SuperJunior M visits China Radio International

Super Junior-M, a subgroup of South Korean boy band Super Junior, visit
China Radio International to record radio programs on Wednesday
morning, April 8, 2008. [Photo: gb.cri.cn]

Super Junior-M, a subgroup of South Korean pop band Super Junior,
visited China Radio International to record a program on Wednesday
morning.

About a hundred fans waited outside the CRI gate to support their idols.

Super Junior-M is composed of five members from Super Junior, Si-won,
Dong-hae, Kyu-hyun, Ryeo-wook and Han-geng, and new Chinese members
Henry and Zhou Mi.

The "M" in Super Junior-M refers to Mandarin, the official Chinese language.

The group released a music video for "U," the first single on their Chinese-language album, on Tuesday.

They will attend a series of events during their stay in China.

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Hankyung talks about Suju-M

“SJ-M Debuts In The Midst Of Opposition; Hankyung Responds”

April 8th, SJ-M’s members were officially chosen; this also includes the original Super Junior members: Han Geng, Siwon, Kyuhyun, Donghae, Ryeowook, there’s also two new Chinese members — Henry and Zhou Mi. At the Music Feng Yun Rank news center, Han Geng introduced the new members. One member is from Wu Han, singer Zhou Mi and the other from Canada but now coming back to his home country, Henry. April 8th was SJ-M’s debut and also first time performing in China so it has caught a lot of attention.

But ever since SM Entertainment said to have a SJ-M group and adding new members, there were a lot of opposition from the fas. From BeiFang Online’s netizens, a lot have commented that they don’t wish to have new members, but of course they are fans who welcome SJ-M to China and wrote “Anticipating you all to perform with flying colors! SJ-M jiayou!”.

Because of this situation, Han Geng yesterday made a response: “About the creation of SJ-M, there are people who oppose and there are people who support. What we have to do is to continue to work hard. We prepared this for a long time and will give our best to everyone. At the same time, we also need everyone’s support and care. When I was in Korea, I was cared by a lot of the other Super Junior members, we’re like family. Now, I’m taking 6 friends back home, I’m really happy and I hope we can get everyone’s support.” SJ-M’s Korean members all used simple Chinese phrases to say hi to everyone. From here you can see SJ-M has preparation for the Chinese market.

But the fans opposition still has not rested. Whether or not SJ-M will create something big like Super Junior, only time will tell.

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SJ-M Behind the Scenes


recording a show.. he talked about his mum and dropped tears..
hankyung's popularity too high, roadshow might be cancelled (i think it said this)

the day before yesterday, boy-band SJM's hankyung reached chang sha where his popularity exploded.
and yesterday, the boy-band were guests at "stories of the past" (not sure about the name) , breaking 2 records, for the most guests and the longest recording. the 6 hour recording, the 7 heart-throbs not only showed their talents but also told us about things that happend in the past. team leader hankyung recalls, once, he went in by the migration office but, he did not have a passport and was arrested. choi shiwon spilled that the members challenged each other to who showered the fastest. and finally, the two newest members, henry and zhou mi, talk about their popularity issues, they feel very left out.

heart breaking things:

hankyung: before debut,they would dance for 20 hours.


until now, hankyung has been in korea for 5 years, but he has many heart-breaking stories to share. the one he remembered the most was after he passed SM's audition, he waited for a call to sign a contract for 8 months. in that period of time, to lighten hie fanily's load, he went to beijing, and wentto the migration office but was caught by the police for not having a passport. "at that time, i didn't know that i needed a passport, and at that time, i only had about $30. when they saw i did not have a passport, they locked me in jail, only until my friends helped me with the passport then i could come out."

when he went to korea, he had to go through 2 years of intensed training. "we practice (dancing) continuously. sometimes, we practice for nearly 20 hours." after he trained for a year and a half, he called his parents,saying that he gives up. "i didn't have a bit of confidence. i felt lonely, and i felt nobody would come and talk to me." but after support and encouragement from his parents, hankyung decided to persevere and 6 months later, he debuted.

interesting things:
shiwon: shindong showers for 17 seconds.


SJM's 2nd member, choi shiwon, came to china to film a drama. once, shiwon and wu qilong were filming a sword-fight scene, because he was weak at that time, he fainted. "at that time, i just fell forward, and infront, there was a piece of metal. andy lau caught in time,so i didn't fall onto it. he is my life-saver." shiwon states that andy lau took care of him alot. "he even spent and hour inthe afternoon learning how to write my name in hangul."
talking about super junior's funny happenings,shiwon recalled a "shower competition" . "as we wanted to make sure we slept more. wwe had to shorten out bathing time. so we made a showering competition." when shiwon competed.he had the fastest time of 1 min and 30 secs. but this record was soon broken by shindong. "he only took 17 secs" shiwon continued with laughter, they stopped the competition. "now hankyung takes 1 hour to bathe"

things that cannot be stood:

zhoumi :hearing the fan's booing voices makes it difficult.

besides hankyung, shiwon, donghae, ryeowook and kyuhyun from super junior, they also added 2 new chinese members, henry and zhoumi. zhou mi is a wuhan (i don't know what this is), and henry grew up in canada. a lot of fans are very reluctant to allow new members to join. they only want to keep the original 13 members, and not allow any more members. as a result, both new members are very shy. when the host asked how they tolerate this , henry, who doesn't speak much just, answered awkwardly "i don't know". and zhou mi answered that he just has to accept this. "just a few hours before this, i heard fans booing at us. it was very difficult to handle. i hope people will accept us in the future."


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