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Pop singer and actor Rain |
By Han Sang-hee
Staff Reporter
Top Korean singer Rain met his match during his visit to Los Angeles for the promotion of his movie, ``Speed Racer.'' The 25-year-old singer appeared on top comedian Stephen Colbert's show ``The Colbert Report.''
Many Korean fans are familiar with the 43-year-old host who once imitated Rain on one of his shows.
In 2007, Rain topped the ``Time 100 Poll,'' the Time magazine's online poll of the 100 most influential people of the year, with Stephen Colbert tailing him as runner up. Colbert mentioned his defeat by the Korean pop sensation and imitated a scene from Rain's music videos as well as singing a Korean song.
This year saw yet another defeat for Colbert, who was placed number three with Rain taking second place. Colbert once again mentioned the results during his show, saying that ``Rain keeps on knocking me down.''
Rain actually had a moment to defend himself during an interview with Time.com.
``I have to say you almost look as good as I am. But as far for the singing, let's just say, please don't quit your day job,'' Rain laughed.
Colbert replied in jest that his day job was the president of the ``I Hate Rain Fan Club.''
He then said that he found it hard to believe Rain knew who he was and challenged the singer to come on his show for a dance match
Taking up the challenge, Rain finally decided to make an appearance on Colbert's show, where the two stars showed their dance moves back and forth.
The episode showing the two ambitious stars dance match was aired on May 5 around the U.S.
According to Rain's agency, J.Tune Entertainment, Colbert became one of Rain's biggest fans after their event and also appeared at the Tribeca Film Festival to watch ``Speed Racer.''
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