Asian Junkie Asian pop. Without discretion.
Actor Won Bin and SNSD‘s Sooyoung have been the subject of dating rumors recently, which is sort of ridiculous to me. Honestly, if it involved any other group member besides one in SNSD, everybody would be screaming media play like there’s no tomorrow.
Since December 28th, rumors that the two stars are dating have been spreading online through social networking sites and turning up on search rankings. According to the rumors, Sooyoung and Won Bin’s alleged relationship is planned to be officially announced on January 1, 2013.
However, SM Entertainment has stated, “There is no truth to the rumors that Sooyoung and Won Bin are dating.” The agency added that the rumors likely arose due to Girls’ Generation’s upcoming comeback.
Won Bin’s agency has also denied the rumors.
Well, apparently netizens found it just as ridiculous as I did.
1. [+2,413, -166] Won Bin wouldn’t date her with a gun to his head
2. [+2,072, -226] Wow… Won Bin must feel dirty…
3. [+1,602, -74] Won Bin’s not a human being, how can he date?
4. [+490, -22] This is comparable to Kim Tae Hee dating Shindong
5. [+421, -8] Won Bin’s reps: This scandal’s not even worth replying to
6. [+368, -25] Looks like SM put this out in the media since SNSD’s making their comeback soon ㅋㅋ But why Sooyoung and not Yoona?
7. [+324, -6] From the perspective of a man, speaking honestly, Won Bin can definitely do better
8. [+323, -20] Just because the public is accepting everything SNSD does, they’re crossing the line now ㅋㅋㅋㅋ
9. [+308, -15] I don’t even like their pictures being used side by side…….
10. [+271, -6] Won Bin’s prettier than her
1. [+800, -35] Won Bin and Sooyoung dating? That’s comparable to Obama giving a marriage proposal to Lee Jung Hee
2. [+764, -52] I’d rather see an article saying Kang Dong Won and Won Bin are dating
3. [+719, -33] I know it’s wrong to say this but… Won Bin is prettier than her.
4. [+142, -3] The best nonsense of the year
5. [+123, -6] Don’t piss Won Bin off… There’s a certain level you have to be to date him.
6. [+113, -6] Sorry but I wasn’t even shocked. Because I knew it wouldn’t be true.
7. [+108, -6] It’d be hard to believe even if it was someone like Kim Tae Hee, Song Hye Gyo, or Son Ye Jin… But what the heck? Sooyoung? As if..
8. [+97, -7] Just because people keep saying Sooyoung’s gotten prettier, don’t think you can cross the line..
9. [+89, -3] Sooyoung has bragging rights for the rest of her life now
10. [+83, -1] Guys, this article is about Won Bin going for a swim, not Sooyoung (Sooyoung means swim in Korean)
Well, I don’t have much to add to that. And quite frankly, it’s hard to disagree, all things considered.
One of the best looking men in the country, who also happens to be a superstar actor, dating … Sooyoung.
Yeah … no.
He’s good looking? Could’ve fooled me.
HOLY FUCKING SHIT. He’s fine as hell. You couldn’t have chosen a less flattering picture.
Too lazy to combine one myself.
:o
lol, this needs an update/follow up – Won Bin’s agency’s response is too funny, they pretty much said – Who??.
Sones and Kpop fans are in an uproar about the diss.
Hahahah yeah I was thinking the same thing.
Yeah, well people are being shallow as usual, even though I think Sooyoung is the prettiest among all of the maidens. And that picture of Bin really is unflattering if people are going to judge things by appearance (well it is a kpop artist/a korean actor so really, what did I expect).
Oh dear. Did somebody’s precious little feelings get hurt because Sooyoung was called ugly? HAHAHAHAHA
Of course not, Won Bin is more attractive than her (and more talented and famous than she probably ever will be), but I’m just raging a bit on the whole apperance is everything/”Won Bin is a God” comments/opinions. Sigh. I really like kpop for the choreographies and because I’m really into Korea as a country, but many kpop listeners/fans likes kpop because of the pretty people in all of those freaking buttload (what a cute word, isn’t it?) of groups. And this goes for people who are fans of k-dramas/korean actors as well.
Amen to that. Neither of the pictures is flattering but the girl is freakin’ gorgeous. I actually think she is the best looking girl out of the SNSD’s divine nine. It comes down to cultural perspective and frankly, yoona to me, must be one of the most flat, boring idols of k-pop. Can’t really get what’s the deal with her, but whatever. Besides from the whole “subjective beauty chapter”, the fact that people say that the rumor is not true simply because she’s not beautifull enough to be with him or just plain ugly is downright cruel. Korean netizens never disappoint me.
When I saw SNSD first I actually thought Sooyoung was the prettiest but now I think she’s just a basic bitch.
Yuri all the way.
Well, she IS weird looking imo. Something about her nose and cheeks don’t sit right with me.
Still prettier than that pop eye alien Yoona.
Am I the only one who think she’s attractive?
I think Yoona’s one of the hottest people in kpop/world. Fuck me, right?
Korea seems to agree.
Personally, I don’t get it.
She doesn’t seem to have much personality, but looks-wise, she’s one of my faves.
She has that ideal balance of being both cute and hot at the same time (which is rare among women, IMO).
Hot?! She looks like a dork
I don’t think she’s that hot but she is attractive.
She looks like a girl all guys would proudly present to their parents. I guess that might be a charm of her?
It’s just a disconnect.
She’s hyped as like the most beautiful idol ever, but I know a decent amount of women IRL who I find more attractive, so I don’t get it. I suspect the same applies to a lot of others who don’t get it.
“… I know a decent amount of women IRL who I find more attractive…”
Well, not all of us are lucky enough to live in Hawaii surrounded by hot Asian women.
Any women, really. :o
I don’t get it either. I am not even hating on Yoona, but she is by far not the prettiest in her group, and definitely not all of Kpop, much less all of Korean entertainment. I like to believe there is some form of mass hypnosis going on, where the media has deluded people into thinking she is the fairest of them all, so now everybody believes it. She is not pretty and she is not photogenic either. She does this weird thing with her jaw that makes her face look really ugly. Her body shape is square, so she doesn’t even have Yuri’s curves going for her. I Just Don’t Get It.
Small face, big eyes, straight nose. She basically fit their standard of Korean’s beauty. She is pretty though but IDK…like there are other girls that fit the standard like her so..
Her nose job is amazing tho~ It’s one of the best nose job from kpop girls.
I fell in love with you for this comment.
Your ava must be the most beautiful pic of Sooyoung I have ever seen.
Also it kinda became a meme, which is a plus.
At least Sooyoung looks a little bit healthier than Yoona. God.. Somebody needs to feed her, she looks like she’s having an eating disorder.
Won Bin is mighty fine, actually talented, and Sooyoung is just… Sooyoung. If it’s SM’s media play, then why didn’t they choose another, maybe more fitting member?
I don’t think it actually is media play.
People think it is Media Play, because Won Bin is notoriously private, and the 2 people he has had “dating scandals” with are both from SM, both times right before the group’s comeback and surprise surprise the “news” outlet breaking the story is Dispatch (who are known for being in SM’s back pocket).
From what I’m seeing, it started on a forum.
i will never ever understand why Koreans look at her like a leper or something. I think she’s a chopstick but he face is gorgeous! It’s like they see faces as a science more-so than anything visual. So her face doesn’t look tiny, she doesn’t have the “right” jawline or whatev but she was the first girl I noticed in SNSD (the 2nd girl was Hyoyeon although for other reasons). And HOW THE HELL does YOONA look better than her? Mrs plain & forgettable…
Amen
MTE. I reckon she probably has the best face in SNSD. Yoona has no standout features so igd what makes her so beautiful.
Agree.
For me, Sooyoung is very pretty. But her body is a major turn off.
Yoona is plain like a paper to me. But if Korea likes her then *shrugs*
I guess it’s a cultural thing.
Won Bin is a freakin sex God. NUFFSAID
I agree that Sooyoung is the pretest facially in SNSD, but the massive weight loss she went on this year, makes her body, NO, NO, NO.
I think you guys are going a bit off the rails again.
When I watched SNSD’s Hello Baby they specifically commented on Sooyoung having “her mom’s Western-style good looks”. It came across as a compliment, so maybe they still recognize she’s pretty even if she isn’t hitting all those boxes on the Asian beauty standards checklist.
(…Don’t make fun of me for watching Hello Baby.)
They said Hyoyeon is pretty for having “Western style looks”, and everyone still thinks she’s ugly.
I would sort of love it if “western style looks” is a super-secret Korean insult, like their own version of “bless your heart”.
Besides certain tweaks, most beauty standards are universal though.
Most important being symmetry of any kind, which is why T-ara’s Jiyeon will never be considered close to Kim Tae Hee by anybody with a decent eye (pun intended).
:o
Eye see what you did there
Oh my god the Obama and Lee Jung Hee comment had me dying some people are just to much .
But Won Bin is extremely attractive and is extremely famous as well so i can see how people would disagree alot with sooyoung dating him .
I think shes very pretty. True he’s a bit out of her league but when I saw on allkpop how his agency said that he didn’t even know who was who in the group I called bullshit. Dude definitely knows at least the hot ones Tiffany, Yuri ..This man does not live in a cave
It’s not that he lives in a cave, he just might not listen/care about pop music.
Ya but those girls do a crap load of variety programs and CFs….
It’s possible. When I first got into kpop, I only knew Big Bang’s songs and didn’t pay attention to them (still don’t tbh). I just knew there was a Taeyang and a T.O.P. in the group because I kept hearing their name all the damn time… but when I watched their performances I couldn’t tell which members were Taeyang and T.O.P. because I couldn’t put their names with a face (I do now obviously). Maybe it’s the same for Wonbin.
But let’s be honest, Wonbin seems like a total closet case, and I say this as his fan.
Or he’s gay… Every interview he’s every given has says he cares more about work than women, and its not like the average Korean cares about which SNSD member is which. Mainly just SONE’s.
It’s like if I asked you to tell me your favorite member of One Direction, does the average Brit or American know any of the members? No, but do 12 year old girls? Same in both cases, even if both are in plenty of advertisements and campaigns.
Yeah, I don’t know the members but I know of them.
The one with the cheekbones is my favorite.
International Kpop fans exist in this bubble, where they think Kpop and their Oppas and Unnies are slaying all of Korea, LOL. Some of them are shocked, I tell you shocked that netizens would say something bad about the almighty SNSD. Yes, SNSD are like the biggest idols, but they are still idols.
That’s why they get mad when I compare them to Justin Bieber and the likes.
If all you read is news from allkpop and Soompi, you’d think all of Korea jacks off to idol music.
Far from reality.
For a small country I just think its interesting.
There are a lot of Korean adults who couldn’t care less about this shit.
Yes. I have a Korean friend in her mid-20s who is made fun of by her friends back in Korea for still listening to kpop. They tell her that she should have grown out of it by now.
International fans don’t seem to realize this. :o
I’ve met some older chicks who like Wonder Girls and Brown Eyed Girls though.
But I guess that more tolerable than being into Teen Top (or even SHINee) over there.
I’m sure the rumor is just bullshit, but I’m surprised at the reaction from these catty netizens (most of who I assume are Won Bin fangirls).
I think I see more couples where one person is better-looking than the other than I do couples that are evenly matched.
So, I don’t see why this pairing is considered so far-fetched, looks-wise.
Any straight guy would consider Sooyoung ‘attractive’ at the very least, and most likely ‘hot’.
It’s like pairing Ian Somerhalder with Katty Perry…
Boobs.
I would go with Michael Fassbender and Zoe Deschanel as my WTF-equivalent couple.
Michael Fassbender… That COCK! omfg.
Tappy where are you when I am slobbering all over myself thinking about that gif? You should join!
I can’t look at those gifs, I get the vapors just looking at the pictures.
http://static.tumblr.com/dt6jw2a/aC5me9gl9/santana_fanning_herself.gif
It’s pretty impressive, isn’t it? That swinging dick is hypnotizing me into thinking I should suck it right away.
I generally see people who are evenly matched. We just remember the ones that aren’t.
I’m not talking about “beauty and the beast” couples.
I just mean that usually one person in any given couple is usually better-looking than the other (even if only marginally).
Regardless – in this case, they don’t look like a “WTF?” couple to me. They’re both good-looking people.
Both good looking people is different from arguably the best looking man in Korea and a cute woman.
Lots of random women walking around Korea who are also cute.
:o
Agreed. My argument is that seeing the “best-looking man” with a cute woman isn’t the “completely implausible” scenario the netizens claim it to be.
Plus, they basically describe her as an unfuckable hag (which by any measure is absurd).
Just calling out dumb netizens (who in this case, seem to be Won Bin disciples).
Whatever gets their name out there agaon lol
LOOL I love the comments left by the netizens. This is definitely the best nonsense of the year.
I immediately thought it was a obvious publicity play by SME….lord knows Win Bin doesn’t need it.
I adore her, but that’s mostly because she seems totally cracked out 90% of the time. The idea of the two of them together nearly made me drop my laptop I was laughing so hard.
She is one of the best looking in SNSD.
But she reminds me of Mr. Mackey from South Park because her body is so skinny and her head is so big in comparison.
First, let me get this out of the way! I missed all of you and your dirty little minds!!! Now, This is not true, I refuse to believe that it is. He is too damn fine, talented, humble, to be with that bag of bones. Sooyoung is cute, but too damn skinny. Some one needs to strap home girl down to a chair, and force feed her McDonald’s big mac meals for a month. Also, lets briefly entertain the idea of Won Bin being gay, and hope and pray that a video leaks some time in the near future *fingers crossed* hahaha. In all seriousness, I think Won Bin is just reserved and humble, also he seems to genuinely be a nice guy, which makes him that much more attractive imo.
I missed you, Melo!
We’ll get Won Bin into your bed one day, even if we have to kill him and mutilate his corpse to get him through security at airport.
I missed you the most little numb, overstimulated c*nt!!
I will pay the luggage fee and fornicate with his corpse, that is how badly I want it!
It is a little overstimulated! You know I am having probs with them vaginal orgasms!
Can I please join when you do it? I just love the smell of perverted necrophiliac sadistic shit.
Join the chat sometimes, you fucker. We have beautiful conversations there and you’re missing out.
I think she’s prettier with short hair. IDK why, but her cheeks with long hair just looks very…. kindergarten-y to me.
IDGAF who goes out with who anymore. Love is love, and love is blind. Therefore, blind is blind.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=iOQlwpUCcrU#t=27s
I have no idea what reference this is from. lol but thanks for the clip :)
Damn! It’s from the movie The Room, highly recommended :)
Will put that on my “Things to Watch” list, thanks!
Not interested in his penis at all.
How does he look undressed though? Might change my dirty mind then.
This is what the internet has to offer:
http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m905a8aBrV1rc1zwjo1_500.jpg
Unfortunately still not feeling it. Dunno why. What the hell is wrong with me if even the guys on here consider him gorgeous?
This is what I am feeling right now (THIS IS NOT SAFE FOR WORK – ESPECIALLY IF YOU’RE A GUY):
http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyxzn3oqYM1qkzqfso1_500.gif
Thought I will show you this glorious gif since you mentioned this earlier. Isn’t it beautiful?
There needs to be a dedicated Oscar for this kind of work.
Well, this is a very unflattering picture of him. Have you not seen him in any movies? That might change your mind.
No, I haven’t.
But I have never watched a single korean movie yet. Anything you could recommend?
I mean a really good one, since I don’t do shitty movies even though some pretty boys are in it (exceptions made for Taemin ofc – but only for him).
Well Won Bin has come out in some pretty good movies. I wouldn’t watch a shitty movie just because I liked an actor in it. What are you into? If you’re into action packed movies I would recommend “Man From No where”, If you like dramas I would say “Mother”, and both of these movies feature Won Bin. Some other good Korean films are I Saw the Devil (your sadistic ass should love that one. Also, This one stars Lee Byung hun, Lee Min jung’s freak husband), A Tale Of Two Sisters, and The Host (Stars Donna Bae, the asian lady who starred in cloud atlas). I fucking love Korean movies! lol
Is it weird of me to say I watched all those movies? Hehe,
I love Korean movies and I mean real movies, and not those teens/idol crap. I wished AJ had a section where we could talk about asian films.
Have you watched “No Mercy”, “Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance”, or “Treeless Mountain”. All are great films!!
Okay now, excuse this little ignorant international fangirl here, but: 1) Who in the actual fuck is this Won Bin guy? 2) I don’t know where you guys live and what are the beauty standards in your country, but in MY country, a girl like Sooyoung would be considered GORGEOUS. No, not pretty or cute, but DAMN HOT. Like… really. 3) How can all of you be so superficial? Really, guys, if you think that looks are THAT important in a relationship it’s clear that you haven’t dated enough. LOL. I don’t even know why I’m getting so butthurt over this, since I’m not even a big SNSD fan or anything, it’s just that all those mean comments (most of which must come from jealous Won Bin fangirls) piss me off so much :o
You should get laid by Michael Fassbender’s penis. It is so glorious it will sweep away all those fan girl thoughts you are having.
LOL. No_Min, your comments always make me feel a little uncomfortable. :(
is okay allie..
1) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Won_Bin#Awards_and_nominations
Pro-tip on their relative fame/respect: Nobody internationally really cares about K-pop, but they do respect Korean film. K-pop ranks last on Korean cultural exports, behind their television.
2) Really? Not to me, honestly. I don’t find her gorgeous at all.
3) Actually, I think most of their arguments also stem from the gap in social standing and/or fame, which does make a difference, unless you think all those old fat dudes date models because they all happen to have a daddy complex.
So basically is like saying that Angelina Jolie (first Hollywood actress that came into my mind, even though she’s married lol) is dating Justin Bieber or something like that? Is that what you mean? I think I understand it better now. I’m still a bit shocked that anyone won’t find Sooyoung as beautiful as I do, but everyone to his taste, I guess.
:D
Yes.
Regarding your first point – Girls Generation is far more popular internationally than Won Bin.
Google backs this up:
http://www.google.com/trends/explore#q=won%20bin%2C%20snsd&cmpt=q
Even Sooyoung individually is more popular:
http://www.google.com/trends/explore#q=won%20bin%2C%20sooyoung&cmpt=q
No they aren’t.
If it was close, you might have a case. But since it’s about 30x more search traffic for SNSD, it’s hard to make the case for Won Bin being more popular.
Either way, it’s irrelevant. I was simply pointing out an error.
If the point you were trying to make was that Won Bin being more popular/respected than a Girls Generation member meant that they were less likely to date, then it was a bad argument.
For every “Brangelina”-type couple, there are tons of celebrities who are married to relative nobodies. In many cases, they are literally nobody (agents, managers, lawyers, backup dancers, bartenders) and even if their significant happens to be in show business, there is typically a large fame/respect disparity between them.
Respect and popularity are completely different.
Besides, you’re comparing raw search results, which doesn’t even reflect popularity as much as it does psychoticness of their fans.
Yes, they do marry relative nobodies, but that’s for a reason as well. Same reason athletes commonly do that.
But celebrity couples are a different animal altogether. If you notice, the same scrutiny is not put on Jeon Ji Hyun’s man or Sun Ye’s man.
Well, I already feel like a nerd for quoting search engine metrics in an argument about whether or not some dude would bone some chick, so I’m not going to take that any further.
I’m not disagreeing with you on the “respect” level. I take it he’s regarded as some sort of god among the people who have heard of him.
And since I don’t really know anything about Won Bin, in this case I’ll concede that maybe he happens to be the type who would think that it is “beneath” him to date anyone less than an internationally-renowned, award-winning, mega-hottie actress.
But in general, I don’t think it really matters to most men – even famous ones. We’ll have to just agree to disagree on that point.
We aren’t arguing about what the men want though, we’re arguing about why netizens reacted the way they did.
We’re arguing about whether their reaction to the pairing is silly or not.
You think that they reacted properly since Won Bin is so good-looking and well-respected that he wouldn’t date Sooyoung.
I am arguing that it doesn’t matter that he is better-looking or more respected and that netizens are going way overboard in their reaction to the pairing.
They are acting as if it’s Brad Pitt and Kathy Bates or something. It’s not THAT odd of a couple. Hell – even in Korea there are recent examples of ‘odd couples’ (Lee Hyori and that ugly dude, IU and the anchovy guy), so it’s not like it’s unthinkable anyways.
In this case, we’re not even talking about an ugly person – Sooyoung is an attractive woman by any reasonable measure.
Thus, I think they overreacted (as netizens tend to do).
They’re acting like it’s Brad Pitt and Selena Gomez, which is basically what it is.
Shit – I’d rather be banging Selena Gomez than running an orphanage with Angelina.
I’ll bet Brad secretly would, too.
Nobody respects what SNSD does musically seriously, but even film critics take Won Bin seriously.
“Won Bin and Sooyoung dating? That’s comparable to Obama giving a marriage proposal to Lee Jung Hee”
aye man! that’s racist!