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It's no secret that F.T. Island get compared to their labelmates CNBLUE, and Hongki finally came out to reveal his frustration about it.
On the May 22nd broadcast of MBC's 'Radio Star', the MCs jokingly poked fun at the rivalry between the two groups a few times throughout the show. Kyuhyun said "Does it bother you that I'm good friends with CNBLUE?" and Yoon Jong Shin added, "Does CNBLUE get on your nerves?"
Hongki responded, "Oh no. You know, I don't concern myself too much with what CNBLUE is doing. We are doing our own things separately, and it's all fine, but people keep bringing it up and that's what makes it awkward! Sometimes they'll get to do something, and it's good because it just serves to motivate us to work hard as well."
The MCs then took a stab at their maknae Kyuhyun, saying, "Super Junior are also very wary of SHINee," teasing him about the rivalry between the SM Entertainment labelmates. Kyunhyun joked, "Ah, I hope SHINee will turn out well," like the sunbae that he is, and the MCs commented, "Actually SHINee is worried about you," bringing laughter with the banter.
Later in the show, Hongki was once again asked to elaborate when the MCs asked, "Although F.T. Island is the one that paved the way, it seems like CNBLUE has become quite big, and your agency seems to cater to them more these days. Do you feel any discontentment about that?"
Hongki honestly answered, "There was one incident recently.We have managers, road managers, all the way up to executives, who all differ in rank. Usually when a group travels overseas for a promotion, almost everyone goes. However, we had a concert in China, and only two road managers came with us. CNBLUE had a concert in Singapore around the same time, and the president as well the vice president went there. I did feel upset and called up our boss right away, and he explained that it was because for our event, they contracted an overseas company who was in charge of taking care of us while we were there. But he did give me an apology."
The topic then turned to whether Hongki had revealed that CNBLUE's Jonghyun received cosmetic surgery on his ear on purpose to get back at the "rival" band, and the idol denied that was the case and even sent a video message to Jonghyun and Jonghyun's father, apologizing about the ear incident. However, the MCs then commented, "Oh, now through this broadcast, even more people will know about it," and Hongki gasped at the revelation, closing the topic with laughter.
Hongki featured as guests with his co-stars from the new film 'Passionate Goodbye', Lim Won Hee, Baek Jin Hee, and Shim Yi Young.
What do you think of this labelmate rivalry?
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Date: 2013-05-23 02:30 pm (UTC)And I'm glad he did call the boss right away. It's better to talk about something upsetting once it's still there, than keeping all the frustration.
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Date: 2013-05-23 03:24 pm (UTC)I also don't really see there being a need for rivalry as both bands have quite distinct sounds and styles and for me them being in the same company makes me more likely to want to support both groups.
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Date: 2013-05-23 05:49 pm (UTC)Me too ! I heard about FT first, but didn't pay attention until I started to like CN Blue. It helped me listening and really appreciate what FT has been doing. They should be complementary, bringing a complete different sound to the k-pop scene (especially thinking about the guitars and all lol) rather than pushing on group more than the other!
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Date: 2013-05-23 04:39 pm (UTC)If there's unequal treatment, I think there's bound to be some feelings of conflict/ rivalry among the two groups.
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Date: 2013-05-23 02:46 pm (UTC)i THINK musically i prefer CNB? their music is very similar, IMO...
but i hongki's voice >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> yonghwa's
good lawd, some times it's hard for me to get through CNB live because i find his voice really heavy and nasally.
hongki has the voice of an angel. *___*
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Date: 2013-05-24 01:13 am (UTC)The comments are very insightful too since you can see how FTI used to be so successful until FNC screwed them up with their lousy decisions.
But all is good since FTI & CNB remains close. Plus, they seemed to be more happy and have a rather stable career at Japan. Everyone loves to compare them but they didn't seemed to be bothered by it.
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Date: 2013-05-23 03:48 pm (UTC)but anyway, it just seems like yonghwa pushes for things more than jonghoon does.i feel like part of cn blue's success can be attributed to yonghwa.
but who knows, maybe their ceo really does favor cn blue more than ft island.
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Date: 2013-05-23 06:05 pm (UTC)Yonghwa does push, they were never gonna get a self composed song if Yonghwa hadn't pushed it for a year. He really fights for it.
But no denying the CEO really has a warm spot for CNB.
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Date: 2013-05-23 06:14 pm (UTC)Hongki said they never agree on what the song should sound like and it takes forever for them to finally come up with something they all like
With CNBlue the synergy seems better
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Date: 2013-05-23 05:30 pm (UTC)And Hongki has one of the best voices in Kpop, he's just phenomenal live
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Date: 2013-05-23 06:39 pm (UTC)BTW...Bless your beautiful icon of Mr. Haruma....
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Date: 2013-05-23 07:07 pm (UTC)I also feel the same way about Hongki, his personality and presence is really strong and it could be overwhelming for some people, I agree that CNB's chemistry is more obvious
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Date: 2013-05-23 05:44 pm (UTC)And i like FTI's really emotionally painful ballads which are made even more glorious because of Hongki's voice.
CNBlue's music sounds all alike to me.
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Date: 2013-05-23 06:13 pm (UTC)IAWTC XD *SPAZZES*
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Date: 2013-05-24 01:19 am (UTC)I super love FTI's rock ballads -- that's the reasons why I stan their music so much. They simply among the few groups in K-Pop that I truly like because of their music. I can simply listen to their albums over and over again the whole day long.
The problem that I have with CNB is also because their music sounds all alike to me too. And the randon words & english in their songs proved to be the reasons too. xD
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Date: 2013-05-23 05:59 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2013-05-23 10:23 pm (UTC)i saw a pic of FNC's vice president piggy backed hongki
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Date: 2013-05-24 01:26 am (UTC)The problem that fans seemed to have is that after CNB debuted, their management seemed to cast FTI aside -- promotion wise & everything... We just expect FNC to be more professional and handle both of the groups equally since if they didn't messed up, both groups can be popular at the same time. FTI has done it before so it should be no problem for them to repeat the same success again -- with the right support from their management.
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