CherriiPOP Playlist -16/3/12

Remember to send in your song requests, dedications and shoutouts on to our new facebook page.

Here is the playlist for our season 5 premiere show!

Jay Park - Know your name
Flower - Fadeless love
Infinite - Be mine
Rain - Sad tango
Jang Geun Suk - Let me cry
T-ara - Lovey dovey
Beast - Shock

Highlights:
Big Bang - Fantastic Baby


**NEWS** Big Bang Aussie Tour
The Big Bang boys are planning to add Australia to their new tour!!! No dates or cities have been announced yet. I'm guessing Sydney will be a definite tour location, hopefully they will add Melbourne as well! I will keep you posted.

Songs of the Week

New year, New songs! Here are some of my fave tracks for the week.

Kim Hyun Joong - Rainsim
Kpop artist Kim Hyun Joong performed a remake of Rain's Hit song 'Rainism' on KBS music festival. Rain put some hard choreography in this song and Kim Hyun Joong was able to perform it nicely. However, only Rain can own those dance moves. Check out the the performance. What do you of Kim Hyun Joong's version of RAINISM?


Davichi & T-ara - We were in Love
Two of the biggest kpop girl groups join forces for this power ballad. Love this track!


Jay Park - Star
Here is a nice r'n'b song from Jay Park! Enjoy!


Fairies - Hero
Here is an inspiring and KAWAII song from the jpop girl band Fairies

Korean singer Rain completes basic training at boot camp

On November 17th, Kpop singer Rain had the chance to spend some time with his family and friends after finishing 5 weeks of basic military training.

Rain’s father, sister and close friends came to visit Rain at base camp.

Military pictures of Rain have been released, he looks healthy and happy – fans will be happy to see that.

It seems that Rain’s sister has been getting quite a bit of attention in media. Jung Hana recently revealed that she received a package from her brother. In the letter Rain tells her to be careful and lock the door when she’s at home. He also reminded her to wash his dog while he was gone.

Military service is compulsory for all Korean men, they are required to serve for 2 years. Rain enlisted in October this year, he has 22 months left to serve.

CherriiPOP Playlist for 21th October 2011

Thank you for tuning in to this week’s show! I had a lot of fun. Remember to keep sending in your song requests and dedications. I love hearing from you all.

Here is the playlist:
The boy – SNSD
Lucky guy – Kim Hyun Joong
Rightaway – Inoran
You get me – Kylee
Time before time – Anita Mui
Love song – Rain
Whatever you are tonight – Kylee
Everyone is number 1 – Andy Lau

CherriiPOP Playlist for 14th October 2011

Thank you for tuning in to this week’s show!

My shoutouts for today:
- Take care of yourself Rain!
- Sending love to Bao Han.

Remember to send in your song requests and dedications. Also, if you would like me to interview someone - suggest a guest =)


Here is the playlist
More Kiss – Fairies
Sixth sense – Brown eyed girls
Niem vui hon nhien – Bao Han
Thi si duoi vang trang – Bao Han
Deep Night – Hey Say Jump
Love Song – Rain
Every heart – Boa
It’s raining - Rain

Kpop Superstar Rain begins his Military Service

After months of delay, the day has finally come for Rain to join the military. Today marks Rain's first day as an active soldier, he will be required to serve for at least 2 years. This news have been making headlines around the world, here is Time magazine's article.

Hundreds of his devoted fans gathered in front of the military base to see their idol before he began life as a soldier. Rain gave a military salute to his tearful fans before he walked in to boot camp in Uijeongbu, Seoul.

Rain has been working non-stop before his enlistment date: touring Korea with 'The Best Show' to farewell his fans, recording new music 'Busan Woman' and filming a movie 'Red Scarfe'.

Rain is one of the most successful Entertainers from Korea, achieving global success in 2004 when he released his hit album 'It's Raining' and starred in the hit TV dramedy show 'Full House'. He has traveled a path that others hadn't, starting his own record label, fashion line and pursuing a Hollywood Acting Career.

His profile has grown in the United States over the past few years. He starred in blockbuster films 'Speed Racer' and 'Ninja Assassin'. Time Magazine named him in their '100 Most Influential People List'.

Rain's story is inspiring. When he was auditioning for entertainment agencies, he was rejected many times. They told him that he was talented, but not good looking enough because he didn't have double eyelids. Rain kept believing in his dream and he had the self confidence to not get the popular double eyelid surgery. Eventually he met his manager, JYP - the man that would turn Rain in to a global star.

Rain will be greatly missed in the entertainment industry. His fans have tweeted many messages telling him that they are waiting for him.

Take Care Rain!!

Rain's 29th B'day (26-5-11)

Rain celebrated his 29th b'day on Saturday. Fans flooded his twitter with b'day wishes (I was one of them). Some fans even organised everyone to tweet his b'day at the same time to make it a trending topic.

Rain tweeted some b'day photos (via @29rain) - he looks really happy. I would have loved to eat those cakes too. yum!




Update on my fan message to Rain -
I along with my friend Anh, have been flooding Rain with tweets to watch my fan message on Youtube. So far my vid has been watched 50 times. Rain fans have been sending me tweets about the vid:

kikibi1976 @tammii_ Hi My name is KiKi Thai people I watched your video for Rain .So cute.23 Jun

CloudyMJ @tammii_ Watched your fanvid.... you got lot's of Rain-goodies... :) 23 Jun

Thanks for the nice comments Rain Fans!

I'm not sure if Rain has watched the vid. He hasn't replied yet. I hope he does =D

CherriiPOP Season 3 Finale - Playlist (24/6/11)

I hope you guys enjoyed the 2 hour season finale special!! Thank you to my friends Anh and Ben for joining me in studio, it was lots of fun! We had a lot of interesting discussions on the show - be sure to listen to the podcast.

During the off season, I will be making webisodes. Keep sending in your comments and suggestions - I always love to hear from you.

Here is the playlist
Rain - It's Raining
5 Dolls - Like this or that
Kim Hyun Joong - Break down
Juju - Suano ni naretara
Yui - Hello Paradise
2am - Confession of friend
Cyndi Wang - Shining
Rain - Sad Tango
Big Bang - Tonight
Boa- Hurricane Venus
Enlightenment - Andy Lau
Tunnel - Freya Lim
Page 1 - OK Joo Hyun
Queen - Son Dambi
Kira Kira - Beni
I'll b there - Taeyang
Let me cry - Jang Geun Suk
Chuyen tinh buon - Nhu Quynh
Shampoo - After school
Oh - SNSD

Scandalous news - 1 of the singers in the jpop group AKB48 was faking it

Listen to our interesting discussion about manufactured pop. What are your thoughts?

Manufactured pop 110624 by CherriiPOPShow

CherriiPOP Season 3 Recap

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Cherriipop Season 3 Finale - Season recap by CherriiPOP

I can’t believe another season of CherriiPOP has just ended. This is our 3rd season on air and it’s been the best season to date. Some highlights from this season include:

- Rain being named number 1 on Time’s 100 most influential list. That was really exciting. Rain attended the Time’s 100 party and met Sting! Rain tweeted a photo of him and Sting. Rain was stoked to find out that Sting knew who he was.

- On this season, I had a few stories about governments helping the public with their dating lives. In Japan and Singapore, leaders are concerned over the nation’s low birth rate. By matchmaking the public, Leaders hope this will lead to marriage and then babies.

- I had guests join me in studio this season. Thank you to everyone who came in. My friend Ben came in studio to teach us some Japanese.That podcast is the most listened to CherriiPOP podcast in history. That’s really awesome.

- We’ve had quite a few kung fu stories this season. Hong Kong flight attendants learning kung fu for good health and self defense from scary passengers. The kung fu cleaning lady in Beijing – She has been given the nickname ‘Aunty Broom’

- Japan is still recovering from the devastating natural and nuclear disasters. Celebrities have helped in the Japan relief effort. Our thoughts and prayers are with Japan.

I love this show and it is a big joy for me to come in studio each week to chat to you and play your favourite tracks. I hope you have enjoyed listening to the show. I really want to thank you for all your support. Our online fanbase is growing. We currently have 42 facebook likes, 38 twitter followers, 2 youtube subscribers, 7 soundcloud followers. Thank you so much everyone.

CherriiPOP show playlist - 17/6/11

Thank you all for tuning in for our 2nd last show of season 3. I hope you enjoyed our movie mania show! Remember to send in your song requests and dedications of the season finale next wk.

Here is the show's playlist.
8eight - You are amazing
JuJu - Suano ni naretara
Quruli - Muramasa
Alice Nine - Blue Flame
Beast - Fiction
Mihimaru GT - Omedetou
Perfume - Love the world
Rain - Rainism

Tune 7pm in next week for our special season finale!!!

CherriiPOP show podcast - 3rd June 2011

Thank you for tuning for this week's show! We've got more podcasts uploaded on our soundcloud page - have a listen and let me know what you think.http://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gif

Here is the playlist
2pm - Take off
Beast - Fiction
Secret - Starlight, Moonlight
FT Island - Hello Hello
Nerdhead feat Kana Nishino - Brave Heart
IU - Hold my hand
Kana Nishino - If
Beni - Yura Yura
Rain - Love Song

Rain talks about his future @ Macau Press conference

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Rain's macau concert & future by CherriiPOP


My favourite singer Rain tweeted some cool pics of his Macau tour this week. I really like his disappearing act photo.




Rain held a press conference before his concert on May 14. Organisers made sure the press weren't allowed to ask questions about his upcoming military service (which has been delayed until the end of this year). His enlistment date has been pushed back a number of times, due to his study and work commitments. It would be hard for Rain to leave his successful career and join the army for 2 years.

During the press conference, Rain was happy to talk about his new movie ‘Living in the Sky’ where he plays a pilot. He expressed his interest in taking on more action and romantic roles in the future.

It is my dream to see him live in concert! But things haven’t worked out yet! Like in 2007, when I went to China for a holiday, Rain came to Sydney for the first time to perform! When I heard, I was absolutely devastated. Last year I went to Korea and I think Rain was out of the country. The upside was I saw his face everywhere on everything. Even at the airport, there was a life size cardboard cut out of him.

I plan to make a tribute video for him, like what US comedian, and host Stephen Colbert did. That is my next project. I’ll keep you posted.

Stars attend Time's 100 Most Influential People Party!

Global stars around the world attended Time's 100 Most Influential People Party Last week. Being included in Time's 100 Most Influential People list is a huge honour for an individual because Time's lists are highly regarded.

A diverse group of people were recognised for their influence this year.
Included in the list are World Leaders (Barack Obama), Politicians (Hillary Clinton), Royalty (Prince William), Comedians (Amy Poehler) to Popstars (Justin Bieber).

Prior to Time's official list being revealed, an online polling was conducted on Time's website allowing for readers to poll who they thought was the Most Influential Person of 2011. For the duration of the polling, Korean Sensation Rain was leading the poll with a wide margin of votes. When polling ended, Rain was voted No. 1. It was no surprise that Rain was included in the Official Time's List.

Rain tweeted photos of him attending the event and expressed his excitement about meeting Sting.

Tweet via @29rain: “This man knows me even had a meal with me…. Here is Sting, the best, whom I liked the most when I was young. I’m speechless…… OMG!”



First Lady Michelle Obama, Blake Lively and other honourees also attended the party at the Time Warner Center in New York.


TIME 100 FULL LIST
Wael Ghonim
Joseph Stiglitz
Reed Hastings
Amy Poehler
Geoffrey Canada
Mark Zuckerberg
Peter Vesterbacka
Angela Merkel
Julian Assange
Ron Bruder
Lamido Sanusi
Colin Firth
Amy Chua
Joe Biden
Jennifer Egan
Kim Clijsters
Ahmed Shuja Pasha
Aung San Suu Kyi
Cory Booker
Gabrielle Giffords
Katsunobu Sakurai
Michelle Obama
Paul Ryan
Ai Weiwei
Rob Bell
Fathi Terbil
Dilma Rousseff
Tom Ford
Liang Guanglie
Sue Savage-Rumbaugh
Takeshi Kanno
Nicolas Sarkozy
Michele Bachmann
Saad Mohseni
Chris Christie
Matthew Weiner
Lisa Jackson
Jean-Claude Trichet
Justin Bieber
Prince William and Kate Middleton
Joe Scarborough
Blake Lively
Hillary Clinton
Muqtada al-Sadr
Anwar al-Awlaki
Kim Jong Un
Saif al-Islam Gaddafi
Hassan Nasrallah
Nathan Wolfe
Oprah Winfrey
Sergio Marchionne
Mahendra Singh Dhoni
Felisa Wolfe-Simon
Esther Duflo
Rain
Larry Page
Mia Wasikowska
David Cameron
John Lasseter
Maria Bashir
Mukesh Ambani
Chris Colfer
Major General Margaret Woodward
Bruno Mars
David and Charles Koch
Hung Huang
General David Petraeus
Matt Damon and Gary White
Cecile Richards
George R.R. Martin
Marine Le Pen
Grant Achatz
Feisal Abdul Rauf
El Général
Jamie Dimon
Heidi Murkoff
Sting
Jonathan Franzen
V.S. Ramachandran
Michelle Rhee
Mark Wahlberg
Rebecca Eaton
Xi Jinping
Kathy Giusti
Arianna Huffington
Barack Obama
Lionel Messi
Azim Premji
Aruna Roy
Ray Chambers
Scott Rudin
John Boehner
Derrick Rossi
Hu Shuli
Benjamin Netanyahu
Ayman Mohyeldin
Charles Chao
Bineta Diop
Dharma Master Cheng Yen
Patti Smith

Karaoke Kraze

Karaoke is always a fun night with your friends. Singing out of tune to your favourite songs, eating lots of fried food. What more could you want!

Did you know the karaoke machine was invented in Japan 40 years ago by Japanese muso Daisuke Inoue. Karaoke became so popular in Japan that it spread across Asia in the 80’s and then to the rest of the world. Today, in the Philipines there are karaoke booths at shopping centres. If you feel that you want to sing, you can just pop in to the booth. The booths kind of look like fancy portable toilets. I think only 2 people will be able to fit in it.

We all have favourite songs to sing at Karaoke! I particularly like to sing James Blunt! Surprisingly, I cannot hit the high notes that he sings in his hit songs like ‘You’re beautiful’. Other favourites of mine are Utada Hikaru, Rain, Britney Spears, Spice girls. What are your favourite songs?

I went surfing on the net to find out what is the top karaoke song. On this website uskaraokealliance.com they listed the top 500 songs of all time. Interestingly the songs in the top 5 spots are songs I have never sung.

5. Alannah Myles – Black Velvet
4. Journey – Don’t stop believing
3. John Travolta, Olivia Newton John – Summer Nights
2. Carrie Underwood – Before He Cheats

And number 1 – Sheryl Crow and Kid Rock – Picture

What would you rank as the number one karaoke song of all time?

Happy singing everyone!!

Rain is currently no. 1 on Time's 100 most influential people list

Korean superstar Rain has done it again! He's currently no. one of Time's 100 most influential people. The voting polls closes on April 14, so be sure to get your vote in!

Currently Rain is leading with 194,774 votes. Coming second is Hong Kong superstar Jay Chou with 100,193 votes. Rain is ahead of the pack by quite a large margin. Other people in the top 100 include Barack and Michelle Obama, Julian Assange, Lady Gaga, Betty White, Steve Jobs. It is quite brilliant that Rain is in the no. 1 position amongst these influential people.

Interesting that they grouped Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert together, they are currently in position number 28. A few years ago in 2007, Stephen Colbert announced a rivalry with Rain on his TV show! Stephen campaigned to be number one on Time's 100 most influential people list. His campaign included him making and singing a korean track!! Stephen was copying Rain's 'How to avoid the sun' music video. It's a bloody fantastic clip. Stephen got the wardrobe right and cool dance moves.

Unfortunately Stephen lost and Rain WON!!! Rain came first on Time's web poll which is different to the magazine's poll.

Stephen invited Rain to come on his show to do a dance off. Stephen put in a good effort but Rain being a brilliant dancer, danced Stephen out of this world!!

GO RAIN! I hope you take out the title this year!

Rain’s enlistment plans

Rain has been delaying his military service for a while now due to work and study commitments, but he has announced that he will enter the military in the second half of 2011. Before then he will be filming a Hollywood film! Not much information about this project has been released yet. I will keep you updated.

Also on New Years Eve, Rain will be performing a special concert ‘Adieu 2010 with Rain’ in Korea. I wish I could attend that concert, it would be so awesome to welcome in the New Year with Rain! I love Rain!

Fans you can expect lots of Rain before he joins the army!!

2010 Highlight – Rain’s MTV win for 'Biggest Badass Star’

It has been a huge year for Rain, he made his comeback to the small screen starring in the TV action drama ‘Fugitive’, releasing new songs, his got concerts at the end of the year then his enlisting in the army next year! WOW! It seems that he squashes ten years worth of work in one year! Well one of the highlights of this year and probably in his career was winning his first MTV movie award for ‘Biggest Badass star’!!! He won the award for his role in Ninja Assassin!

He was up against tough competition for the award, the other nominees were Angelina Jolie (Wanted), Channing Tatum (GI Joe), Chris Pine (Star Trek), Sam Worthington (Avatar). Rain took home the golden popcorn.

That was a cool moment in 2010.

AND temporary Farewells to Jpop and Kpop’s Greatest: Utada Hikaru and Rain.

2010 will also bid farewells to other HUGE Pop artists, Utada Hikaru and Rain! I know, all my favourite artists are leaving me! Utada and Rain are not retiring but they are bidding temporary farewells to their fans.



Utada announced on her website that she will be taking a break from the music industry for an indefinite period of time. She has grown up in the industry and she has felt that it is time to explore a different side of life. Before the end of the year, she is releasing new compilation albums (1 in Japanese and 1 in English). New songs will be included on her Japanese compilation album and this week she released the PV to her newly released single ‘Goodbye Happiness’. I love the Music clip to this song, it’s very kawaii (cute) and it will surely put a smile on your face. It’s a simple clip, the whole MV takes place in a typical Japanese bedroom and she is singing at the desk with cute puppets popping in to frame. I love her Music clips, it’s creative and unlike American artist MV’s it’s not sexual. Utada never wears sexy clothes and dances with topless male dancers, she said it’s not her style. I admire that she stayed true to herself and didn’t succumb to pressures to be sexy to sell records.




Rain!!! Will also be taking a break from the music industry to serve his compulsory military duty. Rain has been delaying his enlistment for a long time now due to work and study commitments. It has been announced that he will enlist the start of 2011. This year has been a big year for Rain, he made his comeback on the small screen, starring in the popular TV drama ‘Fugitive: Plan B’, released a new single, there are plans that he will star in one more movie and also he is studying a masters degree. In addition, on December 31 this year he will be holding 2 special concerts in Seoul! It’s been a jammed packed year for Rain.

It hasn’t been an easy year for Rain, he has been caught up in a lot of bad media coverage over J Tune’s embezzlement drama, gambling debts. The next few years won’t get easier while he serves in the military.

I look forward to Utada and Rain’s comeback in the future. I think after their break they will be back with so much creative energy and producing remarkable music.

CherriiPOP playlist for 5/11/10

Leah Dizon – LOVE U
2am – To love again
Jolin Tsai – Nothing left to say
Utada Hikaru – Goodbye Happiness
Leah Dizon – Softly
Gummy – I love you even if I die
Kylee – Everlasting
Leah Dizon – Fever
Rain - Pantech