It's time for 2AM!

The other 4 One Day brothers haven't been getting as much love from me as they deserve in the past because they weren't promoting anything. But that has all changed now :)

May I proudly introduce to you, 2AM's new album!!!

죽어도 못 보내 (rough translation: Even If I Die, I Can't Let [You] Go)
1. Intro
2. Even if I Die, I Can’t Let You Go (죽어도 못 보내)
3. I’m Sorry I Can’t Laugh For You (웃어 줄 수 없어서 미안하다)
4. I Love You (feat. Baek Chan, Joo Hee of 8eight)
5. To Her (feat. Chansung of 2PM)
6. Outro (I’m Laughing)

They released a series of teasers:

Oooh dancers....
Everyone was wondering who they are. I'm guessing it's 2AM, because who else would it be, really?


Seulong. Spring showers.
Awww Ongie, don't cry!


Jinwoon. Summer vines.
He's got a new hair color!


Changmin. Autumn leaves.
Gotta love his voice ♥


Jokwon. Winter snow.
He's such a diva, but I still love him.

I just gotta say, these teasers were shot AMAZINGLY.

They did their first comeback stage on Music Bank last night:

Perfect.

And the music video was finally released this morning!

I cannot wait for this to come out in HD. It's beautiful as it is, but it's going to be GORGEOUS when it can be viewed and heard in HD quality.
(I was wrong, the dancers are some random people. And I actually don't like that they're there in the background. But they're kind of hardly noticeable, so it's okay...)

Videos of the Week

1. Onew's cover of "Cracks of My Broken Heart" (Eric Benét)

I've been spazzing over this for a whole week. It's just too good. ♥
And if you search "cracks of my broken heart" on Youtube, you get a result page full of Taeyang, Onew, and Yoseob. LOL. K-Pop FTW!

2. SHINee + 2PM MuBank waiting room

My faves are together in one room!!! It's a dream come true! But a bittersweet one, I must add. It's because they both are doing their goodbye stages. (TT_TT) No more Heartbeat, Tired of Waiting, Ring Ding Dong, or JoJo promotions. *sigh*
Onew + Junsu are so cute ^^ (Don't get me wrong...I still ship Onkey.)
This was on Junsu's bday, so Taec says happy bday at the end, but it gets cut off. :(
OneDay needs to do more stuff with SHINee!

3. Key vs. Jokwon

This has been a long time coming, the ultimate diva-off! They're copying the dance from the Sweet Dreams MV.
(0:16) Jjong's like "go go go go"
(0:23) I really want to know what he's saying about Taemin and Minho
(0:40) UNF!
(0:48) He's singing along LOL!
(0:54) kekekekeke...
(0:59) Taemin and Minho are like the embarrassed sons thinking, "oh god...umma, what are you doing?!"
(1:06) Thank you for that close up shot ;)
(1:13) Yeahhh GaIn unnie!
(1:17) Couple fight? lol
(1:25) And the Diva-Off officially begins!
(1:34) x_x
(1:40) ssanti-krumping ROFL
Further proof that OneDay + SHINee = awesome!
Oh Key boo, you do this stuff, and I still love you. It's the power of K-Pop boys.♥

New Twitter Account

@jlkpop

Just for the K-Pop trending topic missions and spazzes and whatnot.

I realized that I needed a separate one after last nights #KPOP TT mission. 51 hashtags in 4 hours. I'm pretty sure my non-kpop followers hated me.

I've been feeling less bloggy lately cuz there isn't much going on except 2PM and SHINee's goodbye stages. CN Blue's debut is doing well :)

I'll probably post more once Hello Baby starts airing and I can find/watch the subbed episodes and when 2AM's new album releases and their comeback stuff is on air.

Actually, the lack of spazzout-worthy things is good. Spring semester is about to start soon, and I won't have much time to focus on the loves. I have to study and get my bgirl-self back into shape.

Definitely check out my Tumblr. I post there almost every day because it's easier. Lots of eye-candy :) You can definitely see my biases.

K-Pop blog +1

I made a Tumblr blog for more of my K-Pop madness. It's going to be a huge collection of pics and videos and whatnot of the loves. Tumblr = massive source of eye candy. Go check it out!

http://joelleloveskpop.tumblr.com

And I just want to say, fuckyeahkpopmacros is the ultimate win of life.
"here to give you guys a good laugh (:
cause seriously, our kpop idols have the epik-est faces ever ."

Terminology

If you've actually been reading my blog, you'll see that I will sporadically use Korean terminology. For those of you don't understand the random words I'm saying, I am here to explain them. (Some of the spelling might be off. I'm using the spelling I normally see on the subbed videos I watch.)

umma = mother (informal, usually used by kids)
appa = father (informal, usually used by kids)
hyung = older boy (used by boys)
oppa = older boy (used by girls)
noona = older girl (used by boys)
unni = older girl (used by girls)
dongsaeng = younger boy/girl (used by both genders)
sunbae = senior, superior, elder
hoobae = junior
aegyo = cuteness, acting cute
jjang = the best, coolest (Not to be confused with Jjong, which is Jonghyun's nickname. Jjong, however, is also very jjang! lol)
daebak = big win, success
omo = Korean equivalent of OMG

And for those of you who don't know, each idol group has their own fan club and each fan club has it's own name.

This is the only compiled list of names I could find. (Some of them are incorrect.)
http://kpoprants.wordpress.com/2009/08/13/%E2%96%BA%E2%96%BAwhats-your-fan-club-tag/

I'm a Shawol (SHINee), Hottest (2PM), I AM (2AM), VIP (Big Bang), Blackjack (2NE1), A-Plus [A+] (MBLAQ), and whatever f(x)'s fans are going to be called.

That's it for the terminology for now. I'll put this in a link thing in the side menu.

Hello Baby!

cr: wearshining.com

O.M.G! I am so excited for this :) They're doing season 2 of Hello Baby. I never watched the first season with SNSD, but if the show is anything like 2AM's Love Escort, then this is going to be AWESOME! And even if it's not, it will still be awesome because idol boys + babies = EPIC CUTENESS WIN! And, it's a good sneak peek to see if they'll be good fathers in the future ;)

I can picture it already. Key is going to be the overly-concerned umma (the kid is sitting in Key's lap already), Onew is the laid-back appa, Taemin will be the cute hyung, Minho is the serious hyung, and Jjong is the silly hyung.

Okay, I did my research. Thank you, SNSD's Wikipedia article.
Since June 23, 2009, the group has been on a reality series titled Girls' Generation's Hello Baby, on cable network KBS Joy, where they take care of a baby named "Cho Kyungsan" (Korean: "조경산") and each week they (or an invited male guest, called the 'daily dad') select the "Best Mom" and "Worst Mom" from among the members according to their contribution in taking care of Kyungsan for the day. The show ended on November 17, 2009.

So, I wonder who the boys are going to get for the "daily moms"...
This is like SHINee's Yunhanam, but with a kid instead of a noona!

Oh look...

I changed the name of my blog from "Obsessive Love" to "Joelle Loves K-Pop". Now, why did I do that?

Answer: Because "Obsessive Love" just wasn't doing it for me. It also sounded weird. And since the URL for this is indeed http://joelleloveskpop.blogspot.com, it only made sense to actually name it to match.

One of these days, I'm going to get around to making a proper header banner for this blog. It's an expected thing for me to do, since I am a Graphic Design student. Now wait, don't get me wrong. Don't think that I'm going to do it because it's "expected of me". I really do want to make one, but I can't decide if I want to include everyone in it or just the guys listed in the "My Heart (Especially) Beats For" section. OR maybe not even all of them, maybe just Taec and Key, because I love them the most. Iono! Agh! I think I'm getting delusional. It's only 2AM. (haha! this was not intentional...mmm Changmin, Jinwoon, Seulong, Jokwon...okay yes, I am getting random now) I have gone to sleep much much later than this. Yesterday, actually. I went to sleep at like 5:30am because I was reading SHINee fanfics and watching Dream Team (Season 2 w/ Minho).

Oh yeah! Random thing: My sister wants to name her next Tamagotchi "Khun". Pwahaha! She's hooked. Yes, she has a Tamagotchi still. 2 in fact AND she got them this past Christmas. And yes, she's in college and still wants to play with Tamagotchis. There's something about our generation that still loves their childhood toys/games/etc. I think it's because we had the best stuff. For example: Pokemon, the OG Power Rangers, Neopets, etc. The 90's rocked!

Okay, this post got extremely random. My brain is fried. I went back struck through the non-K-pop related stuff. I don't want to delete it though because I like going back when I'm coherent and laugh at how random my thoughts are.

Happy New Year, Korea!

Since Korea is 17 hours ahead of me, my K-Pop loves are already 3 hours into 2010. I hope they rang in the new year happily :)

Dear SHINee, 2PM, 2AM, Big Bang, and 2NE1,

Despite all the troubles in 2009, you managed to make it through with great success. I cannot wait for what you have in store for us in 2010. I'm looking forward to another wonderful and crazy (in a good way) year with you all :)
K-Pop hwaiting!!!

Sincerely,
Joelle

Yes, I am quite lame like this. :P

SBS Gayo Daejun Recap [Part 6]

This is the last one!!!!

Part 1 [here]. Part 2 [here]. Part 3 [here]. Part 4 [here]. Part 5 [here].

G-Dragon + Taeyang, SNSD + Super Junior, NG+BTS

View the vids + commentary after the Jump!

SBS Gayo Daejun Recap [Part 1]

This is going to be MASSIVE. I will probably have to divide this up somehow...

I'm just going to go along with my tweets and add the post-commentary and videos (or just the links) as I go down the list.
My tweets from the live stream will be in blue italics. Regular commentary in normal type.

f(x) "Chu~♥", MBLAQ + Beast dance battle, Davichi + 2AM, Girls dance as the boys stage

View the vids + commentary after the Jump!

Mix It Up

I've known about Masa for a while and always look forward to his mixes and mash-ups.
I really hope he's doing an "End of 2009" mix.
K-pop love FTW. He's got EVERYONE <3

Last year's "Adios 2008"

Hot K-Pop 2009 Part 1

Hot K-Pop 2009 Part 2

This will be EPIC

allkpop revealed the SBS Gayo Daejun lineup!!!

Solo Artists:
*Baek Ji Young - Like Being Hit by a Bullet (dance version) and My ear’s candy (feat. 2PM’s Taecyeon)
*GDragon - Heartbreaker, Korean Dream (feat. Taeyang) and Hello (feat. Sandara Park)
*JYP- Honey, She is Pretty, No love No more and Special Performance
*Kim Tae Woo – Love Snow (feat. Slime)
*Lee Seung Gi – Will You Marry Me and Let’s Break Up
*Son Dambi - Crazy, Saturday Night and After School Joint Performance
*Taeyang - Wedding dress, Where u at and Special Performance
*Younha - Password 486 and 1,2,3

Girl Groups:
*2NE1 - Fire, I Don’t Care and Let’s go party
*4Minute - Hot issue, Muzik and Special Performance
*After School - Diva and Because of You
*Brown Eyed Girls - Abracadabra, Sign and Special Performance
*Davichi - 8282 and I made an accident
*f(x) – LA chA tA and Chu ~ ♡
*Jewelry - Vari2ty and Love story
*KARA - Honey, Wanna, Mister and Special Performance
*SNSD - Gee, Tell Me Your Wish (Genie) and Special Performance
*T-ara - Lies and Bo Peep Bo Peep

Boy Bands:
*2AM - This Song, Friend’s Confession and Special Performance
*2PM - I Hate You, Again & Again, Heartbeat and Acrobatic Performance
*Beast - Bad Girl, Mystery and Special Performance
*MBLAQ - Oh Yeah, G.O.O.D Luv and Special Performance
*SHINee - Amigo, Ring Ding Dong, JoJo and Special Performance
*Super Junior - Sorry Sorry and It’s You and Special Performance

Special Stage:
*8090 Legend Stage featuring: Super Junior + 2PM + SNSD + 2NE1 + T-ara
*Dance Stage featuring: KARA Nicole + 4minute HyunA + SNSD Hyoyeon + After School Gahee + Jewelry Ha Jooyeon + 2NE1 Minzy
*Lee Moon Sae Stage featuring: SHINee Jonghyun + Super Junior Kyuhyun + Kim Tae Woo + Baek Ji Young
*Lee Seung Chul Stage featuring: SNSD + Davichi + Seo In Young
*Special Change Stage featuring: Brown Eyed Girls + KARA + 4Minute + SNSD
*Special Joint Stage featuring: Baek Ji Young + Lee Seung Gi + Kim Tae Woo + Son Dambi
*Trot joint stage featuring: Park Hyun Bin + Jang Yoon Jung + Song Dae Kwan
*Wonder Girls overseas video message

Yay yay yay yay!!! SBS Gayo Daejun just keeps getting better and better <3

Boy kitties!

Cr: ChangminxJunsu

I just died of an aegyo overdose. x_x

SBS Gayo Daejun is brilliant for making this. How can any girl resist this?! It just makes me want to watch it even more. OnewDubu, Prince Khun, and Jinwoonie!! <3
Freakin Jinwoon's is the cutest thing ever. I giggle every time (and I've watched it about 10 times in the last 5 minutes). And Yoseob and Jinwoon do a super OneDay mashup of Heartbeat and A Friend's Confession while Onew does Ring Ding Dong in the back. I can't figure out what dance Khunnie is doing though.

I just realized that Jinwoon licks his lips at goodbye part...he needs to stop being so cute yet seductive or else he's going to replace Changmin as my fave 2AM-er.

Wrap that box back up and send it to me, please!!!

Rain!

...not the beloved Ninja Assassin actor (although, that would be nice too), but the weather kind. First rainy day of the 2009 Winter and I'm listening to my ULTIMATE 158 song/9.5 hour K-love playlist. It is arguably the best way I can spend the first day of the last week of school. The only thing better would be if I was walking around campus in the rain with Seungri, Taec, Khun, Changmin, Jonghyun, Key or Geun Suk. Kekeke. Any one of them (or combo...or all) would be fine with me ;D

Found out from my sister than Khunnie was born and raised in Rancho Cucamonga! Only half and hour away from me. He's a SoCal boy FTW!! <3

iTunes madness

About an hour ago I found out through allkpop that the 1:59 album was up on iTunes. I immediately ran downstairs, grabbed all the unused iTunes gift cards we had (about $75 worth, thank goodness I had no reason to use them until now) and proceeded to buy ALL the 2PM and 2AM albums. I am one very happy girl right now.

Yes, I already had downloaded almost all their songs, but I want the most official versions I can get my hands on. YouTube rips just don't cut it. Plus, I was missing a few 2AM songs and the 2PM remixes and instrumentals. *sigh* Now if I could only find the physical albums and have enough money to buy them.

2PM + 2AM = ONEDAY

So my 2PM/2AM story is fairly short. It started with 2PM. I don't remember how I found them, but I know it was in the beginning of September. They became an obsession SUPER quick. That's just how beastly they are. At first I was more in love with them than their songs. They really don't hide their real selves behind the idol facade. I have never seen such a collection of fun-loving and dorky boys (aside from my bboy crew). Their songs eventually got to me and when they dance...OMG!!!! Game over for me.
If I remember correctly, I first saw 2PM's counterparts while watching the Christmas episode of Idol Army. They were so cute and silly and brotherly all together as one. I got to know 2AM better through Hot Blood. And after the Men's Health article/pictorial...*faint*. Changmin...ahhhhhh!!! Anyways...I love that they're ballad singers. Such strong, sultry voices (ESPECIALLY Changmin's). Makes me swoon. Plus they're dorky.

If you can't tell by now, I love dorks. They're just so loveable.

Why I ♥ 2PM:

• Realness. They're young men and don't hide it.
• Their individual personalities: they're all so dorky, cute, loving, adorable and beastly in their own way.
• Dancing machines!
• Brotherly love. They really care for each other.

Why I ♥ 2AM:

• Those voices.
• Fun-loving personalities.
• They can take care of a baby! Definite husband/father material. (Love Escort Ep. 2/2)
  

Why, Joelle, why?!

This December marks my 1 year anniversary of my K-pop obsessiveness. Yup, I've been stuck in my Korean "world" for a whole year. You want to know how it all started? Well if you don't, too bad. I'm going to tell it anyways...

It all started with a single music video. Big Bang's "Lies" mv to be exact. My friend Sam "Panda" showed it to me. He's a 24-year-old bboy, mind you, so it must have been worthy of his manliness and rep for him to show it to me. So I watched it, and even though I couldn't understand what they were singing, I was hooked by the storytelling and catchiness of the song and the odd appeal of these foreign Asian boys. (I say "odd" because of Seungri's semi-bleached hair and the "hip-hop" clothes that I hadn't gotten used to yet.) Plus, it wasn't the kind of music video where the artist sings to the camera while some almost-naked girls bodyroll around them.

So the music video sparked my interest and I went on a massive search for more of their videos to see if they were as good as "Lies". Hello, "Haru Haru"! Just as good. Their "tough-guy" image was growing on me. (My previous thoughts about K-pop were that all the guys were super girly looking.) And so after that, the snowball effect ran its course and I had completely fallen in love with Big Bang.

They can sing & dance at the same time. Full routines. None of that "sing and stand, maybe sway and bob up & down a little while the back up dancers do all the impressive choreography" that I'm used to from American artists. I like to dance, I want to see more of it.

So in general, my obsessiveness with K-pop groups includes:
1. Familiarizing myself with all the members
2. Watching all the music videos
3. Watch at least one live performance of each song
4. Watch all the subbed TV shows/interviews/radio broadcasts/etc. they were in
(Random tidbit: Korean radio shows are video taped and broadcasted alongside the radio airing so you can see what's going on inside the studio. Pretty dang awesome!)
5. Figure out the dances to the songs

And so that is how the K-pop obsession began. Next came 2NE1, 2PM, 2AM, and very recently (like, "this week" recent) SHINee. But I will explain each one in separate entries.

Go rest your eyes. That was a long one. (That's what she said.)