They had their LOVE Live Stage 3 (see post #281) just this weekend that past and these are the photos on Mnet taken on 3rd June.
Yong Hwa looks reallyy short beside Jung Shin
If you look at the last 2 photos, you will realise that Yong Hwa was up to some mischief!!
What he was doing was, after the confettis drop from the ceiling after the results, Yong hwa caught one and then tried to tie it to Jung Shin's neck! But, he gave up and then he tied it to himself instead (!!!). Then for the whole 3 minutes on stage, he was trying to untie the knot but he couldn't!! He even walked down stage still trying to untie.
SO FUNNYYY
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This is the 3rd week of their LOVE promotion!
Just a blink of an eye, it's the 3rd week.
Don't you find that the Music Shows arrives faster than you think?
I think the reason is because 4 out of 7 days are filled with Music Shows. lol..
3RD JUNE 2010 THURS, MNET M!CD! LOVE STAGE 3
outdoor interview!
4TH JUNE 2010 FRI, MUSICBANK LOVE STAGE 3
5TH JUNE 2010 SAT, MUSICCORE LOVE STAGE 3
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I only managed to see C.N.BLUE once live on Musiccore, but i also did some other forms of chasing..
FNC ACADEMY
I bought gifts for C.N.BLUEand went to FNC ACADEMY to drop off my gift for them.
I stayed at Hongdae which was really close to FNC Academy.
My friend told me that it's easier to spot them there at midnight because they train at that time (so hard on them right!) so i went there on one of the late nights. It was a quite scary experience because the streets were darker and we kind of asked a drunk lady by accident but well, in the end we managed to find the place.
I was really disappointed to see one messy mart at the bottom of the building and the building was REALLY small, though there were about 4 5 storeys. it didn't look magnificent or at least presentable at all.. I kind of expected this already because Korean idols are known for staying and training in places of lower standards.
The main door was closed and only the 2nd level light was switched on. I just randomly shoutedC.N.BLUE and Yong Hwa but of course there wasn't any reply.
I decided to try back again another day.
Hence, on one morning, i went back to the place and went in to the building. I found the reception on the 2nd floorth and i told the receptionist that i was a fan from Singapore and the box i brought are the presents for them. I asked them to pass to them if they come. Then, i asked if they were in the building and they replied no. Also, i asked them when they will come back but of course they said they don't know. As if they would tell me, you know. lol
Anyway, for the gifts, i gave them some local products! Bakwa (the vacuum pack version), 2 bottles of Kaya, the chinese new year prawn roll and 4 pairs of blue chopsticks. Of course, i wrote letters for all 4 too.
After taking photos and stuff, i left the place.
I'd really love to tell you how to get there and stuff, i even took photos on my route there.
However, i lost my camera on the last day T.T sigh. It wasn't hard to find the place, just that it's really not obvious because like i said, there's some random mart at the bottom of the building.
Ok that's for FNC ACADEMY.
Chasing Brands
As you know, Yong Hwa endorsed NII brand for clothing.
I tried to find out the addresses of the stores and only found one small counter in one of the LOTTE Departmental Malls in Myeong Dong.
Sadly, the season was changing so all the Spring clothes(Yong Hwa and C.N.BLUE did the Spring collection) were removed from the counter...
The only shirt left that was worn by Yong Hwa on his photoshoot was this white shirt with a red heart. (see the following photos after i uploaded it hehhe) so i bought the female cut for it at 25000 won (~$30).
^^
Also, C.N.BLUE endorsed HOLIKA HOLIKA. I went to Myeongdong and found the store. Sadly, I had to spend 30000 won (near $40) and above to get their poster. I looked around the store but there wasn't any reliable products to buy. So i just bought 2 masks and tried asking for the poster. However they were really mean insistent that I had to spend more than 30000 won before i can be given one. Luckily, they gave me a Yong Hwa folder instead. LOL. I thought the folder would hold a higher worth than the poster lor. Don't know what they are thinking.. I also saw some advertisement in the shop that they will be having another fansign for Holika coming soon in mid June.
That's it for the endorsed brands.
Lotte World
Next, you remember watching the We Got Married episode which Yong Hwa and Seo Hyun went to Lotte World, which they bought some bunny ears, took some scary rides and stood on a bridge to 3G call Hyo Yeon unnie?
On the camera, Lotte World looked really nice and big right? Disappointingly small, I realised.
The bridge looked really big on the camera but actually it was just a normal sized bridge lol.
I kind of tried to do the things they did. I couldn't find the bunny ears that Yong Hwa wore so i didn't buy any.
Then, i tried to take the scary ride they did. It is called BUNGEE DROP. The one that goes up and down vertically several times.
I was really scared at first and i had to take all the other rides first before I had enough mental preparation for this.
Guess what? It was NOT SCARY AT ALL.
It's definitely not because I am bold and love scary rides, but REALLY, all i could see was nice scenery, all i could feel was just me going up and down by just a little bit, there wasn't ANY sense of fear at all.
It was really NOT SCARY. trust me. lol. Moreover, it was really a short ride. less than 30 secs!
I felt TOTALLY cheated by Yong Hwa and Seo Hyun after i came down from the ride. They acted so scared and surprised and all... T.T Yong Hwa cheated me... lol..
I thought the scariest ride from Lotte World would be the indoors Pirate ship (provided you are sitting at the highest point). For that one, i couldn't focus my mind at all. lol.
Oh ya, i vandalised on 2 surfaces in Lotte World too. The place was full of vandalism anyway.
I wrote Yong Hwa on one, and "yong hwa oppa get well soon, cnbluesgfc" on another one.
haha yes i know i know, Yong hwa biased. Too obvious isn't it.
That's about it for my whole Korean experience with relates to C.N.BLUE. Quite sad that Yong Hwa was sick during the period I was there. I almost wanted to go to the Hospital to visit him (because it was just 2 subway stations away from mine) and i was so heartbroken i might not even see them on the live shows. Though i was upset FNC still make them appear on that weekend's music show, I was still thankful i got to see them live.
Hope you enjoyed my fan account!
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After we left the pre recording, we went back to the queueing area outside MBC building and continued to wait.
Not long after, someone came out looking very happy and shared the news that C.N.BLUE was first! Actually, i didn't know what they were first for, but most likely it was their ranking or album sales or so.
All the fans were very happy and then we were told that becauseC.N.BLUE was first, we get to go in and watch the full live show!!
It was absolutely OH MY GOD for me, because i really didn't expect myself to be able to watch the full live music show!!
We waited for a while more and those with the Musiccore tickets entered the studio. Then, we were asked to go into the studio and the only seats left were the last 2 rows. We filled up the seats and the standing space at the back consisted of WG SUJU and other fans.
It was really exciting, but at that time we couldn't see any stars on stage yet.
Then, we heard cheers and from the C.N.BLUE fan crowd too, so i quickly looked down and saw Yong Hwa walking out with the other 2 Wonder Girls emcees.
They went to one side of the studio, where there was their emceeing backdrop.
I kept looking through the bino to see what Yong Hwa was doing, lol.
The show quickly started and Yong Hwa did a REALLY good opening. He was totally a failed emcee turned 360 degree and he was so confident and he spoke so well!
I was really happy for him and i couldn't stop spazzing over his emceeing. lol.
After he did the opening and the 1st performance started on stage, he went back to the seats beside the emcee backdrop and when he did, he accidentally walked past the spot light which shone right into his eyes. He did a quick jerking reaction and then laughed at himself for that. He was shocked. Lol.
It was so funny.
He coughed a few times while resting.
Then, the other performances started.
In between performances, there was some short emceeing and while getting back to their emcee seats again, Yong hwa and the 2 wondergirls got into a small confusion to where to sit, so Yong Hwa quickly gestured to them for them to sit first. Such a polite gentleman!
I shall move on to C.N.BLUE 's performance.
Since their performance was pre recorded, they didn't perform again during the live show. However, what we saw was WAYYY cuter! The 3 members came onto the stage and Min Hyuk carried Yong Hwa's guitar and the 3 of them just "played" standing on the stage for fan service. They were just posing most of the time and originally Yong hwa wasn't up onstage with them. He was still glued to his emcee seat until the producer urged him to go up. Since his position was taken up by the playful Min Hyuk, he went to stand behind them and "played" the role as the drummer.
*UPDATE! I FOUND FANCAMS OF IT* bleah, i duno why some people can smuggle camera and take such good fancams but well, i wasn't brave enough.
*UPDATE*
i realized that ALL of them exchanged instruments! As mentioned, Min Hyuk took main guitar and Yong hwa became the drummer, then Jong Hyun took bass (lol), Jung Shin took Jong Hyun's guitar .
Yong hwa doing us proud as emcee!
Yong Hwa started to hit the air with imaginary drum sticks and though it was all imaginary, he looked as though he KNEW how to play the drums for LOVE. Then, he did the signature Min hyuk drumstick spinning quite a few times with the eye smile. DAMNNN CUTE. Damn freaking cute!
This showed that they really do play around with each other in real live (and not just all image moulding on screen!)
So they just played around on stage for about 3/4 of the song, then bowed and leave the stage so that the following group could come on stage and prepare.
After that, I just continued to watch Yong Hwa and before i knew it, he already bade goodbye for Musiccore and went backstage... Couldn't really understand Korean still, but it kind of sounded like he thanked the audience and all.. So ya, it kind of ended here.
It was really a wonderful experience. To watch C.N.BLUE live, listen to them sing live and watch Yong Hwa emcee. I was really lucky to be able to see Yong hwa emcee, because it's not always that the original Musiccore emcees will suddenly pause emceeing and even rarer that my favourite artiste will emcee in place of them. ^^
So this ends my fan account for Musiccore.
I know you guys have some questions regarding musicshows and how recording works. so i will be explaining now.
For all 4 music shows, there are prerecording and live show. Some artistes get to have pre recording, usually those more big shot ones because they get to have more chances to have better takes.C.N.BLUE always does pre recording, probably because of ther nature of their music.
For prerecording, fans of those artistes get to watch inside the studio but have to leave right after they end.
During the live show, those artistes that did not pre record will really perform 100% live, but for those that had pre recording, they will only show the recording on screen during the "live" show, and during this time, the stage could be empty, or the artistes will come on stage and do a short fan service performance alongside the recording, but of course, only recording will be shown on tv.
That is why, artistes have more time to slot themselves on stage (if not, why do you think the shows can run consecutively without any noticeable time of preparation?)
Also, if you are wondering, how is it possible they kept changing the backdrops for different idols, and all of them are so fanciful?
Actually, on stage, there are already 3 different backdrops adjacent to each other. Certain idols will use different backdrops. Also, during pre recording, they would have set up even more fanciful backdrops and after that, they will take it down immediately to show the original 3 backdrops.
On screen, everything looks REALLY nice and MAGNIFIED, but in real life, the backdrops are really small. Camera angle really does wonders.
Also,. the most important: how to watch music shows?
For all 4 music shows, it is COMPLETELY FREE to watch.
However, you need to put in effort to watch.
Musicbank(since always) and Musiccore (now apparently) requires tickets to their live full show. For Musicbank, you have to call in right after the week's show ends to bid for the following week's tickets.
Not sure how for Musiccore. It is not easy to get these tickets.
For MNet and Inkigayo, i am not too sure how to get to watch the full live. But most likely ,all you need to do is queue.
For pre recording, you just have to queue. Better for you to already have one group that you already supported a lot and having promotional activities on the music show. Just arrive early before their pre recording, best at about 8am (or depending on their recording time) and queue with their fans.
Usually they don't ask you questions or whatsoever, but they have a fan leader taking charge of the queue order. They will write down your name and check you attendance once every hour or 2 hours.
Most importantly, you need to have their latest album with you. And even best, if you are their official member already.
They usually give priority to first, official members, then followed by those who bought albums. First come first serve basis.
C.N.BLUE 's leader and in chargeds were REALLY nice and very very friendly. They really mingled well with the fans, because they themselves are fans too. The FNC in charge were quite ok too, not unfriendly.
C.N.BLUE 's fans consisted a lot of older females, some ahjummas too. They have a lot of international fans. Myself is one, I met some Japanese ahjumma fans too.
I went to Musicbank to watch super junior pre recording and SME were really strict. They require you to open up the album to show them that the CD is there. Also, during Musiccore queueing, a lot of fans "borrowed" cds and SME staff were REALLY fierce at them and scolded them like crazy.
So, best that you don't fake as a fan, and support them by buying albums. Go queue early and try to speak to the korean fans to get some help and advice.
Research for yourself on how to get to the 4 recording places for the 4 music shows ^^
Keutnasseo~
I still have some other random fan accounts. Please wait for my part 3!
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This is Jovena, updating about this in Korea!
Today, i attended Musiccore and watched C.N.BLUE live for their recording as well as the live show.
Here is my fan account:
I reached MBC and saw the queues for the various idol groups.C.N.BLUE's queue was relatively little, and i went to find the leader and wrote down my name.
Later on, we were all given a queue number that was written on our wrist and we were released to go for breaks and we came back at 12:50 pm.
We returned to queueing and it wasn't long before we went in. The korean fans were nice, they were very helpful.
The queue for wondergirls went in first and then i realised wonder girls and C.N.BLUE was given the same slot for pre recording. My heart was beating fast when we entered the studio, it looks really different real life as compared to on screen.
The wonder girls fans got to sit in front while we were all at the back.
We watched Wonder girls' performance first and i must say they are really good live. The voices were good.
The supporters for C.N.BLUE (They are the ones who help with the queue order and stuff) were really really funny friendly and cute. They kept joking with us and teaching us how to do the fan cheer and fan moves (together with the chorus)
Then, we saw C.N.BLUE entering from the side! Whenever C.N.BLUE appeared, BOICES would cheer loudly and it was fun. C.N.BLUE hardly looked at the fans when they were on stage because they were preparing for their instruments and everything.
We could hear the sound of the unplugged guitars and drums while they were testing and it would definitely sound super nice even if they play it live.
Yong Hwa didn't smile most of the time and to me, he looked sad and unsatisfied. I think he is bothered by his throat condition. Min Hyuk was adjusting his drums on his own and he looks really pro at it. Jung Shin was quiet most of the time.
Then they started their rehearsal. It was good! Jong Hyun was really handsome and he really exuded a lot of charisma.
Their instruments are really not live, you should have known by now. They played the soundtrack for it. The studio was so big and had so many props and things around, i hardly think any band music would sound good there.
After their first time singing, the stylists went on stage to touch up for them and gave them water. Yong hwa drank a lot.
Min Hyuk's stylist stretched inside his blazer and adjusted his singlet inside and it looks really awkward. Min Hyuk looked a little shocked but at the same time he looks like he was used to it. Lol.
Then they started their actual recording and it was really good. Yong Hwa's voice was exceptionally good despite the throat condition. He was on pitch and he could reach all the notes.
Min Hyuk smiled really brightly most of the time and he was very cute playing the drums.
And i was surprised that the first take was a good take and they ended their pre recording (so sad cus it was so short!) They started walking down stage and Jong Hyun remembered that they haven't greeted us. So he went back to his might and said Thank You in korean. We kept on calling out their names as they walked down. They then bowed to us and waved a lot and then left to the backstage.
I was lucky to have binoculous (argh i forgot how to spell this) and I could see them clearly.
We were then all asked to leave the place. We exited and went back to the queueing area.
I shall continue the 2nd part of my fan account later on~
Ki da ri ket yo~
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C.N.BLUE had been loved by many brands and has received countless endorsements and sponsorship deals.
Now, the big brand SONY signed C.N.BLUE for their new launch of their latest phone, Xperia X10 and they held a press conference.
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