OMG what is this?!?!??!? So random but cool! I don’t even know how I came upon this but alsdjkfsl loving it so hard!!! So you may know Harlem Yu as the dude who sang the Meteor Garden theme song. He’s actually an amazing Cpop singer with tonz of great songs! Anyways, he randomly gets into a jam session with the FT Island boys. Lol, their Canto is super cute. They end up singing “I Believe” which is apparently one of those staple Korean ballads that everyone knows. HongKi sounds goooood ♥♥♥
A/N I know I’ve been neglecting Chinese music for a while, but can you blame me? There is just too much excitement in Kpop right now. Still, that’s no excuse and I have some stuff tentatively planned to write about soon. Maybe. In the meantime, spazz over this with me!
Note: Below is my live blogging of Inkigayo. First off, I would like to apologize for the utter stupidity of this. It is difficult to think, type, and watch at the same time. Since I’ve never been a good multitasker, something had to give, and unfortunately it was thinking. I didn’t go back to change or correct anything, so you get my completely raw and uncensored thoughts, which pretty much equates to spelling at a second grade level, and mental processing somewhere below that. Enjoy *___* (more…)
Since tomorrow is Prez Day, I basically just chillaxed today, and caught up on fandom after the race
SNSD; “Gee” Remix Gotta love that remix thing! I actually really like this version. It feels like they sped it up (even though I don’t think they did) and added a electronic/club beat. Kwel!
Kangta v. Heejun (subbed!) | part 2Oooooooooooooold show, but worth checking out. Pre-debut Junsu, Sungmin, Hyukjae and the Trax. Pre-debut SMers are like this mythical creature you only hear about, or see in an occasional picture or two, so this is like hitting the jackpot. Jay was every bit as cheeky and dry back then as he is now. Junsu– omg, that boy was born to sing fo sho; he doesn’t sound nearly as polished then as he does now, but natural talent he gots it T__T. Not gonna lie, favorite part was the HyukSu dance ; )))) Those two are OTP for life!
SJM Shanghai fanmeeting There is a massive pic dump on Soompi here. I’m warning you though, unless you are confident in your bandwidth capabilities, click at your own risk//. Thanks a million to pri3an for finding all these fancams!
“Me” LIVE!!! I’ve never seen them perform this live, but even with the LQ, I have to say they sound fantastic!
Ryeowook & Kyuhyun; “The Moon Represents My Heart” Alkasdlfkjd my favorite of the bunch!!!!! For those who don’t know, this sung by the one and only Teresa Teng (listen here!), and this song is like the second Chinese national anthem or something. People young and old in China love her! KyuWook do such a beautiful rendition!!! I swear they have talent dripping out of their pores or something XDDD. And it was so lovely of the fans to sing along; just beautiful! Donghae; “Nice and Slow” *Incoherent* ASLKDJFLS, WHAT ARE YOU DOING TO ME DONGHAE?!??!?! I know I said the KyuWook one was my favorite, but my primal fangirlness is telling me otherwise ;___;. Donghae is jus like = O sexy!!! I swear to god, if I was in that fan’s position, I’d either pass out or jump him. Either way, someone would have to drag me off that stage!!!
Fairytale This was actually from the Wu Han fanmeeting but I just had to put it in here. Amazing right??? I’m not familar with the original singer, Michael Wong, but I loved the SJM version. SJM is a band that’s meant to sing. I hope for their next album they really get to show off those impressive vocals!
Joanna Wang; “Vincent” MV So simple and sad but wonderful! I need to make this girl her own tag, every time I post on her, all I can do is gush about how beautiful her voice is^^. She’s so refreshingly different from everyone else in Cpop ♥♥♥.
Ft. Island; Bad Woman I finally got around to watching this– Soooooo emo. Lol, not my particular taste, but the song is pretty good. Although, did they even show the other members of the band? If I didn’t know better, I would have thought this was a HongKi solo video…. SMtown Love Per usual, no idea what they’re saying;;;; I spy SHINeeXHyung love!!!
Flo Rida; Right Round Flo Rida brings out my inner gansta! Not quite as catchy as “Get Low” but I gots to listen a few more times to really dig it.
DBSK + Blue Man Group? IDK either, but Yunho seems to really like them : ). So I don’t really frequent the DBSK soompi thread often cuz to be honest, that place scares me to bits, but apparently there’s been some drama happening about the members bullying Junsu or something. Is it just me, or has the bullying turned into a bit of a gag for them in Japan? They do it in practically every Japanese video I see, but I don’t notice it as much in Korean things. Junsu seems so different in DBSK v. THSK; he has this sort of dry humor in Japan, but it almost seems like he’s trying too hard to be funny, whereas it come off much more natural in Korea. Whatever, I find DBSK funnier then THSK, but maybe it’s cuz I just like Korean humor more then Japanese humor.
Edit 2PM; Idol Show Okay, I forgot this one. Unsubbed, so I didn’t watch the whole thing, but skip to ~3:40 to see Jay in his punishment outfit. I think I have finally found the band that can out-ghei and out-stupid Super Junior. In fact, they reminded me a lot of the old SuJu, who were pretty much up for anything. *Sigh* those were the good old days…. luckily when one boyband gets more mature (relatively), another is right there to take its place, retardedness and all…
Okay that’s all. Tomorrow I’m gonna get intimate with some microbio so see you in a few!
U-Kiss... even if I wanted to ♥ them, it's like not happening
So I know it may be heresy to say this, but I think I’ve reached a saturation point in boyband love. This isn’t a “I’m losing interest” thing but more of a “I’m tired and I just can’t keep up” thing. This may sound stupid, but liking a boyband is a lot of hard work. I mean, it’s no gulag, but nevertheless, hours upon hours of mindless internet stalking surfing takes it’s toll *whine*. First of all, there’s the need to figure out who’s who. I dunno about you, but I can’t sufficiently enjoy a boyband until after I’ve at least gotten to know all their names and approximate ages (The age thing is a must; especially knowing exactly how young the youngest one is~). While this task may sound easy, it’s not. Not even close because there are always many group members, who always travel in packs, while often wearing the same clothes. That makes it difficult to tell them apart (Ihavetroublewithfacesdon’tmakefunofmeokay?!?!). Then, once you finally can semi match names to faces, all of them proceed to chage their hair styles and so it’s like, “crap!!! have to start all over again!!!”
Ah, I really should be studying, but drosophia development isn’t nearly as interesting as pretty boys.
Yunmin+Solbi MC cuts I only watched like two seconds, but it seems like Yunho calmed down since the last time he did this. He’s still sort of awkward though~. What’s up with the swirly camera?
FT Island; Love is… They are no doubt talented and this is exactly the type of song I like, so why am I not more into it? Why is that one guy– Hongki??? Wonbin???– wearing like a drag queen outfit while the rest of them look normal? Either way, good performance.
DBSK; Mirotic Why were there broken Ionic columns on their stage? This was their best performance of Mirotic in a while. The energy was there and I have to say all of them, especially Junsu and Yunho looked really hawt^^.
M; Don’t Trust Man Minwoo is short but hot. I’m glad he lost the shades half way though, if only the ski hat went too. Song is fine– not my style, but I love him!
Taeyeon (& Seohyun); Can You Hear Me? Ah, this was my fav of the bunch. Yeah, it’s a generic OST ballad but I’m a sucker for those. Sometimes when Taeyeon solos, she loses control of her voice, but she held her game here. I just wish she had a little more confidence and went for it on some of the high notes. Seohyun is incredibly underrated in SNSD so props to her here.
Rain; Rainism I really don’t like the song, so I sort of skimmed the performance. Yawn, whatever…
SHINee; Amigo Nothing to say about this except that I love their red and black outfit concept. I especially covet Minho’s hoodie^^.
Wheesung; Fading Star Okay, the only thing I know about him is that Ivy cheated on him and he had throat surgery. I dunno how he sounded before, but I don’t dig his voice here. However, I’m excited to check out his Notting Hill MV with Lee Hyori. From the teaser pics I saw, she looked quite stunning ♥.
Younha; Gossip Boy Fun and high energy performance. I’ve listened to her album and it wasn’t really my thing. I feel misogynist, but I can’t seem to get into female vocals.
Ok, that should be it. I cheated a little and ff’ed some of the performances… overall, it was a little meh. For some weird reason, I don’t like Music Core as much as Inki or MB, and that somehow makes me like the performances less. Oh well…
