I was pleasantly surprised to see two things today --- that my temperature had gone down (because I was running a low fever yesterday - definitely need to take care of myself more), and that Kim Hyun Joong had just dropped his new MV for the title track of his new album, "Breakdown". When I checked online, my friend Grace commented on my status --- "DENNISSSSSSSS...!!!" I already knew what was going on, and when I checked my RSS feed for the blogs I read, I saw that KHJ in fact just released him MV.
Hyun Joong is set to release his album on June 8 in Korea (and simultaneously I think in many other Asian countries), but I'm not surprised that he and his management team decided to release the MV earlier than expected. I've seen many artists do that, but for KHJ, apparently he does it for his fans. He's even giving 4,000 of his fans a free concert / showcase in Korea to thank them for being patient for waiting for his comeback. No wonder this guy has such an ardent fanbase (they're just as enthusiastic here in Manila, trust me!).
Now, on to the video...
"Breakdown" as a track is catchy since it captures two definite crowd-pleasing genres --- electro-dance pop and hip-hop. I like how the entire song is driven by the bass beat background. Kim Hyun Joong also attacks the song differently in terms of vocal style --- he goes deep and raspy for this one. It isn't as clean a vocal performance as "Please", but it definitely is appropriate for the theme of the song and the MV.
The MV theme and sets are definitely strongly influenced by urban hip-hop. Dark, secluded settings, with a strong interplay of light and shadow. Interestingly, no matter how ghetto-ish the settings try to be, it's balanced out by the costuming and the choreography, which lend a good amount of sensual sophistication to the atmosphere.
My favorite element of the video would most probably be the choreography for the song. It's simple, clean, and interesting to watch. Considering it's a fast paced electro-pop dance, you'd expected a sharper, more complicated choreography --- but then again, complicated doesn't mean good right away. All the moves were well timed to the groove of the song. I especially liked a combination of moves that I'd like to call KHJ's "jump-and-pump" (hahaha! I thought it was cool!) --- he jumps in the air with his legs crossed and his arms pointing to the left, then when he lands, he does a series of hip thrusts after. Talk about sexy!
If Kim Hyun Joong was gunning for anticipation, I think he did a great job in releasing his MV a few days before the album comes out. It's got me wanting for more, and I'm pretty sure the Henecians out there are going crazy after getting a good eyeful of Hyun Joong in a 3mins 45sec video!
Singer Kim Hyunjoong's first mini album 'Break Down' is currently receiving feverish popularity for it.
On the 8th when Kim Hyunjoong officially released his album in the morning, and right until this moment (10th Jun, 2:00 PM), on the Hanteo Charts, in the Album Sales category, his No.1 status is currently holding a 3 times and bigger difference with the No.2 on the Real-Time Charts and the Daily Charts. In addition, he is also the No.1 Most Searched Real-Time keyword recorded - which is 3 thrones for him recorded altogether.
The representative charts of Korea - the Hanteo Charts, takes into record of sales data from its nationwide merchant outlets as well as the nation's biggest few discography shopping malls, and added on with sales data from medium and small internet/online merchants to get the calculation for Real-Time charts and rankings.
Kim Hyunjoong's agency KEYEAST told about this on the 10th, "Rather than putting it across that album sales have results as follow, which focuses mainly on digital singles and title tracks, is to tail behind the transformation of the music industry (in order to fit into it), it is more evident of Kim Hyunjoong's hard work put into for the full album as being verified and appreciated by fans - as proved through the results".
On the 9th, Kim Hyunjoong has since begun his official and luxurious comeback through Mnet MCountdown with his oozing charisma on stage.
Source : www.hyun-joong.com
Translated by: Stephanie (@Stephiie4SS501/東方5AS1)
Repost with full credit n title, please.
Hello.
This is Henecian team.
In commemoration of Kim Hyun Joong's 1st mini album [BREAK DOWN], a fan signing event will be held on 11th June.
As there were many requests for an album fan signing event. For those who wants to participate, below are the notes on how to participate! Please confirm your participation for the fan signing event.
[Synnara record signing event - Yongsan I-Park, ET Land]
Date: 11th June 2011, Saturday, 7.30pm Venue: Yongsan I-Park Event Square (just in case if it rains, location will be switched to Yongsan I-Park mall )
From 8th of June(Wednesday) to 10th of June(Friday), buyers who made their purchase for Kim HyunJoong's 1st mini album [BREAK DOWN] from Synnara Record in Yongsan I-Park branch and ETLand branch, 200 buyers out of 100 buyers from each branch will be selected through lucky draws. The winners will be announced through Synnara shopping mall (http://www.synnara.co.kr/) after 11 pm on 10th June.
For more information about the fan signing event progress, please contact any Synnara store.
Synnara Record in Yongsan I-Park: 02)2012-0655 Synnara Record in ETLand: 02)715-4380 [Direction to Synnara Record Yongsan I-Park Event Square]
Please take note: 1) You will get an autograph on Kim HyunJoong's 1st mini album [BREAK DOWN]. There will not be any autograph other than the album.2) Please refrain from asking question during the signing event to prevent any time delay.To ensure there is no time delay, for those who are involved in the event: P.S: Because a conversation might lead to the time delay of signing, once again, please refrain from asking question3) Any photos or video recording or transcription of Kim HyunJoong will be restricted for a smoother event progress and to ensure publicity protection.
Once again, it's Friday of the week again and it's time to vote on MCountdown since voting is not a choice, but a must in order for you to situate that 15% of the overall results.
BTW, please understand that voting on both the Korean Mnet AND the Japan Mnet's side helps almost double the impact.
In this post covers voting at both Mnet Korea AND Mnet Japan.
It's the exact same steps and method.
Remember, you gotta become member of Mnet Jp and Mnet Korea first before you could vote. You could vote once per day; voting everyday is possible too.
FYI, voting as a regular (a.k.a free) member counts, too...
This is your chance to show how much you love Kim Hyun Joong!
On July 2, his BREAKDOWN album will be officially released in the Philippines!!!
Side note: Originally, it was planned that there will be 4 STORES included, however, it was finally decided that only 2 malls will participate as mentioned on the poster.
That makes the first 200 HENECIANS to get exclusive freebies...
So HURRY UP and PRE ORDER NOW before its too late!
Kim HyunJoong held his first mini album ‘Break Down’ showcase on 7-June at JangChoong stadium and kicks off his comeback in the music scene. On that day, Park KyungLim was the host for the mini fan meeting, and in the section ‘We Know Kim HyunJoong’, SS501members Heo YoungSaeng and Kim KyuJong shared their frank talk.
At Park KyungLim’s question about Kim HyunJoong’s drinking capacity, he replied “Kim KyuJong can drink very well, and Heo YoungSaeng certainly can drink well too. If the 3 of us drink together, we can drink about 12 bottles in total.” Shocking the audience with his words.
There were endless stories about Kim HyunJoong’s drinking. Heo YoungSaeng and Kim KyuJong even exposed Kim HyunJoong’s drinking habits “He drinks very fast”. Both of them laughed and said“HyunJoong will not be interested in a girl if she can’t drink.”
In addition, Heo YoungSaeng said “He drank 2~3 bottles in 30 minutes”, and Kim HyunJoong defended “I don’t have time and I want to play, and because I want to forget about the things I want to forget, so I drank fast. I am trying my best to fix this habit.”
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Oh well babe, you always appeal to me no mater what!
But I have to say, the first time I saw BREAKDOWN MV, I cant believe that was Hyun Joong in my eyes. Unbelievably sexy. Well he is sexy even before, Its just, a whole new other level.
Article Credit : KBS Global
Singer Kim Hyun Joong, who will release his first solo album entitled“Break Down,” said, “Bae Yong Joon gave me positive advice on my album.”
“I was just an idol when I held activities as a member of SS501, so I wanted to reveal my grown-up appearance as a strong man when I decided to debut as a solo singer.” — Kim Hyun Joong (25)
Singer Kim Hyun Joong, who debuted as a solo singer by releasing his first solo album entitled “Break Down,” held a press conference and a showcase at Jang Choong Gymnasium on June 7 and expressed his feelings. He introduced the concept of his new album, saying, “I am 26 years old in Korean age and it is still young to be classified as a grown-up man. I am actually not a type of macho man, but I just wanted to present a difference appearance not as an idol but as a man.” He had already experienced album production when he was a member of a group and he also participated in producing his album this time. He explained, “I visited America last year in June to find out my own songs, and I actively presented my own opinion when creating a dance performance and making a music video."
I have tried to deviate from my previous image in SS501 and tried to improve my performance and make the impact of the performance much stronger. I wanted to be evaluated as "He is a real man’ and ‘He can sing a mature song." As he already explained, his title song“Break Down” is a dynamic dance song with a strong beat and sound focusing on Kim Hyun Joong’s splendid dance performance. Rapper Double K participated as a featured artist. Kim continued to explain his album, saying, “People might have been curious about Kim Hyun Joong’s style in the first solo album. When I chose the title song, I agonized between ‘Break Down’ and ‘Please,’ and I chose ‘Break Down’ because I want to present a cool dance performance in the hot Summer. Romantic songs with sweet lyrics such as ‘Kiss Kiss’ are also included in my album.” The music video for the title song was unveiled during the showcase, and it also revealed Kim Hyun Joong’s Strong Image. He appeared as a muscular man with a dark and powerful image in the music video. Kim Hyun Joong said, “I made a promise with my physical trainer to work out for 100 days, and I became very nervous when 50 and 70 days passed, so I worked really hard since then. I also trained to strengthen my physical ability for a better performance as a solo singer while working out and playing soccer.” The fact that his album was the first album since he had moved to his new agency Keyeast, in whichHallyu Star Bae Yong Joon is the largest shareholder, raised more anticipation. Kim said, “Bae Yong Joon suggested I study music more, taking this chance, and he had showed any good music or dance video he came across to me. He actively supported my album production by checking videos filming my dance performance. And Bae, who has a talent in taking pictures, suggested shooting my album jacket photo. He seemed to study producing music albums as a representative of an agency. I really appreciated his advice and I am also very satisfied with the support from my agency.”
Among the members of SS501, he was the fourth member who came to debut as a solo singer. He frankly revealed that he was feeling pressure, saying, “When I looked at the other members who debuted as a solo singer, I realized that the title of “former member of SS501″ could not guarantee an easy way as a solo singer. I had to do everything by myself, and I tried to overcome myself with more practice whenever I felt difficulties. I had poor breathing and pronunciation, so I practiced reading books and newspapers while biting a cork in my mouth, and I could hit notes that I could not hit before by practicing.”
He mentioned Seo Tai Ji as his role model. He said, “Even though he sang different genre songs from me, he is still my role model as a singer. As for actors, there are many actors whom I respect, but now the actor Seol Kyung Gu, who is living in the flat below me, suddenly comes up into my head.” With the showcase held on the same day, he began his activities as a solo singer in earnest. Kim said, “Jang Choong Gymnasium will go through remodeling, and I will be the last singer who performs in this place before the remodeling. I will present a splendid performance during my showcase.” He revealed confidence and talked about his future plans, saying, “After I moved to my new agency, I had not held many performances, so I will actively perform at home and abroad from now on. I will begin holding fan meetings from August in Asian countries, and I will hold an Asia concert tour after I release my second album at the end of September. I have already begun working on my next album. You will be able to see my activities more as a singer and not as an actor this year.”
Before other people could distort his words again, first he did not talk about the DISBANDMENT. And the FAINTING word was used to explain that he collapsed due to deteriorating health.
Source : Nate
Korean to English translation by Ode / SS501ode.blogspot.com
Kim Hyun Joong has explained about the background of how SS501went onto their respective roads.
In the episode of MBC 'Golden Fishery - Knee-drop Guru' aired on June 8, Kim Hyun Joong's recently made his comeback as a solo singer poured about his troubles 'Feels like all of mine I have is like a bubble', as he also displayed his 4-dimensional charm.
In the past where he appeared on 'Radio Star', he ever disclosed "If the agency doesn't chase us away I don't have intention to leave too", to this, Kim Hyun Joong gave a further explanation - "It was when we had only 5 months remaining of our contract left at that time".
He added, "That time was when we had one more album planned for release. That time was a period where I had not discussed about the agency's problem with our members yet", "However after our album activities ended, I talked to our members about it", as he came frank.
Kim Hyun Joong continued, "Didn't we already almost shown all that we SS501 could do as one. I told them it is not a disband, it's just that if we were to go on each of our paths for time being it'd seem like a not bad thing too", "After we have discussed it out with our members, eventually, we have decided to go on the path that best fits with our personal shine/color", as he added.
With regards to the issue on his former agency's CEO collapsing due to deterioration of health, Kim Hyun Joong said, "As far it's concerned, the most fortunate thing would be that I managed to say 'Sorry' to him before he collapsed. Should I have not been able to say that, I couldn't have came out", "If I happen to get No.1 for any drama or any music programme, I definitely want to say something like 'Sajang-nim, I've done well. Please be healthy' to him".
