Favorite songs this month

Well... I don't post too often on this blog apparently. Let me just quickly go through all the music videos I've wanted to mention since last time. And yes, I know I'm super-late with most of them. (basically this will just be a post consisting of music videos and one sentence-comments.)

A-cha - Super Junior

I like the song, I really do, but the video just seems... I don't know, a bit boring? I'm a huge fan of SuJu and usually I love their "dance-only"-videos, but this one just seemed a bit pale compared to Mr. Simple and Bonamana. Like nobody really put in a lot of thought when they made it. I like Suju, but this video just didn't do it for me.

Get Out - JYJ

I love the song. I love the dance. I like the styling. However, I do not like the fancy car, and the close-up shots in the first verse. Am I over-doing it? Well I love JYJ so I think I'm completely allowed to complain about the little things. This is a great single, I love it. (If anyone wonders why I'm not mentioning In Heaven in this post, it's just because I'm not really into ballads. I like it, but I'm only gonna include my favorites right now.)

Beautiful Target - B1A4

Oh god this is just so silly. And weird. And absolutely adorable. I've been obsessed with song for the past few weeks, despite how incredibly silly it is. I like cute things, and this is just about how cute it gets!

The Boys - Girl's Generation

I thought long about making a separate post about this video, but I have a tendency to not write about things when i say I'll do it later. So here I go. First: I LOVE SNSD <3 With this new album it really feels like they've grown up, showing another side of themselves. i love the concept, the clothes, the coreography. The song is not my favorite though, but it does get better after listening to it a couple of times though. But I really like the direction SNSD is going. They're evolving, growing, showing their talents, and working really hard. I'm really happy with this comeback!

Love is Move - Secret

It's easy to forget about Secret as they are promoting in the shadow of Girl's Generation, which is why it's so important to bring them up! I love Secret, and I love this song. I really think it's their best song so far. It's a lot of fun, with a slightly more mature concept, but still playful and fun! Don't forget about Secret!

Cheerz - Simon D

I've been listening to this song constantly since it was released. it's just brilliant! It's not really my usual taste in music but it's just so good! Everyone listen to it!

What is a "good" fan?

What is a good fan? I don't think there is any correct answer to this. Who decides what a "good" fan is? All I know is what kind of fan I want to be.

1. I want to support my favouritebands without bashing others.
Just be supportive. You don't have to tell the world that you dislike someone, just be quiet if you have nothing nice to say. You do not feel better after upsetting other fandoms and starting fanwars. It's just ridiculous, and I always feel ashamed when I see fans of the same bands as me bashing others for no reason.

2. I don't want to judge my idols.
They should always feel encouraged by their fans, not suffocated or limited. They should be able to be themselves, as far as they want to be. When my idols are happy, I feel happy.

This is a very common scenario that happens every time a kpop-video makes it to the front-page of Youtube:
Hater: These guys are gay just like all other asians!
Fan: NOOOO!!! MY IDOLS ARE NOT GAY!!! YOU'RE THE ONE WHO'S GAY! AMERICANS ARE STUPID!

In this case, both the fan and the hater makes me ashamed to be human. Let's face it, both these comments are both racist and homophobic, and both comments are more hurting than encouraging. Super Junior are all in all 15 guys, and there's a huge possibility that one (or more) of them are gay. SNSD are 9 girls, why shouldn't one of them be a lesbian? Everyone isn't straight, and I wish all homophobic fans would just understand that!


Now this is what I mean by supporting and encouraging! Cassiopeia is beautiful!

3. I don't want to be a stalker. Idols should have the right to a private life. I see it like this: Yes, they indeed chose a life in the spotlight. They chose that as their job. But they are not always working, are they? When they are at public events, fans can take pictures and ask for autographs and scream and jump and be exited, and be everything that fans are. But when our idols leave work, we should leave them alone. When they're done for the day, they should have the right to a private life just like all other people have.
Now I get it if you see you idol walking down the street in your hometown, and you stop and ask for an autograph. That's normal behaviour. But to follow your idol around, and wait outside their house, that's not normal. That's not something anyone should have to deal with. Let them have a private life. Let them date whoever they want to date. Stalker fans do not encourage, they suffocate.


The other day I saw a Youtube-comment on the video for Ugly - 2NE1, that went something like this:
"2NE1 are sooo pretty, they shouldn't sing this song! Lady Gaga should sing it since she's so ugly!"
Honestly, what gives you the right to say Lady Gaga is ugly? She's beautiful as she is, just like 2NE1 are. I like both Lady Gaga and 2NE1, and I felt so offended by that comment. Bashing is so unnecessary!

Fans of every band, group or solo-artist should be nice and respectful to all. Of course, just people in general should be nice and respectful I suppose. Just care for the people you like. (And honestly, it wouldn't hurt to care just a little bit for those you don't like as well.)

Bad Girl - SNSD

This is, according to me, the best song so far by So Nye Shi Dae. I really love it! The chorus is catchy and the high notes sung by Jessica and Taeyeon are great! The choreography looks great and I really like the concept. As for the clothes I feel similar as I did to Super Juniors Mr. Simple: I don't really like the gray/black outfits, but the colourful outfits looks really amazing! Especially Jessica and Hyoyeon (I have a thing for red jeans...). The low sound-quality makes me a bit confused, but doesn't really bother me. Honestly it gives the video some character, like they're taking the "bad girl"-feeling of the song as far as possible!

I haven't talked a lot about SNSD before. But I really like them and appreciate their huge talent. I used to be a bit different though. Consider this as my apology to all wonderful sones out there:
I admit, I judged SNSD too quick. I put my trust in what other people said without thinking on my own, and I judged based on appearance rather than talent. I didnt like SNSD in the beginning. I don't know exactly why. It just seemed like a lot of other people hated them so I though "Well, I guess they aren't very good then." I should have known that a lot of haters doesn't make a group worth the hate.
It sounds strange to say I judged on appearance, but let me explain. I know SNSD are super-pretty so if I only looked at them I should have loved them, and maybe I would have if I had seen each of them individually. But I only saw them as a group. I saw nine girls in identical pink clothes (oh!), showing their legs, wiggling their hips in time with the music. And even before I started viewing the video I had decided I was going to dislike it. I know better now, and trust me, I am so ashamed that I judged them so easily. I was never a hater, I have never written a hateful comment about SNSD anywhere, I have just disliked them without reason.

If I could, I would apologize to every single member of So Nye Shi Dae, and also to every single one of their fans. I'm really sorry.

As I said, I know better now. I don't know when I started to change. But at some point I decided to give them a chance, and I am so glad I did. I realized that these girls were just as hard-working and talented as any other SM artist. I realized that if you looked at the right places, you could see them do complicated dances and sing very hard songs. I think what really made me love SNSD was when I realized that they weren't at all identical, as I had thought in the beginning. Sure, they often wear identical clothes on stage, but their personalities are so varied. Here is a link to the interview that got me to really understand that (in case anyone doubts me when I say they're very unique girls.)

I like them all and I think they're all very talented, but my favorites for now are Sunny, Tiffany and Jessica. I really can't tell you why, I just really like them!
I don't know exatly what I wanted to say with this long post... Maybe I wanted to help someone else, to not make the same mistake I did. Maybe I just wanted to say sorry. SNSD are wonderful, and I wish I could have known that earlier. Maybe I just love them.

Day 8: No Other 6 Oh!

30 days of kpop
Day 8: A kpop-song you know all the words to.

I couldn't pick just one. But I have two that I'm pretty sure I'm saying the right words when I sing along! (I can never be a 100% sure though.)

No Other - Super Junior


Oh - SNSD/Girl's Generation