Jessica has a heart which is as pretty as her face.

Recently, Jessica took up the challenge to act in the KBS 2TV’s drama ‘Wild Romance’ where she plays the role of Kang JongHee, a beautiful woman who has an unpredictable personality. To commemorate Valentine’s Day, Jessica gave chocolate to the production staff as gift and they were all touched upon receiving the special gift.

Although she was busy with Girls’ Generation’s solo concert and other schedules recently, Jessica revealed her caring heart as she took some of her time off to prepare the Valentine’s Day gift for the production staff of ‘Wild Romance’ who have been working hard.

Netizens gave warm reactions by commenting, “Jessica is really pretty”, “Such a warm feeling”, “I want to receive the chocolate as well”, etc.

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Girls’ Generation’s Jessica revealed her thoughts about the end of filming for KBS2TV’s ‘Wild Romance’, where she appeared as Kang JongHee, Park MooYeol’s (portrayed by actor Lee DongWook) first love. Kang JongHee’s role was to form a love triangle among Kang JongHee, EunJae (portrayed by Lee ShiYoung) and MooYeol to give some suspense to the drama.

As this was the first in her acting career, Jessica fully showed Kang JongHee’s charms with her truthful feelings and good fashion sense.

Traveling between the US, France, Thailand, Korea and other countries, Jessica diligently participated in the filming of the drama and also became the mood maker of the drama. Jessica traveled 20,000km in two weeks to participate in some programs, as well as interviews and concert in New York, Paris and Bangkok.

Jessica, who has shown her potential as an actress through the drama ‘Wild Romance’, commented, “Since this was my first try as an actress, I was excited and happy while working. I’m thankful to Lee DongWook and Lee ShiYoung for acting with me. Thank you for practicing lines with me and also for the advice you gave during the breaks.”

She added, “I will work harder as Girls’ Generation’s Jessica and I will also try to greet you as an actress in other dramas.”

Credit: Newsen
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On the upcoming episode of JTBC’s ‘SNSD and the Dangerous Boys, the boys’ mothers appeared as special guests and Yoona made a surprising statement, saying that she wants to have a son.

Upon the surprise appearance of their mothers, the boys could not hide their joy. The boys, mothers and Girls’ Generation played a game of yut. Throughout the missions such as ‘Randomly dance with mother’ and ‘Kiss your mother on the cheek’, the boys and their mothers showed much affection for each other. When Yoona saw Kim SungHwan and his mother locking arms together, she said, “They look good. I want to have a son in the future as well.”

Sooyoung, on the other hand, was watching the boys dance and shed tears because she could see how hard the boys have practiced one week before the competition.

Not only Sooyoung but also Kim HoiHoon’s mother, who have seen her son dance for the first time, shed tears upon the boys’ dance. Also, Girls’ Generation praised the weekly improvement of the boys’ dance, causing anticipation for the boys’ performance in the competition.

Credit: news.sbs.co.kr
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Taeyeon and Seohyun made their debut as MC’s as they took over for Yuri on MBC’s “Show! Music Core” on February 18th.

In their first appearance as permanent MC’s for the music show, Taeyeon and Seohyun exhibited cuteness while having fun together introducing performers. Taeyeon’s experience as a radio DJ could also be seen as she looked a bit more comfortable than Seohyun, though they both gave off a professional and fun vibe.

Yuri recently left her MC position to focus on acting in her upcoming drama “Fashion King”. Tiffany will remain as MC for “Show! Music Core”, but had left early for London, England, where she will join Yoona and Seohyun for the Burberry Prorsum Fashion Show.

Check out the MC cuts from this week’s show below. How did Taeyeon and Seohyun do in their first broadcast as MC’s?

Source: [email protected]
Written by: MoonSoshi9@soshified
Edited by: bhost909@soshified 

Update with new interview:

With the end of “Wild Romance” approaching, Girls’ Generation’s Jessica took the time for an interview to reflect on her first acting experience. She show her appreciation for her fellow actors, saying, “Because it was my first attempt at acting, it was a nerve-wracking and fun job. I was lacking, but I want to say thank you to Lee Dongwook and Lee Siyoung for being able to act with them.”

Jessica also brought up the possibility of acting in the future, hinting, “I will work hard to be active as Girls’ Generation’s Jessica, and to meet you all as actress Jessica through future works.” Finally, she thanked the audience of “Wild Romance”, saying, “Thank you very much for loving Jonghee so much. Thank you to all the viewers who watched ‘Wild Romance’, and I love you.”

The final two episodes of “Wild Romance” will air next week on February 22nd and February 23rd.

Previous article from 2/17/2012

[Editor's note: updated with a quote from Jessica]

Jessica expressed positive feelings on her first time acting in a drama.

Girls’ Generation’s Jessica is playing the role of Kang Jonghee in the KBS 2TV Wednesday/Thursday drama, “Wild Romance”. Although Jessica has starred in a musical before, this would be her first attempt in acting.

The Jessica we saw through the interview was a person who was nervous but overflowing with willpower. On the subject of new challenges, Jessica stated, “I am having fun with it. I wish there was more time, so I’m sad.” Jessica also said, “It is true that my appearance on ‘Wild Romance’ was decided in a rush. I didn’t have a lot of time to prepare because there was also a lot of overseas schedules for Girls’ Generation. I feel a bit sad that I couldn’t focus on just the drama. However, I’m really happy that I could experience something new.”

Girls’ Generation is currently active not only in Korea, but also in Asia, as well as the United States and Europe. Despite all the activities they had, it did not change during the filming of “Wild Romance”. Jessica even had to return to Korea first, alone, after completing schedules overseas. Jessica, who usually sleeps a lot, had to continue with acting with barely any sleep. Jessica said, “I could not get a lot of sleep. I was worried I would look tired in the drama. It is true that I was physically exhausted.” She laughed and added, “However, there were a lot of things that I learned through this drama.”

In the drama, Jessica had to cry in many scenes, which is difficult when acting in a drama for the first time. On this, Jessica stated, “Emotional scenes were actually the most fun for me. I like myself focusing and immersing myself in an emotion.”

Recently, Jessica’s character was “dumped” by the male lead in the drama, Park Mooyeol, who is played by Lee Dongwook. When asked about how it felt to be “dumped”, her cheeky personality showed: “I’ve never been dumped this badly even in real life before.” After laughing, she said, “When I was concentrating on the emotions while acting, it actually hurt my pride.”

Through a recent interview with NewsEn, Jessica talked about her kissing scene with Lee Dongwook that garnered much attention not too long ago. Jessica recalled, “I’ve acted out a kiss scene before. But at that time I ‘acted’ like I kissed someone, so I was really nervous about this time.”

She laughed and said, “Before we started filming, I was told, ‘You really have to do this kiss scene,’ and I got nervous.” Jessica seemed shy about it and also added, “I shot the kiss scene comfortably by just going along with Lee Dongwook sunbae’s lead.”

When asked, “Were there any NGs?” she answered, “There were NGs… There were fewer NGs than I thought. But there were a lot of cut scenes, so we had to shoot a lot.”

Source: NewsEn 1 , NewsEn2, Hankooki
Translated by: ch0sshi@soshified
Edited by: LetsGo@soshified, MoonSoshi9@soshified, bhost909@soshified, residentbenchwarmer@soshified

Girls’ Generation’s Tiffany, Yoona and Seohyun will visit London, England to attend a fashion show.

Tiffany, Yoona and Seohyun have been invited to the “2012 F/W Burberry Prorsum Women’s Collection Fashion Show”, held in the Kensington Gardens in London. They are scheduled to attend the show as celebrities with other world stars.

Christopher Bailey, Burberry’s creative managing director, officially invited Girls’ Generation members Tiffany, Yoona and Seohyun as representatives of Korea for the show. The event will be broadcast live through online websites and is considered an opportunity for the world to get to know Girls’ Generation. The show will begin at 4:00PM on February 20th.

Source: TVDaily, London Fashion Week
Translated by: minigiglo@soshified
Edited by: bhost909@soshified, residentbenchwarmer@soshified

With fluttering hearts, Girls’ Generation and the “Dangerous Boys” took a retreat from the city.

This week’s episode of jTBC’s “Girls’ Generation and Dangerous Boys” draws a picture of a cheerful and moving MT (Editor’s note: MT stands for membership training, a time to bond with one another through various activities) scene with the boys, who are tired from the dance practices they had in preparation for the Street Jam competition.

During the day of recording, the boys’ mothers visited as special guests. When asked about their first impressions of Girls’ Generation, the mothers praised the members’ beauty by saying, “As the boys always say, you look like dolls.” They also did not hesitate to express their gratitude towards the girls, who did their best as their sons’ mentors.

During the MT, the members of Girls’ Generation and the boys played a game of “Yut” (Editor’s note: A traditional Korean family game) to create a warm atmosphere, with a massage chair as a prize. The mothers and sons also had a meaningful time talking to one another and understanding each other better. When seeing the boys and their mothers having a fun time together, Yoona even mentioned that she was jealous, and that she wanted a son for herself.

The MT scenes with Girls’ Generation and their mentees will be aired on February 19th at 7:30PM KST.

Sources: Nspna, AsiaToday
Translated by: minigiglo@soshified
Edited by: LetsGo@soshified, bhost909@soshified

On January 16th, LG Electronics stated that Girls’ Generation, along with established actor, Won Bin, would be the new spokespeople for LG’s new Cinema 3D TV. A month after the announcement, LG Electronics has released four different versions of a CF which feature Girls’ Generation along with Won Bin in them. In the CFs, cuts from the music video of Girls’ Generation’s “The Boys” were used to help advertise the TV. Check out the different versions of the CF on the LG website, or below. 

Sources: LG Electronics, Yurui86 @YouTube
Written by: LetsGo@soshified
Edited by: letaengbutt@soshified, cedge@soshified 

On February 16th, Oricon, a company which reports music sales in Japan, announced that Korean music CD and DVD products have seen the largest market scale increase in Japan yet. Though sales in the music disc marketplace have been continually decreasing the past five years, sales of Japanese music discs by Korean artists rapidly increased in 2011 and reached a record high of 24,470,000,000 yen.

The total sales from Girls’ Generation’s album, “Girls’ Generation” (sales in 2011: 2,960,000,000 yen), and KARA’s album, “Super Girl” (sales in 2011: 2,080,000,000 yen), were a drastic 22.3% increase compared to last year’s sales during the same months. Since the survey began in 2008, sales by Korean artists have increased each year. From 2009 (before the advance of KARA and Girls’ Generation to Japan) to 2011, the sales share of Korean artists in the Japanese market rose by 4.8% and increased the sales base by 2.3 times. In 2010 alone, the market share grew from 6% to 7.8%.

After 2010′s whirlwind Japan debuts by Korean girl groups KARA and Girls’ Generation, 2011 saw many male artists making their Japan debut. These artists included 2PM, Jang Geunsuk, SHINee, Beast, and others. A total of ten singles and albums from Tohoshinki, Big Bang, Girls’ Generation, KARA, Jang Geunsuk, T-ara, 2NE1, and more reached number one on 2011′s weekly rankings for music sales. This was the highest number of first place rankings by Korean artists since the beginning of album rankings in 1970, exceeding the previous record of five in 2008.

Furthermore, in the ranking for yearly album sales, Girls’ Generation’s “Girls’ Generation” (642,000 copies sold) and KARA’s “Super Girl” (451,000 copies sold) both entered the top ten. Sales by artists also reached a new high, with KARA (4,930,000,000 yen, 4th), Girls’ Generation (4,050,000,000 yen, 5th), and Tohoshinki (2,660,000,000 yen, 9th) in the top ten of total yearly sales.

2011 Korean Artist Album Ranking Top Five

Source: Oricon
Translated by: arghninja@soshified
Edited by: bhost909@soshified
Contributor: MoonSoshi9@soshified 

[Editor's note: updated with a quote from Jessica]

Jessica expressed positive feelings on her first time acting in a drama.

Girls’ Generation’s Jessica is playing the role of Kang Jonghee in the KBS 2TV Wednesday/Thursday drama, “Wild Romance”. Although Jessica has starred in a musical before, this would be her first attempt in acting.

The Jessica we saw through the interview was a person who was nervous but overflowing with willpower. On the subject of new challenges, Jessica stated, “I am having fun with it. I wish there was more time, so I’m sad.” Jessica also said, “It is true that my appearance on ‘Wild Romance’ was decided in a rush. I didn’t have a lot of time to prepare because there was also a lot of overseas schedules for Girls’ Generation. I feel a bit sad that I couldn’t focus on just the drama. However, I’m really happy that I could experience something new.”

Girls’ Generation is currently active not only in Korea, but also in Asia, as well as the United States and Europe. Despite all the activities they had, it did not change during the filming of “Wild Romance”. Jessica even had to return to Korea first, alone, after completing schedules overseas. Jessica, who usually sleeps a lot, had to continue on acting with barely any sleep. Jessica said, “I could not get a lot of sleep. I was worried I would look tired in the drama. It is true that I was physically exhausted.” She laughed and added, “However, there were a lot of things that I learned through this drama.”

In the drama, Jessica had to cry in many scenes. This is difficult for a first drama attempt. On this, Jessica stated, “Emotional scenes were actually the most fun for me. I like myself focusing and immersing myself in an emotion.”

Recently, Jessica was “dumped” by the male lead in the drama, Park Mooyeol, who is played by Lee Dongwook. When asked about how it felt to be “dumped”, her cheeky personality showed, “I’ve never been dumped this badly even in real life before.” After laughing, she said, “When I was concentrating on the emotions while acting, it actually hurt my pride.”

Jessica also reminisced on her kiss scene with Lee Dongwook.

Through a recent interview with NewsEn, Jessica talked about her kiss scene with Lee Dongwook that garnered much attention not too long ago. Jessica recalled, “I acted out a kiss scene elsewhere before. But at that time I ‘acted’ like I did, so I was really nervous about this one.”

She laughed and said, “Before we started filming, I was told, ‘You really have to do this kiss scene,’ and I got nervous.” Jessica seemed shy about it and also added, “I shot the kiss scene comfortably by just going along with Lee Dongwook sunbae’s lead.”

When asked, “Were there any NGs?” she answered, “There were NGs… There were fewer NGs than I thought. But, there were a lot of cut scenes, so we had to shoot a lot.”

Source: NewsEn 1 , NewsEn2
Translated by: ch0sshi@soshified
Edited by: LetsGo@soshified, MoonSoshi9@soshified