it together in a concert...his or Rain's, I don't care. That'll be epic. At least, for me it will be. I wish the lighting here is brighter though.

If I miss any other video from the SBS Gayo Daejun, please lemme know.

O yeah, just wanna say that even though I'm not a Seung Gi fan, I thought he's holding up the SH show really well without Kang Ho Dong. He's really good at this hosting thing. I found hyung's subbed cut in a recent ep:

That's it for now. Happy New Year evewwyone! *confetti* \(^o^)/

More slow songs from Kim Hyun Joong (solo)

I'm in the mood for collecting his slow songs in one place today. Look out for the "hyung slow songs" label to find them all.












Aaaaand a bit of rap on the side. When I thought I can't possibly love him more, I found clips like this.

Wait a minute...he still remembers that song?? WGM fans will be very pleased (and that includes me!)

This is the first time we've heard him sing it in full, ladies. So enjoy it!!!

Chibi Kim Hyun Joong!

Well, not so chibi considering he's like a head taller than I am. But this is the full video of that high school concert when he was still playing bass. I bet he was very popular back then, and as oblivious about his charm as he is now.

Love Kim Hyun Joong

Remember the post where I said my favourite hyung's songs are the slowass ones, despite my usual preference for loud rock and dance music? Here's another one and it's a cover song:



Anyway, I think his voice is suited to rock. I wish he'd form a band on the side, you know...like Johnny Depp or Kim Jae Wook. I wanna see him play the guitar again. And singing while playing the guitar, pretty please?

[Update] Kim Hyun Joong in SBS "Night After Night"

I hope it will be uploaded (and subbed) as soon as possible.

Request for English sub - KHJ TV (2)

Done

[Update] Kim Hyun Joong at Music Countdown, Music Core and Music Bank

(Hear the cheering in the audience? They used to shout the names of all the boys when each sings his part in a song. Now all the voices call out his name. Awesome.)

 

His subbed speech is here.

[Song] Please - Kim Hyun Joong

Sing it the way I hear it:

(Lyrics)

Hey Yeah

Sule chiyeso I cried
Noye jibapeso norul gidaryo
Bulikkojin jiburo dulokanun
Gewa norul bogo sumi makhyosso
Nunul makchugo ibul makchugo
Gurul aggo jamidul
Nega nomu miwoso
Ipsul kemulgo nunmul samkigo
Jongshin nagan saramchorom so isso

Nan ojik norago
Yongwoni norago
Tojoborin nunmulle jujoanja bullo
Nol bullo
I just don’t get it, get it,
Why don’t you get it, get it,

Jebal no gu saram bomyo utjima
Jebal no gu saram ip makchujima
Cuz you’re the cheater, a liar,
and a killer

nunul gamumyon Baby
ajikdo nega gyoteitnun got gata
ne sumkyoli ne sarangi neaneso
domanggaji mothage butjabgo issulle
biga neryoso modu shitgoso
ibyolan ge kiokdurul sarajige hago shipo
odum sokero do mon gosuro
ne apun nunmuldurul deryoga jo

Nan ojik norago
Yongwoni norago
Tojoborin nunmulle jujoanja bullo
Nol bullo
I just don’t get it, get it,
Why don’t you get it, get it,

Jebal no gu saram bomyo utjima
Jebal no gu saram ip makchujima
Cuz you’re the cheater, a liar,
and a killer

pojinun dambe yongi sairo
norul hutojige hedo
hayage nega do-uk gipge segyojo
norul monijo

Oh Girl
hey hey ho

Dashi negero wa

Michil det soricho nomanul saranghe
Norul bonen jalmote
Huwihamyo biro
Nan biro
I just don’t get it, get it,
Why can’t you get it, get it,

Jebal no gu saram pume anjima
Jebal no gu saram saranghajima
Cuz you’re the cheater, a liar,
and a killer

Oh Baby, I need you

You took my love
and killed it girl

You took my love

You took my love
and killed it girl

You took my love
and killed it girl

irojima

You took my love
and killed it girl

Why my heart cries
Oh Girl, (It’s) like you killed me

You took my love
and killed it girl

Baby you killed it
Jebal nal donakajima

[Investigation File] Sexy stage - Kim Hyun Joong

This is the performance he did when he said in an interview how he wanted to create a 'sexy stage' but he didn't think he succeeded to do it as he wanted it.

This is the 'sexy stage' he created years after that. What do you think? Has he succeeded? (I think he has, but let not my opinion sway your decision).

If you must know, I think the sexiest stage he has ever created to date was when he ripped his shirt off during 'Please Be Nice to Me'. That was... mmm, very nice.

Oh, did you notice he said in the Section TV interview how he's managed to do the 'free stage for fans' performance that he's kept saying he wanted to do ever since his SS501-DSP years? Isn't he all sorts of awesome?? I wish I were part of the audience when that history was made in hyung's life.

[Archive] Today's YTvid collection - Kim Hyun Joong

English-subbed:

Kim Hyun Joong's Entrance Cut at KDG
Kim Hyun Joong Interviewed by Children
SH Kim Hyun Joong Cut
Kim Hyun Joong Talks about Bae Yong Joon
Kim Hyun Joong @ Inki
Hyun Joong at MBC Sports Interview on 15 April 2011
20110607 SHOWCASE BREAK DOWN PRESS CONFERENCE ONE, TWO


Unsubbed:

Kim Hyun Joong on E!TV StarQ10 Cut News
Kim Hyun Joong (SS501) Break Down @ SH

[Engsubbed] MBC Section TV Interview with Hyun Joong on 12 June 2011

Yeay! My request was fulfilled (well, I'm sure it's purely coincidental but I'm grateful nonetheless). It's subbed!!! Thanks so much!

I want to write letters to him (in Korean, a language I have not learnt yet)! And I can say I love him more than my hubby too! With hubby's permission... of course, since he's a fanboy who totally asked me to buy a SS501 concert DVD the other day and pawed at it like a kitten when we got back home so I could put the video on because he doesn't know how to work the new player no matter how many times I tried to teach him. I watched hyung's new MV with him sitting beside me trying to look all bristly and jealous coz I was openly salivating at too much sexiness. Awwww...

You can find more subbed video here. Watch them quick! Before it gets taken down by the self-righteous copyright defenders~

[Investigation File] SS501 forever~

Did they co-ordinate their outfits (and performances) or something? Hyung and Yeong Saeng seemed to mirror each other.. the single glove, the sunglasses, black on white theme, shades of gray in alternate places. *ish a happy fangirl*

Request for English sub - KHJ TV

Please??

[Update] Kim Hyun Joong SBS "Strong Heart" Teaser ...and other UPDATES

Yes, yes... I'm updating again. Now that hyung is back and looking sexier than ever, how can I resist blabbing about him all over the place?

Kyaaaaaaaaaa! Another show! Okay, this makes all the months of not having KHJ on my screen worth the wait.

Hope they sub it quickly... thing with hyung, if we can't enjoy his 4D talk then it'll be like soooo frustrating.

Doesn't he look so grown up now? He's lost most of his chubby face, all lean machine now. I keep going "Wow, he looks so much more like a dancing mannequin," coz of his excessive prettiness. The mature look suits him, even if I did wish he had a cuter-styled hair. Well, at least it's not a bowl cut or dyed platinum / strawberry blonde hair. Eeeep.

Speaking of pretty, hyung confessed to having a nose job. Ha! I could almost hear a cacophony of "We told you so!!!" LOL. He said he did it after his nose was hit (smashed? thwacked? tapped?) by a stone, but I dunno why that should distract antis and their grandmothers from the fact that Mr. Perfect had his nose done.

Oh, I just looked this up coz I'm not into fanclubs so I'm very sorry I missed it. I'm still a TRUE FAN~~~ (whatevs). I'm just trying to imagine what antis will make out of Henecia... there are some interesting words that rhyme with it out there, if you have all the time in the world as antis do to indulge in that sorta past time. Anyway, does that make us Henecians, then? That sounds pretty rad, actually. I think we should start looking up a potential home planet.

As usual, I like to torture myself by reading reviews on albums by artists I like, knowing that these critics write them by focusing solely on the songs and performances with no regard for the artists' hotness factor. Of course that kind of dry objectivity is permissible with some artists, but not with Kim Hyun Joong.

It's like trying to say Madonna, Britney Spears, Justin Timberlake, George Michael and Lady Gaga should rank lower in the chart coz they have limited vocal range but hey they're skilled at working with what they've got to make themselves sound good. (Duh. I wonder if these critics ever realize how redundant their columns are before they publish them).

Despite KHJ not being anywhere in the vicinity of those pop deities, it still holds true that an idol is a complete package and somehow KHJ just exudes idol charisma. I used to wonder about it too, until I saw him for myself from afar. He's just such a blinding light and I was floating from happiness despite being squashed by hundreds of screaming fangirls throughout the meet-up session. Borrowing a line from his new song... "I just don't get it, get it."

I tried to watch the highly-rated Oh! Ah! and Girl by Kim Hyung Jun (a.k.a. the other KHJ)... mmm, nope. No feeling whatsoever. No to Jung Min's Not Alone either. I guess it depends on what you like and whom you like. No amount of ratings from even the most seasoned of critics can make you feel for a song or a performance or an artist. But I'm a masochist, so I reserve my rights to continue reading those review columns as much as I want.

By the way, Break Down just nabbed 1st place on the Hanteo Charts, Korea’s largest record sales chart.. so yeah, if someone were to tell me how that is not indicative of a good song, I'll ignore the stupid.

(have you ever tried to sing 'One More Time'? He goes from very low to screaming without his voice sounding like it's experiencing much range. I didn't realize that until I tried to sing it. No matter how I tried, I still can't get the pitch right. It was then that I realized how good he is as a singer. Try it and see, maybe you're a better singer than I am and can get it at first try)

Found a talk where he was asked about that nose job thing he disclosed in the previous TV program and hyung conveniently admitted to suffering from insomnia (video here). I love the way he can twist questions around in interviews and make it work in his favour with apparently no prior planning or scheming. He's a genius at handling obnoxious and belligerent hosts. And when they're nice to him, he'll turn on that mega-wattage charm that has even the male talk show hosts melting in puddles of goo at his feet.

Found a translated interview by Brian Joo where he was asked about hyung. Were they close?

He was in this show too! What is this SBS 'Every Night'? Must look it up later, hope someone uploads it (with sub, please?).

Finally, a (very very short) subbed video...

...and hyung vs. Yeong Saeng at the chart. Woah.

110605 Running Man Ep46 - Kim Hyun Joong (Guest)

...okay, I screamed.

I think maybe I should wait until someone sub this first.

The rest are here.

110609 [HD] Kim Hyun Joong - Let Me Go + Please + Break Down [Solo Debut Stage]

Maybe I was wrong about the sunglasses. Maybe hyung didn't wear it because of some image issues. Maybe he wore it to protect us fangirls from swooning en mass from too much hotness. Case in point - the "Please" performance in this clip:

...and I found the fancam where he was reading the letter to the audience (and it's for all of us fans, of course) in that cute way and crying and, ok... by that time, I'm a goner. It doesn't matter that I was a goner before.

Maybe with Kim Hyun Joong, one is destined to be a goner more than a coupla hundred times in one's short life. Not that I mind.


ETA:

Psssst, did any of you notice that Baby Jun put the KHJ initial on the cover of his CD? I know that their names have the same initial, but everyone sorta takes it for granted that KHJ is hyung's. Don't believe me? Google 'KHJ' and see what turns up. I don't know what Baby meant by it, maybe nothing. But I did go "huh?" when I saw it.

And please don't wank all over my blog about this. Don't kill the messenger. Go PM Baby at his official website to ask him if you feel so strongly about it.

How can one not fall in love with perfection?