#70: Yong Hwa wants to shed his image of...

C.N.Blue's Jung Yonghwa expressed, "I wish to wipe away the memories of the Public Nuisance MC."

Jung Yonghwa spoke of the subject on the upcoming broadcast of KBS 2TV "Star Golden Bell" on February 13.

The music industry's greatest anticipation in 2010, CNBlue's Jung Yonghwa revealed that he was given the nickname, 'Public Nuisance MC'.

At the recording, MC Jun Hyun Moo asked, "Does Jung Yonghwa have something he would like to discard after debuting?" The received reply was, "The nickname, Public Nuisance MC, from a music festival."

The dizzy memories of newbie Jung Yonghwa as an MC at the last SBS Music Festival were brought up. He willingly disclosed, "I was so nervous I couldn't find the cameras and that came on screen," causing the guests to burst into laughter.

"When there are 2 parts to a show, cue cards of the first half should be left behind. However, I brought both the first and second to stage. I couldn't find the right page and broke out into cold sweat as a result," Jung Yonghwa said, causing a sea of laughter at the recording studio.

This episode will be broadcasted on February 13 at 5:15PM.

PLEASE DO NOT EDIT/REMOVE THE CREDITS, THANK YOU.

credits: Newsen, CrystalHeng @ CNBlueSGFC

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#69: Great News for C.N.BLUE - Japan Concert and 1st Album

Congratulations to C.N.BLUE for receiving overwhelming response for their first concert in Japan!

Read the news:

Rookie band C.N. Blue previously released news of their Japanese concert next month. Right after releasing this news, the ticket sales were sold out. With just coming fresh out of the music scene, they had already swept various charts and their popularity is only increasing.
Even before debuting, C.N. Blue had been holding street performances in Japan to showcase and improve their skills. This will be their first official performance in Japan and the group’s company stated that they will continue on their live performances in Japan for at least one more year. That’s great news to all Japanese fans out there!

Tickets were opened again by today until February 14th. Don’t let it get away! There is still a chance to watch this rookie group in their first official concert.

credit: kpoplive.com, paperwings09 @ cnblue-sky.net, todaykorea.co.kr


Updates on C.N.BLUE first full album!

CN Blue's 1st Japanese Full Album will be titled "ThankU”.
ThankU will be filled with 12 tracks and will also include the member's original intros from the 2 japanese mini albums they have released from Now or Never & Voice.

Details of their album launch in Japan

CNBLUE 1st Album Release Live "ThankU"
Date & Time: March 20, 2010 (Saturday). Opens/5pm. Starts/ 6pm.
Venue: Shibuya Club Quattro
Ticket Price: ￥4,500 (advance booking)
Up to 4 reservations per person is possible.
For admission, a separate drink charge will cost ￥500.


author: jovena
credits: effpoo4our.blogspot.com, mybcnblue, cnblueoricon

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#68: Plagiarism continued, Netizens are extreme

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Plagiarism has again emerged as a hot issue in the Korean music scene after star composer Kim Do-hun was accused of plagiarizing a song by an indie band.
Netizens accuse Kim of having copied parts of the song “Blue Bird” by indie band Ynot for his song “I’m a loner,” which he composed for the indie band CNBLUE. To support their claims, they have uploaded text and clips of the two songs to the Web.

Meanwhile, a group of netizens has started gathering signatures for an online petition urging Kim to leave the music industry because, they say, he has built his career with plagiarized songs.

“Kim wrote a song titled ‘Lie’ for Gavy NJ and it was pretty much the same as Jennifer Lopez’s ‘Brave,’” a person with the screen name Rasmus wrote on the site Agora, a major online debate forum operated by local search engine Daum. “There were also similarities between Kim’s ‘8282’ [sung by Davichi] and Mika’s ‘Happy Ending.’ The list goes on.”

Rasmus launched the signature campaign against Kim. As of yesterday morning, 3,181 netizens had signed on.

Another of Kim’s songs, “Can’t Forget” sung by Kim Jong-kook, is said to have an introduction that is similar to that of Usher’s “Love in This Club.”

Kim refuted the allegations in a statement issued earlier this week.

“There are so many similar songs because they all belong to the same genre,” the statement said.

Kim began his career in 1995 and since then has composed songs for many of the nation’s A-list singers, including Lee Hyo-ri, Lee Seung-ki, SES, SG Wannabe, Big Mama and Fly to the Sky.

In his statement, Kim also implored netizens to stop making assumptions about his work.

credits: JoongAng Daily

Previously, crazy netizens have already caused many uproars in the Korean Pop industry, the most famous one being JAEBEOM leaving 2PM. There were also many cases where they even had petitions to wish some celebrities dead, Jaebeom included.

Now, they are trying to drive yet another contributive musician to the corner. Plagiarism is an issue between the composers and the companies; what audience receives are 2 versions of a nice piece of music and it doesn't concern us directly that the songs are similar. So even if some of us are strongly against plagiarism, or what it seems like to me, ACTING like we are so against it, it still doesn't affect us even a microbit.

SO, crazy netizens should just stop it. It's none of their business. Creating more sadness rather than creating more happiness. Sadistic, i would say.

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This is what Kim has to say about the allegations again.

The songwriter of the hit song by four-member group CNBLUE, has denied the allegations that he copied the indie band Ynot's song "Blue Bird".

"I have not deceived my conscience," said composer Kim Do-hoon in an interview with the Hankook Ilbo. "I have never heard of the song `Blue Bird.' I did not plagiarize it."

He said Ynot sent him a letter to claim that CNBLUE's "I'm a Loner" is similar to its song in melody and rhythm ― a usual step needed before filing a suit.

Yet, Kim denied the accusations, saying the two songs are different in rhythm and melodies as a whole.

"Those who know music will be able to easily figure out that the two songs are in the same genre but are completely different," he said.

He said the plagiarism accusation is not based on logical evidence.

"The fame I have built over the last 15 years collapsed in a moment. The singers are damaged but the biggest victim is the songwriter,"Kim said.

He said a professional copyrights institute needs to be established to determine the truth of plagiarism allegations.

"I hope there will be countermeasures to make sure there will be no victims like me going forward."

Kim said he does not understand why Ynot has not yet filed a suit.

The noise surrounding the plagiarism accusation is getting louder as it pits the supporters of indie bands against those backing the rising band and established music groups.

Some Internet users are holding an online campaign to boycott the composer, claiming that it is not the first time that he has been involved in plagiarism disputes.

Thousands of netizens have signed the online campaign to evict Kim from the music scene at portal Daum's Agora Web site.

Rocker Shin Hae-chul has added fuel to the disputes by posting comments that slam CNBLUE for alleged plagiarism. "If the song ("I'm a Loner'') is not plagiarism, plagiarism will disappear in the world,'' Shin said.

CNBLUE, which is sweeping music charts with its debut song, is comprised of guitarist and lead singer Jung Yong-hwa, guitarist and vocalist Lee Jong-hyun, drummer Kang Min-hyuk and bass guitarist Lee Jung-shin.

credits: The Korea Times, CrystalHeng @ CNBlueSGFC


You know what, just, whatever~ This issue is getting out of hands.


author: jovena

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#67: CNBLUE Live Im A Loner Stages 5 (12-14 Feb)

C.N.BLUE is back again with I'M A LONER ON MUSICBANK!
Sorry for the low q, but we will repost hq soon!


C.N.BLUE I'm A Loner on Musicbank, 12th Feb 2010



Yong Hwa's cute smirk at the start is cool!
And i don't really like musicbank cus they focus mostly on Yong Hwa only.
AND, Jong Hyun finally starts catching the camera! Hooray~
Actually Jong Hyun is super cute and active during the behind the scenes shown on GOMTV and tvN Behind the Star, how i wish he can bring that side of him to his performance on stage!

Or maybe he is trying hard to keep to his BURNING image..
But, looking at him and Minhyuk play with feeding each other, i can only think that he is burning cute~ Lol.


They also did a special stage with BEATLES' ROCK N ROLL and it's cute! They looked like they were enjoying themselves, especially Min Hyuk! THe drums rocked~

Despite their slight accent, i think they did quite well on the ENGLISH!


C.N.BLUE with ROCK N ROLL on Musicbank



Fancams of them before the filming!






NO MUSICCORE THIS WEEK!
From allkpop:

Don’t be surprised if you don’t find any live stream or videos on Youtube for the February 13th episode of Music Core because there won’t be any.

In view that it’s the eve of the lunar new year holidays, MBC has decided to replace Music Core this weekend with a special episode of their popular sitcom, High Kick Through the Roof instead.

It will thus be one less schedule for all performers this Saturday as they head home for their reunion dinner with their families.

We Got Married and Infinity Challenge will however continue with their regular broadcast since it was pre-recorded. Inkigayo will however still be airing on February 14th.

I also read from somewhere that C.N.Blue will be heading back home for this lunar new year!! Hope the boys enjoy themselves.
*update, the boys didnt go back home!*

And anyway, this is the first time i knew that koreans also celebrate chinese lunar new year. Don't blame me, i am still a junior in kpop fangirling though it's been near 1.5 years.. haha.


I'm A Loner on Inkigayo, 14th Feb 2010





Though i'm still not sick of Oetoriya, and will still go high when it is playing on my mp3, but i think they should really start promoting the other songs cus it wouldn't be as impressive anymore if they continue to promote this song next week.

Anyway, happy chinese new year and valentines' day!

author: jovena, zeelynne
credits: CodeAzzurro @ youtube, Unknowncarrot @ youtube

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#66: C.N.BLUE on HIGH CUT VOL 22

Enjoy~

author: jovena
credits: HIGH CUTE

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#65: Random Updates, 12 Feb, INC Teasers for Mnet Ep 2, YongHwa, HongKi rendition of Im A Loner

C.N.BLUE on MBC FM4U Radio 11 Feb 2010

Their neverending radio appearances~



First time hearing them singing this! Their english songs are really not bad! I've just started listening to their 2nd jap album, VOICE and i must say it's DANG good ;)




However, can't help thinking that Yong Hwa shouldn't sing Geek In The Pink. The song is too fast to catch his english! But the chorus is good! :)


Mnet BLUETORY HD Shots











credits: chiara @ soompi


Yong Hwa Speaking in Dialect



lol, i really can't tell what's the difference between their dialect and normal, cus it sounds the same! But of course, the way they speak the dialect is a bit more rough.
Neverthelessly, Yong Hwa looks funny in that image! Schoolboy with friends crapping on the bus. Totally like one of us. lol.

credits: nrmo87 @ youtube


Yong Hwa on Dream Team, 8th Feb 2010





credits: parkjimin @ soompi


C.N.BLUE sending NEW YEAR wishes on UFO TOWN



Jung Shin's New UFO




C.N.BLUE High School Photos!











FTIsland Hong Ki Sunbae singing his rendition of Im A Loner on Sukira radio



I can't help but always swoon over Hong Ki's voice. It's like butter~
He looks a little like Yong Hwa with half his head covered!
This rendition is good! But that guy who rapped kind of spoilt it~

author: zeelynne
credits: SuperTing18 @ youtube



author: jovena

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#64: Yong Hwa shooting for NII in Thailand!

Yong Hwa went to thailand for a CF filming for NII 2 days ago on Wednesday (10 Feb).

There were fancams and photos on it! Enjoy :) Lucky thailand fans..























I AM SURE, IT WILL BE OUR TURN SOON :)

author: jovena
credits: cnbluethailand, nunapui @ youtube, Celebification @ youtube , GeNKi568 @ soompi

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#63: Updates on Strong Heart scandal and Good News

Earlier on, we showed you the cut of Yong Hwa on Strong Heart telling his funny story about his first date in Seoul, and right after, there was a scandal, created by yet another irritating netizen to say that Yong Hwa's story was COPIED from him ((&#@!_@#*&@#@) (see post #59)

However, FNC and C.N.BLUE spoke up for our poor Yong Hwa and I am so glad they gave so much support towards their leader!

Jung Yong Hwa's Company Clears Up Scandal
Through this event, Jung Yong Hwa's company stated, "This is a real event that Jung Yong Hwa went through" and continued, "It's probably because a lot of people who has a dialect goes through similar situations".

C.N.BLUE comments on Strong Heart Scandal
At first, all the blame was poured on Jung Yong Hwa but the arrow has been pointed to Strong Heart's writing team and now it has turned to the staff.

C.N.BLUE explained,"It's been awhile since Yonghwa filmed " and continued, "It's ridiculous to say that he said someone else's story. It's a situation that he went through himself."

credits: emeraldynekim @ soompi


Despite all the nonsensical scandals, there are good news for C.N.BLUE!

CNBLUE - 3 CF Contracts in 2 Weeks
Through their single, rock band C.N.BLUE pulled an allkill (tops all) on all the music charts and now the "BLUESTORM" has continued into the CF (spokesperson/advertisement) world.
After debuting for only 2 weeks, C.N.BLUE gained the new nickname of the "BLUECHIP" in the CF world as they signed as models for 3 different companies.

C.N.BLUE's company FNCMUSIC revealed, "We signed as models for casual clothing brands "NII" and "THE SUIT HOUSE" and most recently, we signed a contract with the "PurpleBird" clothing brand."

C.N.BLUE debuted as CF models for clothing brand "NII" whose previous models included Super Junior and Big Bang and is a company known for showcasing "rising stars". "The Suit House"'s former model was Jang Geun Suk and now C.N.BLUE is their new image.

C.N.BLUE's fresh image along with their appeal to the masses gave them a high value causing many lovecalls*(offers) from CF companies.

FNC MUSIC commented, "We have even more requests from CF companies at the moment. We believe we will be able to give a new announcement in a short while".

Before debuting, Jung Yong Hwa's drama "You're Beautiful" garnered attention and C.N.BLUE won No. 1 on KBS MUSIC BANK on the 29th and the SBS Mutizen Award on the 31st, realizing the "BLUESTORM" effect and proving themselves as "Powerful Newcomers". Even last week when they held their first signing event, thousands of fans came to see the stars.

Also, they will be holding their first live concert, and it would be held in Japan!

CNBLUE to hold first live concert in Japan
C.N.BLUE made a strong debut last month but they actually made their debut first in Japan, which is why they’ll be holding their first live concert there next month.

They’ve come a long way since the days where they used to perform live gigs on the streets of Tokyo. CNBLUE has definitely hit it big in the k-pop scene but they’ll never forget where it all started as they’ll be returning to Japan to perform at Club Quattro in Shibuya.

A representative of their label FNC Music said, “We have future plans of dedicating at least a year to live concerts in Japan.“

credits: allkpop

author: jovena

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#62:C.N.BLUE on GOMTV Epi 3

eng subb up!

The boys are REALLY hilarious on the show!! Love how Min Hyuk and the boys play around with feeding each other,and Yong Hwa's scream is epic. HAHa.

credits: yssatorns @ soompi, NulSaRangHaeS2 @ youtube

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#61: C.N.BLUE wishes to perform with....

Read the news article:

Who is C.N. Blue’s ideal girlgroup to perform with?
C.N Blue showed their individual charms at the recent filming of tvN ENEWS ‘Behind Star’.

Only debuted for 2 weeks, C.N Blue climbed to the top of various charts and won #1 before attending the filming. Jung YongHwa humbly expressed, “It feels refreshing.”

It is a fact that Jung YongHwa received a lot of love from drama ‘You’re Beautiful’ as the Towel Man and Milk Man, which gained C.N Blue tremendous attention before their debut. The team from ‘You’re Beautiful’ attended C.N Blue’s showcase, showing the close friendship that they held.

Jung Yonghwa expressed that strong love rival, Jang Geun Suk, is a “hyung with good leadership who takes a good care of his dongsaengs.” He revealed about the casting, “I was constantly active in the indie scene but I went to try out for the drama. The character, Kang Shinwoo, is also a guitarist in the band, so it seemed like a good opportunity.”

Besides Jung Yonghwa, the other members too are skillful. The members have already been living together for 3 years. They revealed that the respective first impressions of each other were, ‘Jung Yonghwa the young noble’, ‘Kang Minhyuk the good student’, ‘Lee Jonghyun the young Busan man who often got lost’ and ‘really tall Lee Jungshin’.

In regards to the topic of ulzzangs, Jung Yonghwa expressed, “We don’t have famous ulzzangs. We just somehow ended up in ulzzang sites; amongst the 4 of us, I am the most famous ulzzang,” showing his mischievious side.

Before their debut, CNBlue went to Japan to study indie music and through the 100 over street performances, they built up their skills and stage manners. However, it was not easy living in Japan where they could not communicate.

“There were instances when there were no fans at our performances. They didn’t even look and just went past,” CNBlue revealed of their activities in Japan, “Slowly, our performances started to gather fans one by one.”

Even though CNBlue picked Lee Jonghyun as the most good-looking member, he was ranked the last of a popularity poll with Jung Yonghwa on top. Jung Yonghwa responded, “This is because Jonghyun’s charms couldn’t be seen yet.” Together, CNBlue disclosed the cleanest member, the member who is the most different on and off-screen, their ideal girls, etc.

On their ideal girls, Kang Minhyuk does not care about looks and likes someone he feels comfortable with; Jung Yonghwa: a feminine girl with a pretty smile; Lee Jonghyun: a matured older woman; and Lee Jungshin: a feminine girl who is cute at the same time.

As for the girl group they would like to perform with, Kang Minhyuk chose the Wonder Girls, Jung Yonghwa: Girls’ Generation; Lee Jonghyun: 2NE1; and Lee Jungshin: Fin.K.L.

CNBlue’s response to “The fragrance and colour of the band that you’d like to show a lot,” was, “a ceaselessly developing image.”

CNBlue’s honest stories of the first time they held their instruments, a 100% live performance and self-cameras will revealed at “Behind the Star” on 9 February at 9PM on tvN.

credits: CrystalHeng @ CNBlueSGFC

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#60: C.N.Blue on MNET and tvN Behind the Star

2010.02.10 MNet Cnbluetory - preview of episode 1




100210 MNET CNBLUETORY





Note: Sound not in sync.






100209 CNBlue - tvN Behind the Star







finding eng sub


author: Bella.ann
credits: brandawswong @ youtube

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#59: Yong Hwa's revelation of his love story on Strong Heart

Previously on post #54, we mentioned about Yong Hwa's story of his first crush met in Seoul, and lets hear it from the horse's mouth now.



Hilarious~, isn't it? So it turned out that he met a lady from his hometown and both of them were wanting to look for Seoul lady/man instead but found each other. LOL!

But anyway, the lady is stupid to just walk out on Yong Hwa! Look at how popular Yong Hwa is now..

She must be knocking her head against the wall right now.. LOl.

Anyway, Yong Hwa was REALLY entertaining when telling his story, no sense of awkwardness at all!

Glad to see this side of him!

Enjoy~

credits: NulSaRangHaeS2 @ youtube



*Update*
Controversy, yet again.

Jung Yong Hwa of C.N.BLUE, a group that is already caught in plagiarism scandal with 'I'm a loner,' is on the spot again.

A netizen pointed out that the story that Jung Yong Hwa told on SBS 'Strong Heart' on the 9th matches with his.



On this show, Jung Yong Hwa revealed his tragic story of dialect during his date in Seoul from Pusan. The scandal broke when after the show, a netizen with id flyhigh84 posted "This is same as the story I wrote to a radio program last year."

This netizen said "This is the story I wrote for 'Cultwoo Show.' But now I see that my story has been deleted from the board. I was shocked when I saw the show yesterday." Currently, the post in question has been deleted.

But the details of the post were spread after the show, and netizens are writing messages of protest to 'Strong Heart' and demanding explanations. To this, the producers said "Every story gets on air is prepared by the guests. So we'll check on this."

credits: TVreport.co.kr + 1takeKK @ CNBLUE-SKY.co.nr, emeraldynekim @ soompi

$#*&($, netizens should JUST STOP IT. It's getting on my nerves way too much. Similar experiences = plagiarism? Come on, if we go to the same shop, bought the same dress, went to the same place, then we tell the same story, you call this plagiarism? omo, make some sense man.

I don't believe Yong Hwa plagiarised an experience or the story.


author: jovena


  

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#58: Jung Shin Graduates from High School and CNBlue on Magazine1

Our cutie Jung Shin has graduated from high school! Out of the 3 youngest, he was the only one who could attend his high school graduation because they had a schedule on last friday on KBS Musicbank, so Min Hyuk and Jong Hyun could not attend their graduation, which is rather sad.









I think Jung Shin looks really pretty here, like a girl!






Due to their pretty faces, Magazine1 has listed C.N.Blue as 2010 New Handsome faces, with comparison to FCUZ.



finding eng subbed

credits: chiara @ soompi, NineEmpire @ youtube, ubepao @ youtube

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