K-Pop Obsession: CN Blue's I'm a Loner

I'm digging up an old classic, one of my favorite Korean rock bands, CN Blue's hit "I'm a Loner." Dddaribiriddaradu! Their image has changed a little since their first hit single but I think they have grown immensely. CN Burning Lovely Untouchable Emotional.

Visual Concept: ♥♥♥/5 Video Concept: ♥♥♥/5 Singing Talent: ♥♥♥/5 Music/Sound: ♥♥♥/5 Dancing: N/A English Usage: ♥♥♥♥/5

Overall Rating: ♥♥♥♥/5

Drama - You're Beautiful

Alternate Names: He's Beautiful / You're Handsome
Genre: Music, Romance, Comedy
Episodes: 16
Network: SBS
Broadcasted: 2009-Oct-07 to 2009-Nov-26
Lead Actors: Park Shin Hye, Lee Hong Ki, Jung Yong Hwa, Jang Geun Suk, Uee

My Rating: ♥♥♥.5/5












Awwwwww, the start of the New Year and the first drama I want to feature is You're Beautiful!!!! Awwwww, takes me back...one of the first girly Korean dramas for me. So wonderful! So fresh! So exciting! Both leaders of FT Island and CNBlue are main characters! This is the first time I ever saw them and why I got into their music.

With that, the storyline is very typical. Girl cross-dresses as a boy, falls in love with bad boy while nice guy loses out. Add that they're all in a band and you have an drama filled chaos that involves music and paparazzi. This is a drama that really launched the careers of everyone involved, both CN Blue and FT Island have been doing great in the music scene and you always see Jang Geun Suk and Park Shin Hye in other movies/dramas as well as commercials. And the fictional band in the drama, A.N.Jell, really does have a fan group too! For a while I was signing, "I will promise you~~~~~~" around the house for a while.

Basic Synopsis: Go Mi Nyeo grew up with her twin brother, Go Mi Nam, at an orphanage of a Nunnery. She is trying to become a nun when her brother's chance to make it big as an idol is threatened by a botched eye surgery. She agrees to stand in his place because as an idol they both might have a better chance at finding their mother.

My Top K-Pop Songs of the Year!

Goodbye 2011, Hello 2012! I desperately hope this year will be better than the last, let's be better and get some resolutions done! Just for the New Year, here are my personal list of top ten k-pop songs of the year. My decision was based mostly on the sound of the song and then by music video coolness. Lol.

#10 LOVE GIRL - CNBLUE

I have always loved CNBlue and this song was from their latest Korean album, FIRST STEP. Unfortunately, the boys are doing a lot of promotion for their Japanese album right now so nothing really new has come out for them in the last couple of months. The only thing is, this song really doesn't follow the "bad boy" image of their first hit from this album and is quite over the top with "cuteness".

#9 YOU AND I - IU

I only just started really listening to IU within the last couple months, but I think she is such a talented singer. She really pulls off the whimsical/fairytale look. Her album Last Fantasy just came out and it is great! The stress of producing it made her hair fall out but it was definately well worth it!

#8 TONIGHT - BIGBANG

These boys are the best! So talented and weird! This music video was shot in Vegas and San Diego, can't you tell?! Despite being set back with a slight scandal (G-Dragon caught smoking marijuana) their fans have been crazy supportive. And if you're wondering who's G-Dragon well, he's always the one with the weirdest outfit. LOL.

#7 BUBBLE POP - HYUNA

I consider this my personal summer song. Despite all the sexiness of the music video I believe Hyuna has major talent, dancing and singing. The song just creeps into your head and you catch yourself singing Bubble Bubble Bubble Pop! The English words in the music video make no sense...

#6 FICTION - B2ST

I don't really follow B2st but I just fell in love with this song when I saw the music video. It's easy to follow and has a great sound. The penguin/zombie/shuffle dance move really fits in with the song.

#5 IN THE NIGHT SKY - AFTER SCHOOL RED

I wish After School would continue to promote their sub units RED and BLUE. I just love the sound of After School RED and they're super sexy! This music video came out really hipster but I love this sub unit the best! Big fan of Nana!

#4 TROUBLE MAKER - TROUBLE MAKER

Cube Entertainment is coming out with a bunch of subunits formed from the groups currently under their contract. Hyuna from 4Minute and HyunSeung from Beast make up the group Trouble Maker. Their single TroubleMaker has a great sound, I love the whistling in the beginning and the Thriller tribute dance in the middle of it. Once again Hyuna plays up her sexy image, this time I think they were being a little unfair and should've given her an awesome dance too!

#3 SIXTH SENSE - BROWN EYED GIRLS

BEG! BEG! BEG! I love this group, all the members are going to be going solo, but will still maintain their group status. Every song they have come out with I have loved. It's been a while since they had a comeback, but it was well worth the wait! And that high note near the end is in three parts.

#2 BE MINE - INFINITE

Such great dancers and performers! I actually had three of their songs on my list but decided I should get a little more variety in here. I have never seen a group of people perform so n'sync before! Wonderful!

#1 I AM THE BEST - 2NE1

And of course! 2NE1!!! It was a huge year for these girls, they had some of the best singles out this year! You are the best! Keep it up girls, I hope see new and exciting things from 2NE1 in the New Year.

K-Idol Commercials

So I was surfing around, bored out of my mind, on YouTube and I came across this really funny commercial featuring BigBang's G-Dragon and TOP. It led me to even more commercials in which idols endorse certain products in really funny ways. Check out some of the best I've found:

GD & TOP - Sparklingade


SNSD - Banana Milk


SHINee - Chicken


CNBlue - Experia Mini


2PM - It's Skin Ver B


2AM - BHC Chicken


2NE1 - 11st


Uee - Cool Soju

She asks, "Are you my first?"

BONUS!!! Britney Spears for a Japanese Candy (1999)

Drama - Heartstrings

Alternate Names: You've Fallen for Me / Festival
Genre: Romance, Music
Episodes: 15
Network: MBC
Broadcasted: 2011-Jun-29 to 2011-Aug-18
Lead Actors: Jung Yong Hwa, Park Shin Hye, So Yi Hyun, Song Chan Ui

My Rating: ♥♥♥/5













It's Sunday and that means we're already back to the drama of the week! This weeks edition features MBC's Heartstrings. This drama aired August 2011 and had a fairly popular rating. For me one of the biggest draws was that two characters were played by members of CNBlue!!! Yay! Love love love CNBlue and Yonghwa (Male Lead) and Minyuk (Supporting) are my favorites!

Even with the CNBlue members I still gave this drama a 3/5 because I found something to be a little lacking. I don't know what it is with Korean dramas but there is always this excessive amount of suffering; for the characters and viewers! Why must everyone suffer so much before it gets better?! Agh! The chemistry between the lead characters, Younghwa and Park Shin Hye, was really awkward to me. I know in real life they are like, best friends, so it must've been weird to have kissing scenes with your friend. In general, I think Korean drama kisses are strange and uncomfortable. The girl is always has her eyes open and their lips never move...weird...

I liked how they integrated Yonghwa's singing/playing talents and Park Shin Hye's singing and dancing into the drama. I also found the style of wardrobe to be very unique and cool.

Basic Synopsis: On a university campus, two very opposite people manage to run into each other. One, Lee Shin is passionately studying modern music and playing as the lead guitarist in his band "The Stupid" while Lee Kyu Won diligently practices traditional music on her gayageum. Lee Shin is cold and distant while Kyu Won is energetic and outgoing, yet somehow they seem to be smitten with each other as they work through the complications of the university's anniversary musical.