Lee Jung Hyun (이정현) is a Korean pop singer and actress, born on March 13, 1980 in Daegu, South Korea. She’s known as Techno/Pop Queen. Lee Jung Hyun made her movie debut aged 16 in Kkonnip (꽃잎, “Petal”).
Hyun debuted in 1999 with techno-style dance music. Her first single, Wa (와, “Come”), topped the Korean charts for three weeks, while her third, Bakkwo (바꿔, “Change”), won awards for Best Song and Most Broadcast Song. With her 5th album, Passion, she changed to a Latin style of music, complete with Spanish Guitar and flamenco-style tap dance. Many of her songs are sung in an angry mood, from the point of view of a rejected lover.
“Wa” and “Bakkwo” were included in the Korean release of the game Dance Dance Revolution (and on the Japanese DDR 3rd Mix Plus, 4th Mix, and 4th Mix Plus), as well as the Korean dance game Techno Motion. Fan-made DDR dance steps of her other works are popular with players of DDR simulators.
After releasing Japanese versions of her early hits “Wa” and “Heaven” in 2004, she released a Korean album called “Fantastic Girl” in 2005 (which had “FunFun” and “I Love You, Cheol Soo” as promotional tracks), a Chinese album, “Love Me”, in 2006 (re-released version of “Fantastic Girl”, including one only new song sung in Mandarin language) and more recently, “Avaholic”, her first mini album, inspired by synth-pop music.
Korean discography:
1999: Let’s Go To My Star
2000: Peace
2001: Magic To Go To My Star
2002: I ♡ Natural
2003: Summer Party
2004: Passion
2006: Fantastic Girl
2009: Avaholic
Japanese:
2004: Heaven (Single)
2005: Passion -情熱- / Heavy world (Single)
Japanese av girls - hot, cute, sexy, fun loving, naive, polite, immature, ambitious, carefree, introverted, extraverted, Japanese girls are almost as diverse and complicated as Japanese culture. One thing for sure is Japanese girls are hot. In a country where being cute is, for some people, more important than the content of one's personality Japanese girls love to fluant their stuff. Everyone likes to feel they look attractive, cute or sexy, but in Japan is taken to the extreme. Being considered beautiful, cute or sexy is highly regarded. It is almost like the old adage "Children should be seen, not heard". This certainly isn't my opinion but in Japanese society I do feel there is a sense that Japanese women are encouraged to be seen but not heard.
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