삼성전자 임직원 파워 블로거 3인방 2PM을 만나다

지난 토요일(6일) 삼성전자 딜라이트에서 코비폰 구매 고객을 대상으로  2PM과 함께 하는 애니콜 코비 컬러플 토크가 열렸다
윤형빈의 맛깔나는 사회와 B-boy 팀 [Break]가 현란한 춤사위로 시작된 이날의 행사는,
코비의 모델인 2PM의 춤을 완벽 재현할 만큼 열정적인 팬들과 6명의 아이돌과 고객이 함께 푸는 퀴즈, 댄스 타임등 끊임없는 환호성과  호응속에 끝났다.
삼성전자 임직원 블로거 중 일일 리포터에 선발되신 세분과  뜨거웠던 토요일의 열기 속으로 좀더 자세히 알아보자! 

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일일 리포터에 선발되신 3분 취재에 앞서 한마디

2PM을 만나게 됐다고 팀에 자랑했는데 팀원이 모두 남자라 아무도 부러워 하지 않아 답답했어요 – 정보미 사원 (영상디스플레이 사업부 개발팀 )
닉쿤 좋아요~ 2PM 제대로 알아보려고 위키피디아에서 검색했어요 – 쏘냐 과장님  (시스템가전 브랜드마케팅 )
아…취재 가기전에 우리 화장이라도 해야하지 않을까요? – 임하늘 사원(반도체 연구소)
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쏘냐 과장님의 취재기
Koreas Young Hearts Beat Again & Again for “2pm”

Top Asian Boys Band “2pm” receives 10 point out of 10 point for it’s meet and greet in Samsung Electronics Delight Hall, Seocho-gu on Saturday 6th February 2010.

Seoul,07.02.2010,

One of South Korea’ s hottest boys band “2pm” appeared last Saturday 6th February 2010, at the Delight Hall of Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. In Seocho-Gu, Seoul, during 2 hours of meet and greet with the fans. 

Approximately 400 groupies were pre-selected from all over the nation and allowed to enter the flagship display hall, shortly before 2pm, in order to passionately cheer for their idols, the 6 members group of Korean and Thai origin. 

Managed by Park Jin-Yong, CEO of JYP Entertainment who also stands behind the success of “Korea’s King of Pop – 비/Rain” or Wonder Girls, the group debuted in September 2008, with their single “ 10 points out of 10 points”.
The success chained on with released songs such as “Only You”, “Again & Again” or “Heartbeat”. At this stage, the group is composed of 6 male members named Junsu, Nichkhun, Taecyeon, Wooyoung, Junho and Chansung, all aged between 20 ~22years.

Most of the members are born in different parts of Korea, apart from Nichkhun, who is of Thai and Chinese descent with an American Citizenship.

 Since their debut, 2pm skyrocketed to the top of the music charts in Korea and Asia, where they were seen specifically via Music Shows such as M!Countdown, Inkigayo or, on a broader level, the M.net Asian Music Awards.  

  (Sweet & Handsome with a school-boy look: from left to right we can see Junsu, Junho, Taecyeon, Chansung, Wooyoung, Nichkhun, lead vocalists and performers of 2pm)

 2pm is since the launch of Samsung’s colorful Mobile Phone “Corby” the representative face of the advertising campaign and as such, highly visible on TV Commercials and Posters all around the town.
 Not being able to escape the hype about the handsome, young singers, I joined the 2pm meet and greet session as a representative of Samsung’s Blogger Community in order to witness the event in “live”. Frankly, I got really exited, since I was truly looking forward to see the vocalists, known for their acrobatic dance-style.

 
(“Nichkhun”-far right- was one of the names screamed out the most by the overally female fans)

 The event started exactly at 2pm with the welcome speech of the Master of Ceremony and an opening act of funky break-dancers, dressed up in the colorful cloths, representing the Corby Mobile Phone Colors.

Next to eye-catching break-dances, the Corby TVCF Dance-Choreography was performed under big applause of mostly female fans in their teens and 20ties. Male audience and above 30ties reflected the minority, but they were equally passionate to actively join the games on stage, in order to get closer to their stars and win certain gift-certificates or other fan-items.

(Fans competing against each other with dramatic dance styles, entertaining the audience.)

 I have to say that I was really impressed with the behavior of the fans, who screamed their lungs out of their throat but well behaved while taking of their shoes in order to step on the cussions for a better view. The fans moved around carefully, paying a lot of attention not to harm the stylish display area.
Furthermore, at the end of the event, the location was almost as clean a before ~ Well Done Fans ^^.

(Fans taking of their shoes before climbing on the black cussion)

(Fans are keen to get their stars on their personal screen. )

 The show continued with the MC who took some of the more courageous fans on stage to perform the recent song “Heartbeat”. The fans were cute and energetic while showing off their most dramatic dance-moves, trying to compete with other groupies, in order to win the prices.
 Shortly after, the highlight of the event,“2pm” itself, appeared on stage with a big applause and the Corby sound-track, filling the airs of the Delight Hall.
The singers were wearing a sort of school-boy look with black tight leggings and boots combined to beige/white color combinations on top. Beatle like hair-cuts and cute bow-ties made the final polish.
The MC asked each member to present himself and undoubtedly the fans went crazy for Taekyon and Nickhun, before everyone sat down on their stool.

Each member was asked several questions, to give their fans a slight inside into their life and habbits. As such Chansung mentioned that he considers his thighs as his most favourable body part and Taecyeon mentioned that he likes to drink Vanilla Latte, while Nichkhun explained that he is still recovering from his back-injury, which he got during the shot of the Corby TVCF.
 Considering the fact that Nichkhun is not of Korean origin, I was really amazed by his overwhelmingly good Korean speaking skills. He seemed to understand every word of the MC and the fans and he replied without hesitation and even with a Korean accent.

(2pm is viewing the “making of” Corby TVCF)

The event chained on with the viewing of the “Making of” the Corby TVCF and “behind the scenes” sequences.
After short discussion between the MC and the band, each vocalist received a Pan-card containing several ” Best Shots” of the fans, done with the cameras displayed at the Delight Hall.
After the band chose each one their most favourable picture, they called the person on the photo on stage to join the stars for some Q & A games.

(2pm members are selecting the best “Fan-Photo” from each Pan-card.)

 The fans were usually very shy and some were trying to hide their faces while beeing on stage, but when it was time to participate in the game, they were all full throttle.
For each correct answer, the star and fan would give each other a ” Hi 5″ – clap of the hand, which was followed by a big scream and giggles from the fan-side. 

The event ended shortly before 4pm and possibilities for signature were provided to some of the selected fans.
 Last but not least, 2pm remained on stage with the Corby Mobile Phone equipped in their hand for final photo-shoots of the media, which provided me also a chance to see the stars from close capture.
 Very cute, very handsome ^^ is my overall feedback!

I can say, that the experience was quite unique and I wouldn’t miss the chance to participate Again & Again ^^ at such a meet and greet of great korean stars.
The possibility to come closer to the idols, see the action and reaction between stars and groupies, was fun and passionate.
So lets check out with which great plans Samsung will conquer our young and spirited hearts in the future and I am pretty sure, we will not get dissapointed. 
Samsung Tomorrow? … Is starting now! 🙂

  (Samsung Bloggers on site: Sonja and Beaumi)

Sonja Glaser 과장 – 시스템가전 브랜드마케팅)
2004년 부터 삼성전자에서 일해온 쏘냐 과장은 시스템가전 브랜드마케팅팀에서 해외 온라인 PR을 담당하고 계시고
다도와 한국문화에 많은 관심을 가진 삼성전자 내 파워 블로거 입니다.