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Alive – Jun.K

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Song

Wow, this is a style that  would never had expected from 2PM’s Junsu. From what I understand he is just the vocal person in the group but to hear him rap and sing what I understand to be Hip Hop kind of scares me. I quite surprised that he even can rap because I am just used to hearing him sing not rap.

Anyway, I really like this song. It is “ALIVE”. The vocals in the bridge, the rap and the hip hop beat is definitely cool. The whole song was the highlight for me. I just can’t pick between a certain section over another. His English in the song is really good. I find it much better in this song than in his previous song as he has this Engrish pronunciation. In this song, there is no English pronunciation.

Music Video

I thought there was a music video for this. I want a music video for this. There was news that he was mean to have a music video but currently we are all waiting. JYP do not become like SM , don’t make us wait. Turns out the music video for this song just happens to be what they filmed at 2PM’s concert (if I am not mistaken). That sucks.

Live Performance

Okay, yeah. Lost for words. Its not a good performance since it is a music video as well, but it is not also a bad music video. I do like the start where they are all dressed up in these ghostly figures and then Junsu turns around a few times and then he is like in his full suit wear. Yep, got to love stage effects. I also like the long line of fireworks.It is pretty cool.

And The Rating?

8.5 out of 10. Nice song. Still awaiting an actual music video, one that is not filmed during a live performance.

Have Fun Watching. Troy. 😀

Alone – Sistar

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Song

I am not a fan of Sistar. I do like their song How Dare You. So Cool was kind of trashy. This song, I am lost for words. I literally can not write at all anything about this song. I like the start of the song and the vocals but what I was looking forward to was another upbeat song like How Dare You or So Cool. This song kind of lacks the amount of a dance song which I wanted from them.

As I said the vocals are pretty good. Dasom and Hyorin sound pretty good. The other member and the rapper (Sorry about names, I suck) also sound pretty good. Yeah, I’m still not sure about the song. I do like th drum beat and piano in the song. They sound pretty cool.

Music Video

Okay. WOW. SEXY??? Yeah, Sistar is back with a whole new look. Now, they girls take sexy to the highest possible point without making it into some kind of bad looking video. Which I am pretty cool with. I actually think the camera man and director captured some good shots within Las Vegas, Nevada to be included into the video. I really like when the girls are posing on the table. Okay, maybe not. Lying on the table is just the worst thing you can do. I would’ve flipped out if I saw someone lying on my dining room table. I would care more about the table then the person lying on top.

I do like the tight dresses that they are wearing in the music video. They always dress pretty good.

Live Performance

Okay. Another WOW. I just really like the whole sexy concept they have with this comeback. It is just so cool and different from everything else we have seen.

And The Rating?

Okay seriously, I would give this song a 7.6 out of 10.

Have Fun Watching. Troy 😀

Okay this must be asked………………

Lovey Dovey (Zombie Ver.) – T-Ara

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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

Must I say something. Don’t T-Ara know better than to sing but actually run. Like seriously, they are all dancing to thier new song with ZOMBIES is front of them the whole time. Don’t they realize, that was their cue to leave? Don’t they know ZOMBIES eat human brains? What kind of human beings are they? Unless they want to become the heroes of the day and they just completely fail. When the ZOMBIES actually destory thew fence and eat the guards brain, T-Ara finally relizes that they are screwed. No joking.

Also I learnt another thing from this video. After eating. ZOMBIES like to dance. Yes, after eating T-Ara’s brains, they all start to dance to Lovey Dovey. I wonder if they prefer dubstep or slower music?

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 :D

Volume Up – 4 Minute

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Song

This is a great song. I don’t really like 4 Minute that much. I am not a fan and do not like any of their song. I find most of their song awkward or not appealing. This song on the other hand is much different. I love it and am totally digging it. It has that Spanish feel to it that we got in Mona Lisa with the accordions and now this song has some instrument which I unfortunately can’t identify. Yeah, me and music theory don’t go well together, but I still passed class  by playing “Ode To Joy” and an Elvis Presley song. The rap in the song is the most concerning part of the whole song for me. I am actually in the middle with the rap. Half of me says the rap should not have been included in the song while the other half my body is saying the rap was pretty good and did fit in. Yes, I feel quite weird. I also heard the song is actually quite controversial because of its lyrics suggesting that girl groups are becoming more sexier and are losing their main job of becoming singers but instead as sexy models. I am quite disappointed about this because 4 Minute is actually telling the truth. Many girl bands nowdays are losing the singing factor and instead are becoming really inappropriate singers/dancers to watch.

Music Video

The music video actually adds a different style to the many videos of KPOP. This song is nothing about sexy dances (There are sexy dances in this song however they are not focused on that much in here). The song is much more myertious, like Brown Eyed Girl’s Cleansing Cream or Sixth Sense. There is so much here. Take their setting. They are like in these places which may or may not creep you out and give the sense that not that much people enter these areas, so we can say that the girls are like some where trapped. The mysterious vibe is added onto by the creepy looking vampires that happen to appear behind them just before the first chorus breaks out. Wait, are they really vampires or DEATH EATERS? KPOP and Harry Potter have finally intercepted each other. LOL. I can now go and reread Deathly Hallows for the 15000000000000000 time. The only thing I have to complain about in this video is the very start. Hyuna is possessed in the music video. Yeah, beside showing us she is a vampire, there is not much to say. Oh and if Cube Entertainment was trying to scare their viewers, they failed. My experiences so you can’t comment here.

Live Performance

Okay, yeah. This song changed nothing with my point of view on 4 Minute singing live. They just can’t do it. Beside that, the dance is pretty cool. I like it a lot. Most favourite part is actually when 4 of the members are circling the fifth member and pointing at her. Also when Hyuna raps and they all put thier hands up was pretty good as well. WHY CAN”T DANCES BE THIS SIMPLE? THEY LOOK COOL AND AWESOME!!!!!!!!!

And The Rating?

I would give this song an 8 out of 10. A Really Good Song.

Have Fun Watching. Troy 😀

Okay, This must be asked…

Perfection – Super Junior M (Korean/Chinese Ver)

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Song

Don’t you love it when there are two versions of the same song, just in two different languages and both are released around the same time. Life is like this. Its great that SM Ent. is expanding into overseas countries, but I think its time to go back  to Korea and restart some of your bands activities. Yeah, no offence but I think bands like Super Junior and SNSD are getting old and might soon need replacing. (I don’t want to die D: )

Anyway, I like both versions of the song. This may be alarming, but I am half Chinese and yet I don’t understand the Chinese Version of the song (I don’t know any Chinese). But, still they are good songs. They have this catchy beat to them that sounds really good. This song depicts how the perfect lady should be. Is it me or Kyuhyun gets the most lines in the song? He sings like what? 50 % of the song while the others have to split the other half evenly? I also like Zhou Mi’s part of the song. For me, it is the highlight of the song.

Music Video

Okay, another one of those music videos that have no plot what so ever but only cool dance moves and close ups so close, that we can see up their noses. Only Joking, they are not that close. Only two things to comment about, SM’s 360 degree camera and those fur hats. Lets just hope no animals were killed in the making of the video for the fur hats. That would be sad.

Live Performance

I’m not sure of the live performances. I mean they are just the dance. Only the dance.

Oh but also, I always find Super Junior full band or sub-units are good at singing live. Hey I’ve got to write something at least you know…

And The Rating?

I would give this song a 7.83/10.

Have Fun Watching. Troy 😀

Chinese Version of Perfection

Korean Version of Perfection

Ma Ma My – F1RST

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Song

This is an alright song, in point of view. Some of the underrated bands of KPOP are pretty good. Now this song could’ve been better in my point of view but then again, they are underrated and don’t get much fame than most rookie groups.

I really like the beat of the song, it is pretty addictive. I am actually sitting here wondering why they don’t have much fans. Anyway, I actually think the vocals in this song is actually neutral or standard. I won’t say their bad or the worst vocalists out there but just neutral. I am surprised. From memory, I thought there is a rap. I was wrong. 😦

Music Video

Okay, must get something off my chest. The Blonde Girl was scary.

Okay, well there is not much to the music video exect for the ratio of 85 (Dance) to 15 (Plot).

It is basically about a guy who tries to win a girls heart. He succeeds just at a dance off or some show off dance party on the streets. Great place to find love.

Yeah, that is it. Off to the dance.

Live Performance

The dance here is not that catchy to be honest. There is no move that makes me want to dance or anything. So yeah. I have nothing to write here. WAH!!!! 😦

And The Rating?

I would give this a 7.16 out of 10. No , that is not exact. Exact is 7.166666666666666667. LOL.

Have Fun Watching. Troy. 😀

Lucky Guy – Kim Hyun Joong

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Song

Based on my liking & point of view, this song was a very big letdown. I preferred Please & Break Down (Which I actually did not like). However the chorus is very catchy & I quite enjoyed it. Yeah however I really don’t anything else about the song.

Music Video

Arrggh!!! I DISLIKE THIS MUSIC VIDEO. At first I thought of a James Bond kind of theme. The closest the music video got according to my theory is the picking up girls and casino playing. The teasers did not get me into the flow of the song. The teasers did not suit the music video or song in my point of view even though they are small sections of the video. Maybe that is just me. Now I have to ask, since when did girls would start stripping out in public especially when there is a guy nearby? Sick way of getting guys. Do not listen to this girls.  The music video is a bad teacher. But it also teaches never to date guys who suck at gambling. That’s right. If he loses money, you can be up for betting. *Shivers*. Anyway, i do like the concept that the girl is actually a spy and she looked very cunning and smart when she left Kim Hyun Joong. Very smart, very very smart.

Live Performance

Yeah, I don’t like the full red suit. I particularly like the performance from the MAMA 2011. Yeah, even though I know the whole thing was rehearsed by the performance was pretty good. Suzy was really good looking. The dance is pretty cool and not to complicated. Well, expect for the start, because the dance at the start looked complicated and well time.

And The Rating?

I would give this a 7/10. Also, you may notice, I rewrote this review for some particular reason.

Have Fun Watching. 😀 Troy.

 

Be Quiet – Kim Wan Sun ft. Jun-hyung (Beast)

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Song

Well, when this song first came out I was like “Yeah Cool Song”. Listening to it on the loop. Now, It is lucky to even be seen with my own eyes when I look for songs on my phone. But I still think this song is a good song. It has a catchy beat, some catchy words “Be Quiet”, and good raps and vocals as well. No offence, but apparently Kim Wan Sun is a legendary singer. If it was not for this song, I would not have heard of her. But no offence, she is a good singer. The rap is pretty good. I must also say this song must hold the record for the song with the words “Be Quiet” the most. 40% of the song must be the words Be Quiet.

Music Video

Damn, apparently she is 40+ years old. I must say with the energy in the song which she sings and the way she films her videos, she is only in were early 30’s. Which is pretty amazing. But I must say, why does Jun-hyung only gets to go wild on the set? He smashes a keyboard (a computer one to be exact, which is not really cool in my eyes) and goes wild with something that looks like a fire extinguisher. All Kim does is dance and be sexy. Fun much? well, I guess she has to act her age right? Right?

Also another world record for this music video as well. The most close ups ever. LOL.

Performance

The dance here in this song is pretty basic. Its not that hard. Yeah, I wish I can explain things without it sounding like an erotic themed story, but it always end up sounding like an erotic themed story.

And The Rating?

I would give this a 9.3.

Have Fun Watching. 😀 Troy.

 

Stranger – SHINee

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Song

Okay, I must confess. I hated this song at first. I think I was more pre-occupied with the fact that Sherlock was Note and Clue combined. Yeah, I at first, did not like the feel of the song. It seemed very distant from thier toher songs like Hello, Ring Dong Ding, Lucifer, Sherlock.  Did not like the start at all because it was so sudden.

But then again, the song started to grow on me bit by bit. But I just can’t sit around listening to the song. My attention would shift from the song to another thing like homework or to finding another song. The vocals are pretty good in this song though and so are the raps. Well, I must say, this is song is much better than Hello.

Live Performance

Okay, I must admit. They are wearing clothing from Lucifer and Ring Dong Ding. Back to this style. I approve. It was pretty epic I must say the performance. The dance was pretty epic. Just I’ll chose Sherlock over this song anyday.

And The Rating?

Yeah, as I said before, Sherlock any day. 7/10.

Madonna – Secret

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Song

Another song which I like. It has the catchy chorus (Ma-Ma-Ma-Ma-Madonna-donna, Ma-Ma-Ma-Ma-Madonna-donna~). Damn right it is. It is like Magic, Shy Boy, Starlight Moonlight and Love Is Move altogether. All a very catchy and the lyrics especially can relate to Madonna.  Also, Madonna can be related (metaphorically) to any of the girls in the world.

But beside that, the songs is alright. I love this song however just can’t find words to describe it. Blame Writer’s Block.

Music Video

I must say this, however all the dresses in the music video and the stage performances are just stunning. I think Secret is the only girl group in KPOP that looks particularly stunning in any dresses, long or short. I prefer many other groups to be wearing dresses that are short (not too short though) or long (not too long though as well, don’t want any accidents on stage or on the red carpet do we now?). I also love the setting of the music video. It is stunning and also makes the dresses stand out. Its gold and pretty and also very bright, much different from the other KPOP videos nowadays.

I just wish to say something. I think the leather was too much. Nothing good about leather that brings the “Madonna” out of them.

Live Performance

Another very addictive dance for another addictive song. Waving arms are pretty cool. I think all KPOP songs that have a dance always have this particular dance that must be performaed to it. Lucifer, Ring Dong Ding, Sorry Sorry, Nobody, I Don’t Care, Magic, OK etc.

And The Rating?

I would rate this a 8.6.

Have Fun Watching. Troy 😀

I Remember – Bang Yong Guk (B.A.P) ft. Yang Yoseob (Beast)

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Song

OMG, this must one of the best ballads yet. Rapping and vocals were superb. I never would’ve thought that these two, one a good rapper (Bang Yong Guk) and the other is one of the best vocalists in the KPOP industry (Yang Yoseob). The song is not a good song that people would say “Sounds good.” This song is a song where people would say “OMG, IT IS SO GOOD.”

Like come one, you must agree with powerful raps and powerful vocals, this song is hard to beat. I also felt that there was something familiar between this certain song and Going Crazy by Song Ji Eun featuring Bang Yong Guk. Am I getting somewhere now?

This song tells the story about a guy who remembers the memories of his lover. Along with the music video which I don’t want to discuss the music video here, but we get the sense that the person has actually died and is remembering the past.

Music Video

Wow oh wow. Is this music video banned by the MOGEF yet? Did you see the back of the guy’s head explode outwards? Did you see the amount of shots he took to the body? I would be very surprised if the music video is not banned yet. But if my memory serves me right, it was banned.

As you can see in the music video that even until the last moment in a person’s life, love can so be so powerful. The guy proved his true love to his girlfriend who happened to be kidnapped at the last moment. He storms through all the bullets to just get to the other side to be with his girlfriend until the last moment where all their happy memories come back to both of their minds until reality took over and said that they were both going to die.

I have some complaints. Firstly the road or tunnel which the gun-fight took place, is that not the same place where Kim Hyun Joong filmed a part of his music video for Break Down. (Something unrelevant, but the atmosphere in the music video for Warrior by B.A.P is exactly the same). Also, for some reason the police seemed to be pretty crap. They could not keep a guy out of gun fight and kept shooting at him during the gun fight. Seriously police? There are other people much better than you are.

Live Performance

There is a live performance? There is a performance but only featuring Daehyun, a member of B.A.P (Bang Yong Guk’s band), but this review clearly states I would be reviewing the orginal version. But if you want to see, I will link you it here. It is still epic.

And The Rating?

I would give this song/music video a 9/10.

(NOTE: I swear I wrote a review for this music video before. Deja Vu?)

Have Fun Watching. 😀 Troy

Black & White – G.Na

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Song

This is a great song. I was addicted to it for some time and now she is one of my favourite solo singers. Black and White is a very pretty song but at the same time very sexy. It is like the equivalent to Katy Perry, both very famous in their industry and have influential songs. The song is no exception. This is just your basic KPOP song, just more modern. There is not actual stand out part in the song for me. The song was just neutral or standard to me. “Black And White~”.

Music Video

Ummm… Another standard music video for me. Nothing really to comment on. Except for lovers who find it hard to be alone and jealous when the other speaks to friends. This is what all relationships should be nowadays not just sex, fame and money. Also I like the background for the dance sequence. Very ummm… black and white. Yeah, I am running out of things to comment on.

Oh by the way, did you see how cute she was when she saw snow? At 1:08? LOL.

Live Performance

I really like her live performances. She is one of those singers who can sing live very well. The dance was also very creative. It reflected the beat. Very nice. I love the chorus bit of the dance. It was very nice.

And The Rating?

Under the new system (LOL, I need to change this), I would give this a 7.6 out of 10.

Have Fun Watching. Troy. 😀

Breathe – Miss A

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Song

I’m sorry to the many Miss A fans out there. I won’t say the vocals and rap of the song were bad or terrible, because they weren’t. I will just say the vocals and the rap in the song were unappealing to me as a viewer. I did not really like song the at all, except how fun and playful the tune and instrumental of the song was in my point of view. Oh and of course I can not forget the addiction of the line “I can’t Breathe.” So know when someone says that to me, I’ll dance along to Miss A. LOL Only joking. I will only dance if appropriate. If the person can’t breathe because asthma, I will call the ambulance.

Music Video

Like the last review I wrote (Fantastic Baby by Big Bang), I beleive this is more of a visual than a song that should be taken seriously. There is nothing really to discuss in this music video well, unless I get rid of the Live Performance part and discuss only the dance here. But, I don’t want to leave out a necessary part.

OH, by the way. I was horrified by the Brady Bunch like page. It was a mess.

Live Performance

There are a few well known dances for this song. I love all dances to this song from the Penguin to the Pony. They are all very creative and match the playful tone of the dance. I in particular loved the Penguin dance and the ending.

And The Rating?

Under the new system, I would give this song a 8.3 / 10.

Have Fun Watching. Troy 😀

Fantastic Baby – Big Bang

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Song

“Wow~, Fantastic Baby.” If you have heard this song, then this line would have probably been stuck in your mind as well. Big Bang has taken these three simple words and have jammed my memory with it. All I can do after listening to a song is say “Wow~ Fantastic Baby.”

Now this song really does not focus on vocals or rapping that much unlike Blue or Bad Boys. This song is just a simple dance track like Last Farewell/Baby Baby. It is more of a visual and to show how much Big Bang has changed.

I really quite enjoyed Daesung’s bit in the song with the really high and long note, GD’s ending of the song and GD’s “Catch Me On Fire” in the live performances. Not at the start of song but at the end of song. Also I thought T.O.P’s rap had a different feel to it especially with the emphasis at the end of each line or verse. Taeyang showed great vocals and Seungri,well was more visual than vocals in this song.

Music Video

Again this is dance like music video because the song suggest this theory. I don’t understand how the riots in the music video reflects the dance theme of the song. Anyway, each of the members are kings in their own palace. GD has some long hair and trashy make-up. Later in the video, GD’s hair is shorter and make-up is much neater, suggesting he got out the place which he must have stayed for some long period of time. Taeyang was frozen up and he soon thawed to escape his closure. Daesung was bound by chains and soon released himself from his dungeon. T.O.P was stuck in these picture frames and also escaped from his “picture” self. Seungri was trapped by girls who scratched him? Yeah, not so sure on Seungri’s part of the music video there.

Anyway, as you read above, each member has their own reasons to escape from these conditions which they have all been (except for Seungri). But in the end, with those on their side in the riots dance in celebration. Yeah, sounds like a a bunch of teenagers who are grounded but slowly sneaked their way out of their parents sight to go this dance party.

Live Performance

I must say, these performances must be the most epic performances ever. Every stage is different and you can definitely tell by the stage and effects that YG Entertainment is investing a lot of money into this group. I love the dance for this song but unfortunately have forgotten the name of the dance. Something like windscreen wipers?

And The Rating?

Under the new system I would give this song a 9.3 out of 10.

Have Fun Watching. Troy. 😀

Goodbye Baby – Miss A

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Song

Okay, this song is an okay song. It really is not that good in my point of view. Actually I don’t find any songs since this song onwards that is heavily promoted (aka. Touch) really catchy. These songs are not like Breathe (NOTE: I have been under a rock this whole time. I only found out about this song last month) and Bad Girl Good Girl. There is not a thing which I enjoyed vocally in this song.

The vocals for some reason do not sound appealing at all to me. Neither does the rap in the song sound that well done. The only thing in this song, like any other song, I found great was the chorus. Not the best chorus but a good chorus.

Music Video

And this is why being rich will make many people greedy. An actor, more special than the director is treated as a king, is filming something; a music video or stage performance. He finds four girls who I think who are his lovers, all at once. He treats them like trash by running their rehearsal of the song “Goodbye Baby”. (NOTE: He eats like a baby and is the rudest person existing ever). They decide to ruin his filming by killing everyone on the set and leaving the actor alive. He is trapped in a giant test tube, with water slowly filling the test tube up. The girls then take revenge into their own hands and soon escape. They leave the actor to survive and in the end, he laughs as if the girls have not done any harm to him.

Now there 2 main flaws in this music video:

  1.  Why would the cockiest guy date four girls from the one band? He is now also the most stupid person as well. Does he think those girls don’t discuss their boyfriends with each other? How long does he expect his cover would not be blown?
  2. He is also the weakest guy ever. He is in the test tube and is floating to the top of the test tube. Does he not know how to get out of the damn test tube? Can’t he pull himself up from the test tube? Is he that weak?

Live Performance

I don’t really like the dance in this song that much. I just love how there is the “Follow the Leader” concept in the dance like the chorus. Besides that, everything was just plain and dull.

And The Rating?

Under the new rating system, I would give this song 5.8 out of 10.

Have Fun Watching. 😀 Troy.

G.N.O – Wonder Girls

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Song

A very dance worthy song. The dance has a really good electro beat to the song that is much different to like Nobody, The Boys, Love Is Move. Anyway, I really love how the English in the song is wrapped around the Korean words to compliment it. I think the stand out for this is Yubin. She has a decent amount of vocals compared to Sohee or Lim who usually get more than Yubin herself. But as I always say with the Wonder Girls. Great Vocals.

Live Performance

Okay, this performance is actually pretty basic. Nothing too hard. Just people dancing. Like at a club.

And The Rating?

8/10. Nothing else to say expect for the above.

Have Fun Watching. Troy 🙂