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You know, IU is currently appearing in JTBC's "Hyori's Guest House" as a regular. She's doing great in the program, and the program is gaining great popularity. By the way, according a person who took part in filming "Hyori's Guest House", all the production crew of the program feel enormous gratitude to IU. Do you know why? Basically, yeah, they're thankful to IU because they could achieve a big success thanks to IU. Of course, Lee Hyori is a top star who receives great attention from people, but, "Hyori's Guest House" couldn't achieve such a big success without IU, an iconic young k-pop star. You know, it's the first time for IU to appear in a reality show as a regular, while she's not been very active in appearing in TV shows. It was not easy for her to decide to appear in "Hyori's Guest House" as a regular, but she readily accepted the program's proposal. However, that's not all. Ther...

IU is currently appearing in JTBC's "Hyori's Guest House" as a regular, while the program is enjoying great popularity. You know, the female singer is doing good as a staff member of the guest house. Are you enjoying watching the program? As I said, basically, IU decided to appear in because she likes Lee Hyori so much. Lee Hyori is the queen of k-pop, and IU is a big fan of her too. By the way, there are more stories behind IU's appearance in the program. Check out what the producer of "Hyori's Guest House" talked about IU. At first, we wanted to cast IU because we thought Lee Hyori and IU are going in the same direction as female musicians. Of course, we didn't have personal connections with them, and we heard that the two have very different characteristics, but we were sure that a bond of sympathy will develop between the two female musicians. And we were sure that IU and Lee Sang Soon have something in common too. When we asked IU to a...

Lee Hyori is a legendary female k-pop singer, and it must be a great honor for young girl groups to be recognized by her as a competent girl group. That's why MAMAMOO members were so excited when they heard that Lee Hyori praised highly on the girl group. At her comeback showcase held on July 4, Lee Hyori chose MAMAMOO as the most competent girl group these days, stating "I think k-pop singers should be born talented, and I think MAMAMOO members are really talented. They're doing really great". By the way, MAMAMOO recently got a chance to meet Lee Hyori, and the legendary female k-pop singer praised the talented girl group in person. Below is a statement from MAMAMOO. Lee Hyori usually leaves broadcasting station right after finishing performing at music chart shows because she is very busy. However, she recently made time to meet us. She told us in a chic way, "I'm enjoying your performance. I like you". And she also asked us if we're having...

Lee Hyori is back. The k-pop queen held a press conference for her 6th full album "BLACK" in Seoul on July 4. The album has a total of 10 tracks, while it's notable that Lee Hyori took part in writing 9 out of 10 songs. As an experienced k-pop singer and an unique artist, Lee Hyori proved again that she has outstanding musicality. All of the tracks are high quality songs, and Lee Hyori, who is well known for her great interest in social issues delivers very meaningful messages through her new album. By the way, at the press conference, Lee Hyori was asked who the next Lee Hyori is. You know, she is the most popular female solo singer in k-pop history, and she is called the queen of k-pop. So, reporters were curious about her thought on the next Lee Hyori. Well, her answer was "IU". When I was young, I was called the next Uhm Junghwa or the next Lim Wansun. But, I think it's an old-fashioned way of thinking because everyone has different characters...

Lee Hyori and IU have successfully finished filming "Hyori's Guest House". The new reality show began shooting on May 19, and Lee Hyori and IU received guests as staff members of a guest house for 12 days. So, check out what the producer of the program talked about how they did. Without being disturbed by the production crew, Lee Hyori, Lee Sangsoon and IU filmed the program for 24 hours a day. It seemed they were a little bit unfamiliar to such a program, but they had a good time with ordinary people. Lee Hyori was a chairman of the guest house, and Lee Sangsoon was a president. IU was an employee. At first, Lee Hyori and IU were not close at all, but they became best friends in the end. IU was like Lee Hyori's little sister, and IU said she could take a break by appearing in the program even though she had to work in the guest house. <K-pop Secret Vol.1: 40 Korean Stars’ Real Personality> K-pop Secret Vol.1 contains stories about the real...

IU and Lee Hyori, two of the most popular female k-pop stars are currently filming JTBC's new reality show "Hyori's Guest House". By the way, you know, IU decided to appear in the show as a regular just because she likes and respects Lee Hyori even though she's not acquainted with the sexy star. So, are you curious about how they're doing? Check out what the producer of the show talked about them. IU is doing better than expected. She said it's interesting to live in Jeju Island and she's not sick for her home. And working together, IU and Lee Hyori is getting close to each other. IU is getting along well with Lee Sang Soon too, while all of them are working very hard. Lee Hyori, who has much experience in reality shows is leading the team, and they said they feel like they really became staff members of a guest house. <K-pop Secret Vol.1: 40 Korean Stars’ Real Personality> K-pop Secret Vol.1 contains stories about the real personality...

Lee Hyori will appear in MBC's "Infinite Challenge". According to the officials, it has recently been confirmed that the sexy queen will appear in the popular TV show. It has been 3 years since she made appearance in the show. You know, at that time, she sang and danced to Fin.K.L's song at her home in Jejudo and provoked laughter by telling Yoo Jae Suk "I want to go to Seoul". Actually, Lee Hyori originally planned to appear in the program's "History X Hip Hop" episodes, but she couldn't due to her tight schedule. Lee Hyori's shooting schedule for "Infinite Challenge" is not confirmed yet, but the subject of the episode is confirmed. Famous choreographer Kim Seoljin will appear in the episode with Lee Hyori, and he will teach the Infinite Challenge members and Lee Hyori some dance moves. Kim Seoljin is the MVP of Mnet's "Dancing 9" aired in 2014. Meanwhile, Lee Hyori is currently preparing for her ...

As it was reported, IU will appear in JTBC's "Hyori's Guest House" as a regular. IU will be employed as a staff member of Hyori's guest house, and with Lee Hyori and Lee Sang Soon, she will greet guests and experience life in Jeju Island. You know, it's the first time for IU to appear in a reality show as a regular, and as I said before, she decided to appear in "Hyori's Guest House" as a regular because she likes and respects Lee Hyori so much. By the way, the interesting thing is that Lee Hyori herself even didn't know that IU will appear in the show. According to the officials, before IU decided to appear in the show as a regular, Lee Hyori told the production crew "I hope a young artist who's working in the k-pop world will appear in my show". After then, the production crew asked IU to appear in the show as a regular because they thought the two have many things in common. And IU readily accepted the proposal be...

IU will appear in JTBC's "Hyori's Guest House" as a regular. According to the officials, Lee Hyori and her husband Lee Sang Soon recently began to film the program, while IU will be employed as a staff member of Hyori's guest house. With Lee Hyori and Lee Sang Soon, IU will greet guests and experience life in Jeju Island. Not only celebrities but also ordinary people will appear in "Hyori's Guest House" as guests, while more than 20,000 people have already applied for appearance in the program. By the way, it's notable that it's the first time for IU to appear in a reality show as a regular, while she's not been very active in appearing in TV shows. Then, why do you think the female star decided to appear in "Hyori's Guest House" as a regular? Well, in a word, it is because she likes Lee Hyori so much. You know, Lee Hyori is the queen of k-pop and many of k-pop female singers respect her. And Lee Hyori is very popul...

Lee Hyori has been a top female Kpop star for more than 10 years since her debut in 1998. She drew great attention from fans by showing off her good looks and outstanding performance. Well, by the way, she is now getting a lot of attention with her blog( http://blog.naver.com/hyori79lee ), proving that she is still a super star. Let's talk about the reason why people are so interested in Lee Hyori's blog. Lee Hyori made her blog on May 27. After getting married to a musician Lee Sangsoon last year, she set up her home in Jeju and started to share her everyday life through the blog. At the blog, she talks about dinner menu, landscape and pet dog. She cooks and eats bibimbap, with her unpainted face. She just looks like ordinary woman, not a super star.   Actually, there are not a few Kpop idol stars who communicate with their fans through SNS. They also share their everyday life just like Lee Hyori, but it doesn't look as natural as Lee Hyori. In the photos which ...

Top Kpop star Lee Hyori has been active in the world of Kpop since her debut as a member of girl group Fin.K.L in 1998. Especially, after debuting as a solo singer in 2003, she has been showing remarkable activities, making great hits with her songs such as '10 minutes', 'U go girl' and 'Bad girls'. Meanwhile, there has been the dispute about the next Lee Hyori after the singer got into her thirties. Well, many of her junior female singers put their names on potential candidates, but there's no one who surely has achieved recognition as the next Lee Hyori. Let's talk about what is required to be the next Lee Hyori. Requirements for Becoming the Next Lee Hyori Lee Hyori is usually regarded as a representative sexy queen of Kpop world. All the female singers who have received attention as strong candidates for the next Lee Hyori also tried to capture people's heart with their sexy concepts. Well, however, the officials say that sexy i...

Popular Kpop singers are idols for millions of people. However, some of the stars had once hero-worshipped their senior singers too. Just like their current fans, the stars screamed at the senior singers, and made every effort to get autograph. Let's take a look at Kpop stars' past. 2NE1' Sandara Park(Right) was a big fan of Lee Hyori. ◆2NE1's Sandara Park ⇨ Lee Hyori Before her debut, 2NE1's Sandara Park was a fan of Kpop queen Lee Hyori. Here's an episode. In the Philippines, Sandara saw Lee Hyori eating melon with appetite and relish on TV, and she thought that melon must be important food in Korea. After that, she brought melons along with her from the Philippines and visited Lee Hyori's house to hand over the present. Sandara handed Lee Hyori's mother the melons. She's really big fan, isn't she? After debut, Sandara still maintains good relationship with Lee Hyori. SHINee's Key(Right) was a member of BoA's official f...

Some of you might dream of marrying k-pop idol stars. Actually, I've seen many teenagers who really want to be their favorite stars' spouses. Well, however, things not always go according to one's expectations. In certain aspects, K-pop stars are ordinary people too, and they also dream of marrying someone they really love. Then, at what age do you think k-pop stars get married? According to Seoul city's research, Korean men marry at their age of 32.4 averagely, while women marry at 30.2. But, k-pop stars marry at a later age, of course. S.E.S' Eugene got married to Korean actor Ki Tae Young in 2011, at her age of 30. Let’s take the example of first generation k-pop girl group Fin.K.L. Lee Hyori married famous musician Lee Sang Soon when she was 34 years old, while Lee Jin got married in 2016 at her age of 36. And the rest members of the girl group, Sung Yuri and Ok Juhyun didn’t get married yet even though it seems like they’re past the best age to marry. ...

There have been many sexy queens in Kpop history. Let's look over the genealogies of sexy queens. You can call them as 'Korean Madonnas'. Who do you think is the best sexy star? Kim Wan Sun Have you heard about this name? Some of you may not know about her at all, but she is a legendary singer in Korea. She was born in 1969, and made a sensational debut at the age of 17 in 1986. From the mid 1980s to the early 1990s, she has caught eyed of people by showing off her extraordinary sexy charm. She was regarded as a representative dancing queen of Korea. She also achieved success in Taiwan in the mid 1990s by releasing three albums in Mandarin. From 2006, Kim Wan Sun lived in Hawaii for three years to study digital arts at the University of Hawaii, and made a comeback to the music scene in 2011 with her new EP 'Super Love'.   Uhm Jung Hwa Here's another legendary sexy queen. Uhm Jung Hwa made a debut un 1993. After a debut, ...