2PM's Junho is setting his sights on Japan with a solo debut, and doing it a grand way by holding his first solo tour as well!
JYP Entertainment revealed, "2PM's Junho will make his solo debut in Japan with his mini album 'Kimi no Koe' ('Your Voice'). Junho's solo album which is set to release on July 24th will be a mini album in which he took part in producing all of the tracks. Junho will also kick off his 11-concert Zepp tour across five cities starting on July 9th and hold his finale at the Tokyo International Forum on August 29th, making a total of 12 concerts during his tour."
For all of the Japanese HOTTESTs, make sure to come and support Junho during the following dates for 'JUNHO (From 2PM) 1st Solo Tour Kimi no Koe':
July 9th - Zepp Sapporo
July 10th - Zepp Sapporo
July 13th - Zepp Fukuoka
July 14th - Zepp Fukuoka
July 16th - Zepp Namba
July 17th - Zepp Namba
July 22nd - Zepp Nagoya
July 23rd - Zepp Nagoya
July 29th - Zepp Diver City (Tokyo)
July 30th - Zepp Diver City (Tokyo)
July 31st - Zepp Diver City (Tokyo)
August 29th - Tokyo International Forum (Tour Final)
'Cold Eyes' starring Han Hyo-joo, Seol Kyeong-gu, Jeong Woo-seong and 2PM Junho is highly anticipated by many fans. Director Jo Eui-seok said, “I thought of Seol Kyeong-gu when I wrote this. I knew he was just the right one to star in and I couldn’t ask for more when he said yes. In the role of Chief Hwang, a rational and strong leader, Seol Kyeong-gu apparently decided to star in the movie as soon as he heard that Han Hyo-joo and Jeong Woo-seong were on board. He also took interest to the role of Hwang who was a police officer with a hidden identity and just watched his suspects.
Junho had been cast after three auditions. He appeared at the audition as a rookie actor and not an idol singer. He acted with passion even though his arm was in a cast and earned the agreement of all the staff. Kim Byeong-seo said, “Junho is just an actor in the movie. The character of ‘Squirrel’ will breathe life, thanks to him”.
2PM's Japanese single 'Winter Games' short PV revealed
2PM will be officially releasing their 7th Japanese single 'Winter Games' later this month, but the short PV of the track has been revealed to give you a better idea of what to expect!
The boys never fails to daze their fans with their flawless visuals and performance, and this time is no different.
Get a feel for the song and the upcoming PV with the short version below ahead of the single's release in Japan on October 16!
[Twitter] 2PM Chansung's Wisdom of the Day
Sunday, July 21, 2013
@2PMagreement211:
'If I take away the pleasures of taste, if I take away sexual pleasure, if I take away the pleasure of hearing, and if I take away the sweet emotions that are caused by the sight of beautiful forms.'
From Epicurus' literature. Epicurus found the basic elements of happiness from pleasures.
This may make Epicurus seem heterogenic who is a greedy philosopher that is blinded by the pleasures. However, Epicurus was a trifle person who preferred small parties and sharing stories with friends over a small piece of cheese and felt happiness from it. This shows that the range of pleasures are high or low and thus they can be seen as the basic outline of happiness in different forms. Now, Epicurus suggests 3 elements of happiness in this book. Friendship, freedom and thinking are the three. In this book, friendship is described as this; "True friends do not evaluate us according to worldly criteria, it is the core self they are interested in." Wouldn't we be able to feel happiness simply by sharing stories over a drink with thes friends? "Epicurus, discerning our underlying need, recognized that a handful of true friends could deliver the love and respect that even a fortune may not." Please do not be mistaken that this does not mean that people with big fortunes do not have true friends. And for freedom; "they had ceased to judge themselves on a material basis." That is how Epicurus and his friends were able to earn freedom. Freedom is subordinate to those who confine themselves. It would be great if the materialistic richness was possible but it should not be the standard to make judgements on people's values. If we are able to change ourselves first, wouldn't we be freer than the past? On thought; "There are few better remedies for anxiety than thought. In writing a problem down or airing it in conversation we let its essential aspects emerge." I think that when we share and talk about the elements that create our anxiety with ourselves or someone else, it becomes clearer and can be resolved faster with new view points on the matter. I believe that thinking is a conversation with one's own self as well as an important element to developing our thoughts. So I've written down some things by referring back to the book. If I come up with other thoughts through other books or experiences I'll write them down once in a while..^^
@2PMagreement211:
We would not be happy with the vehicle on the left but no friends; with a villa but no freedom; with linen sheets but too much anxiety to sleep. So long as essential non-material needs are unattended, the line on the graph of happiness will remain stubbornly low."
From Alain de Botton's 'The Consolations of Philosophy'
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