Please don’t forget, this does affect the charts, NH staff are saying so on the site. $7.99 for the full CD is well worth it. Plus, you could win a signed CD!
If you have an Ameba account in Japan, and have used Pigg before, in 30 minutes they’re going to be streaming the final concert for A-Nation in the Pigg Rooms. Aka, you can watch the U-Kiss concert (With AJ! He’s there!) live. And Big Bang and Ayumi Hamasaki and others if you so choose.
So the other day, IvyGate posted about how AJ has landed in Columbia, and already the fangirls are being a pain in the ass there. “South Korean Boy Band Member to Enroll at Columbia, Will Never Escape Swarm of Fangirls” And the Columbia’s news page, Bwog, has also posted about it, because apparently there has been a shit storm of traffic coming from across Asia.
On the twitter account, the people on Bwog seem to be rather polite. However, if you look at the tags on the post, they’re filled with passive aggressive annoyance and joking. In other news: The fact they have to deal with the Kiss Mes is ridiculous and sad. The students and staff who are running these sites and working at Columbia are NOT NH staff. They have no responsibility to keep up with AJ, post about him, or give a damn about what he does.
So I have a small bit of advice for all the fans out there: Leave. Him. Alone.
I know you care, and I know we all want to know how he’s doing. However, one does not move HALF WAY AROUND THE WORLD and not have escape on the mind. For five months, he’s not going to be AJ of U-Kiss of Kim Jaeseop. He’s just Jay, and I’m willing to bet he would really like to be anonymous for a while. He barely updates his twitter as is, so it’s easy to see he likes his privacy.
And more importantly, PLEASE try to not harass or bother the staff and students at Columbia. Asking them information, tweeting their official pages or commenting on their site is like some random person asking me about hockey or polar bears, just because I’m Canadian, or like me asking any of you about a random person at your own school or work, just because you’re in the same general area.
AJ is going to be busy studying and living a student life. He’ll probably be doing lots of stuff he could never get away with as an idol, so let him. He deserves that much. And he’ll be back soon enough so you can harass him and the NH staff then as much as your heart desires.
…Oh…
Right. Sometimes it’s hard for me to remember that he’d be upset over this too. He’s always been so strong when I see him.
AJさん、毎日頑張って下さい,ね? 私たちはあなたを待っています。
【Event Title】
U-KISS LIVE IN BUDOKAN(tentative)
【Performance Info]
9月5日(Wednesday)Japan Budokan
[Door open / start]
17:30/18:30
[Inquiries]
DISK GARAGE 050-5533-0888
Ticket information
[Seating]
All tickets(CD付)
¥8,500-(tax included) (Includes「One of You」Limited Single +Photobook, which can be picked up at the event)
Source: UKiss.jp Mailmag
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Uh… Guys… The Budokan is one of the biggest arenas in Tokyo. Probably second to Tokyo Dome. This is what I’d probably call a BIG DEAL. It IS tentative, but really, the fact they’re planning this is incredible enough. U-Kiss are probably never ever coming back to Korea, sobbing sobbing
No audience allowed in, of course. We think it might be from the new album.
Melon - 28
MNet - 38
Soribada - 51
Bugs - 10
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Come on overseas fans! Soribada is the easiest way for foreign fans to contribute to streaming, and it’s the lowest number! You guys are so much more powerful than that!
Why the long wait in posting this review? Because it’s material in my new project, K-Soul Magazine, an English language Korean pop culture e-magazine based in Seoul. (Did you know there is almost nothing published about Korean pop culture for people actually in Seoul?! It’s ridiculous.)
A facebook like page, like buttons, and all that other social media goodness will be added to the site in the coming days, but I thought I’d release the beta of the basic articles first. In the next few weeks, an e-magazine will be released in pdf form, with extra content and stuff (hopefully). I have REALLY high hopes about this project, so please help support it by sharing it with your friends!