Broadcast date: Dec. 29
Starring: Park Shin-hye, EXO, Seventeen

Actress Park Shin-hye wraps up shooting for “Memories of Alhambra”

Actress Park Shin-hye recalled the seven months she spent on the set of the TV series “Memories of Alhambra” as filming wrapped up Saturday.

(Naver's V Live)

“Today is Saturday and the ninth episode of ‘Alhambra’ will air soon,” the actress said on a V Live broadcast. “Today is also my last day shooting the drama.”

In the romantic suspense drama, Park plays Jung Hee-joo, a hardworking owner of an old hostel in Granada, Spain. Actor Hyun Bin plays the male lead, an investment company CEO who is visiting the city on business.

Park stayed in Spain for the shooting for about a month beginning in late May.

“In Spain, I managed to take some photos (with fellow cast members), but on my last day there, I lost my phone,” she said.

She also revealed her first impression of Hyun Bin.

“Jin-woo is attentive to details and takes care of the people around him, including staff members,” she said, referring to the actor by his character’s name. “He is quite humorous.”

Park said she would take a break for about two weeks before starting her next project, “Call,” a thriller film directed by Lee Choong-hyun.

“Alhambra” airs at 9 p.m. on Saturdays and Sundays on tvN.

Watch her broadcast at https://www.vlive.tv/video/106725.


Seventeen shows off dance skills in “Getting Closer”

K-pop boy band Seventeen executed perfectly synchronized moves and complex formation changes in an in-studio dance video for its latest track, “Getting Closer.”

(Naver's V Live)

The clip, uploaded to the act’s official V Live channel on Saturday, showcases the full choreography for the song, first unveiled at 2018 MAMA in Hong Kong on Dec. 14. The corresponding music video was released Dec. 21.

A viewer commented, “How do they pull off such difficult choreography while singing?”

Watch the clip at https://www.vlive.tv/video/106685.


EXO takes whisper challenge on “EXO Arcade”

The second installment of “EXO Arcade,” a five-episode game show featuring eight members of the K-pop act, was released via V Live on Saturday.

(Naver's V Live)

The band members, divided into two teams, took the “whisper challenge”: a game in which each member passes a word to the next person, who is wearing headphones and listening to loud music. It was basically just lip-reading, but with EXO it was full of fun and laughs.

Team A, composed of Xiumin, Baekhyun, Chen and Chanyeol, won after communicating one of the words correctly all the way down the chain. Team B, on the other hand, didn’t get a single one right.

The winning team was rewarded with a plate of rice-cake skewers, a typical Korean street food.

The next episodes are scheduled to air Dec. 31, Jan. 3 and Jan. 5.

Watch the second episode at https://www.vlive.tv/video/106574.


Naver’s real-time broadcasting app V allows fans to interact with their favorite K-pop stars through live broadcasts. The app is available for Android and iOS. For more information, visit http://www.vlive.tv.

By The Korea Herald (khnews@heraldcorp.com)

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