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Welcome to the last Guest Blogger Week post!  It's been so awesome to host these fabulous women here on Oddness/Weirdness for the past week.  I thank them from the bottom of my heart for taking the time out of their busy schedules to participate, and I hope you enjoyed the posts as I did. This last post is by  nancakes 's Nani and she's written another slightly controversial post, this one about her take on South Korea's beauty standards.  If you haven't read Nani's previous Guest Blogger Week rant about crazy Kpop fans, you can do so by clicking here  and, as always, if you agree or disagree you can sound off in the comments below. The Oh So "Superficial" South Koreans Hello folks of the interwebz. I'm bringing to you an entry that touches upon a topic widely known within the kpop fandoms: beauty ideals (and plastic surgery) - and why looks matter so damn much in the country of oppas and gee gee babies. If you want further an

I met Julyssa , the author of today's Guest Blogger Week post, in the most random of ways, but I'm very glad I did.  She's got the best stories to tell, and this one is no different.  This post is about how Julyssa got into Kpop and some of the interesting things she's doing with the genre all the way up there in Scandinavia.  Enjoy, and let me know how you got into Kpop and how you spread that Kpop love in the comments below. Follow The K-Pop Brick Road In less than two weeks I am hosting and producing the very first K-pop concert in Scandinavia. VIXX is coming to Sweden for a very historic concert.   It’s a historic moment that pretty much is still very surreal for me. I have so much work to do but I don’t feel like any of this will be real until the concert is over. I am extremely afraid, nervous and terrified but somehow this concert became a dream and it’s time to fulfill it. It’s funny how all of this started. If anyone would’ve told me five

This post is about SHINee's Jonghyun (or as I affectionately call him, Trollhyun ) being short on M! Countdown today.  Yes Jonghyun is always short but today he had the misfortune to have it thrown in his face once again. UPDATED: with video

Day 4 of Guest Blogger Week is here, what what!  Are you ready for today's post?  This one is somewhat of a rant about K-Dramas utilizing the ever so fun "Y U NO" meme.  You'll totally relate to this one if you've ever watched a few dramas and wondered why they do the things they do in every single one .  When you're done reading, be sure to let us know about any K-Drama tropes that really bother you in the comments below! K-Dramas: Y U NO Make Sense? K-dramas. We love to love them, love to hate them and hate to love them, all within one episode. But I can't quit them. Can you?

As promised, here are the beautiful images from SHINee's "Everybody " album photobook.  Fyi, I tried not to include any of the previously released "Everybody" album images, but click here to see them .   Linger over them, savor them and enjoy them because you know I certainly did!

Day 3 of Guest Blogger Week is here and today we're all about SHINee 's Minho and his fine self.  I've been meaning to do a fashion post about him for the longest time, so I was very happy to get this one in my email.  Behold, an ode to Minho's style: Dibidibidis, My Name is Minho: A Fashion Appreciation Post SHINee , since their debut, has always been prefaced by ‘contemporary’ to their name.  Meant to signify the group’s experimental take on K-Pop, SHINee’s fashion, like their music, always been trendy and attention grabbing. But what about when they’re not onstage?  Self-professed fashion lover Key is the most prominent style-wise, taking selfies with House of Holland designer HenryHolland and chilling with Carri Munden of Cassette Playa . Conversely, as arguably the most publicly recognized face in SHINee, Minho ’s fashion sense has been overlooked. Which is interesting but understandable: where are your eyes going to linger in this pho

Day 2 of Guest Blogger Week is upon us and today we're talking about K-Dramas and men in aprons....  Doesn't seem like you'd be able to write a whole post about that topic, does it?  Well you would be wrong!  Funny how I kind of noticed the preponderance of men wearing aprons in k-dramas before, but after reading this I'm having a lightbulb moment.  They are EVERYWHERE!  It's a thing!  Check it out: K-Drama Trope Du Jour: Men In Aprons

SHINee 's " Everybody " album came out last night while I laid in bed, too tired after a long day to blog about it even if I wanted to.  I did make sure to do some squasping as I downloaded and listened to the album in full before I fell asleep.  Now I'm finally here with all the album art and track for your viewing and listening pleasure.  Take a look:

It's the first day of Guest Blogger Week on Oddness/Weirdness and, like last time, I want to start out with a bang.  This post is from Moni , writer and owner of the blog Frock Yeah , and it's about something near and dear to my heart: Kpop fashion.  Enjoy! Swag Check, Mic Check: How Fashion Keeps Your Oppas and Unnies at the Top I’ve heard lots of stories about how people got into k-pop: learning about Korean music through Gangnam Style , flipping through the international TV channels at 4 am, even *cough* someone forwarding a video of Taeyang humping the stage in all white *cough* Full disclosure: that last one is definitely what happened to me, but it’s not why I jumped feet first into the fandom and stayed. Actually, it was the styling that got me. After drooling over Taeyang, I happened to see Girls’ Generation ’s video for “ Gee ”. I’m not usually a fan of music that leans on the cutesier side, but I could not stop watching this music video

It's about to be Guest Blogger Week again on Oddness/Weirdness from October 14-19!  If you're not quite sure what that is, I am here to tell you that it is pretty self explanatory.  Guest Blogger Week is where I plead with  ask some of my writer/blogger friends if they'd like to write a post for the blog and they kindly say yes and then I'm like, "Score!", because they're awesome.  So get your bodies ready, gird your loins, grab some popcorn, etc., because it's going to be a good week.

SHINee has finally dropped their mv for " Everybody " and made their first music show appearance today on MNET's M! Countdown .  Normally I open a post like this with the oft used phrase "SHINee's Back!" and appropriate fangirling but I'm only half feeling their "Everybody" comeback.  Dammit!  I wanted so wanted to love it, but I can't.  I'm going to be completely honest here, because that's what I do on this blog, so brace yourselves:

I haven't been able to pay as much attention to Block B 's comeback as I would like but I had to post this because it is so full of win:   Seven Seasons has released an epic new version of Block B's " Very Good " mv  and there's even more fun shenanigans taking place.  It's so nice to see them happy, isn't it?

This blog has been overrun by SHINee , and today is no exception because SM Entertainment has been dropping new content on the daily.  SHINee's mv teaser for " Everybody " (as opposed to the "Everybody" image teaser from yesterday ) was released at the crack of dawn on this side of the world, which meant I watched it with bleary eyes but also with a smile.  Check it out: