This is Why!!

So right about now I should be doing homework, or studying for that french test I have at two, but I just got inspired to write a list and I couldn't pass up the opportunity to share it. The title of this list is........(<- dramatic effect) "Five Reasons Why I Love Korean Music and Why You Should Too". My friend's also working on a similar project. You all should remember her from my previous entry about the Korean Wave, Gustav :), well she's doing a powerpoint on the Korean Wave. I know right!? With pictures and everything. Needless to say I'm no where near as creative as she is and I definitely don't have the patience to sit there and create a powerpoint describing all the reason why I think Korean Entertainment is so awesome. That'd take too long :) . So anyway, I marveled at her powerpoint, even ooed and awed in the right places, but I never considered creating anything like it myself, not even a list. I guess my trail of thinking went like this: "I like Korean Entertainment, because I like it. If you can't see why I like it to maybe get into it yourself then, HA, your loss." However, just awhile ago I was listening to Yesung of Super Junior's solo song for the Tazza OST (Official Soundtrack), and I literally thought to myself "GAWD! This is why I love Korean music." After a little more thought I realized that, despite how utterly angelic Yesung's voice may sound, it's only one of the reasons why I'm currently in love with.......(okay let me side step for a minute. I hate using the term K-pop, cause I think it should only be constricted to pop music even though nowadays Korean music and K-pop are basically synonyms. I really don't care what other people do, but as for me, I'll use the abbreivation K-music whenever I want to talk about all Korean music in general. I'll agree that K-pop sounds cooler, but it feels so weird calling an F.T. Island ballad or a TRAX rock song K-POP)......in love with K-music.

With that said, I think I've chit-chatted enough. On to the list ->

"Five Reasons Why I Love Korean Music and Why You Should Too"

1) The Boybands: And this is a fully incoporating statement meaning boybands, real bands that are all boys, bands whose members are too old to be called boys anymore. They all fit. This includes everyone from Super Junior (with their vast majority of 24+ year old members) to F.T. Island (with their non-existent dance skillz, but its ok cause they're a band band) to SHINee (with their young, cute, adorable, dance machinyness) to Big Bang (with their Hip Hop swagga) to DBSK (who's name just says to all).

2) Killer/Angelic Vocals: And there are ranging vocals for everyone's taste. I'm a Yesung fangirl when it comes to his angelic voice belting ways. My friend is totally into Kyuhyun's smooth like chocolate, but powerful when need be vocals. Other honorable mentions that should grace this category are SHINee's Jonghyun; DBSK's Jaejoong, Changmin, and Xiah; and F.T. Island's Hongki. Now all the boyband members can sing....to a certain extent. These are just the guys that I know of who I think can blow.

3) Killer/Angelic Appearance: This category makes me laugh, because it tends to be the reason why I'm so bias when it comes to boyband vs girlband music. And yes this means how they look, not what they're wearing. That'll come later. Alot of the guys in the Korean Music Industry are not hard to look at, at all. Some are hot, others are sexy, alot are cute, a few are glorious (yes, i said glorious), then you have the ones that are different combinations of the four. It's funny too cause they can literally change in a blink of the eye. I would give you people to ponder, but this is seriously a preference thing. Just check out all the bands from number one and you'll start to see.

4) Dance moves like what: This can go for the guys and girls, though I still think the girls get out ranked. Their dances can be cute, but alot of times they overly try to look sexy or cute by doing extra stuff or not enough, when the guys can just ooze a certain feeling from their performance. Even still I'll give you a mixture of recommedations. Dances to look out for: SHINee's Ring Ding Dong, Love Like Oxygen, and Replay; Super Junior's Sorry Sorry and Suju-M's Super Girl; DBSK's Mirotic and Wrong Number; SNSD's Gee and Tell Me Your Wish (Genie); G-Dragon's Heartbreaker; Wonder Girl's Tell Me and Nobody; 2PM's Heartbeat; and T-ara's Bo Peep. People to look for: Eunhyuk, Taeyang, Taemin, BoA, and Rain.

5) The Fashion: It's sensible to say that people are attracted to people who look good, both in appearance and attire. Some of the Korean music artists have become so iconic in their awesome fashion sense that they've started wave like trends. Most noteable would be SHINee and the SHINee Trend, which includes, but is not limited to graphic tees, skinny jeans, and high-top shoes. Some other fashionistas would be Big Bang's TOP and G-Dragon. Alot of the girls have nice fashion sense too. Can't think of any in particular, but what seems to be in are the two sizes too big sweaters with skinny jeans and high heels.

I'm starting to see a pattern with this skinny jeans thing. Maybe I better go out and get me another pair. Anyways, that's all I've got for you today. Maybe next time I'll do a Top 10 list and do Korean Entertainment as a whole. I feel like all that would be added are the dramas, but if I think about the variety shows and what not, I'm sure I can come up with something. There's love in my heart for you mon cheri cyberworld. Until the next.