Help! K-pop Addict Exposure Syndrom?

So the new semester has started here at my University in Long Island. And It's great to see all the returning students come back into the swing of things greeting each other in ample excitement, because for us 3 months of not seeing one another is just too long. We love each other. And while new faces pop up within our residence dorms we upper grads take special interest in getting them feeling like this is their new home.

But with new comers always comes a certain measurement of uncomfortableness, unfamiliarity. Because right now you don't know how each person is going to judge or make opinions based on the things they perceive mixed with their own experience or inexperience. So how would a recently graduated high school boy from the Bronx, whose just been admitted to college, come to a sense of understanding me? A white American K-pop and Korean cultural enthusiast, who makes aims to move to Korea to teach English?  How could I even make someone who is straight out of Korea understand me?

G-Dragon is One of a Kind

Hey! Have you checked out G-Dragon's new single MV? This guy is really something. I feel like there is nothing G-Dragon can't do without making it golden. Just my opinion though. I love how he is reverting back to his earlier days style in this video by sporting the cornrows, baggy clothing, and rapping.

Now the atmosphere, dancing, and look of the cast seems rather masculine, so how does GD add in cuteness to capture his female fan's attention without shattering his "Bad Boy" look? Answer: Baby Animals! Not like kittens and puppies... no no, but fierce and exotic baby animals. The opening of this video featured a baby tiger and later introducing a black baby bear cub. WHAT! My heart nearly melted into my rib cage when I saw this.... God GD... *sigh. Nice call. But I have to say my favorite part? SPOILER ALERT! When Tae Tae (My way of saying Taeyang) came out and did a brief cameo in the end. Ahhhhh! I Love him!!! ^0^

Parody God

So as you know I am Gangnam Style crazy and love this video and song so much. I mean I have the song as my current ring tone! OPPA GANGNAM STLYE!!!! <(^0^<)

And what I thought was more hilarious than the epic itself was the following videos that spun off from it's amazing originality. Tons of video uploads featured on Youtube that tried to poke more fun at the song. Problem though... How do you make fun of a song or video that is already poking fun at itself? (As also said by Simon & Martina @ Eatyourkimchi.com) Not to knock the makers of these videos but when in comparison, PSY is the master at his own creation. No one else has been able to match up.

Except one man.

David So.

Happy Anniversary Big Bang

In South Korea, today would be August 19th. This day Marks the 6 year Anniversary of one of the most popular boy bands in all of Asia. BIG BANG!

It's been six years already and these guys have gone through so much and have over come some trying times in their careers from legal copy right issues, such as GD's "Heart breaker" having the same back drop beat as Flo Rider's "Right Round" or the run in with playboy corporation for using the bunny icon which was being used to promote TOP's and GD's collaboration, to even overcoming a tragic car accident involving Daesung, who was so personally destroyed emotionally that he spent weeks locked up in his room. Along with other hardships that I cannot actually say, but believe me they're there.

Running Man's Haha Marring Byul!

WHAAA?!

This morning allkpop released an article on their website noting that the variety show star was said to announce his engagement to Byul publicly later on the 15th of this month at the MBC Dream Center. The rumored date of getting hitched is November 30th.

Now I love Korean entertainment, but I am not one of those people who knows every cringing detail of the star's lives. Especially their personal lives because that's... well... personal. But this came to me as a big shock. I didn't even know Haha was dating someone. And wow, Byul of all the possibilities. Nice catch Haha, nice catch.

The allkpop website noted that the two stars have only been dating for 6 months but known each other for years. As I read some of the comments of visitors on the site I was quite saddened by what some people had to say. "Shot Gun Wedding" and "Trolling us because of flirtatious attitude." Let's clarify some things here people.

I Just Can't Decide!

So here I am on one of my favorite websites EatYourKimchi.com watching this past Friday's open chat and I see Martina sporting this pretty awesome K-pop shirt. Gave me an idea, that I want one too! But I wanted something in my own style, unique to me. So I found this pretty cool website where you can design your own shirts, sweaters, hoodies, you name it... and further customize it to the hundreds of designs they already offer! See it Here. Just click on "Design your Own" and your ready to start.

Now I have a dilemma sitting here at what is now 2:06pm in the morning in good old Long Island, New York. I have two designs prepped and made But I can't decide!!!! Help me out. Which one should I get? Can leave comments down in the section below.

Thanks! XOXOXO

Just got schooled!

So last week I posted an article on PSY's new epidemic song "Gangnam Style". I know I mentioned that Big Bang's Seungri and Daesung were spotted in disguise in the background dressed as two older men. Now the only reason I was able to display this info is not because I was able to recognize them, it was because this info was released to the public about their partaking in the video. As for Hyuna I didn't feel there was any need to mention her... I mean she was in plain view. But something I failed to notice and to look into was the strange man in the yellow suit who has a dance off with PSY.

Bad Guy (나쁜 남자)

This was supposed to be today's post but via searching content for this I got sucked into making the previous post on Bi Rain's army enlistment. See here.

So currently I am in the middle of watching the K Drama "Bad Guy " (나쁜 남자) as was suggested to me by a friend many times over. My friend Ryan, a Korean Drama addict himself, kept telling me over and over to watch this. Usually our days are spent just talking about the dramas we love. One of the best friends I've got. Well I had just finished watching City Hunter and told him my little heart needed a break from all the stress that these dramas were causing. Hahaha. But he kept insisting I watch it sooner. So I finally buckled into his pressure and started watching it.

He's given me the heads up though, that this drama doesn't end so great. So I'm prepared for disappointment. But I don't believe that 나쁜 남자 was supposed to end so poorly. Doing some "once again searching" I came across some references that might point out the reason.

In one of my personal favorite websites, allkpop, they have a dated post that in brief explains Kim Nam-Gil's time crunch between filming Bad Guy and his enlistment in the Army starting July 15th 2011. See it here. So this had the producers of the drama along with Kim Nam-Gil along with other co-stars on the set bustling to get the drama done in time. However, they had to cut back 3 episodes from the originally planed 20 episodes making "Bad Guy"only 17 episodes long.

My Shout out to Bi Rain

I know this is old news... and long over due to even go back to talking about this topic but I can't help myself. One of my favorite k-pop artists of all time and certainly millions of others too, is Bi (Rain/ 비) actual name Jung Ji-hoon, who has been absent from his music and acting occupation due to being enlisted in the Korean Army. Origionally I was looking up information on Kim Nam-Gil's enlistment in the army because I am currently watching Bad Guy (나쁜 남자) which he stars as the main actor. But I get curious in my searches as sometimes more questions then answers come up and when punching in "Korean army" into my browser Bi's headlines pop up everywhere. So I get sucked in. Normal symptoms of a K-pop Addict. ;)

This person Knows whats Up!

I was streaming along the web and came across this pretty clever and thought out post. And I love it... and feel the same exact same way.

CHECK IT OUT!

K GongJu: How to know if you are Officially a K-POP addict!: How to know if you are Officially a K-POP/ KOREAN Addict! Well that's as easy as  A-B-C... 1-2-3... Here's the guideline....

"Fly So High"

Yesterday was the first time I ever flown in a plane. I was so scared! The build up prior to boarding had my heart beating in my head with adrenaline pumping throughout my entire body. I got lost in the terminal and yelled at a few times by security because of a few minor mistakes. :(

Do you Have Gangnam Style?

About two weeks ago YG's PSY released a new song called Gangnam style. I have to admit, I been on the YG website quite a bit and have seen the artist's profile there, but never really found myself checking out his bio too extensively. Casually I have looked at his photos as they display a comedic man filled with a unique jester like style. A funny man. However, now with the new release out, I went back and did some digging up on PSY. I like to know what my artists are about. And I like this man. And... I love his song.