Okay. I literally burst out laughing when the rumor / news about the rocker-in-disguise Jaejoong (Jejung) possibly posing for AnAn magazine. I had to look up what AnAn magazine was to get a sense if what being in the magazine means in Japan. I had no idea until people on another forum started to talk about AnAn's content.
After looking at some of a raunchier AnAn pictures of other stars, I immediately remembered a kind of naughty dream I had about Jaejoong (and Junsu) months ago.
I keep a special noteboook by the bed and I normally write my dreams down the minute I get up if I'm not too groggy. This dream was dated Friday November 27, 2009 7:50am (this being the morning after the night of the dream).
It's been 6 years since Dong Bang Shin Ki (TVXQ / Tohoshinki) officially debuted as a group of 5 humble, soft-spoken, fresh-faced young kids at the end of Dec in 2003.
My attention was attracted towards TVXQ much later than probably most of you reading this. Some of you remember when these sexy young men were still innocent young kids.
The hot, sexy Yunho still had a baby-face with an adorable snaggle-toothed smile that made you want to pinch his cheeks. His difficult life helped to make him a strong-willed, confident performer who won't lose to anybody in a dance battle.
Jaejoong was a deep young kid who -- as legend tells it -- taught himself how to sing. He says he was tone deaf, but by the time he auditioned to be a trainee, he was already on the road to opening up a diversity of musical styles he loves to sing now. He was so striking in appearance that even grown music executives were taken aback. Not to mention all the rest of us!
The multi-talented Junsu has been training since he was 12. His voice made almost everybody jealous; a voice which only became more alluring with his characteristic sexy raspiness. Even during his debut, the dichotomy between the exceedingly cute off-stage Junsu and the explosive on-stage Junsu could clearly be seen.
Ratings for the drama Heading to the Ground (HTTG), starring Yunho, Go Ara, and Lee Yoon Ji, have been lower than expected. But why is that? Some professional critics seek to blame Yunho. My response: Dude, don't blame the newbie for what appears to be the total rejection of the actual script.
Doing a random search of comments from sites like asianfanatics, soompi and popseoul reveal Yunho's debut acting skills may not be the reason for the low ratings. There are plans to end the drama a couple of episodes earlier than expected.
Most criticism I've come across directly relate to the storyline itself as the problem. The drama's script has been called "slow", "confusing" and full of "distractions". I'll just post a few of the many comments I've read.
Confession: I had no idea who TVXQ were when I saw them for the first time. LOL! My very first experience was with the Banjun (I think) drama Dangerous Love. A link to that short, hilarious drama was posted on a shounen-ai fanboard.
I watched it and I thought it was one of the most hilarious things I had ever seen. It was funny, not too long and had some cute guys in it. But I had no idea these guys were in a group. I just assumed they were guys hired to act in the drama like every other drama. ROTFL
After I heard Dong Bang Shin Ki (TVXQ/Tohoshinki) member Jaejoong sing a solo rock song for the first time, this constant question kept popping up: Why doesn't Jaejoong sing more rock music? I suppose a more precise question would be why isn't he allowed to sing more rock songs? His voice is right for it.
Everything about his own personal style screams ROCKER. That is, when he isn't intentionally downplaying the image to better match his bandmate brothers in TVXQ.
I have to say I am very impressed with the way Junsu handled himself after injuring himself just before the start of Tohoshinki's Japanese tour.
Can you imagine how helpless he must have been feeling after not being able to dance -- something he loves to do just as much as singing?
Many people would have been too frustrated to do much of anything. But he still managed to find a place for himself within the performances, even if he had to appear on stage in a wheelchair while his fellow members pushed him around. I'm sure he felt incredibly frustrated, but he almost never let it show in his on-stage performance.