Sunday, May 30, 2010

Super Junior!!!!! the world ranked them as 7th!

Super Junior!!!!! the world ranked them as 7th!

Wonder what this is saying? What it means?


Never heard of 'Media Traffic'? Media Traffic is a site which arranges all the world charts including the American bill board, Japanese oricon chart, and England's UK chart. Super Junior's 4th album (which you know.. if you have been reading my blog!) was released on the 13th of May and the repackage album came out on the 20th. In such a short time, Super Junior was able to sell 75,000 copies. Awesome.. right? Tvxq was able to rank first but Korea didn't notify this to Koreans.

I know that Super Junior is awesome and stuff but they won't be able to follow TVXQ. Not only them but nor any other Korean boy bands including 2PM, Big Bang, and SHINee. Korean critics are saying that Big Bang is right behind TVXQ's tail but no way. TVXQ sold 500,000 copies of their Korean 4th album in the first month of their release.

Anyway, I'm sorry I got off track! As Koreans were able to know this fact, that Super Junior was ranked 7th place, all of their reflections were the same: wow, just as I expected, and more. Super Junior's fans, E.L.F. are awesome too. Before even their album release, fans ordered over 25,000 copies and this was also an issue.

As you can see here, Korean fans are different from foreign fans (by the exception of fans of Korean artists.) When foreign fans only go and cheer for their favorite singers at concerts or when they are on stage, Korean fans follow them where ever they go, give food to them and the staffs of a program they are on. Furthermore, Koreans have this competition from other fans. They HAVE to get a higher rank than them, especially if that singer debuted much later.

Maybe this is why Super Junior's fans and TVXQ's fans are so aggressive, and maybe this is why Super Junior's fans and TVXQ's fans are so close. I hope the world can notice the efforts of Korean singers and at least listen to their songs once.

Wednesday, May 26, 2010

Super Junior's FIFA World Cup cheer song





I think this is a really awesome song! :) The real post is below this video.

Famous Korean singers challenge their skills!

[2AM singing 2010 FIFA World cup theme song- subtitles in English]


As many singers all over the world challenged for the 2010 FIFA world cup song, many Koreans made songs for it as well! There are various singers who sang for this album. The music video I included here is Number 1 sung by 2AM, who is a famous ballad group in Korea. The music video's concept is 'cute' and 'comfort' to Korean soccer fans.

Ever since Korea was able to go until the top 4, Koreans became huge soccer fans. The 2010 FIFA World Cup is coming up and starting on June 11th.

As you can see in the subtitles, 2AM is saying that we should cheer each other on and don't forget that it's only a 'game.' So don't care if you lose or not and we are same under humanity; gender, race, ethnicity, region don't matter.

I really love how the song is sung with all kinds of tones. The music video is also really cute. 2AM members are currently in America to promote there but they are going to come back to cheer Korea! :)

Like this, Korea has a big spirit for their soccer team. Many think that Koreans won't be able to be in the top 16 teams because we start of with really tough teams. The Republic of Korea is in group B with Argentina, Nigeria, and Greece. As many know all three of them are really good teams and they have a lot of experience but if you go to the ROK's FIFA World Cup page, the comments really touched me. All over the world... soccer fans said they will cheer on for Korea and really encouraged our teammates. On the other side, I was disappointed in other countries in group B for not cheering Korea but actually saying that they won't be able to beat their country.

Still many soccer fans encouraged our team and I really hope Korea makes a knockdown stage! Dae~ Han ~ Min Guk! clap clap clap clap!

Monday, May 17, 2010

Super Junior(슈퍼주니어)_미인아_뮤직비디오(MusicVideo)

[Teaser]Wonder Girls_2 Different Tears

Wonder Girl's New Album Release



left to right: So Hee, Ye Eun, Sun Ye, Yoo Bin, Sun Mi

It's been over than 1 year, almost 2 years since Wonder Girls released an album in Korea because they have been performing in the States. A few days ago their new album's title song's teaser came out and it was also an issue. One member of the team named Sun Mi came out of the team and a Chinese girl joined the team. May argued that she didn't fit in that group and honestly, I really don't like the fact that she joined the team because it was so used to seeing Sun Mi performing with them!

starting on the left: Yoo Bin, So Hee, Sun Ye, Ye Eun, Hyo Rim.

It's pretty awkward without Sun Mi on the team because it doesn't make Wonder Girls seem Wonder Girls without the member since the beginning. Before, one another member of the team, Hyun Ah went out of the team and Yoo Bin joined the team but Yoo Bin really fit in the team well and the teammates enjoyed performing with her so everyone liked the fact the Yoo Bin was on the team but this case was different.

First album (w/o Yoo Bin, w/ Hyun Ah)
Top: Sun Ye, Ye Eun
Middle: So Hee, Hyun Ah
Bottom: Sun Mi

That time, it was during their first album so not many were used to the 5 of them but now that they are on their 3rd album, people got used to the 5 of them- Sun Mi, Sun Ye, Yoo Bin, So Hee, and Ye Eun. If you go to daum or naver, "Korea's Google", it represents the team members as- Sun Ye, Yoo Bin, So Hee, Ye Eun, and Hyo Rim but... it doesn't really make sense because they REALLY don't look good together.

Hyo Rim doesn't really fit well in the team because of her looks, Hyo Rim has a cute face while Wonder Girls represent the word, 'sexy'.

Still, I like their new song, so I wish this new album release will be as successful as the previous ones!

(Above this post is the teaser)

Saturday, May 15, 2010

Super Junior's sexy comeback




SUPER JUNIOR!!!! COME BACK~
Super Junior is a group made up of 13 members, Han Kyung, Si won, Lee Teuk, Shin Dong, Hee Chul, Eun Hyuk, Dong Hae, Ryu Wook, Yae Sung, Sung Min, Ki bum, Gang In, and Kyu Hyun. Unfortunately, Ki Bum stopped his singing career and changed to an actor but fans still call him as a part of Super Junior. Furthermore, Han Kyung sued SM Entertainment (their agency, same agency as TVXQ!) Kang In was sued by the police for defending himself but the CCTV captured him as him hitting other people. This was why Kang In couldn't come out on any music programs since September. Now that Super Junior decided to come back on stage, Kang In decided to go to military for 2 years and when he comes back he will become a part of Super Junior again. Thus, three members were left out of this album and this is why this album features only 10 members!

Their album title song, "Mi Yin Ah [Bo na ma na]" is an electronic fast tempo dance song. It got critics for being similar to the last album's title song, "Sorry, Sorry" but I disagree because "Sorry Sorry" barely gave any parts to Super Junior, but "Bo Na Ma Na" was distributed perfectly.

This song was composed and written by the agency's most used composer, Yoo Young Jin. Yoo Young Jin was also a singer and he wrote many popular songs for TVXQ as well. (Mirotic, Are You a Good Girl?, and more)

Starting on the 14th of May, Super Junior would start coming back on stage lively with their fans and their fans are really excited! Today, the 15th of May, is their 3rd stage of Bo na ma na and their performance is awesome. I hope every one enjoys their new album :)

Wednesday, May 12, 2010

Xiah's new solo album title, "Intoxication"




Xiah's new song, "Intoxication"'s music video came out on the 4th of May.
It was a big issue because of his performance and because it was his first solo album!
After his big success in the musical, "Mozart!" it was announced that he is currently creating 'his' solo album. The songs listed there are all part of the soundtrack of his fellow TVXQ member, Yuchun's Japanese drama. Though Intoxication is a very different genre from what fans used to hear TVXQ sing, the other song listed in this album is ballad, which is the genre fans were and still are used to! You can say that this song's genre is 'mid-tempo ballad' because it's not a heavy dance song but you can't call it '100% ballad'.

I personally love this song because of Xiah's voice and I ordered it straight from Japan! So it's a bit expensive.. but after I heard the song I thought it was VERY worth the price.

Though this song was a good and good and GOOD.

I was a bit worried of the critics because I think this song's lyrics are way, way, WAY over the limit of the kind of songs teenagers can listen to. Junsu sings it as the lyric is written and his voice is very 'husky', so it makes the song even more 'inappropriate'. If he changed the dance a little bit I think it would have been better but since it's Japanese, I couldn't understand the lyrics before I looked at the translated version so I don't think it would be a problem to foreigners who don't know Japanese well. Overall, I think this song is great and I'm really excited about getting the album! The album is coming out on upcoming 26th. I hope he doesn't get much critics :(