Why is Rain going to LA alone?

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Mr. Rain decided to board the plane all by himself this Friday. According to J.Tune, Rain’s new entertainment company, the shrimp eyed star feels confident enough to meet and negotiate with Hollywood producers and directors without the help of his managers and translators.

The Korean media is congratulating Rain on his newly found English skills, but we know better. This “world star” can’t even order room service properly. I’m not sure what he’s trying to prove, but what’s the point of meeting up with producers all by himself? There’s certainly nothing wrong with meeting Hollywood producers with his managers. In fact, it’s actually idiotic to represent oneself in the entertainment industry. Is Rain going to LA alone to follow in JYP’s footsteps? Or is Rain really that fluent in English and wants to show off?

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210 Responses to “Why is Rain going to LA alone?”


  1. 1 peepoo November 2, 2007 at 11:30 am

    “Popseoul, do you have any proof that Rain’s English sucks?”

    i don’t think it takes a genius or psychic to know his english sucks. the guy hasn’t done any interviews in english. ok…maybe he did one that i know of…back when he did the madison square garden concert but asian-buzz confirmed that he was memorizing his lines back then! my friend was at his LA concert presscon and one of the questions was…can you answer this next question in english? in which he just conveniently ignored/brushed it off and replied in korean. and this was just back in JUNE.

  2. 2 === November 2, 2007 at 12:10 pm

    i went to his fanmeeting at bangkok last june.. and he spoke to us with well english. i understand everywords he said and no problem with the accent, i guess he doent want to speak in english for public cause he is not confident enough..
    anyway, i dont think he is alone going to LA, maybe his manager or whoever wait for him in LA or something, even if he is alone, maybe he chalengeed himself by not taking any translator so he HAVE to speak in english there…
    think the other way people… judging him a idiot or stupid is a shallow mind…

  3. 3 Dumpling November 2, 2007 at 12:15 pm

    No offense, but you don’t sound like your english is all that good either. Are you sure you’re a good judge of Drizzle’s english capablities? No seriously, I’m not trying to be mean. I’m just not sure that someone who isn’t proficient in a foreign language can properly judge someone else’s proficiency in that same language.

  4. 4 Dumpling November 2, 2007 at 12:16 pm

    @ PeePoo

    RIGHT. And a bunch of us have actually had the gut-wrenching experience of hearing it for ourselves. Oy to the vey! Gouge out my ear drums with a pencil.

  5. 5 Dumpling November 2, 2007 at 12:19 pm

    @ AYASIH

    Please, what evil little blog fairy is forcing you to read ALL my comments? Pray tell? And you know it, you don’t just read *some* of them…you read *all* of them.

    It’s almost as if…you’re…being…controlled…by…me.

    LOL!

  6. 6 Meru November 2, 2007 at 12:34 pm

    Haha, chill out Dumpling, you were complimented. And I just love reading “ALL” your comments because you’re just sooo clever, and little to do with your continously spamming about how yourself :)

  7. 7 confused November 2, 2007 at 1:12 pm

    dumpling you rock! :-)

    you can really stand up to anything that’s thrown at you.

    yeah that’s all I wanted to say.

  8. 8 AYASIH November 2, 2007 at 1:27 pm

    You can think whatever you want Dumpling. Just because I’m online right now, doesn’t mean I search all of your comments.

  9. 9 May November 2, 2007 at 1:56 pm

    Will you guys stop getting off topic? go fight on instant messenger.

  10. 10 AYASIH November 2, 2007 at 2:13 pm

    Yah you’re right. I’m too bored for my own good. Why bother arguing with an unreasonable egomaniac.

  11. 11 AYASIH November 2, 2007 at 2:28 pm

    I take that back. I mean to say that I admit that it hurts my pride to realize that I’m concerning myself with senseless and irrational comments.

  12. 12 soju November 2, 2007 at 2:30 pm

    hey dumpling …

    i knew it was the germans in the green house because i had to solve that puzzle back in the 4th or 5th grade. funny how some things stick with you through the years.

  13. 13 soju November 2, 2007 at 2:32 pm

    AYASIH
    Nov 2nd, 2007 at 2:28 pm
    I take that back. I mean to say that I admit that it hurts my pride to realize that I’m concerning myself with senseless and irrational comments.

    you must not have a whole lot of pride. you keep on concerning yourself with senseless and irrational comments. haaaaaah

  14. 14 May November 2, 2007 at 3:08 pm

    That’s why she stops, you moron. Please don’t get her start again.

    :( too bad I can’t fly to LA right now.

  15. 15 Ever loyal to R~A~I~N_CPH November 2, 2007 at 4:19 pm

    Clouds,

    Let DUMPLING a.k.a. CONGENITALLY DEFORMED FAGGOT, DT,DM,D…Dsoju (?) work HIS funky ass off answering every bloody post because HE gets paid for every crappy comment that HE gives. Bashing our dearest R~A~I~N is HIS only way of chiseling “the dancing ogre” out of money. This fag will be flat broke if HE fails to do HIS junky job… right, freak?

    WATCH OUT FOR R~A~I~N IN 2008!

    ~~~~~정지훈짱!!!~~~~

    Ayasih & May, you’re doing a great job!

  16. 16 AYASIH November 2, 2007 at 5:12 pm

    Dumpling. Even though I said I wasn’t going to continue this discussion, I just (now) read some of your previous posts on Rain. And you wrote that whites are only racists to silly people. THAT IS THE MOST EFFED UP LIE. You have no idea what whites do to people of different ethnicities. You whites will never be able to emphathize nor understand anything that people of different ethnicities experience in America. Just a couple years ago, white police nearly killed a black man just because he “looked suspicious” to them. In schools, white kids are always calling asians “stupid asians,” “stupid fobs,” etc. You whites have no idea how differently people of other ethnicities are treated in America from the way whites treat other whites. So unless by some glorious miracle you can step into the shoes of people that are not white, don’t go acting like you know your trustworthy and “racist-only-to-silly-people” fellow Americans.
    If whites are only racists to silly people, why are the “silly people” always blacks, asians, etc? Why aren’t the “silly people” other whites ever? Hm?

  17. 17 AYASIH November 2, 2007 at 5:14 pm

    That’s what you whites always do to cover up your crimes. You lie.

  18. 18 Old Lady November 2, 2007 at 7:48 pm

    “Ever loyal to R~A~I~N_CPH” if you are that cloud from PH also namend A. P.- shame on you. You make the clouds look cheap and dirty , if you behave in such indecent way. Your behaviour is a shame for Rain fans.

  19. 19 Dumpling November 2, 2007 at 8:16 pm

    “And you wrote that whites are only racists to silly people.”

    What. the. hell. are. you. talking. about?

    I never wrote that. I don’t know what you’re even TALKING about. It is interesting that after all your numerous trashings of me not one person has come to your defense or even agreed with you. A lot of people here might not like my opinions, comments or views, but they sure aren’t impressed by you either. You should take note of that. You sound deranged and I’m done soiling up PopSeoul’s comments section with responses to you that only invite more nonsense from your keyboard. I would advise you not to bore yourself with replying to my comments in the future (especially since you claim they bother you so much) because you won’t get a response from me.

  20. 20 Dumpling November 2, 2007 at 8:19 pm

    @ Confused

    Thanks! :) I will try not to let you down, LOL!

    (But I am going to stop responding to people who are obvious trolls. And I’m pretty sure I won’t call Drizzle a m-effer again–I admit that was cruel.)

  21. 21 Dumpling November 2, 2007 at 8:41 pm

    @ Soju,

    This thread is about exhausted, but in case you’re still here I have to ask…HOW did you deduce that the German was in a green house and furthermore, that he owned the fish?? I can try this trick with my friends!

  22. 22 AYASIH November 2, 2007 at 10:48 pm

    I have the evidence here: http://popseoul.com/2007/08/23/rains-plan-to-take-over-the-world/#comments

    “Dumpling Aug 24th, 2007 at 6:41 pm
    ‘i think Americans racist to us Asians,thats why Rain is treated so badly in US.’

    Wrong. Americans are racist against SILLY people. One thing Americans love without a doubt is cool people–whatever their race or gender, show us a cool person and we will flock to him/her. We don’t like silliness.”

    It’s hard to deny huh?

  23. 23 Ever loyal to R~A~I~N_CPH November 2, 2007 at 11:21 pm

    Old Lady, SHAME ON YOU,TOO if you don’t have the bloody guts to defend R~A~I~N who is harshly maligned by a bunch of morons here!

    I personally know A.P. If you had a fuss with her, don’t vent your anger at me. A.P. is a true-blue supporter of R~A~I~N whose loyalty is beyond compare.

    I don’t give a sh*t to GRUMPY WIMPS like you! So, you f*ck off, AJUMMA!

  24. 24 May November 2, 2007 at 11:38 pm

    omigosh…
    oh my baby Cloud, please don’t offend the Old Lady ^_^
    Let we not forget that Rain respect elderly people too. If we look up to him, we must be like him.

    Dumpling, at this rate, you will have more Anti-fans than the man RAIN himself ^_^. When you stop, they still stop.

    Let us defend Rain with rationality & positively.

  25. 25 lol November 3, 2007 at 1:12 am

    AYASIH is probaly racist herself, lol

  26. 26 lol November 3, 2007 at 1:13 am

    these comments are very amusing

    Ever loyal to R~A~I~N_CPH is probably 13 years old

    grow up little girl and learn to handle the opinions of others

  27. 27 Dumpling November 3, 2007 at 2:41 am

    “Let us defend Rain with rationality & positively.”

    LOL! You make him sound the Baby Jesus.

  28. 28 yellowdaisy November 3, 2007 at 5:48 am

    177 replies in 2 days! Shows he is as popular as ever. Otherwise, nobody would even bother or talk about him (including about something as mundane as boarding a plane alone, whether or not true). Good for you Rain! Go for it, all Asian artists! Show the world what you got!

  29. 29 soju November 3, 2007 at 5:49 am

    it’s starting to sound like rain-usa up in here with all the “cloud” talk. so sad to see a bunch of people who are so easily led. much less, easily deceived.

  30. 30 soju November 3, 2007 at 5:52 am

    yellowdaisy
    Nov 3rd, 2007 at 5:48 am
    177 replies in 2 days! Shows he is as popular as ever.

    i think you’re mistaken. all the posts are not positive towards drizzle. in fact, the majority don’t like him at all. “popular”? sure. popularity because you’re loved is one thing, but when you get a lot of attention because of your ineptness, that’s a whole other ball game.

  31. 31 iinda November 3, 2007 at 6:28 am

    wow…that’s rain…he looks like one of the dud from Beatles…

  32. 32 May November 3, 2007 at 6:56 am

    “it’s starting to sound like rain-usa up in here with all the “cloud” talk.”

    Not surprisingly, a Cloud reported Popseoul as a troublemaker at Rain-USA . Good job, guys. Now they’re going to flood in like mad.

  33. 33 soju November 3, 2007 at 7:06 am

    ooooh popseoul you’re in trouble now! all the crybaby clouds will be flooding in like mad now! ooooooh!

    popseoul was “reported”. haaaaa. too funny.

  34. 34 sasuke November 3, 2007 at 7:07 am

    “just to let you know that your joke on him being gay is not funny at all and if anything, it makes more apparent what a brainless person you are. I’m not his fan but please show some respect to the man.

    it just amazes me that such a rude person like you still exist in this world…”

    well said ihateDumpling!! woot

  35. 35 peepoo November 3, 2007 at 7:25 am

    great…like we need more “everloyal” fans in here.

  36. 36 AYASIH November 3, 2007 at 8:01 am

    Cat got your tongue Dumpling? LOL Looks like I’m not as “deranged” as you wished. You know you said it.

  37. 37 AYASIH November 3, 2007 at 8:03 am

    “I never wrote that. I don’t know what you’re even TALKING about. It is interesting that after all your numerous trashings of me not one person has come to your defense or even agreed with you. A lot of people here might not like my opinions, comments or views, but they sure aren’t impressed by you either. You should take note of that. You sound deranged and I’m done soiling up PopSeoul’s comments section with responses to you that only invite more nonsense from your keyboard. I would advise you not to bore yourself with replying to my comments in the future (especially since you claim they bother you so much) because you won’t get a response from me.”

    The only nonsense here is you. And people don’t have to like me. I’m not here for popularity.

  38. 38 XiaoXi November 3, 2007 at 9:03 am

    …”Wrong. Americans are racist against SILLY people. One thing Americans love without a doubt is cool people–whatever their race or gender, show us a cool person and we will flock to him/her. We don’t like silliness.”

    It’s actually pretty hard to argue with that statement from the Big-D…this isn’t true for Corporate America (movie/record/TV producers)–they’re always 5 years behind the people, especially the young people, and afraid to go with anything too new. But we’re talking “Americans” here and they will flock to anyone with “diao” and tear apart ridiculous people.

    If you don’t get that, you don’t get America. If Rain doesn’t get that, he won’t be as popular in the States as he would like. I think that means dropping the ridiculous Michael Jackson wannabe crap. If that sells well in Asia, fine–do it when he gives shows in Asia. But it’s not going to sell here.

    He’s in LA now and over the next 6-8months we will all see whether he has “diao.”

    I _am_ rooting for him. I still want to see what he’ll do without that creep JYP calling the shots. I think he’ll step up and make a splash. And if not, nice try anyway.

  39. 39 May November 3, 2007 at 11:31 am

    I just saw the fancam of his arrival in LA.

    Rain was DEFINITELY NOT alone. There was an entourage around 6 people.

    1 handling his suitcase
    3 bodyguards
    2 assistants

  40. 40 Ever loyal to R~A~I~N_CPH November 3, 2007 at 2:07 pm

    XIAOXI: I _am_ rooting for him. I still want to see what he’ll do without that creep JYP calling the shots –> I agree with you 100%.

    ~~~~~~~R~A~I~N, you are the BEST!!!~~~~~~~~~

  41. 41 comet November 4, 2007 at 12:07 am

    shrimp-eyed huh..Indeed,he has small eyes but STILL doing Big !!! “Pop-a-poo-in-seoul” blogger sure do have a very BIG EYES EH..

    how do you like your new nick ? ^_^ oh..you don’t have to thanks me for that.wink*

  42. 42 soju November 4, 2007 at 2:54 am

    May
    Nov 3rd, 2007 at 11:31 am
    I just saw the fancam of his arrival in LA.

    Rain was DEFINITELY NOT alone. There was an entourage around 6 people.

    1 handling his suitcase
    3 bodyguards
    2 assistants

    wow, now that’s impressive. i’m sure the guy handling his suitcase is the one who’s gonna negotiate for drizzle when he talks to the american producers and directors.

  43. 43 yellowdaisy November 4, 2007 at 3:47 am

    People, what’s with all the negative energy? Way tooo much anger and hatred. I do not understand all these bashing going around! If I do not like an artist or entertainer, I simply IGNORE him and his projects and then I go on with MY LIFE. But then again, I do not really obsess about stars and their lives. I am not fixated on their language skills, their sexual preference or their flight plans. If these facts about an artist bother me too much, I move on to the next show, drama or artist for entertainment.

    Actually, I decided to post my reply to encourage Asians to support Asian artists trying to make it here in the US. (see my earlier post if you want). Am out of here people! It’s the weekend, let your computers rest. Rain and other Asian artists, fighting!

  44. 44 tony November 4, 2007 at 6:04 pm

    rain arrived yesterday and he’s not alone that prove the
    writer is lier . she always reported untrue news to ruin
    rain’s reputation .

  45. 45 Dumpling November 4, 2007 at 10:54 pm

    @ yellowdaisy

    You claim you don’t care, and you admonish others for caring, yet you spend time typing out 2 paragraphs to explain why you don’t care and why others shouldn’t care. Maybe you should give YOUR computer a rest and take your own advice about “ignoring what I don’t like”.

    Plus, you are 193 comments TOO LATE.

  46. 46 Dumpling November 4, 2007 at 10:57 pm

    @ Tony,

    Saying Drizzle went to LA alone does not in any way, shape or form “ruin his reputation”. That’s ridiculous and you are being melodramatic.

  47. 47 soju November 6, 2007 at 2:42 am

    hey tony,

    i hardly consider the following to be “managerial staff” …

    1 handling his suitcase
    3 bodyguards
    2 assistants

    well … maybe the one handling his suitcase is a master negotiator. who knows?

  48. 48 Kitsune November 6, 2007 at 8:54 am

    Whatever you said
    Rain is doing great =P

  49. 49 Damaris Salinas November 8, 2007 at 12:53 pm

    Whatever happens…
    All the best RAIN in this travel!!
    WE SUPPORT YOU..
    ALWAYS!♥

  50. 50 nicole November 10, 2007 at 3:36 pm

    maybe he’s gonna study so that his english would improve. maybe also he was just tryin if he can make it to the US without the help of other. by the way i still support him on the things that he’s doing:) no matter what happens i still like RAIN!!!


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