BIGBANG 'FXXK IT' and 'LAST DANCE' Comeback Reviews | Dying For Drama

Annyeong!

Hehe, it's been a while hasn't it? Mianhae! I've had literally 0 inspiration to write, but today I have, you know why?

BIGBANG HAVE COME BACK!! After god knows how long with fuck all, THE FULL MADE ALBUM IS FINALLY OUT!! There are two MVs for the album, so I'm going to be telling you guys a bit about them and what I think of them.

FXXK IT

Can we discuss how fucking attractive the BIGBANG boys are? I'd never payed attention to it before but DAMN those boys have aged well! I mean, can we take a sec to appreciate GD's hair? I think green suits him best. This is a really upbeat song, and unlike a lot of k-pop songs, I don't feel like this is painfully whitewashed like some songs are. I like that they're not just showing off one line, this allows both the vocalists and the rappers to show off what they can do.
As for the MV, well, it's amazing. A simple box MV, but I feel like the boys are getting to a point now where they can make even a box MV work on their side. They're funny, not taking themselves too seriously which I think was a good idea seeing as if they had then it wouldn't have worked given the fun and free nature of the song.
I'm giving this MV 5 kimchis out of 5; I can't find anything bad to say about it!

LAST DANCE

Immediately you can tell this is going to be a lot more of a balade-type song, but I actually quite like this one, even though I'm not really into balades. This is definitely more to show of the vocal skills of the group, which they do beautifully.
I don't even know how to explain the MV. It's not really one to explain, if I'm honest, the only thing I don't really like about it is the camera angles. I get it's to be all artsy and that's cool, it just gave me a bit of a headache after a while!
I'm giving this one 4 kimchis out of 5, simply because the MV wasn't really to my taste.

All in all, I'm very happy with this BIGBANG comeback. Both show off everything the group have to offer, and it's stunningly well, too might I add. The fun side and the more serious side, both showing that the group have matured very well. FXXK IT was definitely my favourite of the two, though.

What did you think of the comebacks?

Fighting!
M x

The Rundown: BLACKPINK | Dying For Drama

Annyeong!

I'm going to cover a fairly new group today, but that you've probably all already heard about because they got crazy big this summer, BLACKPINK!

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Name: BLACKPINK

Debut: August 2016 - Boombayah; Whistle

Agency: YG Entertainement

Members

Jennie

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Real name: Jennie Kim

Age: 20 (16/01/1996)

Position: Main rapper, vocalist

Fun Facts: - She speaks 3 languages, Korean, Japanese and English.

                  - She was schooled in the Netherlands, and then in New Zealand.

                  - She was featured in G-Dragon’s ‘Black’, Lee Hi’s ‘Special’ and Seungri’s ‘GG Be’.

ROSÉ

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Real name: Park Chae Young

English name: Roseanne Park

Age: 19 (11/02/1997)

Position: Main vocalist

Fun Facts: - She was born and raised in Melbourne, Australia.

                  - She also speaks Korean, Japanese and English.

                  - She appeared in G-Dragon's 'Without You'.

Jisoo

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Real name: Kim Ji Soo

Age: 21 (3/01/1995)

Position: Face of the group, lead vocalist

Fun Facts: - She speaks Korean, English a

nd Chinese.

                  - She trained for 5 year. 5 YEARS!

                  - She acted in Hisuhyun's MV for 'I'm Different'.

Lisa

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Real name: Lalisa Manoban (coolest name ever)

Age: 19 (27/03/1997)

Position: Main dancer, lead rapper, sub vocalist, maknae

Fun Facts: - She is childhood friends with GOT7's Bambam.

                  - She was the only person to be accepted to YG from the YG Auditions in Thailand in 2010.

                  - She speaks Korean, Japanese, English and Thai.

Who's your favourite BLACKPINK member? If there are any other groups you'd like me to present let me know and I shall oblige.

Fighting!

M x

5-In-1 Comeback Reviews | Dying For Drama

Annyeong!

There have been a hell of a lot of comebacks recently, and as much as I want to review them all, I don't really have enough to say or enough time to post them seeing as I want them to still be of actuality when I post my review. With that in mind, I'm going to be reviewing 5 MVs today. Enjoy!

TWICE 'TT' - 3.5/5 kimchis

Despite the fact that this sounds like most girl groups in k-pop, this isn't actually too bad. It's one of those songs you hate to love. The MV is just generally weird and they're all dressed up in different costumes. Though I would like it if someone could explain to me what that choreo is all about? JYP didn't strain themselves too much finding that did they. Maybe one day a girl group with get a really good, full choreography that doesn't automatically make them look cute or sexy.

Block B 'My Zone' - 4.5/5 kimchis

This is very different compared to what Block B has previously released. It's a lot more funky that what they usually put out, but I do like it. It's refreshing and even though it's not the most original style in the world they pull it off very well. I don't understand why they decided to make it in Japanese, I mean, each to their own, I guess. I don't have too much to say about the MV, it's pretty basic box MV, though I have to say that they really don't look dressed appropriately for the kind of song they're singing. The choreography is on point and I shall be trying to learn it because daaaamn.

Monsta X 'Fighter' - 3/5 kimchis

I didn't expect to like this as much as I did. I mean, I love Monsta X and think they're going to be big, but by the time 'Stuck' was released I was getting a bit jaded with the whole "fighting, army, overcoming the elements" concept they had going. I decided to give it a listen anyway, and I was pleasantly surprised. It's got a good feel to it and it's a catchy song. I mean, I still am fairly sick of the concept, but the song as a separate entity is good. The choreo is also just really fucking good and really crisp. 

SHINee '1 Of 1' - 2.5/5 kimchis

This is kind of bittersweet for me. I love SHINee, I think they're really great and talented and lovely, but it makes me sad to see that it really feels like SM have just thrown something at them to keep them busy so that they can focus on the newer and younger groups. It's got a very cliche, 80s vibe to it, that isn't really to my taste. I'm kind of pissed off in general because this just isn't a good comeback and I don't even think it's the boys' faults. The MV isn't particularly complex, just a simple box MV.

GOT7 - Hard Carry 2.5/5

I know I'm late to the party for this comeback but I still wanted to mention it as everyone is obsessed with it. Well... not quite everyone. I didn't not like it, the song is fairly catchy and the choreo is good too, I was just expecting, well, more. I was expecting something more epic, catchier, with a really complex and fluid dance. Because that's the impression everyone was giving off, and I just didn't get that. I actually found myself getting bored half way through, it seemed rather repetitive. The MV is also pretty banal. Like I said, it's not a bad comeback, but I don't think it's worth the hype everyone's giving it. 

What are your thoughts on these comebacks? Let me know in the comments.

Fighting!
M x

BTS 'Blood, Sweat and Tears' MV Review | Dying For Drama

Annyeong!

It's been a while! I'm sorry about that, I just feel like I didn't have anything to write about. A bit of writers block, shall we say. Anyway, I do apologise, but I'm back now, and I have another MV review for you guys!

MY BOYS CAME BACK! Much excitement on my part, seeing as the MV teasers and concept photos looked fucking beautiful, I was very intrigued to see what they were going to be showing us.

First off, the song. What the fucking fuckety fuck WHAT BANGTAN MY LOVES WHAT. I don't really know what to think of it, if I'm totally honest.It's a lot different to their usual style and I'm not sure what to think about it.

The song in itself is pretty catchy, as usual it saddens me that they've strayed so far from their debut style which is the style that made me love them so much. I get that their concepts change from one comeback to another but I still miss the No More Dream/Danger era.

The MV is hot as fuck. It's shot really well and the choreography is perfection. It's seriously beautiful. They start off in some kind of museum and there's loads of paintings. So right at the start, you see Jin blocked on a painting, then the song kicks in and they start dancing and all that shit. There are too many elements to the MV to go through it bit by bit.

I DON'T KNOW OKAY. It's bothering me. I like it but then I don't.

I'm giving this 4 kimchis out of 5.

I did want to review their album but there's like 15 tracks to that thing and I know perfectly well I'm going to run out of things to say after about 5, but I have been obsessed with it and the general consensus is hell yeaaah! It's so good! There's just enough rap, just enough slow stuff, and it's all balanced out perfectly and every song is a winner, I'm not even exaggerating when I say that I literally love them all.

I'm giving the album 5 kimchis out of 5.

I'm all ears for you guys' opinions!

Fighting!
M x

My Favourite Fanfics | Dying For Drama

Annyeong!

I recently got into fanfics (I blame @yoonminet on Twitter if I'm honest, her fanfic thread is the one!) and I'm now obsessed, and I wanted to share some of my favourites with you guys. There are only BTS fanfics, I'm sorry, I'm BTS trash don't judge me! And there's also a lot of Yoonmin, I don't even know why there just is, maybe because I love the way people portray Yoongi?

Misters Sugar, Spice and Everything Nice

- This was so fucking funny!
- Yoonmin and VKook, if I remember correctly the other boys make an appearance at one point or another too, or are at the very least mentionned.
- Shit ton of fluff and mostly comedy, too.
- Neighbor AU
- The first fanfic I ever read.

Boyfriend Tag

- Fluff and smut.

- I really like how it goes back and forth in time, they do it well so it's pretty seamless.

- One of my favourites.

- Namjin features too; Hoseok and Taehyung are there too.

100 Day Love Challenge

- This was one of the very first ones I ever read.

- Really fucking funny

- Jimin is adorable. Yoongi's just awkward.

- Non-AU

When You're In Love All The Lines Get Blurred

- THIS IS ADORABLE.

- Slow build

- Fake relationship

- You'll probably want to strangle Jimin and hug Yoongi. Just sayin'.

Stay With Me

- This fic is just fucking beautiful

- THE END BROKE ME.

- Slow build.

- Yoonmin are there too, and Hoseok, too.

- Smut.

Strawberry Lube

- This was so good.

- So much smut.

- Angst.

The Feud Of Agust D Tattoos and Park Jimin

- This is very quickly becoming one of my favourites.

- Jimin is hilarious.

- Jungkook is awkward

- Kind of Taekook, Namjin. All the boys are featured.

Fun Boys Go Until The Dawn Moon Sets

- Everything goes to shit.

- Smut. So. Much. Smut.

- Everything goes batshit.

- Confusion.

- It's fucking brilliant.

- Taegi, Jikook, Namseok, Yoonmin (for like 5 seconds), SugaKookie (again, for about 5 seconds). Bref, as I said, everything goes to shit, and it's amazing.

- Other members of different bands feature.

Scion

- Gossip Girl-esque.

- This is so cute.

- Really well written.

- Taekook, Jin is straight for once.

- Jessica (from SNSD) features.

Look My Way

- This was sweet.

- Slow build.

- Flirting.

- Yoonmin.

Like I said, I'm BTS trash, don't judge me. Feel free to recommend any fanfics, I'm all ears for some new ones to read. I may do a part 2 to this once I find enough fics that I like. Let me know in the comments if you guys would like it. 

Fighting! 

M x

Red Velvet "Russian Roulette" MV Review | Dying For Drama

Annyeong!

I didn't quite know what to expect from Red Velvet with this comeback. Their last comeback had been so calm and balad-y, but then Dumb Dumb and Ice Cream Cake were the complete opposite of that, so I really didn't know what was in store. Here's what I thought about it.

I'm going to start with the song because I'm listening to it as I write this and something's occured to me. This is basically the stereotype of k-pop. It's so k-pop it feels like a paranoia. There's the electro in background, the high pitched voiced, the fucking weird MV. GUYS I'VE FOUND THE K-POP STEREOTYPE! 

In all seriousness, the song is actually pretty good. It's quite vintage, but still very electronic and all in all it's pretty catchy. I like it - I mean I wouldn't have it on repeat but if it came on while I was on shuffle on Youtube I wouldn't skip past it. Does that make any sense? Though the more I think about this is definitely the kind of song I could expect to grow on me.

Onto the video. Wow. What the fuck is the video about. From what I understand, they're trying to kill someone (or multiple people) like they do in cartoons. Ex. Piano falling on them, fridge falling on them, ect... 

Then mixed in with that they're playing tennis? And sometimes it's normal quality but then sometimes it goes all vintage-y. It's just really fucking weird, that's all I can say about it to be honest. 

Maybe it's because I don't understand what they're singing about, but I'm betting more for them having been on some kind of LSD when they thought up the MV.

All in all, this isn't all bad. It's pretty catchy and the production isn't too shabby. The composition is pretty good, too.

I'm giving this comeback 3,5 kimchis out of five.

What did you guys think of it?

Fighting!
M x

Drama Drinking Game: King Of High School | Dying For Drama

Annyeong!

I've decided to do another drama drinking game, simply because I'm currently obsessed with King Of High School (with my love, Seo In Guk). If you're interested in what it's about a high school guy called Lee Min Seok, who's just a normal high schooler, ice-hockey team, he usual. His older brother, who looks shockingly like him, is meant to come back from Germany, but doesn't. Min Seok gets a call in the middle of the night from his brother, asking him to go to his new job, posing as him. So basically he ends up living a double life, half high-schooler, half-successful business man.
It's hilarious and there's of course a love plot and all that kind of jazz, but this isn't a review, this is a drinking game, so let's do this.

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Take A Sip When...
Jung Yoo Ah is impossibly clingy.
Jung Soo Yeong waters her moss plant.
Han Yeong Seok yells at Kim Chang Soo.

Take 2 Sips When...
Lee Min Seok's friends act like idiots (3 if they nearly blow Min Seok's cover in the process).
Yoo Jin Woo acts like a douche towards Jung Soo Yeong.
Anyone has a flashback

Take A Shot When...
One of the three women that work with Soo Yeong flirt with Min Seok (two if they're taking it in turns).
Yoo Jin Woo's father has a go at him.
Min Seok is late (two if he gets punished by his coach).

As always, if you have a drama you'd like me to do a drinking game for then let me know in the comments!

Fighting!
M x

The Wonders That Are: K-Pop Fangirl | Dying For Drama

Annyeong!

I've done a couple of these and they always seem to go down really well with you guys so I figured I'd make another one. This time I decided to talk about k-pop fangirls because my god... This is a not something I can just make a passing point on in another post!

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Sasaeng

Basically the mega-fangirls of the k-pop world. They're basically massive stalkers and in my opinion they're the reason k-pop fans get a bad rep, because they follow idols around, even to their dorms, want to know their every move. Remember the BTS airport incident that happened in Taiwan? I bet good money that there was a majority of sasaengs. Anyway, they're the kind of fangirl that'll follow their favourite group to their dorms and that kind of thing.

The Merch Fans

These fans are pretty big fans of certain groups, and proceed to spend any money they come across on merch. Posters, t-shirts, phone cases, CDs, bags, you name it, if their favourite groups sells it, they have it.

The Silent Fans

These are quite simply the kind of fans you wouldn't even believe are fans of k-pop at all. They don't spend their time going on about it, they're just casual fans.

The Arguers 

These are the fans that will defend their bias/favourite group to the death. If you even consider saying anything about them, you are sure to die, spammed to death by a hoard of them. They're incapable of think rationally once you set them off and they kind of just see red and go mad. 

The Mothers

I've found only met of couple of these kind of fans, but it's basically the kind of fan that aren't 'in love' with their favourite idols, but they consider them like their children and care about them in a motherly way. It's both adorable and messed up in equal measures.

The Closeted Fans

We started one extreme and finished with another. These are the kind of fans who don't openly admit they're fans of k-pop, out of fear of being criticised or mocked, but they can't help but fangirl a bit when they see a comeback or a new variety show episode.

I hope you enjoyed this post! I really enjoy these kinds of posts and I find them really amusing to write. Let me know if you'd like me to write more of these then let me know, and also let me know about what you'd like me to talk about. Also, have I missed any out? Let me know all that in the comments.

Fighting!

M x

EXO 'LOTTO' MV Review | Dying For Drama

Annyeong!

EXO came back again! I was really intrigued after having seen a few things about it on Twitter, but they were generally from EXO-Ls so I decided to have a listen myself to see what I thought about it.

The song in itself is very different to anything EXO's released from what I've heard from them, in any case. It's a very RnB type beat instead of their funk/hip-hop type that they usually do. The song is basically about how they're really rich and don't need money so they spend it on champagne, women and gambling which to be totally honest disappointed me because it's quite a superficial concept, but then on the other hand I do like because you don't always need to be talking about something really deep and serious. There's a lot of criticism about this song as they were rather heavy-handed with the autotune and you really can hear it (right from the start it sounds very warbly and robotic - a telltale sign that autotune's been used). I was disappointed when I heard that they had used autotune, especially to the point where it was so noticeable, since EXO have nice voices to begin with (at least, I think? It's making me doubt every song of theirs I've ever listened to). I actually think it would have sounded better without the autotune but it's too late now, though I have to admit that it does give a nice and rather different effect to what it would be if they were to not have used autotune. 

The MV is pretty straightforward for the most part. They're spending money, gambling, partying, being rich lil' shits as you do. Then there are other shots where there's a girl running and a wolf and then one of them (I think it's Chanyeol?) picks her up and they drive away but get caught and arrested by the police and to be honest those parts I didn't really understand at first, but from reading the comments I've kind of figured out that it's because they were running the gambling rings like illegal cock fighting (as soon as I saw that I knew someone was going to have a hissy fit about it) so that's why they got arrested in the end, though I still don't get who the girl is. Feel free to explain in the comments if I'm so ignorant it hurts you inside. 

As a whole, I really enjoyed this MV. Despite all the things it's been criticised for (not sounding like other EXO songs, cock fighting, autotune), I really enjoyed it and thought it deserves a lot of love because it is actually a really good, catchy song, that is, for once, different to what everyone else (or at least the groups I listen to) are releasing nowadays, which is really refreshing. 

What do you think of LOTTO? Let me know in the comments.

Fighting!

M x

The Rundown: SHINee | Dying For Drama

Annyeong!

I feel like all I've been doing recently is write reviews (all the comebacks - it's great!), so I decided to talk to you guys about a group I very much like, and whom are very reputed in the k-pop industry, and also possibly the longest haired boy group in the industry as well - SHINee!

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Name: SHINee
Debut: May 2008 - Noona, You're So Pretty
Agency: SM Entertainement

Members
Onew

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Real name: Lee Jin Ki

Age: 26 (14/12/1989)

Position: Leader, Lead Vocalist
Fun Facts: He speaks Mandarin
                  He feels shy presenting himself to people, and because of that he didn't dare audition.
                  He makes the most errors in practises.

Key

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Real name: Kim Ki Bum

Age: 24 (23/09/1991)

Position: Vocalist, Lead Rapper

Fun Facts: He has a love-hate relationship with horror stories and movies.

                  He's scared of heights.

                  He likes to water-skii.

Jonghyun

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Real name: Kim Jong Hyun

Age: 26 (8/04/1990)

Position: Main Vocalist

Fun Facts: He's the shortest in the group.

                  He speaks very quickly when he's nervous, but no one actually noticed seeing as he talks so much normally.

                  He plays guitar, bass and piano.

Minho

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Real name: Choi Min Ho

Age: 24 (9/12/1991)

Position: Main Rapper, Face Of The Group

Fun Facts: He plays football and basketball.

                  He's been a model three times. In Ha SangBaek's Fashion Show in 2008, 2008/2009 F/W Pret-A-Porter and the Busan Fashion Show in May 2008.

                  In Ha SangBaek's Fashion Show, he walked down the catwalk like a robot.

Taemin

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Real name: Lee Tae Min

Age: 23 (18/07/1993)

Position: Vocalist, Main Dancer, Maknae

Fun Facts: He plays the piano.

                  He's considered the best dancer of the group despite being the youngest.

                  He's very close to his brother, Lee Taesung and misses him a lot.

Who's your bias in SHINee? As always, let me know if there are any groups you'd like me to talk about! 

Fighting!

M x

Agust D 'Agust D' Mixtape Review | Dying For Drama

Annyeong!

Okay... *heavy breathing* you can keep calm... *heavy breathing* OKAY NO I CAN'T.

YOONGI FINALLY DROPPED HIS MIXTAPE. I CANNOT DEAL. OHHHH MY GOOOOSH.

It's okay, I'm fine. I'm good. I'm just very excited. So for those who are thinking "the fuck. Who the hell is Yoongi and why is his mixtape so exciting?"

Min Yoongi is the real name of BTS' Suga (my boyy!). For about two years now, he's been hinting about this mixtape that just never seemed to come. He tortured us and tortured us and made us wait for two long years, and then, all of a sudden about a month ago, Yoongi finally announced that he's releasing his mixtape in early August - and here it is!! He's decided to call himself Agust D (backwards it spells Dt Suga, Dt for Daegu town which is the rap group he was in before he came a trainee and Suga, well, because that's his rap name in BTS) instead of Suga which I can kind of understand seeing as he probably wants to show that it's not an extension of BTS, and more his music.

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Can we just take a second to appreciate how his mixtape cover looks like an Instagram edit?

The mixtape has 10 songs:

1. Intro; Dt sugA (feat. DJ Friz)
2. Agust D
3. Give It To Me
4. Skit
5. 치리사일사팔 (724148)
6. 140503 새벽에 (140503 at dawn)
7. 마지막 (The Last)
8. Tony Montana (Feat. Yankie)
9. Interlude ; Dream, Reality
10. So Far Away (Feat. 수란 (SURAN))

And here's what I thought of them:

  1 - Really catchy beat. It's only short seeing as it's the mixtape's intro but gives a good taste of what's to come.

  2 - The title song of the mixtape and oohh lordy is it worth it! It’s incredible. The production is gorgeous and you can tell he’s put a lot of work into it. The lyrics are really well placed and it’s just generally a bloody great song. It’s hard-hitting and when you actually read the lyrics it’s even better. See the MV here.

  3 - This is quite different to the other songs. At first, there's just a very distorted violin, think drunk guy playing the violin. It's very catchy in any case like almost all of the songs on this mixtape, really.

  4 - Even though it's in Korean I found the translation and it's basically Yoongi talking to his brother at a cafe about the mixtape and how thankful he is for having his brother supporting him all this time.

  5 - The beat to this reminds me of 50s style ad music at the chorus which made me chuckle a bit. As for the actual song, I really like it, there's nothing particularly incredible to it but it's cool to hear him just spit some rhymes. 

  6 - This sounds basically like the previous song without the double bass (I'm guessing it's a double bass).

  7 - THIS TRACK BROKE MY HEART. I have no idea what he's saying (I prefer it that way when I listen to k-pop) but you can just hear the pain in his voice and it broke my heart. It starts and sounds like a usual hip-hop song, then it kind of all goes batshit and the beat gets insanely intense and Yoongi's rapping like his life depends on it and it's amazing! It's probably one of my favourite tracks on the mixtape. You can hear all the emotions in his voice and it's truely beautiful.

  8 - I didn't like this song as much as the others. It's got a weird feel to it that I can't quite place. It's a good song, there's no doubting that, but it just wasn't really to my taste. It sounded a bit too white-washed for my tastes.

  9 - I'm not really sure what to think about this song. There's no actual lyrics to it, just Yoongi saying "dream" at regular intervals. It's very much based on the composition and the instruments of the song.

  10 - And to finish up the whole thing, this beautiful song. I think he did really well to add Suran to sing the chorus. It adds a certain softness that wouldn't necessarily have otherwise. It's very different to anything else in the mixtape, but in a good way. It's a lot more gentle, rather than the harshness the other tracks had in the forefront of the tracks.

All in all, I'm so happy with this mixtape. It really was worth the wait! One thing that stood out for me in this whole thing is that none of the songs sound the same. They're all unique in themselves.

I'm going to give this mixtape 5 kimchis out of 5. *waves wand in an overly enthusiastic manner*

Fighting!
M x

VIXX 'Fantasy' MV Review | Dying For Drama

Annyeong!

I can hear a sharp intake of breath from any regular readers from here! *laughs at own shitty joke*

Right, okay so when I heard that VIXX had their comeback, I was apprehensive. I decided to listen to it despite my distaste for Dynamite, because like I'd said in that other review, I really enjoy the other things VIXX had released in the past. So with an open mind and heart, I listened and I'm going to tell you what I thought of it.

So for the entirety of the intro and the first verse I was like “oh shit I’m not going to enjoy this, I can feel it. It’s got that very disjointed and badly put together feel that Dynamite had but then the bridge came and I started to eat my words, slowly but surely. By the chorus I had taken back everything I had said. The chorus sweeps you off your feet and totally takes you by surprise. The vocals are on point on and the beats combine beautifully. The first chorus is short enough for it to give you a taste of what to look forward to later on in the song.

I definitely prefer the chorus to the verses. They’re a lot more dramatic and powerful and even technically I much prefer the choruses.

Also, can we talk about Ravi for a sec?! What happened?! Not only does his white hair make him look hot as fuck and suit him to no end, but that rap verse was just amazing! 

Onto the MV. I’m glad to see that they’ve taken the dark concept, that’s something that really drew me to VIXX in the beginning is that they have such a dark and eery concept as a group, not just for certain comebacks. But is it just me that feels like we don’t see a lot of Hongbin in this comeback?

Cinematographically, this MV is beautiful. You can tell that the shots are really thought out and well planned. I love the choreography. It’s very crisp and follows the music really well.

In all, I was very very pleasantly surprised for this comeback. It's everything you hope for in a VIXX song and MV and it makes me happy inside.

I'm giving 'Fantasy' 4 kimchis out of 5 simply because of the verses.

What did you think of this comeback? If you have any comebacks or songs in general you'd like me to review then let me know in the comments and your wish shall be my command.

Fighting!
M x

B.A.P 'That's My Jam' MV Review | Dying For Drama

Annyeong!

Today I am reviewing a group that I don't tend to listen to, B.A.P. Not that I have anything against them, the music I has previously listened to from them just wasn't my style. Nonetheless, when I saw that they released their comeback I decided to have a little listen and here's what I thought.

As always, I shall start with the song (do I really need to say it again? It's always the same!). What with the crap Korean humans (and non-Korean humans, come to think of it), I'm getting rather unenthused about comebacks nowadays, but, B.A.P managed to happily surprise me, very much so, in fact. The song is different to every other boy band at the moment, I can't place how, it's very upbeat and dancy, but when I listen to this song, I don't feel like I've already heard 20 versions of it. It's very original, let's just say, not to mention fucking catchy *sings* Yeah! That's my jam, nanana nanana party!" 

MV is interesting and pretty funny, though it doesn't seem like it has much of a plot, it's quite simply just the members are on different kinds of TV channels (music channel, discovery channel, action film channel, ect). It's fun and they all seem mad which I like.

Really enjoyed this and I, for once, have nothing to say about it. Their look is great, the MV is interesting and funny and pretty creative and the song is fucking catchy. I'm not sure what the concept is, but to be honest I don't really mind that. This is probably the most boring review I've ever written, and definitely the shortest.

I'm giving 'That's My Jam' 5 kimchis out of 5, which makes it the first ever song that makes it to 5 kimchis! (Meagre congratulations, really but oh well). 

What do you think of their comeback?

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Before I lose you guys completely, I just wanted to warn you that for the next couple of weeks I'm going to be posting twice a week instead of just once. There's be a post on Wednesday and Sunday because there are a heck of a lot of comebacks that I'd like to review.

Fighting!

M x

Anime For Beginners | Dying For Drama

Annyeong!

*Sigh*... You know how I'd said that I couldn't get into anime? Well, I guess I can eat my words. I, for once, remember what got me into anime. A friend of mine shared a clip of "Prison School" and I'd found it really funny. It didn't really register at first but then later on I thought about it again and decided to give it a watch. I spoke to my friend Gaelle and she recommended a few to me, and now I've decided to recommend a few of the best animes for beginners.

Prison School

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This is set in an all girl's school that has just started accepting boys. Thousands of applicants tried their luck... and only 5 boys are accepted. Being teenage boys surrounded by a thousand girls, well, they got rather interested in the female anatomy. They get caught trying to look into the girl's bathroom, and get thrown into the school's prison (yes, they have a prison in the school, as you do) by the Underground Student Council (USC). They get forced to do manual work around the school, with these rules: if you try and escape once, you will get an extra month in prison; if you try a second time to escape, you'll get 3 extra months of prison; and if you try a third time, you'll be expelled. This is very much a comedy anime and even though some of the subplots are quite dark, most of it is generally very funny, though you really have to get into the mindset to get the humour. (Also, lots of tits and sex-related things - faint hearts are not encouraged).

Death Note

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This is basically just the holy grail of all anime, in my opinion. It's something that you just quite simply have to watch at one point or another in your anime watching career. It's about a guy called Light (blondie on the right) who finds a special notebook called a Death Note, that originally belonged to Ryuk (creepy creeps von red-eyes in the middle), a god of death. The basic concept of a death note is that you can kill people with it - I know, hear me out - only the person who owns the death note (so, now, since Light has picked it up it belongs to him) can write a name in the death note and the person will die of a heart attack. Then he can decide when, how and in what circumstances. It explains it better in the actual anime or the scans but that's the basic concept of how a Death Note works. Oh and he's also followed around by Ryuk - there are loads of other rules but I won't spoil everything. When Light finds it, he decides to rid the world of evil by killing all the criminals and goes on a massive killing spree, but then Interpol gets involved and decide to try and find him and stop him, but, Light is really fucking clever so it's really hard to find him, so they decide to enlist the help of L (hottie on the left), a brilliant detective who has never revealed his identity until now. You really have to concentrate to follow what's going on but it's really funny and interesting and great and yeah, you're welcome.
If you're less inclined to watch it because Ryuk looks creepy as fuck, let me reassure you that he's the comic relief of the whole thing - I'm not even joking.

Mew Mew Power/Tokyo Mew Mew

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Complete change of type here! Well, I mean, it's still very alternative, other dimension kind of thing, but it's a lot more kawaii than the two others. This was my first ever anime that I watched when I was a kid (not even realising it was anime - I just thought it was a weird cartoon) and started watching it again recently.
It's about when weird aliens try to invade earth and fuck shit up, but the Mew Mew Girls (who represent different animals, I think it's wolf (purple), fish (bright green), cat (pink), monkey (yellow) and a bird (turquoise)) battle them to save the earth. There are different other sub-plots to it but that's basically what it's about and it's really cute and nice and not as intense as the other two.

What are your favourite animes? I'm currently looking for recommendations so if ever you have anything that you like let me know!

Fighting!
M x

HyunA "How's This" MV Review | Dying For Drama

Annyeong! 

Today I have another review for you from the sexual beacon that is HyunA. I had been looking forward to seeing what she was going to be presenting to us after the disbandment of 4Minute, and also after Roll Deep, so as soon as heard it was out, I immediately has a listen and I wanted to let you know what I think. As usual, I’ll start with the song.

I honestly didn’t know what to expect for this comeback, so all I could really do is hold my breath and see. 

It’s a very upbeat, summer time song that’s pretty easy to listen to. It’s not the best song in the world. There’s nothing particularly original or different to it. Let’s just say that everything about it is, from the song to the MV, is white washed. It sounds like any other shitty pop song that’s on the radio at the moment, just in Korean, which I’m disappointed about because I really was hoping for something a bit more original and creative from HyunA, but alas, no. 

Half expect the rest of 4Minute to come out sooner or later (I don't know if that's because there's a very 4Min vibe or because I'm still in mourning)

The MV is nothing you haven’t already seen before, either. People dancing around, looking sexy, loads of strange outfits, you know, the usual box MV kind of thing.

All in all, I think HyunA could’ve done better. It’s pretty poor and I don’t feel like there’s much effort gone into it. It feels like they’ve just slapped it all together. 

I’m going to give ‘How’s This’ a 2,5 kimchis out of 5.

What do you think of ‘How’s This’? Let me know in the comments. 

Fighting!

M x

Drama Drinking Game: Hello Monster | Dying For Drama

Annyeong!

I don't know where I got this idea from, but it's happened, so it's now a thing, let's do this.

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Basically, the concept is really easy; you watch a drama, and if something happens that's on that drama, you have to drink. I mean, this doesn't necessarily have to be a drinking game, you can transform it into any game you want. For example, it could be a fitness game or just random game where you have dares or something like that. I just like the idea of making it a drinking game.

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(I couldn't not add this!)

Take A Sip When...

Lee Hyun talks down to someone (two if it's Cha Ji An).

They visit a crime scene.

Cha Ji An's aunt is featured (two if she's giving Cha Ji An food).

Take 2 Sips When...

There's an obvious moment Lee Hyun could tell Min the truth but doesn't.

Team Leader has absolutely no authority on anyone ever (two if they just act like he isn't there).

The Planning Director is shown (three is she's with Lee Hyun).

Take A Shot When...

Lee Jun Ho is creepy as fuck.

The whole team is struggling over a case.

Cha Ji An's apartment is messy (two if Lee Hyun is there either cooking or cleaning it).
Lee Hyun makes someone angry (two if it's Cha Ji An, three if it's Son Myeong Woo (Sunbae Son).

That's all for this time, it's actually harder than you'd think to come up with these kinds of things! Let me know in the comments if there are any other dramas you'd like me to watch and make drinking games for!

Fighting!

M x

NCT 127 "Firetruck" MV Review | Dying For Drama

Annyeong!

Today I want to talk about the new group (well, I think they're new, I'm so confused about who's coming and going now that I'm kind of like 'meh, fuck it'), NCT 127.

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Bit of a backstory to explain what the hell this group is about: the concept of NCT is that it's a group with an unlimited number of members, divided into multiple sub-units based in different cities worldwide (if you ask me this is going to get more and more complicated, I can feel it coming!).
So far there are two Seoul-based units; the six-membered NCT U and the seven-membered NCT 127.

NCT U debuted in April this year with 'The 7th Sense' (the one that brought this group to my attention) and 'Without You'. They're the main unit of the group.
NCT 127 also debuted in April this year with Firetruck (the song I'm going to be reviewing).
There's a unit that's scheduled for Tokyo, Beijing, and Shanghai. (Thank you Wikipedia, I owe you one).

They came to my attention, I can't remember how, or when, for that matter, but it was with the "The 7th Sense". I'd heard on Twitter about NCT 127, and decided to have a listen to 'Firetruck'.

Anyway! I'm getting so bloody sidetracked; I listened to their song and wanted to share my thoughts on this about what I thought about it.

As usual, I'm going to start with the song (and pretend I know anything about music other than "it sounds good").

The song is good, very catchy and I really like it, I really like the drums and how they mix the melody.
Though I have to say that at times they do sound like they've been kicked in the balls.

I have nothing more to say about the song, to be honest. It's good, and I like it, but it's nothing special.

On to the MV, it's basically a mix between a story of a girl growing up and them dancing. The choreo's very good, though, I really like the way it works with the music.

However, if I've said it once, I've said it a million times - K-Pop MV directors, PLEASE STOP THE JUMP CUTS AND THE LIGHTS! It's enough to give you an epileptic fit!! It's unnecessary and doesn't make the video look any better.

Another thing - I have a theory about this MV; the stylist and the director did LSD before shooting. Just throwing that out there.

On a whole, this is a pretty good MV, nothing "omfg what that's so cool what this is amazing", but it's not as bad as some things.

I'm going to give Firetruck 3 kimchis out of 5.

What do you think of this group/concept? Let me know in the comments and we can chat. And, as always, if there's any specific reviews or posts you'd like me to do, then comment or DM me and your wish shall be my command.

Fighting!
M x

The Wonders That Are: K-Pop Groups | Dying For Drama

Annyeong!

When I first started getting into k-pop, one thing that confused me the most is the whole “positions” thing. It confused me profoundly for a while until my friend finally explained it to me, so I thought I would help some of the k-pop newbs (is that a word?) who are just as confused as I once was. 

I’m going to take you guys through the various positions members of a k-pop group occupy.

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Leader

The leader of a group, in my head, is defined as “the middle man between the group and the management”. I mean, that’s not all they are, but it’s basically the biggest part of their job is to receive direction from the manager or the label and relay that to the group seeing as they are closer to the group than the manager or the label is. 

The leader is generally the eldest or one of the eldest in the group. They need to be mature and need to be able to be respected and get taken seriously by the group (though that doesn’t always happen - looking at you Sunggyu and Suho!). 

Maknae

From the eldest to the youngest, the maknae is the youngest member of the group. That’s literally it. They’re the youngest. They generally are the “cutie” of the group and is pretty much entirely responsible for the aegyo in the group - though there are some groups *looks emphatically at BTS* where they don’t need just the maknae to do aegyo!

Visual/Face Of The Group

I mean, you don’t really need my to explain this, right? It’s pretty self-explanatory, really. This is the member who’s considered the best looking or the most popular looks-wise. Also, I haven’t seen this anywhere but it’s pretty obvious, it’s also the sexiest member too.

Lead Dancer/Lead Singer

The best dancer and singer in the group. Lead dancers pull off all the best moves and generally will also do stunts like the backflips and that kind of thing. Lead singers generally do most of the singing and get the big responsibility of doing the all important “high notes” that k-pop groups bloody well love.

4D Member

This is basically just the one who doesn’t necessarily seem quite… normal. They’re basically in their own world and you don’t really dare question it (for reference see T.O.P (BigBang), Yesung (Super Junior) and Onew (SHINee)). Despite their oddness, they’re generally rather loveable and always bring light in even the most serious moments. 

I think that pretty much covers the basics, though for most groups members will have different positions at the same time. There are other types of positions but they're not quite as "official" but if you guys would like to do a post on them then let me know and your wish shall be my command. *waves magic wand excitedly*

Are there any other positions that I’ve missed? Let me know in the comments.

Fighting!

M x

Favourite Comebacks So Far - 6 Months In | Dying For Drama

Annyeong!

I am very bad and have been terrible with posting at the moment, and even though I wanted to get this up in June, that didn't happen *sob* so let's just pretend it's still June, okay?

I kind of regret starting this, and now I'm going to have to do it in December again, don't I? Lovely. Have fun.

January

4Minute - Hate

I CAN'T BELIEVE THEY'RE NOT TOGETHER ANYMORE!! *goes to sob in a corner* the last ever comeback by 4Minute. Very sad, but very good. I think this was my first comeback too *sobs even more*.

Teen Top - Warning Sign

I'd been told off many times by my friend Gaëlle for not listening to Teen Top, so I jumped at the chance to when I saw that they had had their comeback, so I had a listen to a couple of their songs and I really enjoyed them, but seeing as this is the comeback for this year so this is kind of the only relevant one.

Dal Shabet - Someone Like U

I had heard this... somewhere. Anyway, it's got a nice groovy beat to it that doesn't sound quite as generic as most of these kinds of songs do.

February 

WINNER - SENTIMENTAL

I rather like this song, despite the fact that the MV makes my head hurt. Like the harmonies and the way they've layered the voices. I think I'm going to rather like WINNER, their voices complement each other which is refreshing nowadays.

March/April

HISTORY - Queen

Love the beat and the instrumental side to this! A very refreshing song too, it doesn't sound like anything else I've listened to before.

Block B - Toy

I've already expressed my thoughts and love for "Toy" in the review I did that you can check out here. Very good, well done, Block B.

TWICE - Cheer Up

I love TWICE. They're one of the few recent girl groups I don't want to punch and tell them to toughen up and stop with the constant aegyo. Cheer Up is good. I don't quite know what it is that makes me like it so much but I do so there we are. Though it has the gift of getting stuck in my head for days on end, but hey ho.

BTS - Forever Young

Again, going to be a lazy shit and forfeit having to talk about this because I've already said them in the review. So enjoy that here. 

May
May was a slow month for comebacks...
BTS - FIRE

FIRE is... Well, it's perfection. It's everything you could want from a BTS song and MV. It's fun and lively, and you can almost feel their spirit ooze out of it and... ugh, I just love it so much. Plus, the choreo is fucking divine. It's like chocolate for your eyes. Smooth but crisp at the same time and the boys... well... hats off to them, because that choreo is fucking hard (I speak from experience) and they hit every move like champions and I'm so fucking proud of them for that. 

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U-KISS - Stalker

I accept the fact that this is a seriously generic k-pop song but I like it so tough, go ahead, judge me, I dare you.

EXO - Monster

Again! I feel like I'm totally slacking off for this post but I've already reviewed it so go and check that out because I have a lot of thoughts on this comeback - you can read that here, how lovely.

Honorable Mentions
These are typically songs that I like but not enough to consider a "favorite", and if not then they have a specific quality that made me think that they're not that bad.

Rainbow - Whoo

I'm not going to let myself like this song properly because it's such a terrible song on paper that I'd no longer have any self-respect so it got relegated to honorable mentions. 

In all seriousness, I just don't like it enough for it to have made the actual list, but enough to jump around my apartment dancing along because I'm trying to get myself into a good mood.

Taemin - Press Your Number

I feel like every single k-popper on earth is madly in love with Taemin. I really don't get the attraction but oh well. Anyway, this is the most white-washed-America-influenced song I've heard in a long time but I quite like to coolness it has to it so that's totally saved it in my opinion. A bit overdramatic, though.

Taemin - Drip Drop

Again, I swear I've heard the English version of this song on the radio. Anyway, I think Taemin has something magical in his voice that makes anything he sings immediately attractive to me because I rather like this song too. Though can someone fire whoever dressed him for the MV? He looks bloody ridiculous.

Eric Nam - Interview

Is it bad that I didn't know that Eric Nam was a singer and thought he was just an interviewer/public figure? 

Oh My Girl - Liar Liar

Despite the fact that they irritate me, the song is pretty catchy which makes up for it. 

BTOB - Remember That

What is it with every single once hip-hop group going into ballads?! Block B, BTOB, iKON - what's happening?! Anyway, the chorus is really good, it's just the verses that let it down.

Block B - A Few Years Later

Like 'Toy', I did a review of this here, but basically, despite the fact that I'm not totally in love with this song, it's really beautiful and thought it deserved a little word.

SEVENTEEN - Love Letter

I just liked the beat of this song. 

iKON - #WYD

Again, it's a sweet song but a bit too ballad-ey for my tastes still. Plus, even though the MV is impossibly cliche, it's pretty adorable so there's that.

CLC - No Oh Oh

See 'Liar Liar - Oh My Girl' (my opinion is basically the same for most of girl group songs!)

ASTRO - Breathless

I'm not the biggest fan of ASTRO, their music is a bit too cutesy for my tastes, but, like Infinite, the group in themselves, as people, I really like. I watched the MV and found it totally hilarious and I thought it was worth a mention here. I don't really like the song but the MV makes up for it entirely.

BTS - SAVE ME

I was super pumped when this MV came out. After FIRE, I was expecting something massive and epic, but as it turns out it wasn't quite as epic as that. I love the song, even though it's totally unlike anything else BTS has previously done. 

Bloody hell! That was rather long, wasn't it! What were your favorite comebacks of this year? What comebacks are you looking forward to most? 

Fighting!

M x