K-Pop Sensations Usher In New Era At Madison Square Garden from NY1

By: Lewis Dodley

The new and improved Madison Square Garden kicked things off with a bang this week as Asian pop sensation Girls Generation took to the stage. NY1's Lewis Dodley filed the following report.

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Their name is Girls Generation. The nine-member group from South Korea was one of seven acts brought to New York by SM Entertainment who packed the arena at Madison Square Garden.

Their energy, youthful beauty and catchy tunes shot them up the charts in Asia. Now they've set their sights on the U.S.

Their first English single called "The Boys" was released just last week but will it make Girls Generation a household name.

"Hopefully it will. We worked with Teddy Riley for the single. And he was very comforting and I think the result came out really well," said Girls Generation member Jessica.

The single is one thing, but is America ready for nine girls in one group?

"Definitely looking forward to U.S. fans liking Girls Generation because there's a variety of personalities and people so I think you can take your choice," said Girls Generation member Tiffany.

There's no shortage of choice when it comes to the growing number of so called K-Pop groups. Though there are more than a million Asians in New York and 14 million across the country their goal is to appeal to the broader U.S market -- something made easier by the power of the Internet.

"Five years ago it would be hard to imagine that people in Europe or all over the world would be listening to K-Pop," said Key of SHINee.

And five years from now we might be wondering what took so long in the first place.

Source:NY1

Key's english is just....daebak!
Those of us who have been into kpop for a while now are ALREADY wondering what took so long! And since I was there...there were fans of ALL race and ethnicity there! Just sayin.....

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To see the extended SNSD interview on NY1 please click the link! 
Really DON'T miss this interview cause its pretty awesome and adorable!

SNSD extended interview on NY1

So mad I couldn't find a way to embed the interview video....

technology does NOT often defeat me!

grrrrrrr >.>

SMTown in New York: TVXQ! and the ending

The last band we haven't covered yet is TVXQ!

I got a lot of good photos of them.







These pictures were all from the song Before You Go. Here is a fan video of that song!


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mmm so sexy....

The other amazing video they did was Keep Your Head Down


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And that's all I've got for our SMTown Live in New York coverage, but here you can watch the amazing ending of the show!


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Until next time!
-stormoftara :3

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SMTown in New York the Introductions!

Some of the best moments are the introductions, everyone tried so hard with English intros!
The screams were deafening! but as a whole it was such a well behaved crowd, we all tried so hard to quiet down and cheer loud at the same time! We wanted all the artist to know we loved them!

Various SM Artists - Intro/Talk Compilation [FANCAM 720p HD] @ SM Live NY (2011.10.23)

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Awwwww Henry and Mimi's intro is so precious! I can't even begin to express how happy I was to see them BOTH there. I had heard that Henry would be there but nothing about Zhou Mi, I screamed so LOUD! Adore my Super Junior M boys!!!!
AMBER!!!!! Omo! She got so many cheers!
The SMTown Live intro video!
[FANCAM] SMTOWN Live NYC 10/23/11 [Part 1]

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HD and full screen this if you can!
Enjoy a lot!
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Lets relive TVXQ's intro into Madison Square Garden!
It was so epic! One of my fav moments!

SMTown Live NY TVXQ DBSK Intro [111023] [fancam]

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SMTown New York, F(x), SNSD, and BoA

Lots of pictures coming your way! I can't remember all the songs that were playing at the time, but I'll try to give some reference if I can.

First on stage was F(x) singing La Cha Ta if I recall correctly. Here are some pictures I managed to take.

After that Jessica from SNSD and Krystal from F(x) sang a cover of Tik Tok!



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One of the funniest songs of the night is when Kangta and Sulli from F(x) sang 7989 and kept pulling microphones out of everywhere.

Onew? Where did you come from you sly delivery boy!

One of the coolest songs they did was when Key from SHINee and Krystal from f(x) sang My First Kiss.

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Then of course when SNSD came out I was way too excited to take pictures, but I did get a lot of video!

Here are some of the pictures I did get, while they were singing HAHAHA.



Then SNSD sang Run Devil Run

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Then they did their introductions and sang Kissing You.

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And then they sang Oh!


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That's the last of the videos I got for the girls, since my phone's battery died shortly after that, but WORRY NOT. We have plenty more photos.

Here are some BoA pictures!

BoA and Key from SHINee sang Did it for Love together SOOO CUTEEEEEEEE

This post is just getting way too long. Look out for more coming soon!

-stormoftara :3

SMTown New York, more SNSD and F(x)

Guess what we have? More pictures! First up is SNSD!

I love the background in this one

The rest of these are from the song Hoot.

And what's this? More F(x) too! This was from Hot Summer.

Amber was so cute during this song :3

I wasn't able to get a video of SNSD singing The Boys so here is another Fan Cam, because this song is too good to miss!



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That's all for the girls, but...I am gonna post one for SHINee too! Lucifer was my FAVORITE song of the whole night! Just check it out and you'll see why.



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Seeing all these bands in concert was probably one of the best things I've ever done! My body aches from jumping around so much, and my throat hurts from screaming too much, but I had so much fun! I hope I can see them all in concert again.

-stormoftara :3

The Korean invasion: New Yorkers are screaming for the new wave of pop stars-MMR! Commentary

Why am I starting with this article from the NYDaily News

instead of MMR!'s coverage of SMTown Live?

1.It seemed relevant...and a wee bit misinformed, David Yi gets most things right, and it is kinda fluffy (ie:taken from SME's trainee required 'What to say in interviews 101')

A lot of the reply's are just so damn jaded...I hope I never get that jaded about Kpop.

2. I'm waiting for Tara to wake up so we can have an MMR! meeting to figure out who is gonna write up who or if we should just do a combined article lol

So please wait a little while as we have 2 phones worth of video and pics to download!

The Korean invasion: New Yorkers are screaming for the new wave of pop stars

BY David Yi
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER

Sunday, October 23rd 2011, 4:00 AM

SM Entertainment Boy band SHINee hits the stage.

could they have used an older pic? *sigh*

The symptoms are uncontrollable shrieks, intense heart palpitations, soaked palms, speaking — and squealing — in foreign tongues.

Now arriving in New York City: The South Korean phenomenon known as "hallyu," or "Korean Wave."

Already a craze in Asia, the wave has opened the floodgates of K-Pop in France, Brazil, Germany and Australia. Now it's about to take over New York.

Fans will pack a sold-out Madison Square Garden Sunday night for a concert presented by SM, one of South Korea's biggest record labels. The lineup: Girls' Generation, f(x), BoA, Kangta, TVXQ, Super Junior and SHINee.

If you don't know the names, don't worry. Think of the show as a combination of the annual Jingle Ball extravaganza and a big helping of Seoul Train.

And if fans are pumped, so are the performers.

"It is absolutely a dream come true," Tiffany Hwang, 22, one member of Girls' Generation told the Daily News. "I'm so excited. All I've been looking forward to was this weekend for a pretty long time."

A previous SM concert in Paris sold out in under 15 minutes. A second show was added and tickets went in less than 10 minutes.

Korean pop has been causing a frenzy in NYC, too.
On a recent Monday afternoon, hordes of fans outnumbered tourists in Times Square, holding colorful cardboard signs outside of MTV's TRL studios. The cheers weren't for Katy Perry or Justin Bieber, but for a group of South Korean acts including B2ST and 4 Minute. One fan issued a familiar cry.

"Oh my God, this is a dream come true!" exclaimed Nicole Asmat, 19, who was part of the lucky audience inside TRL studios. A flood of tears drenched her face after one of her favorite stars held her hand from the stage.

"I haven't seen this in years," Peter Griffin, executive vice president at MTV said while peering at the crowd outside. "It reminds me of when 'N Sync was here and the fans lined up around the studio."

Just one day earlier, 40,000 fans screamed as K-Pop heartthrobs 2PM and TVXQ, among others, performed at the New York Korean Festival in Overpeck County Park in Bergen County, N.J. The next morning residents complained to authorities about the crowd noise.

"They mean so much to me. I started dancing again because of them," Ana Ciprian, 15, shrieked from her seat, wildly clapping her hands.

Others, like Katerin Morales, 21, traveled from Texas to get her up-close and personal dose of K-Pop. "I'm having a moment," she said, her left hand covering her mouth. "They're so far away that I never thought I'd see them."

Ashley Diomedi, 20, drove eight hours from Virginia; Kharla Salazar, 22, took a red-eye flight from Miami; Virgine Cote and five of her friends traveled from Quebec.

"Korean pop stars are beautiful, and I love them because they care so much about their fans," said Cote, sporting a bright shirt with the words SHINee — her favorite band — emblazoned in bold letters, while tugging on her art book, filled with sketches of Korean celebrities.

"We don't have singers like them in Canada."

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Source:NYDaily News
tl:dr yah! take an interest in how your idols are being portrayed and read all 4 pages! 
Stormy ^.^