Let's Talk About Love

But first, let's wish G-Dragon, of Big Bang, a HAPPY (26th) BIRTHDAY!!! You know what that means?! New music is on the way ^_^
 

He is slated to release his 2nd solo album soon. YG just released this teaser...

So take that you people who criticized him for his intagram pic. You should have known better than to make comments about 'racism' and such when you probably don't even follow Kpop or know what is going on.

GRRRRrrr....

Sorry, but some people just can't keep their mouth shut and have to jump to conclusions. What ever happened to not judging a book by its cover.... or understanding that you just don't know EVERYTHING. (end rant)



Now, back to talkin' about love... hehe.
Another member of Big Bang, Seungri, will be coming out with his 2nd mini album August 19th. Suengri, you tease!!! What a sexy teaser for a MV?! WARNING: EXPLICIT (19+ for extreme sexiness, omo) x_x

NU'EST's 3rd mini album will be out August 22nd. SPOILER!!!

String Pop group, Odd Eye, made an English version of their song, 'Catch Me If You Can', although many YouTubers are complaining that even though the song is in English... they can't really tell that it is. Regardless I enjoyed the Pop Art style video.


I will be back soon with more music and updates, but in the meantime... enjoy the stage performances for the comeback of B.A.P

and Tasty

and let's not forget the awesome comedic power of helium abuse!!!!!

Falling In Love (Touch Me Over Here)

Here is a brief rundown of some recent and upcoming haps in Kpop.


2NE1 released Falling In Love, July 8th. I watched the MV right after its release and I must say I absolutely love it.

FYI, those of you who aren't all that familiar with Kpop but have listened to will.i.am's #willpower... Have you listened to 'Gettin' Dumb'? That song features CL of 2NE1... who also came out with a solo, 'Baddest Female'. CL can go hard!

Check out 2NE1's MV for 'Falling In Love'

Teen Top celebrated their 3rd anniversary with CLAP ENCORE! Including a reaction video of them watching their MV. I seriously think this is one of the most hyper groups. They are fun to watch.

Jay Park released his mini album, I Like 2 Party, July 10th. The title track was featured in the Korean release of the Will and Jaden Smith movie, After Earth.




CN Blue plans their comeback July 31st.

August 18 is G-Dragon's birthday... and did someone say new album?! Of course! What a great way to celebrate.

KCON '13 is coming up next month. I will post details about it soon.

Members of Super Junior are in Hawaii. Siwon has posted photos via Twitter and Sungmin is seen with him on the beach both holding surf boards. I am so glad that these guys are enjoying their time.

Donghae made a short video and was posted on SM Entertainment's YouTube channel. A few other videos had been posted to the channel leading some to think Donghae has hacked SM's account to post his clips. Haha :P If that is the case, let's hope that it continues.

Under the COVERs

One of the awesome things about Youtube (other than flash mob versions of dances and such) is the great covers of already amazing songs that are out there. Yes, there is good and bad... but there are some really great ones out there... I recently came across Chad Future.



He has done some English remix versions of some of my favorite k-pop songs. Not only are his covers good, but the videos for them are as well. It isn't just some person with a webcam, plinking on a piano and voice cracking out a tune. These are worth checking out. I am going to provide the originals to songs followed by the cover for it by Chad Future. But before I do that, here is what I have discovered about him.



Chad Future, whose real name is David Lehre from Detroit, trained in rapping and music production for 10 years. He has already had success as an award winning Director, even directed music videos for some of the biggest stars of Asia, plus has done work with Jason Derulo and other various groups/organizations. Chad Future seems to be quite creative, blending Korean and English for his own music... the first AK-Pop (American K-pop) artist... bring the style of k-pop, both of music and video, in his own way to the US.


I hope that you enjoy his work. Check out the videos below.

One Shot by B.A.P

One Shot Remix/Cover by Chad Future

Bounce by JJ Project

Bounce Remix/Cover by Chad Future

Crayon by G-Dragon (of Big Bang)

 Crayon Remix/Cover by Chad Future

Check out his other videos on his YouTube channel... Including his own music!

After Over A Month-long Hiatus...

With the holidays and all the happenings at the end of the year, I haven't been able to keep up with my blog. Good news is, I'm back and ready to catch up on all the various things that have happened in the K-pop world. Believe me, there is a lot for me to fill you in on, if you haven't discovered it yourself already.

To start this off, YG Entertainment has released that G-Dragon, of Big Bang, will be having a solo world tour this year. OMG! If it is anything like the Big Bang Alive Tour, I would die to go!!! I watched one of the full concert videos and wanted to make it to one of their US stops sooooo freakin' bad, its ridiculous! Haha. Now GD is going on tour. There are only select places listed for the tour with future cities for the tour to be announced.

B.A.P is preparing for another comeback. I'm not complaining one bit. After a rivalry between the fans of B.A.P and EXO for the award for Rookie of the Year, um... well... EXO fans, B.A.P has come out with how many mini albums in one year alone?? And EXO? One right? Well two if you count both the Korean and Mandarin versions, but that is cheating. LOL. I don't want to get on anyone's bad side, but I love B.A.P. They have shown their diversity in their music... the only thing I have to say is.... I WANT A FULL ALBUM!!!! Please B.A.P, hear your fans' plea! If not a full album soon, at least a special collector edition of the mini albums combined as a full album with, maybe, a special track or something.

I know that isn't much catching up, but I will post again soon. Thanks to everyone who has checked out my blog recently and to those who have stuck with me through my hiatus. :P

Annyeong!

S(topgirlinthenameoflove)EPTEMBER

I am excited that U-KISS released thier 7th mini-album. Stop Girl, on 9/20. I absolutely love the song and the choreography in the MV. In this album they have an English version of the song as well as the instrumental. As much as I enjoy knowing the translations of lyrics to k-pop songs, the English version lacks something. The Korean version flows so much better with the music, especially the raps. Maybe its just me.

 B.A.P. has had such powerful performances previously with thier songs Warrior and POWER. They came back strong with NO MERCY and I have enjoyed watching B.A.P perform their song CRASH. It is such a fun song. I absolutely love it. You can tell that they have so much fun performing it too. They have been changing up their performance and keep it interesting. Zelo!!! What are you doing?! 1 thousand years of death... poking Jongup's butt... hahaha... silly maknae!