Album Review: BEAST- Good Luck

BEAST! *B2uty flailing*

K-Pop’s perfect boygroup BEAST are back, this time with a mini album! Knowing BEAST and the consistently high standard of music they bring, Good Luck is something to look forward to.

So, let’s go!

Album Review: Jun. K- Love & Hate

Review of Jun. K’s Japanese album, Love & Hate. Jun. K is 2PM’s main vocal, and this is his chance to really shine.

This whole album is just truly Jun. K. It’s displaying all the different aspects of his music and skills, and it has an added, distinct flavour of his unique, beautiful personality. If you’re a fan, this album is a joy. If not, you’ll still enjoy going on this ride with Jun. K.

Well then, let’s go.

My Thoughts On: Jun K’s No Love PV

Yes! A PV this time! It’s 2PM’s Jun K’s Japanese solo project. The PV I’ve decided to talk about is No Love, simply because I liked it better than I did Love & Hate. It was either this or my beautiful B2ST’s Adrenaline, and this one had more to talk about.

First off: I love Jun K. So, so much. His voice cleanses my heart and soul. I love his personality and humor code. I love his lyrics and composition (he did Game Over off 2PM’s last album, Grown, and that song is the shit). He is my sky and sun. (Okay, that is a bit of an exaggeration).

Anyway, I was so excited to see he was going to have a solo project! So even though the name of the song is No Love, believe me, plenty of love is going into this post.

Album Review: SID- Outsider

New SID album! *flails*

If you don’t know, SID is my absolute favourite band. Been a fan for over three years now (so proud of that length of time it’s kind of pathetic). This is their first album since their 10^th Anniversary Best and the Side B Collections (1 & 2), and the first one with new songs since… M&W? Wow, it’s been a while. No wonder I was so excited.

So, let’s start!

Album Review: First Sensibility- B.A.P

I am so excited to review this for you! It’s B.A.P’s first album, First Sensibility. So let’s check it out, and see if it lived up to my excitement. This is a bit overdue, since I had other stuff on my plate, but it’s out now.

My Thoughts On: B.A.P's 1004 MV

Let me preface this by saying that the teasers of this really got me hyped, and let me tell you, TS released a lot of them. My Baby feels exploded for this release, and I was on when it was released real time (12:00 am KST, today!).

This song did not disappoint. The song itself is perfection. And coupled with the MV? Wow.

My Thoughts On: VIXX’s Voodoo Doll MV

VIXX is back, doing what they do best. Remember my last VIXX MV review, G.R.8.U? I think we only need to look at the title to know this song is nothing like G.R.8.U.

And, people, VIXX got their first music program win with this song! 1^st place on Music Bank, beating SISTAR’s Hyorin. I started this review a long time ago, before I posted the kusabi album review, but my Starlight feels have now exploded and I must finish it now.

I must warn you, the video is rated 19+, and even parts of the dance was banned. Don’t worry, the MV is not so bad. Seriously, all those people saying they were scared of the MV must’ve been watching it at midnight alone in a dark room. The video is certainly a little creepy, and definitely gory, but it’s all quite tasteful. Okay, that might’ve sounded a bit weird, but I’m currently formulating torture techniques for my fantasy story, so –shrugs-

The song is pretty damn good. Very VIXX. Dance, with that strong, longing edge that I’ve quite come to expect from a good VIXX title track. Ken sings quite a bit in this, and I love his voice here. And Leo is actually a pretty good vocalist; his ad-lib in this song, anyway, was quite good.

Album Review: 楔-kusabi- KAT-TUN

J-Pop boyband KAT-TUN are back, smaller than ever, with only 4 of the original 6 remaining, and they’ve come to us with their new 10-track album 楔-kusabi-

My first (mini/)album review since Seungri’s. I must warn you, this is my first KAT-TUN release, so I don’t know crap about them. I am being completely honest on this one; there is no bias. Unfortunately, this also means I don’t really know which voice is whose…

                

My J-Rock Exploits in Review (bands, PVs, etc) part 1

   A special thank you to the guys (and girls!) over at SЯ: JROCK UK UPDATER, who have rekindled my love of J-Rock, and helped me discover great artists. Thank you!

   So basically I'll be trying to regularly update the internet on what I've discovered in the world of J-rock, what's come out and how I liked it, and all that. Hopefully help at least one other person to discover something good.

Album Review: Seungri’s Let’s Talk About Love EP

My Seungri baby is back! Long overdue review, and not really an album, but who gives a fuck? This is all about Seungri and how awesome he is.

Okay, I will try to be unbiased, okay? But I mean this quite seriously, the EP is pretty damn good.

He's so gorgeous, I can't

My Thoughts On: Seungri's Gotta Talk To U MV

  BIGBANG's baby-no-more maknae is back, blowing any other artists out of your thoughts. With the upcoming release of Seungri's Let's Talk About Love, he's given us his new music video Gotta Talk To U, and as soon as I watched it I just had to jump behind my keyboard and talk about it.

My Thoughts On: VIXX’s G.R.8.U MV

(I wrote so much of this review, but then there was a power cut and I lost all of it ;_;)

Sorry B2ST, just saw this MV, and I adored it so much I have to write this >.<

Starlights, this is only my third VIXX MV, so if I make any mistakes, feel free to leave a comment and correct me :)

VIXX are back with the perfect summer song G.R.8.U, off their mini Jekyll. Warm colours, sweet smiles and lyrics, everything’s there in this MV that is sure to please. I have to warn you, though, I’m quite sure this was made keeping Starlights in mind, but if you like adorkable guys you’ll enjoy it.

My Thoughts On: B.A.P’s Hurricane MV

After releasing the tracklist and name of their new mini-album Bad Man, B.A.P have jumped on my radar again (don’t hate me, there was INFINITE and B2ST and Junsu). And so I’m finally getting this Hurricane MV review out there.

This MV has made quite a stir in the B.A.P fandom. Everything has really been looked at and talked about over and over– way more than the buzz over Coffee Shop. The MV has been loved and chuckled at, and usually both at the same time. As for me, I much preferred Coffee Shop, song and MV-wise.

The MV was filmed in Las Vegas, but for those of you worrying for the underage members (which is, like, all but two) there was no gambling or anything of the sort, and the only partying took place in a limo with no drinks and no chicks. But there was a stripper pole. That Daehyun was a little too fond of.

My Thoughts On: INFINITE’s Destiny MV

Yes, I know I said I’d be doing B.A.P’s Hurricane MV but I couldn’t help myself. It’s INFINITE’s Destiny.

This MV… I love it. Among all the explosive July releases, this MV (and song) fits my tastes the best, though B2ST’s Shadow is also close. Really, the song, the styling, everything about this MV is just what I love. I am totally an INFINITE fan now. Man in Love, my first song of theirs, I didn’t quite like. After being impressed by both Special Girl and Without You by INFINITE-H, I was put on the fence by The Chaser. Before the Dawn and Destiny, however, have totally won me over. That and of course Ranking King.

My Thoughts on: XIA Junsu’s Incredible MV

-slaps self to keep from mindlessly fangirling-

Okay, here we go with the title track of Junsu’s new Incredible album which, if reports are to be believed, lives up to its name. Right here, though, I’ll just be talking about the MV.

The song Incredible is, in my opinion, pretty nice. The tune is catchy, Junsu sounds good (as if that’s news) and it’s great fun– in essence, the perfect summer song. I've got this song on damn repeat as I put in all the pictures and links. It's played like twenty times already and I'm not close to being sick of it.

I’m trying super-hard not to compare this with Tarantallegra. People, I fucking love Tarantallegra’s MV, regardless of what anyone else says. Incredible is nothing like Tarantallegra, which is not necessarily a bad thing, but the sad thing was I kind of (foolishly) expected it to be. Anyway, off we go.

My Thoughts On: Xia Junsu’s 11am Special Clip MV

People, I need to spazz over Junsu right now and I don’t care that it’s not really a ‘proper’ MV. It’s gorgeous and it must be spazzed over, and it’s the Special Clip MV off LOEN’s channel.

Okay, if you’ve even gone a little bit through my Tarantallegra post, you’ll know I adore Junsu. My sisters are convinced he’s my ultimate bias. I don’t have an ultimate bias. But damn it if Junsu’s not up there. This clip is just another spurring on of my fan-love. And I have to spazz more online, my sisters aren’t fans so I can’t fangirl around them.

The clip is shot all in one go, the first in Korea, CJeS says. Seriously, Junsu is so impressive in this. I can’t imagine how many times he had to film this. I’m just gonna put this out there now: Junsu looks gorgeous in this. (I’m actually adding this in after I’ve written a lot of the post.) This song is too sad, too serious, for me to just burst out how gorgeous he is in this, so I have to say it now. Let’s get his album teaser pic and one choice screenshot in:

I'm sorry, I'll admit I got lazy choosing the shot, but he's just amazing all through

My Thoughts On: B.A.P’s Coffee Shop MV

What’s this? A new MV I’m talking about? Yes, people, yes. I love B.A.P, so I’m putting aside my laziness and getting this shit done now.

Coffee Shop is the first of three title tracks in B.A.P’s new album, released on 28^th June, Daehyun’s birthday. Dae I love you. Watch it on TS’s official channel.

Okay, first off, Coffee Shop doesn’t have a usual K-pop MV. There’re no dance scenes, everything is shot outside, and we barely even have any group shots. It was filmed in the U.S, and I think they had International fans in mind when they did it, so this is a bit of a treat for us!

This MV is pure eye-candy. The guys all look so super gorgeous, and we get so many shots of them, so I have to limit my screen-caps to 20. This will be hard. My ‘Why so Serious?’ MV review had… twenty-eight screenshots. What? 28? Coffee Shop MV is much prettier. So… maybe 25. Yeah.

My Thoughts on: Xia Junsu’s Tarantallegra

Junsu’s releasing an album. You are excited. That’s all there is to it.

Don’t say that you’re not excited. You are. If you say you aren’t you’re lying to yourself and to me.

Okay. Sorry about that, I’m alright now. Just got caught up in the craze. But yeah, Junsu’s releasing another solo album soon, and I’m be gonna sharing my thoughts on the title track of his previous one, Tarantallegra.

Bit of a mouthful, eh? Tarantallegra. Don’t worry, just enter ‘Junsu T’ in Google, and ‘Junsu Tarantallegra’ should be one of the recommended searches. Or click here to watch.

Actually, the name of the song comes from a spell in the Harry Potter series, one that makes you dance uncontrollably. Draco apparently used it on Harry in the second movie.

It’s an appropriate name.

Right, so this MV… let’s just say it’s pretty awesome. I downloaded it May 4^th this year, and I have watched it pretty much everyday since. Usually twice or three times. Because I’m weird and addicted.

Okay, in this MV, Junsu wears a lot of different outfits. I’m actually gonna count them as they come up, yeah?

My thoughts on: SHINee’s Why so Serious? MV

Another MV review-thing. This time it’s SHINee, with their new MV, Why so Serious? Yes, I know I’m late, but screw it! I love SHINee.

Okay, let’s get something very important out of the way. During this MV’s production, SHINee’s main vocalist Jonghyun was injured, so he doesn’t appear in it. In fact, they even re-recorded bits of the song with his vocals in it, so his voice isn’t even there. Being a proper Shawol (SHINee fan, for those who don’t know– the word is a shortened form of ‘SHINee World’), I was very upset. I miss Jjong. But, I will, though, try to be as unbiased as possible.

We miss you, Dino

 Since ‘Why so Serious?’ is the second part of their album, I just can’t help but compare the MV to Dream Girl, the first part of the album. And as amazing as the boys look here, I really felt Dream Girl was better– and not just because of their wicked mike-stand dance.

My thoughts on: U-KISS’ Standing Still MV

Don’t expect something long and emotional on this one. Definitely not as highly-charged as my post on B.A.P’s One Shot MV.

This time around it’s U-KISS, with their new video Standing Still. The video is pretty much usual U-KISS-fare– there’s coordinated outfits, cool settings and some sexy dance moves. And since I absolutely adore these boys, I have to have a post for them.

Okay, did I mention I love U-KISS? Yeah, so this was a pretty disappointing MV for me, especially as the first time I’d heard the song was when they’d performed it on M! Countdown. I was really impressed with them then, and honestly, the MV isn’t as good.