When I look at old fan cams of showcases, fan meets and fan signs, I am always so taken with G.O’s genuine and often heartfelt appreciation of his fans. Never one to shy away from speaking, pranking or even fulfilling fans’ requests (no matter how absurd) and often without hesitancy or even protest, he truly is an artist who will go to great lengths to please us, always. If his talent and charm were not already enough, his gratitude and appreciation for his fans has no match. Yes, I am biased but I can also proclaim such based upon my own personal experiences. G.O’s playful affection caught back at the outdoor mini fan meet in March 2012 is the subject of Day 288 (the 1st day of December!) and another installment of G.O’s Fabled Fan Service.
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It has been some time since I opened up the Sesame Player treasure chest of fun. I always love to go back and watch random episodes of that quirky variety show. Watching the off the stage antics of MBLAQ will always be the perfect remedy if you are feeling a bit blue. I guarantee that during any given episode, you will laugh. For Day 283, I decided to grab a clip from Episode 10 which I know most (if not all) of you will recall. Remember when Seung Ho, G.O, Joon and Cheondung played that pop the pirate out of the barrel game? Hehehe…just reading that makes me laugh. If you recall, in the final round of the game, the losers had the chore of using their talents to make the winner laugh. Remember? The winner was Joon and the winning laugh master was none other than G.O, of course!
I have to be honest, the first time I ever heard the term ‘trolling‘ was after I discovered MBLAQ. I had no idea what it meant and often wondered why fans would call G.O a troll or say he was trolling his MBLAQ brothers. Initially I thought it was a derogatory term but then realized that being called a troll or accused of trolling simply meant one took great pleasure in playfully, deliberately and often with great cleverness, instigating another. The operative word here being: playful. There is nothing wrong with a little playful trolling, right? Especially when executed by the mischievous and crafty, G.O.
The genius that is Korean advertising will never cease to amaze me. I think of all of the revenue that could be generated in the west if advertisers enlisted more artists to help endorse their products. True, there are plenty who do endorse, but not in the way or to the level of their Korean counterparts. A commercial film (CF) using the artists’ music is one thing. Building a story around the product and then dropping the artists into the CF creating an advertisement in the guise of a short film is a whole new level. Remember the liptasticness that was the MBLAQ Chapstick endorsement?
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