Everyone remembers PSY, right?! How can you forget the Gangnam Style sensation that swept across the world, further paving the way for K-pop artist to branch out into the western culture like a wildfire?
After his career of success with YG Entertainment, he has since founded his own label and entertainment agency, the Republic of Passion known as
P Nation, in October 2018.
Artist with his label, other than himself, include
Hyuna,
and her beaux, DAWN,
Jessi,
CRUSH,
Heize,
D.ark,
Penomeco,
and Swings.
Here are some music videos that have been release by P Nation artists:
A new 11 member South Korean group from Spire Entertainment that will be debuting June 30th is OMEGA X with their track "VAMOS" from the mini album of the same name. All of the members are from survival shows and disbanded groups ((ENOi, 1THE9, Seven O'Clock, Spectrum).
2PM is a South Korean boy band that debuted in 2008 with "10 Out of 10", which was followed in 2009 with their super hit "Again & Again". Since, the group has put out a total of 6 full-length albums: 01:59PM in 2009, Hands Up in 2011, Grown in 2013, Go Crazy! in 2014, No. 5 in 2015, and Gentleman's Game in 2016. Their new project, MUST, will be revealed tomorrow, June 28th.
The trailer for "The Hottest Origin" can be seen here.
Melon Premiere LIVE SHOWCASE XIA INCREDIBLE was aired.
It is great to see Junsu's performances to be aired live for all to see. There were almost 20,000 viewers via Leon's YouTube channel alone. The stage lights up as Tallentellegra is the opening song.
That performance was followed by a photo slideshow with behind the scenes of the new album concept's photoshoot and of the 11am music video.
A live performance of 11am followed. Such a beautiful song... starting out in acapella joined by the piano. The performance of the song is very emotional and moving.
Junsu took a break to speak to the audience about the fun and exciting concept for his new album. It has been about a year since his last one. He mentioned that people were watching from overseas and showed how thankful he was by saying thank you in various languages, from Chinese to German.
The audience seemed on the edge of their seat as he talked about the kissing scene in the music video for 'Incredible'. Haha. He said that if was just business and he only pretended to kiss. The video was filmed as a party concept with American dancers.
Next was the performance of Sorry... or Apology (as it is listed in the iTunes tracklisting).
The music video for Incredible was played followed by a live performance of the song. Junsu wore the fun red suit jacket from the video. It looks like he is having so much fun performing for everyone. The fans joined him in singing the 'Ohhhhhhhh...' part of the song while waving their hands in the air.
The showcase was 30 minutes long... which was actually quite shorter than I had expected, but understandable. This was the debut performance for his new album and you want to keep everything fresh and exciting during promotions for it. The live showcase was not disappointing.
If you would like to see the replay of the showcase, it will be made available both on melon.com and Leon's YouTube channel. I will post the replay once it is made available. ^^
How many people reading this watched the showcase? Feel free to comment on it and also on the mv and fun concept for his new album!!!
These are two great kpop groups who are actually bands. Here is a little background on LED Apple's Music Note project. The group is doing 50 episodes through their youtube channel of covers of popular music as not only a way to showcase their talents, but 'the profits that are made from the advertisements that appear when
playing Music Note are donated to the international organization that
protect Children's Rights, "Save The Children".' Its a great cause, so please take the time to check out (and share) other of their Music Note episodes through their channel.
Don't forget to check out the other videos by LUNAFLY too (I especially love their cover of.
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.
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!
Busy?! Heck it just seems to fly regardless anymore. It has been a while since I have posted an update with the latest happenings and upcoming events, so I think I owe a long overdue post. Haha. So here goes...
Big Bang wraps up the Big Bang Alive Tour sponsored by Samsung. The group is continuously thanking fans throughout and after the tour, both by their tweets, facebook updates, and their youtube channel. Seungri must love his phone. He has taken a lot of great videos to share with his fans. My personal opinion is that he should have just documented the whole tour for us. LOL. Here is a sample of his crazy, fun footage:
I missed posting about it at the time, but CNBLUE released a new album. Unfortunately I have only heard two songs so far, I'm Sorry and Coffee Shop, but I really like them
NU'EST is scheduled for their comeback February 13th and have began releasing teaser photos. All I ask it that they PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE don't try to make Ren look super feminine. He is gorgeous, but I don't like when he has his hair down and cut in a feminine way. I like it pulled back or up. I really want to see a full length album from them soon.
NU'EST
Speaking of full length albums, there is another I am waiting for one to be released from...
What is going on with B.A.P? Member, Bang Yong Guk tweets a link to
an audio clip via Tumblr. Is this part of the new project? Only time
will tell. Its sounds a little creepy, but I like it. And yes fans, he
really does have a Tumblr. Haha. Check it out here:
The beautiful and talented BoA released her MV for Disturbance, a choose your ending MV. I won't ruin it for you. I will just provide the link so that you can see for yourself. ^^ Although, I can't help but say that I love that Shinee's Taemin was chosen to do the MV with her. OMO
Super Junior-M released Korean version of Breakdown now available on iTunes. Anyone who knows me knows I am all over that, LOL
Jaejoong
Who needs iTunes to prove your popularity when you can sell completely out of your physical albums? Jaejoong's solo album has sold all of its initial copys (120,000 units) as fans show interest in his solo project. 20,000 more united are to be produced. Congrats to Jaejoong! After everything JYJ has been through, I am happy to see they are feeling the benefits of having a loyal fan base to support them in their careers. I still find myself watching the MV to Mine. It rocks!
Tasty
Other slated combacks: Tasty's comeback has been postponed by their label. The twins tweeted to fans to let them know not to worry. In March, U-KISS will have a comeback. No details for it yet. Se7en will release another single (Japanese) before enlistment in the military (Nooo DON'T GO!!! sorry, I had to).
In other news, The Grammys are coming up quickly. The Aziatix received an invite to a party before the awards. Psy looks to make his commercial during the Super Bowl the best of them by asking fans for their vote on Sunday.
We all know that there are many songs throughout time that share the same melody, beat, or even the same song all together. In my search for such music, I wanted to share these songs with you! I hope to make this a weekly or biweekly feature ^^ (I am slightly aware that I could run out of songs quickly, haha)
Duffy VS Girls Generation
Duffy's Mercy, released in 2008 from her album Rockferry. Her song was even performed on Glee.
I even get to hear this song played almost daily at work. Don't get me wrong, I really like the song, so I am not complaining.
Although it has been a major hit, the song wasn't bought by only one record company....
Girls Generation released their album, I Got A Boy, January 1st of this year (2013, in case you are like me and still writing the wrong year a month into it). Dancing Queen... n,o not any relation to ABBA song whatsoever... is one of the tracks. While I find the song pretty fun and catchy, the music video just doesn't do much for me. These girls, er.. um... women, are in thier 20's now. Is so much aegyo (acting cute/playful) really necessary?! What happened to 'Girls bring the boys out'? I absolutely love Girls Generation, but they can't stay 'girls' forever.
Let me know what you think of the songs, and um... the music video. :P
When most people think of K-pop, they probably wouldn't think of 'Mine' by Kim Jaejoong of JYJ. The song has more of a J-Rock feel to it... not to mention the music video is quite dark. It reminded me of the move 'The Crow", which by the way I LOVED!!! I am really diggin' this MV. Everything from beginning to the end is absolutely amazing. This is from Jaejoong's first solo album.
I can't help but wonder if this video represents JYJ's freedom from their previously ongoing battle with SM Entertainment after cancelling their contract way back when. It seems as if he is breaking free from the past and being born again with a dark side. I must say, a sexy vampiresque one at that. :P
I seriously can't write anymore about this one, because, well... I just can't. I have a strong... and I mean strong
fondness for the members of JYJ. So just watch the video now, will ya!!!
“Mine”
[English Translation]
You are terrible
It’s like you are diseased Poison that runs wild in the screams
Poison that I am already used to
Why does it scream so loudly (okay)
I will wake up from the dream why is it so futile?
Don’t come here This is my ocean
I am too busy fighting things that I could not have imagined
It is my ocean This is ocean
Don’t try to block the sun that shines on me
Sweet…
Sweet pleasure is so sweet
that it devours me up in whole
Why does it make so much noise (okay)
I will say it out loud so it resonates
Don’t come here this is my ocean
I am afraid that this place will be tainted as well
It is my ocean This is my ocean
Don’t try to block the sun that shines on me
Don’t…
This is my ocean
Don’t try to block the sun that shines on me
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
NEWS HEADLINE: IU AND EUNHYUK PICTURE SCANDAL (early November)
THE DISH: IU accidentally post a photo of her and Eunhyuk to her Twitter account and takes it back down withing two minutes.
The photo was reportedly of the two sitting on her sofa during the summer during a visit while IU was sick.
ISSUE AT HAND: So called ELFs (fans of Super Junior) are petitioning to have Eunhyuk removed from Super Junior or sent into the military to serve his term. Others have created a petition against his removal from the group/military enlistment.
I don't know why people who claim to be fans of the group do things like this. If you were truly a fan, you would support them all, as a whole and individually, with their decisions that they make publicly and privately... Regardless of what happened with the scandal, these guys are still human and have lives of their own. They should still be entitled to do what they want. Who cares what 'scandals' crawl out of the woodwork. Just because rumors come out and news spreads as scandals, doesn't always mean the truth will come out too about what goes on. People overreact! Let them have a life too.
Just because there is a petition doesn't mean it will do anything! They tried the same thing with SHINee over Jonghyun/Taemin Internet War concert performance. Get over it. Let them entertain and enjoy their music, performances, etc.
Just my opinion ^_^
FYI: For those who aren't aware of the Jonghyun/Taemin indecent, the two got really close as part of what is called 'fan service'. Plus the song is basically about polluting the minds of people (including children) through internet.
The crowd seemed to enjoy it from the reaction heard on the fan cams... but there are those certain 'fans' that went ballistic and basically started to go on a rampage... they had a vendetta against them to kick them out of the group... WTF?! PPL?!?! Seriously?! Anytime someone famous does something that you don't like you are basically going to try to ruin their career and life?! How about someone lock you up on a padded room with no contact with the outside world for the rest of yours, if that is that way you are going to be about things?!
And people complain about this and that without concern for others and their feelings or how it can effect someone and their life... I wish those people would take a moment to see how things would be if the shoe was on the other foot.
Petition all you want, but it is just gonna make you and the others one that silly little list any better of people... all it is going to do is prove how much of a fan you really WEREN'T in the end.
Ok, so after quite a hiatus from blogging I am back. The holiday time is such a busy time for me, so please accept my apology for the lack thereof.
I got up before the crack of dawn so I could watch the live broadcast online of the MAMAs (MNet Asian Music Awards) for those who don't know, it is like the VMA or MTV music awards of Asia. The biggest award event of the year for these artist.
Four and a half hours later, here I am. For anyone who is interested in watching they are replaying the awards now... wish I would have known that... I would have watched the replay and gotten more sleep haha. Here is the link to watch the 2012MAMA performances. Not only will you see some great K-pop performances, but also performances by Adam Lambert and B.o.B.
Indeed I was one to vote this year. I am pleased with the results. Some of which include:
Best Solo Dance Performand: PSY, Gangnam Style
Best Female Group: SISTAR
Beat Male Group: BIG BANG
Best Collaboration Performance: Trouble Maker
MNet PD's Choice: B.A.P (YESSIR!!) As much as I would have liked to see them win more I am happy they received an award)
Best Dance Performance Male Group: SHINee (YAYYYYYY!!!!!!)
Best Dance Performance Female Group: f(X)
International Favorite Artist: PSY
Best Music Video: PSY, Gangnam Style
New Asian Artist: EXO (I really wanted B.A.P to win this one... but I like EXO too)
Style in Music: Gain
Guardian Angel Worldwide Performer: BIG BANG!!!!!
Best Rap Performance: Epik High
Best Male Artist: G-Dragon (of BIG BANG) Get ya Crayon!!!!
Best Line Award: SUPER JUNIOR!!!!!!!!!!!! <3
Best Global Female Group: KARA
Best Global Male Group: SUPER JUNIOR!!!!!!! (OH YEAH!!!!!)
And the grand prizes:
Artist of the Year: BIG BANG (!!!!!!!!!!!! just wish I coulda seen them in concert earlier this month TT.TT)
Album of the Year: SUPER JUNIOR, Sexy, Free & Single (YESSSSSS!!!!!!)
Song of the Year: PSY, Gangnam Style (Op, op, op, oppan Gangnam style!!!!)
I would have loved to see TVXQ win an award and for SHINee to win another... and Block B!!!
As always BIG BANG had a FANTASTIC performance. I have to say one of the best performances for the event.
So much is going on and there is so much that I have missed updating on... I hope to get a recap written ASAP!
Has anyone else seen this yet? I woke up today to surf the net before starting the day and THIS is what I see... WTF! Yeah, its Tosh, so I shouldn't be surprised, but I must say that it seems a lot of fans are pretty pissed off... Fans of B.A.P that is.
Needless to say, there is racist banter back and forth in the comments of the blog and fans voicing their disgust over peoples comments (and Tosh in general, but what's new there?), among other responses.
I have seen enough of Tosh.0 to know that no matter what they do, they push the limits. Sexist, racist, rapist... regardless the topic, he is going to make a joke out of it. That is one of the harsh realities of the comedy world.
In all honesty, I don't approve of the use of this image for his caption challenge because I am a big kpop fan myself, but that doesn't change anything. Its already done and the ethnic bickering has begun. I would rather people who don't know who they are to not find out about them in this way.
But hey, it coulda been worse.
Like other fans of the group, I hope that if B.A.P sees this that they will take it lightly and know it is a joke.
If you want to read the growing list of comments to the blog, here is the link.
Curious what B.A.P's manager thinks about this... hmmm...
***UPDATE***
So I checked Tosh's site today and the blog has been removed... hmmm, what happened there I wonder.
The manager must not have been too happy.
October 30th is a special day that ELFs and Angels have been dreading and anticipating alike. Super Junior's leader, Leeteuk, will begin his enlistment into the army as a serviceman on active duty.
Many were curious about his haircut after he tweeted about shaving his head. Below are a few images from his last photoshoot before enlistment.
Leeteuk will be greatly missed during his time of service.
**UPDATED** some final pics before leaving were released
So you don't know what KCON is? Would you believe me if I told you it was the first ever convention for ALL THINGS HALLYU. And... for K-pop fans that was the place to be on October 13th in Irvine California! Looks like I will be making plans to try to go to KCON '13 in the future. Hehe.
Original Post (10/12/12) Kiss Me'swere shocked to hear that the youngest member of U-KISS has been taken to the emergency room for testing and treatment. Dongho was said to have been experiencing chest pains. He has been found to have inflammation of the lining of the lungs and chest, known as pleurisy. This condition causes chest pain when breathing or coughing.
His fellow members, including Kevin, have expressed their well wishes and prayer request for Dongho via Twitter.
Move over Psy, the bird is on the loose. This Australian born socially awkward KPop solo artist, by the name of Crazyno is entertaining and knows how to.. not be serious.
