2PM holds OPPO event in Thailand

Fresh after their Follow Your Soul music video for OPPO was released, male group 2PM touched based in Thailand to model and shoot a commercial for the mobile company. The young men also held a press conference and performed Follow Your Soul at Central World (CTW) for a fanmeeting.

At the press conference, 2PM revealed the various solo activities that were filling up each of the member’s schedules. “I’m going to star in a series,” Taecyeon revealed. “Junho and Wooyoung are participating in a few variety shows. We are all also preparing for an upcoming album.” Chansung continued, “I’ve been participating on variety programs. Junsu composes music at home.” Nichkhun added that he was preparing for the new album as well, and that the 2PM boys were preparing for an upcoming concert in Korea.

2PM’s Follow Your Soul MV released!

Earlier this week, boy group 2PM teased their fans with the release of the MV teaser for their track Follow Your Soul. The song and MV are being used to promote the OPPO Mobile brand.

As expected, we follow the boys as they share very cute moments with a very lovely young lady. However, after the awesome dance breaks come to pass, so do the 6 members in the young woman’s life. Although the song ends on a rather sad note, the MV is still very awesome.

2PM’s Taecyeon thought Moon Geun Young was younger than him

2PM’s Taecyeon and Moon Geun Young are working together for the upcoming drama KBS 2TV’s Cinderella’s Sister. In a recent interview with KBS 2TV’s Entertainment Relay, Taecyeon talked about his first impressions of Moon Geun Young.

Taecyeon said, “To be honest, I didn’t know Moon Geun Young was a nuna. People always call her the Nation’s Little Sister so I thought she was younger than me. I was shocked to find out otherwise. Now, she feels like a nuna because she’s always helping and leading me. I show a lot of aegyo as the maknae of the cast.”

Moon Geun Young commented that Taecyeon is very cute from her point of view.

I think they are making this out to be bigger than it is because she’s only a year older.

The drama airs its pilot on the 31st.

Who do you want to get a candy kiss from?

In a recent poll on monkey3, the website asked, “Who do you want to get a candy kiss from on White Day?” White Day is a romantic holiday in Korea where the guy gives his girlfriend presents such as candy, etc.

The candy kiss is referring to the infamous kiss that Lee Byung Hun and Kim Tae Hee shared on IRIS where he passed a piece of candy with his mouth to her mouth.

Our world star Rain won 40% of the votes and came in 1st place. More than 1,000 people voted for this perfect man. Netizens reasoned, “He seems like a good kisser,” “His kiss scenes are just as good as Lee Byung Hun’s,” and “Thinking about Rain giving me a candy kiss makes my heart flutter.”

Second place went to TVXQ’s Micky Yoochun with 2PM’s Nichkhun and actor Jang Geun Suk tied in 3rd place. 4th place went to Big Bang’s G-Dragon with SHINee’s Minho rounding up the top 5. Who would you want to get a candy kiss from?

Taecyeon and Wooyoung reenact a fashion finale stage

Unwavering to keep their position of duo-male MCs of SBS Inkigayo, Taecyeon and Wooyoung of 2PM have once again hosted the show today in a cheerful ambiance.

During a short transition between the stages, Sulli of f(x) revealed a couple of snapshots taken from an Andre Kim fashion show that featured herself as the lover of Choi Siwon. Bursting from jealousy, the two boys decided to reenact the scene themselves! They then put their foreheads together, a signature move for all Andre Kim’s fashion shows, and quickly pushed off each other with disgust.

I gotta admit, these two men would make great models!

2PM’s Junho returns to Dream Team 2

Last month, we reported that 2PM’s Junho would return to Dream Team Season 2. Due to the Jaebeom controversy back in September, he took a hiatus from the show. Now, however, he is back as a fixed member of the show.

On the recently aired episode of KBS 2TV’s Dream Team 2, Junho returned as a participant on the show. During this episode, Danny Ahn (g.o.d.), Eunhyuk (Super Junior), Minho (Shinee), Junho (2PM), Lee Hongki (FT Island), and Sangchu (Mighty Mouth) went up against Chu Sung Hoon, Kim Dong Hyun, Yoo Woosung, Lee Sang Su, Bae Myung Ho, and Kang Kyung Ho of the UFC Martial Arts team.

Although this episode is his return is his first since he left, the latest Jaebeom controversy has already taken its toll on his participation in the show. Besides his introduction and some simple conversation, most of his parts were edited out. In addition, due to the fans’ mixed emotions and views on 2PM as of last week, many are wondering how things will turn out for Junho and the show.

2PM boycott gives advertisers a headache

After fans found out Jaebeom would not be returning to 2PM, many fans decided to take action by boycotting against the 6-member group… again. This time, they are refusing to buy their music, the products they endorse, and to support them as a fan.

A “H” initial beverage company that was endorsed by 2PM wrote on their website the other day, “Our contract with 2PM ended on January 31st of 2010. We are thankful for your opinions. Because the contract ended on January 31st, their last promotion activity was the February 6th fanmeeting. Also, we have no desire to renew the contract.”

Many fans are saying that the controversy over Jaebeom was the cause of this effect. But an associate said, “After the February 6th event, many fans still thought we had a contract with 2PM. We wanted to clear up the confusion.”

He continued, “The fans that still thought we had a contract with 2PM kept calling and emailing us about their boycott. It was too much for us to handle. We needed to do something about it. We didn’t end the contract because of the fans’ boycott.”

The company is basically saying that they wanted to notify fans because those who were boycotting still thought 2PM was endorsing the product. This meant, the sales in the product would have dropped because of the boycotters who were confused about 2PM’s endorsement deal with the company and would restrain from buying the beverages. The company itself was trying to clear up the confusion just to make sure their sales wouldn’t drop.

Because they are still the models for a mobile phone company, food and drink products, a clothing brand, and much more, this will only be a glitch on 2PM’s collection of endorsement deals. However, do you think the Hottests’ boycott will eventually take a detrimental effect on 2PM’s current endorsements?