End of the year, K-pop 2012. The group that surprised me.
December 31, 2012 § 1 Comment
Three girl groups are fighting over being my big surprise of 2012.
Wonder Girls is a group that I never cared much for and every new release after 2008 has been a big disappointment (did not know they existed back then though). THEN, Like This, their epic Korean comeback of 2012 happend, a track that blew me off my feet and have been one of my most listened to during the year. I know I’m not the only one responding this way. So great. But they are not my biggest surprise of the year.
Dal Shabet is another group that never got my attention before, I’ve had a hard time coping with the young and more then anything, cute groups of K-pop, Dal Shabet has indeed been one of these groups. I’ve had a quick listen and never done it again. But somewhere along the way by accident pressed Fire It Up a release from the beginning of 2012. It’s no typical Dal Shabet track, but who the hell cares, it’s just awesome. Then not longa ago the released Have/Don’t Have, in to MV versions, this one is the awesome version. Dal Shabet is neither my biggest surprise of the year though.
I have actually seen Rania perform live once in Seoul, or perhaps twice. The tracks they released in the beginning, like Dr Feelgood, never really got to me. But they were of course never bad though and I know that Mis has been a fan for a long time. They had an image that I found interesting but not much more then that. But when they released Style in September 2012, everything changed. A very new style actually, maybe not so fun for their ppld fans perhaps, but this time they really got to me. Not as many members, individual cool clothing and an epic track. It soon mad it’s way into every playlist I made and is climbing to the top in my Itunes library.
Rania is my big and happy surprise of 2012.
Soo good
Check out the previous End of the year, K-pop 2012 posts here: The List, Live Performance, Things That Should Not Be Forgotten/Queer of the year and Top Three Search Enginge Terms.
The Future is Idol – L
Sexy, Free & Single
June 30, 2012 § Leave a Comment
Just listen and be as happy as now appropriate =D
/The Future is Idol
The Lyrics
June 26, 2012 § Leave a Comment
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, whoa
Whenever I’m dressed cool
My parents put up a fight
(Uh huh, uh huh)
And if I’m hot shot
Mom will cut my hair at night
(Uh huh, uh huh)
And in the morning
I’m short of my identity
(Uh huh, uh huh)
I scream Mom and Dad
Why can’t I be who I wanna be?
(Uh huh, uh huh)
To be
I just wanna be myself
And I want you to love me for who I am
I just wanna be myself
And I want you to know, I am my hair
I’ve had enough, this is my prayer
That I’ll die livin’ just as free as my hair
I’ve had enough, this is my prayer
That I’ll die livin’ just as free as my hair
I’ve had enough, I’m not a freak
I just keep fightin’ to stay cool on the streets
I’ve had enough, enough, enough
And this is my prayer, I swear
I’m as free as my hair
I’m a free as my hair
I am my hair
I am my hair
Free as my hair, hair, hair
Hair, hair, ha-ha-ha-hair
Hair, hair, hair
Hair, hair, ha-ha-ha-hair
Is there something he wants to tell us?
/The Future is Idol
Key to our souls
June 25, 2012 § 1 Comment
This is actually more awesome then we can handle. Keys new solo from the Japan Arena Tour, chosing to perform Judas by Lady Gaga with no change of the lyricsand sounding better then ever before. Don’t even get us started on this one.
“But in a cultural sense I just speak in future tense, Judas kiss me if offense, or wear ear condom next time”
This.
*dies*
/The Future is Idol staff
A note (+ clue)
May 20, 2012 § Leave a Comment
arrived by mail on Friday. It was a note from the post office saying that there was a parcel for me to collect. I did not know what it was when I left my house to get it. But inside a big envelope posted in South Korea by a friend of mine were SHINees Sherlock, with the Key booklet at the top!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! And I jumped the entire way home out of happiness.
*happiest fanboy there is*
/The Future is Idol
Epic fanboy moment pt. 7
May 18, 2012 § Leave a Comment
JYJ in Peru
Thnx to Johanna for the link!
/The Future is Idol
Epic Fanboy moment pt.6
January 5, 2012 § 3 Comments
There have been far to few fanboy moments with SHINee so far at this blog. I’m really happy to see this one.
0:04 – Oh! It’s Taemin! He’s so frickin good-looking!
0:07 – Jonghyun!!!
0:24 – Onew is handsome!
1:56 – Key is so frickin handsome!
2:05 – Man they’re handsome!
Thank you Elin for showing it to me!
/The Future is Idol
New Year’s Kpop present
January 3, 2012 § 1 Comment
On the last day of 2011 I met up with my very close friend Elin who has been living in South Korea for a big part of 2011 with another friend of us. She gave me a present that still, a couple of days later makes me smile like a stupid person. Out of her suitcase she pulled the Yesung version(Yesung happens to be my favourite) of Mr.Simple and a Mr.Simple bag to put it in. This is a present that almost outshines everything I got for Christmas, I’ve longed for this LP-sized cd for a very long time now. Now I’m just waiting for the other four versions that the same friends are shipping by boat from Korea to Sweden with the rest of their belongings…
/The blood in my veins – The Future is Idol
The Making of A Superstar
November 21, 2011 § Leave a Comment
So I just watched the fancams of Ryeowooks performance at Super Show 4. I had read about it in fan accounts and worried that I would cringe at Ryeowooks sudden sexiness. That man has always had a cute image, and he didn’t enter SME for his looks or his dancing, but for his voice. He always mentions non-showy ballad singers as his rolemodels and idols, and studied composing and piano in school. All and all, although his image seems to have changed a little during these last promotions, it could have been a bit of a gamble for him to put on a sexy image like this.
But it turned out to be really awesome. Just watch it:
Over the time that I’ve followed Super Junior, I’ve gradually become fonder of Ryeowook. He’s not really one of the artists that make me go HNNNG!!!!!!!1 but I like him to the point that I would say that he is one of my favourite SuJu members. One of the reasons is just his sweetness (combined with sudden displays of evil) and his undeniable nerdiness. And I usually don’t like these kinds of displays of charismatic, manly sexiness – I often suspect that their performers were teenage bullies that just keep getting attention from girls. But this time, I was happy for him. Has he hoped to do something like this for a long time and not gotten to do it because of his image? Has he simply not dared? But although I did ask myself if this was really something he wanted to do, I would be surprised if it weren’t. I was happy for the high school nerd who only had female friends, who dated a girl for a year without kissing her, who was overweight as a kid and never really got to have a sexy or cool image until now. Ryeowook wouldn’t take sex appeal for granted, he’s earned it – and I feel like he deserved it.
/Mis
