Musing While Cruising the Hallyu Highway
Right after their debut, MBLAQ soon began making endorsement rounds. In October 2010, Arena Homme and Calvin Klein partnered for an exquisite photoshoot with the beautiful men of MBLAQ, and the results were nothing short of breathtaking.
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Playful. Flirty. Engaging. Charming. These are just a few words I would use to describe G.O’s second visit to the Immortal Song 2 stage on July 2, 2011. It was 80’s pop singer Min Hae Kyung night and G.O stepped out on the stage in a gorgeous white tux and reminded me of what it might have been like to be in a NY supper club watching Frank Sinatra and his Rat Pack tear the place up with music, mischief and a whole lot of swag. I LOVE this performance!
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I admit that I am a Mirror and Sexy Beat girl when it comes to my favorite MBLAQ albums. HOWEVER, I will never (ever) deny that MBLAQ’s sixth mini album Broken deserves masterpiece status. It squeezes itself up there with those other two because its amazingness will not and cannot be denied. Neither will the powerful and seductive visual of the exquisite jacket flip that showed up in the MV choreography for the hit single, 남자답게 [Be A Man].
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While it is true that the bulk of the story in Seopyeonje was dark and tragic, there was definitely one moment of levity in the musical where G.O’s Dong Ho overflowed with a playfulness that was matched only by the resplendence of his smile. It was a moment of reprieve for both G.O and the audience from the early scenes of anguish and left the impression that the future looked bright for his troubled pansori-turned rock star character.
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I want to touch people with my art. I want them to say ‘he feels deeply, he feels tenderly’.~ Vincent Van Gogh
Sometimes I would like to be able to say….’Remember all of those radio show appearances MBLAQ made in the early days following their debut?’ and then magically scan my brain for a specific date, or show, or song performed and pull it out of thin air to share. But I can’t, because I don’t remember. See, I came to the MBLAQ party late and missed out on so much. Still, I am fortunate because so many of those moments were captured on video, and those videos were subsequently uploaded somewhere in the vast cyber wasteland known as the internet! And, I have wonderful A+ to guide me (thank you for this one, M~)!
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The more I revisit the dramas where G.O was cast in minor (but memorable) roles, the more I ache to see him take on a leading role – as in the lead who shows-up-in-every-episode role. And drama gods, if you are listening, please make the drama 20+ episodes in length. Jaebaaaaaal!!!
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I would imagine that if you are a business owner you would welcome the idea of having a celebrity endorse your product. It stands to reason that (1) the celebrity will expose your product to a wider audience, may (2) enhance the credibility of your product which will then result in (3) potentially higher sales. If G.O is your chosen celebrity endorser, you will get the added bonus of simply having your product look good.^^
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I know….I know. He has only just left. But it is never too soon to plan a party, right? It has been 29 days since MBLAQ’s gorgeous main vocal G.O reported to training camp to begin his mandatory military service. On March 17th he will complete his basic training and officially move to an assigned public service post where he will serve out the remainder of his one year and 11 months in the ROK Army (not that I am counting or anything…^^).
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On June 25, 2011, G.O stepped on the Immortal Song 2 stage for the first time as a competitor in the KBS singing competition show. And much like he would do when he first stepped onto a musical theater stage, he initiated and invited a whole new audience to come drink in the potent elixir of his song, his voice and his soul.
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I recall after G.O sang Gwanghwamun Sonata on King of Masked Singer this past December, one of the judges commented that she never thought a man could sing a song more tenderly than a woman. She clearly has not given our G.O a close enough listen. Still, what an exemplary compliment to receive.
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The Fangirl Lane 