[Video of the Week] Gummy ft. T.O.P - I'm Sorry

☆ Video of the Week! 

I don't like the music that much, actually. I normally like Gummy though, but this song is the same lyrics over and over again - in an never ending story. It has some likable tune to it though. But I do like the video, not only because of T.O.P - It's just simply beautiful with the birds and the ending.
This is the Japanese version, which I like more. And they made the MV for it, very recently.

Gummy (Park Ji Yeon) is under Y.G Entertainment. She debuted in 2003 with her album "Like them". She is born in 1981.

Gummy feat T.O.P -  I'm Sorry (Comfort album 2008/Japanese version - Loveless album 2011)

KBS Music Bank in Paris (Tickets)

Part. 1

The K-Pop Festival, KBS Music Bank, will be held on Wednesday 8th and Thursday 9th of February 2012, in Bercy - France biggest indoor venue. It will be about 18.000 people there.  
And I will be one of them.

KBS will present 8 Hallyu stars and the groups, which been set is - SHINee, U-Kiss, BEAST, 2PM, SNSD, SISTAR, 4Minute and T-ara.  

I, myself, sat like a monster in front of the computer - trying to get a hold of two tickets. I had some troubles with it all and we panicked for a while. Because, I kept getting refused. So my friend had to rush all the way home, to send me another 100:- ... (Yeah, she literally ran!) and when it finally was enough money, the site seemed to be overcharged or something. Because nothing worked. 

Luckily, I still had my two tickets in the basket - so it worked out well in the end. I became a little bit shocked, when the screen showed "confirmed" all of the sudden. I was screaming in the phone, with my friend. Now I have the tickets in my mail, ready to be printed. And after all that, I can promise - I feel sick. But so incredible happy at the same time. 

I keep mumbling to my self - "We are going to Paris, we are going to see SHINee... do you get it... Seriously... we are going!" 

You can order your tickets right there --> Here! It seems to be some left. 

I will most definitely write about this event, afterwards. To show pictures from it all, and rant about how amazing it was. Maybe I get some videos too, if your allowed to. 

Are you also going? Who do you look forward to see the most? Where are you from?
For me, it is SHINee I'm looking forward to, the most. But U-Kiss and BEAST are far up the list too. But, it will be great, seeing them all. 

Some excite then, Live ofc ~

SHINee - Lucifer [Live] (Lucifer album 2010)

U-Kiss - Neverland [Live] (Neverland album 2011)
(I really dig the old man at 0.30 ~ )

Beast - Ficton [Live] (Fiction and Fact album 2011)

2PM - Hands up [Live] (Hands up album 2011)

T-ara - Why are you being like this [Live] (Temptastic mini album 2010)

So, do you feel "fantastic, elastic"? Or maybe like it's all "fiction"? Or perhaps, "It feels, it feels so right"! Well, I myself, feel like I'm "High, high up in the sky!" ... (If Big Bang was going there, I would probably never leave) 

And as I explained it - When we are finally there, we will sit (Read STAND) and sing along with the tunes (read SCREAM) while we are smiling towards the scene with our best smile (read CRY). Then we will be standing in line, to get autographs (read JUMPING AROUND LIKE A HAPPY DOG). And when we get the opportunity to say hi or maybe even shake there hand, we will smile our best smile and be as pretty as possible (read FAINT).

 

Now, at least I'm excited to maximum! 

[Video of the Week] 2NE1 - It hurts

☆ Video of the Week! 

This one is simply beautiful. I like the feeling of it a lot, and I also like their props, and the whole thought behind it. 

One things for sure though, I wouldn't want Sandaras hair... damn, what a pain. But surely beautiful.

2NE1 - It hurts (slow) (To Anyone album 2011)

[Sound of the Week] Wheesung - He is coming

☆ Sound of the Week! 

Wheesung had his new mini album released not long ago. The album "He is coming", consisted of five songs - where I got stuck in none less then "He is coming", the most. 
The other songs, "Music", "UUU", "OJ" and "Oh Lonely" is also worth listening to.

Wheesung (Choi Hwee Sung) is born in 1982. He debuted in 1999 with a band called A4, but it wasn't long until he became one of his own. He started of in YG Entertainment, but now he is signed under YMC Entertainment after a lot of changes. 

So this one is a calm and nice tune, directed into R&B a lot... since that's the genre Wheesung is all about. 

Wheesung - 놈들이 온다 (He is coming) (He is coming mini album 2011)
 

Skrillex - First of the year (Equinox)

This video is simply perfect!

Dubstep on a platter

I've mentioned before, that I actually love dubstep... Yeah, It is kind of different from the K-Pop genre huh? But I have a really broad taste of music. The music I like the most is dubstep and K-pop/rock, and what I listen to most often. I also like chiptune and 8-bit music. The K-pop have squeezed its way to be number one though. Funny how things work out.
But sometimes I just get the biggest craving after some dubstep. Though, it have to have some melody to it, and not just the woob woob woooooob wooooob throughout the song. Even if it's exactly that, which make the sound amazing. 

Skrillex is probably my biggest favorite amongst my favorites. I'm going to his concert in November and Flux Pavilion is also going to be there. It started of as a concert with about 300 people, but the tickets sold out in a few minutes... so they changed the place for the concert and now it will be a crowd with 2-3000 persons. It will be the greatest thing. Looking forward to it, so freaking much!

So, some other guys I like...

Delta Heavy - Hold Me 
 (This video is sick in it self, but I love it. The sound is great!)

Skeptiks - Without a name
(This is sooo amazing. I'm like a little kid getting presents, at 0.55 ~)

Modestep - To the stars (Break the Noize & The autobots remix)
(It's more vocal in this but with plenty dubstep too, which makes it great.)

Nero - Crush on you 
(A lot of vocal in this one too.) 

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Now I'm go-go-go-going out with my d-d-d-d-dog! Have a nice one.

Big Bang, 2NE1 and Jennifer Lopez? - Fire on the (funky) floor (T)onight

And he have done it again! 
The last time, it was Big Bang vs LMFAO - Party rock anthem goes high high.

But this time, it is not just Big Bang... it is Big Bang and 2NE1 with  a cocktail of Jennifer Lopez newest song "On the floor", from her "Love?" album. 
Which sums up to, - "Fire on the (funky) floor (T)onight". 

I'm seriously in love with this DJ, he is really talented. 
This gives me chills and eargasm at the same time. All, in a positive way.

Do you hear which songs are included? Yeah, it is all of them. 2NE1's - fire, - I'm the best and - Can't nobody. Also Big bang's - Tonight and as I said, Jennifer Lopez - On the floor, There is a lot of music in this, all together. And it makes such a good tune, that I'm freaking gasping for air. And when the choir is coming at ya, you will jump up and down out of joy, I got a sugar rush... (1.40~ Oh dear!) This is seriously good.

Thank you, DJ Funky T. I'm really looking forward to the next one.

The whole thing is amazingly done, and well fit. Everything connects like a piece of cake. 4.50 ~ is a preview of his next work.

Eden of the East/ Higashi no Eden (tv)

Eden of the east/Higashi no Eden (2009)

- Three months ago, November 22, 2010. Ten missiles strikes down in Japan. When their is no injured, the action is soon forgotten. The day is later called, "Careless Monday".

- Present time, Saki Morimi is in USA for her student trip. She's standing outside the White house in Washington D.C. She throws a coin for luck, through the fence, and gets into trouble with the guards because of it. From nowhere, a unexpected man from her homeland comes to her rescue. 

- Akira Takizawa is a mystery, since he have no memory what so ever of who he is. And also is naked with a gun in one hand and a phone in the other. A phone loaded with 8.2000.000.000 yen in digital cash. 

Saki gives away her jacket to the naked man, and sees him disappear again. But later, she recall having something of importance in the pocket of her jacket. Saki have to turn around and find the man again, running after him. From that, all of a sudden, she is involved in his destination to recall his memory. An adventure which is more complex then they ever could have guessed.  

Genre: Action, mystery, psychological, romance

Episodes: 11

Characters:

Saki Morimi - The female protagonist. Even if she is very insecure sometimes, overall she seems like a strong person. She evolves a lot, very natural throughout the anime.

Akira Takizawa - The male protagonist. He is easy to like, and have a easy and outgoing personality. But he can seem pretty empty and flat, throughout the anime, since you don't get to know that much about him.

Eden of the East - A small group of people, Saki included. They started of as a small recycling group but evolved to a pretty successful commercial website. All thanks to Micchon's revolutionary image recognition engine, that is on their Eden website. And also thanks to Saki's ability to improve the value of any item. When it was available on phones, more members came and now it also works as a matchmaking site.    

Satoshi Õsugi - A guy who I find pretty annoying. He is Saki's friend, and the only thing he does is going around being jealous.

Kazuomi Hirasawa - The leader type of the group, but with not much knowledge. I like his calm.

Micchon - A shy girl, which is the genius behind the software. She is a very talented programmer. The few times she speaks, she say it frankly.

Onee (sister) - A older woman, which is only there... for no reason. A filler in the group, simply put.

Haruo Kasuga - A guy, who I don't really get. He sits hidden in a secretary during meetings. Why? Well, he say a few wise words sometimes.

Thoughts: 

My very first impression of the anime, was a full score within minutes. It felt good with a anime, which have some thought behind it. A deep anime, when you actually have to think now and then. And it was a lot of eye opener, a lot of provocatively elements. I found it, overall, a very unique and exiting story. Something you haven't really seen before. Yeah, the whole "I forgot my memory" is well used. But this creates so much more around that. Eventually you forget about him not remembering, and focus on the more important stuff.

So much is presented at once, that you get all eager for more.   

Unfortunately, I have to say, the answers are to quickly reveled. It builds up a good mystery and you get a lot of different ways to go, in the story. I sat and thought both one thing and another. But all of a sudden you get the answers thrown in your lap. As to make up for the 11 episodes. 

Mystery can gladly be deeper with more questions in the questions. It would have been preferred to have more episodes.

But, at least there is two movies too. Eden of the East the Movie I: The King of Eden and Eden of the East the Movie II: Paradise Lost. Since the animeserie have a very open ending.

But then again, there is plenty to figure out throughout the anime as it is. And apart from what I mentioned, there is not much to complain about. I really like Eden of the East, it's one of the better animeseries I've seen.

It's nice too, with a bit older characters which have a bit more maturity behind them. Saki, who is 21 years old, is a very believable character.

I have to say, episode seven gave me a minor shock though. Who would have predicted the supernatural aspect? - Not me, anyway.

Music:

OP; Oasis - Falling down. It's pretty cool with Oasis as opening music. Nice video too, for that matter.

ED; School Food Punishment - Futuristic Imagination. Well, it was okay...

Soundtrack; Kenji Kawai.

Animation: Excellent! Very special and characterized animation, which I like a lot. It gives personality and feeling to the characters. And the visions and background animation is really neat. They really put detail into it, in some scenes my jaw dropped out of surprise.

Rating: 95/100

Writter and Director: Kenji Kamiyama

Producer: Production I.G
 

[Sound of the Week] C.N Blue - In my head

☆ Sound of the Week!

C.N Blue came with a new song, "In my head", just a while ago. And it stuck pretty quickly in my head, too. It's more of a rock/pop sound again, and I like it a lot. 

In September they also released the "392" Japanese album. And in November they start their Asia tour, "BlueStorm". Starting of in Semtember 17-18 in Seoul though. And move on to Bangkok in November 19, Jakarta the 26th and Hong Kong January 7, 2012.

Well... I'm just gonna sit here and... Be happy for the ones being able to see them. 

 Yong Hwa (Jung Yong Hwa) is the main vocalist, main rapper and leader. Born in 1989.

Jong Hyun (Lee Jong Hyun) born in 1990. The groups lead guitarist and a vocalist.

Min Hyuk (Kang Min Hyuk) is the drummer and backing vocalist. Born in 1991.

 Jung Shin (Lee Jung Shin) is the bassist, rapper and backing vocalist.

C.N Blue - In my head (2011)

Infinite

Infinite is a bit underestimated or something. I, myself, listen to them a lot, but thats all. 
I enjoy there music, but I don't really think much about them otherwise. They are worthy of more though, cause their songs are a lot more catchy then some of the other k-pop bands. 

They debuted in 2010 with "Come back again". They had a pre-debut with their reality show though. 

In July 2011, their new album "Over the top" came out and they took first place in M Countdown for the first time, with the new song "Be Mine". After this, I hope they get a bit more of a recognition.
In one of the shows of "Strong Heart", in September, Woo Hyun talked a bit about how they all cried when they won first place. Infinite also won first place in Inkigayo with "Paradise", in October. 
I will be rooting for them in the future.

Infinite is a South Korean boy group, of seven members; 

Sung Gyu (Kim Sung Gyu) is the leader and main vocalist. Born in 1989.

Dong Woo (Jang Dong Woo) is the main rapper, lead dancer, and vocalist. Born in 1990.

Woo Hyun (Nam Woo Hyun) is a main vocalist. Born in 1991.

Hoya (Lee Ho Won) is the lead rapper, main dancer and a vocalist. Born in 1991.

Sung Yeol (Lee Sung Yeol) is a sub vocalist and rapper. Born in 1991 as well.

L (Kim Myung Soo) is a vocalist. Born in 1992
Sung Jong (Lee Sung Jong) is a vocalist. Born in 1993, which makes him the maknae (youngest).

  A song I've listened to a lot since it came out. 

Infinite - Be Mine (Over the Top album 2011)

Moving on with their debut song (It's addicting) ~

Infinite - Come back again (First invasion album 2010)

In September they came out with the repackage album "Paradise", and three new songs where added. Amongst them I like... them all. "Paradise" being a calm and nice tune - which I love more and more, "Cover girl" is a calm but up-beat ballad tune, and the third is a remix on "Be mine".
But since there is a MV on "Paradise", I limit myself with just that.

Infinite - Paradise (Paradise special repackage album 2011) 

And finishing of with a favorite of mine. I Really adore the part at 2.26 ~ I only listen to it, just because of that part.

Infinite - Tic Toc (Over the Top album 2011)

So they don't have that many albums out yet, but still a lot of likable and enjoyable tunes, in the few albums they do have.

[Sound of the Week] ZE:A - 왜요 (Why)

☆ Sound of the Week! 

ZE:A is a group I listen to a lot. I really, really like this one. It plays in my headphones pretty often. A  calm and soothing tune. 

Jun Young (Moon Jun Young) is the leader and a vocalist. He is born in 1989.
Kevin (Kim Ji Yeop) is born in 1988, raised in Australia. He is the lead vocalist and sub rapper. 
Kwang Hee (Hwang Kwang Hee) are a sub vocalist and born in 1988. 
Si Wan (Im Woong Jae) is a vocalist and born in 1988. 
Tae Heon (Kim Tae Heon) is the main rapper, and born in 1989.
Hee Chul (Jung Hee Cheol) is the lead rapper, born in late 1989.
Min Woo (Ha Min Woo) is the main dancer and sub vocalist, born in 1990.
Hyung Sik (Park Hyung Sik) is the main vocalist and born in 1991.
Dong Jun (Kim Dong Jun) being the youngest, born in 1992. He is the main vocalist and lead dancer.
 

ZE:A - 왜요 (Why) (Exciting special single 2011)

BEAST series - Beautiful, I like you the best

So, I've been updating every single entry I ever wrote in here. Luckily for me, I haven't been on blogger for that long. But it took the entire night as well.

What I have done is, updating every video so it works in HD if it's available. And also making them bigger and better. And third, I've updated with some of the new MV's which now exists.

Jay Park now have a MV both for "Tonight" and "Abandoned" (that dude can dance). Miss A have some kind of MV for "Love Alone" now. And also, C.N Blue is updated with "Intuition" and "Love Girl" MV's. That's a little part of whats been updated, anyways... 

Well, people know about Beast/B2ST right? They updated "I like you the best" with a MV not long ago. And I love the fact, that it is like a miniseries. You should watch them in sequel.

So, first of ~ Beast - Beautiful (Lights go on again album 2010)

And then ~ Beast - 니가 제일 좋아 (I like you the best) (Lights go on again album 2010)

I just really, really hope that they will do "Lightless" and "I'm sorry" too... (two of my favorites) But that's probably taking the hope to far. Well, wish upon a star.

Darker than black: Kuro no Keiyakusha (tv)

Darker than Black: Kuro no Keiyakusha (2007)

Ten years ago - "Hells Gate", a mysterious and chaotic place came into existence unnatural, in Tokyo without any real explanation. At the same time, all the orbs disappeared and got replaced with substitute, false stars.
All of the sudden, some people recognized they hold supernatural powers, from that happening. One power different from another. -  These people came to be known as "contractors".
Every contractor is connected with their own false star, which reacts after their record and action. Contractors is most often identified in that way, through "messier catalog number". As soon as they do something, the government knows about it, not long after. Different nations and organizations use the contractors as spy's or assassins.

Contractors are kept in the dark, from the public. They are marked down as cold hearted murderers, who covers unreasonable and unnecessary human feelings with logic and reason instead.
Their powers is contracted for an expense of their humanity though. They are called contractors for a reason, and thats because they involuntary pays the price every time they use their power.
To recover, some have to eat certain food, smoke copious amounts of cigarettes, or do futile actions, even self-torturing or change their body unnaturally.

Darker than Black's main protagonist is Hei, a contractor who's identity are unknown for some reason. You get to see him play the charming, soft spoken student from China, Li shun sheng. But when he turns to work, he change to be a cold-hearted and ruthless killer, without guilt or regrets called - The black reaper. His messier code is well known by different organizations and the police, but no-one knows exactly who he is.

Genre: Neo-noir, Sci-fi, supernatural, action

Episodes: 25 

Characters:

Yin - A Emotionless "doll". They are called mediums and observe with their soul, through their medium-elements. Yins medium substance are water - so as soon as she is in contact with water, her soul can transfer to different places which contains water. Thats how she keep a watch and co-operate with Hei, Mao and Huang.

Huang - Is a human who works for the "Syndicate" and give the orders from mentioned organization, forward to Hei and Mao. He is like a supervisor, but he don't really have much fate in contractors. 

Mao - A contractor whose power is, to transfer into different animals. He lost his own body, which the reason of evolves throughout the story. He is now inside a black cat, most of the time. But since the cat's brain is not fully capable of containing Mao's human consciousness, he had a server installed in the cat's collar to support it. He also takes pleasure in watching Hei's different reactions.

Misaki Kirihara - Section-chef of the foreign affairs division four, who investigates incidents involving contractors. She is very interested by the messier number BK-201, since she suspects that contractor to be involved in many of the cases. She encounter Hei in his alternate persona "Li", throughout the story.

The character development are really good, for most of the characters. Especially Hei himself and the other main characters in the story. 

Thoughts:

First impression was good from the start. It stuck on the retina and didn't want to let go, until I realized it was a winner. It was placed very quickly, high up on my anime-list.

The story is unforgettable, entertaining and capturing in my opinion at least. The kind of anime you get completely stuck to, and don't want to turn of or end.

One of the best anime-series I've seen so far. The storyline and background are completely in my taste as well, as I always liked supernatural. And the storyline has a unusual and very complex story, with a lot of twist too. You really have to think both once and twice.

- Because who wouldn't like emotionless, cold-hearted assassins, with different supernatural powers? And better yet, with a cool main protagonist in the top and a very profound story you can dig through for hours.

This anime won't ever be boring. There are some episodes in the middle which can feel a bit slow-paced, by contrast to the other episodes. But it always happens something, and you always get to know something new in almost every episode. So you really have to watch them with care.

My eyes were glued to the screen, so I wouldn't miss out on anything important. And I would gladly watch every episode during one night... but sadly, you have to sleep sometimes too.

If you haven't seen Darker than black, then you really should. I would with confidence say, that you won't be regretting seeing it. It is worth every hour.

But it ends so suddenly that my heart flip and get stuck in a painful state. And then the pain went away for a moment, when I happily thought about the second season.

Music:

OP; Abingdon boys school - Howling. Is a fairly good rock tune, which work good with the opening.

ED; Rie Fu - Tsukiakari. Nice tune, like her voice.

After episode fourteen;

OP; An cafe - Kakusei Heroism. A good tune to come in with, at a time like that.

ED; High and Mighty color - Dreams. A calm rock tune with nice melody.

Soundtrack; Yoko Kanno. The music overall, in the anime, fits in well and gives a extra feeling to things.

Animation:
It is kind of special counting in the characters, and the visions/background are beautiful. I like the different angles they pull of, when they "film" it. It is adapted very fitting for the story-line and I like almost everything about it. Creative and nicely done. 

Rating: 97/100

Written and directed: Tensai Okamura

Producer/Studio: Bones