Musing While Cruising the Hallyu Highway
By March 2011, MBLAQ had released their first full length album (Blaq Style) as well as a repackaged and re-released version (Blaq Style – 3D Edition). They were steadily and frequently appearing on variety programs, radio showgrams and keeping up with a myriad of endorsements. Very much in the public eye along with a growing fan base, they were also being invited to appear and perform at events all around Seoul.
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Sometimes I wonder what more we would have learned about Lee Tae Kyun had G.O not been on tour with MBLAQ during the filming of the drama 유령 [Ghost] and the writers had more license to build his character. It is only speculation on my part, but if the Blaq% Asia Tour did not conflict with filming, we may have possibly received more back story on the Cyber Crime Unit’s resident computer programmer whiz Tae Kyun as well as been flooded with more episode screen time for blossoming actor, G.O. I won’t be greedy, however, for when your bias is a musician first and foremost, any screen time in a drama is good screen time.
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2014. What a year. Inasmuch as I have encouraged myself to not worry about the future, or dwell on the past, I cannot help but remember 2014 for so many reasons. Even if the year ended on a rather dour note with the news of changes in MBLAQ’s dynamic, it is impossible to deny that up until that point, G.O was having a spectacular year, both as main vocal for MBLAQ and on his own as a musical theater actor.
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Have you revisited Smoky Girl lately? I have been revisiting it quite often these days. Having discovered in early 2014 that my true bias sat securely with G.O, I came aboard the MBLAQ express right in time for Broken and missed getting entangled in the Sexy Beat lair by just a year. Somehow I feel that was it divine intervention at play for I am not sure I would have survived it real time!
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As has been the dynamic with probably the first ever all boy or all girl group in the history of music, there is invariably going to be fan favorites. That is to say, when a fan sets their sights on a favorite group, the fan will most probably single out one (or more) of the members he or she will exclusively favor over the other members. Thus the concept of the bias was born! From there, other facets of the bias phenomenon begin to trickle down. Favorite song the bias sings. Favorite performance of bias captured. And of course, favorite pictures of said bias. Over the course of the next 690 days, I will offer so-called G.O ‘one shots’ – that is, my favorite pictures or gifs of G.O. A single pic or gif for a single post. Let’s begin!
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Wow…….it has now been 40 days since G.O began his military service. I know some of his loving fans are probably thinking time is crawling, but I assure you, it is moving fast! For this lovely 40th day, I am returning to the Immortal Song 2 stage and will allow him, along with his partner in ballad crime, Lim Jeong Hee, to shatter your hearts with the beautiful 사랑보다 깊은 상처 [A Wound Deeper Than Love].
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By the start of 2010, momentum was really picking up for MBLAQ. They were beginning to hit various variety shows, visit on-air radio programs, and of course lend themselves to various product endorsements. In March 2010, the love affair with TBJ Nearby began and the casual, comfortable and playful clothing line was a perfect fit for our ever gregarious main vocal man, G.O.
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There are a myriad of reasons as to why I believe G.O should pursue acting (in addition to his music) and I have touched on a few of those reasons here in previous posts. I am certain to repeat those reasons a few times. This is not because I am forgetful. No. It is because I want to keep subliminally encouraging him to consider more acting roles once he completes his military service, if he is so inclined!
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In December 2009, Rain took his five talented protégées to Japan to introduce them to his Japanese fans. And thus began Japan’s love affair with the glorious men living in absolute quality. The really amazing part of this moment in MBLAQ’s history was that MNET Japan decided to document the group’s first visit to Japan for their 2010 K-Pop Star Series. In the documentary entitled Yo! Tokyo, fans were able to get to know a little more about MBLAQ from the men themselves. For me, however, the sweetest revelation in this documentary was watching G.O own the fact that he pulled rank as the member of MBLAQ most favored by the more *cough* mature fan base.
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On the eve of his enlistment, G.O spent about a half hour in a chatroom at MBLAQ’s Daum Cafe saying good-bye to his A+ while simultaneously drenching them with his ever-present gratitude. He also said something that gave us all pause. Something probably none of us never in our wildest of dreams would think he would ever say: After two years time, I may not return as an active singer. Unfathomable, right? Well, if after two years he still has some reservations about returning, I would ask him to reflect on the evening of May 29, 2007, and maybe rethink that statement.
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The Fangirl Lane 