Everyone knows I don’t do K-pop (or any pop for that matter). I’m a drama girl, and my knowledge of music comes from a love of the sound rather than the people who sing it. So a boybander can fall from the sky and land on top of me and I would have no clue who he is and which of the bajillion K-pop groups he belongs to. That is, unless he’s an actor as well and I love him. Case in point – Shin Won Ho, my cutest little boy wonder. I knew he was also a debuting idol but I’ve tried to avoid seeing him in that light, because I really don’t understand the fascination with cookie-cutter boybanders all doing synchronized dance moves. But Shin’s group Cross Gene debuted last week and is apparently a hit (so far). I find the name alright until I realized it was meant to symbolize the crossing of genes from various Asian countries since the group includes members from Japan and China as well. Ergh, have these people never seen The Fly? Crossing genes is icky and gross, and would not produce a cutie pie like my baby Shin. Anyhoo, have some pictures and MVs of the group performing, and feel free to add them to your K-pop roster. All I know is that Shin looks delightfully awkward as an idol all singing and dancing, and I’m looking forward to liberating him from this career and steering him into acting full time.
Yes, I have no clue who the other five members of Crossgene are, and I have no desire to find out. A few seem rather beefy and more like a 2PM member to me, but hey, what do I know.
Cross Gene “La-Di Da-Di” MV:
Cross Gene performing live:
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Oh wow, your love towards Shin must be pretty deep, you even made a post about a boyband. :D
All I know is that the Japanese member is also a actor, Terada Takuya but so far he has only done 2 projects.
He'as cute, but all these groups look like Super Junior wannabes to me...(biased, sorry sorry!)
Sorry for the typo, too.
Am I the only one who think that he looks like a young So Ji Sub in the first pink photo??
Am I the only one that feel that boy bands are so 90s.
You're not alone! I'm so happy that the boyband hype is over in Europe and US, it's your turn Korea come on!
Oh, the 90s are making a comeback, big time. Boy bands are starting to come back, too - haven't you noticed groups like The Wanted and their ilk are becoming popular in America and Europe again? It's only a matter of time before everything old becomes new again.
Oh Ms. Koala, you are in sooooo deep! I never in my life would imagine you to write an entire article about a debut! (Btw, I'm not entirely sure about your analysis about their popularity since just about every group is described like that initially.)
Regardless of music, it only means that there will be more Shin pictures floating around! :)
Have you seen "Bachelor's Vegetable Store"? He has a small role in that drama. I couldn't quite finish the drama as it veered into crazy half-way through. The crazy side story took over the main story. Anyway, he plays a former idol trainee turned veggie store monger.
I agree with you..... SWH should be acting full time!!! That song is pants!!! Most of Kpop is actually but I adore him acting.
I just knew Terada Takuya would pop up in a kpop group after seeing him on 'Dream Team'....
i like Shin Won Ho's smirk.
it took me a while but i finally figured out that my liking Shin Won Ho stems from him looking like wonbin, especially his lips and smirk!