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.

F.cuz is here...

(It's pronounced as "focus". I totally didn't get that at first.) There's been soooo much hype over them so I decided to check them out since they released the "Jiggy" MV today.

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It's...so...girly...
The dancing especially. I can really imagine this as a girl group song. And it doesn't help that at 1:10, it reminds me of 2NE1's "I Don't Care" MV (when they're sitting in the star room or in the alleyway). The colorfulness and lights is like Big Bang's "Gara Gara Go" MV too.

I don't mean to bash. Sorry, F.cuz fans.

It's good that they're different than the other guy groups. But it's just not working entirely. We'll see. Maybe they'll grow on me.

KBS Gayo Daejun

Didn't watch this one live :( I can't handle the 5am - 8am thing three days in a row.
Thank goodness for allkpop's recaps and the generosity of Youtube :)

This is another long post full of videos. Read and watch after the Jump!

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 2]

Part 1 [here].

2pm "5 Steps", SHINee "Juliette" + "Ring Ding Dong", 2NE1 + GDYB

View the vids + commentary after the Jump!

Uber Christmas Special Commentary (Part 1)

First up...*drumroll*...Music Bank! (Christmas Day, KST)

1. SHINee [plus f(x) and SNSD]
Ring Ding Dong

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Gotta love the Ring Ding Dong outfits. So badass ;)
0:16 = Mmm sexy Jonghyun wave.
0:43 = Straight to the rap!
0:45 = I like when Minho wears his hair like that...iono why.
0:47 = Key's rap, lip touch and punch*drool*
1:24 = If I'm not mistaken, Taemin's shirt says Diet Cake. ROFL.
1:30 = Yay! f(x) joins the dance :D

End of Gee + Jingle Bell Rock

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Of course, it's Key and Taemin who join the dance. ;) Dancing machines!
Just realized that SM Town probably has the most clear and understandable English out of all the other major companies. Key studied in Los Angeles and Jessica, Tiffany, Amber and Krystal are all from Cali.

2. 2PM
Intro (Silent Night) + Again & Again + Heartbeat

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Hmmm...so now they're Zombie Puppets??? A strange concept for Christmas...
I like the sparkly suits though :)
1:07 = *sigh* empty Leadja space
1:48 = It's weird not seeing Junsu's sleeves rolled up lol
2:07 = WTF! Don't shoot the boys!!!
2:29 = LOL the glove pattern doesn't match the shirt pattern
2:49 = Omo! Channie ripped out Taec's heart instead of pushing him over. Evil! >:)
4:53 = Khunnie's gonna try rip Taec's heart out but Taec won't let that happen...sorry Khunnie. Super evil!

3. 2NE1
Fire + I Don't Care

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Mix of the two costumes.
Lovin' CL's "mohawk" :)
It's bugging me...they're ever so slightly off on the vocals. They sound tired too. :(
C'mon girls! I know you can do better :/

I'll write Part 2 (Music Core) after I have some sleep in me. It's almost 4am already x_x

Adios 2009

Wahoot...it's here! DJ Masa's "Adios 2009"



A bit different from the others, but still just as good :D

All my faves are repped here!! (except 2AM, b/c they didn't have anything new this year *sadness*)

Tracklist: [bold = obsessed; italics = notably like]
MBLAQ - Oh Yeah
Mighty Mouth - Smile
소녀시대 / So Nyeo Shi Dae / Girls' Generation - Chocolate Love
태양 / Tae Yang - Where U At
f(x) / 에프엑스 - 츄~♡ (Chu~♡)
2NE1 - I Don't Care
IU - Marshmallow
슈퍼주니어 / Super Junior - 너라고 (It's You)
BoA - I Did It For Love
2PM - Heartbeat
Epik High - Wannabe
지드래곤 / G-Dragon - Heartbreaker
2NE1 - Please Don't Go
SS501 - Love Like This
B2ST / BEAST - Bad Girl
소녀시대 / So Nyeo Shi Dae / Girsl' Generation - 소원을 말해봐 (Tell Me Your Wish) (Genie)
2NE1 - FIRE
Clazziquai Project - Flea
Brown Eyed Girls - Abracadabra
2PM - Again & Again
After School - Because Of You
KARA - Wanna
다비치 / Davichi - 8282
Ivy - Touch Me
Rainbow - Gossip Girl
4minute - MUZIK
바다 / Bada - MAD (feat. Untouchable)
쥬얼리 / Jewelry - Vari2ty
SHINee - Ring Ding Dong
Lee Jung Hyun - CRAZY
U-Kiss - Man Man Ha Ni
슈퍼주니어 / Super Junior - Sorry, Sorry
손담비 / Son DamBi - 토요일 밤에 (On a Saturday Night)

With instrumental excerpts of
Super Junior M - Super Girl
4minute - Hot Issue

vs.
Eun Ji Won - ADIOS (DJ Masa Remix)
Black Eyed Peas - Boom Boom Pow
Benny Benassi - Satisfaction
Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit

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

Guess who's going to be up at 5am on Dec 29

Yup, me. Watching SBS Wonder World Gayo Daejun live on KPopFlash.

"The Wonder World opens! The fusion of fantastic performances and amazing songs!! Special Music Stages of the 2009 Korea's best singers! On the night of the 29th, the awesome show you cannot possibly miss is coming your way! ...
The stars' special stages will be categorized by 'Change', 'Romance', 'Surprise', and 'Legend'. Each stages will be decorated to match the theme of "Wonder World." The show will be filled with shocking transformations and special performances."

"Big Bang members G-Dragon & Taeyang, Park Jin Young (JYP), Super Junior, 2PM, SNSD, Lee Seung Gi, 2NE1, Son Dambi, the Brown Eyed Girls, Kara and SHINee have been confirmed to perform at this event."

http://www.allkpop.com/index.php/full_story/sbss_wonder_world_gayo_daejun_promises_to_enchant/

So. Freaking. Excited!!! I LOVE end of the year specials. They're just so choc-full of greatness.

2009 Melon Music Awards

So...heh...I ended up staying up all night watching it live on Solinren instead of sleeping for my final. 2PM! 2NE1! G-dragon (via video)! No SHINee :(

2PM's Top 10 performance was soooo...AMAZING! The intro totally made my entire night/morning :D

Junho = Tired of Waiting; Chansung = I Was Crazy About You; Junsu = Gimme the Light; Wooyoung = Back 2 U; Khun = All Night Long; Taec = My Heart
Yeeee! They used all their songs on the 1:59 album.
OMFG Khun + All Night Long = pervy fangirl spazz out. (I will totally blog about this song soon.)
"Heartbeat" was perfection, as always. These guys never disappoint :)

2NE1 performed "Fire" and "I Don't Care" for their Top 10 stage. I've almost forgotten how great the girls' performances are. It's been a while since they've done a performance as a whole 4. So powerful compared to all the other girl groups.


And they did a DJ Schedule1 remix of "Let's Go Party" for the super girl group joint stage! So dooope :D


AND THEY WON THE NEW ARTIST AWARD! That's right, they totally deserve this one too.

GD won Album of the Year :D Despite all the controversy, he still comes out on top. It's nearly impossible to dethrone him.

And on top of all this awesomeness that is the Melon Music Awards, Sukie was a perfect MC along with Shin Hye. "Hyungnim!!!" Gah, I want "You're Beautiful" back...RIGHT NOW. Give us a 2nd season!
Now I just have to find all the MCing parts with subs so I know exactly what they were saying and being so cute about.

TTFN.

Just can't help myself

Seriously, I'm trying to study, but when something is as boring as my Greek Mythology class is, it becomes increasingly difficult to keep my mind off of my Korean boys/guys. They're just so much more interesting than the "almighty" gods of Mt. Olympus. Sorry Zeus, but the only Almighty one for me is Key.

I keep thinking about the Melon Music Awards tonight. I cannot find anywhere that's streaming it live. I can't even find the channel it's broadcasting on. I want to watch sooo bad. My ultra hottie Sukie is MCing with Park Shin Hye!!! Ahhh "You're Beautiful" mini-reunion. AND there's gonna be a girl group mega performance w/ 2NE1, SNSD, Brown Eyed Girls and Kara. And I bet there will be a ton of great performances by all my faves. *sigh*

Highlight of my day:
I was driving back from LA with my mom and I was listening to 2PM and she said that they sound good. Yay! I am slowly getting my family to like K-pop.

Guh....back to Greek Myth while I wait.

Trending Topics

K-pop has been taking over Twitter lately!

First it was #happybdaytop

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then #happybdaydara

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gdragon got #1 for his solo concert

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yesterday Jaebum got #1 (reason for Trending unknown)


and now #choiminho is climbing up RIGHT NOW for his birthday.
EDIT @ 2:36am: Looks like he's gonna stay at #2 for now



Oh, the power of k-pop fans. It's almost too powerful.

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

My 2NE1 Story

So, honestly, when I first heard that YG was going to debut a "female Big Bang" I thought, "WHAT? Ew. Why? You can't make another group as good as my boys." When they debuted with "Lollipop" I still didn't really like them. Too flashy, too girly, too strange (Dara's palm tree hair, the makeup). But I still kind of supported them because they were BB's little sisters. When they officially debuted with their first single, "Fire" (Space ver., Street ver.), I still wasn't feeling it. They were still too "out there" for me. And then comes "I Don't Care" and suddenly, I found myself liking them a lot more. They had a more down-to-earth feel and I could relate to their music more. And now they are my one and only favorite girl group. EVER. Period.

CL is definitely the "baddest female" in my eyes. Her style is sick and she can hold it down against the guys and she's a great leader. As a group, the totally stand out from all the other girl groups out there. They're tougher, more truly hip-hop. They don't depend on a totally cute/sexy wardrobe, they have their own unique style. Same with their dancing, not all cutesy or seductive, they have flava!

Why I ♥ 2NE1:

• Sick style
• Different from all the rest
• Personalities:
  - CL = baddest female. Enough said.
  - Dara = Sooo random and unique
  - Bom = Bunny! Sweet and funny
  - Minzy = confident and fun-loving

Just watch 2NE1 TV for further proof.

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.)