Friday, December 12, 2014

Top 20 Kpop Songs in 2014 by Meet Your Idol

Its end of the year and its time for what??? Song of the year!!!! Well MAMA gave the award out already but that's not gonna stop Meet Your Idol from making a list of Top 20 List~

These will all be judge based on how the song help the idol gain more popularity and also how good is the song and deserved to be promoted and not hidden within the album

WARNING: Some good song may be missed from the list as Meet Your Idol may not have listened to the song or the song is just not Meet Your Idol's type of song. Also OSTs are excluded from the List. and of course there will be some bias point of view in the post. So go make your own list if you wanna cry about it.

Before we start there will be some honourable mentions that might have made the list based on different personal preference

Those songs include
2pm - Go Crazy
Yoon Hyun Sang - Always be with you
Beast - Good Luck
Erase - Hyorin X JooYoung

So here goes:-

Number 20: T-ara - Sugar Free

Yet another addictive song from T-ara, is it only me when i say most T-ara songs are extremely addictive? If T-ara wasnt involved in the Scandal back then, I bet the song would have gotten some win at Music Shows!

At Number 19: Akmu - 200%

The siblings came out strong with 200% dominating the charts despite being new artists, Getting few wins at those big music shows also helped them grow their popularity a lot! Definitely a song that deserve the 19th Spot!

Number 18: Girls Day - Something

Girls Day was deem a Rising Star since last year but hardly had any big wins from Music Show until Something was out. It didn't win much but hey they were competing with DBSK at that period! Deserve some recognition for me!

Number 17: EXID - Up & Down


EXID may be a "nugu" group to most people but hey, their fancam of Up & Down actually gain 3.5 Million views and STILL counting. The song and the fancam also help boast their popularity and their song hit top 10 being a nugu group? That deserve some recognition.

Number 16: Ailee - Don't Touch Me

Don't Touch Me was the better Ailee song for MYI this year. Gain some win at music shows easily. With her vocals and a song that allows her to show it while dancing around. Deserve a spot in the top 20!

Number 15: Sistar - Touch My Body

Well a song that beats other big artists such as Back and Darling, of course the song beat them for a reason, the vocals from Hyorin definitely helped but definitely deserve this spot as winning the music shows easily showed that the song is being loved by the nation.

Number 14: A Pink - Mr Chu

The song that gave A Pink the explosion in popularity! Getting an all sweep after the comeback week definitely help A Pink a lot. Mr Chu could have gain even more wins if the music shows wasn't temporarily stop during that period.

Number 13: TTS - Whisper

No Holler sucked. Its just a random song from a Japanese artist that is made popular by TTS. They should have promoted this song instead of Holler.

Number 12: A Pink - Luv

Yet another A Pink song that achieve all kill at music shows 2 weeks after comeback! They are still winning as I am posting this. Shinsasong Tiger did not disappoint with one of his creation again!

Number 11: TTS - Only U

Yes MYI feels this is the best song in the new TTS Mini Album. The song is nice, shows that artist's vocal power, good lyrics and its written by one of the member SeoHyun. If they didnt wanna promote Whisper it should have been this instead.

Number 10: Beast - 12:30

A beautiful ballad sang by one of the best vocal groups. what more about the song they added a choreography to the ballad song. Beautiful, just beautiful

Number 9: Raina & San E - A Midsummer Night's Sweetness

The song did not win at music show but stayed at Melon Top 100 Chart for a damn long period, showing that people still loved the song a lot even way after promotions. Beautiful Sweet duet by the pair. Deserve a higher spot if they would have gotten more wins!

Number 8: Infinite - Back

This song didn't win any music show if i'm not wrong but MYI just love this song in so many ways. The song is additive, the dance is awesome. I would say they were going against the wrong opponent at that time. Definitely deserve more recognition.

Number 7: AOA - Tears Falling

Nope, none of AOA's main singles made the list, but this random song from the album made it instead. Why? Listen to the song yourself. This song is what defines AOA before they settle down with Brave Brother with the S and defines what FNC made. Beautiful song that should have been promoted with AOA Black perhaps?

Number 6: T-ara - Little Apple

Nope the song did not win in any music show and perhaps will not win in any music show but hey, just in case you didn't know this song is like the biggest song in China and this list is about good songs. so yeaaa. So song is fun to listen to, why not give it a try?

Number 5: Some - SoYou and Junggigo

A song that defeats SM The Ballad and SNSD? Definitely its because they are gaining a lot of love from the nation. Well the sweet ballad by the pair was definitely something to be recognise.

Number 4: Exo - Overdose

I personally feel SM was trying to spread the Bad Song Syndrome since quite a while ago. They are selling name and not music for a very long time, that's until they came out with Overdose. The song was addictive and nice, winning a lot in the music shows. and even won album of the year.

Number 3: Vixx - Error

Well a breakout song for Vixx, the song is so beautiful to me in so many ways, from the music, to the choreography to the MV. almost everything, it even helped Vixx to multiple wins in Music Show. Awesome production!

Number 2: Winner - Empty

A song that didn't need big choreography and are winning music shows for a group that just had their debut? that says a lot for me. All 5 members' vocals shows how beautiful the song is and definitely deserve more to me.

Number 1: TaeYang - Eyes, Nose Lips

Im not gonna even say anything about it,


Sunday, October 26, 2014

Guide on how to go Music Shows in Korea (Music Bank, Music Core, Inkigayo and more)

In Korea and getting frustrated as you do not know what you need to do to meet your idols? Well you came to the right place… I mean blog. Lol. This would also help you if you’re planning to go Korea to hunt yr idols down and need some guidance.

Well, the easiest way for you to see them is actually by going to the music shows that you’ve been watching from your computer all the while! Well I guess you know the Music Bank, Music Core and Inkigayo but they actually have like 7 Music shows that you can actually attend. Awesome? And its all FREE

This post will tell you roughly what you need to do and how to get there, and similar to the fansign post, I will rate the music shows based on how close are you to the idols (View-10 being close to the idols), How easy is it to get in the show (Difficulty-10 being easy) and how far the location is (Range-10 being near to the city).

Owh before that, you will need to be in the idol’s fancafe/fanclub, to get information about the idol’s schedule. You can get more information about that by googling about Daum café. For eg, if you’re a A Pink fan, just google “A Pink Daum” and the fan café will appear, unfortunately its fully in Korean and if you like them I guess you will need to at least know how to read Korean? If not just google, how to join Daum café, im pretty sure there are guides for you there. Anyways, if you can’t read Korean and too lazy to get an account, the usual requirement for you to be in the fanclub will be buying the current CD they are promoting and bring it to the music show. Here goes!

**Important to note that sometimes the venue will be changed due to special events


Mondays – Simply Kpop

View – 10
Difficulty – 10
Range – 5

This is probably the least famous Music Show we kpop fans know about but perhaps the best one to attend. Why? You’re freaking close to the idols. Its on a weekday and less people will attend it, means less competition, better view

Difficulty? It’s easy to get in as it is held on a weekday where people need to go work and school and foreigners can register with the website. I’ve never been denied entry before with the fanclubs and always get to go in.

The only minor bad thing about it will be it is pretty far from the other music shows but it’s not that far.

To get into the show you can either register with the website itself (LINK) or get in with the idol’s fanclub.

Simply Kpop will be held fortnightly in Arirang TV. The nearest Station to the location will be Nambu Terminal. Then you would either have to take a Bus there, or you can walk there.


What time you need to be there? Schedules will be out in the Arirang website few days before the recording. Arirang is not Live, so they do not have a specific time for you to go.


Tuesdays – SBS MTV The Show

View – 10 (Pre Record) 6 (Live Show)
Difficulty – 8
Range - 10

This is also one of the least famous music show, which means what? Yeap.. Closer view to see your idols especially on pre records. For the live show, depending on your luck u might get a faraway seat or a standing which is near to the stage. Overall, the hall is pretty small so even sitting at the back gives u a decent view.

Its again on a weekday, so getting in is pretty easy as long as you’re with a less famous idol. If you’re following a famous idol… your entry might be denied as too many fans from the particular fanbase already went in.

The location is very near to the other music shows, in fact most of the music shows are located here.

To get in the show, you will need to get in with the idol’s fanclub

The show will be held weekly in the SBS Prism Tower. The Nearest Station to the location will be Digital Media City. Just get out of exit 9 and walk straighttttt….


You will need to be there around 3pm-4pm as the show starts at 6pm. The fanclub will need to get you sorted before you can enter the show. Keep in mind that yr idol might be doing pre-record early in the morning, so if you’re not in the fan café and do not know their schedule. U might wanna be there 6am to not miss anything.


Wednesdays – MBC Show Champion

View – 10 (Pre Record) 8 (Live show)
Difficulty – 8
Range - 1

This show is held in a small hall where they only have standings. No seats at all, so even if you’re at the back, its still pretty close to the stage.

Getting in this show is also pretty easy unless you’re following a famous idol.

Unfortunately, the show is held in one of the furthest location that even the subway can’t get you there. So it’s pretty discouraging for me to go. LoL

To get in the show, you will need to get in with the idol’s fanclub

The show will be held weekly in MBC Dream Center. The Nearest Station to the location will be JeongBalsan. Just get out of exit 1 and follow the map?


You will need to be there around 3pm-4pm as the show starts at 6pm. The fanclub will need to get you sorted before you can enter the show. Keep in mind that yr idol might be doing pre-record early in the morning, so if you’re not in the fan café and do not know their schedule. U might wanna be there 6am to not miss anything.


Thursdays – Mnet Mcountdown!

View – 10 (Pre Record) 8 (Live show)
Difficulty – 7
Range - 10

Mcountdown is also held in a pretty small hall where it have no seats. Therefore, your view will be pretty good regardless.

Mcountdown is one of the more famous music show and thus more people will be going for it, making the entry slightly harder compared to the previous two shows, but it is still pretty easy to get in as long as again, you’re not following a famous idol.

Mcountdown is located where most of the music shows are, so yeah good location!

To get in the show, you will need to get in with the idol’s fanclub or you can line up with the general entrance line up. For the General entrance line up, you will need to be there as early as possible and I even see some people staying up all night for it. As early as possible will be like the first train?

The show will be held weekly in the CJ E&M Centre. The Nearest Station to the location will be Digital Media City. Just get out of exit 9 and walk straighttttt….

You will need to be there around 3pm-4pm as the show starts at 6pm. The fanclub will need to get you sorted before you can enter the show. Keep in mind that yr idol might be doing pre-record early in the morning, so if you’re not in the fan café and do not know their schedule. U might wanna be there 6am to not miss anything.

Fridays – KBS Music Bank

View – 6
Difficulty – 1
Range – 8

Music Bank only have Seats, thus it is never near the stage.

When they only have seats, it means they have VERY VERY limited space, sometimes you don’t even get in when you’re following the least famous group.  Entry is almost always denied.

The location is not that far from the rest of the music shows though

To get in the show, you will need to get in with the idol’s fanclub

The show will be held weekly in KBS. The Nearest Station to the location will be National Assembly. Just get out of exit 5 and follow the map?



You will need to be there around 3pm-4pm as the show starts at 6.30pm. The fanclub will need to get you sorted before you can enter the show. Keep in mind that yr idol might be doing pre-record early in the morning, so if you’re not in the fan café and do not know their schedule. U might wanna be there 6am to not miss anything.

Saturdays – MBC Music Core

View – 8 (Pre Record) 5 (Live show)
Difficulty – 9
Range – 10 (Sangam)

Music Core pre records everyone together, so sometimes you don’t get a good spot. Live show? The hall is perhaps the biggest of all music shows, thus if you’re way back, you’re pretty far from the stage.

Well since it is a big hall, you almost always get to go in even if you are with a famous idol.
Unfortunately, it is very far away like Show Champion located in Ilsan, unless they do it in Sangam, which is where most music shows located.

To get in the show, you will need to get in with the idol’s fanclub

The Location will be MBC Sangam. The Nearest Station to the location will be Digital Media City. Just get out of exit 9 and walk straighttttt….



You will need to be there around 1pm-2pm as the show starts around 340pm. The fanclub will need to get you sorted before you can enter the show. Keep in mind that yr idol might be doing pre-record early in the morning, so if you’re not in the fan café and do not know their schedule. U might wanna be there 6am to not miss anything.


Sundays – SBS Inkigayo

View – 10 (Pre Record) 6 (Live Show)
Difficulty – 1
Range - 7

View is pretty similar with the Show, as the hall is medium sized and you can still get a decent view sitting way back.

However, getting in the live show is near imposible as it is held on a Sunday where EVERYONE will go for it, and I mean everyone. Better hope for a pre record if you wanna watch Inkigayo. LoL
The location …. Its pretty near to the rest of the music show.

To get in the show, you will need to get in with the idol’s fanclub

The show will be held weekly in SBS. The Nearest Station to the location will be Gayang. Just get out of exit 10, turn left and walk straight




You will need to be there around 12pm-1pm as the show starts at 240pm. The fanclub will need to get you sorted before you can enter the show. Keep in mind that yr idol might be doing pre-record early in the morning, so if you’re not in the fan café and do not know their schedule. U might wanna be there 6am to not miss anything. 


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Tuesday, October 21, 2014

Kpop Fan Sign Experience (Update: 19th September 2015 (Apink, Hello Venus, Gfriend, T-ara, Minx, Sonamoo, Stellar & Wonder Girls))

Fan of Kpop? This is probably one of the Fan sign posts you might want to read. What’s better than meeting your idols face to face? This should give u a rough guidance on which idol you should consider meeting. However, different people might get different experience from it and this is just my personal experience instead of yours.

I will categorise the score into 4 category, which is Staff’s Strictness & Performance, Time allowed, Money Value, and Idol’s performances.

Staff’s Strictness & performance (SSP) will be how the staff doesn’t allow you to bring yr phone, slot in an extra photo card for signing, doesn’t allow you to do a lot stuff or just total freedom (1 = U can’t do anything, 5 = Reasonable, 10 = total freedom)

Time allowed (TA) will be how much time the staff allows you to spend with yr idol before rushing you to the next member and rushing u again and again. (1 = u will be rushed like they have a flight after the fansign, 5 = reasonable time given, 10 = have all the time you want)

Money Value (MV) will be how much you need to spend in order to enter the fansign depending on their fame. (1 = Not famous and expensive, 5 = Famous and expensive, 10 = Famous and cheap)
And lastly, idol’s performance (IP) is how much the idols show appreciation the fans or how much the idol shows that they wanna meet you and talk to  you.

Attendance will be the times I attended their fan signs.

Updates will be added in different colour whenever I attend more fansigns
Update1 was made on 12th December 2014
Update2 was made on 24th April 2015
Update 3 was made on 19th July 2015
Update 4 was made on 19th September 2015

Stellar


Attendance - 1
SSP– 9
TA – 8
MV – 7
IP – 8

This was a little special fansign from Stellar, it was a free fansign organised by GS25, so like we get free drinks and free fansign from Stellar? lol The staff was pretty lenient, no special strictness to it.

Time allowed was pretty decent, muh favourite was MinHee, so I get to talk to her a lot, but the other members kinda like pre-signed their papers, so like making the conversations shorter.

Since this was a free fansign with free gifts, it has got to be a 10, but im writting 7 as a reference for future fansign where u have to buy 1 album.

The girls were pretty nice, MinHee was awesome as we get to talk a lot, she seem very happy to hear that i like her. Jeonyul kinda like will hold yr hand and talk to u until she is done signing. Nothing memorable about the other 2 member thou. 


Sonamoo

Attendance - 1
SSP– 8
TA – 8
MV – 7
IP – 8

No kneeling, other than that it seem pretty fine as they kinda even allow us to sneak in some photocards to be sign, its not allowed, but they never checked. 

Time allowed was okayyy-ish, we get enough time to talk to them, not excessive

Sonamoo only needs 1 album for their fansign, its first come first serve, so yea pretty worth it

Im gonna be honest and tell that I only like 2 members. lol Sumin was muh favourite, so she kinda seen me a few times before I go for their fansign, she recognise me, but nothing special, just normal chatting, Minjae was good as i was impressed by her effort to talk to me and made me like 3 members. D.ana is a little.. how do i say? she notice that i can speak korean very well, so i have to learn it for someone else rite? so she ask who did i learn it for, and i stoned , not knowing how to reply? she say "mememe" lol, yeah if u like her, i think that's extremely cute. Nahyun was pretty nice,standard chatting, EuiJin was okayyyyy and High D, wow... she tries hard, lol, she asked me when im leaving and ask me to stay longer for her and stuff. lool.. and Newsun is like.. perhaps the worst idol ive met in muh kpop career, like, she just DOESNT care.. in her own world.. lol

Minx




Attendance - 1
SSP– 9
TA – 8
MV – 7
IP – 9

No Special restriction as I recall. The staffs are pretty lenient.

Time allowed was pretty good, enough time to talk to them but not extremely long

Minx only needs 1 album for their fansign, its first come first serve, so yea pretty worth it

Jiyu is extremely cute and talks a lot, but problem is, she always use the same skill for every fan, lol she will always say u have good sense! hahaha. Sua fan service is very good thou, she shows sincerity and tries with effort to show that she cares. Siyeon was pretty ok, we talk a little, and i say i might have to leave soon, she act cute and ask me not to leave so fast, but im like, its yr last week of events! lol YooHyeon was very nice, she also converse very well and will think of things to say to you. Dami was the only member that was slightly lacking compared to the rest, but still did a decent job, ahahah


Wonder Girls

Attendance - 1
SSP– 8
TA – 8
MV – 9
IP – 6

No kneeling, other than that, i guess no special restriction

Time allowed was okayyy-ish, we get enough time to talk to them, not excessive

Wonder Girls is famous right?? yea and u only need 2-3 albums to meet them, wow worth it? yes and no. lool

Sunmi was the first, she was muh favourite, i talk a little with her, but nothing special or memorable, then Yeeun was next, i told her the album was for muh fren, she's from singapore, she's like woow thank you, i really hope to see her, and wrote a long msg for her. then i told Yubin its for muh fren, as soon as she hears that, she just didnt give a damnn. lol same goes for Hyerim. lololol

Gfriend


Attendance - 4
SSP– 7
TA – 9
MV – 7
IP – 10

A lot of restriction is applied for the fansign, like no bringing yr handphone up, no post it messages, no photocards, NO, u cannot do any of those, someone tried to record the voice conversation between herself and the girl and BOOM! she was sent home! that strict! but hey u can kneel, some may wonder why does kneeling matters so much to me? well it just gives me more feeling when i can talk to the idols face to face, and not have them look up at me? its maybe just me. lol but hey they also gives out free events at the end of fansign such as signed poster, Polaroid and Selca with the girls! 

Time allowed is very good, they let u talk for a very long time and hardly rush u

They are pretty famous for a rookie group, maybe even the most famous, so u will need like 3-4 albums, but its worth it for me.

Overall, the girls are awesome to me, they will try their best to talk to you. i kinda only like 4 members during the 1st fansign, and now i like all 6 of them. Yerin is VERY funny, she will do a lot of clowny stuff just to make the fans laugh, SoJung is very nice and attentive, she will try her best to talk a lot with you, Eunha kinda talk less compared to her members, but she is extreme CUTE, she also has good memory as she remembers me even before the 1st fansign (as I went to quite a few of their events). Umji also knows me before the 1st fansign and we kinda have a lot things to talk too. Shinbi is just WOW, pretty to me. lol she also converse very well and finally Yuna, she is nice and attentive too, she also tries to think a lot of things to talk to the fans. She and Umji can speak english, for non korean speaking fans! 


Mamamoo

Attendance - 1
SSP– 9
TA – 8
MV – 10
IP – 6

Mamamoo’s fansign was awesome, minor restriction exists, but hey, they gave out limited edition signed CD of mamamoo for free. After the fansign was a mini fan meeting with mamamoo and they even performed like 3-4 songs. Some fans even get to take pic with them if they win the fan event.

For the fansign, from time to time they will ask you to move faster, but they didn’t really do it intensively.

Money value was good as they are a superbly famous rookie group but you only needed to buy 1 album to get into the fansign with performances.

The girls were pretty nice, and superbly nice to fans that they are close with (a 10 performance rating) unfortunately I only went once, and wasn’t so close with the girls, and some of the girls didn’t really bother talking to me but they still did a decent job.

A Pink

Attendance – 7 or more > 11 > 16
SSP – 9>8
TA – 8>7
MV – 4>5
IP – 10

Acube, for me, does a very good job in managing their fans. Only 1 signature will be allowed per fansign, but they don’t really check whether or not you slot in a photocard to be signed, I sneaked in once or twice. LoL but doesn’t mean you should follow too. They don allow you to bring yr phone and take picture of them right in front of you, but they compensate a lot by giving gifts at the end of the fansigns and even photo sessions. Update1: The Staffs are more strict on Photocards and Notes now that they check on it. Events at the end of the fansigns are also eliminated but nothing else that is bad.

Time allowed with yr idols is also very decent, they do ask you to move from time to time, but there is no real rush. Update1: Time allowed are also kinda less compared to last time but its mainly because the girls was late Update: Time allowed is a little in consistent, sometimes its fast during open fansign and slower during closed fansign. 

Unfortunately, going for apink’s fansign is extremely costly, as their fansigns are lottery based, to secure a spot in their fansign you would need to buy at least 18 albums (still not 100% but optimal number). Apink is famous but 18? That’s a little too much. Update1: You need 20 albums now, but they are way too popular now. 

But well if you paid 18 it might all be superbly worth it because all 6 girls of the a pink girls shows that they appreciate the fans a lot, Chorong will always try to strike some conversation with you even though you do not know wat to say (well yr mind will go blank meeting them right?), Naeun also will always find some conversation to talk to you, Bomi is a little silly and will always act silly in front of u lol, Eunji is famous to be nice and superbly nice if you ‘re her fan. NamJoo is just spot on superbly nice (might be biased) She recognize me before I even go to the fansigns, but forgets few months later and remembers again few months later. She will always be playful around you. Lastly Oh Hayoung is the bomb, she’s humble nice and appreciate every fan she have even though yr favourite member is not her. She even took the effort to remember muh name. Update1: NamJoo and Hayoung now remembers the name while pretty much every members knows me well. Pretty much nothing changes in this session. Update: These girls are just amazing, some groups I just felt like.. bored/enough? but never apink, even at 16 times, I'm still willing to go see them despite the high amount of albums. Eunji remembers the name now too.

CLC


Attendance - 3 > 4
SSP - 7 > 6
TA - 6 > 4
MV - 7
IP - 9

Its pretty strict, no kneeling down, no bringing yr camera up. Other than that it's pretty fine as there are nth much annoying things. lol Well time to time they push yr album to the next member to rush them. its pretty sad

Time allowed is a little ridiculous to me, it's like they have a schedule to rush to everytime. They improved a little at the last fansign I went, but the time u have its quite limited, u have enough time to say things u want, but not long conversations. I went again, and its so bad!! I havent even finish talking to Seunghee, and they already pushed muh album to Yujin and she's almost done signing the album.. Really Cube?

Well its a Cube girl group that is pretty famous for a rookie and you need 1 album to get in. ezez

Initially they did quite badly, maybe because it was their first ever fansign? I don't know but they are like saying thank you to wateva i say to them. lol. Except for Seunghee which wrote muh name wrongly and laughed like a babo. Everyone else pretty much just said thank you. ahahha But they improved a lot in the 2nd . They take some effort in talking and act a little cute and during the 3rd fansign they finally open up and have a lot more things to say, making effort to start conversation and all ending with a good 9. Seunghee is muh fav so we always have things to say since the first fansign. YuJin is so damnn cute when you see her close up, just some basic conversation with her. SeungYeon is the blur monkey, i always have to start the conversation with her hahaha. Sorn speaks english so talking to her is pretty ez except the first fansign, lol and yeeun is like the super cute maknae, sometimes she might not talk that much but her actions are enuf to wreck yr bias list if yre not careful. LOL .I would say first fansign is 7, then 8 and ending with a 9. Yeaaaa. lol by right it sld average out an 8 rite? Lol Nahhh im giving them a 9 :)


Girls Day

Attendance - 3
SSP – 10
TA – 6
MV – 7
IP – 5

For girls day the staff isn’t really strict at all, you can bring whatever you want and can even get multiple signatures from the girls. I see people signing their phone cover, photocards and many more.

As for time allowed, they kinda rush the fans a little too much at one point I even see them pulling the fans away from the girls to the next member because they are rushing to finish the fan sign.

Its pretty worth it to go for Girls Day fansign as I would say their popularity level is pretty high but you will probably only need 6-8 albums to get in their lottery fansign.

As for the girls, maybe they already have their close fans around, they hardly try to strike a conversation with you, they only reply what you ask and probably ask you to come again. Nothing special really, its like, hi sign talk a little bye.

Lovelyz

Attendance - 1
SSP - 6
TA - 4
MV - 6
IP - 7

No Pictures for the fansign! No pictures that's why you don't see a pic like every other band. Other than that it's pretty ok.

Time allowed? Yeap they have a flight to rush right after the fansign.

It's a rookie group and you already need maybe 2-3 albums? like yeah they are popular but still? lol

Maybe the time allowed is too fast that not much chance to interact with the girls, the only girls that I remember taking effort to talk to me was MiJoo and Jin. The others was pretty much Hi Sign Few words Bye. Maybe they did say more but nothing memorable.

SNSD (Jessica, SooYoung, SeoHyun) Random Event Fansigns

Attendance – 2 Jessica, 2 Sooyoung, 1 Seohyun
SSP – 1
TA – 3
MV – 5
IP – 7

Well its that company, strictness all over, im used to kneeling down to talk the to idols so I can talk to them face to face instead of having them to look up? So the manager was like UP! Then when I touch the table he was like NO TOUCH, basically that’s muh fansign and I do not have much time to talk to Jessica thanks to him. Other times I get to talk to SooYoung, SeoHyun and Jessica pretty decently but of course ultimate strictness, u cannot do ANYTHING except talking a few words, getting ONE signature and bye.

Time allowed with the girls? Hi Talk Sign Bye or Hi  interruptions sign bye.

Money value? Well for SNSD of course its gonna be expensive, but at the same time, hey its snsd? So I guess its worth it?

Well the girls do care about the fans more or less, they do express interest in talking to u but just not enough time I guess?

SNSD – TTS

Attendance – 2
SSP – 1
TA – 8
MV – 3
IP – 8

It’s always strict with SNSD; you can’t even take picture of them from far as compared to other fansigns which you may take 1000000 amount of pictures. You can’t do anything special except for signing 1 and only 1 album.

Suprisingly, they didn’t rush the fans during the fansigns and gave you enough time to talk to the girls as long as you have things to talk to them. Unless you’re taking too long, they won’t rush you.

Well to enter a TTS fansign you need to buy like 30-45 albums. Fair? Well they are famous but 30-45 albums are like… 500 USD or more? That’s kinda expensive just for a chance to meet them for few minutes as compared to random events where u just gotta pay around 100USD or a little more.

The girls took their time to talk and listen to you if you have lots of things to say to them, if not they will just sign and say thank you. I get to say a lot of things I want to TaeYeon as she is like muh favourite favourite. Get to say some stuff to Tiffany as she is an English speaker. Seohyun was just okok, just some short conversation both times. TaeYeon and SeoHyun actually remember that I came to the previous fansign with 3 days gap in between. Not bad?

Ace of Angels

Attendance – 9 or more > 15 > 17
SSP – 6 > 7
TA – 7>8 > 9
MV – 7
IP – 7>8

For AOA, the staff is pretty strict, No notes on the albums, no photocards, no nothing, just and empty album and sign it. They check it thoroughly. No phones, No taking pictures in front of them, no 2nd signature, No Nothing but at least they let you touch the table and talk to the girls in a close range. Its starting to get less strict as they doesnt check much anymore, they do warn u to not bring yr photocards up, but they don really check anymore.

Time Allowed is pretty good, they do rush us from time to time to be faster, but they do not pull you away but instead just ask you to be faster. Update1: Good thing about AOA fansigns is that, we seem to get more and more time as the fansigns kinda extend longer and longer. No More rushing as they kinda let u talk for quite a long time as long as yre not taking forever. 

Money value, well AOA is pretty famous and you would need 4 to 5 albums to get into their lottery fansign.  Pretty worth it for their fame? Update1: They are even more famous now with requiring 4-8 albums to get in the fansigns

The girls are pretty decent I would say, as im closer to the AOA Black girls, they are extremely nice. Choa is pretty famous for her fan services, she is very nice to her fans except sometimes she have nth much to say, I have one or two fansign where I actually say nth to her despite her being muh favourite? Yuna is perhaps the best in striking conversation, she always have something to talk about. Mina is just cute, she always ask if I have eaten, lol Jimin is a little awkward with her, most of the times we just say a few words and that’s it. Hyejeong and Seolhyun are kinda hard to talk to too, if you have nothing in mind, they will have nothing in mind too. Chanmi didn’t get to talk much to her as she missed those photo book fansigns. Update1: Every single member of AOA knows muh name, i don even need to write it for them anymore lol. Even the non black members are close now that we have more stuff to talk to each other now. U think Hyejeong is sexy? Go to fansigns she is like super cute.lol. 

Beast

Attendance – 1
SSP – 5
TA – 5
MV – 5
IP – 5

Well same basic stuff, no nothing except album and only 1 signature allowed.
They rush you like mad but youre given a reasonable amount of time.
Well its Beast you will need 20 albums to get in their lottery fansign. But I guess its pretty decent?
Just normal signing talked a little and and then bye, though I was there to take the autograph for muh fren beast is like muh favourite boyband? So yea nth special

Orange Caramel

Attendance – 1
SSP – 9
TA – 9
MV – 8
IP – 7

The staff for orange caramel wasn’t really strict at all, they allow you to slot in a photocard or two. There were no specific restrictions for the fans.

Time allowed were pretty good too, the staffs didn’t rush the fans and were manage to get decent time with the girls

Orange caramel is pretty famous and you will only need to buy 2-3 albums to meet them. Pretty cheap?

The girls are pretty decent, Nana didn’t have much to talk to me, just a few words and moved on, talked a lot with Raina and she did at least ask me to come again. Lizzy is pretty nice as she even signed muh photocard and talked quite a lot. Overall pretty decent fansign.

Nu’est

Attendance – 1
SSP – 8
TA – 7
MV – 6
IP – 8 (I would give it a 1 because Im a guy but… you will know why)

The staff wasn’t really strict on wat you can and cannot bring to them, I didn’t try getting 2 signatures and didn’t see anyone doing it, so I guess it’s pretty ok

Time allowed is decent. They do ask you to move but not extensively

For nuest you will need to buy 3 or 4 albums, it is worth it? im not sure

So I actually went the fansign for a fren?? i don even have 1% of interest in them? SO like Minhyun, after he signed muh album, he offered 2 hands to like cross fingers with me? I was like dude wtf? And he kept his hand there and its like imposible to reject him? So I decided to hi5 him instead? But he actually cross his fingers? OMG? LOL I mean its awesome for a girl… it’s a nono for me.. lol the other 3 members just gave a firm handshake and then its JR where he gave me a handshake and hold it for a long time and stare into muh eyes.. Dude? I told u im here for a fren. LoL

Ailee

Attendance – 1
SSP – 9
TA – 9
MV – 10
IP – 8

The Staffs was totally wasn’t strict on this. Not much restriction except for no taking pictures right in front of her.

Time Allowed was good to as long as u have things to say to Ailee, they wont stop you

Ailee and you only need ONE album to get to her fansign. I even went twice to grab 1 signed album for muh fren but that was 1 year ago, I think by now you will need to buy a few more albums to get in her fansign but still pretty worth it as she is pretty damn famous.

Good enough, she is an English speaker so talking to her won’t have much trouble and she even remembered muh fren who she seen once in Malaysia.

T-ara

Attendance – 2 > 4
SSP – 9
TA – 9
MV – 7
IP – 9

Staff didn’t really restrict much, you could pretty much do anything except pictures right in front of them.

Don’t recall being rushed by the staffs too. I had pretty much enough time to talk and interact with the girls.

T-ara is pretty famous and you would need around 6-8 albums to guarantee yr spot in the fansign. So it is pretty costly, but I find it reasonable

The girls were awesome, like they are a senior group with 5 years of history in them and they have a lot of Malaysian fans? But EunJung promised to remember me despite im 5 years late and going for the first time and did she remember? Yes she did, but the real test will be if I meet them again few months later. SoYeon also was awesome, we kinda talked a lot in the first fansign and she remembers every single detail when I meet her again for the second time. JiYeon was also very nice and had a lot things to talk to her. Hyomin, Boram and Qri was a little hard to talk with, I ran out of things to talk to them despite muh favourite being Hyomin and Qri. Qri just gives you da poker face whatever you say to her. LoL Update: So the real test for EunJung finally came anddddd she failed it. lol, she totally do not remember me, but she is still nice and tried a lot in speaking english with me. lol very cute, Jiyeon also shows a lot effort to me and Soyeon shocked me by remembering me. I was totally not expecting it, but well she did it! lol Amazinggg

Laboum

Attendance – 1>2>7
SSP – 6>7>6
TA – 7>8>9
MV – 7
IP – 8

Staffs were pretty strict for this, you can’t touch the table while talking to the girls. Wow? I mean I won’t flip the table? Lol. Other than that, I guess they are pretty ok? Update1: YOU CAN TOUCH THE TABLE NOW! Update2: Guess what? You can't touch the table again. LOL it's so bad that, i have something to show them on muh phone? and they don't allow it.

Time allowed was pretty decent but they were constantly pulling people’s album away to the next girl to finish the fansign faster. Update1: Not much time rushing as i recall this time, improvement from the last. Update2: No Rushing at all, but the girls don't have much to say thus making the fansign a little faster

Decent rookie group and 1 album, fair I guess? Update 2: Still 1 album after such a long time

The girls are pretty ok, nth special though, maybe I haven’t been enough? Talked the most to YooJeong and SoYeon, YooJeong was like ive seen you very often but I only met her once in Music Bank? Lol. Soyeon was pretty nice and talked a lot with her. Yulhee was pretty decent too, while I only had minimal conversation with the other 3 members. Overall, it was pretty nice to meet them. Update1: Pretty much some minor improvement with the other 3 members, talk more stuff with them. Though YooJeong will be the only reason for me to support the group.... lol Update2: Solbin is just kinda hard to talk to sometimes, not much to converse with her, Yulhee will almost always be food, lol I even get to find out that she cant eat after 6pm because of diet. Haein will take some effort to talk to u, so there are short conversations everytime. Yujeong also take effort in talking but well she is muh fav, lol. ZN was funny as i say i can speak korean, so she was like testing muh korean with random questions? LOL. and Finally SoYeon is the Bias Wrecker, she transformed into something Sweet n Nice that u want more everytime, trying to steal her way into yr bias list. LoL she didnt only do it to me but everyone. hahahah

Secret

Attendance – 1
SSP – 5
TA – 8
MV – 8
IP – 5

The Staff was pretty strict, they check yr stuff and muh fren and I was separated so I ask the girl beside me to switch place with muh fren and they don’t even allow that? Like will u die if they switch places?

Time allowed was pretty decent, not much rushing as I recall as long as u have things to say

Secret and you will need 1-2 albums to get in. so I guess its pretty worth it?

The girls were just pretty normal though. I went to this fansign for a fan, so I told them the signature was for a friend. So they just take me as a person taking the sign for a fren and didn’t bother much about me, I mean even if im not a fan, you can try making me a fan right? Lol. I mean look at nu’est? Hyosung was pretty ok as she claim to remember muh fren’s name and Jieun was pretty ok as she talked a little with me. But.. nothing special.

Ladies Code

Attendance - 4
SSP – 9
TA – 5
MV – 8
IP – 10

The staff for ladies code wasn’t really strict I guess, they didn’t check anything and you can almost do anything but no taking picture of the girls right in front of course.

Time allowed though is pretty bad, as they rush everyone intensively and you will only have reasonably enough time to talk to the girls before being rushed away.

Its superbly cheap to go for a Ladies code fansign, they are not famous, but 1 album will do.

The girls are extremely awesome maybe cause they don’t have much fans? They remember you easily. Zuny is extremely cute and will try to find stuff to talk to you, Rise will always try to talk to me in English, lol its just cute. Conversation flows pretty smoothly with Ashley because well she speaks English. EunB is a little awkward as we have times of having nth to say but improve as it goes. SoJung is just ultimate everytime I prepare to say something to her, I will nvr get to say it because she already prepare even more stuff to talk to me lol. Overall, the girls were awesome and made me wanna meet them again and again.

Crayon Pop


Attendance - 1
SSP - 10
TA - 10
MV - 10
IP - 10

Well yeah do anything except pictures right in front of them, Chrome is famous to be like superbly lenient company, maybe the best out there. 

Time allowed was very good, you're allowed to talk as much as you want to them. No one will rush you unless you're taking tooooooo damnnnnnn longggg. but thats like super rare. The whole fansign lasted around 2 hours. 3rd longest fansign i've been to.

Crayon Pop is pretty famous rite? yes they are, don't disagree with me. LoL they only need 3 CDs to get into their fansign, maybe 4 at times? but yeaa around 3-4. Dats very worth it for me. 

How well the girls do? Amazingggg Duhhhh, they have so much things to say. Talked a lot with Way like i was a fan for quite sometime but no, it was muh first time! lol. Ellin was the best as she shows a lot appreciation seeing a new fan, I wanted to give her a out of the chart 11/10 ratings. hahaha. Soyul was the surprising one with nth much to say, it was kinda awkward and it didnt happen to me alone, even muh frens have the problem. Choa was really nice too, took effort in finding things to talk to you and Geummi was super nice, I remember talking to her a lot and she even ask me to go to the music shows to see them. Overall they are all amazing and cute. Hey i love cute girls~ LOL


Hello Venus

Attendance – more than 6
SSP – 9
TA – 8
MV – 7
IP – 10

The staffs are not strict on anything except no notes. You can pretty much do anything else, only 1 signature per fansign but if youre lucky you can sneak in a photocard or 2.

Time allowed with the girls are also pretty decent, they do rush you from time to time, but not intensively

Hello Venus is not really famous in general but hell they are famous among their fanbase and you will need like 3-4 albums to get in their lottery fansign.

The girls? Are just awesome. They remember you easily eventhough they already have a big fanbase and Lime YooYoung and Nara will always strike conversation with you when you have nothing to say. Yoonjo was alittle awkward in the beginning but improved and talked more as time moves on. Alice well she will always be Alice, every member knows muh name except for her because I stop writing muh name as they already know it? Alice just.. DOESN’T write the name. LOL She is pretty nice and cute when u have something to say to her. Ara was the best as she remembered me like instantly and I don even need to think of things to talk to her, everything just flows pretty smoothly.

Hello Venus V2


Attendance - 4 > 7
SSP - 9
TA - 8 > 10
MV - 7
IP - 10

Staff no longer check for notes now and you can write notes to them. No other special strictness to it.

Time allowed is still very good, with some minor rushing from the staff if you're taking too long. Otherwise they don't really bother you. Update: Staff no longer rush us anymore, every fansign now last 2 hours or more, u can pretty much talk as much as u want as long as its not taking forever.

Guess what? You can get in to HV fansign easily now with 1-3 albums! hahaha

Well with Ara muh top bias gone, I personally thought the group will drop some ratings here but NO not at all, this only proves how awesome Hello Venus is. The 4 old members still remembers me after 1.5 years not seeing them and they are still great as ever striking conversation with you and all. The only less performing member will be YeoReum as she seem shy and less stuff to talk to you but SeoYoung is freaking cute and awesome. She is so adorable and draw hearts all over yr albums and like hyper actively cute when talking to u. YooYoung is also just so damnn cuteeee her voice. Lime? we always have stuff to talk to each other and she even knows where im from. Nara? she is just cute in a silly way lol. She is a very nice girl and Alice? Perhaps the best fan stealer around, She don really seem to care who you like and treat you awesomely. Update: Even Yeoreum improved a lot now, and she is stealing fans left and right, by holding their hands the while talking to them.

Fiestar


Attendance - 1(I went 3 times in 1 Fansign)
SSP - 10
TA - 10
MV - 7
IP - 10

Pretty much, you can do anything in the fansign as long as it's not crazy, they even allowed ppl to take selcas with them during the initial fansigns, but changed it later, and im not gonna minus mark because of thattttt. The company's awesome. lol

Yeah , say whatever you want no one will stop you, as long as u have things to say? you prolly don't need to move over to the next member. Lol The whole fansign lasted more than 3 hoursss and they have less than 100 people signing, imaging that!!!

Well they are not so famous for a senior group so you will only need 1 CD to get in, and you can go like 2-3 times because they cant sell all 100 CDs.

Muh Fren say all the groups with the word "Star" is the bomb. Well if you're worried you got nth to talk to them cause yre a foreigner? Worry NOT, the girls will always try their best to think of something to say to you, i went 3 times in the same day and NO there were no awkward moments. Linzy shows a lot appreciation when I told her I saw her in her Musical before we went on to talk alot other stuff, Hyemi is a little less talkative compared to the other 3 members, but she still have a lot to say. Yezi is the bomb, she will think of whatever and whereever to talk to you, we talk like we were frens lol. Cao Lu knows chinese so conversing with her in chinese made her comfortable to talk even more. Her mother tongue... Duhhhh . Jei is a little lacking to me though, maybe cause she is the last member, every conversation with her was pretty short compared to the other members~ hahaha but well she's pretty. 


Sistar

Attendance – 2
SSP – 10
TA – 10
MV – 10
IP – 10

Sistar’s staff? Do whatever you want, like seriously, whatever, you wanna take a picture right in front of them? Go ahead, you wanna sign a photocard? Go ahead, you wanna propose? Go ahead, just do wateva you want and you think its reasonable. Lol as long as its not something crazy? Go ahead.

Time allowed? Have all the time you want, u wanna talk to hyorin for 5 minutes? Go ahead you wanna tell her your grandma’s story? Go ahead, no one is going to stop u, I was late for my work because of this. LATE TO MUH WORK because the fansign was 3 hours long, on average each fansign was 90 minutes, but sistar was 180 minutes. Thanks lol

Money Value? Is sistar famous? Yeah you only needed 3 albums to get in their fansigns

The girls? Are they famous again? Nope they act like they are rookies. Hyorin was like where did you learn yr Korean? U speak it really well. Soyou also took interest in muh Korean as she heard me speaking it well with Hyorin. All of them pretty much talk a lot and dasom speak decent English and it was a really awesome experience from a senior famous group. Even got a picture with them in the end of the fansign with soyou putting her arms around muh shoulder. Awesome Girls, the next time I went, Hyorin and SoYou already know who I am like I am one of their regular fans. High popularity and appreciate their fans, these girls are the bomb.


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