This Week In Kpop: 1.28-2.1

I actually feel like a stranger posting on this blog. I think it’s been about a week or two since I’ve posted but it honestly feels like it’s been a month or two. I took my SATs for the first time last weekend so that kept me busy for a few weeks while I studied. At the moment I’m not drowning in homework, well let me not speak too soon. I guess I’ll have to start setting some blogging goals again. I just finished School 2013 so I’ll post a review to that sometime this week.

• Seo In Guk’s video teaser for “I Can’t Live Because of You”: I’ve fallen for Seo In Guk quite hard after watching Reply 1997. I actually didn’t even know he was originally a singer till I heard him singing with Eunji. I need to do some backtracking on him.

• Ailee releases “Ice Flower” MV for “Queen of Ambition” OST: Usually whatever Ailee puts out sounds amazing (ah not including her lastest comeback single) and this is no exception. The girl just has some crazy power in her voice.
  

• DMTN releases “Safety Zone”:I’m not exactly a fan of DMNT, I’m really just a fan of Jeesu’s voice. There are a couple of tracks I like by them but this song isn’t BAM enough for me.

• INFINITE H releases “Without You” video: I love these two together so much, they need to release stuff together more often.

• BOA releases “Disturbance”: I was unaware that BoA was releasing this song, I found out about it when I was watching the Top 50 of the week and I kept thinking to myself, “This guy looks so familar…..is that Kai/Taemin?” Turns out it was Taemin. Quite the change of image if you ask me, he looks quite masculine here. I mean he looks so grown in the video, I can’t call him cute anymore. I assure you, I am not spazzing over Taemin. I never really noticed before but BoA’s voice is nasally, and it’s almost unbearable in this song. The acting was alright, Taemin needs  some work. The video was actually quite nice, I like the interactive feature at the end.

Day 25: 35 Day Kpop/Jpop Song Challenge

Day 25: Favorite BoA song

BoA was the very first Korean artist I got into but at the time I didn’t know that and I thought she was Japanese. I remember I was watching InuYasha one day and I was like hey I like this song. It turned out to be Every Heart the Japanese version. This is the one song, I just can’t seem to stop liking.

She looked so sweet and innocent here. These were the days when I thought she produced the best music. She went through her phases which I actually couldn’t stand and I questioned her choices but I’m glad she seems to have found her footing again.

Top 25 Most Played Songs on my iPod

I’ve been in denial for a long time that I actually listened to several songs nearly 2000 times.

25. Colors~Melody and Harmony~ (Yoochun and Jaejoong) 1,741 plays

24. Heartbeat (KAT-TUN) 1,748 plays

23. Manazashi (Honey L Days) 1,768 plays

22. Wrong Number (DBSK) 1,798 plays

21. Intoxication (Junsu of JYJ) 1,799 plays

20. One More Time (Kim Hyun Joong) 1,801 plays

19. Genesis of Aquarion (Akino Arai) 1,820 plays

18. Replay (SHINee) 1,821 plays

17. Real Face (KAT-TUN) 1,831 plays

16. Crazy Love (DBSK) 1,850 plays

15. Love Song (Big Bang) 1,853 plays

14. Beautiful Hangover (Big Bang) 1,859 plays

13. Somebody (U-KISS) 1,862 plays

12. Don’t Go Home (GD &TOP) 1,866 plays

11. Gold (UVERworld) 1,866 plays

10. Love Ya (SS501) 1,894 plays

9. Every Heart (BoA) 1,905 plays

8. Mirotic (DBSK) 1,918 plays

7. Your Love Is All I Need (DBSK) 1,919 plays

6. Wedding Dress (Taeyang) 1,941 plays

5. Fiction (BEAST/B2ST) 1,943 plays

4. Hug (DBSK) 1,960 plays

3. Koe wo Kikasete (Big Bang) 1,975 plays

2. Juliette JPN Version (SHINee) 1,976 plays

1. Take Me Away (U-KISS) 1,986 plays

Milestone {BoA}

BoA was truly the first Kpop artist I got into. She still had the cute and innocent image when I first started listening to her and I loved her ballads. Then her image changed and I honestly couldn’t bring myself to listen to her because that wasn’t the BoA I knew. But now I feel like with this single, she’s back to showcasing her amazing voice.

30 Kpop Questions Challenge

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1. Breathe by Miss A OR Breathe by G-Dragon?
2. Without You by U-KISS OR Without U by 2PM?
3. Lies by BIG BANG OR Lies by T-Ara?

CHOOSE A GROUP! (or solo artist)
4. BEAST OR MBLAQ?
5. BEAST OR SHINee?
6. KARA OR SNSD?
7. SNSD OR After School?
8. KARA OR T-Ara?
9. 4Minute OR 2NE1?
10. BoA OR Lee Hyori?
11. Jay Park OR Taeyang?
12. Se7en OR Rain?
13. Son Dambi OR Lee Hyori?
14. Outsider OR E.Via?
15. Miss A OR SISTAR?
16. INFINITE OR Teen Top?

CHOOSE AN IDOL!
17. Jia from Miss A OR Victoria from F(x)?
18. Junsu from TVXQ OR Junsu from 2PM?
19. HyunA from 4Minute OR CL from 2NE1?
20. Taecyeon from 2PM OR TOP from BIG BANG?
21. Goo Hara from KARA OR Yoona from SNSD?
22. Daesung from BIG BANG OR Onew from SHINee?
23. Bom from 2NE1 OR Taeyeon from SNSD?
24. Changmin from 2AM OR Changmin from TVXQ?
25. Taemin from SHINee OR Dongho from U-KISS?
26. Hyoyeon from SNSD OR Minzy from 2NE1?
27. Hongki from FT Island OR Yonghwa from CNBlue? Ah this was hard~
28. Kikwang from BEAST OR Taeyang from BIG BANG?
29. Nana from After School OR Tiffany from SNSD?
30. Jokwon from 2AM OR Key from SHINee?

[Ranking] Most Fashionable Jpop and Kpop Idols

I haven’t done a poll/list post in a while. This one I found kind of funny though.

KPOP FEMALE IDOLS

1. CL
2. Dara
3. Park Bom
4. Tiffany
5. BoA

KPOP MALE IDOLS

1. G Dragon
2. T.O.P
3. Key
4. Taeyang
5. Jaejoong

JPOP FEMALE IDOLS

1. Scandal (all members)
2. Namie Amuro
3. YUI
4. Ayumi Hamasaki
5. Kana Nishino

JPOP MALE IDOLS

1. Gackt
2. Yamapi
3. Kamenashi Kazuya
4. Matsumoto Jun
5. Akanishi Jin

Satisfied with the list? Maybe pictures later.

30 Day Song Challenge: Day 26- Every Heart

The closer I get to finishing this, the harder it is for me to post. I’m just not posting as much as I used to. Well when I was musically  inclined (lol I just got lazy and stopped playing) I could play Every Heart on the piano. Not very well though. This was back when BoA was young and innocent.

~ta ta ^.^