Broadcast date: Feb. 29
Starring: Taemin of SHINee, April, Park Si-hwan, Twice and Hwang Chi-yeul

Taemin of SHINee, who just released a solo album, broadcast across the V app on Monday from Busan to invite viewers to his autograph event.

Taemin (Naver V app)

He arrived in Busan in the cold weather, creating a frenzy among his fans. Ahead of the autograph event, he sang a verse from his latest release “Press Your Number” together with the fans, turning the outdoor venue into an audience sing-along.

Later at 10 p.m. Taemin tuned in again to thank the fans. “I decided to hold an autograph event because I wanted to see everyone. When I was in Daegu, I could grasp the passion of the Daegu fans and in Busan, I could feel Busan fans’ love, although we were outside. Thank you very much.”

Taemin (Naver V app)

“I also heard that my album was the best-selling album last week. I am so happy because you like my album, which I prepared a lot.”

Rookie girl group April were wearing animal outfits when they popped up on the app. The five girls started out by thanking fans for attending their first fan meeting Sunday.

They told viewers if they collected more than 100,000 hearts during the V broadcast, they would dance to their song “Glass Castle” in their animal outfits. Fifteen minutes into the broadcast, fans had already reached the 100,000 hearts, leading the girls to start dancing.

April (Naver V app)

April also played various games. As a penalty for one of the rounds, Yena had to go to a convenience store to buy drinks for the members while wearing her tiger outfit.

Singer Park Si-hwan went live from a kitchen to do a “cook-bang,” or cooking broadcast. He first thought of cooking pasta, but later decided to cook bibim guksu, or spicy cold noodles.

“I decided to cook these noodles because it’s easy. And also, people from around the world can make it easily when they crave a Korean taste,” he said. He put various ingredients into his noodles, including cucumber, egg, kimchi, laver and spicy sauce.

Park Si-hwan (Naver V app)

Also on Monday, Momo, Chaeyoung and Dahyun of Twice made a surprise V broadcast to give heads up to the fans about their new variety show “Twice’s Private Life” on Mnet, set to kick off Wednesday. “Do you think our real life is glamorous?” said Dahyun. “You can check it out on the broadcast.”

Twice (Naver V app)

“It’s at 11 p.m. on Wednesday. We will reveal our real daily lives to you, so stay tuned. It will be a lot of fun,” said Chaeyoung.

Singer Hwang Chi-yeul turned on the camera while on a photo shoot for a magazine in Beijing. He said hello together with the Chinese staff members. Hwang told the viewers that he would work hard so he won’t drop out from the singing competition show “I’m a Singer,” the Chinese rendition of the Korean show of the same title.

Hwang Chi-yeul (Naver V app)

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 www.vlive.tv.

By Ahn Sung-mi (sahn@heraldcorp.com)

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