Wednesday, July 17, 2013

B.A.P. - Hurricane

Some background information before I start reviewing. Hurricane is the title song from their upcoming album. The first title song is Coffee Shop. They have also provided a MV for this song. Coffee shop and Hurricane are totally different in music, mood, style, tone, and MV wise! So go check it out!

Overall, the feeling was admirable and the mood depicted them as superior idols, hallyu idols. It sounds like a song that would be played at a club. This is yet another song in the Kpop industry where love is not indicated or sung about! Yayyy. This song's lyrics are about their fame, or how they are rising to success as rookies. They had solo concerts overseas; that's a large feat even for some artist who has already debut for a long time already. 

This song reminds me of "Zero" in their One Shot album. That song talked about how idols struggle and rise to the top from nothing at all. That's B.A.P.. They didn't gain fame because of their seniors, unlike other big company's rookie groups do. 

Like hurricanes, B.A.P. is about to take on the world, accepting any challenges driven at them. They won't stop until they reach the top, or until they literally "set the roof on fire" (or as Himchan sings, set the looof on fiyah). 

Honestly, the first time I played this song, I wasn't really into all the big lights from Las Vegas and the sound of this song. However, the second time, I got hooked.... (To Daehyun's voice) This just shows that B.AP. will take on any genre, but re-create it so their fans and new ones will find it interesting. 

Some scenes in the MV that I would like to point out and make a reference to... 


Himchan driving in the car represents the limitless places one can visit, and take over, in this place. 

The big lights in Las Vegas show their fame. Think of it this way: an empty concert with no fans, everything is dark and dull. If the stadium is full of fans and light sticks, there will be lights directed at the stars (B.A.P.). The lights can be the concert lighting, the fans' eyes glowing in the audience, their camera light, etc. 

This MV was simple, but has a big impact, like coffee shop. Although it mostly displayed them lip-syncing to the song and them going cray cray in a limo with a pole in the middle (????!), the song was very amiable. 

Oh and another irrelevant, but relevant thing... Zelo better not have kept his noodle hair. Omg when it showed scenes with him with that hair style I freaked. 

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Into from Little Co-Author

 Why, hello there (:

One night, a lovely (and sexy) panda messaged me and asked me to join this blog. I happily said yes, and I'm going to be a review co-author (?) here; I will be posting reviews about kpop idols and their music videos.

You can call me Jessica(: I'm a full-time exotic baby that likes to roll like a buffalo 24/7.Graphics, subbing, and  living under a rock is what I do. I'm an introvert to strangers, so... bye!

To this blog, I can contribute reviews & updates on information that seem "big and exciting". Note that my reviews are mainly insertions of my opinions and may not be written to your liking. So, if anything possibly offends you, take it easy. I'm human too, okay?

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Monday, July 15, 2013

Update~!

Hi pandies! So I got in contact with my friends and there will most likely be two more authors soon. You guy are in for a sweet surprise~!! Be patient and nice kk? *Bamboo hearts*

^.^ Emily

Expectations From Others+ EXO's Wolf

 Hey everyone~! I feel like making up for not posting for a while so another post today!!! YAYAYYAY~!!

Anyways, we all have to deal with expectations. From society, parents, friends, etc. We are pressured with so much. I am not too sure about this but I feel that people have an expectations from me on this blog. I guess everyone has expectations from everyone and everyone is afraid of failing those expectations. Even when the person doesn't have expectations from us, we are so used to it and so paranoid that we create an expectation for them. On the positive note, we use that expectation to help us do better in things, to grow, to learn. It all depends on how far you take it. I believe that too much of a good thing is bad and this is one of it. Overall, don't push yourself to exceed EVERYONE'S expectations. You can't please everyone. It's ok. I still love you. <3

LOL. Listening to EXO's Wolf performance on Music Bank. Song's not bad. I suddenly have gotten an interest with EXO because of their performances of SHINee songs. They are pretty good.Not good enough for me to try to remember their faces and names though. Please...I haven't gotten through SuJu yet. One thing at a time. Have you guys checked out Wolf, the drama version. It seems like another version of Twilight to me though. The better part of it, more fighting, less mushy gushy. http://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=HzBrO26Xd14

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^.^ Emily

Heyyyy~! KCON~!


  Anyone going?? I wish I could. I have overbearing parents... :( School starts for me on August 15th and its on the 24th and 25th. We shall see. If you are going, come back and remember to tell me all the details. Is anyone going to stalk? LOL..I think my friend is going to stalk. Her friend is like super awesome at that. I'm not too fond of stalking. Makes me feel bad. No privacy for them. Less fans stalking, the better(?) 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=e88Si8o62ww

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The Search for Money

 Hey panda peoples, so the people around me are having trouble with money. As a teen under 16 in the U.S., it's pretty hard for me to find a job. In my neighborhood or city actually, the people don't really favor teen babysitters and blahblahblah. Not like in the movies at all. I Googled possible jobs and one that caught my eye was blogging. Problem, although I love and apperciate all the people that read my blog even if I don't post that often (Sorwey) and my writing structure sucks(Double sorwey), you do need more people to read your posts aall nd see advertisements. Yea.. Still, I know how much people hate advertisements. I would love some advice on how to make money while still in school and still under 16. Oh well. HEY MY BIRTHDAY IS COMING UP THIS SAT! I'm going korean style~! Any suggestions on what to do? Mmkay bai~!

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^.^ Emily

Tuesday, July 2, 2013

Pressure and Decisions


Hello Pandas~! SO I recently have been consoling a friend about her relationship problems. First of all, my opinions here are very because of the fact that I haven't really been in a relationship before but this is what I see from other people. So don't hate me alright? Mkay~! So she recently made a decision that affected the entire relationship completely. She made th e decision and was very sure that she wouldn't regret it but a couple of weeks later she started to feel the pressure and uneasiness of it. She is unsure if she made the right decision, which is always a problem for people. My other close friend and I were trying to help her steer in the right direction but it all means nothing. We can't help her with decisions because SHE is the one that has to make it.

Decisions are made every day, every second. I am making decisions right now by choosing what words to add in this blog. You can't really take back a decision made unless your the one typing. For some people, its not too hard to follow your heart but for people like me, I am very indecisive. I tend to follow what people tell me what to do. I hardly am able to make some decisions by myself. Maybe I'm not. I just can't seem to figure myself out. Like a certain YouTuber said,"You are lost as f___!" Yea. I am. Maybe its because I am afraid to stand out in a negative way. I want to be original but I'm scared to be original in a negative way. I'm not too sure how to explain it... TT.TT I mean I am fine with getting attention for like straight A's or something but I feel that I don't have the skills to stand out...OK GOING WAYYY OFF TOPIC!!

So overall, we all have to learn to make decisions. We all have to learn that we will make mistakes and to not be afraid of this. With each mistake, we have to learn from it and you will find people to help you. Alrighty? <3 Bai~!

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^.^ Emily