C-Clown on After School Club (May 8th)

The six boys of C-CLOWN were special guests on Arirang TV's After School Club last May 08. If you haven't seen the episode you can check the Video on Demand section of After School Club's website. You might as well check the other episodes too.

I am close friends with C-CLOWN members especially Barom. Every time we see each other backstage in music shows or events it's like meeting old friends. hehe. Barom is probably one of the nicest idols out there. I know some diva idols and Barom is the total opposite. He's very down to earth. He is also very motivated and really a passionate person. He told me to tell international fans that he's reading all your mentions, messages so just keep it comin!

I have talked to everyone in the group already several times and based on that I could probably give some insights on their character. TK is surprisingly fun to talk to. At the start he would tend to be really quite and shy but when he gets to know you he'd say a lot. He even utters lots of English words with good pronunciation. hehe Ray on the other hand is very bubbly. Every time I take a photo of him he'd give suggestions on how he want it to appear. Like he'd say can you make this one cute? The last time he told me to take a "sophisticated man type of photo" of him. So I was like...how'd I do that? lol

The youngest member Maru was carrying an English book with him the last time we meet so I was testing his English. He said he'd study more and next time he'll talk to me in English. Siwoo is a little bit quite in front of people but not when he's with the other members. Kangjun I'd say is also very bubbly who appears to joke a lot too.

These six members are really close to each other like a family. So to all CROWNs out there continue to support them. During this episode of After School Club, Siwoo said he wants to ride on a plane. He said they haven't been outside of Korea.

Well it's a shame because I know the group has many international fans. Hopefully, they'll be able to travel soon. In case you wanna invite them, you can shoot me an e-mail and I'll try my best to connect you with them (if you're a promoter).

After School Club airs live every Wednesday on Arirang TV at 5pm. You can chat with your favorite Korean stars/ idols so the format is really unique. It's all in English to especially cater to international fans!

Eric Nam and LED Apple's Hanbyul to host After School Club!

After School Club...yep I have to admit the first thing on my mind was the girl group After School lol Then a TV producer friend told me it's a the name of the program Arirang TV will be running next week and guess what...two of my friends are hosting it! Led Apple's lead vocalist Hanbyul (@jasononestar) and Birth of a Star Eric Nam (@ericnamofficial)

This will be Arirang TV's very first variety show type of program and to add more it's gonna be LIVE! You can catch it on Wednesdays at 5pm (note: Korean Standard Time). It's named After School Club (again not because of the hot girl group After School) with the "idea" of   K-Pop fans could watch it after school (yeah I know time zone difference ㅠㅠ ) or you could see it as idols coming to the show after their school (yeah I know, as if they go? or if they ever go to school kkk)

So how is this show gonna be different from all the other existing K-Popish oriented programs out there?

☛ You can interact /chat with the show hosts and guests through social media LIVE! During the broadcast there will be a segment called "Roll Call" (yep just like in class) where Hanbyul and Eric will be checking "attendance" through Twitter which would include you if ever you've tweeted them. So it would be like:

Eric: Oh so we have lovelykpopfan*** from USA!
Hanbyul: Yeah and happykpopfan*** from Morocco is present too!
Then they'll be getting questions (I guess some are real-time some are preselected) For more details check their official accounts here : Facebook, Twitter, Website

☛ You can also send in questions, comments before, during, after (yeah guess I should just have said anytime kkk) the program and your questions might be selected and answered. And you can also request songs!

☛Although not guaranteed, you can also request for your favorite idols to guest in the show...who knows if the number of fans requesting is overwhelming (crashing ASC's website level? haha) then there might be a bigger chance of seeing your favorite idols as guests in the show!

And as you can see, the first guests are ta-dah! ZE:A 5! Now If you wanna chat with ZE:A 5 members (not yet sure if everyone can attend, Dongjun may not be present due to another schedule) plus the two MCs then better watch After School Club starting April 17th at 5pm on Arirang TV! If you happen to be sleeping, having a date, or spazzing over at the concert or yeah maybe at school during the live broadcast you can also watch the recorded ones. It will be uploaded as VODs on the show's website.

For live updates you can follow the official Twitter-Facebook accounts of ASC or me! I'll be covering the show as a photographer and as a reporter-blogger ^^ (@jmsupercute)

Here's After School Club's Logo Songs

Eric Nam and another close friend of mine Shayne Orok! (Trivia: Shanye is also from the Birth of the Star. He's also a singer and a composer! Follow him on Twitter @shayneorok)

Hanbyul and Led Apple team (I know where they filmed this video and... it's kinda funny because it looks different in the video kkk )