Original Facebook post on April 26, 2012 at 6:16am:
U-KISS's Korean comeback. I actually didn't really like this song at first, but that's because the teaser video made me expect something different. After a few listens, I totally love it. I quite like the MV as well. I always liked the walking on the wall effect. No incredibly hard dance moves for this one, but it looks like they're taking some lessons from Rain. >_< I hope they release a dance-only version. And before anyone makes a Dora the Explorer joke, "doradora" basically means crazy,crazy or going crazy.
Thursday, April 26, 2012
Tuesday, April 24, 2012
Taemin - At Least Once
Original Facebook post on April 24, 2012 at 11:47pm:
Immortal Song is a Korean TV show where current pop singers revive old songs and compete against each other with the original performer as the judge. Great concept, imo. Taemin is a member of SHINee, a very popular boy group. He's particularly famous for his dancing, but I had no idea the kid could sing so well. Seriously. Goosebumps.
Immortal Song is a Korean TV show where current pop singers revive old songs and compete against each other with the original performer as the judge. Great concept, imo. Taemin is a member of SHINee, a very popular boy group. He's particularly famous for his dancing, but I had no idea the kid could sing so well. Seriously. Goosebumps.
Infinite - Be Mine M/V (Japanese Ver.)
Original Facebook post on April 24, 2012 at 12:39am
Yet another k-pop group is expanding to Japan. Most K-Pop groups just refit their popular songs with Japanese lyrics, and maybe add in an original song or two. The replacement lyrics don't always sound quite right, but I think it actually works quite well with Be Mine. ^^ The camera work makes it look like they were filming during an earthquake, though.
Yet another k-pop group is expanding to Japan. Most K-Pop groups just refit their popular songs with Japanese lyrics, and maybe add in an original song or two. The replacement lyrics don't always sound quite right, but I think it actually works quite well with Be Mine. ^^ The camera work makes it look like they were filming during an earthquake, though.
Saturday, April 14, 2012
More Than Words Cover - Featuring Kevin, Taemin, Junsu, and Hyunseung
Original Facebook post on April 14, 2012 at 9:15pm:
Always loved this song. I really like this version, even with their accents and the screaming French girls. This is a collaboration between members of 4 popular k-pop groups, which is very unusual since they are all from different companies. I like all of their voices, but I think Kevin (on the far right) is the best. He's also the only one without an accent - he's originally from California.
More Than Words - Kevin U-Kiss ft... by takamatache
Always loved this song. I really like this version, even with their accents and the screaming French girls. This is a collaboration between members of 4 popular k-pop groups, which is very unusual since they are all from different companies. I like all of their voices, but I think Kevin (on the far right) is the best. He's also the only one without an accent - he's originally from California.
More Than Words - Kevin U-Kiss ft... by takamatache
Saturday, April 7, 2012
EXO-K - MAMA M/V
Original Facebook Post on April 7, 2012 at 7:52pm:
O_o I have SO much I could say about this. Definitely the strangest K-Pop video I've ever seen. There's this introduction (in English) about the group's fairy-tale type origins. Weird. And then the actual music starts at about 1:25 with the members in monk's robes. The whole thing mixes the pop sound with gregorian chant-ish stuff. I'm really confused. =_=
Anyway, SM Entertainment has been releasing teasers for this group since mid-December. They've had two "prologue" songs, whatever that means. So this "debut" song is kinda not a debut. I hate this marketing strategy. Because I'm still really confused. =_= I hate feeling confused. So... EXO... you're gonna have to really work to win me over. We'll see how this sounds live.
My later comment:
The Chinese (Mandarin) version has the lyrics. The English is hilarious. Something definitely expected from this company. *facepalm*
O_o I have SO much I could say about this. Definitely the strangest K-Pop video I've ever seen. There's this introduction (in English) about the group's fairy-tale type origins. Weird. And then the actual music starts at about 1:25 with the members in monk's robes. The whole thing mixes the pop sound with gregorian chant-ish stuff. I'm really confused. =_=
Anyway, SM Entertainment has been releasing teasers for this group since mid-December. They've had two "prologue" songs, whatever that means. So this "debut" song is kinda not a debut. I hate this marketing strategy. Because I'm still really confused. =_= I hate feeling confused. So... EXO... you're gonna have to really work to win me over. We'll see how this sounds live.
My later comment:
The Chinese (Mandarin) version has the lyrics. The English is hilarious. Something definitely expected from this company. *facepalm*
Thursday, April 5, 2012
f(x) - NU ABO M/V
April 5, 2012 at 7:19pm
I've had this song stuck in my head all day, so I decided to look up the music video when I got home. It's ok (what's the deal with the tasslepants?), but I can't help but love the song. Didn't like it too much at first, but it grew on me.
f(x) has had a few hits, but they would probably have gotten lost in the sea of girl groups if it weren't for tomboy Amber. She's like the opposite of Ren from NU'EST.(Tim posted a photo on my wall that shows that.) And since she's basically the only tomboyish girl in k-pop, she gets a lot of attention.
I've had this song stuck in my head all day, so I decided to look up the music video when I got home. It's ok (what's the deal with the tasslepants?), but I can't help but love the song. Didn't like it too much at first, but it grew on me.
f(x) has had a few hits, but they would probably have gotten lost in the sea of girl groups if it weren't for tomboy Amber. She's like the opposite of Ren from NU'EST.(Tim posted a photo on my wall that shows that.) And since she's basically the only tomboyish girl in k-pop, she gets a lot of attention.
Sunday, April 1, 2012
CNBLUE on Yoo Hee Yeol's Sketchbook
EDIT: SBS had the videos removed from YouTube, so I'm going to have to find them somewhere else. Sorry!
I couldn't pass up posting about this performance. CN Blue impressed me as soon as I heard them, but there is no comparison to how awesome I think they are now. If you're going to watch this, you have to watch all three songs to get what I mean.
First, they played "Hey You". It's a good song. Upbeat and catchy. And this is the best live I've heard of it so far. However, it's the only song on the mini-album that they had no hand in creating.
Then they kick it up a notch with a shortened version of their own song "One Time". It's immediately obvious by their performance that they feel differently about this song. It's a CNBlue that I haven't seen before.
But it doesn't stop there, oh no. I honestly don't know how to sum up my reaction to "In My Head" appropriately. The place was electrified. It's like they were saying: THIS is CN Blue.
I was glad to hear that they aren't going to have to perform someone else's songs on their next album. I like the ones that their company has given them to do and they do a great job with them, but there is a jump from really cool to freaking awesome when they play their own songs. I'm going to be looking up their Japanese albums for more pure CN Blue goodness.
I couldn't pass up posting about this performance. CN Blue impressed me as soon as I heard them, but there is no comparison to how awesome I think they are now. If you're going to watch this, you have to watch all three songs to get what I mean.
First, they played "Hey You". It's a good song. Upbeat and catchy. And this is the best live I've heard of it so far. However, it's the only song on the mini-album that they had no hand in creating.
Then they kick it up a notch with a shortened version of their own song "One Time". It's immediately obvious by their performance that they feel differently about this song. It's a CNBlue that I haven't seen before.
But it doesn't stop there, oh no. I honestly don't know how to sum up my reaction to "In My Head" appropriately. The place was electrified. It's like they were saying: THIS is CN Blue.
I was glad to hear that they aren't going to have to perform someone else's songs on their next album. I like the ones that their company has given them to do and they do a great job with them, but there is a jump from really cool to freaking awesome when they play their own songs. I'm going to be looking up their Japanese albums for more pure CN Blue goodness.
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