Oddness/Weirdness

Ok let me just warn you that things are about to get real up in this blog.  Why??  Because earlier today Taeyang released his dance performance "RINGA LINGA" mv and I lost my shit.  Totally lost it... it's gone.  Can't find it, which is why this whole post is about to be full of legit fangirling alright?   Good. YB's instagram 131108: #ringalinga#dancers thanks guys

WHYYYY am I just seeing this now?  I swear, you take a Kpop sick day and you come back and realize you missed 23083054 things.  Ugh!  But I digress: Ok SHINee ... seriously?  Seriously??  Stop trying your hardest to make me eat my previous smack talk about your mv and choreography  with this " Everybody " dance practice video, because it's not going to work!  I refuse to like it!!  I refuuusssee!!!

SM Entertainment has released EXO 's " Growl " dance practice videos, which means I had to sit there and watch them over and over a few times, even though I've watched the ganked dance practice version a ton of times.  I'm going to need for you guys to watch them with me because I can't be the only one having issues over these 12 boys.

So YG Entertainment decided not to troll us for once because they released 2NE1 's " Do You Love Me " on time.  Can you imagine?  The song is pretty good, I must say, and the choreography is cute.  Let's watch:

Now this is what I'm talking about right here!  By this I mean that  YG Entertainment unleashed  CL 's dance practice video for " The Baddest Female " on us mere mortals today and I am loving it.

Damn you, SHINee... you've done it again.  I've been saying that I don't particularly like the song "Dazzling Girl" since the beginning and yet here I am a month later realizing that I actually kinda, sorta do.  How'd I know this would happen?

As I mentioned in my previous post, I had flu-like symptoms on Saturday and now it's Thursday and I'm just starting to feel a bit better.  I ended up with what I thought was a cold/flu but ended up being bronchitis, so forgive me for not blogging sooner.  I'm back though... and I missed so much stuff, of course.  If you're away from the Kpop world, a few days seems like a year, doesn't it?  Or maybe that's just me. I'm still going to talk about some songs that came out earlier this week, namely TVXQ! and their new comeback mv, "Catch Me".

Well this certainly made my day!  

Can I just say how I love everything about this?  The Wonder Girls did it again with "Like This".  Great song, great choreography and I can always get into anything that involves a flash mob.  They always manage to make me smile.

Shinee Sherlock (Clue + Note) Dance Practice Source:  SMTOWN Yay!  I get to see it from the front, with a roll of toilet paper included!  Lol but seriously... In case you didn't know, the toilet paper is to mark off the spot they can't go past for performances.  It's cute seeing them make little mistakes and then see the finished perfect product on stage and I love seeing it without all the cuts and pans. Thanks, SMent, for releasing this so promptly and not trolling us again. From Shinee's usual choreographer, Rino Nakasone:

I haven't featured a dance practice vid on the blog in awhile so I found the perfect one to post. Source:  jaybumaom0425 ,  Image:  dramacafe First of all, Jay Park is silly as hell. Secondly, I'm glad he posted this video up on his YT page because you can't tell from the mv just how good the dancing is.  I have to say, Jay Park and his dancers do some incredible isolations in this choreography. My absolute favorite part of the video is 3:04-3:15.  You really can't get a feel for just how cool-looking and well-done this part of the dance is until you see it close up here. Once again, some hot choreography from Jay's crew.  I got this info from his YT page for the vid: Choreography by Andrew Baterina(sorealcru), Jackie Lautchang(sorealcru), Hawooshin (prepix) Dancers: WASSUP,SOO,JOONY, ILL, JIHYE.  

I love me some Kpop but I will admit I am not into the girl groups as much as I am into the boy groups.  This is because most of the girl groups I've come across are too cutesy, using wayyyy too much "aegyo" (click  here  for the definition of aegyo and the perfect demonstration vid).  The male groups usually try to be manly, just maybe not neccessarily manly as it is defined here in the U.S. When the video for "I Am The Best" by 2NE1 came out, I was pleasantly surprised by the song and the group because the whole package was fun, fierce and quirky instead of overly cutesy.  I'm all about fun, fierce and quirky and who wouldn't be?

I love watching a good Kpop dance practice video almost as much as I enjoy watching a group or singer perform a song live.  This way you get to see them in their natural habitat (aka practice room, where they probably spend about 90% of their time) and you get to see the performance straight on with no annoying camera angles.  I mean, I love you KBS Music Bank and others, but really... sometimes I want to slap your camera men. Here are a few of my favorites... Rain first, of course! Hip Song :