Hello all readers, welcome to my blog; ANOchaNYEOL.
Before you read my blog, I would like to make a little introduction here. I've been into K-pop for over 6 years and know most of the K-pop girl group or boy band, so feel free to talk to me about any K-pop groups.
At first, I was a normal fans who just like to watch videos on Youtube. But recently I become a HUGE fans of EXO.
I've been becoming EXO-L (EXO's official fans name) since February 2014 and as I'm studying in international program, so I think my English is good enough that I translate English subtitle to Thai and upload on my Youtube channel. However, before I have my own channel I was a Thai translator for Salynnain Thaisub channel (over 100,000 subscribers). Apartfrom this blog and Youtube channel, I also have Facebook Fanpage "EXO Chanyeol Thailand Fanclub", I update pictures, videos, and EXO's updated schedule. I hope you will enjoy reading my blog which contains general things about K-pop singers from my points of view, interesting information about EXO and Chanyeol, how I improve after become a K-pop fans, as well as updated TV or radio program that EXO make an appearance with Thai subtitle. THANK YOU
In present time, K-pop wave has spread worldwide
and has power over a lot of teenagers including me. As I have been into K-pop
for over 6 years, in this section I would like to explain my points of view
about what make K-pop singers successful for the past few years. I divide my
opinion into 4 points which are; they have been training for a long time before
debut to have good performance, everyone in a group has their own position,
they have very good looking, harmony between members.
First, they have
been training for a long time before debut to have good performance. Training
system in South Korean Entertainment Company is very tough; you have to start
at a young age. Firstly, you have to get casting by the company, maybe from the
contest or someone from the company meet you on the street and give you the
name card, and then you enter the audition. If you pass, you will get a
contract to start training. According to this article, those kids who are trainees will receive lessons in
singing, dancing, music instruments, speaking in public, and language. After
that, when the company has a new project of girl group or boy band to debut,
the company will choose members among trainees. So if you’re very good, you
will get a chance to become a singer, or else you have to continue training (the
longest training period that I know is 7 years).
In Summary, according to this tough
training system, you can see that K-pop singers have a very good performance;
they dance like they are the same person.
Here's the example of a good performance.
Second, everyone in
a group has their own position.In one group, usually there are more than 3
people, so they all have their main role. I provide them into 5 points.
Leader, as I explain that there are many people in one group, so the leader
will be the one who answer most of the questions when it comes to the interview
or on TV programs.
Main vocal, mostly is the one (or up to 3 in some
groups) who has good voice, great singing skills, and get most of the part to
sing.
Rapper which is the one who is really easy to recognize because
they have their own rap part, mostly in the middle of the song.
Main
dancer, every group has main dancer. In my opinion, K-pop group seem to focus on dancing more than singing. So, the main dancer will be the person who has very strong and talented dancing skills which mostly dance in
the center.
Center or image, mostly this person has the best looking in the group. The center always stands in the middle because when you look at the whole picture, usually the first thing you look is straight to the center and this per son will make the whole group looks great.
In summary, everyone in a group has their own position to make it easily to recognize when it comes to the group that has numbers of members.
Third, K-pop singers have a very good looking. As you might have heard that South
Korea is very famous for plastic surgery, so some of K-pop singers have got
some plastic surgery as well, but there are also some of them that have natural
beauty.
Having plastic surgery might help them to have more
confident and more attractive. In my opinion, mostly they get nose jobs and
double eyelids, but other than that, make up techniques nowadays can fix some
of the problems that they may have.
Here is an example of
K-pop singer who admit that she has got some plastic surgery;Kara's Goo Hara
In summary, K-pop singers have a very good looking in order to attract the audiences. However, it doesn't matter that they had got plastic surgery or not because they all had to work hard as trainees before become real singers.
Last, harmony between members.
Because they have many
people in one group, so they all live together in a dormitory which makes it
easier to travel from place to place when they have group schedule. Also, most
of the members know each other since they were trainees, so they are very
close. Almost every time when K-pop group win in a music show, some of them
will cry because they all have worked very hard and shared both good and bad
moments together.
In summary, harmony between members is the way to help them to have a good team work and become successful.
In conclusion, I provide my 4 points of view that make K-pop
singers successful which are; they have been training for a long time before debut to have good performance, everyone in a group has their own position, they have very good looking, harmony between members. Please note that those are my own opinion, from
what I see, what I read. Feel free to share thoughts in the comment box.
EXOis a South Korean boy band debuted in
2012 with 12 members (8 Korean and 4 Chinese), separated into two groups;EXO-K(Korean) andEXO-M(Mandarin), promoting in South Korea
and China, under SM Entertainment, one of the top three entertainment company
in South Korea.
The three Chinese members’
departure from the group due to the tough schedule which causes their health
problem, now the group is continued promoting with 9 members. I also provide brief profile of 9 members separated into EXO-K and EXO-M.
However, this blog will be focusing on my bias,Park Chanyeolonly(among K-pop fans, they call their favorite member "bias").
To get to know more aboutPark Chanyeol, I will divide the
content into three main topics (three posts); (1)biography, (2)how to recognize Chanyeol among other
members, and (3)talented Chanyeol. (1) BIOGRAPHY Among EXO members, Park Chanyeol is my favorite member. In this section, I will cover Chanyeol's biography.
Park Chanyeol (박찬열) was born on November 27, 1992 in Seoul,
South Korea. He has one older sister, Park Yoora, an announcer at MBC
Broadcasting Station. His father owns a live cafe and his mother owns Italian
restaurant called "Viva Polo", which his fans love to stop by when
they visit South Korea.
Chanyeol participated in the 2008 smart
model contest; he won the second place and has been accepted to sign the
contract to start training in SM entertainment. As a
trainee, Chanyeol was practicing his skills in several branch of
entertainment industry for 4 years. At first, Chanyeol thought that
the company will put him in a band because he can play much kind of music instruments. Also he
was not interested in dancing and preferred to stay still with his
music instruments, so he avoided getting dance training for over two years.
After that, he started to train how to rap because he got the compliment from
the trainer, then he changed his mind and started dancing as well.
Before debuted as EXO's member, Chanyeol starred in
several music videos which are; Hahaha song (TVXQ), Genie (Girls' Generation),
and Twinkle (TaeTiSeo).
After officially debuted as EXO's member on April 8,
2012, Chanyeol also participated in another music video; You don't know love (K.Will). As well as being the lead actor in a web drama "EXO
Next Door" with his EXO members and movie Jangsoo Shop.
Apart from showing off his acting skills, Chanyeol is very talented;
he composes songs and posts them through his social networks. Also, he wrote
the rap part in a song "Run" in EXO's album, OVERDOSE, and appeared
as featuring rapper for artists from the same company.
In summary, Chanyeol is a very
talented young boy who tried very hard to make his dream comes true and he made
it.
Since Korean boy band mostly has more
than 3 members in a group, and people may think that they all look the same at
first (you know that South Korea is very famous for plastic surgery, right?),
so here I will discuss 5 points on How to recognize Chanyeol among other members.
Chanyeol is the tallest
member, with 186 cm. So for the choreography, most of the time Chanyeol dances
at the back, and sometimes all the way to one side, left or right. Or else he
may conceal his members.
Chanyeol has very special ears
just like Yoda from Star War and Dobby from Harry Potter. Because he likes
wearing cap a lot, so that makes his ears easy to see.
Chanyeol has very beautiful teeth his
teeth are small and look very neat. Chanyeol likes to show off his teeth by
making a big smile to the camera. His mother told the fans who have visited her
restaurant that when Chanyeol was young, he took good care of his teeth by
brushing them after every meal.
Chanyeol is a main rapper in EXO
That means, he
has his own part to rap, mostly his part will be in the middle of the song.
Also, when he does his rapping part, he will dance in the center.
Chanyeol has the lowest voice tone
among members
and he talks a lot, or sometimes just makes some noise. If you watch or listen
to the program that EXO appears, you will hear his deep voice very often.
In summary, I provided 5 points to recognize Chanyeol among other members. I hope that it will help you remember Chanyeol very soon.
As I mentioned in his biography that Chanyeol is
very talented, also he is a very warm-hearted person. So in this section I
provide five points to show what he can do.
First, Chanyeol can play much kind of music
instruments, such as guitar drum and piano.
Second, Chanyeol can do beatboxing and he used his
skills to show in the contest that he participated in 2008.
Third, Chanyeol can compose musics and he shows his
music to the fans through his Instagram account.
Fourth, Chanyeol is able to cook, EXO members also confirmed
that he can cook well.
Fifth, Chanyeol likes to fix things that break in
the dormitory, he said on one radio broadcast recently, and he help other
celebrities when he was part of the program “SBS Roomate” as well.
In summary, those five points are just small information that I picked because I like. There are more about Chanyeol that I would like to write very soon.
After I talked about K-pop, EXO, and Park Chanyeol, in this
section I would like to tell my own story about how K-pop help me improve
myself.
First, I started
to learn Korean language. Since I’ve been
into K-pop for over six years, I wanted to be able to understand Korean
language without reading Thai or English subtitle. I applied for Korean class
at Ramkhamhaeng Institute of Language, Ramkhamhaeng University. After I
finished two courses, I feel so happy that I can understand more Korean even I
still need to read from Thai or English subtitle, for example; when I listen to
Korean song, I’m more into the lyrics because I can understand some words and
some sentence.
Second, I started to save money to go to South Korea. Actually, I went to
South Korea twice, but with the tour agency. However, this time I would like to
go on my own. I want to visit several places that related to EXO and Park
Chanyeol. There are a lot of maps and guides about how to go there. I’ve
already booked the flight and hotel to go by the end of 2015, so I will review
my trip after I come back.
Third, I have a Youtube channel and upload
videos with Thai subtitle. Because EXO has become a global star, there are some
groups of fans who make English subtitle for the show, TV or radio program that
EXO appears. Since I’m studying in international program, so my English is
quite good, and I started to translate the dialogue and caption, put it in the
video, and upload on Youtube. My most viewed Thai subtitle video is the radio
program “Sunny FM Date”, the view has reached 50,000 views last month.
Recently, we have
gathered those who make Thai subtitle for EXO in Thailand, and make a group
called “EXO Thaisub Union”, so that we can share who will make what programs,
and help each other share the links on Social Network.
Last,
I make some new friends online. Normally, I’m a very quiet person when I meet
someone new, but I talk a lot with my family and my close friends. However,
they are not into K-pop like me, so I find some friends online and talk with
them about K-pop. Also, I got Korean friends recently, and they teach me some
Korean. Two months ago, two of my Korean friends came to Thailand and we had a
one day trip together. I was having so much fun with them.
In conclusion, everyone has their own interest, for me is K-pop and it helps me a lot to improve myself. I hope you will have a good source of inspiration, too.
from this blog and Youtube channel, I also have Facebook Fanpage "EXO Chanyeol Thailand Fanclub", I update pictures, videos, and EXO's updated schedule.
