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Alkfjssaldfjsdklfj I’ve been in such a Chinese music drought lately. Part of is is because I’ve been too distracted by the Korean, part of it is because I’m too lazy to look these days, and the largest part is probably just that I’m not that interested atm. Except, I am interested, I’m just lazy. So basically, yeah. I randomly downloaded Will Pan’s newest cuz I was bored, but it actually is turning out to be pretty fantastic in a completely unoriginal, generically pleasant way. This was a woo-is-me whine/rant fest, but I’m turning it into an impromptu album review

Oh but before I get to that, does anyone have any Chinese music recommendations? Or recommendations in general? I’m in a new music mood and I’ll be grateful for anything you wanna share w/ me <3<3<3

urnobody911’s channel @ youtube has all the songs; just search “Wilbur Pan” if you wanna check them out.

Sorry about the pinyin titles. I haven’t found translations anywhere…

Shuang Ren Wu This is the song with the uber expensive MV w/ Lee Da Hae and Rain’s director. I don’t really like the song, but the mv is pretty. In case you were wondering, the answer is yes. Everything about the music video is totally stereotypical Korean.

Xian Liang Fa Xi This song is pretty sexy. It sounds very boyband, but you know I like that stuff.

Wu Zhong Li You know what I just realized? On like 95% of all Asian pop albums, the third song is the piano ballad. I’m a complete hypocrite because although I despise K-ballads for the most part, I absolutely love Cpop ballads^^. One of the most played playlists on my ipod is titled “Sappy Chinese Love Ballads” and it’s chalked full of stuff like “Kiss Goodbye” and “Tong Hua.” I know right? Anyways, song is very, very, very generic KTV material, but it’s pretty apparent I love that stuff, so I give the song a thumbs up.

Be with You (Ft. Akon) I’ve already written about this song here so I won’t elaborate. The song totally gets catchier the more I listen ^__^

Ai De Ge Aside from the epic! piano ballad, there’s always also the sweet poppy! ballad, and this is it. Will does do his share of western r&b stuff, but don’t expect most of this album to be that. Tbh, I don’t have that much to say about any of these songs cuz they’re all so generic cpop. Basically, if you like that sound, you’ll like this. I happen to love the cliche so it’s all good.

Ji Wu Chu Zu The guitar ballad. This one’s not the best.

Zi Wo Yi Shi Fast song with some rap. Sounds like Show Luo, but higher quality. Lol, I realize now I’m mostly just telling you what each of these songs are instead of what I think about them XDD

Qin Ai De Mid tempo. Eww @ the kids singing. Why do Chinese artists feel compelled to do that?? Totally ruins the song.

Everytime’s I’m not exactly sure what the song’s title is so I’m going with the yesasia version. IDK, good?

Zen Me Zhe This sounds like a Jay Chous song. Okay, this doesn’t actually tell you anything cuz Will sounds like Jay, who sounds like Leehom, who sounds like David, who sounds like etc. etc. etc. I think his mom and dad are in this. Will thinks he’s a great rapper, and if you do too, this one’s for you.

Don’t Wanna Say Goodbye R&B track. I don’t know if I like this or not. This will probably be something I’ll listen too as background, so I may never know.

Basically, if you like generic cpop, you’ll like this. After the Akon song, I thought he was different than the typical Taiwanese crooner, but I was wrong. *Shrugs* It’s not a problem, I mean, none of the songs are especially annoying, and Will Pan has the nice, typical Taiwanese male singer voice. Really, I’m not all that picky about music. If it sounds nice, I’ll like it. I’m not all about being experiment and innovative. I like what I like, and if what I listen to all happen to sound pretty similar, then so be it.

Oh one thing to note– Jeremy Ji, who I sufficiently pimped earlier is a major producer on this. Personally I like Blue J better, but no doubt Wilbur is the better singer.

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Edit: Okay, I’ve been listening to this a lot today, and I have a few more things I wanna say XD

Kay, after “Juliette” I wasn’t expected the music to be amazing but I was wrong. Believe it or not, Romeo is not only pretty hip and mature, but you can actually tell these guys are growing up through their music. Good job boys! ♥♥♥♥♥

Talk to You This is real sound sex for sho^^^ Great way to kick off a kickass album! Key’s into S-H-I-ah-ah-ah-N-double EE was awesome!

Hit Me I love this song! A pretty standard r&b piece, but it’s pretty! Completely westernized, but I’m digging that lately;;; Think Ne-Yo or Usher, but with teenage Korean boys^^

Senorita I really like the title; Spanish is smexy. This song is all over the place, but that’s not necessarily bad. The rap is pretty hot, like seriously, SHINee has pretty good rappers. I thought the song would have more Spanish or Latin influence, but aside from the maracas and the occasional Spanish guitar strum, not much of that going on. Still, pretty good, but not alskdkf wonderful~~

Please Don’t Go Ah,the always there, always reliable sweeping! epic! SM love ballad ^___^ As far as these things go, this one is pretty great though. Onew and Jonghyun sound amazing! Something I wouldn’t mind listening to over and over!

Romeo + Juliette Whoa, the beginning esp with Taemin’s autotuned voice is sorta freaky, but this is hella catchy! I think this is totally my favorite song off the album!!!! There’s a lot going on, but the singing and rapping are really well put together. This is another r&b track but more original than “Hit Me.” ALskfjsdlfj the more I listen the more I love it!!!!!! Okay, this is the big bold statement, but this might just be my favorite SMTown song of the year. Considering how much great music SM’s been putting out lately, and how biased I am for some of their other groups, that pretty much tells you how much I love this song^^. I think the minor chords in this are just amazing, and it doesn’t sound like anything else I’ve been hearing in Kpop.

Overall, such a great mini-album! Way more contemporary and less Michael Jackson than I expected. Aside from the obligatory ballad and that hot mess “Juliette,” the rest of the songs are all very modern, r&b inspired pieces. It’s very rare for me to love an album upon first listen, but I truly did with this one. For the most part, there’s cohesiveness about these songs, and that’s quite an accomplishment for an SM group. Like many, I’m questioning what exactly SM was smoking when they choose “Juliette” as the single??? WTF? I mean, I’ve taught myself to like it after the mv, but every song on the album is better than that one

Like I’ve said before, SHINee’s music has never been my fave. I know it’s blasphatamous, but I never even really liked “Replay” that much. I guess I was okay with “Juliette” cuz I wasn’t expecting all that much from them, but this mini album has really blown me away. It’s so  funky and experimental, which is exactly what SHINee’s supposed to be about. I could have done without the ballad, and the songs aren’t perfect or anything, but kudos to them for trying new stuff. I feel like SHINee’s finally carving out their niche music wise. Hopefully this mini album turns into a full album come repackage time! (Plez just promote “Juliette” for like a week then move on to any of the other songs /wishful thinking)

Hip thrust…

or chest pump?

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yanaftwtwo @ youtube

If there was ever a time when I felt compelled to use the phrase “unf,” this would be it.

It’s wrong to objectify people, but it’s also wrong for Jay to ever wear a shirt, so it this case, two wrongs equals a right, or one wrong is right, or something like that Idk. I mean, why does Jay even own shirts????

My favorite part was when he was being Korean version of PG-13 with that girl. Tbh, I’m not even jealous of her. If I ever got that close to that, I’d probably die of dehydration from drooling or something, and I kinda sorta value being alive thank you very much~~

In case you missed it, and I’m sure you haven’t, pics from the shoot. Plez be doing moar photoshoots soon bb^^

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