It’s Friday and that means it’s time to take a look back at this week’s K-Pop music video releases. Which video is your favorite?
Kim Jaejoong “But I”
K-POP ONE-STOP: May 10-16, 2014
Once again, I’m back with a quick look at some of this past week’s latest K-Pop MV releases. Enjoy!
F.T. Island “Be Free” (Japanese single)
K-POP ONE-STOP: April 25 – May 1, 2014
Once again, it was a pretty slow week in the world of K-Pop but that’s to be expected from a nation in mourning. I did, however, manage to find a few new MV releases this week and here they are…
JACE “Goodbye My Ray”
TUNES OF THE WEEK: What You Might Have Missed
With so many songs being released this week, I felt bad about only being able to highlight one as my Tune of the Week so I decided to give you a chance to listen to those songs that are worth a listen but didn’t make the Tune of the Week cut. So here they are, in no particular order…
1. Rain “30Sexy”
or if you prefer, here’s the alternate version of “30Sexy”
2. Rain “La Song”
3. BEAT WIN “She’s My Girl”
4. C-Clown “Tell Me” (and just so you know, this isn’t the official MV, it’s just a “making of” MV they released as a teaser pre-release of their upcoming album Crowns)
and I couldn’t pass up the chance to put this week’s featured tune…
5. Ailee “Singing Got Better”
So which song was your favorite? Were there any I missed? Whose comeback are you most looking forward to? Let me know in the comments below!
Fantastically Foreign Friday Vol.2
Last week I introduced you to one of my favorite Japanese bands, ONE OK ROCK, and one of my all-time favorite K-dramas, You’re Beautiful. If you took the time to watch any of You’re Beautiful, you probably spent the last week with songs from the show stuck in your head and if you’re at all like me, you’re now wondering where you can find A.N.Jell’s album. Unfortunately, A.N.Jell only exists in K-dramaLand *waaah!* but the three talented actors that make up A.N.Jell are also musicians which means you can get your fill of Jang Geun Suk (aka Hwang Tae Kyung), Lee Hong Ki (Jeremy) and Jung Yong Hwa (Kang Shin Woo) without having to watch episodes of You’re Beautiful every day for the rest of your life. *Hooray!* While I’d love to introduce you to the work of all three of these amazing artists at once, I feel like I would be gipping them of their time in my relatively small spotlight, so this week I’m going to focus on just one and that would be Jung Yong Hwa’s rock/pop/alternative band CNBLUE.
CNBLUE debuted in Japan in 2009 with their first mini-album Now or Never and released their first Korean mini-album, Bluetory, in 2010. Since then, CNBLUE has released several albums and mini-albums in both Korea and Japan, all of which have met with incredible success. The band spent a good portion of this year on their Blue Moon World Tour while somehow managing to find time for both Kang Min Hyuk and Jung Yong Hwa to film for upcoming K-dramas. Kang Min Hyuk is currently starring in SBS’s newest drama Heirs (which you can watch here http://www.dramafever.com/drama/4274/Heirs/) and Jung Yong Hwa’s newest drama Mi Rae’s Choice (aka Marry Him If You Dare) is scheduled to release next week. How these guys find time to release new albums, tour and act is beyond me but they do and we love them for it, which brings me to our drama of the week but first, check out these videos from CNBLUE…
If last week’s drama and this week’s band wasn’t enough to get you hooked on Jung Yong Hwa, this week’s drama should do the trick. Starring Jung Yong Hwa, Park Shin Hye and Kang Min Hyuk (to name a few) Heartstrings follows the story of two college music majors, one majoring in modern music and the other traditional, and the sparks that fly when the two go head-to-head to prove which musical style is best. Being a fan of Jung Yong Hwa, Park Shin Hye and music in general, this rom-com is one of my favorites as it’s another drama full of great music and that classic love-hate relationship of which I can never seem to get enough. You can watch the first episode below and the rest of the series on DramaFever here…http://www.dramafever.com/drama/3934/Heartstrings/ and if after that, you still can’t get enough of Jung Yong Hwa you can watch the premier of Marry Him If You Dare here, http://www.dramafever.com/drama/4320/Marry_Him_If_You_Dare/ later this week and then join me for the newest DramaFever drama club where I and two other bloggers will be discussing each week’s episodes in-depth. Until next week…enjoy!