Oddness/Weirdness

I've been planning to do a weekly recap on the blog for awhile now but never got around to it.  Welp, here I am finally doing one!  I know this is last week's news but I've gotta start somewhere, so here goes. Check out my inaugural "News Of The Week" post.  These posts will consist of a recap of things I found to be really interesting that happened during the week, but didn't neccessarily blog about.  Let me know whether you'd like to see more of these in the comments below.

I know a week or two has passed since B.A.P's "Hurricane" mv and INFINITE's "Destiny" mv were released, but I have been wanting to talk about both of these videos for the longest time.  Normally I'd have moved on by now but B.A.P and INFINITE are my boys!  They're farther down on my bias list but they're still up there, ya know.  I like them a lot, so this post had to happen in some way, shape or form.

Damn guys!  There's so much good Kpop news these days, I don't even know what to do!  Today my feels are all about INFINITE and their newly announced 1st World Tour, One Great Step .

Guest Blogger Week continues with a post from my good chingu Stormy of Under the Radar! , who I've known for awhile.  In fact, she (along with Stephe of CloudUSA ) was instrumental in my decision to start blogging, so thanks guys! :hugs: Stormy is an avid music lover and die hard Shawol who got into Jpop in 2007, segued into Kpop in 2009 and hasn't looked back since.  Stormy started out writing for her blog   My Music Radar!  but has taken a brief hiatus from there for medical reasons and is currently blogging on her Tumblr  Under the Radar! .   She hopes to return to  My Music Radar!  soon, so look out for that. Idol Beauty and an Inconvenient Truth Written by Stormy of  Under the Radar

INFINITE 's " Man In Love " mv just came out, which means that my other faves are back, y'all.  Am I excited or what??  Take a look at the mv for their new song because you might want to do some squee-ing over how cute it is:

I totally slept on doing a Video of the Day post on INFINITE H 's " Special Girl ", but I wasn't nearly as into that song as I am into their newly released mv " Without You ".

Dongwoo and Hoya seem to be chomping at the bit to officially debut their sub-unit of INFINITE , called INFINITE H .  They released a teaser for " Fly High " on January 6th  and now they're back with a new mv teaser.  The song is called " Special Girl " and it is just too delightful.  I must spazz... but watch first:

If you're familiar with INFINITE , you'll know all about the rappers/dance machines of the group named Hoya and Dongwoo .  Those said rappers decided to pair up into a new subgroup named INFINITE H .  The H stands for hip hop, which will be quite different than their main group's '80s redux sound. We got to see some of what they're capable of on the Gayo Daejuns but Woolliment has released a teaser for a new song, " Fly High " from their soon to be released album.

The end of the year is here and we all know what that means in Kpop land. That's right... the Gayo Daejuns ! Kpop fans know these shows can either be awesome or tiresome or even a mixture of both. I assure you it was the same this year but there were some performance and special stage gems to squee over sprinkled throughout all the shows. Let's watch and critique shall we? Be sure to scroll down to the end for links to playlists of the 3 shows! INFINITE on the SBS red carpet.

I know that some of my readers, and many Kpop fans in general, don't celebrate Christmas.  For the ones that do, I wanted to wish everyone a happy and fun Christmas from Oddness/Weirdness!  As they'd say in Korea, eat well and stay warm and dry and be safe!  For the ones that don't, I know I'm a bit late but Happy belated Hannukah, Happy Kwanzaa if you celebrate that and Happy Holidays in general. Here are some Kpop Christmas videos for your enjoyment: cr.  jaycee-pocky

The 2012 Melon Music Awards happened earlier this morning for me, last night for many of you.  I don't know about you, but I'm thinking it was a damned sight better than the MAMA's. I'm bringing you my thoughts on the best performances and the not-so-good... feel free to agree or disagree with me in the comments like you did last time , but do remember that we all have different opinions.

Another September issue editorial, so little time.  No, not really... I have all kinds of time for any magazine that publishes gorgeous photos like W Korea does. Go behind the scenes with INFINITE for their photoshoot for the September issue of W Korea:

Right now I'm sitting here laughing.  Why, you may ask?  Well, feast your eyes on this:

Infinite had their first comeback performance today on Mnet's M! Countdown and managed to blow all others out of the water, as usual.  Psst... EXO-K... just thought you might like to know that this is how you sing AND dance during a comeback stage.  That's right... I said it! Watch quickly! The Chaser

Infinite released their mv of "The Chaser" today and I'm particularly enthused because, while I don't consider myself a part of their fandom, I do think they're one of the most talented not-so-newbie-anymore groups out there.

Oh yay... more extra synchronized dancing and adorableness to spazz over.  Gah! The boys will be making their comeback on May 15th.

I stumbled across the blog  Mcroth's Residence  yesterday and found this daily blogging challenge that I just had to participate in.  I missed the first day but I'm definitely starting there because how could I not?? JoKwon was already chosen so I chose Infinite's Sungjong because he is a Diva in training.

What can I say about INFINITE ?  They're a rookie group that's not so rookie anymore.  They've really blown everyone out of the water with their perfectly synchronized dance moves, great songs and adorable personalities.  I have to give props to their choreographer because he always brings it and then Infinite puts their blood, sweat and tears into practicing until they are absolutely perfect. I'm always rooting for them to win stuff and when they did finally start winning awards, I was over the moon for them.  I definitely feel like their  noona  when I'm watching them perform or just being silly on variety shows, and they've managed to dance their way into a special place in my heart.

I'm not one to be into Christmas songs.  In fact, I only like three Christmas songs...otherwise they mostly make me want to scream.  However, I came across this one yesterday and was pleasantly surprised.  Partly this is because I think Infinite is adorable and I like all the songs they've promoted so far.  Partly because the mv is just too cute and the song is also pretty good, even though there's rapping in it (someone please tell Kpop that not every song has to have a rap in it!  I hear you saying that Hoya and DongWoo wouldn't have a part in the song if that were so... ok, ok, I take it back). Please enjoy Infinite's White Confession (Lately): Source:  woolliment