K-pop Wrap-up: August 2013

Here I am again for this month's K-pop wrap up. This month was a very hard month and I didn't have much time. September will probably be the same, so I won't blog that much. Still, I want to talk about the songs that were released this month (of course not all, but some of the best). I will do the same for Jpop when I get into that a bit more (it's very much H!P and ALL48 until now, and the releases are pretty exciting so I can talk about them). But back to Kpop for now. I though about not ranking them anymore but rather ordering them chronological.

05.08.
EXO - Growl

Growl is the title song for EXO's repackage version of their XOXO album. I think it's pretty cool that their first title song of this album was called Wolf and now comes Growl. Well song-wise it's totally different from Wolf. While Wolf was a strong rap-dance song, Growl is more rhytmic and slow. It shows us great vocal skills from all the members and is really catchy. The dance is also very cool and it's even more impressive that the first version of the music video was shot in one shot!!

Look at how beautiful this is!
This is now on my list of: Eventually buying if I have enough money left over/ it's such a great song but I'm not too sure about the whole album/ I WANT MONEY!!

06.08:
B.A.P. - BADMAN

B.A.P. is back with their song Batman.. err, I mean BADMAN! (What's great about being a bad man?)
The song is good. Yes, it really is. It's catchy, it's cool, it's better than their last song!! BUT it is still not as amazing as many of their other songs (like One Shot).
The chorus is AMAZING. I would really like this if it only were the chorus. Sadly there are other parts and even though they aren't actually bad, they don't really fit with the rest and don't have the epic feeling of the chorus.
Luckily the video shows the epicness:

There is some fighting, the boys look pretty interesting and the dance is really cool. The storyline is a bit unnessecary, but it's okay.

07.08:
2NE1 - Do you love me

This song is finally like their old songs again!!
It's catchy and funny and very interesting but luckily not as random as Falling in love. Everything works really good together. WIth this, 2NE1 can somehow make sure they are still one of the top groups!

The video is self-made and that's so cool!! I guess they still don't actually filmed this alone, but it's still a great idea and shows the personalities of the group so much more!!

12.08:
MBLAQ - No Love

Another repackage song.
No Love is our typical cutesy love song. I'm not too found of it, but I love MBLAQ soo I at least enjoy it. The voices are very beautiful and I like the personality everyone brings into this song, expecially through the video:

Yep, the video is really good. It shows us the fun side of MBLAQ and is way more personal than a real high quality video.

22.08:
Sunmi - 24 hours

FINALLY!! Finally we hear something from Sunmi. I'm serious, she was my favourite Wonder Girls member and I was really sad when I learnt that she wasn't in the group anymore.. Post Sunmi WG songs didn't grab me as much as the songs WITH her. For me, her voice is very special so I'm happy she still wants to sing. 24 Hours is a typical sexy JYP (Miss A etc..) but since this is the first one this year, I'm very happy. Ooookay, of course it's different from other songs, but you can hear it's from JYP..
It's very catchy and danceable so I really like it!!

The video is cool! Amazing dance and she looks awesome. The hair colour isn't my favourite, though. Oh, and she's soooo skinny.. o.O Okay, she has always been, but I hope she will gain a bit wight.

23.08:
Henry - 1-4-3 (I love you)

Another song from Henry, wow. Even though 1-4-3 (I love you) is a pretty typical K-pop song, it's cute and funny. Henry is cool!! Still, it didn't impress me THAT much (sorry Henry)..

The video only shows how Henry worked on the song and of course also on the dance that is shown most of the times.
Amber appears for a short time but it diesn't make the video that much more interesting.. Well, at least Henry is very cute.. *-*

26.08:
Teen Top - Rocking

Tenn Top always has these odd songs that I somehow like. They have these songs that I find so typical but they add something childish to it and make it very special. I also like their concepts. They always have very colourful hair and clothes (I wonder if their hair will fall out from all this dying) and that's very interesting.
This song and video isn't any different. It's funny and I really enjoy listening to it!!

The dance is sooooo GOOD!! Then there are some random fighting scenes, but the video is cool. I also really like C.A.P and L.Joe very much here.. ;)

So that's it from me. This was August!!!! xD

Henry is trapped

Henry released his first solo Album ''Trap'' on June 7th. This is the first time for a Super Junior-M member or even Super Junior member in general to release a whole solo Album.

 

 

Henry is a really talented but underrated member. Like seriously, he's SOOO underrated and there are so many people that hate him! He isn't even korean so I'm very happy he now has the chance to shine on his own now. Well, almost. In his title track ''Trap'' there are two other people we all know: Kyuhyun and Taemin. They are probably only there to help him promoting the album but as much as I like both, I somehow think it's unnecessary. Except for a few hardcore Kyuhyun and Taemin fans I don't think so many more people will buy it because of that.

 

''Trap'' begins with a beautiful piano piece, played by Henry himself (as I said before, he's pretty talented). After whispering ''I'm trapped'' the song goes on with a faster piano Piece until the beat comes and the song really starts. As a whole the song is of course a pop song but with a more  edgy sound due to the permenantly piano being played in the background and a powerful, but sad chorus. Henry's voice is made for this. He has a rather high voice but it fits so good with the sound and even his screams don't seem overdone. Taemin's voice also fits the song pretty good (he could also release a solo album.. or a sub-unit with Henry, what do you think?). Kyuhyun on the other side wasn't the best choice in my opinion. I mean, he's great and his voice is very good, but it doesn't match the Feeling. I don't know how to explain it, but I just don't care for his part so much. (It actually grew on me, but the rest is just better^^).

 

The video is okay. For Super Junior standards it's pretty good, but it's still a bit boring (I guess.. if you don't love Henry as much as I do, because he's awesome here).



 

 

The mentioned piano part.. Henry is a pro ;)

Woow, a box that actually looks like a room.. With an unreal sky.. :/ But the colours match the song..

Mocchi!!!! Why are you looking so sad??

Yeay, new location. It looks like a dance studio. But of course there's also a piano.. And a few guys are chilling there..

Showing emotions!!!

 

Guys are dancing to the piano sound.
Men in the front: What am I doing??

Oooooh, Henry being all rebellious and stepping on the piano.

Henry: I'm grown up, you know?

He's even dancing on the piano..

A Girl?? OMG, a Girl.. XP
But it's a ghost.

Henry: Here I come!!
Lol, he jumps so high.. XP

Wow he Looks really good here.. So serious and I love his eyes *-*

Henry: I'm a gangster!!
No, you're not!

Henry: Buuuuuuuuuut.. I want to be one!!!

It's getting dark here...

Men: Trying to drag Henry away
Henry: Nooo! I wanna stay here!!!

Taemin: Ayoooo.. Here I am..

Henry: Hey! Stay away from my Video!!

Henry: ...or I will kill you my sexy single lid eyes!!

Henry with an angry look now..

Henry: *throws cage* Uwaaaaah!

Taemin: Do you have a poblem??

Henry: Yes! Go away!

Taemin: Ooookay... You will be nothing without me!!

Henry: I can't..

Henry falls to the ground..

Random Girl, what are you doing here??

Henry: This necklace is the only Thing I've keft from her!! Taemin stole her from me!!

Henry: Oooooh, why is life so hard??

The Gangster Comes..

Kyu: Stop! Calm down!
He looks cooool :D (even though I don't really like his part)

Kyu: What's wrong with my part??

Henry: I don't care.. Just stay away from my video and let me be sad over the girl!!

Leaving the burning piano.. like a boss..

Kyaaaah!!

The dance with the fabric is so funny.. XP

Mature Henry is driving a car. You shouldn't drive when you're angry..

LOL.. Now they're throwing the fabric..
Taemin: Waaah, I can flyy~
Henry: I will get it.. wait, wait for it..
Kyu: *sigh* This is boring!!

Taemin: Bye, bye..
Kyu: You will see us again!!

Henry is back on the piano.. -The End-

Okay, so at least the video wasn't all typical with only dance shot and solo shots, it had lots of interesting shots where he's sad over the girl and funny shots where he Looks all angry (okay, it shouldn't be funny, I know..).
But still, it isn't the most interesting video ever. Due to the fact that I love Henry it was obviously good. *fangirl* It also had a few fail expressions wich was funny.. Oh, and the dance is awesome (I had to mention it once).
Together with the song, I think Henry's solo debut is pretty awesome!!
The whole album is very good. :D

Thanks SM for this amazing debut :D