Senin, 26 Desember 2011

2 PM Profile

2PM adalah boy band Korea Selatan yang berada di bawah manajemen artis JYP Entertainment. Pada awalnya grup ini terdiri dari 7 anggota, namun sekarang hanya terdiri dari 6 anggota. Jaebeom mengumumkan dirinya keluar dari 2PM pada September 2009, setelah adanya kontroversi mengenai komentar negatif yang dibuatnya mengenai Korea lima tahun yang lalu diketahui publik. Sekarang 2PM terdiri dari Junsu, Junho, Nichkhun, Taecyeon, Wooyoung, dan Chansung.

Bersama-sama 2AM, 2PM adalah salah satu dari dua subgrup yang dibentuk dari boy band One Day. Grup ini pertama kali melakukan debutnya pada 4 September 2008 dengan lagu "10 Jeom Manjeome 10 Jeom" (10점 만점에 10점) yang menonjolkan gaya tari akrobatik dan b-boy.

Selain Nichkhun, anggota 2PM merupakan hasil audisi yang dilakukan JYPE, dan menerima pelatihan keras dari JYPE. Hari-hari pelatihan keras yang diterima mereka dijadikan acara dokumenter pelatihan bintang baru Hot Blood Men yang ditayangkan Mnet. Anggota waktu itu berjumlah 13 orang. Pilihan pemirsa nantinya membuat 3 anggota dikeluarkan. Mereka kemudian dibagi menjadi 2AM yang menonjolkan kemampuan vokal dam 2PM yang menonjolkan kemampuan tari dan B-Boy akrobatik.
Anggota sekarang

* Junsu (준수)

Nama lengkap: Kim Junsu (김준수)
Tanggal lahir: 15 Januari 1988 (umur 23)
Posisi: vokalis utama

* Nichkhun

Nama lengkap: Nichkhun Buck Horvejkul (นิชคุณ หรเวชกุล)
Tanggal lahir: 24 Juni 1988 (umur 23)
Posisi: vokalis
Profil: Nichkhun lahir di Rancho Cucamonga, California, warga negara Amerika Serikat keturunan Thai dan Tionghoa. Masa kecil dihabiskannya di Thailand dan California, serta bersekolah di Selandia Baru. Sekembalinya di Amerika Serikat, agen bakat JYP Hollywood, California menemukannya ketika Nichkhun–waktu itu murid Sekolah Menengah Atas Los Osos–sedang melihat Festival Musik Korea di Los Angeles.[2]

* Taecyeon (택연)

Nama lengkap: Ok Taecyeon (옥택연)
Tanggal lahir: 27 Desember 1988 (umur 22)
Posisi: rapper utama

* Wooyoung (우영)

Nama lengkap: Jang Wooyoung (장우영)
Tanggal lahir: 30 April 1989 (umur 22)
Posisi: vokalis utama, penari

* Junho (준호)

Nama lengkap: Lee Junho (서준호)
Tanggal lahir: 25 Januari 1990 (umur 21)
Posisi: vokalis utama, penari utama

* Chansung (찬성)

Nama lengkap: Hwang Chansung (황찬성)
Tanggal lahir: 11 Februari 1990 (umur 21)
Posisi: vokalis, rapper

Mantan anggota

* Jaebeom (재범)

Nama lengkap: Park Jaebeom (박재범)/Jay Park
Tanggal lahir: 25 April 1987 (umur 24)
Posisi: pemimpin, vokalis utama, rapper

Minggu, 17 Juli 2011

Dream High

Dream High bercerita tentang enam orang siswa yang bersekolah di SMA Kesenian, mereka bermimpi menjadi artis terkenal atau super star di industri musik Korea.
Dream High bermula ketika Go Hye Mi, seorang siswa jurusan musik klasik yang harus mengubur mimpinya dengan masuk ke SMA Kirin untuk melunasi utang ayahnya. Namun, ia butuh dua siswa lain untuk juga datang ke sekolah agar dapat mendaftarkan diri di sekolah tambahan. Kedua siswa itu adalah Song Sam Dong yang tinggal di pedesaan, dan Jin Guk yang bertemu saat mencoba melarikan diri dari rentenir. Yoon Hee Baek, menjadi saingan utama di sekolah itu karena Hye Mi mengkhianati dirinya selama audisi untuk masuk sekolah.

Dream High akan didukung beberapa musisi papan atas Korea dan beberapa artis senior drama Korea.

Nah, bagi pecinta drama korea terutama Dream High ini, StudentMagz berencana akan membuat synopsis setiap ada episode terbaru, terutama pada scene-scene menarik dari Dream High dan bocoran-bocoran serta gossip yang tidak diketahui oleh penggemar melalui televisi.

Para tokoh utama yang akan selalu menghiasi Dream High setiap Episode:
Kim Soo Hyun – Song Sam Dong
Taecyeon – Jin Gook
Suzy – Go Hye Mi
Ham Eun Jung – Yoon Baek Hee
Wooyoung - Jason
* Bae Su Ji (Suzy) as Go Hye Mi

Go Hye Mi is the main character of this drama. Originally from a wealthy family, after her mother's death, her father's business failed and their family fell into debt. She is pursued by debt collector Ma Doo Shik and his men for much of the beginning of the drama. She meets Jin Guk when he saves her from the debt collectors. In the beginning of the story she is portrayed as a cold-hearted girl who humiliates her best friend Yoon Baek Hee in an attempt to save herself from failing an audition to Kirin Arts School. She is eventually accepted to the school as one of the director's special admittance students along with Jin Guk and Sam Dong. As her character develops throughout the story Hye Mi slowly grows into a strong, caring, and forgiving individual. Both Song Sam Dong and Jin Guk are in love with her and she has a hard time choosing between the two. Sam Dong is the one she considers more of a friend with whereas she sympathizes with Jin Guk. In the end, she chooses to be with Sam Dong as he leaves for America to become a singer.

* Kim Soo-Hyun as Song Sam Dong

Song Sam Dong is a country boy who follows Hye Mi to Seoul after falling in love with her. He has an exceptional musical aptitude, able to play chords without knowing what chords are, but he is naive and has a hearing problem. Sam Dong is in love with Hye Mi and he defends her when her schoolmates turn on her, but starts to regret all that he has done for her when he realizes Hye Mi has feelings for Jin Guk. Hye Mi gives him a make over where he transforms into a "hottie" and he gets a haircut that resembles Jin Guk's, he eventually cuts it even shorter and adds an earring. He composes the piano part for the showcase, in which he sings "Maybe" with Hye Mi. He eventually becomes a famous singer, stage name "K".

* Taecyeon as Hyun Si Hyuk (Jin Guk)

Jin Guk is a childhood friend of Go Hye Mi and he constantly tries to help her. He tries to get Hye Mi to remember their childhood memories. He excels primarily at dancing and rapping. He sings a ballad as his showcase song called "My Valentine". He is in a love triangle with Go Hye Mi and Yoon Baek Hee. After performing with Baek Hee at the music showcase, he debuts with one of Korea's top entertainment agencies as a member of a group called "Group K". After debuting, he realizes that he is in love with Hye Mi and that she is who he wishes to be with. However, Hye Mi is angry at Jin Guk because he made his debut as a solo artist when he promised that he would debut with her on the same stage. Jin Guk is also trying to deal with the fact that his father will not accept Jin Guk for who he is and is trying to force him to study in the United States. In the end Jin Guk realizes that Hye Mi is in love with Sam Dong and lets go of her. He tells her that they will always be best friends.

* Ham Eun Jung as Yoon Baek Hee

Baek Hee is Hye Mi's best friend and sidekick at their old school, but she is betrayed by Hye Mi during the Kirin School audition. She is devastated by the betrayal and becomes Hye Mi's biggest rival. She is surprised and confused when she discovers that Hye Mi is apologetic for her actions and wants to be friends again. She has a crush on Jin Guk and is jealous of Hye Mi, who holds his attentions. She is accepted into "Group K" along with Jin Guk and Jason after the school showcase. Throughout the drama she has to deal with feelings of being second-fiddle to Hye Mi and to get her mom to accept that she wants to be a singer. She and Hye Mi make up at the end of the show.

* IU as Kim Pil Suk

Kim Pil Suk first appears as a girl wearing a sushi mascot costume during the auditions. She is a girl with a beautiful voice but is overweight. She has a major crush on Jason, and leaves a lollipop on his locker every day. She eventually confesses to him, but he rejects her, saying that he only likes her as a friend. She vows to lose 30 kilograms in 200 days while, he is away from school. She succeeds, and upon his return Jason becomes attracted to the new, skinnier, Pil Suk. The two then express their feelings for each other after both misunderstand and become jealous. After fighting and bickering with one another, they start to open up to one another.

* Wooyoung as Jason

Jason is an American exchange student who excels mainly in dancing but is also good at singing. He is courteous and has good manners, leading to misunderstandings with Pil Suk, who believes that he does this because he likes her. He originally does not like Pil Suk as much as she likes him but after his debut, their relationship is unclear. After Pil Suk tells him that he appears to have no goals in life, he realizes what his feelings are and he starts working hard so Pil Suk will like him again. He eventually begins to realize he likes Pil Suk. At first he is shy about showing his affection towards Pil Suk, but after becoming jealous he finally admits to loving Pil Suk. He is a member of "Group K" along with Jin Guk and Baek Hee.
IU - Kim Pil Sook