Monday, April 14, 2014

Jackpot!!

And Jackpot is out... Oh Block B, you are so strange. So strange. I don't even know where to start with this MV. That was so odd. I liked the concept of the MV. I liked the circus theme. Block B seems to have a thing for creepy clown masks. I wasn't wild about the song but I'm sure, like Very Good, the song will grow on me over time. The whole thing was just odd. I feel like Speed's music video for Don't Tease Me! would have been similar to this if they hadn't done a live version MV.
Very crazy, nothing serious, wacky, and all around bizarre but fun.
I do like that Block B never takes themselves very seriously cause I think there are too many serious groups with serious MVs and we need more fun and crazy. I like that they do little after credit blurbs. How does the girl repay them for the great makeover they gave her? By flipping the bird. Granted they kidnapped her, chased her down the street, threw knifes at her, cut her hair, forced her into a Mahjong game that turned violent, and I'm pretty sure one of the members tried to eat her at one point. Yeah, Taeil totally had a fork and knife and tried to eat her. I'm pretty sure Jaehyo and B-Bomb were the only kind ones to the girl even though B-Bomb did tie her to a wall. They totally deserved the Bird.

Friday, April 11, 2014

Overdose teasers!

EXO has teasers out for their upcoming MV Overdose. The choreography looks hard but SM seems to like hard choreography.  It kind of looks pretty awesome. I'm a little excited. April 15th.
Korean Version
Chinese Version

Wednesday, April 9, 2014

Strange oppas chasing frightened girls

Well Block B has a teaser out for their upcoming single Jackpot. One thing is for certain. Block B will always keep me interested because they never do anything in the normal realm of Kpop MVs. They're always very odd, funky, and strange. I won't be guarantied to like all of their videos but I will always be curious. Jackpot comes out on April 14th or maybe April 17th? I'm not sure but I'll find out. The teaser ends with the girl they're chasing saying, "those Oppas are weird". Understandably so because they're chasing her while wearing hockey masks and riding bikes and having their faces covered in general.

Monday, April 7, 2014

Ooh Ooh

And Eric Nam's new MV Ooh Ooh featuring Hoya is out. Came out about an hour ish ago.
Oh my gosh. Kevin, Brad, and BoA? What are you three doing in this video? Hoya was listed as being featured in this video and song so I was ready for him to just jump in there but you three caught me completely off guard. I love when artists from different companies make appearances in videos. It's a nice surprise. Makes me so happy.
I loved it. That was hilarious. The song and video were fun. The style and humor of the video fit Eric very well. The song worked well with his vocal range. The video was classy. He didn't really dance as much as I thought he would but for a first time really dancing with the backup dancers I thought he did a very good job. I liked the classy vintage feeling to the video with the vintage refrigerator and television. The neon lights and disco balls didn't look cheesy but fit the set very nicely. Guys wearing sunglasses while playing trombones. So very classy.
Two more things. I think Eric likes Mikey Mouse. And Hoya, that is the least effective way to pour Champagne. Very wasteful.
Hey look, Coca-Cola promotion.
I think I could listen to his voice all day.
So much fun. Seriously.

Sunday, April 6, 2014

Just One Day

BTS' Just One Day MV is out. I'm glad that they didn't go for the Aegyo angle but rather the sweet side. On the other hand, I'm very sad that I didn't see their confidence that they have when they're singing hiphop songs. It's a little rare to see a rookie group with such confidence and I felt like they lacked a little bit of that confidence in this song. A couple of them seemed a little uncomfortable with the sweet concept. It's natural for the Maknae and the younger members of the group to be more comfortable when acting sweet and cute while those who have strong stage personalities and powerful rapping sections might be a little out of place in a ballad. Though the live versions of this song aren't as awkward for some of the members.
I did like that we got to see more of their vocal abilities rather than their rapping abilities. RapMonster is usually kind of strong and forceful with his rapping so it was nice to see him take it down a notch and make his rap fit the soft sound of the song. This song gave the vocalists of BTS a chance to show that they can sing very well. It also gave a couple members who usually don't sing a chance to show that they could be good vocals in the group. I hope that their company and song writers let the rappers have a chance to show vocal talents. Like Minho in SHINee, TOP in BigBang, or Chanyeol in EXO, we didn't know that they could actually sing until they were allowed to and then people complained that the companies should have let those members sing sooner. Some of the members in BTS can actually sing even though they are listed as rappers.
Not a fan of the video cause I'd rather see BTS playing the confident troublemaker bad boys, but the song was nice. I do hope they release another hiphop song after this. We have enough of the sweet and cute KPop guy groups, we need more hiphop groups. Their confidence made me notice them. If I had heard this song from them first, I wouldn't have given them another look because it sounds like so many KPop ballads.

Xuimin Suho Chen and Baekyun!

And we get Suho's and Xuimin's teasers today along with Chen's and Baekhyun's! Is that everyone? I do believe that is everyone which means we should be getting a teaser video soon. Hopefully.

Saturday, April 5, 2014

Chanyeol and Kris today.

And we keep getting more teaser photos. Only a few left and hopefully we'll get a video teaser. Fingers crossed. Today we see Chanyeol's and Kris' pictures, the two giants in EXO.
Now I've seen this poster around and I'm not sure if it's an official slogan and poster but here it is anyways.