Musing While Cruising the Hallyu Highway
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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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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The Fangirl Lane 