Dream Girl

SHINee's back! 

(Just hearing Minho's 'SHINee's back' whisper has me stoked)



Okay, so I'm not talking about a specific girl or anything here, sorry to disappoint the guys. I am excited to announce SHINee's comeback with their song Dream Girl and MV's!

So I am not going to waste any time in inserting the video for your viewing pleasure.

I must admit that I am really impressed with the style and imagery, usage of various camera angles, the mic stand dancing, the various black and white patterns, the pop art style usage, and the trampoline! There is so much awesomeness to this video.

My favorite thing here, the very beginning... no not actually the 'Shinee's back' whisper by Minho, but...
Taemin is the first to sing. Often in the past, (I may be wrong, but I'm just pointing out my own take on it) I don't remember Taemin singing so much solo during a song. I absolutely loved his song for the To the Beautiful You OST (for those who don't know, OST=Original Sound Track). It's nice to hear more of Taemin, rather than just seeing his moves. :P

I am glad to see that the teaser images wasn't quite so misguiding to the comeback like they were for Sherlock. Truly don't have a clue what SM was trying to do with that... well, I guess maybe swoon the youngens with the SHINee nakedness (toplessness, rather).

With this, I think the term Korean boy band should morph into something new... These are now men. So shouldn't we have a different term to describe them? Is there already a term, but I am just unaware? Even K-pop band doesn't seem fitting... they aren't playing instruments. Ah, ok, I'm thinking too much, so I will stop there. LOL

Last but not least, here is the dance version of the MV.

Monday Music Battle

Well, so far I haven't maintained a weekly update with this, but I will try to do it more often. I truly need to remember to schedule my postings when I am too busy to do them timely, haha.

Martin VS SHINee

Today, I introduce Martin. Martin (Martin Hoberg Hedegaard) was the very first winner of the Danish series of the show, X Factor. He is also credited as the youngest winner of the competition. Honestly, I stumbled upon this by looking for English subtitled music videos. I am glad that I have. His debut studio album, Show the World, was released by Sony BMG in 2008 and went 3x platinum. 

SHINee is a South Korean boy band (well, they were... they have of course grown up a bit) who did a cover of Show the World, called Love Like Oxygen, on their album The Shinee World soon after the release of Martin's single. Although it is a cover, the lyrics and the message is different.

I felt it would be appropriate to include SHINee in today's music battle since they have a comeback on the horizon. Soon they will release their new single, Dream Girl. I will post more about it in an upcoming update!