Sunday, November 27, 2011

JYJ's In Heaven Album Gets A Remix


JYJ has released a special edition of their recently released In Heaven album to thank their fans' immense support for their first Korean album.

This special edition contains the 10 songs from the original album including the remixed version of Get Out and In Heaven. It also comes with behind-the-scenes footage for their Get Out and In Heaven music videos, as well as the QR movies for the original album.

And the best thing in the album is a 10-minute version of their ‘In Heaven’ music video, which wasn't previously released!

There are also other perks such as the pictures in the booklet are set to be different from those of the original album.

The remixed tracks may vary from the original tracks, while retaining the core essence of the songs. Get Out has a more club feel, while In Heaven has a more pronounced background bass beat, giving it a more upbeat feel.

Here are the audio clips for the remixed versions of Get Out and In Heaven. Enjoy!





Credits go to f4rubypurple for the audio clips.


The author is still keeping the faith that one day JYJ will come and perform in a concert in her home country. Seeing is believing!

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Sunday, November 20, 2011

K-drama Glory Jane Shows That You Can’t Escape The Past

Somehow I find Korean scriptwriters tend to be able to knit a huge group of people together, regardless of their social status and personality.

Glory Jane is no exception to that fact, Yun Jane (Park Min Young) is the daughter of a rich businessman who happens to make a promise to Kim Younggwang (Chun Jung Myung), the son of her father’s driver who made a homerun on his first attempt at baseball. The promise was that she would marry him once he became the best baseball player.

Tragedy strikes Jane’s family as her father drowned when the car he was in met an accident and plunged into water. His vice-chairman, father of Seo Inwu (Lee Jang Woo), the ace of the baseball team, only managed to save Younggwang’s father, the driver.

To make it all worse, Jane and her mother also met with an accident while rushing on the way to the hospital as the roads were slippery. Her mother was in a coma, while Jane couldn’t be found by the rescuers. Inwu’s father schemed to take over his best friend’s company since neither of his family members could maintain it. Meanwhile, he asked the driver to locate Jane, give her a new name and hide her away.

Younggwang’s father felt guilty for betraying his former employer, but at the same time needed the money offered by Inwu’s father to open a small noodle shop. He found Jane in a dazed state in a police station, and then put her in an orphanage where he reminded her never to forget her name, Yun Jane.

Years later, Younggwang is a baseball player on a minor league team, former 4th hitter of the major league team, is an innocently confident man who never stops trying his best to re-live past glories. Jane works as a nurse’s aide is a struggling young, cheery, bright girl who always maintains a positive attitude despite her poor background and dreams of becoming a nurse.

She meets Younggwang at the hospital when he sustains injuries, and Inwu when she tried to break the two men apart when they started fighting in the hospital.

One day, a nun from the orphanage came to give her the letters her father wrote to her all these years, but they were actually from Younggwang’s father, her deceased father’s driver.

Unknowingly, she tracks him down, thinking he’s her real father, and chanced upon Younggwang’s family, who misunderstood the poor man for having a child with another woman.

At the same time, Younggwang leaves the hospital where Jane works, leaving a note that hints that he’s interested in her. He comes home and discovers that... she’s actually his step-sister. A lie that started off small became huge! How did Younggwang’s father choose to solve it?

Tune in to Glory Jane every Wednesday and Thursday on ASTRO’s KBS World Channel 391 at 9.00pm and to find out more about this shocking revelation!

The author loves Park Min Young since watching Sungkyunkwan Scandal, but wishes that she would take up a bad girl role for her next drama to see a new side of her.

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Saturday, November 12, 2011

Wonder Girls Creates A Retro 'Wonder World'

The Wonder Girls are finally back!! This time round with their latest album Wonder World, the girls are channelling the retro concept, making it the cool ‘in’ thing once again.

After their stint in the U.S., they have improved their English skills and also brought along a fresh concept into K-pop by infusing a little R&B sound into their music.

The title track, Be My Baby, achieved an all-kill on most music charts although the girls haven’t been seen on the Korean music scene for almost a year. Their fans, Wonderfuls, are definitely a faithful and loyal lot!

The song has the JYP touch to it, as it a catchy tune that gets you dancing and singing along at the first listen. A mid-tempo song, the song has three versions on this album, the standard version, a Ra.D mix version with piano accompaniment, and an English version. Personally, I preferred the Ra.D mix version, as it is really catchy and soothing at the same time.

Below is the music video for Be My Baby. Feelin’ the groove to dance along too?

There are a few fast-tempo songs on the album such as G.N.O. which stands for Girls’ Night Out, and Me, in which was used as the background music for their comeback teaser clips. Me, in comes across as a very angst-filled song with a lot of charisma.

The mid-tempo songs are Girls Girls, Sweet Dreams, Stop!, Dear Boy, SuperB, Act Cool (feat. San.E), and Nu Shoes. Meanwhile, there is also a ballad on the album, 두고두고, literally translated as ‘My List’.

Girls Girls is dedicated to all girls out there, Act Cool is a rap-filled song that is peppered with a smattering of Korean and English while Nu Shoes is wholly in English.

Not bad for a girl group making their debut in U.S. I think. Hopefully they’ll take the world by storm with a new English album soon!

The author caught the K-pop fever by listening the Wonder Girls’ Nobody, and ever since then there’s no turning back.

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Friday, November 4, 2011

Girls' Generation Unleashes New Album 'The Boys'

Girls' Generation are finally back with a Korean album, and boy, did they make a big bang! After teasing fans with countless music video teasers for their title track, they have finally released the much awaited album!

Simply titled The Boys, the album sees the nine members having a makeover towards a more feminine image, as opposed to their previous cutesy image for their previous albums.


The album opens with the Korean version of the title track The Boys, a mid-tempo song with a heavy beat in the background. Although I find it doesn't match up to their previous hits such as Gee, Run Devil Run, Hoot or Mr Taxi, somehow after a few repetitive spins, I got infected by the tune. Nevertheless, somehow I felt that the English version of The Boys sounds way better.


Upon the release of the music video, it has become viral on YouTube, hitting nearly 16 million views three weeks. Check out the music video for The Boys here!



The album consists of mainly dance tracks, but there are some ballads too, such as How Great is Your Love, My J and Sunflower.

Other songs include Telepathy, Say Yes, TRICK, OSCAR, Top Secret, Lazy Girl (Dolce Far Niente) and Vitamin. Also in the album is the Korean version of Mr Taxi which was a great hit in Japan.

I would say that their latest release doesn't really shine as much, except for their title track and maybe Mr Taxi. But hopefully as they do more promotions and music videos for the other tracks, we might come to appreciate them more too!

The author is a fan of Girls' Generation ever since Run Devil Run ended up on her music playlist.


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