Confessions in the Cube: October 2012

Wednesday 31 October 2012

Confessions on Block B's "NILLILI MAMBO"

BBC, FOLLOW ME.

BYE GUYS, HI LADIES~~

JLDHFLKAHLFKAHSLFHSLKSH

CAN I JUST SAY HOW.FREAKING.HAPPY.I.AM

BLOCK B IS BACK OK?

(and I admit that I was not a BBC until this came out and Admin L sucked me into her whirlpool of sailing Armadas and still alive Titanics, but I totally love them now.

don't judge me)

Ok, first of all,

PRETTY LEGIT FEELS FOR THIS.

Loving the pirate concept UGH. OMG.

Zico, can I just say how happy I am that your hair here is not real?

Pls... let's not go back to the Jamaican Beggar co. days. My heart can't take it...

Storyline

The MV itself is beautiful and unbelievable and it has skyrocketed to my favourite.

The storyline is amusing and clever and the song itself is crazy and hard to pronounce and fun and I Love It.

Basically, Block B are pirates or something...

Zico is some pimp as mother- cos he be hand gesturing to some pretty girl to take off his eye towel and shiz.

Some not very good gangsters who obviously trust him (even though there's wanted posters of him up on the walls) leave behind a briefcase of 2 very large diamonds.

Zico steals the briefcase and runs to Taeil (who's in some kind of market choosing candy and sucking on a lollipop?) with it.

(hmmm what to eat next...)

Then P.O and B-Bomb gamble in some underground place over a game of mahjong and wins that briefcase of cash..

Meanwhile Jaehyo's wearing an ~~ugly as hell~~ hat while chatting up some girl

And...U-Kwon's in a back alley on top of a bin?

Then they all run away to Kyung who's....busy.... chasing... a.... chicken.....

(mmmm dat sexual tension...)

Anyway, they meet on some rooftop place to face off with the gangsters and then U-Kwon's gun doesn't work and the rest of the members scatter away like the assholes they are to leave Kwonnie to fend for himself.

(load your gun next time ok?)

(your gun was as useful as your hands)

So the poor baby gets beat up and then they decide to dance in an empty swimming pool..

And at the very end they open up the boxes and there's nothing in it....

EMPTY

Love you all~

Admin S

xx <3

Listening To: Lonely - TOXIC

Confessions on Lee Hi's Debut Song "1.2.3.4"

16 year old Kpop Star finalist Lee Hi is YG's newest debut. She released her first song, 1.2.3.4 on the 28th of October.

As previously mentioned, Lee Hi featured in Epik High's "IT'S COLD". From her hauntingly sweet voice then, I did NOT expect her to come out with something this soulful and strong.

1.2.3.4 has me squealing in delight with it's difference. Her vocals are powerful and controlled. This song definitely gives off Christina Aguilera vibes.

It's classy with a Broadway-like concept and feels old school with background cheerleader style chanting and "shu bee du wup wup"s.

It's great, with none of that sugar sweet, vomit inducing, aegyo nonsense that I despise.

For someone who hasn't been given any dance training thus far, she really hasn't done badly. I'm also really happy that YG hasn't cutesy-ed Hi's doll-like features.

She definitely strikes me as fierce, like fellow label mate CL. I'll be very disappointed if YG decides to SNSD aegyo her up.

It's a great song that I would definitely recommend, and by the looks of the view counts, I'd say other people are pretty happy with it as well!

1,867,913 views in less than 2 days for a first song as well as an "all kill" on various online music charts. I'm very impressed and I'm sure to keep an eye out for her in the future.

I expect there to be big things from her.

I wish Hi the best of luck and I'm looking forward to what she had to show next.

Admin S.

xx <3

Listening To: Dead President - ZICO

Tuesday 23 October 2012

Confessions on HyunA's Ice Cream MV

[PLEASE NOTE THIS ONLY REFLECTS THE OPINION OF ADMIN K. I can be a bit over the top cynical when I have lots of feels.]

I thought I would start off this “little rant” with a transcript of briefly what was going through my mind when I was watching this video. Be free to watch the MV simultaneously while I go through this.

Promo from Psy? She was in his and now he is in hers? Marketing stunt?

Report to the dance floor? Does this how all dance songs need to start? In that case, where is this dance floor?

This song makes me cringe… not in a good way.

1:16- “It’s too small for me.” What is too small?

1:18- “SALE: My little brother with big shout” Is this endorsing selling your siblings? “Tell me! Who am I” *facepalm*

1:23- “Shell we drive? On your UFO” Shell? No spell-check Cube?

“Santa please forget my crying”

“Do not hurry you have 4 minute” – PLURAL! I don’t care if it’s HyunA’s group name!

Why!? You make me want to cry.

1:30- You just potentially killed someone!? Call a freaking ambulance!

1:34- Oh here we go, the real sexy is starting.

1:46- You can’t do that with real ice-cream…. It would fall right off the cone.

1:51- “Batman he is gone” How is this relevant?

Oh the chorus dance… HyunA getting her sexy on.

Oh God… HyunA with soap suds… Nice work Cube.

2:11- Was that a boob squeeze?

2:27- 2:33- I’m sorry. There is no other way to describe this. This is HyunA sitting on a guy and going up and down on him. NO!

3:08- NOOOO!! It just keeps getting worse! Now she’s molesting some guy with her name and ice-cream tattooed on his back. EUGHHHH!

3:21- Is this guy a statue? He’s not moving or reacting at all. Of course he was paid to stand still so HyunA can do her thing.

3:28- Obligatory “bite on something sexily” scene

3:44- She’s spraying water from a hose now!?

3:45- Oh wait it’s not water... It's white… well that’s not much better… ~~Yes I just went there. Don't deny it, you went there too.~~

Generally speaking, wrong season and wrong timing for this video. It’s Autumn in Korea at the moment and it’s getting cold. I think a song supposedly about ice-cream should be released in Summer? It seemed like the logical thought. After watching that video, I feel like I need to scratch my eyes out. To me, it looked like glorified stripping, without obviously the clothes removal. I’m not surprised especially after Change, Bubble Pop and Troublemaker. It’s HyunA I get it, it’s the way she’s marketed and promoted. I just didn’t expect it to get worse. I’m not hating on HyunA. It’s just that try-hard sexy is a big turn off in my books. It makes me feel like this video is directed at catching the attention of pubescent hormonal boys and perverted old men. That just takes away from the value of the song.

Admittedly, I didn’t like the song all that much prior to the music video. That was purely because it didn’t fit my music tastes. I’m not particularly fond of sweet, high-pitched songs. I also found the idea of a song about ice-cream to be a little bit ridiculous. Despite knowing this, curiosity got the better of me.

There are some redeeming qualities. It's a very colourful and bright MV. Also, even though Psy’s appearance may have been a marketing stunt, I still liked his addition. Psy brought some humour to the MV. It’s what Psy is good at and I think it adds a light air to start a (when you're ignoring the sexyness) fun MV. When HyunA isn’t trying to be sexy, she’s actually very pretty and kind of cute in my opinion. I have to admit that. She also doesn’t look bad in anything despite my complaints that are directed at how revealing most clothes are.

The dance itself, quite suggestive but also I think she’s a good dancer. No doubt. The teaser was rated 15+ and Cube is predicting that the infamous MOGEF will slap a 19+ on the full MV. Not surprised really. At least they acknowledge it?

I won’t get too much into the song since there might be an album review on this. I don’t know.

Now I need to go cleanse my eyes. I feel violated.

Cr: Screenshots done by Admin K (excluding the GIF)

+Admin K

Listening to: Epik High- Kill This Love

Monday 22 October 2012

Confessions on My K-Pop Life Episode 34

Admit it, you got a nose bleed when this happened right?

and this bit..

and for like the whole damn MV...

Listening to: Hyuna - Ice Cream

Confessions on AOA (Ace of Angels)

AOA is the newest group from FNC Entertainment which also houses groups like CN Blue, FT Island and solo singer Juniel.

What made them very interesting was the 7+1 concept; 7 'full angels' who sing and dance live and 1 'half angel' who only performs in their 'band' form.

AOA debuted at the end of July with their addictive track Elvis:

This song grew on me a lot... Usually I don't like these pinky-girly-fairyfloss groups and themes but oh god this song sticks in your head.

So now there's Madonna, now Elvis... What's next?

When they perform live, usually the performance is cut in half: one half like any ordinary idol group that sings and dances whilst the other half is formed like a band with 5 members including their half angel.

Sometimes I think I'm going lesbian for their leader Jimin...

Yeah lol ok don't judge!

But her voice is really distinct and she isn't a bad rapper in my opinion.

After a break, they are back with their comeback Get Out.

Hyejeong - 'Kill Bill'

Jimin - 'Léon: The Professional'
Choa - 'Legally Blonde'
Yuna - 'Tomb Raider'
Chanmi - 'Harry Potter'
Mina - 'Breakfast at Tiffany'
Seolhyun - 'Romeo & Juliet'
Y - 'The Fifth Element'

I don't know why but I love their MVs!

The song is just ordinary tbh

Nothing really stands out and makes the song memorable...

Except the dance omg the dance is raunchy O.O

but so was Elvis..

Yup ok I think that's my confession: their dances sorta turn me off...

but their MVs are pretty good and they have an interesting concept!

Go check them out if you haven't, they are really a group to look out for if you like this style

Listening to: U-Kiss - Cinderella

Confessions on PYL (Premium Younique Lifestyle)- MAXSTEP

For practically every diehard SMTowner, I think the ultimate wish is for an official SMTown collaboration. Well, THIS is what you’ve all been waiting for! Remember that short clip that Kai, Eunhyuk and Taemin danced to at SBS Gayo Daejun in 2011? Well after about a bajillion years of waiting (trust SM), they FINALLY released the full song.

Even though it’s a promotion song for Hyundai and SM’s collaboration, it still doesn’t stop this song from being completely epic (in my opinion at least). It features Eunhyuk of Super Junior, Henry of Super Junior M, Hyoyeon of SNSD, Kai of EXO-K, Luhan of EXO-M and Taemin of SHINee. The group itself is 5 guys, 1 girl and 6 members in total. Does that sound familiar to anyone?

THE SM AVENGERS!!!

OH YES! ;)

Ok, to the actual song. If you’re like me and you don’t mind dubstep THAT much (I don’t like all dubstep ok), then this song should be your song; if you can get past the over processing. Seriously. Hyoyeon practically sounds the same as everyone else because of how much they processed her voice. :/

Since it’s from SM you can’t escape the SM flair. Maxstep is like a cocktail mashup of TVXQ’s Keep Your Head Down and Catch Me meets SNSD’s The Boys and EXO’s MAMA.

Also another characteristic of SM songs… the ENGLISH! WHAT THE CRAP IS MAXSTEP SUPPOSED TO MEAN!? I don’t know how this is supposed to advertise a car but for some reason it reminds me of Max Changmin…. >.> Apart from the nonsensical title, pronunciation doesn’t work in their favour, which the processing doesn't complement either. For starters, the first time they say Maxstep in the beginning of the song, I thought they were saying “let’s dance”. That’s how bad it is sometimes. The rest of the times they say it; it ends up sounding like “dubstep” or “next step” or practically any other word or phrase that ends in “step”.

Admittedly most of them aren’t known for having the strongest vocals in their respective groups, but rather I think the main selling point of this song is the performance and the dance, which is fine for a group comprised of the dancers of the groups.

The teasers for the supposed MV for Maxstep.

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