1) Hyorin from Sistar
2) Taeyeon from Girls Generation
3) Ailee
4) Soyu from Sistar
5) Seohyun from Girls Generation
6) Tiffany from Girls Generation
7) Min from Miss A
8) Boa from Spica
9) Juhyun from Spica
10) Choa from Ace of Angels
(*Note: This is my personal opinion of who I view as the best singers. To me only the first three are obviously placed. While I am confident that the other seven rightfully belong in the top 10 (of artists with which I have had experience), their placing may not be as exact.
Saturday, November 24, 2012
Tuesday, November 20, 2012
Kpop Mart
OH MY GOOOOSH!!!!!
I found an epic online market!
Tis called 'Kpop Mart'...
and it's amazing! Way beats Yesasia. For one thing, it has full stock of EVERYTHING kpop related. Even the limited edition stuff.
Second thing - the prices are amazing!!! Even lower than eBay. Shipping is thus far unclear, but looks low. I'm serious, the prices are so convenient. Makes me want to buy the whole thing right now. Like the T-ara Photobook.... costs $27! With minimal shipping!
...
That's so better than anything else available! I expect Kpop Mart to become the Amazon of kpop, squashing Yesasia.
Honestly though, I feel kind of bad. I'm pretty sure Benj is getting me the Photobook for Chanukah... at $40. I think it's my fault for a) wanting something so expensive and then b) not realizing in time that there was a much cheaper option.
I feel like Mom heavily disapproves of the photobook...
It won't happen again! First thing tomorrow I will tell Benj about Kpop Mart! Hopefully he won't see the T-ara price and feel crappy... Like me. I guess It's only really $10 cheaper... but that's a lot for a nine-year old. Especially Benjamin.
How did I find kpop mart? Funny that you would ask.
Dylan, from the Channel of Dylan, does giveaways. Like he'll buy extra SNSD albums and then do a little raffle thing. You enter on Youtube.
This time the prize was.... a free album from Kpop Mart! Free. Three different raffles - Youtube, Tumblr, and something else.
And... I entered! To enter you had to like the video, be subscribed, and comment as to which member you think has the most flower power.
I've been terrified of commenting before, but I did it this time, totally successfully and under the radar. Now I have the confidence to comment again in the future!
Anyways, I might win. Might. I mean, someone has to!
I feel sort of scared though, because if I do win, it will be before Chanukah, and how can I reasonably not buy T-ara Photobook without confessing my suspicions? Maybe Benj can find some way to talk me out of it.
What will I buy with my free thing? I'd say So Cool... because that's on the top of my list... but why not take better advantage of the free deal? Of course my system is to go down my priority list... but what about expensive Photobooks or video collections that I would never otherwise buy? Let's make a list of those things...
Okay, three SNSD photo books... only the first (and most expensive) of which I really want.
Item: SNSD First Official Photobook
Price on Kpop Mart: $99
(I actually think there might be some cheaper ones on eBay, but whatever)
Item: SNSD Paradise in Phuket Photobook
Price on Kpop Mart: $66
Item: SNSD Holiday Photobook
Price on Kpop Mart: $55
Okay, so kpop mart doesn't have the T-ara collection thing... nor the Sparkle photobook. It does have the Girls Generation complete MV collection for over a hundred dollars...
That would actually make sense to people probably. Even though I'm yearning for the T-ara book, the SNSD one that costs $60 more is totally the obvious choice.
If I win.
Which I won't.
Which is kind of sad.
Making the Rounds
So, I went and dove into a couple groups I've heard fuss about.
- f(x)
- KARA
- Hello Venus
I'm content not forcing myself to hype up memorizing all the names and the songs and such. I can still be a fan of their music and their videos.
Let's start with f(x).
Nothing that impressive from them so far. Actually, they had a really spiffy song called Electric Shock, but the music video was a bit... ish.
Jessica's younger sister, Krystal, is in f(x). She's a pretty important vocalist, and I wanna say that she's the maknae, but I might just be making that up. She's cool, and SHE LOOKS LIKE FREAKING YOONA. I mean, it's insane.
The members of f(x) all have really cool names. Amber, Krystal, Luna, Victoria... (and Sulli, but whatever). None of their other songs have struck me that much, but I dunno. They're cool.
Next... KARA!
KARA is cool. 6 members? Or maybe 5... they have a lot of songs that I haven't spent that much time on, but one really cool one that stood out to me was "Pandora".
Up-an-a-ah-aaaa.... so freaking catchy. Love it.
Their dancing seems really impressive. I think they're one of those dance-focusy groups. One of them, I think their face, Hara.... HAS THE BIGGEST FREAKING EYES EVER. You can see it in the music video. Like, Jiyeon has huge eyes, but these are like unnatural.
They are cool. I want Pandora on iTunes.
And finally... Hello Venus!
...
I don't really have anything to say about them. They're cool, I suppose. Rookies. I'm not that taken by their debut, but that's just me. They're supposed to make a comeback soon. I guess I'll see.
Lee Hi
Guess who just debuted?
It's our old pal... Lee Hi! Haha, just kidding. I'd never heard of her before. But now she is screaming to be known! Lee Hi was the winner of this TV show called Kpop Star, in which Asian teens from Korea, China, the USA, Canada, and a few other places participate in a competition designed to pick up the next big hit on the Korean music market.
Only the top winner gets the prize, but the runner-ups are likely to have an extremely good chance of getting a recording deal with some company pretty soon.
The prize is like $10, 000, some cars, some other expensive junk, and a contract with the big company of your choice - SM Entertainment (Girls Generation), YG Entertainment (2NE1), or JYP (Miss A).
Pretty much a dream come true. You have to earn it though. On each round, the un-eliminated people sing a song that displays the best of their vocal abilities, and are judged by judges.
Lee Hi was such a person. Only sixteen, she won Kpop Star only about five months ago, signed with YG, and released her first single just less than a month ago.
Obviously the winner of such a contest has to be amazing, and there was a great flurry of excitement on Allkpop preceding her debut.
I have to say she lived up to almost everyone's opinions!
Let's start with the song itself. Lee Hi has an amazing throaty voice that's pretty powerful, and a remarkable voice range. She gets a lot of emotion in her voice, but it's not goopy 70s stuff, it's just epicness. The song was sort of a jazzy hip hop style that I've never heard in kpop before.
(Prophet Blog was hating on Lee Hi's song because it sounded stupid and old fashioned and lame or something. I think Prophet Blog was not nice.)
The music video was really cool. It's basically her walking around in some retro area making badassy glances at the camera and grooving around with some back-up dancers. A lot of comments have been made about her lack of acting skills. I don't think it's that bad, personally. I mean, she basically has three faces - a blank face, a badass face, and a happy face.
To me this didn't really lessen the overall coolness of the video, so I was fine with it. Nobody (besides Prophet Blog) seems to be causing any negativity over it, they'll just be like "That was sucky acting" and move on with worshipping her.
Also, her first live performance was seriously WORLDS better. I guess YG saw that people were unimpressed and decided to hype it up. Her live performances are really pretty spiffy.
This one song has been at the top of every chart and show for about three weeks straight, which has made a ton of shabbam about various records for rookies and stuff.
Her next single is scheduled to release in two days. I quote Allkpop quoting YG representatives
It's our old pal... Lee Hi! Haha, just kidding. I'd never heard of her before. But now she is screaming to be known! Lee Hi was the winner of this TV show called Kpop Star, in which Asian teens from Korea, China, the USA, Canada, and a few other places participate in a competition designed to pick up the next big hit on the Korean music market.
Only the top winner gets the prize, but the runner-ups are likely to have an extremely good chance of getting a recording deal with some company pretty soon.
The prize is like $10, 000, some cars, some other expensive junk, and a contract with the big company of your choice - SM Entertainment (Girls Generation), YG Entertainment (2NE1), or JYP (Miss A).
Pretty much a dream come true. You have to earn it though. On each round, the un-eliminated people sing a song that displays the best of their vocal abilities, and are judged by judges.
Lee Hi was such a person. Only sixteen, she won Kpop Star only about five months ago, signed with YG, and released her first single just less than a month ago.
Obviously the winner of such a contest has to be amazing, and there was a great flurry of excitement on Allkpop preceding her debut.
I have to say she lived up to almost everyone's opinions!
Let's start with the song itself. Lee Hi has an amazing throaty voice that's pretty powerful, and a remarkable voice range. She gets a lot of emotion in her voice, but it's not goopy 70s stuff, it's just epicness. The song was sort of a jazzy hip hop style that I've never heard in kpop before.
(Prophet Blog was hating on Lee Hi's song because it sounded stupid and old fashioned and lame or something. I think Prophet Blog was not nice.)
The music video was really cool. It's basically her walking around in some retro area making badassy glances at the camera and grooving around with some back-up dancers. A lot of comments have been made about her lack of acting skills. I don't think it's that bad, personally. I mean, she basically has three faces - a blank face, a badass face, and a happy face.
To me this didn't really lessen the overall coolness of the video, so I was fine with it. Nobody (besides Prophet Blog) seems to be causing any negativity over it, they'll just be like "That was sucky acting" and move on with worshipping her.
Also, her first live performance was seriously WORLDS better. I guess YG saw that people were unimpressed and decided to hype it up. Her live performances are really pretty spiffy.
This one song has been at the top of every chart and show for about three weeks straight, which has made a ton of shabbam about various records for rookies and stuff.
Her next single is scheduled to release in two days. I quote Allkpop quoting YG representatives
"There will be no impressive music video, dancers, or outfits with this comeback as the focus will be put entirely on her voice and vocal talent.”
I don't know if this means that there will be a music video at all. Maybe not. It's cool that they're really focusing on her vocal talent. Her last release really did have a lot of cool outfits and sets and stuff.
I hope this isn't a ballad. Ballads bug me.
The Lull
So a couple weeks ago I posted about how I had missed a few days and wanted to catch up.
I have not met up to my word.
Let me just summarize one point:
...
COMPUTER!!!!
I have more things to say, and I am just going to post them separately in as timeless a manner as I can accomplish.
I have my new computer. I'm on it right now. It is amazing. I don't really feel the need to post about that... but maybe I will anyways. :)
Let's get started!
I have not met up to my word.
Let me just summarize one point:
...
COMPUTER!!!!
I have more things to say, and I am just going to post them separately in as timeless a manner as I can accomplish.
I have my new computer. I'm on it right now. It is amazing. I don't really feel the need to post about that... but maybe I will anyways. :)
Let's get started!
Monday, November 5, 2012
Awestruck
Here's an email I sent to Clarissa:
Ohmygodohmygodohmygod....
AAAAAAAAAH
Okayokay FREAKING OUT!!!!!
Agh call me call me except i'm about to have dinner but any time after 6:30 CALL ME!!! Cuz i'm SPAZZING OUT
Okay, guess what happened? Like two seconds ago?
I got home from violin lesson and was putting my violin away and Benj was like "I need an idea for a comic in art class" and I was like "Day by Day :P" and he was like "Blargh" and stuff.
Then Mom was like "Julia, there's something for you from Uncle Steve!" (sounding a bit puzzled). (Uncle steve isn't actually my uncle, he's mom's uncle and my great uncle, but whatever. We call him that.)
It was this little card with a bowl of fruit on the front.
The card said:
Dear Julia,
Perhaps there is something "permanent" but too clear you've wanted which you'd like to use this for, but howsoever you use or save it, I hope it adds some small measure of happiness to your life.
My hope is to see you again ere too long.
Love,
Uncle Steve.
And guess what was in it?
A check.
For.
Freaking.
FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS.
...
AAAAAAAH!!!!
And he didn't even know about the lap top! It's not on facebook or anything... I don't even know how to respond! We're not THAT close or anything... how do I say thank you for something like that.
I had seen the check folded in a square and I was like "Huh, that looks kind of like a check, but nah, it can't be, it's a square!" (Clarissa moment :P) then I assumed it was some weird dollar bill from New Zealand or something that he was sending for my coin collection... I opened it and I was just like OH MY GOD and then I tried not to be like showing it in front of Benjamin so he wouldn't feel bad but he got really excited and ran and told mom.
OMG I CAN BUY THE LAP TOP RIGHT NOW. I COULD GET A NEW ONE IF I WANTED TO. BUT I DON'T. SO HA.
Yeah.
See that email up there?
It's TRUE. I won't say much because I'm tired and it's late, but tomorrow a certain MACBOOK PRO is coming my way...
Woopee! Thank you so much Uncle Steve!
Ohmygodohmygodohmygod....
AAAAAAAAAH
Okayokay FREAKING OUT!!!!!
Agh call me call me except i'm about to have dinner but any time after 6:30 CALL ME!!! Cuz i'm SPAZZING OUT
Okay, guess what happened? Like two seconds ago?
I got home from violin lesson and was putting my violin away and Benj was like "I need an idea for a comic in art class" and I was like "Day by Day :P" and he was like "Blargh" and stuff.
Then Mom was like "Julia, there's something for you from Uncle Steve!" (sounding a bit puzzled). (Uncle steve isn't actually my uncle, he's mom's uncle and my great uncle, but whatever. We call him that.)
It was this little card with a bowl of fruit on the front.
The card said:
Dear Julia,
Perhaps there is something "permanent" but too clear you've wanted which you'd like to use this for, but howsoever you use or save it, I hope it adds some small measure of happiness to your life.
My hope is to see you again ere too long.
Love,
Uncle Steve.
And guess what was in it?
A check.
For.
Freaking.
FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS.
...
AAAAAAAH!!!!
And he didn't even know about the lap top! It's not on facebook or anything... I don't even know how to respond! We're not THAT close or anything... how do I say thank you for something like that.
I had seen the check folded in a square and I was like "Huh, that looks kind of like a check, but nah, it can't be, it's a square!" (Clarissa moment :P) then I assumed it was some weird dollar bill from New Zealand or something that he was sending for my coin collection... I opened it and I was just like OH MY GOD and then I tried not to be like showing it in front of Benjamin so he wouldn't feel bad but he got really excited and ran and told mom.
OMG I CAN BUY THE LAP TOP RIGHT NOW. I COULD GET A NEW ONE IF I WANTED TO. BUT I DON'T. SO HA.
Yeah.
See that email up there?
It's TRUE. I won't say much because I'm tired and it's late, but tomorrow a certain MACBOOK PRO is coming my way...
Woopee! Thank you so much Uncle Steve!
Sunday, November 4, 2012
Suppitude
Suuuup!
I haven't been able to post all weekend due to the presence of chemical-sensitive grandomtherly figures, but luckily nothing groundbreaking happened while I was disconnected. Not that much is going on...
Let's see...
I'm almost done with a thing on Ace of Angels that I might be able to post tomorrow....
I haven't been able to watch Flower Power as much as I've been yearning to, and it's still not freaking available on iTunes...
There's a new soloist on the scene named Lee Hi who just scored a couple of records and awards this month with her debut. She was the winner of this big competition to find the next big idol. She has a pretty amazing voice, and I'll give my opinions on her debut, 1 2 3 4, later...
Daylight savings... 11:30 in my head and mom is practicing and I'm kind of half dying, but whatever... Mom's sounding weird and metallic and screechy-ish... not significantly, but the sound is super penetrating right now. I think it's her new bow, I mean I know how she plays.. but god, this is HORRIBLE, my head is splitting...
Oh, I saved myself from ripping music downloads off some blog thing... by ripping music downloads off the blog, dying with guilt, impulsively buying those same songs on iTunes to remove temptation, then deleting the dowloads... that'll make for an epic blog post....
Ugh, Mom, you're amazing, but just STOP... your bow doesn't want to go that high, it's making me sick...
I drew some pretty silly cartoons of 1-Direction for Clarissa's benefit... she's totally OBSESSED with them right now, but I really don't care... I mean, it's great, and I like listening to her talk and stuff; I don't really mind... but I'm just not into boy bands, even in kpop (cuz that's like my thing now)... it makes me feel bad about being so in to kpop all the time though, when nobody really cares.... that's kind of why I started this blog. So I wouldn't have to talk about it to my friends...
I had an iTunes party... that was before I was de-computered, but it can't hurt to post about that, right?
Benj payed me to buy Gangnam Style, but I really regret it, because his dollar can't float back into my iTunes account to pay for songs I actually want... :(
Anyways, posts about most of that crap coming soon! I shall now watch Flower Power and then go to bed. Ugh mom. ughughugh. I'm too tired to be in the room with this... it's ABRASIVE. How can she say that about dad? My teeth feel dead. If I had fillings they would be loose.
I feel bad about writing this stuff but it's just so LOOOOUD. I know it's not her fault but it sounds terrible and I just can't stand it. OOOOOOOOW. BE QUIET. SHE'S NOT EVEN QUIET WHEN IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE QUIET SHE'S FREAKING OVERCOMPENSATING OOOOOOOW FLOWER POWER SAVE ME....
I haven't been able to post all weekend due to the presence of chemical-sensitive grandomtherly figures, but luckily nothing groundbreaking happened while I was disconnected. Not that much is going on...
Let's see...
I'm almost done with a thing on Ace of Angels that I might be able to post tomorrow....
I haven't been able to watch Flower Power as much as I've been yearning to, and it's still not freaking available on iTunes...
There's a new soloist on the scene named Lee Hi who just scored a couple of records and awards this month with her debut. She was the winner of this big competition to find the next big idol. She has a pretty amazing voice, and I'll give my opinions on her debut, 1 2 3 4, later...
Daylight savings... 11:30 in my head and mom is practicing and I'm kind of half dying, but whatever... Mom's sounding weird and metallic and screechy-ish... not significantly, but the sound is super penetrating right now. I think it's her new bow, I mean I know how she plays.. but god, this is HORRIBLE, my head is splitting...
Oh, I saved myself from ripping music downloads off some blog thing... by ripping music downloads off the blog, dying with guilt, impulsively buying those same songs on iTunes to remove temptation, then deleting the dowloads... that'll make for an epic blog post....
Ugh, Mom, you're amazing, but just STOP... your bow doesn't want to go that high, it's making me sick...
I drew some pretty silly cartoons of 1-Direction for Clarissa's benefit... she's totally OBSESSED with them right now, but I really don't care... I mean, it's great, and I like listening to her talk and stuff; I don't really mind... but I'm just not into boy bands, even in kpop (cuz that's like my thing now)... it makes me feel bad about being so in to kpop all the time though, when nobody really cares.... that's kind of why I started this blog. So I wouldn't have to talk about it to my friends...
I had an iTunes party... that was before I was de-computered, but it can't hurt to post about that, right?
Benj payed me to buy Gangnam Style, but I really regret it, because his dollar can't float back into my iTunes account to pay for songs I actually want... :(
Anyways, posts about most of that crap coming soon! I shall now watch Flower Power and then go to bed. Ugh mom. ughughugh. I'm too tired to be in the room with this... it's ABRASIVE. How can she say that about dad? My teeth feel dead. If I had fillings they would be loose.
I feel bad about writing this stuff but it's just so LOOOOUD. I know it's not her fault but it sounds terrible and I just can't stand it. OOOOOOOOW. BE QUIET. SHE'S NOT EVEN QUIET WHEN IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE QUIET SHE'S FREAKING OVERCOMPENSATING OOOOOOOW FLOWER POWER SAVE ME....
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