SBS-CNBC news talked about ‘Kpop Syndrome’ and majority part of the news centered on SNSD. When asked about the strength of SNSD, Tiffany’s answer can be summarized as:
- 9 girls
- Strong team work
- Chemistry
- Supportive and passionate fans
After the ‘Kpop Syndrome’ clip, Korean viewers were also taught some English words and phrases used in the video. Click HERE to watch the video!
Didn’t catch what Tiffany said? No worries. Here you go!
On Asahi TV’s ‘Music Station‘ aired on January 28th, TVXQ, SNSD and Avril Lavigne appeared on the show and according to the MCs of ‘Music Station’, it was a rather rare to have 3 foreign artistes coming on the show.
During the interview, Sooyoung expressed her admiration for Avril Lavigne and hopes that one day, Avril Lavigne could write songs for SNSD as well. Upon hearing that, Avril Lavigne smiled cutely and said, “What the hell! Why not?“. The crowd gave a loud round of applause at her answer. SNSD and Avril Lavigne looked at one another and laughed.
Korean singer, The One, shared anecdotes involving SNSD Taeyeon while on the radio. He revealed to listeners this morning on iTVFM’s “Run Radio”, how it felt to be Taeyeon’s, “singing mentor”.
“She was a child who loved singing and dreamed of being singer, who now has a great voice and has matured ino the leader of the group that everybody loves.
“I did worry about who I would record a duet with when I announced the album… but I felt that with the six years of history as student and mentor, that Taeyeon could sing with a great heart and great voice, more than anybody else in the world, so I asked her.”
The One’s current album contains the duet with Taeyeon, “Like a Star”
“When recording overran to past 11:30 at night, I told Taeyeon to hurry home, mistakenly thinking that she was still a High School student. But Taeyeon has already matured into a respectable lady; she said that she would stay until we’d finished recording” he laughed.
The One has been a mentor for idols such as TVXQ, Super Junior, M.Street and Sugar. His fourth album, called “4th part1… I walk again” has marked his return to music after three years of absence.
American fans of SNSD have become the focus of attention after their “Visual Dreams” flashmob at Intel’s headquarters.
A video of several dozen male and female SNSD fans dancing in front of the headquarters of Intel, with the company’s logo clearly in view, was uploaded on YouTube on the 25th. Their music was SNSD’s “Visual Dreams” which was unveiled at the same time that SNSD were named as Intel’s models for Asia.
The flashmob took place on the 22nd. Calling themselves “NorCal SONES”, they are SNSD fans from the American state of North California. The flashmob begins with around ten fans who dance to the “Visual Dreams” choreography. After a minute, around twenty other fans appear from all directions and join in the flashmob. As the song finishes, they all disperse as though nothing had happened.
The netizen who unveiled the video wrote “SNSD fans from North Carolina gathered at the Intel HQ in Santa Clara, California to do a flashmob” and also thanked all those that took part and filmed for making it possible.
Other SNSD fans, upon seeing the video commented, “In front of Intel’s HQ? Daebak!”, “Give us free SNSD calendars when we buy Intel products”, “Watching them working hard to make this happen was fun to watch”, “I wish I was in the area” and applauded their efforts.
