4minute and BEAST express admiring Jay Chou during interview on Taiwanese programPopular South Korean group 4minute brought along uber-handsome boy band BEAST for the first time yesterday when they landed in Taiwan. The two hugely popular groups arrived to prepare in advance and to promote themselves for their 4minute & BEAST Dream Concert at Taipei International Convention Center on January 23rd . Their concert will mark the first performance by a South Korean act this year in Taiwan.
South Korean girl group 4minute at Taipei's Taoyuan airportThe day before, Korea experienced severe blizzard conditions, making the two pop groups somewhat worried that their flight would be cancelled. After their successful arrival, both groups couldnt conceal their surprise from being warmly welcomed by their Taiwanese fans. The average age of 4minute and BEAST is 18 and 20 years, respectively, so their rise to fame was immediate at such an age. 4minutes popular song Hot Issue has also been a hit in Taiwan as well.
South Korean boy band BEAST at Taipei's Taoyuan airportOnce they arrived at their hotel, the two groups busily did their promotions. 4minutes Musik mini-album had just debuted in Taiwan, and the group went to Taipeis entertainment district Ximending for an autograph session. A large group of fans queued up to grab the mini-album limited to a limited 100 people.
While both 4minute and BEAST came on separately for MTV Taiwans program MTV Crazy over Japanese, when the shows host handed the groups of many Taiwanese male artists and asked who they admired most, both groups stated the same answer: Jay Chou. They also recognized artists Show Luo and F4, and pointed to Mark Chaos photo and commented, He looks Korean.
4minute and BEAST arriving at Taipei's Taoyuan Airport VideoSource:CpopAccessOriginal Article: UDN
BEAST tags along with 4minute on concert tour, ends up being more popular!The five girls of Korean pop group 4minute probably didnt know, but by taking their handsome younger bros BEAST along to Taiwan for their concert, their handsome younger bros eventually became more popular!
Korean guy group BEASTWhen the two groups first had a meet-and-greet with their fans in Taiwan the day before, BEAST ended up having much more fans, far exceeding the count that the organizers of the event expected. When 4minute came back to perform, they conformed to the customary Chinese Mandarin greeting by saying Da jia hao (Hello, everyone).
Korean girl group 4minuteThe girls of 4minute expressed that, in order to show their sincerity to their Taiwanese fans, they had a Taiwan Limited Edition type of performance, which was the kind that they never performed back in Korea.
4minute will be holding their concert in the Taipei International Convention Center later that day.
Source: CpopAccessOriginal Article: The Liberty Times