MORE Rain at the JYP Nation Teamplay concert, back in November 2010. My favorite shots of the bunch. — ^@@^ (images credit: zzongmizzang, as tagged / tip: huda @RL)
Rain check.
•February 7, 2011 • 3 CommentsBeautiful fan art with Rain/Lotte Duty Free images. — ^@@^ (credit: yyrain / source site: rain-cloud)
°
Past promotional shots for Rain projects back in the day: During Nate CF shooting with Lee NaYoung… With Im SooJong for I’m a Cyborg, But That’s Okay… and Rain gets his “Lee YoungJae-On” during the Full House era. (images source site: 비 a Day)
The SK Telecom Nate Story Rain/NaYoung compilation CF reel, English-subbed, from our Commercial Spots page.
[RAIN(bi)] CF “NATE STORY”(all in one) English sub. (courtesy of rainxsnow @YT)
°
Rain in past SK Telecom goodness. Very reminiscent of Lotte stuff, though… He’s so cute, they’re more than worth showing again. 🙂 (images: sizuki219, Japan)
[fan cam mix] ADIEU: Love Song.
•February 7, 2011 • 6 CommentsNumber Seven…! And it is yummy indeed. OMG he looks so GOOD here, from start to finish and all in between. Excuse me while I “fangirl” for a minute. ♥ ♥ ♥ Don’t you just love how the beautiful Bling-Blaowww came off early? I don’t know what possessed him right there, but hopefully it happens again sometime. And don’t you just LOVE how the flap of his MCM pants contours and lays quite nicely over those hips and the back of his… Ooh, behold the man-v, and plenty of boxer/brief titillation from the Crew (as if they didn’t know that would happen, r-i-g-h-t)… *reaching for something cold to drink*
Well, while I catch my breath, please enjoy this fresh fan cam mix of several “Love Song” fan cams from ADIEU! 2010 with Rain, all rolled up into one sweet gift.
— Stephe ^@@^
Rain [Bi] ADIEU2010concert LoveSong [Fancammix]. (Credit: Fancam by 마리79 (b4마리) + charlotte + miyu~pi / Edited by 지하마녀 ch[B] / UnderworldWitch @YT)
What she “wants” to do, and what she “should” do… are two very different things.
•February 7, 2011 • 21 CommentsI am having a HUGE Mika/Raizo moment right now. So just bear with me. — ^@@^
[article] Rain to shine in war-set melodrama.
•February 7, 2011 • 8 CommentsPlease note: There is no updated news on Rain’s military service since the last update received directly from the MMA (Military Manpower Administration) and from Rain himself—that his service has been deferred so he can finish his schooling (and the movie and concert projects he has on his 2011 plate). He has said that he’ll be enlisting in the latter part of this year.
Just as we had to play the musical chairs game with “Runaway/Fugitive” (partly because of Korean→English conversion), Rain’s new project is listed as either Red Scarf or Red Muffler or Living in the Sky or In The Sky, depending on where you look (so far). We don’t see a problem, though. It’s the same darned movie and we all know what everyone means, right? Right. 🙂
— Stephe @cloudusa.wordpress.com ^@@^
°
Film Business Asia 2/7/2011 — by Patrick Frater
Rain to shine in war-set melodrama
Production News
Korean pop superstar Rain (비) is to star opposite actress Shin Se-kyung (신세경) in Red Scarf (빨간 마후라 ), a melodramatic war movie that is a remake of the 1964 classic by the late Shin Sang-ok (신상옥).
A spokesman for CJ Entertainment (ＣＪ엔터테인먼트]) today confirmed to Film Business Asia the basic details including Kim Dong-won (김동원) who previously made My Boss, My Teacher (투사부일체) as director and that shooting will begin later this month. CJ also confirmed plans to release it late this year.
The original Red Scarf saw an air force pilot leading his men on bombing runs to Pyongyang and discover the true meaning of being a fighter. It also sees the widow of another pilot find love again.
Rain (real name Jung Ji-hoon, 정지훈), who got his acting debut with CJ’s I’m A Cyborg, But That’s OK (싸이보그지만 괜찮아) and has since starred in The Wachowski brothers’ Speed Racer and Ninja Assassin, hinted at the role in a blog in August last year. His management company J Tune announced the role this weekend. CJ is expected to announce fuller details tomorrow at an event in Seoul.
The 20-year old Shin Se-kyung made her screen debut with My Little Bride (어린 신부) in 2004 and recently appeared in Five Senses of Eros (오감도).
Rain himself has received his mandatory military call-up, but may be able to delay entry into the armed services until he has completed the Master’s degree he is currently also studying.
Written by: Patrick Frater
Copyright © 2010-2011 Film Business Asia Limited
[article/clip added] Rain is a role model for 2PM’s TaecYeon.
•February 7, 2011 • 3 Comments
My, my. These little boys aren’t so little any more, are they? 🙂
And they’re pretty smart, if you ask me. They know where to look, all right. I had always thought Taec had a good career ahead of himself… and now I know he does.
— Stephe ^@@^
°
Newsen 2/7/2011 — [English translation by rain bird @rain-eu.]
Male pop group 2PM’s ‘Ock Taek Yon’ says that Rain who is a very successful singer and actor and is a versatile star, is a role model for him.
When asked whose example he really wants to follow in KBS 2TV’s ‘Yeoyumanman’ aired on the morning of February 7th, ‘Ock Taek Yon’ named Rain as his role model without any hesitation, which attracted attention.
‘Ock Taek Yon’ spoke frankly that he really admires Rain, “I was able to see a lot of Rain because he was my senior in the same management company with me in my trainee days. If I worked as hard as he had done, I thought I could be ready for anything like him. Rain, a very successful singer and actor, is also arguably the best singer and actor in Korea, so he is a supreme example and a role model for me.”
110207 (2). (courtesy of ratoka @YT)
[article] MBLAQ check: Happy Birthday, Joonie!
•February 7, 2011 • 5 Comments
And may you have many, many more.
This write-up had me ROFL, y’all, just thinking of people not believing who Joon was to his face. LOL! His facial expressions of utter disbelief had to be priceless! What a fun show. I’ll bet he had a good time and laughed himself silly. 🙂
— Stephe ^@@^
°
Hellokpop 2/7/2011 — by mutiarakcampos
MBLAQ’s Lee Joon Humiliated by fans
Recently on MBC‘s Saturday Night-Hot Brothers MBLAQ‘s Lee Joon, took a break from his super stylish, hot, ab-showing idol image and revamped himself into a regular record store worker.
He worked really hard and even busted out some dance moves while under the command of Park Myungsoo, Park Hwisoon, and Tony Ahn, during the time he spent pretending to be record store worker, he caught the eyes of many customers who said that “he was handsome”, despite all the attention he was receiving, no one recognised him.
Lee Joon then said that he was a member of MBLAQ, and to assure this he even sang their latest hit Stay, this further humiliated him because fans were still doubtful till the end.
By the way awesome readers, today happens to be Lee Joon’s birthday too.
Happy Birthday Lee Joon, we wish you best of luck for the future.
New on the Block.
•February 7, 2011 • 3 Comments
* NEWLY ADDED: I’ve never paid much attention up to now, but… people have discovered the new LIKE button under our posts and are using it. Thanks! Very cool.
°
* REFRESHED: Our Rain On The Horizon (His Schedule) page. It’s hard to believe that we now have a whole year’s worth of Rain activities on that thing. It’s like we’ve come full circle with the Man, February to February, and it feels… pretty extraordinary. Here’s to another year of unstoppable Rain!
°
* NEWLY ADDED: In celebration of our first birthday, and because the love from our Forum moderator and fabulous community regulars literally left us lying on the floor in happy tears, Terri has added something new to our home pages—an Our 1st Anniversary page, so that everyone can share in how wonderful you ladies truly are. Your thoughtfulness should have a permanent place here, and now it does. Please enjoy it, as we do! (Comments are enabled at the bottom of the Anniversary page.)
Until next time, everyone… 😀
— Stephe ^@@^
Rain check: Revisiting 2007 and 2010.
•February 6, 2011 • 6 CommentsRain’s Lotte Duty Free ad in Vogue Korea Magazine’s May 2007 issue. — ^@@^
(image credit: Philo and Phil)
°
Rain’s Cosmo Men Magazine cover and inside spread from March 2010. » Remember, all of us Anime babes were really surprised at how much he looked like “L” of DeathNote? Separated at birth—haha! » Our post and all the scans from JiHoon’s Cosmo stint last year are right HERE. And some officially released Cosmopolitan shots are HERE.
(image credit: Philo and Phil)
Blast from the past #57.
•February 6, 2011 • 4 CommentsOur Man at the 2005 Pepsi Music Awards in China, carried by CETV. He was having a grand ol’ time with it, too, strutting around in those Rainy Day Tour denims… yum. “C’mon, yo…” Rips shirt. Looks around full of self. You charismatic devil, you. 😀
“Bad Guy,” “I Do,” and “It’s Raining,” a very cool performance, so have fun!
— Stephe ^@@^
[broadcast] Rain 2005 CETV Pepsi Music Awards Live in Beijing, CHINA. (courtesy of 7nanana7 @YT)
°
And a n-i-c-e BONUS:
Rain at the CCTV MTV awards that same year. And having a grand ol’ time yet again. By this time, he had fully established himself as the Master of Exhale, for real. “Ssssssss…ahhhww?” He was actually asking a question right there, at minute 3:15. Heh.
[fan cam] 050724 rain cctv-mtv award-bad guy&raining. (courtesy of corrinna999 @YT)
Blast from the past #56.
•February 6, 2011 • 10 CommentsRain’s CF for Chinese pastry Fu Ma Cakes, from Back In The Day. Just when I think I’ve seen every JiHoon commercial spot known to man… here comes this. Which is great, because it keeps me on my toes. Heh.
It’s really cute. So. Have fun with Rain and his Fu Ma cake. I know exactly where y’all are going to go with this one. My peeps are so predictable. LMAO! *bracing myself for the onslaught* ROFL (makes me want a Twinkie)
— Stephe ^@@^
Rain for Fu Ma Cakes. (courtesy of agentpaulette @YT)
[fan made] I’ll call you Rain, babe.
•February 5, 2011 • 3 CommentsI’ll call you Rain, baby. I’ll tell you what I want… and show you what I got. If you insist.
Well done, Pokusuna! *scream* *scream*
— Stephe ^@@^
RAIN 비_ 2011 RAIN’S WORLD : YOU~!!!. ADIEU! 2010 with Rain, “You.” (credit and edit: pokusuna @YT)
MBLAQ check.
•February 5, 2011 • 1 CommentThe Boys and their KPop counterparts land on a recent entertainment news report in Brazil.
I don’t know Portuguese… but it sounds to me like the world does love Korean Pop. Take note.
— Stephe ^@@^
110204 Leitura Dinâmica – K-Pop (Super Junior, SS501, SHINee, f(x), MBLAQ). (courtesy of 95O516 @YT)
RAINY DAY Season 2, episode 52 (season final).
•February 5, 2011 • 6 Comments
Asia broadcast 2/5. Yes, fans, this is unfortunately the end of the road for RAINY DAY’s second season. But we did get 52 episodes just like with Season 1 (it was 51 or 52 eps, I remember), and boy has it been a long ride.
And here’s another bit of interesting trivia for you—Episode 1 of this season premiered exactly one year ago almost to the day, Saturday, February 6, 2010 (remember how anxious we were?). So we, in effect, have had an entire year’s worth of RAINY DAY this go ’round, every single week (except for one that had to be skipped).
Thanks, JiHoon! Thanks, Mnet! 😀
Thanks, Terri, for filling in for me last week. *hugs* And now on with the show.
We pick up at ZEPP Osaka Hall where we left off last week, after “Don’t Stop” (which I LOVE and Terri can’t seem to stand, but whatever LOL) where Rain closes the song out as the Final Dancer In Fluorescent Orange, then takes the stage to catch his breath and hobnob for a moment with his ZEPPers. Baby Boy is dead tired (and of course he would be, putting on a concert tour, making it to umpteen photo shoots and umpteen interviews, AND filming a 20-episode drama all at the SAME time), but I think there was nowhere he would rather have been in that moment. A stage surrounded by fans is his pulse, his life blood, the thing that really makes his heart sing. He lives to see the pleasure on our upturned faces, and to catch the shouts that we throw him through the air. That’s not to say he loves acting and his other activities any less… he doesn’t. But immediate gratification is a powerful thing, and that’s what JiHoon gets with he’s with us in the flesh. Interaction. Reaction. Love in the air.
ROFL! Okay, there comes a point when self-camming gets too much of a workout—like when you amuse your own self by how well you can do nostril tricks. And ye old fish face. LMAO! I mean, what possesses the Man sometimes, I just don’t know. LOL! What a crack-up. Aaaaand… Asia is missing another big white teddy bear, as JiHoon has kidnapped yet another one to give to “His Girl.” (They’ve got to be on the endangered species list by now.) Awww… the fan is so cute, and she interacts with him so naturally. Good girl! Rain is hilarious. I really enjoyed this one. ♥
(Yeahhhh… let me just say this. For a “My Girl” in the U.S., there better NOT be a teddy bear in sight, yo. Best to drag one of those sexy sofas out like Usher, my Man, and do the thang. OR keep it up in the band, like you did for Legend of Rainism… because the sexy sofa just might unleash a stampede. Just sayin’.)
Wooooo-wooh!!! Haha! Give-it-up, give-it-up! Hip Song’s rocking hard tonight. Wah! And I love seeing the Women throwing Hip Song with the Men in the Crew. *high freakin’ five* And we hit a “Fresh Woman” note, which is oh so appropriate with the Women up there on stage.
Good grief, look at the density of that ZEPP crowd as our Mazinger superhero pauses for another sort of tête-à-tête with his “dates” for the night. Ahhhh… the “No Chocolate” conversation LOL! (he was kidding about the diabetes, please don’t freak the heck out) And boy does he continue to lay the the charm on thick. “I love you, I love you. I love you. I love you!” *heart symbol* “I love you.” Here, let me let this girl say something…
And some English! “—get married?” “I’m sorry?” “She said when are you going to get married?” “Married?” *kehhhhhh* (thinking) “Right now.” *heart symbol* ROFL!! LMAO Well that started up a whole world of trouble for him, didn’t it? Let’s move right along to the next song, JiHoon, which happens to be…
“Love Song” …in Japanese, with rolling abs. A deadly combination. Oh, my JESUS. ♥ ♥ ♥
Ah, looks like we’re bringing it on home with encore footage compiled to “Instead of Saying Goodbye” and the big balloon drop. And Japanese subtitles that seem to announce the end of Season 2.
I have really enjoyed this season to the fullest, and I hope you all have too.
Thanks, JiHoon, for keeping us so close to you in 2010. It’s truly been a pleasure, and we hope for more of the same in 2011. Here’s to a future RAINY DAY Season 3! Fighting!
— Stephe @cloudusa.wordpress.com ^@@^
(video source: happyyyrain / courtesy of ratoka @YT / source site: rain-cloud)
[fan account/staff post] On the Mentholatum set: It was a great honor for me to meet real live Rain.
•February 5, 2011 • 23 Comments
Source:DC Inside
English translation: rain bird @rain-eu.
— ^@@^ (» You can revisit our previous post on Rain partnering up with Mentholatum China HERE.)
I’m a photographer specializing in filming commercials.
For two days, I was photographing for the advertisement of China’s male cosmetics brand Mentholatum using Rain as its advertising character. This picture shows Rain posing for a picture for its advertisement & his autograph.
When I first met him, he was tall and well-built, had really better skin than women, and an extraordinary light sparked in himself. Both his great muscles which were hard as steel and his nuance and expressiveness in his face were perfect.
It was a great honor for me to meet real live ‘Rain’, whose name is known throughout the world and who is considered the best singer in Korea, many people without exception admire by calling him by the title “Rain God (Bineunim)” and I had seen only on TV.
His good manner was more impressive thanks to his sense of professionalism.
While working together, I thought it was a good opportunity to get to know each other as people, not just fellow colleagues for a while.
After the photograph was completed, when I asked him for his autograph, he was tired from his work, but was nevertheless willing to sign autograph for me.
I got his autograph right here on a small piece of paper with the words, “To **, Happy New Year. From Rain”
He seemed sincere enough when he said, “Happy New Year” to me.
[fan made] ADIEU: A graven moment, indeed.
•February 5, 2011 • 11 CommentsOne of the moments that will be firmly fixed in our minds, sculpted as if carved in stone and never forgotten for a lifetime, is a deeply affected Rain granting his fans the most honorific bow a South Korean can offer after receiving his surprise fan tribute on the ADIEU 2010 big screen (and after quickly wiping away his man tears, of course ♥).
Please enjoy this most excellent compilation of Farewell! 2010 with Rain concert images and the moment that, I’m sure, he and his Crew and none of us will ever forget.
— Stephe ^@@^
RAIN [Bi] 心に刻まれた瞬間・・・。RAIN (Bi) Graven Moment…
2010年の大みそかに行ったRAINさんのコンサートの想い出です。
ステージに立つ輝く彼を・・・これからも見続けられますように・・・。I went to the Eve of the year 2010 RAIN’s concert memories. Will continue to see him shine on stage in the future.— SIRKOKO3 @YT
Blast from the Past #55: Ninja Assassin Revisited
•February 5, 2011 • 24 Comments
Well, lovely Clouds…
Guess what I watched today? Hint: “You are not my father…”
Yes, the recent news about Ninja Assassin playing on North American TV screens got me itching to watch the film again. So, I dug out my Ninja Assassin DVD and took another look at this well done and yet highly underrated homage to the classic “Hollywood Ninja Movie.”
All that ninja loveliness reminded me of our spectacular Ninja Assassin page here on Cloud USA. So, after the movie was over, I popped on over to that page for another quick Raizo hit. Our Ninja Assassin page is full of reminders of the greatness of that little movie and of how terribly hard our favorite star worked to bring Raizo to life. So, if you haven’t visited it lately, you really should. Seriously. There’s nothing like a little Raizo to get your weekend started just right.
As an added bonus, while I was meandering around YouTube, I also ran across this little jewel again: A Behind-the-Scenes look at Ninja Assassin. I’m pretty sure we posted it at some point, during the Ninja Assassin run, but since I hadn’t seen it in a long time, I thought I’d post it again for your pleasure. And as I didn’t see it over on the Ninja Assassin page, I went ahead and posted it over there too.
Enjoy, Clouds! And have a GREAT weekend!
Terri :-}
[Video courtesy of Warner Brothers & 87Eleven; re-up by AroundTheWorldVideo @ YT]
[article] Red Scarf remake to begin filming late this month.
•February 5, 2011 • 10 Comments
According to reports, the remake of director/producer Shin Sang-Ok’s popular 1964 movie Red Scarf /Red Muffler will be named Living In Heaven (“live in the sky”)… also, that it is supported by the S.Korean Air Force and that it will commemorate the 60th anniversary of the Korean War.
Isn’t that something? The Fugitive: Plan B also had a Korean War tie-in: that coveted cache of gold bars that got so many people killed and jacked up.
And this may or may NOT be Rain’s last film before enlisting. We’ve been down this road before, remember? Everyone but Rain (not Allkpop, in this instance) claiming things as his “last so-and-so”? Please take such claims with a grain of salt unless they come from Rain’s mouth. What he said in December does indicate that this may be the last Korean film he has time for right now, but does not indicate that this is his last film anywhere else. That remains to be seen.
— Stephe @cloudusa.wordpress.com ^@@^
Allkpop 2/4/2011 — Phenom, writer
Rain and Shin Se-Kyung confirmed for “Living In Heaven”
Earlier, we reported that singer/actor Rain signed on to play the male lead role for the upcoming blockbuster movie, “Living in Heaven”. Actress Shin Se Kyung was also billed as his co-star, but back then, reports could only guess on her confirmation.
The media is now reporting that the actress has indeed signed on for the project, and she’ll be playing Rain’s love interest. The two have finalized their contracts, and filming will soon begin in earnest.
Directed by Kim Dong Won and produced by CJ Entertainment, ’Living in Heaven’ is a remake of ‘The Red Scarf‘ (1964). For this melodramatic film, Rain will tackle the role of ‘Taewoon’, a fighter pilot, and Shin Se Kyung will play as ‘Seyoung‘, a mechanic.
Source: XsportsNews via Yahoo!Korea
The movie poster from 1964's Red Scarf.
[fan made] Don’t wanna hang on to you, don’t wanna see you…
•February 4, 2011 • 8 Comments… I really hate you now, this is so tiring… don’t wanna love you. But I love you. But I love you.
Yeah, Rain, love can be a real b!tch, especially when you have issues. Ugh.
Enjoy this cool fan vid using “Love Story” footage set to “But I Love You,” from Rain’s Vol. 3 It’s Raining album, released in 2004. It has English and Romanized captions. VERY cool. 😀 This character is one of the most compelling guys that Rain has created in his career, and one he really enjoyed playing (perhaps a bit too much LOL), and so I’m always completely mesmerized whenever I watch this story unfold. Love it.
— Stephe ^@@^
Bi Rain – But I Love You [Korean/Eng Subbed]. (courtesy of darkmaxg @YT / lyrics from aheeyah.com & sweetlyrics.com)
[fan made] I couldn’t help wondering what a Rain/Jay Chou mix would be.
•February 4, 2011 • 7 CommentsNow I know. And I’m not disappointed! 🙂
Do enjoy this fan video compilation of footage from Rain in drama The Fugitive: Plan B and Jay Chou in movie Curse of the Golden Flower, all set to Jay’s music video of the theme song to that movie, 黄金甲 (Huan Jin Jia/Golden Armor). Nice.
— Stephe ^@@^
Rain & Jay Chou MIX ~GOLDEN. (credit and edit: Rainbijiwoo @YT)
One of the most beautiful fan arts you’ll ever see. And we’ll always love SixToFive, regardless.
•February 3, 2011 • 14 Comments
[clip] Retro-fitted Rain and ADIEU in recent news.
•February 3, 2011 • 6 CommentsEnjoy this Arirang entertainment news report from overseas, aired January 28, that fills folks in on the ADIEU! 2010 with Rain concert in English, and with English-subs.
It’s kind of nice seeing these visuals again. That was some show. Wow.
— Stephe ^@@^
RAIN BI 비 110128 Rain’s News. (credit: Arirang Global TV / video source: Cloud Taiwan / courtesy of biblueberry06 @YT)
Cloudy Day: Fan art, inspired by Rain.
•February 3, 2011 • 3 CommentsIf JiHoon were an Anime character… he’d look something like this!
Rain Purplezest’d, Warhol‘d, & Anime’d by Forum moderator and Cloudburst London Fog leader Katie of Nottingham, England. Just pretty.
— ^@@^
MBLAQ check: The Boys channel their hyung and his idol. :)
•February 3, 2011 • 8 CommentsAnd they did it darned well, if I may say so myself!
Watch SeungHo, G.O, Joon, Mir, and Thunder give both Rain and Michael Jackson a go on MBC’s Star Dance Battle. Had me grinning like a fool. 😀
— Stephe ^@@^
110203. MBLAQ on MBC Star Dance Battle, February 3, 2011. “Smooth Criminal” and “Hip Song”! (courtesy of ratoka @YT)
°
And a Bonus:
Joonie looking all serious as he and his KPop partner compete during the Star Couple Challenge. S-w-e-e-t.
110203 (2). (courtesy of ratoka @YT)
°
And G.O… Oh, G.O… (*ETA 2/4: The original video I had in this spot was privated right after I posted it, which was no real surprise. Here is the one that I had waiting in the wings… and G.O is EVEN MORE AMAZING HERE than he was in the first one. WOW!)
MBLAQ G.O – If ain’t got you ( Live).avi. From Spring 2010, in Thailand. (courtesy of jiiiiizi @YT)
Tweets abound: Of hyung-bribery, Cloud appreciation, and New Year cheer.
•February 3, 2011 • 15 CommentsCheck out the Boys resorting to hyung-bribery. ROFL! The Men get a mention too? And Clouds? And more good folks? My heavens, JiHoon! Looks like you had a Twitter Itch that needed to be scratched. 😉
The first tweet, at the very bottom, is the most important and my favorite, of course… ♥ though they all show JiHoon’s grace and thoughtfulness when it comes to the people he cares deeply for.
— Stephe ^@@^
[fan made] We think of you… baby boo.
•February 2, 2011 • 20 CommentsAwwww. Awww…! *giggle*
— Stephe ^@@^
I think of you….Rain. Just full of ZEPP goodness! (courtesy of JANEKO0511 @ YT)
°
AND a really cute Bonus: Community member Kongsao reminisces over Rain’s Cloud USA Christmas box. Aww. 🙂
CloudUSA We Love Rain. (credit and edit: Kongsao @CloudUSA / Rainrunway29 @YT)
°
AND AN EVEN BIGGER BONUS. My gawd! *THUD*
My eyes crossed hard at least ten times. Rain is NOT my oppa by a long shot but I could care less—I called him that anyway while watching this.
Unfortunately, Sony Music won’t let you watch it here because of Beyoncé’s song… so just CLICK on the video and watch it over on YouTube if you haven’t seen it already. IT’S WORTH THE TRIP.
(credit and edit: Kongsao @CloudUSA / Rainrunway29 @YT)
From our community to yours on February 3: Happy Lunar New Year, everyone!
•February 2, 2011 • 17 Comments
[fan cam] Revisiting 2009: A Nappeun Namja at Legend of Rainism.
•February 2, 2011 • 5 CommentsYou don’t see those two things together often (LoR and “Bad Guy”/Nappeun Namja) unless it’s in the concert encore, Tango-style, with red velvet jacket and hot flamenco ladies. But at the tour stop in Seoul, Rain staged an original rendition of his debut song… with a little extra pizzazz and a dance break flow thrown in for kicks. Love it.
— Stephe ^@@^
091009 Legend of Rainism in Seoul – Bad boy. (courtesy of miyupy @YT)
Rain check #2.
•February 2, 2011 • 4 CommentsRevisiting Rain at the JYP Nation Teamplay concert late last year. — ^@@^ (credit: J.Tune Rain Cafe, as tagged / source site: Soompi)
°
The Man in hanbok. Happy Lunar New Year (from Feb 2-4)! (source site: Soompi)
°
Rain XVI Asian Games fan art. (image: DC / source site: Soompi)
[fan account] “Excuse me!”
•February 2, 2011 • 9 Comments
Here is a little something from when Rain (and the actors who may be his next movie partners: Sin Se Kyung, Kim Sung Soo [FULL HOUSE, Min Hyuk], and Yu Joon Sang) was spotted munching out Kansai-style in Seoul the other day…
— Stephe ^@@^
[Fan acct]More information about Rain in the Odeng bar on February 1
Source: DC Inside
English translation: rain bird @rain-eu.
다른 일행들은 더 있다 갔는데 비느 12시전에 먼저 나가더라고
압구정임
대딩같음 귀여워 죽겠네 프린트된 흰색 라운드티에 검정바지인가에 붉은색에 갈색들어간? 하이탑운동화 신으시고 앞머리보이게 브라운색 비니 쓰시고
여기요~ 일케 이쁘게 종업원 부르는 비느 목소리가 들린다 잇힝 딱 비느 목소리 알아들음
There were a lot of people involved with Rain’s new film in the Odeng bar located in Seoul’s Apgujung-dong, besides Rain and other 3 actors. (the number of the people was between twenty and thirty)
Others stayed longer, but only Rain left before midnight.
Rain was dressed as a college student, with a printed T shirt with a round neck, black pants, high top sneakers with red and brown color stripes, and a brown beanie. His hair in front round peeked out from the end of the beanie.
When Rain called over the waitress so could order, “Excuse me!”, she recognized immediately who was looking for her.
Rain check.
•February 2, 2011 • 1 CommentThe Man showcased inside COLOR Best Asia 100 Annual Idol magazine, out of Taiwan. And looks like MBLAQ is on the compilation back cover. — ^@@^ (images: sherrysss @raincloudhk / » Books.com.tw, Taiwan)
MBLAQ check: Thunder was quick to say he gives Rain-hyung more text time. LOL!
•February 2, 2011 • 6 CommentsCheongdung and his famous KPop sister Sandara share a Lunar New Year chat. So cute!
— Stephe ^@@^
°
Allkpop 2/1/2011 — by Vitalsign
Siblings Dara and Thunder tackle their first Lunar New Year interview together
The older Park sibling, Sandara, arrived 10 minutes late, but she immediately waved “Hi~” to her younger brother Thunder upon entering the room. Thunder, who was fixing his hanbok in front of a mirror, greets her with, “Oh, you came.”
And then a brief moment of awkward silence hit.
Since it’s their first-ever ’sibling interview’, the two immediately began repeating, “How awkward,” while quickly explaining, “We grew up in the Philippines so we never had the opportunity to give New Year’s bows. This year, we’ll be bowing to our parents and CEOs.”
Sandara and Thunder are members of Korea’s two top idols, 2NE1 and MBLAQ. They’re also the most well-known sibling idols in the industry as well. What’s interesting to note is that despite the fame surrounding their relationship, this is the first time the two are taking part in an interview as just siblings.
“I’m seeing his face for the first time in a month,” Sandara calmly states. Thunder adds, “It’s kind of awkward seeing her at work, since I’m used to seeing her at home.” His older sister agreed: “At home, I’m used to us wearing pajamas and not being so dolled up, so meeting like this is quite awkward.”
Because they both have busy schedules and are living away in dorms, they’re lucky to be able to meet once a month. Their promotion cycles have also never overlapped, so they rarely get to meet outside at work. The first time they met on stage was at the SBS “Gayo Daejun” last year.
Despite the distance, they claim to be closer than anyone else. Sandara revealed that she constantly monitors for him, and sends him advice and support through text messages. She also listens to MBLAQ’s CDs during car rides, and would always visit MBLAQ’s waiting room with flowers on special days, like for their comeback.
Speaking of thoughtful, Sandara handed a new bag to her brother during the interview. “I bought it for you while I went shopping a few days ago,” she explained.
In comparison to her outgoing and four-dimensional personality, Thunder is a lot quieter and calmer. Sandara revealed, “Whenever I send him text messages after I monitor his broadcast performances, he always replies back with one letter: ‘k.’”
Thunder retorted, “But still, I reply a bit longer to Jihoon-hyung (Rain).”
[ETA: More C’est Si Bon info] Tweets abound.
•February 1, 2011 • 10 CommentsIt was important for me to show cloud Scorpiola’s take on Rain’s latest tweet, because it speaks to something near and dear to my own heart—how the elders in many societies are a national treasure that should be properly celebrated. Here in the States, for instance, the older you get, the more invisible you are. We have a bad habit of dismissing our seniors as having “served their purpose,” when in fact they still have contributions to make.
They paved our way. As a young person, JiHoon understands this deep down in his soul, and that is such a comfort to me. *happy tears*
— Stephe ^@@^
I think he wrote about his thought after watching “Come to play – 세시봉 Concert” yesterday…
— Scorpiola
[007disk.com] 놀러와 – 세시봉콘서트 (110131). C’est Si Bon Concert, “Let It Be Me.” (source: 007disk.com / raincloudhk/ the007disk @YT)
°
Edited to Add: Rain bird’s notes, from Rain Europe. Thanks to both of you ladies (Scorpiola and Rain bird) for helping us English-speakers put all of this into context. You really are wonderful. 🙂
Rain says :
I have the greatest respect for our “C’est Si Bon” seniors..
All of our singing and doing the things we like and building friendships, is a tribute to their presence itself.
I was deeply impressed by their stories and their songs drawing tears from us today.
** Note :
MBC TV’s Lunar New Year special ‘Come to Play’ was broadcast late at night on the 31st on which some singers
in the older age group such as ‘Yang Hee Eun’, ‘Jo Young Nam’, ‘Kim Se Howan’, ‘Song Chang Shik’, and ‘Yun Hyung Joo’ who had been famous singers in the 1960s~1970s, appeared.
In the program, they were seen laughing and joking with each other, remembering past positive moments. The TV program won popular acclaim and high ratings. Probably, Rain was also very impressed when he watched it.
Each of them started his or her singing career as a singer in a cafe called “C’est Si Bon” in Seoul at that time, so in general, they are called by the title, “C’est Si Bon” singers. (by rain bird)
Cloud USA 
From Stephe’s desk: Rain’s closeness to BbaekGa (and to other guys) is pretty normal. Why do people make it a problem? :/
•February 3, 2011 • 101 CommentsCan’t folks for one minute step out of their We Don’t Act Like That so It Ain’t Right Box? So what if it feels strange to you? So?? Different strokes, different folks. That’s what makes the world go ’round. That’s what makes it interesting.
I’m sure there are plenty of people around The ATL who don’t personally know me or Terri and would bet all their money that we’re “involved” because of how close we are when they see us and how often they’ve seen us together for 17 years, though we’re both straighter than the plank prisoners walk on a pirate ship. (If you looked right now, you’d see Louisville Slugger stamped on my backside. It gets no straighter than that.) And I’ve heard plenty of stories from friends in the States about the discomfort they’ve been made to feel in public, by strangers, when all they were doing was demonstrating love for a friend. Why does everything have to be pigeon-holed and defined and stuck with a label? Why can’t we just let people “be,” and keep our own yards clean? Huh?
I really enjoyed Heather B.’s post from S.Korea and wanted to share its thoughtful message. I wanted to say something in Rain’s defense. Thanks for letting me.
— Stephe @cloudusa.wordpress.com ^@@^
Share this:
Posted in Bi Rain, Cloud USA, Rain Topics
Tags: Bi Rain close friend, Cloud commentary, Cloud USA original article, Korean Culture