Monday, February 10, 2025

The SMTOWN album, which will be released this Friday, February 14th, celebrates the 30th anniversary of SM Ent. The album will include a new group song + remakes of songs performed by different SM artists.


  • All members of SNSD participated in the recording of 'My Everything.'
  • SHINee and BoA will have three and two remake songs respectively.
  • EXO Kai (Congrats on being discharged from the military) is also set to participate.
1. SMTOWN > Thank You (A new group song, also the title track of the album)
2. NCT WISH > Super Junior's 'Miracle'
3. RIIZE > DBSK's 'Hug'
4. Aespa > f(x)'s 'Rum Pum Pum Pum'
5. Red Velvet > SNSD's 'Run Devil Run'
6. EXO > H.O.T's 'Git It Up!'
7. NCT Dream > EXO's 'Love Me Right'
8. WayV > SHINee's 'Juliette'
9. NCT 127 > Hyun Jinyoung's 'You in Vague Memory'
10. SNSD > The Grace's 'My Everything'
11. Super Junior > Shinhwa's 'I Pray 4 U'
12. DBSK > Red Velvet's 'Psycho'
13. Kangta > S.E.S' 'Just a Feeling'
14. Naevis > BoA's 'Game'
15. SM Classics > SHINee's 'View'
16. SM Classics > BoA's 'My Name' 
17.. BoA > SHINee Jonghyun's 'End Of A Day'

Most of these remakes were already performed live at the SM concert in Seoul this January, and the videos are now being released sequentially.

All of these remakes have been receiving positive reactions and all the artists perfectly suited their assigned songs.









Below are the responses from artists when asked: "What does your team mean to you?"


Kangta: My home
BoA: Just me!

Changmin: The universe that allows me to exist and embraces me.

Yunho: An existence that needs no words? An existence that I can always return to!!

Shindong: What is Super Junior to me? That's who I am.

Yesung: Destiny.

Ryeowook: Friends and family who will be with me until the end.

Donghae: Home.

Siwon: Another identity and comrade.

Kyuhyun: A family that changed my life.

Leeteuk: My home. My everything.

Sooyoung: A mirror. When I see my members, I see myself. Let's stay together for a long time!

Sunny: The best gift.

Seohyun: Past, present, future.

Yoona: My youth.

Taeyeon: Me myself.

Hyoyeon: Sisters.

Tiffany: I can't read her writing is too small.

Yuri: My everything.

Key: Where I belong.

Onew: The one and only thing that is always there.

Minho: Life, existence, everything. Happiness! Excitement! Joy.

Suho: My life.

Chanyeol: A very precious family and friends.

Wendy: My youth, past & present & future. My everything.

Yeri: Hometown.

Irene: My precious younger sisters.

Seulgi: An existence that raises my self-esteem.

Joy: 'Summer'. The brightest and most beautiful youth and summer of my life.

Doyoung: Friends who became my life.

Haechan: My pride. A team that gives me great strength.

Mark: NCT 127 is like brothers and teachers to me. We live like a family, but at the same time, I learn a lot and feel motivated by my members. They help me grow.

Jaehyun: Somewhere between family and friends.

Yuta: Pride.

Jungwoo: To me, NCT127 is ... (I'm sorry I can't read his writing)

Johnny: Pride. Home. 

Mark: NCT Dream is like my brothers, my real friends, and my babies. We know each other so well like a family, but we also just have fun together like best friends. Sometimes, I feel like I want to take care of them like they’re my little kids and cheer for their happiness.

Chenle: My youth, my second family.

Jisung: Something that connects me to my dreams and makes them come true.

Jaemin: My first and last first love.

Jeno: A dream.

Haechan: Youth. From my trainee days to now, Dream is the youth that accompanies me.

Renjun: My youth and my hope.

 

Yangyang: WayV is my family and a very precious existence.

Xiaojun: My second family.

Kun: WayV is a home where I can be comfortable.

Ten: To me, WayV is my eternal friend.

Hendery: Brother. 

Giselle: Sisters.

Karina: My another family.

Ningning: My Korean family and friends. Aespa has become like my family in Korea. They are so precious because they always endure happiness, sadness, and hardships together with me.

Winter: My pride and my friends.

Anton: 'RIIZE' feels like family and my future.

Sohee: To me, RIIZE is a ship. A ship that I will ride to the end with the members.

Eunseok: A place of comfort.

Wonbin: To me, RIIZE is something to rely on.

Sungchan: Dreams.

Shotaro: Now, my second family...?


(NB: Please correct me if I get their names and faces wrong, I'm still not quite familiar with NCT Wish:( )

Sakuya: Youth.

Ryo: Hope.

Sion: Family.

Riku: Love.

Jaehee: Family and friends.

Yushi: A precious team.


Lucas: Star

Naevis: A precious part of my identity that allows me to experience all the beauty the world has to offer.

The last SMTOWN album was the 2022 winter album, but since this year marks SM’s 30th anniversary, they seem to be emphasizing the Pink Blood brand even moreㅋㅋ That's why I'm writing about it.

By the way, SM’s Q2 plans are being revealed today. I'm so excited.

theqoo

-Even Naevis is includedㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

-Why isn’t Red Velvet here?

-Why isn't SHINee remaking any songs?ㅠㅠ Also, where are Fly To The Sky's songs?

-Naevis' face looks different every time I see her.

-I'm so f*cking excited for SNSD's remake of 'My Everything'

-It's cool that Super Junior and Girls' Generation still have so many members.

-Since when did EXO become just two members…?

-When is DBSK's remake of 'Psycho' coming out? How much longer do we have to wait?ㅠㅠㅠ

-So that's Naevis, huh?

-I originally only stan girl groups, but I really like NCT's remakes for this 30th anniversary album. From NCT Wish's 'Miracle' to NCT 127's 'You In Vague Memory'.. Everything is perfect.

-EXO has 8 members, but why are there only 2?

-Why isn't Taemin in SHINee's picture? Is he not part of SHINee anymore? And is f(x) no longer under SM?

-Did Kim Heechul leave SM??

-I'm really satisfied with SM Ent.'s 30th-anniversary concert. I’m waiting for what’s next...

-Hul... WayV's doing remake of 'Juliette'. It suits them so ell.

-I’m already excited for SM’s 40th anniversary… If the 30th-anniversary project is already this amazing, imagine their 40th-anniversary...

SM seems to have put a lot of effort into the 2025 SMTOWN group album

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1991. Year of the Sheep.

09.23. PM4:27.

Our F1 is showing signs of coming into the world ahead of schedule.. The day after Chuseok, at dawn, my amniotic fluid broke and we went to the hospital right away. Labor pains started around 11am, gradually shortening in intervals and intensifying. By around 3PM, the pain became truly unbearable. Sometime around 4PM...? I got on the delivery table.. I pushed with all my strength. The doctor and nurses worked hard to assist with the delivery..

'Our F1'???

No way... Was his prenatal nickname really F1??

What does it mean?
ㄴIt's........... Mendelian Genetics (NB: Patterns of Inheritance).

In Mendelian genetics, when marking a pedigree, the parent generation is labeled 'P' and the first-generation offspring is labeled 'F1.'

The details might be revealed on You Quiz this Wednesday!?


theqoo

-That is a really unique prenatal nicknameㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

-Kim Kibum is 100% going to release a song called F1 in the futureㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ It could even be an album title.

-I thought it was related to race carsㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ Wow, science majors are something else.

-Crazy... I've never heard a prenatal nickname like that beforeㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

-His mother was faithful to her major ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

-Crazy... This is so funny and uniqueㅠㅠㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

-ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ By any chance, is his mom also a T?

-'Our F1 is showing signs of coming into the world' ... Oh my God...ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

-Her handwriting is so pretty.

-I literally burst out laughing as soon as I saw thisㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

-Did his parents really call him 'F1?' while he was in the womb?ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

-Is this a research paper or what?ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

-Hulㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ Now I’m curious about his mom’s MBTI.

SHINee Key's nickname when he was a baby, given by his mother who's a science major

Sunday, February 9, 2025

 

Love 

theqoo 

-This song is seriously a god-tier track. I still listen to it these days.

-'Milk' and 'All Night' are the best. Honestly, I just love the entire 'Red Light' albumㅠ

-For me, it's 'Signal'

-'Milk,' 'Shadow,' 'Airplane'...

-I thought this post was going to be about the famous 'Airplane'... But this song is great too.

-F(x)'s songs are all masterpieceㅜㅜㅜ 'Love,' 'Airplane,' 'Beautiful Goodbye,' 'Wish List' etc.... But my all-time favorite is 'So Into U'ㅜㅜㅜㅜㅜ It’s seriously amazing..ㅜㅜㅜㅜ

-I loved 'Shadow,' 'Milk,' and 'All Night'

-That one song they sing with D.O... 'Remember in the hallway..~'

-The intro of this song is seriously so good.

-The lyrics are amazing too..

-'Paper Heart'...

-'Butterfly' is my favorite songㅠ

-I've had this as my ringtone for 1n years.

-Whoa, this is my favorite song!!!! I also love 'Lollipop' from the same albumㅠ

-My favorite song is 'Beautiful Stranger'ㅜㅜ

The song that is still mentioned as one of the best side tracks in f(x)'s discography

 

For the first time in history, an Indonesian member has been confirmed to debut in SM Ent.'s upcoming girl group



K-pop has always been popular in Indonesia


If her performance is as good as Lisa's, she's definitely going to be a big star

theqoo

-They're just feeling proud. Isn't that natural? Indonesians are just like people from any other country, they have national pride too

-Indonesian fans are... Carmen is indeed really pretty. She has the visual that deserves to debut regardless of her nationality. I personally think she has the most SM-like visual in the group.

-My head already hurts to imagine how big of a fuss there's gonna be...

-Whoa... This is already exhausting.

-I miss the days when only Koreans knew about K-pop

-Hell gate open.

-Carmen is really gorgeous. I think she'll do well. Fighting.

-It's exhausting... But it's better than not being popular at allㅎㅎ

-Ah... Indonesian fans can be really extreme... I have a lot to say, but yeah...

-The place that spends the least money is always the loudest, seriously.

-SM made that choice because it also needs foreign fans. I'm sure they'll figure it out.

-I'm already scared. We might need to protect the Korean members at this point.

-The racism in these comments is crazyㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

-Their population is on a whole different level, so views and money are pretty much already guaranteed..

-I'm already scared.

Indonesia is in an uproar over just one girl group debut

 



In the past, any article about Joo Jihoon would be flooded with drug-related comments (e.g., “Why do directors keep casting an addict?” “Let’s stop supporting him”), but now, most of the comments are talking about how great his acting is. I feel like the number of people who like Joo Jihoon has increased a lot.

theqoo

-The response on YouTube is really positive.

-If you have talent and charm, people will still support you even after controversies. It's even more common overseas.

-His acting has improved a lot as he's gotten older.

-I still don’t think he’s a good actor. This is very surprising.

-I really want to stop seeing him on TV.

-Isn't this his third time??? He already had another breakthrough with 'Kingdom'

-Oh, is he really that popular right now?

-I think he's a great actor...

-There are a lot of people who support a druggie, huh?ㅎ

-Well, honestly, it's mostly online communities that are making a fuss. His old works are climbing the rankings on OTT platformsㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

-Just give us the Season 2 of 'The Trauma Code: Heroes on Call' already.

-This really might be the best role he has ever played in his entire career. I enjoyed it so much.

-Is 'The Trauma Code: Heroes on Call' really that good?

-This is why criminals keep making comebacks… Might as well let Yoo Ahin return too.

-I thought the OP was talking about Robert Downey Jr.

The actor who's experiencing a second peak in popularity right now

 

Goong


Medical Top Team


Gentleman


Light Shop, Blood Free


Ransomed


The Trauma Code: Heroes on Call



ㄴ This is all because of you, Baek Kanghyuk...

theqoo

-I really enjoyed watching 'The Trauma Code: Heroes on Call'. I haven’t even watched 'Kingdom,' should I check it out?

-I like 'Hyena.'

-I should rewatch 'Goong.'

-No 'Mask'? I really enjoyed watching that drama.

-I haven't watched any of these.

-'The Trauma Code: Heroes On Call' was insanely goodㅋㅋㅋ Give us Season 2.

-I really love 'Kingdom.' Should I watch 'Goong' too? It's a really old drma, thoughㅠㅋㅋㅋ

-You guys should definitely watch 'Hyena.'

-Why isn't 'Kingdom' trending? Everyone, watch 'Kingdom'. Let's talk about that drama with me.

-I'm currently rewatching 'Kingdom.'

-More than anything, I’m surprised 'Goong' is ranked so high. It’s such a long drama to binge-watch.

-'Kingdom' was so good... It's a legendary work in Joo Jihon's whole filmography.

-I really love him latelyㅠ Please give us Season 2 of 'The Trauma Code: Heroes on Call'...........

-His acting in 'The Trauma Code: Heroes on Call' was amazing that I’m curious about his other works.

Joo Jihoon's previous works that are currently gaining popularity again

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theqoo 

-Sigh... It's crazy that I have to wait for another 6 f*cking days for this.

-Is it the final episode already?

-The fact that this is happening in the last episode makes it even better.

-If there hadn't been a delay last week, we'd be watching this today. For f*ck sake!!!!!!!!

-Ugh... My head hurts… (in a good way).

-Ah... F*ck this. I want to watch it so badly, but at the same time, I don’t. Don't endㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠ

-Ah... Give us more!!! Why is it only 12 episodes?? I'm not ready to let go yet, you punks.

-This is f*cking crazyㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠ It’s so good.

-Why only 12 episodes???!!!

-I can’t believe next week is the last episodeㅠㅠ

-Please extend it! Don’t cut anything, just air everything!!!!!!!!!

-They look so good together, it brings me to f*cking tears.......

-Crazy... Please let next week come quickly... No, actually, don't comeㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠ

-I never thought I'd see Lee Joonhyuk acting like this. He’s doing such a great job at making my heart flutter. I hope he does more romance dramas in the future.

-Why do they have such amazing chemistry? It’s making my heart flutter.

[Love Scout] Viewers go wild over the preview of the final episode

 








They straight-up embedded ads into their MVsㅋㅋㅋ

It wasn't even a banner that you could close. It was permanently embedded in the video. It would pop up for a few seconds in the middle throughout the whole MVs.

I hope they'd replace it with the ones without the ads...^^

theqoo

-There were ads...?

-Oh my God... Seriouslyㅋㅋㅋ

-I wonder how much they got paid for those ads. That's impressive.

-I still don't understand why they would do that.

-Whoa... Agreed. I was so shocked and completely hated itㅋㅋㅋ Even now, thinking about Everysing and Genie still makes me furious.

-F*ck.

-Those were the same companies that put ads in the albums we boughtㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

-Are the ads still in the MVs now? That's insane

ㄴIt was embedded in the video, so unless they replace the entire video, it'll be there foreverㅋㅋ F*ck.

-If they uploaded it to YouTube like that, does that mean there's no original version without the ad?

-F*ckㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ I haven't seen that in a while.

-I absolutely hated it.

-Hurry up and replace them, you crazy people.

-That ad was even in Red Velvet’s 'Ice Cream Cake' MV. F*ckㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

-Even the MVs that were posted on paid platforms like Melon had those ads. It was so frustrating.

The crazy thing SM once did in their music videos


3rd place: 'Project Silence' Joo Jihon (8 votes)

Third place is Joo Jihoon. In the movie 'Project Silence' (Directed by Kim Taegon), he played the role of a reckless tow truck driver, Jo Park, and exchanged witty banter with the late Lee Sunkyun. However, his performance was ultimately deemed 'the worst.'

Joo Jihoon received 8 votes. Those who voted for him as the worst actor cited, "Joo Jihoon's acting style made me want to escape the theater," "How many years has he been acting? He exaggerated every little moment that it ruined the whole movie," "Every time he appeared, he made me wonder, 'What's wrong with him?'"

[Y Review] Joo Jihoon's unchanging acting tone, nothing new in 'The Trauma Code: Heroes on Call'

Joo Jihoon played this character with his unique confident and laid-back acting style. While it could be seen as his strength, it's a style he's shown too many times before, nothing new. Moreover, his overly exaggerated tone seems to constantly remind the viewers: "Joo Jihoon is acting right now."

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An actor who has been acting for 18 years.

He's been criticized for his bad acting since he starred in 'Goong', and even though people say he has improved, he remains an actor whose performance receives a lot of mixed reviews from the viewers.

theqoo

-He’s not an amazing actor, but he’s not terrible either. I personally dislike him because of his controversies.

-'Kingdom' was the first time I thought he acted well.

-Honestly, he’s not bad. I’ve enjoyed watching a lot of the works he’s been in.

-His acting in 'Goong' was indeed that severe, but he did really well in 'The Trauma Code: Heroes on Call'

-I’ve never thought Joo Jihoon was a bad actor.

-I've watched 'The Trauma Code: Heroes on Call,' 'Kingdom,' and 'Blood Fire'. He was good! I can't wait to watch his next project.

-Honestly, he's not bad at allㅋㅋㅋ And he perfectly suits his character in 'The Trauma Code: Heroes on Call'

-His acting style is always similar, which I personally don't like, but when he chooses the right characters, he tend to receive positive reviews.

-I've always liked his acting. He's good at choosing roles that suit him sell, that's a skill.

-I personally think he's a bad actor. It's fascinating to see that many people think he's good.

-To be honest, he's not that badㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

-He's definitely not bad... It's just that people can get bored of his acting style.

-'Good actor'? What a bullshitㅋㅋㅋ

-I still don't like his acting styleㅠ

-Watch that movie. He was so bad, it actually shocked me... 

Joo Jihoon ranked 3rd in worst acting skills chosen by reporters last year.