Yesterday Today (I started this post on January 9, but it’s already past midnight WTF!) was is the 21st (22nd in Korean age) birthday of 4Minute’s leader Nam JiHyun. And I couldn’t have made a better GIF than this one I found via tumblr.
It’s been a very fruitful 2010 for NamJi, and 4Minute in general. First, 4Minute held its first Asian tour with stopovers in the Philippines, Thailand, Hong Kong and Japan. Then in May, the group released its sophomore album, Hit Your Heart, and even won a mutizen at M!Countdown. The girls also officially debuted in Japan last year, ahead of KARA and SNSD, and released their first ever full album (DIAMOND) there as well as various mini-albums that had different versions for each.
The girls also became very popular in Thailand last year, visiting the country at least three times. And as for NamJi, she officially debuted as an actress with a short cameo, along with the rest of 4Minute, in High Kick through the Roof, and then had a significant supporting role in It’s Okay, Daddy’s Girl. Heck, she now even has a d-wiki page. She’s even appeared on the silver screen already! She and HyunAh had a small cameo (as 4Minute members themselves) in the film Midnight FM.
So yeah, in retrospect, it was still a good year for both Nam JiHyun and 4Minute. I’m sure they grew and gained lots of experience from everything they went through last year, which makes me even more excited about their come back next month. So again, Happy Birthday to 4Minute’s beloved leader Nam JiHyun and more power to 4Minute!!! 4Minute forever!!! ♥♥♥♥
P.S.
I guess, this is the JiHyun-dedicated post I was supposed to make from way way back. Haha.
So I returned from Korea before Christmas. Gonna post instructions and a map how to reach Cube’s building, as well as JYPE and SME. But for now, Imma share scans from my 4Minute Shoemarker 2011 calendar. Yes!!! So happy!!! Got it from the Shoemarker at Itaewon. I think the one at Myeong-dong is the flagship one cause the girls shot the CFs and photoshoots there.
The link for the HQ version (~2500 x 2000) can be found here. Click the images below for the full 1000 x 790 version. Still pretty good.
COVER
4Minute's Shoemarker 2011 Calendar
JANUARY
One of my favorite pics from this calendar but super photoshop fail.
FEBRUARY
It's still supposed to be called during this month though.
MARCH
This pic was from way back in 2009.
APRIL
Except NamJi, where are you girls looking at?
MAY
Same outfits as the ones in the October page.
JUNE
I'm guessing HyunAh has a bigger shot here because it's her birth month.
JULY
I would've preferred to see them in swimsuits for this summer month.
AUGUST
Probably the sexiest pic in this calendar, especially SoHyun.
SEPTEMBER
Spot the fail.
OCTOBER
So I guess October is a good time to do some hiking or something.
NOVEMBER
More fail cropping.
DECEMBER
GaYoon's left leg looks so weird, but all of them look so cute in Christmas outfits.
I don’t need to mention how hot 4Minute has been ever since they came back. Bias aside, it was the hottest comeback this year. OK, maybe a little bias there. But c’mon now. Be honest. They’re comeback was one of the best this year.
For guy groups, those who show their bodies are called beast idols. For girl groups, I say 4Minute should be called Boob idols.
Not convinced?
HyunAh
SoHyun
JiYoon
I don’t even have to show you Mt. Unnie’s. But if you insist…
GaYoon
of if you would prefer…
Wowzaa
After reattaching your jaw, please take out with proper credits: tagged + v4Minute@wordpress + heechulisnotgay@4-minute.com + nakakatamad@wordpress
4MINUTE MAGAZINE
Now that that’s out of the way, I’m so proud to announce that 4Minute INTL has launched its own magazine, and I’m one of the contributors. Yay!!! Here’s the (unofficial) cover I made.
HOT ISSUE
C’mon now. Tell me that didn’t excite you. This has been out for a couple of weeks now. It’s 40 pages thick filled with 4Minute treats. So if you want a copy of this epic creation, register now and log on to the forum and head to this thread.Tell your friends, family, brother, sister, mother and father about it.
And oh, we’re working on the next edition of this magazine. So, stay tuned.
For the latest 4Minute updates (news, pics and vids):
Note:Click pics to enlarge but do not hotlink because my Photobucket account is about to exceed bandwidth. Otherwise, you won’t be able to see pics from the mall shows.
Like some of the lucky 4minute fans in the Philippines, I got to meet them one day ahead of the start of their mall tour here. But my fateful encounter with 4minute that day was a bit different than most of those who met them last Thursday.
Well I was at work when I decided to slack off around lunch time and check out some 4minute stuff on allkpop, soompi and 4-minute.com. To my surprise, I encountered these:
From Allkpop
My immediate reaction: “WTF! I knew I should’ve brought a digicam today.”
This is because my camphone is kinda lo-tech and borderline ancient.
So anyway, I was surprised they got here early. I learned later that they taped for MYX that day. I went to 4-minute.com to see if anyone has updates or news on 4minute’s stay here but didn’t really get any. Then the famous johnnydorama suddenly appeared at the shoutbox (yeah, he is a 4minute fan, particularly HyunAh) and asked around. But since the shoutbox is usually on hibernate during that time, I was the only one on.
Johnny confirmed that 4minute has indeed arrived and that they sent someone named Matt, who is not a Filipino, from allkpop to cover their stay here and do some interviews with the girls. So I asked him if he could hook me up with Matt. Lol. But to no avail.
I read from MYX that 4minute will be staying at Edsa Shangri-La, which was about 3 blocks away from where I was during this time. I was kinda surprised that they would announce the name of the hotel they’re staying in. I guess that’s what happens when the hotel is one of your sponsors. I thought about going to their hotel after work, but I really doubted that they were there. Or if they did, that security would be tight, at least as tight as when 4minute went to Taiwan.
Well it didn’t help that I had to log in two extra hours at work. But while doing some overtime, I was talking to Vinnie from 4-minute.com. I was thinking whether to go to the hotel, make a fool of myself and take my chances. I wanted to go primarily because I thought, “wouldn’t 4minute be disappointed/disheartened if they see no one waiting for them at their hotel?” Of course the second would be to meet the girls in person.
So Vinnie convinced me to go and fake my way around and say I’m the official representative of 4-minute.com or something. Haha. And I was also able to convince someone to go with me. So yeah. We decided to go to their hotel, no cams, no CDs or posters to be signed and with only our camphone on hand. And I was starving.
It was around 9pm when me and my friend got there. Of course we were nervous. And when we got there, the hotel looked so… normal. Quiet. No screaming fans waiting. No banners. None whatsoever. If I didn’t read they were staying there, I would have never knew.
We asked around anyway. We asked the guards and the concierge if this was the place that Korean girl group was staying. And to our surprise, they said yes!!! Hahahaha. I was already excited but got even more excited when they said they haven’t come back yet. Chance!
So we waited in the pastry shop inside the hotel. Bought a slice of cake so the lady won’t ask us to leave. Me and my friend were thinking whether to buy a CD at the nearby Fully Booked store so we won’t look pitiful and have something decent for them to sign because my friend was seriously contemplating on asking 4minute to sign her shorts or shirt.
Anyway, we still weren’t decided if we should buy because 4minute might arrive any moment and we would miss them. Each time a white van came around, we got excited and anxious, thinking that it would be them stepping out of the vehicle. Well I just assumed it was a white van from the pic above. Anyway, I was finally able to convince (dupe? hehe) my friend to go run and buy a CD (the store was located just beside the other entrance of the hotel).
When she left, I borrowed her Samsung Corby and tried to learn how to use it because it has the better cam. So around a couple of minutes after she left, while I was trying to figure out her phone, a white van stopped in front of the hotel entrance. So I casually checked out who it was, hoping it wasn’t 4minute yet.
But WTFFFFFFFFF!!!
I saw five gorgeous girls step down from the van and just stormed out of the store. I immediately ran towards the hotel lobby, completely leaving our stuff in the pastry shop while still trying to figure out how to take pictures with the cam. I was surprised to see a few girls waiting for them actually. And they were prepared! Because they brought some stuff for the girls to sign and a digicam.
Anyway, here’s what I got:
So yeah. I wasn’t able to use the Corby properly. NOob. I know. Because I got overexcited, I somehow set the camera in video mode so I ended up taking vids instead of pics. That vid is actually 4 short clips that I just combined. By the time I figured out how to take pics, JiHyun was signing her last autograph and about to leave. So I approached her and asked if we could take a picture together (this was after I handed the Corby to some random guy and asked him to take a picture of us).
me to JiHyun: (after signing the girl’s autograph)Hi! Can I take a picture with you? JiHyun to me: (looks at HyunAh, who was standing nearby waiting for her to finish signing stuff) Oh, sorry (bows). me to JiHyun: Oh ok, bye! See you tomorrow.
Yeah HyunAh is sweet like that. And I didn’t want to nag and be an annoying fan so I just left. The girls were sooooo prettyyyyyy. Fer realz. It’s like “you gotta see it to believe it” kind of pretty. Goodness!
So I went back to the pastry shop and picked up me and my friend’s things and left in a hurry, overjoyed. Yaaaaaaaa.
Fortunately, my friend hasn’t paid for the CD/DVD yet because the person in front of her bought a ton of stuff. I told her to drop the CD because we didn’t need it anymore. Haha and yeah her reaction was priceless: a mix of disgust, disappointment, WTF, constipation, sadness. You name it, she felt it. And it didn’t help that the girls who got to take a pic with 4minute suddenly passed by us giggling and spazzing.
It wasn’t my fault right? Hahaha. I didn’t feel guilty anyway. I reassured her that we’ll get a pic with them next time. I swearrrr.
In celebration of the release of the MV for HyunAh’s solo single CHANGE and in anticipation of her solo debut perf tomorrow on Music Bank, I thought what better way than a HyunAh photospam?! A great way to do my first post of 2010.
Well if you’ve been living under a rock, HyunAh just released a digital single entitled CHANGE last January 4 and here is her sizzling MV.
OK. Still breathing? I’m not going to elaborate on how ridiculously hot (can we stop using the word ‘fierce’ already? After all, it is 2010 already) HyunAh was in that video since you’re probably playing the vid again and ignoring the rest of this post. And yeah, JunHyung was pimpin’ in that vid (I wonder how GaYoon felt after seeing HyunAh touch JunHyung like that). But he isn’t the focal point of this blogpost.
Before proceeding with the pics, a belated congratulations to 4minute for winning the New Female Artist Award last January 3 at the Korean Entertainment Art Awards and for having a very successful Cube Showcase. Also, advanced happy birthday to 4minute’s beloved leader Nam JiHyun on January 9.
Anyway, here are some of the sexiest, cutest and hottest HyunAh pics in my stash right now. Excuse me for not putting captions on all of them because I’m too lazy a bit preoccupied right now. One more thing. Since I used photobucket in uploading most of these pics,PLEASE DO NOT HOTLINK so others can enjoy HyunAh’s sexiness. Click to enlarge.
Bootyshaking to Mister @ the 2009 KBS Entertainment Awards
Tattoo! @ the 2010 Asia Model Awards without Nam JiHyun
Vegemil BTS. Pyong pyong~
@ Star Golden Bell 16Jan10
@ B2ST Showcase 2009
Covering Wonder Girls' Tell Me with 4minute.
Don't they look a like?
Sexiest chest popper in the biz right now.
Impervious to rain.
A killer gaze.
Aah, the good old days. Some Sohee-HyunAh love.
Poor girls @ Open Concert 2009.
WG days hosting Music Core with Sohee and Brian of FTTS (I think)
More WG maknae love. HyunAh-SunMi
Just look at those legs!
During her cover of Ivy's A-ha. How do you like her curly look?
Stripping!!! No, really!
What can I say? The girl doesn't get wet.
Her legs are golden.
More Sunmi-HyunAh love.
@ MBC Sweet Girl (Chuseok Special 2009)
Killer abs! She's sooooooooo sexy here.
@ Power of Love Concert 2009
Yeah. That's hot.
OTP!
Her wet hair made her look even hotter.
@ SBS Idol Big Show 2009. Holy!!
Dancing to Usher's Bad Girl and Beyonce's Deja Vu
If that isn't sexy, I don't know what is.
Lurvers.
Mini-album jacket photos
Gorgeous.
Lulz version by me. Was bored.
A promise of love.
She's even hotter in white.
Too sexy to describe. I think this was for 4tomorrow.
Naughty.
Even this is sexy.
BAMF
Being normal.
Doll-like.
Dancing to LA chA TA @ MAMA 2009
Shoutout @ Jingle Jingle MV
With Sulli for 2009 SBS Gayo Daejun commercial. They're so cute together.
Toink!
My favorite part in Muzik. @ KBS Music Bank 2009 Christmas Special
Sweet intro pose.
A screencap I took from episode 8 of KBS Invincible Youth. Sunny-HyunAh love.
2Hyun love @ Cube's 2010 Showcase last January 3.
HyunAh is so adorable. Probably trying to steal a kiss again.
Too much cuteness!
@ 2009 KBS Gayo Daejun Hot Issue perf
Sexy stare
Ignoring SoHyun.
Petting SoHyun.
Makes me wanna buy a Sony.
Vegemil CF BTS
Holding hands with JiYoon to escape the Chinese paparazzi.
From episode 7 of KBS Invincible Youth.
Music Core Special
GaYoon checking out HyunAh. Hot Issue encore perf @ Music Core Special.
Jingle Jingle MV BTS
From Jingle Jingle MV
Being bored, but still cute, @ 2009 MAMA
Amazed.
Lulz version by me. Was bored again.
Lucky dude.
Selca time. From her cyworld.
More.
Hanbok selca.
She loves to blow kisses, which makes her even more adorable.
Check out her minihompy @ http://www.cyworld.com/zlaushk.
Or her major fancafe @ http://cafe.daum.net/kimhyuna-showwindow
Weird wig but still cute.
More.
This girl really needs some sleep.
Kinda recent. I think this was during WAGW.Last one. For now.
So that’s it! That’s all I got uploaded for now, but I still have a few that I’ll put up soon.
Well I hope you had fun glazing over the pics of Kpop’s new Sex Goddess (even though she’s just 17, but 19 in Korean age).
So here’s to HyunAh and 4minute. May they be healthy and have more success, variety shows, hit singles, fans and awards in 2010. If you can’t get enough of 4minute, the best place to get your fix is at the international forum. They got all the latest pics, vids and scoops on our favorite sexy girl group 4minute. The best thing about the forum is that there are no 4minute bashers there. It’s a safe haven from all of 4minute’s antis. Well you know these girls have a lot of haters out there. Screw them. They can go drown in a septic tank.
Happy 2010 again everyone!
P.S.
If you’re in the Philippines right now, just 27 days before 4minute arrives in Manila (most probably)! Aren’t you excited??!! And they’ll be in the Philippines for 5 freaking days!!! Five!!! I’m serious! No kidding!!!
So 4minute appeared on the latest ep of Star Golden Bell. Yeah, all 5 of them! Hoorah!
So I’m posting some caps and clips from that ep just because JiYoon was just too adorable here, but sadly, it seems like she didn’t get to talk much. Well at least all 5 of them were on this show, at the same time. That’s got to count for something right? It’s a pretty big deal (at least to me) that all members were invited in one ep. It’s not like there are only 3 of them in the group. Anyway, here are 4minute’s SGB cuts care of wintersun’s new YT account.
Part 1
Part 2
Besides the girls, Beast’s Doojoon, MBLAQ’s Lee Joon, Super Junior’s Yesung and Shinee’s Key also appeared on what is shaping up to be the best SGB episode evar!!!
Anyway, one of the interesting stories during the ep was shared by Beast’s funny leader Doojoon. Here’s the quote from 4-minute.com:
For the latest recording of the episode of KBS 2TV ‘Star Golden Bell’ which will air on January 16, BEAST’s Yoon Doojoon said, “If we completely reveal our apartment, it will be a disaster.” He also confessed, “Our cleaning lady comes twice a week, but our apartment is so dirty that I can’t look her in the eye.“
When HyunAh heard this, she said, “She must be so tired when she comes to clean our home after going to BEAST’s apartment!“
Doojoon replied, “Ajummah said, ‘But you guys are still cleaner than girl idols!‘” and made the studio burst into laughter.
Not really a big deal since they’re all still kids, which fans tend to forget sometimes. However, a shocking revelation was brought up by the 4minute girls, particularly leader Nam JiHyun and lead vocalist Heo GaYoon.
HyunAh was picked by the members as the member who washes the least. When 4minute’s leader JiHyun was asked why she picked Hyunah, she said, “Maybe it’s because her schedule is full and she’s tired, but sometimes she falls asleep without washing up.” But she added, “When she wakes up, she washes several times.“
GaYoon also said, “HyunAh goes to sleep without washing herself. She wakes up and washes herself really intensely. I think she realizes she’s dirty at that time. Our manager always tells us our room has a weird smell when he comes in. We all wash ourselves and go to bed so we can only think of one person who causes the smell.“
Woah. Talk about kicking a girl when she’s down. Well this is what the embarrassed HyunAh had to say about that matter:
“I don’t think it’s me. I hope it’s not me.“
To salvage her pride, HyunAh brought down the maknae member of 4minute with her when she revealed, “SoHyun’s height is 158cm.“
Nice comeback HyunAh and poor maknae. She didn’t even have anything to do with this to begin with. I wonder what JiYoon thought about all this? Hmm. Sounds like a lover’sspatto me. Don’t you think?
I can’t wait to watch this with subs in about two weeks also to find out why JiYoon was giggling like a little fan girl. And it would be just in time for 4minute’s tour in Manila. Yaaaa! (By the way, anyone knows if JiYoon wore a skirt here? Pics?)
Anyway, here are some caps from the show brought to you again by 4minute’s baidu bar (click to enlarge). And as usual, no hotlinking please. Enjoy!
SoHyun probably got in tears when HyunAh revealed her height. Hehe.
