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Dirty – Miryo

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Song

OMG, her debut solo album is out, and it rocks. Now that is off my chest. This song is equally good as the album. I find this song does express a lot of emotion is a very fiery way. I really love the chorus and the “What the ****!” part of the song. I always believe Brown Eyed Girls has potential to be a hit, even their solos. It has a catchy beat & rhythm to it which makes it sound good. Its not like her other songs which she raps in like Sixth Sense, Abracadabra but equally they all share the same amount of hatred for her (their) lovers. Really good.

Music Video

One thing to say: This music video is going to be banned. Rude fingers covered in fire, a doctor slapping a nurses ass (who is wearing an extremely short skirt & looks like Tiffany from SNSD), swear words in the lyrics & the singer/rapper slapping really weird tan body builders (?). Yeah, that’s right. R rated from the start.

Now why are the body builders weird. Has anyone noticed that they have really tanned bodies while their head is white? No? It is as though they sun bathe but with a plastic bag around their heads. LOL. Anyway, the music video tells about a girl (Miryo) who is paralyzed (I think). Her boyfriend & best friend start to date each other while Miryo is unable to move. She plots revenge on all the characters displayed in the video (Boyfriend, best friend, doctor, nurse). One event starts a chain of events that I assumed killed them all? Not really.  Oh well. Oh by the way, Miryo is soon trapped by fire. How does she survive? I really want to know how she got out of there alive.

LOL. Also, I was expecting the video to actually have the horror movie theme in it but sadly it did not. The music video & song goes really well with each other, especially the misleading teasers.

Live Performance

The dance to this song is really cool. Basically the most memorable part was at the chorus where the lyrics are like ‘Dirty Dirty” (NOT THE REAL LYRICS). The dance move here intimates washing hands which is really cool. Also what is with big furry jackets? Well they are not bad. Block B have caused a bigger problem. LOL.

And The Rating?

As always, great song, music video & performance. 9/10.

Have Fun Watching 😀 Troy.

What is Love? – EXO K / EXO M

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Song

These boys can sing. They have great vocal skill and sound very good. The Korean version is kind of bland & boring. The Chinese Version flows only a bit. The guitar in this song is really boring. Okay, I’ll admit. Not a fan of this song. Not a fan of both versions. Let’s hope their debut song is much better than this song. Their voices really don’t match this kind of genre which I am confused about as well. Yes, they can sing but I really think this song is not a good song to listen to.

Music Video

Oh Boy. This music video has no plot. No plot at all. Instead it is a music video with all their teasers rammed into one with a few extra scenes we have not seen. Boring. I was more intrigued with the instrumental that was going in their teasers not what was actually was going on in them.

Anyway, there is one thing I can agree in this boring music video. Really great visuals. (No Homo). They are all good looking. (No Homo).

Anything Else?

I am not writing much about this song. (I might need to write an essay for their official debut song). Just who thought of the idea of a prologue single? Seriously, this song puts me off EXO. They have a lot to do in their debut then.

And The Rating?

A poor song but great vocals. SM Ent once again fails to impress me. First Mr. Simple, A-Cha, The Boys now this. 4.5/10. Sorry guys.

Have Fun Watching. Troy 😀

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Korean Version

 

Sixth Sense – Brown Eyed Girls

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Song

This is a very dominate song with very powerful vocals. I really loved this song. Each of the singers add their own originality to it in a way never have I seen before. Even though it is inspired by a really great piece of music, it has been upgraded into some kind of dance/war themed song. The three high notes were … WOW. Jea, Narsha & Ga-In’s voices were complimenting the songs theme and each showed a lot. Miryo’s rap is very profound and again dominate. The only thing I have against this song is some of the English in this song. Take the line “Bichi Bichi, Guilty Guilty”. If I had not looked up the lyrics, I would’ve thought she said “bitchy, bitchy.” Also “Hit That High”, I thought Jea had sung “Hit That Top”.

Music Video

This music video has a very dominate yet mysterious and sneaky plot. I absolutely love the layout and the scenery. It tells us what kind of happened. I am guessing BEG used to be lovers with that evil guy in the golden mask. However he trapped them, tied them up left them in abandoned houses, in dark chambers (which happen to be a hallway), chained them up or left them tied up in a pond.  They escape in the music video and want revenge. The guy in the golden mask sends his troops to destroy these girls however they fight back and the golden mask guy is defeated in the end. However in the end, the revenge/defeat sequence was only merely a dream which ended BEG/ dancers to be defeated. How this relates to real life is truly amazing. Revenge is sweet however once your lover have left you for another person, you must be reminded that he or she cannot be with you again unless you accept defeat and live on with your life. If you plan to avenge yourself and kill your lover, you are truly your worst enemy because you would miss them. (Well, unless they have caused you so much pain that you hate them and never had a real feeling for them).

Live Performance

I have nothing to say about this dance but sexy. OMG, I died at the sight of them dance this. Ga-In, in particular. I have to say the clothing have a meaning themselves.

And The Rating?

Sexy, symbolic yet great song – 9.5/10.  

Hello – SHINee

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Song

Oh Boy. This is a really good song. I love how the song is mashed up at the end. The rap and vocalist sings /raps at the same time. Actually to be right, SHINee is the only Kpop band that I know does this. People may think that this part was rushed to quickly end the song but I quite like this. Not bad. Sad that Minho actually gets a small part in the song. The chorus is quite catchy. “Hello, Hello” accompanied with the dance moves is very catchy.

Music Video

Oh boy. I hate this music video. They are all staring lovingly with flowers, rings, cake & even hand painted a doll for this girl. Now this is really nice of them, but why do we not see a picture of this girl. Now I have not checked out the lyrics of song as of yet but I am assuming they don’t answer this question. Who are they waiting for? The same girl from Replay? I don’t get this but SHINee kind of like the 5 boys 1 girl relationship thing. Juliette (Jap Ver.), Replay & now Hello? What is going on?

Live Performance

The dance (as I said above) is quite catchy. However I have a great hatred of full colour suits, especially red. I don’t mind normal suits that are grey, but seriously red is too far man.

And The Rating?

Catchy song, catchy dance, not so catchy music video. 5/10. [NOTE: Previously, I have given this a 4/10. To be fair, I have bumped this song up to a 5/10. 4 is kind of harsh don’t you think?]

Have Fun Watching. Troy 😀

You & I – IU

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Song

 

Much I say much. Thumbs Up!!!!! This has to be the best song. Wait, did I say best song? I mean best album ever. I just listened to the first track and later I was at the end. That was definitely a first. Regardless of how good the singer/s were (excluding IU) I never sit through the whole album. I would dislike at least one song from the album. But Last Fantasy 2 was different. She kept the whole the same tune from Good Day to You & I. There is no English in the song and the whole song is the best ever. Enough said about the song, I think I am going off topic now.

 

Music Video

 

The Music Video is really good and matches the song (which itself was very good). Its not boring and pretty good. I loved both music videos (The normal and performance version) The dance was very nice. and very creative. The plot was really weird but very good. (Wait, is that even possible?). Its about a girl who is some-kind of inventor and a guy in a coma (goose is his soul). *Guy is in the coma, goose is alive. Guy moving, Goose frozen* The inventor badly wants to be with the guy and has used every trick in the book to wake him up, however she does know that in the future he will wake up. So she gives up on waking him and builds a time machine to time travel into the future. The guy wakes up from the coma and is very lost (I think). Anyway to the future, the guy is seen in the shop with the girl as the store manager. They don’t know about their past however they are both familiar with each other (long lost lovers).

 

Live Performance

 

The live performance is pretty cool. The gears are even taken from the music video and included on stage, which is pretty cool. The dance is also very creative with the hand movements copying a clock. Also at the end, when they in groups, tilt their hands/head to one side is like one gear turning effecting the next gear and the next one after that (if you understand what I just said…). So a pretty cool dance.

 

And The Rating?

 

I think this is the longest review I have written yet. LOL. Count the words (not literally but if you want to…). To rate this song, I would give it a 10/10. Excellent song, excellent music video & excellent performance. Nothing else I can list.

 

Have Fun Watching 😀 Troy.

 


Going Crazy – Teen Top

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Song

 

Finally back to their Supa Luv image but with more swag. These kind of songs matches them. No Perfume On You was, in my point of view one of the worsts songs in 2011. This song has an amazing instrumental that can make anyone dance as soon as you hear it. Now this song is much different than Supa Luv and No Perfume On You (NPOY). I had to listen to Supa Luv 2-3 times to get into it. NPOY did not even succeed to get into my good books. However, I got into this song straight away. The beat was very funky and you know this song has some swag. (Imagine reading this in my mind, SWAAAG~ LOL).

 

Music Video

 

This has to be a good start to the year. Teen Top comes back with a really great music video. Its about a guy who is crazy for this girl. So crazy that he has to run after her while she is on a train and bus. Now it is like the girl does not notice him, but this proves that the guy is to keep so she lures him onto the top of some building. Now that is my interpretation of the music video and there could be lots others. Also, Teen Top themselves is bringing back SWAG into K pop. Do I have to say the setting is really good. Alley and SWAG, who would’ve guessed.

 

Live Performance

 

Again SWAG. This song has a rocking dance to it. The dance is really good and the clothing to a SWAG song is ideal.  However I am not a fan of Teen Top so I don’t know names. However that guy really needs to lose his perm. Seriously, right now.

 

And The Rating?

 

A really good song with (yes?) SWAG in it. 8.5/10.

 

Have Fun Watching. Troy. 😀

 


The Grasshopper Song – Sunny Hill .

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Song

The guitar (well, I think it is a guitar) sounds really good. I love the fact that the guitar changes into the electronic beat at the start, adds a whole new dimension to KPOP. The vocals are really good. I have to say since Midnight Circus, they have gone a long way and developed so much more. The only problem is, when they sing “Ring Ring” they pronounce the R’s as L’s. Also, I am assuming they are trying to copy the sound of a grasshopper, but Ling Ling does not sound like a grasshopper. All their vocals are really good. Not really happy with Janghyun’s part of the song, does he really have to be autotuned?

Music Video

Smashing video, well kind of. Janghyun plays a grasshopper (those dudes dressed in black) and they all work for sugar? One girl (Jubi) plays the Grasshopper Queen, well I think so. The other girls I have no idea what they are. I am assuming Narsha only appeared on the teaser because I don’t see her face anywhere in the video unless she is that lady who plays the guitar in the video. But beside that, the music video was quite fun to watch. The grasshopper made me laugh. LOL.

Live Performance

The music video was quite fun and warm while the performance was really tense and quite serious. That ruined the atmosphere. Here you have a warm and enjoyable music video and then a serious performance. Anyway, their choreography was really unique. At the Ling Ling part, they had their hands around imaginary balls on their head which shows us a grasshopper. Very Smart.

And The Rating?

Great song, fun music video and a serious performance. 9/10.

Have Fun Watching 😀

Is Being Pretty Everything – Fat Cat

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Song

For some reason, I dig these kind of songs that uses proverbs like in this case “Never Judge A Book by its Cover.” This song takes this saying and puts it in an situation of love.  Not only am I really pleased about this song, but pleased with the artist herself, Fat Cat. Her vocals have changed from her previous single. I am also pleased about the comparsion between this particular video and the other KPOP videos put together. This video is empowering and teaches us all a good lesson which many of us actually never practice. “Never Judge A Book By Its Cover.”

Music Video

The music video is what I really love. This plays around on a few other proverbs like “What goes up must come down, Don’t let anyone control your life”. It tel

Live Peformance

I really love the live performance. Firstly she has changed her hairstyle from a very deep red to a very pleasant blonde colour. Secondly, the dance moves really go well with the song and is very catchy also. Finally, I quite loved the fact that she has a lot of make-up on. I don’t really know the full purpose of the fact she has layers of make-up on, but again – “Never Judge a Book by its Cover”.

And The Rating?

I sound like a broken record but “Never Judge a Book by its Cover”. 8.5/10.

Have Fun Watching. Troy 😀

It’s War – MBLAQ

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Song

At first, this song felt very weird and it took me a few times to actually get a feel of the song, though I really loved the piano in the whole song. This is like an ungraded version of Mona Lisa, Cry & Stay put together, which is an epic upgrade. Anyhow, I also really love the piano (as I just wrote that -.-), and the other many classical instruments that were included to make this really good upbeat song. Oh, yes, this song is much better than Mona Lisa last year by the way. Much Better.

Music Video

The music video has some really unclear points. Actually to be far, the plot was really hard to look at. An assassin(Lee Joon) tries to kill his target (aka. girl). He notices that someone else is trying to shoot her, so he puts down his sniper and saves the girl. The girl is shot, but Lee Joon kills the shooter. He than takes her to his friend’s (Thunder) house (I am assuming Thunder’s character lives on or near a  car tip) and cares for her. This is where it gets very confusing. Thunder and Lee Joon’s characters care for this girl and love starts to bloom. You can see the love between the girl and Thunder, however to me, Lee Joon seems uninterested in the girl. He looks at Thunder’s things and does nothing else. Anyway, after the girl is fully healed, she opens up her heart for Thunder and Lee Joon gets really jealous. So Lee Joon’s drags the girl out and then has a fight with Thunder. After Lee Joon’s character takes the gun out and points it at Thunder, the girl jumps in the way to protect her lover. Lee Joon shoots but he curves the bullet and it hits himself with it (aka. suicide). There is only one reason why he wants to suicide in this video and that is to allow Thunder to date the girl, I think. There is basically no other reason why in the whole music video.  That is it. Now I don’t get this part. Moments from his death, Lee Joon pulls out a piece of paper or something which makes the girl sob even more. What is that piece of paper? It looks like some ticket to a plane or Disneyland possibly. I am very confused.

Live Performance

I am no dancer however I feel that the dance to this song is not really that epic like the song. I find the special effects (fire, fireworks) and the music together make the performance really epic and the dance is kept to the minimum. Also I quite enjoy the fake bullet that shoot Lee Joon on their MCountdown comeback. Well, it was really predictable for their first comeback that they had that now that I think of it. Oh well.

And The Rating?

What a great song & music video, Performance was a letdown (a bit). 8.5/10.

She’s Coming – CHAOS

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Song

I have to say that male rookies have really good debut songs. I have to say this song is really good vocally (However, like others I do prefer Last Night much more). Also I was very bummed that this song alone lasted under 3 minutes. That technically pisses me off. Also the instrumental kind of dragged out the song and took up like 30 seconds So technically the song was only around 2 and a half minutes then. BUM. The wolf howl makes no sense of all. It was like it was thrown in there.

Music Video

The music video was very colourful. Like the costumes were. Beside that, it was that big “BOX EFFECT”. (Come to think of it, I think most music videos have the same box effect). I was expecting something like the teaser with the church theme somewhere in it. It looked very cool and it would’ve made the howl less thrown in for entertainment.

Live Performance

There is nothing much to say about the live performance. It is exactly like the music video, just live. Also their dances are simple. Nothing to hard to dance to. LOL.

And The Rating?

So yeah, no to wolf howl. Yes to rest of the song. 8/10.

Have Fun Watching. Troy 😀

Lovey Dovey – T-Ara (Drama Version)

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Song

Yes, shuffling songs are epic. Yes, Shuffling is epic. Therefore this song is epic. However, there is one big part of the song which I do not like. I HATE THE CHORUS. Lovey Dovey is not a thing to repeat. Especially when this is a really upbeat song. Yes, I am not a fan of T-Ara, however Lovey Dovey does not sound good. It is quite annoying, in my point of view. It is like the next “Friday” (Just not that auto-tuned). Yet again, T-Ara disappoints me with another song.

Music Video

Ahhhh, another video. The 2nd part of the 2-part mini-drama. I say this one makes more sense when it comes to the plot than Cry Cry. I was quite sad to see the old man die in this part and that both girls had to see the saviour guy die. I pretty much prefer this part over the first one (but hey, I love to watch endings of movies more than the start). This focuses on the romantic side of the story rather than the dark secrets of the first part of the story. I don’t find any parts awkward in this video which is great. (Well, the main girl was awkward when she was in the night club). I also like how they incorporated We Were In Love by T-Ara and Davichi into the video.

Live Performance

I really love the circle part of the dance where they are all in the circle shuffling around. The shuffle with the words Lovey Dovey  felt really weird. I love the hand movements and to me the song sounds a lot like Roly Poly in live performance rather than in the actual full song as well. I also don’t get the hair-hand shake movement of the dance. Is that really a hot thing right now?

And The Rating?

The song and live performance was good. The music video was better. 7/10 is the rating I would give it.

Have Fun Watching. Troy 😀

Secret – IU

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Song

Does IU ever  disappoints us? Never. This song is one of the many songs she has out there currently that show us her true vocal skills. So good. This song gives off a princess theme. This is hardly done anywhere these days and if it is done it would be for 5 years old. Also this song has a pause it in as well, for dramatic effects of course. IU does not really show off her skills but displays them in a presentable manner. Also I love how she enters the song with a rusty type of voice that is very well polished. There is no English in the song (which IU is professional with) but even though I can’ t understand this song, I can tell you very well about. Boy this is long review for just for the song. I love the ending of the song  and to me is the prefect song to put as the no. 1 song on the album.

To rate this song, I would give it a 10/10. Great display of vocal talent and at the same time it sound very good.

Have Fun Listening :D. Troy.

Amazing – CSJH Dana & Sunday

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Song

There is something to say about this song. Dana and Sunday’s voice fits it. Nothing else. Their vocals are so amazing and their English too for Korean people, but then again some people sing English better than speaking it. LOL. But you have to admit, the vocals are really good in this song. I love the climax. It changes the whole song completely. That’s good. Also the pause made the song quite dramatic. All together, the song was really good.

This song was one of the 3 songs (Amazing, Last Christmas & Santa You Are The One) I liked from the gold album because all three sounded really good and were the most appealing even though Super Junior’s English was kind of hard to listen to, but I loved the beat.

But since there is no music video or no live performance of this song (which is quite sad) there is nothing much to say more about this song. So I plan to give it a 10/10.

Hope everyone has had a great Christmas. See you all in 2012 (aka. 6 hours).

 

Because I’m Crazy – AA

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Song

Another great debut song. It shows that the guys this year are doing better than the girls. Anyway, as I said the song was great. It showed the audience the different skills and talents that they have. I feel Aoora (mohawk guy) is singing too much. He sings like 50% of the song which is too much. (You see, I have trouble thinking how on earth SNSD and Super Junior divides their song). But beside that there is nothing much else to say. The rap was really good and the vocals were really good.  The beat of the song was really good. So the song must be really good right?

Music Video

I really like this music video. I like it how at the start when Woosang clicks at the beat of song. I like how the lights on the set correspond with the beat of the music. I really however think that their clothing is a bit tight on some. I really like the amount of close-ups they have in this song since it is their debut, however if they use the same amount of close-ups in their next song or in future songs, I guess the close-ups would be very annoying.

Live Performance

This song has a very energetic performance that goes along with it. Their dance is really great. Some thrusting in the dance which always is a turn-off in my point of view. So yeah the dance was great. However two of the members look very homosexual to me. Some people agree with me, so people don’t. After all, it is a review and is my point of view. Kimchi and Aoora are the people I am talking about. Maybe it is just their hair because their hair pointed out the possibility.

And The Rating?

Great song, great dance, great group. 9/10.

Have Fun Watching 😀 Troy

Good Day – IU

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Song

Is there anything to say about this song and singer? She is too good. Good Day was one of the best songs ever. It is not boring. It not using sex appeal. It is not stupid and it sounds good. That would form the perfect song ever. It uses a good beat and guess what? The vocals are superb. I can’t criticize this song. IU is too good for us. Her three high notes were the best. (Though I actually prefer BEG’s 3 high notes, IU still sounds good.) I guess that is the highlight of the song. If you listen carefully, the song builds up to that point which is really smart. “I’m in my dreammmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm~” LOL.

Music Video

Something all the good and simple music videos must have is an easy and simple plot for the audience to find. This has one which was also why it is very good. Okay so IU has this crush on this older man and is very shy to confess (that is why she was scared when the parrot spoke). She had thought that the guy had run away from her because of the parrot. But he returns to return the parrot which she forgot at the store and then confessed her love. That is pretty beautiful. Except for that tights technical error which one side was purple and the other pink. Beside that, everything was beautiful.

Live Performance

Everything was fine however it was quite sad that I (& many people, i assume) did not see her do her high notes. Yes, I know they would’ve been loud and blown up the microphone but I think the high notes add the uniqueness in which all IU’s songs have.

And The Rating?

“I’m in my dreammmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm~” LOL. 10/10. Really good. Yes, I am a fan of IU’s. Did not try to be bias at all.

Have Fun Watching 😀 Troy.

There is no music video, however I wish to do more reviews on IU’s album. It sounds so good.

Don’t Cry – Park Bom (2NE1)

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Song

This song is very catchy. I have to say that and Park Bom’s voice is really fitting for this song. Yeah, that is really what all I can say about this song. Its nice and matches in very well with the music video. The lyrics tell us of a heartbroken lady with a dream to be with her love one. So yeah.

Music Video

Okay this music video is quite a good a one. It tells us a story of a young girl who was left heartbroken by her boyfriend who had died. This girl is having images of her boyfriend and runs after her boyfriend’s image and in the end is reunited with her boyfriend (which is still her image) and somehow a ring is left in her hand. Then the whole thing ends with her back in the car where she started stroking the ring. Okay, everything is fine except for the ring part? I can not see anything that implies the whole thing was a dream or actual took place. So I am going to take a stab in the dark and say it was a dream. Her hairstyle and clothing changes each time she enters a new scene. The scenes are somewhat realistic to a normal person. Now I am not saying Park Bom is not normal but I am saying that as an example.

Live Performance

There is only one live performance of this song. (NOTE: I do not like watching fan cams. They are too shaky and the environment is too loud). So yeah, nothing to comment on the live performance.

And The Rating?

I love this song. Beside that, I have to give this song a 9/10. Good song.

Have Fun Watching 😀 Troy.