Jang Geun Seok Lounges Around Paris for the October Issue of Bazaar Korea

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• Love the pics. But again, Bazaar rarely disappoints.
  That version of JGS is not that bad actually (hair just a little shorter would be better). Just drop the cigarette, please.

• sigh~...totally agree with you. As much as I adored him back then, I haven't given up on him yet. He's still young and cashing in whatever he can to establish his company.

  Btw, the lyrics for his newest song...why do I feel like its all about Mary, aka MGY...

  Credits: PONYCANYON
  Lyics: Jang Keun Suk / Kato Kanako
  English translation: tenshi_akuma/jangkeunsukforever.com
  —
  When I picture memories in those days on water of the glass,
  they will be blurred to be transparent.

  Like sand slipping through my hands,
  the time that is slipping by will never come back again.

  There she had to stay where I will not stay.
  Misunderstanding occurs even if we care for each other.
  It ends up without any progress.
  And you… slow slow gone
  I just wanna stay, yes I have to stay
  The seasons when you were with me
  If I could have a wish come true, I would be back to those days even now.
  Here here here I have to stay

  When I look up at the night sky with moist eyes,
  all my memories come back to me clearly.

  Like snow effacing our footprints,
  time has flown by and effaces all memories.

  There she had to stay where I will not stay
  Misunderstanding occurs even if we care for each other.
  It ends up without any progress.
  And you… slow slow gone
  I just wanna stay, yes I have to stay
  I still remains in the seasons when you were with me even now.
  Here here here

  Since some time or other (separated hands)
  Since some time or other (I feel the distance between us)
  I haven’t been able to touch you.
  It ends up without any progress.
  And you… slow slow gone
  I just wanna stay, yes I have to stay
  The seasons when you were with me
  If I could have a wish come true, I would be back to those days even now.
  Here here here I have to stay
  —
  See the related post (with MV “STAY”, English translated lyrics, Romanized lyrics and the original Japanese lyrics) from here.

• Me too eonni,, I wanna see JGS like him in bethoven virus, its my favourite style of him,, he look manly and masculine..I hope he choose a better project.. And its serious one ,,

• Red pants? Noooooooo

• If he hadn’t made YB, I think we’d be seeing more of the Jang Geun Seok that did Beethoven Virus and the movie The Case of the Itaewon Homicide, a rising young actor picking grittier fare with an eye towards working with experienced
  and lauded co- stars.
  Despite loving YB I have to agree...i remember reading an interview of his not too long after YB where he talked about how he had not wanted to do films like Baby and Me, and Do Re Mi Fa So La Ti which he had to do because of his management's inistence back then and how he was happier with decisions he made after that (with Beethoven's Virus and Itaewon Murder case etc)....made me think he would be doing more serious stuff after YB ended...and I've been praying he'd pick a sageuk after he did Mary but sadly he seems to have different priorities now

  • Maybe part of the "problem" is the fact that he owns Tree J (correct me if i'm wrong, but I think I read somewhere before that there are rumors that his family owns it). So the priority to capitalize on the popularity brought on by YB by sticking with the TaeKyung/girly image as long as he can may be more important to him since he is a direct beneficiary.

• He is always trying too hard, to me. And I'm tired of his "I'm so special" persona :|

• I wonder if it has something to do with his popularity in Japan. They seem to prefer the 
  slender/feminine/rockstar type rather than the more masculine type. I also heard he wasn't well 
  liked in Korea so maybe he isn't getting offered the good types of rolls. Casting in Korea
  seems to be more about popularity.

  • Oh, please. Don't ever mention of Japanese preference of 'feminine' kinda of rockstar. Pls take a look at those K-Pop idols and boybands, namely "Boyfriend", Lee Joon of MBLAQ? They are as sissy and as feminine as JGS and yet Korean fans worship them. So, it's not fair to mention of Japanese preference as such since Korea been manufacturing so much of these breed all along.

  • Or maybe his talent fee is too high that producers would rather cast newbies (I notice there seems to be a recent trend for idols crossing over to acting) who would charge lower.

  • @Alexa, I agree with JuC. This is just the impression I get from hanging around youtube and fan sites. No offense meant.

    I found a 2PM MV where one of the comments was: 2PM please don't change for your japanese fans and start kissing each other for publicity, unlike Big Bang.

    -- I have no idea if that statement was true or not. But it did leave me with an impression that the J-fans are more... demanding from their idols. And if you're from the K-ent industry, you have to be extra *extra* specially attention-grabbing to make it in Japan.

    Is that impression true or did I just read the wrong forums? :) I'm kinda curious about the truth.

    • I'd lived in Japan for almost 10 years before returning to my home-country. It's K-Opo fever now not only spreading across Japan, but all over the world.

      Fans demanding something from idols are common but as far as i know, I never heard of such demand of asking idols to kiss each other especially those of same gender. If there is such demand, I believe it does not come from Japanese fans alone.

      Shinee's recent SEOUL concert is a testament that this whole concept does not exist only in Japan (if any). Key kissing (on the mouth) with the other Shinee's member and Korean fans applaude that. Is Shinee popular in Japan? No, they are not.

      The fact I'm saying here is when it became a statement that sissy/feminine kind of guy is very much prefered in Japan, which is not true.

      There are so many Korean acts doing cross-dressing and even ut was for the sake of entertainment, they seem to enjoy this cross-gender and sissy act.

      JGS popularity in Japan has got nothing to do with his sissiness. It was just that Japanese still adore him as Hwang Tae Kyung in YAB. Once they recover from that fever, he would be just an ordinary Korean stars. He is simply flamboyant by nature and going to this direction to make d most at the height of his popularity there. That's all.

    • Oh ok. Thanks for clearing that up!

      I've read about that opinion so much that I'm starting to believe it as truth.

      Funnily enough, when I started watching j-dramas, I was surprised at the (relative) non-prettiness of the leading men of j-dramas compared to the perfect skin and prettiness of k-drama male leads (see Shun Oguri, everyone but Nakatsu in Hana Kimi, Gokusen kids, etc)

      My sister and I used to joke that j-dramas have better actors hehehe because you still end up falling in love with them/their acting even if they're not as pretty as their k-drama counterparts. :D

• I really loved him in Beethoven Virus. It seems like he's gone off the deep end since then, and I'd really love to see him do something that really showcased the talent he demonstrated in BV. I don't know why such a talented and beautiful man is doing projects that just seem to skim the surface of his abilities.

  The shots are beautiful, but his expressions make him look like a homeless druggie on the lam. :(

  • Same sentiment here. Heck I was even shipping him with Lee Ji Ah in BV. His looks and voice don't match. Weird.

• I don´t know. Even though I don´t particularly like his style most of the time, I´m kind of happy for him that he is able to do his own thing. Some part of his image may be exaggerated but I genuinely feel like he doesn´t have to bend his personality too much to fit a certain image people have of leading men.
  There are sooo many short-haired, smoldering actors with a cool image that I am kind of glad he´s shaking things up a bit!

• I'm glad he did YB because Hwang Tae Kyung was really fun to watch and an actor should have a mainstream appeal. But I hoped he would do more... challenging stuff next. His personality reminds me of Heechul and I simultaneously shake my head and laugh at/with him. It doesn't hurt to have a JGS around. And about his fashion sense... I would actually like him to explain his fashion sense sometimes. I just don't get it.