Tuesday, April 26, 2011

Day 5: Purple Line

30 days of kpop
Day 5: Your favourite k-pop song from your favourite guy group

Now it's impossible to pick just one favourite song by TVXQ, because there are so many great ones. But this was the song that made me absolutely fall in love with TVXQ. Purple Line, the japanese version. I don't know why, but it was not until I'd heard this song that I started to completely fan-girl over TVXQ, which is why it will now pose as my favourite song by TVXQ.

Purple Line - Tohoshinki



Other songs I simply adore by DBSK are:
O. Jun. Ban. Hap.
Mirotic
Why did I fall in love with you
Rising Sun
Survivor
Bolero
Insa
Hi Ya Ya
And many, many more...

Thursday, April 21, 2011

Day 4: Amber

30 days of kpop
Day 4: Your ultimate k-pop girl bias:





















Amber - f(x)

Wednesday, April 20, 2011

More of Jaejoong

A couple of days ago I wrote this entry, about an interview with Jaejoong. Well, now there is a second part to that interview, and here is the link to a translation of that: sharingyoochun.net

Once again, I am amazed by this person. He's so unpredictable!
“I’ve dated four times since 2004. All my dates were with celebrities.”
Wow. Well, I don't mind, he can date whoever he will and it's really none of my business. But it makes you wonder who it is! Oh, and I love the way he just says it, because celebrities really aren't supposed to say such things, but he just does it anyway.

-Have you had any plastic surgery done?
That’s a secret. All my fans know the truth behind that, but if you dont, let’s just skip the question.”
HAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHA! God he's adorable. Now I don't know how you can see if someone has had plastic surgery, but I really wouldn't be surprised if he had (and I'm saying that as a huge fan. I really don't mind if he had).

Isn't he strange? In his own charming way. He's just so unique!

f(x) - Pinocchio

They're back! Finally! With Pinocchio (Danger).


f(x) is, as I've mentioned before, my favourite girl group and I've really been anticipating their new album and musicvideo. And they certainly don't disappionted me! As for the album I have only listened through it one time, so I can't really give a lot of opinions to every song, but as a whole, I really like it. It's not perfect, but still really good!

And about the musicvideo... I'm gonna be completely honest; when I first saw it, I didn't really like it. I thought the song was a bit boring, and the video was too much, just all over the place. The song and the video didn't really go together very well. But then I looked at it again, and again, and again... And now, I've changed my mind! It's different, and that's what f(x) is all about, bringing us something new and fresh. The song takes a while to get into, but when you've heard it enough times, you can't get it out of your head! And the video is all over the place, with a lot of colours and patterns, and a lot of wardrobe-changes for the girls of the group. But it's just enough, if you know what I mean? It's almost too much, but they never quite cross the line, so all the colours and patterns just end up making me very happy.

But... SM Entertainment, what are you doing? Amber is barely even seen in the video. And although I like all members of f(x), I really wish Amber would get just a little more screentime. F(x) is very unique, with the way it mixes different styles and different personalities. Amber is a huge and important part of f(x), not to mention, very very special in the world of k-pop. She needs to be more recognized. Please, give Amber more screentime!

I love this whole comeback of my favourite girlgroup, and I can't wait for their comeback-stage!
You can't embed videos posted on SM Entertainments official youtube-channel (sment) so I'll just post a link for those who have yet to see it:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKS12iGFyEA

Sunday, April 17, 2011

Hopeful!

So there's a new interview with Jaejoong. A really wonderful one! Here's a link to it. I can't even begin to tell you all the things I love about this interview, but I'll just introduce my favourite-quotes from it.

“Park Yoochun has the manliest image in JYJ so he wore blue, and I matched Kim Junsu with green because of his humorous image. I wanted to represent my slightly epicene image.”
How I love this. He just used the word epicene to describe himself. Isn't he just wonderful, that's a very unique thing for a man to do. Some men would probably take it as an insult if they were described as epicene, but Jaejoong just says it as it is!

“There are still a few rough patches to fix. But I can assure you that the problem wasn’t amongst the members. I believe there were lies and misunderstandings that surrounded us. Personally, I think that we could still straighten out all the misunderstandings.”
Well, who doesn't love this? There's so much hope in these sentences. Hope for TVXQ. Even if the group can't be reunited on stage in the near future, I just want to hear that they're friends. That would make me happier than almost anything.

“Most of them were my non-celebrity friends. A few celebrities who came were Hong Seok Chun and Narsha.”
Now this is more... Well, I get it if noone else thinks much of this quote, but it brought a smile to my face. I'll try to explain why. About Narsha, I love her. Her solo-album is the best solo-project in k-pop in my opinion (along with maybe Ga-in). So the fact that Jaejoong knows her makes me so exited, because I would obviously love to talk to her myself sometime.
And then there's Hong Seok Chun. Jaejoong just said himself that he is friends with Hong Seok Chun, who is openly gay. A celebrity could easily not reveal his friendship with anyone openly homosexual, just to protect his own image. But Jaejoong reveals it, and by doing so, he could affect tousands of fans, who might just think twice before judging someone by his or her sexuality the next time. Jaejoong has the opportunity to speak to a big crowd, and he really makes the best of it! He's openminded, and that is important.

Ah... I hope to see more inteviews like this in the future, with all members of TVXQ and JYJ. I do love them being silly in variety-shows, but I love it even more when they're serious, because everytime they are, they prove how smart and openminded they are.
Always keep they Faith! Today I feel more hopeful than I've done in a long time!

Saturday, April 16, 2011

Day 3: Jaejoong

30 days of kpop:
Day 3: Your ultimate k-pop guy bias

Jaejoong is my ultimate bias, nothing more to say really. I've already explained what I like about Jaejoong in a previous post, so I'll just put the link to that here. It's just... one of those annoying cases when you keep thinking it's love, but then you realize you've never even met the guy, and it's probably just one of those celebrity-crushes...

Friday, April 15, 2011

Day 2: f(x)

30 days of kpop
Day 2: Your favourite k-pop girl group:I absolutely love f(x), and they're definitely my favourite girl-group. I love how every member has her own individual personality, and that they all bring something unique to the group. They're extremely talented, and I am super-exited about their comeback next week!