Seoul singer Rain has the girls falling for him
JAFFA the koala swept into a press conference in Sydney yesterday and hardly blinked as a barrage of eager photographers snapped, flashed and just occasionally drooled at what was in front of them.
Like the few fellow Australians around the room, Jaffa must have been wondering what all the fuss was about.
It was about Rain, a 24-year-old Korean pop star whose popularity across East Asia puts him on a par with Justin Timberlake, Beyonce and Pink.
The singer from Seoul is making his Australian debut in Sydney on Saturday and scores of Asian reporters, photographers and television crews turned out to publicise the fact at Double Bay's Stamford Plaza Hotel.
They were joined by a few dozen dreamy-eyed young women keen to catch a glimpse of their idol.
"His personality is very good and of course he is good looking," said 26-year-old Kathleen Lin, one of the fans who had been waiting outside for several hours. "When he smiles, no one can resist it."
Jaffa resisted as best it could when joined on stage by the young star, who was nominated in the top 100 most influential people on the planet by Time magazine last year.
The cross-cultural photo op over, the singer explained through an interpreter why he had earned comparisons with American pop idol Timberlake.
"They compared me to him because they didn't know who else to compare me to," said Rain, whose real name is Jung Ji-hoon. "But, as a fan of his, I'm honoured to be compared to him."
Rain has sold millions of albums throughout East Asia since his music career took off in 2002. He is also a successful actor, having starred in TV drama series such as Full House and Sang Doo! Let's Go To School in Korea.
Now his pop credentials are taking him around the globe - in a Korean Air jet that has his face emblazoned on its side.
Rain hopes to broaden his appeal by recording an album in English later this year.
"He's different, which is why he doesn't have many Western fans," Ms Lin said. "But Asian girls like him very much."
Source: http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/
Posted by: bri@soompi forums+pau of cloudph
Like the few fellow Australians around the room, Jaffa must have been wondering what all the fuss was about.
It was about Rain, a 24-year-old Korean pop star whose popularity across East Asia puts him on a par with Justin Timberlake, Beyonce and Pink.
The singer from Seoul is making his Australian debut in Sydney on Saturday and scores of Asian reporters, photographers and television crews turned out to publicise the fact at Double Bay's Stamford Plaza Hotel.
They were joined by a few dozen dreamy-eyed young women keen to catch a glimpse of their idol.
"His personality is very good and of course he is good looking," said 26-year-old Kathleen Lin, one of the fans who had been waiting outside for several hours. "When he smiles, no one can resist it."
Jaffa resisted as best it could when joined on stage by the young star, who was nominated in the top 100 most influential people on the planet by Time magazine last year.
The cross-cultural photo op over, the singer explained through an interpreter why he had earned comparisons with American pop idol Timberlake.
"They compared me to him because they didn't know who else to compare me to," said Rain, whose real name is Jung Ji-hoon. "But, as a fan of his, I'm honoured to be compared to him."
Rain has sold millions of albums throughout East Asia since his music career took off in 2002. He is also a successful actor, having starred in TV drama series such as Full House and Sang Doo! Let's Go To School in Korea.
Now his pop credentials are taking him around the globe - in a Korean Air jet that has his face emblazoned on its side.
Rain hopes to broaden his appeal by recording an album in English later this year.
"He's different, which is why he doesn't have many Western fans," Ms Lin said. "But Asian girls like him very much."
Source: http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/
Posted by: bri@soompi forums+pau of cloudph
posted by marissa at 10:27 AM
1 Comments:
Um...Western girls like him VERY MUCH, thank you! Lolz. I am as western as they get, I'm so white I sunburn on a cloudy day, and not only do I LOVE Rain's music, acting and dancing, but (like millions of other girls) would date/marry/stalk him in a second!
So the quoted person has no idea what they are talking about. Even my MOM saw him and went - "wow, he's HOT."
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