Talented Humans Everywhere !!!

Alright, I admit there are some pretty ‘dedicated’ fans out there, and we even have a name for them ‘Sasaeng fans’ are those who need help and you can go look it up on the internet if you want to know more about them. I just wanted to tell you that not ALL fans fall under that sector and some of them are just normal people who are a fan and supporter of K-pop. Letters written in blood are down right scary as hell but there are also fans that send supportive notes and messages to the idols and the idols seem to really appreciate this. Many fandoms have also helped raised money for projects and charities and this is again all thank to the love they feel for their idols. Fan made things such as fanart and fanfiction may be a little awkward for the idol to personally read and see but the skills, talent, time and love spent on these little creations should not be overlooked.

Remember that time you wrote a letter to Santa telling him what you wanted in your stocking ? Well what you did there is exactly what K-pop fans are doing to their idols. Yes I know you didn’t write it in blood but I’ve already admitted that issue was indeed creepy so don’t bring that up again. What I’m trying to say is that all the fans want to do is be able to in some way reach out to someone they deeply admire and love. The idols appreciate these messages ! Super Junior member Yesung even tweeted a screenshot of the millions of farewell messages fans have sent to him from all over the world before he leaves for military services. Oh and all those ‘stalker shots’ are basically the fan’s curiosity of what their idols like to wear without the millions of stylists helping them. Fans just wanted to know what style of fashion and what interests K-pop stars have. Stop over reacting people !

Click me to see the tweet from Yesung 

It’s funny really, how just because those fanfictions consist of two male characters falling in love, they are immediately considered ‘bad’. Again, homophobic much ? Just image if you were reading the exact same story and it was about a heterosexual couple, I’m willing to bet you wouldn’t see anything ‘wrong’ or ‘creepy’ about it. Some of these authors write better stories than any novel I’ve read and have a better plot than any movie I’ve seen so why are people over looking this talent and labelling these fine works with such a negative title. Go and press on that link and give it a try, just replace the names with ‘Tom’ and ‘Mary’ and I’m sure you will enjoy it. After the written stuff, now we’re getting to the more visual artistic side. Firstly I’m going to make a confession; I can’t draw to save my life and stick figures are as far as I’m ever going to get. I’m sure a lot of you out there share this characteristic with me right ? Good. Cause now you won’t be in the position of saying anything negative towards those talent people who draw fanarts so well they should be hung in the museums. 

Click me to see a beautifully written fanfic 

Click me to see a beautifully drawn fan art 

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Can ~ You Feel ~ The Love ~ Tonight ~

If there’s one thing that I love about K-pop bands that I’ve never been able to find in any other bands in the America market, it’s the bond between the members. Focusing on one band again, Super Junior has one of the greatest relationship with each other for a bunch of non blood related people. Hell they love each other even more than some siblings I’ve seen and I’m NOT talking about love in a romantic way. They have known each other for almost 10 years now and look at it this way, siblings and families can give each other kisses and hugs right ? Why can’t the members if they see each other as brothers ? People are over-reacting just because their lips brushed a little, I say the only time you should start worrying is if you see the kiss turn intense.

Ok guys, just look at the first video and just LOOK at all those memories they created together all these years. Don’t you guys think its so sweet how they see every concert as a chance to enjoy themselves and let the audience join themselves as well as allowing us to listen to them sing ? Their concerts are not rehearsed and every fun and touching moment is from the heart. Having gone through so many years together, of cause they will be more affection with each other. Can you imagine that moment when they step out and see they have all these fans to support them, or the time they get an award from all their hard work; of cause they will want a huggie. That’s the magic of K-pop bands, they are like a bunch of talented brothers who want to spread the joy around. Not a group of random strangers put in a group together who don’t even communicate out of band actives because they are only together to create profit for a business. This is defiantly love, but not romantic love, it’s the love shared between family.

Click me to see the fanmade clip of happy moments by Super Junior

This next video is less joyful, because you can’t create a life bond with someone who you have only shared joy with and no pain. Super Junior is a band that went from an ‘experiment’ by the company to a poplar award wining group. During the years they had members involved in accidents which left them hospitalized for months, parents have passed away and one member was left with a 10% chance of living. Really, these boys have seen it all and they have done this together. They are each other’s soul mate and as much as I personally wouldn’t agree they have any type of romantic relationship with each other in real life, I would never object if they did. What’s the big deal anyway ? There are too many people out there who are homophobic and cause pain to those that are in love with someone they didn’t choose to; Super Junior is just sub-consciously giving those who suffer some mental support. In this video you can see how much they mean to one another and trust me, if you had gone through all they have with someone, you wouldn’t have second thoughts out giving them a playful kiss on the check or a warm hug when you feel like they need one either.

Click me to see the fanmade clip of family memories of Super Junior

EYE FREAKING CANDY ALERT !!!

Jealously is really ~ a horrible little green eyed monster. It seems like some people just can’t get over the fact that men make better women then them. Grow. Up. Really, I don’t see what there is to complain about just because they look rather pretty. Would lightly over-weight men who do the horsey dance like PSY be more attractive to them ? I hope not. Just for the sake of them though, there are plenty ~ of manly K-pop idols that almost scream ‘RAMBO’ in your face. I could’ve picked from the millions of images I had of wonderful photos which display lovely abs, but I decided to instead show to you how manly people can be just by standing there. *Whispers* I can show you those abs photos anyways, who doesn’t like some good eye candy ;)

When you think of the word ‘handsome’ within the K-pop industry, you are most likely thinking of Siwon from Super Junior. Some like him and some hate him, but at the end of the day you just have to admit he does look rather handsome whether you like it or not. It’s hard to explain in words about images cause its just all there in front of you already. I don’t have to mention how he is wearing simple clothes but its screaming ‘Attractive’ in my face, nor do I need to mention how dang good he looks just by ... well ... standing there. He would also be known as the ‘King of Advertisements’ and its almost shocking how many magazines and ads he hass been in. I can’t even give you a number since there’s so much but I can tell you his name and face and OMG his body ~ is used throughout the whole of Asia. Manly, handsome, model, singer, actor, rich ... *sigh* Not my cup of tea but Siwon you make such a good Asian Prince Charming.

TOP is a member of ‘Big Bang’ and not only is he the top in looks within his members, he is actually considered the top in looks throughout his whole company ! (Siwon who was mentioned previously is from a different company). It almost seems like nothing would tone down his manliness no matter what you do. I am willing to bet that you can throw him in a dress and he would look perfectly manly. Not that his company had been heartless enough (thank goodness) yet. Already pretty convinced he looks good ? Oh you haven’t seen him in the other millions of magazine his been in. Tall, dark and mysterious attracts women like honey to bees and it just happens that TOP is all three. Ok, I gotta stop myself before I start sounding like I’m trying to find them a wife. Again, its hard to describe how naturally manly he looks just sitting there in normal clothes, so I’ll just spam you with some Eye Candy. Come to the dark side, we have candy, eye candy ~

 

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YOU are the reason for their actions !!!

How is it fair that people are fine with American idols wearing artistic clothing and not K-pop idols ? DISCRIMINATION !!! People who judge them obviously know nothing ~ about Korean fashion. Ok I know you’re rolling your eyes at me after seeing those photos but don’t forget those people are idols and they don’t pick their own clothes they want to wear. How would you feel if someone told you that its time to dye your hair blue or wear hot pink see through net shirts ? The K-pop industry has been trying so hard to appeal to the western market. What you see them wearing is just what they think attracts your attention. To prove my point I am going to be using the same idols as examples and no I didn’t photoshop them onto someone else’s body.

Here we have Super Junior without their rainbow clothing which might I add the colours WAS a concept for their album and it was a very deep and meaningful one too. Wow right ? W.O.W. I know they don’t look particularly fashionable or anything, but that’s the message I am trying to get across. Idols prefer simple style and this is what they would wear to a fan meet or some other event where they get to pick their own clothes. Simple is the best and idol K-pop idols like the though that it’s the person that is bring out the beauty of the clothes, not the other way around. Of cause using this example I’m not trying to prove that K-pop idols are fashionistas, I’m just saying their style isn’t crazy and wild. Females tend to get away more with wearing bold clothing and we tell by 2NE1’s photo that its not really what you would call natural. I know, you guys are gonna say ‘but you just said K-pop fashion is natural. You’re contradicting yourself’. Hear me out first, this is actually a photo teaser for one of their albums and the reason why I picked this image was to also prove that not ALL bold fashion in their music promotions have to look mismatched and messed up. Yes this is bold but this is also another one of those times when they don’t get to dress themselves the way they want. I must say though, either their stylist changed or they got real ~ lucky.

Since I said album fashion was directed to overseas fans, I’m going to show you the fashion directed at their own Korean market. Here are the same two people which someone told you had been getting inspirations off Katy Perry. Without the blue hair and glasses he had to wear for their MV promotion, you gotta admit that’s a very attractive human over there *insert high pitch fangirl sqeals*. Normal hair colour, softly styled and a plain green trench coat. Yep, that’s what would be considered attractive over there. Again, without the need to appeal to overseas markets, women prefer a natural dolly look. You know, all that loose fitting white shirts and pale princess skin with flowers in her hair. Congratulations Seohyun, you’re finally back in your princess dolly style. As much as I personally would look horrible in it, it looks beautiful on you and please keep it that way.  

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K-pop = Multilingual

Why do people tend to judge K-pop just from a few examples?!? Arghhh it makes me so mad *(>_<)* I understand that there are a few ... quite shocking examples of bad English in the K-pop industry, but what do you expect? It’s not their first language and they don’t use it, so give them some credit for at least trying. I would like to see some American idols try and sing in Korean, bet they won’t sound exactly sugar and spices either. Plus, some K-pop idols speak English perfectly~ well! There is this saying that in every K-pop band, there is always at least one member who can speak perfect English and the others all speak another language at an acceptable level. Oh you talented humans!!!

I’m a K-pop girl, so when the song ‘Call Me Maybe’ first came out, I did not nor had the urge, to listen to it. Of course I heard bits and pieces of it playing in random stores, but I never heard the full song until Tiffany—a member of the K-pop girl band ‘Girls Generation’ sang a cover of it. Hold your horses, I’m not trying to compare singing skills or anything, so don’t get defensive. Now, the original singer speaks English (duh) so no way am I going to go as far as saying Tiffany’s English was better. I just want you guys to give it the whole of K-pop a chance before judging the whole industry as ‘Messed up English users’. Can’t you see that they are trying to sing songs in English so that their international fans feel more of a connection to them? Why else would you think most idols spend their time trying to learn different languages? 

Click me to listen to the song Call Me Maybe !!!  

Ok, I know I’m getting off-track, lets stick to English. I know singers have a whole team of people to back them up and teach them how to sing and stuff so it may not be extremely impressive to hear Tiffany sing in PERFECT ENGLISH; K-pop idols speak English perfectly fine in interviews too. Just to prove they didn’t have the script beforehand and stuff I picked an interview that was done by a pretty famous Youtube channel. It doesn’t go on TV, so no backup helpers here. The K-pop boy band called U-Kiss showed off their, not one, but TWO English speaking members and revealed that they have already considering themselves ‘losing their English’. Those humble talented people!!! Not only that but you can see the others are trying very hard to improve their English ! As if they are already not busy enough, they are trying so hard to reach out to international fans and trust me, being one myself, it is one of the sweetest things ever to know that they are putting so much effort just so they can exchange a few words with you.

Click me to see the interview with U-Kiss !!!  

A Picture Says 1000 Words

Let me ask you all a question. Do you feel love, or do you hear love ? Sure people can hear love and everyone can open their mouth and tell you they love you, but does that really mean anything to you ? Would it make you breathe heavier and your heat beat faster from a mere three words, or would it be more important to feel the meaning of those words in your heart ? This time the topic that I will discuss is how K-pop touches your heart even without us understand the lyrics just by the raw emotions of seeing the MV and the emotions from the voice of the singer.

I cried. I know it may seem like I'm exaggerating but I'm not. I cried softly the first time I ever heard 'Don't Love' by FT Island, just soft little sniffs into a tissue but then, I bawled my eyes out later. Now I'm not trying to say that the lyrics of songs don't mean anything. That would be a lie because I admit, I cried harder than before when I saw the English translation of the lyrics. I just don't agree that music is meaningless as soon as the lyrics could not be understood. The lead singer Hongki has ... this voice that just taps on my heart panels and my brows automatically start to meet into a frown and ... I just start feeling like some kinda leading actress in some tragic drama. You know, one of those scenes where a couple stare at each other not moving a muscle and there's this background music that plays and distracts you from the fact that the two people haven't moved for like 5 mins now. My point is, music itself is already filled with emotions, and with the song being fortunate enough to be sang by an emotional singer, words may not be the most important aspect of the song anymore.

Click me to listen to the song Don't Love !!! 

It would be a rather good question to ask if ‘This is War’ by MBLAQ is an MV or a mini drama. A short 5:37 clip was enough to tell the story of how an assassin fell in love with his target and went against his organisation to protect her instead. Sadly while asking for help from a childhood friend, a love triangle was formed. A fight rose up and the assassin brought his gun into the story, aiming it at the two people he loved the most and firing the bullet. That’s probably enough of me retelling the story now. My point was that the MV itself had managed to create the mood and atmosphere and even if I didn’t know what the lyrics were saying, I bawled my eyes out when the assassin twisted the bullet to return to himself, killing himself instead of the two people whom he loved and felt betrayed from. The ending scene showed him taking out a cheque which was the reason why he was absent so much, because he was trying to earn money to support them. Just in a few minutes, I was drawn to tears from an MV and a song which I knew none of the words to. A picture really says a thousand words. 

Click me to see the MV This is War !!! 

All images credited to the YouTube official MV ~

My Eyes Are Burning With Passion !!!

So I heard someone tried to convince you guys that K-pop MVs were both visually unappealing and lacked content ? What. A. Joke. Don’t mind me, I’m just going to go and roll around in laugher in that little corner over there. Now, I don’t mean to sound rude but people these days should try and not be so spoon-fed by whatever the general media throws at you. The only thing people think of whenever anyone says ‘K-pop’, is the ever so famous ‘Gangnam Style’ but that would be the same as thinking the only American singer is Rebecca Black. Just because things go global, it doesn’t mean they are the best.

I’m sure most people would agree with me that ‘Gangnam Style’ pretty much ruined the expectations of ever seeing anything visually pleasing in a K-pop MV. Well you people really ~ need to check out the MV for ‘Trouble Maker’ sang by Hyuna and Hyunseung. Long-legged beautiful model ? Tick. Well-dressed dancer dude ? Tick. A touch of mysterious undercover spy theme ? Tick. Even if the pretty lady isn’t really your style, you gotta admire her for dancing in those heels and that extremely long singlet ... or it could be an extremely short dress. Either way, someone throw her over to model for Victoria’s Secret please ! The guy, oh my goodness ... how does he pull off all that guy-liner ? Ok, seriously now, his dance moves were both clean and crisp & lingering and sensual. Come on guys, you can’t see this kind of dance in every MV, savour the moment ! I believe just those two should be enough to convince anyone to give K-pop a try and throw all that ‘K-pop MVs are visually unappealing’ out the window, into a hole, and deep down to the core of the earth where it can burn ~

Click me to see the MV Trouble Maker !!! 

 

Oh yes, there was also this ‘K-pop MVs have no content’ issue floating around. Catch this statement in a net, seal it in a glass jar and throw it into a black hole up in space. Or, I could just drown that comment in my own personal sea of tears I produced when I saw the MV from ‘Brown Eyed Girls’ called ‘Cleansing Cream’. At first I thought the song was about something stupid like washing your face. I was never more wrong. The MV shows a sad 3:38 minute story of how a blind girl wanted to find comfort from her sister but was meet with jealousy and hatred because under all those layers of makeup, was a grown woman who lacked in self confidence and trust. No more words can be touching enough to explain this, just watch the MV and get your hands on the translations of the song and you will now that the MV wasn’t made just to have something to show on the screen while the artists sings. It really gets you thinking about yourself and the world. Just how much are you hiding underneath your mask, and what are you sacrificing ? In this case it was family, but what about you, will it be something more painful than family ?

Click me to see the MV Cleansing Cream !!!

All images credited to the YouTube official MV ~