"Just Hatched"

So back when I was working on my acceptance to the TaLK program, which would let me venture to South Korea, I meet a girl in my professor's office. She was also applying at the time to go to Korea through the same program. I remember standing there and seeing a pin on her bag, instantly recognizing the face on the pin to be Daesung of Big Bang, I questioned "Did I had found someone who knew what Kpop was beyond Gangnam style or if she only knew of a few sorts of the Kpop world, as do most stony brook students because of the immense Korean population here?" I piped up and said "nice pin." She upon exiting the professor's office just blew up in a huge rather concise conversation about not only Big Bang and Daesung, but Kpop as a whole. I was taken aback. Never have I ever met another person who was non-Asian who not only enjoyed Kpop as much as myself, but understood it's deeper fabrications and workings of it as a business.

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^

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.

"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.

Skull & HaHa New Release

Today Ha Ha, or Ha Dong Hoon from Running Man, released a new song with Korean reggae artist Skull. The new single named "Busan Vacance" features Ha Ha with dreads singing a tune that has a Caribbean feel to it. I took to liking this song within seconds after viewing it for the first time. It's playful, bouncy, and visually fun as the screen is painted with scribbles of words and pictures. Did I mention that it also features my other favorite Running Man member? Lee Kwang Soo!

Big Bang Comes to New Jersey!

Big Bang.... NOT to be confused with Big Bang Theory... No, no... Big Bang is Korea's biggest boy band to date. Also may I add they've been around longer then that sloppy American show. (Opps... Sorry, don't hate me if you like it.)

Their newest album called "Monster" was released just 2 months after their album "Alive." Currently these sweet, beautiful, talented boys are touring the globe in their "Alive" tour, visiting China, Japan, Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia, Hong Kong, and here in the US! They will in New Jersey and L.A. Can you say Fantastic Baby? I'm so excited and counting the days down to their arrival on November 9th. Ahhh!!!!! Can't wait.

When I first started to explore Kpop, Taeyang's "I Will Be There" MV was my first taste of it. I was immediately hooked on him. See it here. So everyday little ol' me would get online and watch this beautiful creation of art, fascinated by his voice, dancing and *Ehhem.. body.  From there one thing lead to another. I researched the band he was most known for being in, and slowly my love for Korea's artists grew and infected me and now... I'm a Kpop crazed American Girl.

New Website here. Hope to get it up and running by the end of the week! This blog will feature tons of artists, actors, and all the people who make up Korea's pop culture. All the beautiful people such as Rain, Big Bang, Lee Min Ho, the cast from Running Man, Secret Garden along with many other dramas, hits, and just gossip about all the latest on whats going on in the pop culture of one of the greatest places on earth.