Well, I'm alive, as you can tell... And.... I'm back!
Kinda....
First of all - I just want to thank all of for being patient... Also thank you for your constant revisitation of this little blog of mine. Statistics would just blew my mind every time I'd come here. I'm beyond thankful.
From now on - I'll try my best to write as often as much is possible for me to do it, cause... yeah .... I just feel guilty for not being active here. And you guys are such sweethearts coming back almost every day to check have I posted something new and all..so ..
I do have crazy schedule (I started to illustrate for a bit, also I've been learning how to sew things... cuz like... #stayfocusedstaycreative (insta hashtag that so you can take a look on my embarrassing drawing skills and stuff...). Anyway...those are the things that has been distracting me from doing my beloved kpop mv reviews.... But don't worry, I haven't missed a single comeback (I think so). I kept my eye on everything that has been going on in the kpop world, so I'm still pretty updated about errthingg.
There were a few really good cbs and debuts(Day6 - like I adore) during my hiatus, but let's have a fresh start, shall we!
Are you (like myself) pleased with GOT7's comeback????!!! Damn, they are damn fine!
I think this is my favorite Got7's title song so far..
They've changed their music style a little bit, also there's a huge concept reverse - No more sweet boy concepts (please!!!). Got7, stick to this one (please!!!).
Here it is... 'If you do' - the song that has resurrected Looloo, and made her feel the feelsss again!
My last words are - Someone tell JB he should stop being illegal like that!
I can't decide what I like the most - The lyrics, the concept, or the freekin amazing dance choreo - that foot work ...Ughhh....
Subs are there - JYP knows the struggle of an international fan. Props!
So, you're saying -It's their 3rd comeback this year...?!
OK, then...*sigh
Who'd tell they're rookies...
GOT7's back in the game!!!
'GirlsGirlsGirls' - I loved it
'A' - more like neah... it wasn't my cup of tea
'Stop Stop It' - omg...the title is killing me already :/...and that auto-tune from the teasers..nooooohooohooo
(my train of thoughts before the actual song/mv was released)
After the release...
Uhm....Yeah....Don't know what to say...
Can I say 'So-so', and still stay alive...?(sometimes, fans can be really merciless, so I have to say- Chill, this reviewing thing- it's just for fun...We are all allowed to have an opinion about stuff)
Luckily, auto-tune is there just to emphasize key words of the chorus(and for more futuristic sound)...I can 'not hate' it...and that's it /notpleasedwithautotune/
JB's acting from the beginning of the video - he's so cute. I'd say his acting skills got better. I don't get that girl, tho - "What is he saying???"... Turn the volume down a little bit, then you'll be able hear him, or you can ask him to speak louder...(Girl, you dumb? You can't just ignore him, he's about to jump)...
And then... another JB appeared, and then... he's in the future, but actually in the past, but in the future...(Wut??). Plot - 'da f is going on' level. In his past life, the girl ignored him, and now she likes him... So, he needs to know that, before he do something crazy in the name of love, that's why JB from the future meets himself in the past.....No wonder why some people are saying that this video is a bit 'darkish'...To die or not to die...
Members had gone through haircut/color rebirth, every each of them (except JB maybe ---wow, ok, drop the beat: 1,2,3...uh, maybe JB, or JB maybe, he still looks the same, but it's JB baby...*I'm sorry, I was carried away by this sudden rhyme)..They look so different/much younger, right now...And I'm not sure that I like it (Jackson's haircut is fine, it suits him...kinda... and for the others -well, let's just say I hope that they'll make some changes for the live performances).
Because KPOP is a place where Music meets Fashion... --> those baggy Jumpsuits!!! If I REALLY have to choose 1 of 3 options - then... black. It is just me or this video is 90s inspired...? I guess JYP loves good old 90s - he was young back then(just kidding...JYP is a cool dude).
Lyrics - guy is being friendzoned, he can't even (Bambam's rap part - finally he got the chance to show he's a grown up swagger...And Mark being Mark (a.k.a - dreamy)
MV - half 'weirdplotacting' - half dancing. I'd say the dance is my favorite part of the comeback. I'm always looking forward to good choreography, and skilled... and synchronized (cute) dancers. Waves, waves...more waves - I'm not complaining. Point move - Air Hugging...awww:)
They're all damn handsome. End.
It is time for you to enjoy Got7's 'Stop Stop it'...3...2...1
(over 1 million views already)
Next we have the cutest unit EVER - 'HI SUHYUN'....Long awaited MV is out, so let's take a look...
First of all, I really want to point out one thing - both girls are very young, but their vocals/voices are above powerful. I feel like, you can't praise them enough. They still have a long way to go (showbiz-experience wise), but I have no doubt that they'll have a bright future(carrier wise).
As for the music video - That expression -'CUTENESS OVERLOAD' doesn't do it justice here...I can totally see myself jamming to this song/video back in the school days...
One sided love - creeping - ending up with a broken heart - We've all been there....
Short introduction:
*Lee Hi- YG's solo artist (previously: runner-up of SBS's 'Kpop Star Season 1', 96 liner)
*Lee SooHyun- member of YG's duo 'AKMU' (Akdong Musician), the other member is her brother Lee ChanHyuk('96), winners of Kpop Star 2. Brace yourselves - She's 99 liner!)
*Bobby - cute little devil (more like - eye smiling bunny) from MV is a member of YG's soon-to-debut group 'iKON' - look forward to him/them; 95 liner, Korean-American hip hop rapper, his aura/flow is no joke)
School uniforms are fine, but those Bobby's cool-black-celeb-like outfits(and that car), tho - he's a regular student, isn't he?... Anyways, moving on.
The lyrics are about a girl who's claiming that she's special and different from the other girls...blah, blah - but in a 'fake confidence' way, cause she's actually crazily in love with the guy, so she wants to approach him with that confident attitude.... GirlsSqueezingBobby scene is my favorite scene...adorable...
The melody is quite catchy and youthful/playful...just as they are!
(over 1 million views)
Super Junior's Kyuhyun released a solo album, and the title song 'At Gwanghwamun' is really something. Don't miss it. Beautiful ballad. I literally get teary every time I listen to this song. It's a perfect mix of talent, emotion and music.
Comebacksss...to many comebacksssss! Taemin's solo debut! (not a comeback...but...good song...therefore....'Danger' review) He is a member of Shinee, the maknae of the group (the youngest one). I'd say it is a successful debut. I like the song...now (at first I didn't like it at all...later on, it grew on me - stating the obvious). You will notice the 'Michael Jackson' vibe - those moves and the clothes... Taemin is a very very very passionate dancer, natural talent, music junkie - which you'll (also) notice throughout the video. Onto the MV! Outfits - decent ones, white hair - nice, black hair - nice...That thing in his nose I don't mind, but that weapon guitar - ??? (weapon is a no-no, it's a stupid invention anyway, unnecessary - it's not his fault, it's director's). Choreography - expressive; heavyeyemakeup - I like it; glances - seductive (he's so chic). (For those who are already familiar with other Shinee members - have you notice Jonghyun's influence at 1:39?..kkkkkkk). If you're interested in the lyrics - google/youtube! Taeminov solo debi (nije u pitanju comeback....ali...dobra pesma...prema tome....'Danger' rivju) On je najmlađi član grupe Shinee. Čini mi se da je debi ok - uspešan. Dopada mi se pesma...sada (u početku mi se nije svidela uopšte, kasnije mi je prirasla srcu - očigledno). Primetićete uticaj Majkl Džeksona - odeća i pokreti...Taemin je veoma veoma veoma strastveni denser, prirodni talenat, obožava muziku - što ćete, takođe, primetiti gledajući spot. Što se tiče spota!? Odeća - pristojna, bela kosa - lepo, crna kosa - lepo... Ta stvar u njegovom nosu mi ne smeta, ali ta oružje-gitara -??? (oružjabez moliću, to je i ovako glup pronalazak...nepotrebno skroz - ali nije njegova krivica, već režisereva). Koreografija - izražajna; teškašminkaokoočiju - sviđa; pogled - zavodnički (šik osoba skroz). (Za one kojima su poznati i ostali članovi grupe - Jeste li primetili Jonghyunov uticaj na 1.39?...hhahaha). Ako vas interesuje prevod - google/youtube!
Another 'Danger'. BTS is back with a song that I.....didn't like at first, but now I do(where have you heard this before....hmm?). Ok, after watching the MV, I was confused about one particular thing - What's V's and Jun's hobby? RapMon is all about writing the rap lines, or drawing the tattoos, or tattooing (I guess he's a man of many hobbies...), Jungkook plays the piano, J-Hope dances, Suga's playing basketball, Jimin's boxing...but what on the earth those two are doing - looking in the mirror(Narcissus) and setting fire(Pyromaniac). . . ok, then...let's move onto the less creepy things... I like the choreography, as well as the music and the lyrics( English sub available - yaaaay. Thanks 1theK, thanks). The outfits are ok - casual, normal clothes for normal people's frustrating love story - so we (all) can relate. In my opinion, BTS is in the Top5 kpop male groups when it comes to dancing( although I like the previous ones more then this...but yeah...good job, guys (I saw live performance, and they were breathless at the end of the song - respect, that's what I call- dedication). J-Hope all the waaaayyy (*winkwink). Još jedna 'Opasnost'. BTS su se vratili sa pesmom, koja....mi se nije svidela na prvo slušanje (gde li ste ovo već čuli...hmm?). Ok, nakon što sam odgledala spot, ostadoh zbunjena oko jedne stvari - Koji hobi imaju V i Jun? RapMon je posvećen pisanju rima...ili crta tetovaže...ili tetovira (čovek sa mnogo hobija, pretpostavljam), Jungkook svira klavir, J-Hope igra, Suga igra košarku, Jimin boksuje...ali šta, za ime sveta, rade ova dvojica - jedan se gleda u ogledalo(Narcis), drugi pali vatru iz zabave(Piroman). . . ok, onda....da pređemo na manje jezive stvari... Koreografija je super, kao muzika, a i tekst.. Autfiti su ok - opušteno, normalna odeća za frustrirajuće ljubavne probleme normalnih ljudi - tako da se svi možemo poistovetiti. Po mom mišljenju BTS su jedna od top5 muških kpop grupa kada je reč o densu (iako više volim koregrafije za prethodne pesme...ali svakako, svaka čast, dečaci (videh lajv nastup, na kraju pesme su svi bili iscrpljeni i bez daha - to ja zovem posvećenost). J-Hope jjang (migmig).
Are you tired already?...Endure! KARA is back with 'Mamma mia' after long long time. Last year( or this year....can't remember) two members of Kara left the group, but recently they added new member - maknae Youngji (2:00). Not much to say - I decided to mention them because they deserve it - they've been around for quite amount of years now...so I just wanted to support them (I love Kara's old songs). Keep you heads up, girls! Nicely done MV. They're pretty (stating the obvious again). Catchy song, I guess. Jeste li se umorili već?...Izdržite! KARA se vratla sa pesmom Mamma mia, posle dugo, dugo vremena. Prošle godine(ili ove godine...ne sećam se) dve članice su napustile grupu, ali nedavno je dodata nova članica - najmlađa Youngji (2.00). Nemam ništa posebno da kažem - odlučila sam da ih spomenem samo zato što su jedna od grupa koja je već duže vreme na kpop sceni - zaslužile su...i tako, čisto da ih podržim (volim njihove starije pesme). Glavu gore, devojke! Dobro urađen spot. One su prelepe (opet izjavljujem očigledno). Zarazna melodija..
And now...prepare yourself to ROFL! (note: This group is not an actual kpop group) BIG BYEONG ( witch means Big Bottle) is group formed through a variety/reality show where two MCs - Comedians are pretending to be producers (they are famous for some parody songs that they've made). Those 4 (poor) guys are actual members of real kpop groups, but they've been given new-funny names, and the rest is improvisation (yes, I know, it's probably all scripted, but...at least they made us thinking that they're winging it all the time..).With no further ado....STRESS COME ON (another song you can relate to) (real names/groups: Yookduck -Sungjae(BTOB), Wangkong -Jackson(GOT7), Hyukthy -Hyuk(VIXX), Dolbaggy -N(VIXX)) The lyrics...OMG!! A sada se pripremite za valjanje od smeha! (napomena: ovo nije prava kpop grupa) BIG BJONG (što znači- velika flaša) je grupa formirana kroz jedan šou gde se dva voditelja-komičara pretvaraju da su producenti (inače su poznati po nekim parodija pesmama od ranije). Ova 4 (jadnička) su, u stvari, članovi postojećih kpop grupa - ali su im data nova presmešna imena, i sve ostalo je improvizacija (dobro, znam, najverovatnije je sve iscenirano...ali ono..bar se trude da nam predstave sve kao improvizaciju i zabavu..). Ali, da ne dužim više...Stres komon (još jedna pesma sa kojom se svi možemo poistovetiti) (prava imena/grupe: Yookduck -Sungjae(BTOB), Wangkong -Jackson(GOT7), Hyukthy -Hyuk(VIXX), Dolbaggy -N(VIXX)) Ali tekst....Smejurija!
Ok, this week...What we got?...(prepare yourself for a stupid joke)
-We GOT7! (you see what I did there, khkhkhkhkh...got...7...I'm so funny, aren't I? . . .)
GOT7 made a first comeback (a first one after debut promo, obviously). It was last week, but I've realized that fact right after I've posted about BEAST, last Thursday. So, I just "save them" for this weeks post. And that was pure luck, because I have no idea who would I choose for this Thursday to talk about, among other active groups, cause I actually...ahm...didn't like much of what I saw/heard, probably because ONE CANNOT SIMPLY LIKE ALL OF THEM. Anyway...To be honest, I'm not too impressed with GOT7s "A" either. What can I say - I'm just not fan of cute concepts. I mean, it's ok, most of the times it's bearable, but sometimes it's just to much (and by "to much", I mean "irritating"). At first I was disappointed with a song, but as time goes by,I think it grew on me...
Onto the songs.
"A" is, like, opposite of GOT7s debut song "Girls,Girls,Girls"(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2sAoKmg7qPI) (let's just pretend that first minute(or so) of this mv doesn't exist). While "Girls.." is more like swaggy type of a song, "A" is more like innocent-cute-firstlovestory-song. You may think that the tittle stands for the first letter of a girls name, or that it can stand for any girls name out there( -fill in the blank- kind of tittle) but no... it's practically - Hey, without H. It can be used in any situation, and it can have different meanings(just.. Korean ways to express your feelings with a few letters/sounds) . In this case it means - A(Hey)girl I know it all, why do you keep hiding that you like me! What's cool is that we have english sub of lyrics. Bravo JYP, bravo!!!(JYP is the name of got7s agency). MV is very colorful and comedy-like. The dance is a little bit funny and awkward. I think that members are slightly embarrassed by this concept, but they gotta do, what they gotta do. All in all - not impressed, not impressed...Did I mention that JYP is a singer too, and that this song sounds just like one of his tracks (Well, it does!) Ova šala sa početka teksta ima smisla samo na eng jeziku. Sorke. Ko razume, shvatiće. Ove nedelje, eto nama GOT7 comebacka. U stvari, bio je prošle nedelje, ali to sam shvatila tek po objavi teksta o BEASTu, u prošlog četvrtka. Pa ih taman "sačuvah" za ovu nedelju. Sreća, jer stvarno ne bih imala pojma o kom od drugih comebackova da pišem, jer ono...ništa što sam imala prilike da vidim-čujem...nije mi se svidelo. Prosto, čoveku(meni) se ne može uvek i sve sviđati. Da budem iskrena, ni njihova nova pesma "A" me nije baš impresionirala. Šta da kažem - nisam fan cute koncepata i tačka. Mislim...ok, u većini slučajeva su podnošljivi, ali ponekad su stvarno previše (kad kažem "previše", mislim "iritantni"). U početku mi se pesma uopšte nije dopala, ali kako vreme prolazi, nekako se navikavam, ok je. Da pređemo na pesme. "A" je suprotnost njihove prve pesme"Girls,Girls,Girls(link u drugom pasusu eng teksta - pretvarajmo se da prvih minut i nešto tog videa ne postoji). Dok je "Girls.." pesma sa zrelijim i samopouzdanijim pristupom, "A" je više slatkasta-naivna-prva ljubav pesmica. Možda ste pomislili da to A u nazivu znači prvo slovo imena neke devojke, ili da je reč o tipu naslova gde to A može predstavljati bilo koje žensko ime (u fazonu- popuni prazno polje)...e pa nije. "A", ako izgovorimo na engleskom, zvuči kao naše Ej, koje upotrebljavamo u najrazličitijim situacijama, sa najrazlilitijim značenjima. U ovom slučaju, "Ej" bi značilo - Ej, znam sve, zašto kriješ da ti se sviđam...i te neke frazetine. Super stvar je što na samom spotu dobijate prevod teksta na eng. Bravo, JYP, bravo( to je naziv njihove agencije, kao i inicijali vlasnika agencije). Što se tiče spota - prilično je šaren, i komičan, pretpostavljam da je ideja bila da bude po svaku cenu dopadljiv. I koreografija je pomalo smešna i čudnjikava. Mislim da su i sami članovi grupe malčice posramljeni prilikom izvođenja iste, ali šta da se radi, što se mora, nije teško. Sve u svemu - ništa posebno, nisam impresionirana. A da, jesam li spomenula da je JYP pevač i da ova pesma zvuči kao da je jedna od njegovih. E, pa zvuči.
BUT, here we have another song that they're promoting. It's called "Good Tonight". Well, that's something you'd expect from this 7 charming boys. The tittle itself explains it all. I can't decide (who)whose voice I like the most(really I can not). They have different personalities, so it's hard to choose. I've managed to narrow it down to 4 of them: Mark, Jackson, JB, and Jr. (Jr. seems so... mature at times, FYI he is the one at 0.40). The lyrics, the dance... I love everything. This concept suits them better.(Please JYP(it also the name of CEO of agency), restrain yourself from making cute songs for them)! However, those backflips and the Yugyeoms glance and clapping at the end of the song....hfhffshfjs...you guys are grown:)). Here it is...live performance. Black all the way.
ALI, ovde imamo još jednu pesmu koju promovišu. Zove se "Good Tonight". E to je nešto što bi se od ove šarmantne sedmorke očekivalo. Sam naslov sve objašnjava. Samo... još uvek ne mogu da se odlučim (ko) čiji mi se glas najviše dopada(stvarno je teško). Prilično su različiti karakteri, pa zato. -Ali uspela sam nekako da suzim izbor na četvoricu: Mark, Džekson, DžejBi, Džunior (Jr ponekad izgleda....tako zrelo(...mmmda...),ako vas zanima-to je ovaj na 0.40). Tekst, koreografija...ma sve je super. Taj koncept im definitivno mnogo bolje leži. Tako da, JYP, molim te se suzdrži od pravljenja im slatkih pesmica. E, e...oni okreti i Jugjomov pogled i tapšanje(?) na kraju...hfhffshfjs...dečaci, odrasli ste :)) Evo ga...živi nastup. Crno...divnoća.
This weeks recommendation: Jun. K "No Love" (also from JYP, also you have eng sub)
Preporuka za ovu nedelju: Jun. K "No Love" (isto je iz JYPa, isto imate eng prevod....(ali zašto ja onda ovo pišem na srpskom, ako vi razumete engleski....mmmm...taj prevod će razumeti samo oni koji razumeju eng....da f....nepotrebno skroz)
