CROSS GENE's debut performance + Can you spot the kpop blooper moment?

So here comes another new kpop group from the korean music industry.

Introducing~

CROSS GENE

(Another weird group name.. haha)

I agree that many kpop group nowadays do have really weird names such as Beast, F.Cuz, Ukiss, 2am, 2pm, 4minute, f(x), C.N.Blue, After School, 2ne1, errrr...............and what else?

If you're new to the world of kpop, or trying to introduce these kpop groups to your non-kpop fan friends, they would probably say, "WTH name is that?" "Why that name?" and "Why are there so many groups?"

Yes, I do agree that the kpop music industry is getting a little too saturated nowadays with more than 5 groups debuting each year.

Let me bring you back to year 2008, when I was first introduced to the kpop world by my friends. Back then, I only knew about popular groups like TVXQ, Super Junior, Girl's Generation and Wonder Girls. BoA is the only female solo singer I knew other than Rain, who also famous after starring in the famous korean drama 'Full House'. I'm pretty sure you have watched 'Full House' before. If you didn't, hmm........I don't know but 'Full House' was the first korean drama that I enjoyed watching with my family. Dae Jang Geum(Jewel in the Palace) too!

Ok, come back, come back......what was I introducing already?

Oh, it's CROSS GENE.

Since the amount of kpop groups debuting per year is too much for me, it's hard for me to keep up with all the new groups and songs, not to mention my own life. I've never heard of this group before until I watched the recent korean drama 'Big' did I knew the existence of this group. (Actually, this group just debuted this year) One of the CROSS GENE members acted in that korean drama and through some Youtube comments only that I found out about it.

That's him, the CROSS GENE member, Shin Won Ho in the korean drama 'Big'.


Alright, alright, here's the video for their debut performance.

Did you watch it?

AHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! Seriously, I was laughing all the way at their super weird dance choreography. Was like "What the...? LOL!!! Ahaha!!!" All the way. Actually, I felt a little pitiful for them because a debut performance is suppose to be cool or attractive enough for audience to take a new group seriously but I just can't believe they got this kind of choreography + their song isn't that nice to my ears. It must be quite a disappointment for thier fans. Oh well, they have lots time for improvement so I'll wish them good luck in the competitive music industry.


p/s: Can you spot that blooper moment?

I'm just wondering if he did that accidentally or on purpose? LOL...


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OST of the month

I love listening to slow songs in the still silent night. The atmosphere that it produces never fail to give me some nostalgic moments.

Here's an OST from one of the latest korean drama: Big.

Mid 2012 kpop rookie singer: Juniel

想念着茫茫人海中的那一个微笑。 ＝）

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I haven't been listening to any kpop songs for quite sometime and was rather outdated already since allkpop constantly have their readers updated everyday and I don't have the time to read all the articles posted there. Anyway, the point is.....I haven't been updating myself with kpop songs until just recently, a few days ago, I found this!

By korean rookie singer, Juniel.

This one is a duet with C.N.Blue's Yong Hwa. This song is so sweet and relaxing! Love this!

This song is not bad either. Another of my favourite from her album.

Although just a rookie, both of her songs have topping various k-charts. A good start I should say.
If you have listen to her songs, you would realise that her voice sounds like IU and their styles are similar. So you can now start to imagine the fan war(not another again) between IU's fan and Juniel's calling the idols copycats. Actually I have fun reading those comments written by the fans arguing who is better. I know IU is a kpop legend for conquering the kpop industry with her powerful and soothing voice at a young age but honestly, I have never like any of her songs. I just don't like the style. Juniel might not have equally powerful voice like IU but she has her own style so she is in no position to be compared to IU. Both of them are just similar but different. I like Juniel's acoustic ballad style which is always my favourite style of songs. So I hope Juniel will continue to shine(I have a feeling she will no matter how much IU's fan hate her) with this style.

Wow, here I have two 2012 favourite kpop rookie singers Ailee and Juniel. Hmm....I wonder who else will be included in this list? Anyway, my number one favourite singer is still Taeyeon.

Oh yeah! I heard that SNSD is releasing their new music video "Paparazzi" on Youtube today. Do check it out.

Why is JYP's Joo a failure?

I know it's very bad to call someone a failure but then she is known to be a failure of JYP company although she is not exactly a failure to me.

Who is Joo?

Do you know about Joo? Most people haven't heard of her and that's the reason why she became the failure.

Joo debuted in 2008 at the age of 18 with single "Because of A Man".

3 reasons why Joo is a failure:

Not competent enough

It's hard shine in the competitive korean music industry when you don't have either looks or talents especially if you're going solo. The music industry is just too cluttered with many groups and solos. There's approximately a total of 60 so far and still counting. There will be more coming in 2012. So, in order to standout from the crowd, you need to look good and have strong talent in singing if you're going solo. A very good example of someone with looks and talent is IU. Well, I'm not saying Joo is ugly but not appealing enough. It's just that to compete in the music industry, you really have to standout.

Not being well promoted
It's important for companies to promote their singers and it's important for them to do so. However, JYP did not put enough effort to promote Joo. JYP should have promote Joo's two single "Because of a man" and "Bad guy" which I find them rather good but sadly, JYP didn't. IU isn't really popular when she just debuted until the release of her hit song "Good day" which seems to make her popular overnight. That was when LEON Entertainment company discovers the 'hidden gem'. With the company continuously promoting IU, she's now shining brighter and ever. I do hope that Joo will be able to shine like IU someday.


Past scandals
There have been scandals lurking around revealing Joo's past that have contributed to her downfall.

Here's a picture showing her smoking with her friends at a young age. I got this picture from allkpop. Hmm.....I wonder who took and uploaded these pictures. It must have been taken years ago.

So these are mainly the reasons for Joo's downfall.

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Now, I'll like to show you something else. I stumbled upon an article about Joo in allkpop.

What pissed me off is the way the article was written.

Along with SNSD’s Yoona and Sooyoung, the failure JOO, from JYP Entertainment has also graduated from high school on February 12th. She will be moving on to attend Dong-guk University, the same university where SNSD‘s Yoona and Wonder Girls’ Sun Ye will be studying.

Seriously? Do you have to emphasis "the failure"?

JOO celebrated the night of her graduation with tons of alcohol and a bunch of trashed people. Just kidding.

And "with tons of alcohol and a bunch of trashed people"?

The party girl’s pictures from graduation:
You’d think JYP would make JOO look a little less uglier more presentable on her graduation day.

And this? WTH?!!

Here’s the only song I know one of JOO’s songs, Because of a Man.

Is there a need to emphasis it's the only song you know?

This is all pure sarcasm and biased. This is such a let down that allkpop would write these kind of stuff. Allkpop should feel ashamed for publishing this article. I hope allkpop will delete this article because it does nothing but to tarnish the idol's image.


Here's another song by Joo that's in my opinion, better than "Because of a Man". Do give this a try.

Song title: Bad Guy (feat 2pm Chansung)



I hope JYP doesn't ditch her just like that and gave her another chance. Looking forward to hear some news about her soon.

So what do you thing about Joo? Do you thing she has the potential or is she really a failure of JYP?
Do share with me your opinions.


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The influences of k-pop

Have you heard of Wonder Girls? Big bang? Super Junior? SNSD? f(x)? U-kiss? Beast? 4minute? Teen Top? MBLAQ? BoA? IU? (and the list goes on and on and on). I wouldn't want to list all of them as it'll be a waste of time. There is seriously too many groups produced in the korean music industry. So do you know any of the groups I've listed? At least 3? Are you a fan of k-pop too? Or you're a k-drama fan? Am I asking a tad too much? XD

For the past few years, the popularity of k-pop has been growing steadily across Malaysia and also in other countries like Phillippines, Thailand, Singapore and Indonesia too. Now, the k-pop influence is starting to spread gradually across western countries. SM town concert held in Paris and New York this year are proves.

With the k-pop craze spreading across the world, it has nonetheless asserted many influences towards teenagers nowadays (especially asian teenagers).

The obvious influence has to be fashion.

SNSD vs f(x)

Korean fashion is no doubt a hit among asians.

Baggy shirts, tight pants, short pants and high heels.

A match of any of these produce a casual yet trendy fashion. Besides, it gives one the illusion of a slimmer and taller stature.

The second will be make up and beauty.

It isn't difficult to see why.

Oh so perfect & pretty!

It's every girl's dream to have a perfect natural glowing skin.

With korean idols promoting a natural flawless look, teenagers are getting more and more self-conscious of their own appearance which indirectly drives self-improvement. Therefore, makeup products like foundation and bb cream are used to achieve that ideal look.

Besides, the makeup wore by korean idols have been inspiring many people to follow them.

Here are some korean idol inspired makeup tutorials.

One of my favourite tutorials.

In the end, she looks more like Sandara Park than CL. LOL!

Korean modern dance is also one of the few major influences. Go and watch Music Bank on KBS or any of the group's mv. Most of their mv comes with a package which offers addictive songs with awesome dance moves. It's a no wonder why people are getting more and more interested in learning those dances.

Watch this full mv:

It's SHINee's Lucifer! One of my all time favourites.

Then the dance practice (highly reccommended):

Superb, fabulous, awesome!

I saw an interesting comment regarding this dance practice video.

What kind of fabric is taemin's shirt? 1% cotton 99% sexy

OMG! ROFL!!! XD

This is how k-pop have influenced me in terms of fashion and beauty. I also tried learning f(x)'s Pinocchio dance steps but gave up because I don't have the talents. (Aww....so sad)

How about you? How did k-pop influenced you?

I'm so hot!

The weather is getting hotter and hotter nowadays even though it's monsoon season now. There's the occasional rain and storm every now and then but I still feel like it's a HOT HOT SUMMER~~

Frankly speaking, this song didn't catch my attention at all the first time I listened to it. I just love the their cute-funky colored outfits. It really gives the mv a splash of cheerful colors.

My first impression?

Ahh......not addictive at all. Why are they winning awards for this song?

I was wrong.

Days later, the song suddenly popped up and got stucked in my head. The next thing, I found myself automatically singing: "Hot summer~ A hot,hot summer~" over and over again. Just like any of their songs, it's annoying the first time but got addictive afterwards.

I still couldn't understand how every korean idol can dance in those killer heels and still look good. Anyway, the dance is cute but rather complicated (as usual for a noob like me).

My 2 favourite f(x) members:

Sulli....

As cute as always!

And Victoria~

As beautiful as always!

KARA - STEP

Kara is back! Nice beat, nice song and nice dance too. ^^

It's Okay Even If It Hurts - Seohyun (SNSD)

It is kind of hard to find nice ballad songs these days. Well, just say I don't know where to start finding. Which band? There's so many korean bands. So many songs. How to know which is nice?

As I browse through Youtube for any other songs sung by Taeyeon, I found this. This song is quite nice and Seohyun's voice is actually quite good although not as good as Taeyeon's. I didn't realise that.

Like a Star by Taeyeon(SNSD)

This is another of my favourite song from  SNSD Taeyeon feat The One.

Here are the lyrics:

Se sang eo neu go se geu dae sum deo ra do
Na neun geu dael cha ja nael su ga i sseo yo
Geu dae ga eob da myeon
Geu dae ga eob da myeon
Nae shim jang eun ddwi ji an eu ni gga

Sa rang i ra gu ji mal ha ji an a do
Ma eum eu ro na neun al su ga it jyo
Geu dae man it da myeon
Geu dae man it da myeon
A mu geot do nan pi ryo eom neun de

You’re My Everything To Me
You’re My Everything To Me

Ha neu rye byeol cheo reom hwan ha ge bi chwo ju ri
Geu dae neun na man ye sa rang
Yeong won han na man ye sa rang
U ri sa rang hae yo
Geu dae ha na myeon nan chung bun hae yo

Geu mu eot gwa bi gyo hal su i sseul gga yo
Geu mu eot gwa ba ggul su ga in na yo
Geu dae ye sa rang eul
Geu dae ye ma eum eul
Geu nu ga dae shin hal su in na yo

You’re My Everything To Me
You’re My Everything To Me

Ha neu rye byel cheo reom hwan ha ge bi chwo ju ri
Geu dae neun na man ye sa rang
Yeong won han na man ye sa rang
U ri sa rang hae yo
Geu dae ha na myeon nan chung bun hae yo

I byeol ha neun il eob seul ggeo ye yo
Geu dae e ge sang cheo ju neun il
Nun mul heul li ge ha ril na eob do rok

You’re My Everything To Me
You’re My Everything To Me

U ri byeon chi ma yo
Se wo ri heu reun dae do
Geu dae neun na man ye sa rang
Yeong won han na man ye sa rang
U ri sa rang hae yo
Seul peum eom neun se sang e seo u ri

Taeyeon - I Love You (Athena OST)

I love Taeyeon's voice a lot. Like this song so much! Jjang~

As for Athena, I've never watch this drama before but from what I see in the music video, some of the scenes reminds me of Iris(another big hit drama in 2009). In fact, this drama is a little related to Iris.

I can still remember how Iris made me glued to the television whenever a new episode is aired.

Anyway, this music video is nice.

Another catchy song from SNSD

This is the song that has made me go addicted since last month.

It's a very catchy song.

Mr.taxi~taxi~taxi~

But I love Yuri and Sooyoung's part the most.

TVXQ!(東方神起) _ 이것만은 알고가 _ MusicVideo

The full version of the 'Before You Go' mv is finally out. Watching this reminds me of IRIS. Nonetheless, its nice. Good job to SM for compiling the whole story into a 5:19 minutes video, keeping it short and sweet.

I wonder if a part 2 of this mv will be released later on because it seems like it still has some loose ends. Besides, it may be on demand as TVXQ has a large fan base worldwide.

Teaser for TVXQ (東方神起)-Before You Go

This teaser is so cool. Its the best music video teaser I've watched so far. SM Entertainment really did a great job in producing this teaser. It makes me feel anticipated about the new song and the video too. I am not a fan of TVXQ but both YunHo and ChangMin looks so cool and captivating here. Seriously! =D

I read somewhere that the full version of this song will be released on the 14th March. Can't wait for it as this teaser tease me so much. I hope it doesn't disappoint me. :)