Jukebox #64 어린왕자 ♥︎

Seems like even before I can write another post, the weekend is here again! Probably the posts that go up most regularly would be the weekend Jukebox posts. I don’t think I’ve missed many of these posts and they do go up every weekend.

Anyway, for this week’s review we have Super Junior Ryeowook’s The Little Prince! This song was actually rather popular, in fact it won the twitter poll two weeks in a row. I did mention that I would review songs that aren’t so popular but I guess this song (and a few other new hits) is an exception. Hehe.

I’m quite glad that Ryeowook is finally made his solo debut! I was wondering when he would make his debut since Kyuhyun already released two solo albums. It’s about time another member gets his own album. I’m expecting that Yesung would make a solo debut soon too especially since he’s discharged from the army and all. It would make perfect sense to promote him when the other members are serving their army time.

I think I’ve mentioned it countless times before that I really like ballad songs. It’s quite difficult for me to dislike a slow soothing song like this with good vocals. Haha. However with ballads, it’s rare that it’s a happy song. It’s always a little gloomy and sad. The Little Prince too is of that nature. The lyrics speak of someone hoping to have a loving relationship with someone else unfortunately isn’t able to have that kind of relationship. And uses the words of The Little Prince to comfort himself. (I didn’t read The Little Prince so I can’t comment if that’s what the book says.)

On the whole, I think the whole album is worth listening too as well. That’s the thing about solo albums, the songs really brings out and showcases the singer’s vocals. Rarely they would include songs that doesn’t suit the singer’s vocals.

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That's it for this week's song review! Do take time to head down to twitter to vote for next week's song review!

Jukebox #58 바람 ♥︎

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

It's the first Jukebox post for 2016 and we're starting it off with a seemingly popular song that won the polls two weeks in a row. I said I would write songs that receive the lower votes in the weekly poll I post up on Twitter. However, I think this song would continuously receive higher votes, therefore I just decided to review it and start the poll with two fresh new songs.

So, in the latest poll of 2015, 57 votes were collected and 88% voted for this song. I'm quite sure this singer is popular but I picked a song from the album that isn't the title song.

I would think that no matter what song Kyuhyun sings, he sounds really good. I'm just totally in love with his voice ♥ I mean who wouldn't be right? I feel this song really showcases his vocals as the range is wide and it requires him to sing from low to high.

Not only that, the title of this song means 'wind' and when listening to this song, it really lets you feel like you're sitting in a park enjoying the cool breeze. It's really a song suitable for the fall time. It's also probably a song quite suitable for Kyuhyun. I guess by now we can conclude that Kyuhyun has some kind of music style for his albums.

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That's all for the first song review of 2016! Hope you do take some time to listen to this song!
Do check out the last song review for 2015 here.

Jukebox #50 첫눈에 반했습니다 ♥︎

It's the 50th Jukebox post!! Never thought that I would end up continuing this song review series until now. It's really been quite an interesting journey and hopefully there'll be more song to review and recommend in the future.

To commemorate this special post, the song for this week is Super Junior's 첫눈에 반했습니다 (Love at First Sight)! Coincidentally it was Super Junior's 10th anniversary yesterday!

This song is part of Super Junior's 8th album Devil and it's actually sung by Super Junior T, excluding Shindong and Sungmin as they're currently serving in the army.

I can't specifically say what I like about this song. I just do. Hehe.

I think what captured my attention the most would be the lively tune of this song. It's very cute and happy. It's a tune that would just stay in your head for days. I was going around singing, "함께 갇고 싶어요" and it didn't stop for many days. I think Super Junior is versatile like that because there are many different genres of music in their albums.

The purpose of this post is to also celebrate Super Junior's 10th Anniversary! I can't believe it's been 10 years! I think I've been with them since their 5th Anniversary so it's been awhile. It's pretty cool that SM started a new label just for SJ. I don't know what exactly will come for SJ in the future but if it's mean SJ can manage their own promotions and in the future they'll be running this label and training up new Korean stars. I think that will be really cool. So far I think comparing to other groups out there, the Super Junior members each have their own individual talents and despite this, they still stick together. So if they were to train up some new people, I think those trainees will be rather all rounded. Haha just my thought.

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It's a pretty short song review but do take some time to check out this song!
Don't forget to check out last week's song review here too!

Finally, I'll be starting something new! I've created a page where you guys can suggest some songs for future song reviews! Click here to leave some of your favourite tunes! Who knows, I might feature your suggestions in the upcoming posts!

Jukebox #47 밀리언조각 ♥︎

부서진 내 마음 그대만이 모아주오

This week's song review is featuring none other than Kyuhyun's new solo track, 밀리언조각 A Million Pieces.

Call me biased but honestly I love this song! I just love how smooth his voice sounded. I guess no matter what song he sings, his voice will always sound this awesome. Hehe. 

I watched the album teasers and seriously, this guy is just so dorky. I don't know if he came up with the concept himself but the fall theme really does seem to suit him well. Plus, he looks good in the fall themed photographs and clothing. Although I still do not approve of the turtle necks.

I thought it was pretty interesting that this time round the MV had a story line and it featured another SM artiste Go Ara. Although ultimately the ending wasn't very pleasant, I'd say it suited the theme of the song since the song isn't exactly happy either. It was rather nice that they went overseas to film this MV. Kyuhyun must have made a lot from his first album sales huh. I guess he's really an uprising star now!

I just couldn't help but write a review for this song this weekend. Hehe. Totally not biased right? But at the same time this song was released when Donghae and Eunhyuk enlisted into the army. So it's pretty sad as well. Slowly we will have to watch each and every Super Junior member enlist and wait for them to be discharged. I already felt that it was strange when the other members were absent. I think it'll be more prominent when Donghae, Eunhyuk and even Siwon are absent. Plus Sungmin and Shindong who are currently serving in the army. That's like five members missing in total 0.0

I have yet to listen to the entire album (waiting for dad to get it for me from Korea) but judging from the highlight medley, I think I'll enjoy listening to this album!

That's all for this weekend's song review! Do stay tuned for next weekend's song review! 

Check out last weekend's song review here! 

Jukebox #45 Magic ♥︎

She's so mysterious. I'm delirious. 

This week's song is none other than Super Junior's Magic! Skipping the long introductions and getting right into it since I'm sure if you've been following this blog and so these weekend song reviews should be rather familiar.

Another one of those love at first listen kind of songs. I think the first time listening to this song I instantly felt like I travelled back in time to the first time I started liking Super Junior. In my head I kept going why are they so handsome and those voices, they sound so good! I think this MV reminded me of No Other's MV with a set and all. Despite the disappointing album cover.

Also, Magic was released to commemorate Super Junior's 10th anniversary on 6th November so according to some fan analysis, they said the dance moves for Magic is actually a combination of various popular Super Junior songs! Unfortunately I'm not really a dancer so I'm not able to dissect the dance moves and pinpoint exactly which dance move is from which song. But nonetheless, if it's true then it's indeed pretty cool!

Wow, I can't believe it's already been 10 years since Super Junior made their debut. They're like a sunbae group already and yet they still have many fans all over the world. I can't say if they've a large fanbase in Korea though as I've heard that it's not a large as before since fans are moving to liking other groups. But anyway, they're still my favourite group. Hehehe.

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That's all I have for this week's song review! Hope you've enjoyed listening to this song! And stay tuned for next week's song review!
Do check out last week's song review here!

Jukebox #44 The Beat Goes On ♥︎

Hello friends! It's the weekends again! That means it's time for another song review!

This week, we have D&E's The Beat Goes On!

Although the title of this album is The Beat Goes On, this song isn't the title track. The title track is 너는 나만큼 Growing Pains. However, I thought if this song was the title track, it would've been pretty cool as well. 

This song has a pretty unique style. To me, it kind of feels like it represents the styles of Donghae and Eunhyuk. Donghae sings and Eunhyuk raps so in this song, there's a good mix of both. They're really a pretty good team, compatible and they look good together. I think SM did a good thing by releasing this sub group.

Also, I'm sure most of you have heard by now that Donghae and Eunhyuk would be enlisting in the army this year. Most of the ELF wanted that to happen since they were best friends and all so like since it's really happening this way, hope that they'll enlist together and be discharged together too. I think with Kpop groups, the friendship bonds are really quite strong since they've been together for a long time.

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So that's all for this weekend's song review! I'll be back next week with more a new song to recommend!
Check out last weekend's song review here.

Variety Talk: Fluttering India ♥︎

Just last week I've finished watching the final instalment for 두근두근 인도 or Fluttering India. The season only includes 4 episodes but I thought it was pretty insightful and rather interesting in terms of it being a variety program.

Photo credit: KBS

This Variety Program featured the Kyu-line! And Suho and Sunggyu. Who knows Suho and Sunggyu might be a part of the Kyu-line after this program. Hehehe.

For those who aren't familiar with the term Kyu-line... It's basically a group that Kyu started with a few Kpop stars that supposedly resembles him. The main Kyu-line consisted of Super Junior's Kyuhyun, DBSK's Changmin, SHINee's Minho and CNBlue's Jonghyun. I think it was mentioned before that they've hung out at Kyuhyun's house and met up for meals.

So Fluttering India was aired on KBS with a total of 4 episodes. The members were supposed to work with a reporter and collect information about India. They needed to find out why Kpop wasn't popular in India and how could they enter the Indian market.

Although it was funny at parts, it was very interesting watching the members going around interviewing people and collecting information. They were really passionate about this report and for a moment they didn't seem like just Kpop stars but they were doing something well, other than dancing and singing. Not only that, viewers got to see India and learn about the Indian culture without actually being there. So actually this variety show had some sort of documentary show element to it as well. Well, since it was a KBS program, they might also be trying to promote a KBS reporters' job.

Their aim was to get on the KBS 9PM news, which I suppose is the most watched news. However, they made it on the KBS 7AM news which I thought it was quite a waste but also good since they did manage to get their story out there.

Those are the good parts about this program. However, I did read some bad things about this program, I'm not sure how true they are but it sounds pretty real to me...

As the program's main focus is for the members to find out why Kpop isn't popular in India and how they can come into the Indian market, it was rumoured that the Kpop fans that went to the airport were told not to approach, come near or take photos of the Kpop stars at the airport. These Kpop fans followed the words of the filming crew and staff because the fans were told if they didn't follow the rules, the staff would cancel the show. So the fans silently watched from a distance as the Kpop stars arrived at the airport and left, disappointed that there were no fans to welcome them.

It does make sense to me because if any evidence of fans were shown, then the entire show wouldn't have a purpose and their topic wouldn't stand. I'm sure there are fans in India (that even bothered to travel to the airport) but not as many as other countries. I think the production crew didn't want to change the script and they didn't want to film any parts again in order to retain the authenticity of emotions.

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On the whole, I still enjoyed watching all 4 episodes of this program though it was sad that Changmin didn't get to come along. Hopefully, there'll be another season to this and we'll get to see Changmin and Kyuhyun interact. I'm curious! And I'm sure you are too. Hehehe.

Daehanminguk 2014 Day 6: Experience Outside the SM Building ♥

Hey guys! Finally back with another post from my Korea Travel series!

I think I should be changing the titles to some of the previous blog posts I've written so do stay tuned for that. I've been blogging daily posts of my trip to Korea in June 2014, so if you're interested to find out what we did and where we went, do check those posts out!

So this is a continuation post from the Korea Day 6 post. I last mentioned that we arrived at the SM Building! We stayed there for roughly around 2 hours or so! I would say it was a pretty good day since we got to see so many SM artistes entering and leaving the building!

So basically we saw everyone on the list from Eunhyuk down to Shindong. It was totally worth it waiting outside the SM Building, if you ask me! I'll include a photo spam at the end of this post.

It was quite interesting how we came about to waiting around for such a long time. There was already a crowd outside the SM Building but it's nobody actually knows who's going to come or go. Everyone was just waiting aimlessly in hopes of seeing one of their favourite artistes.

I think one of the first few we saw was Eunhyuk. He left the building. After awhile we recognised a pattern. The cars that were coming to pick someone or dropping someone would park in a certain way. They parked a little crooked so that it would prevent fans from just rushing forward. So as soon as we saw a car turning in and parking at an angle, we would immediately get our phones ready and eyes peeled wide open to see who was it.

I can't remember much of the details since we didn't really do anything interesting except stand and wait around but of course, I definitely remember the moments where we saw the artistes.

Our sighting of Kangin was actually quite epic. I think we were just waiting around, I mean that's what we were doing the whole time. Then suddenly the security guy started shuffling people around, clearing the path for a car to turn in. It wasn't the usual car, it was a jeep actually. So, we were quite expectant. We were asking each other who's going to come out. So, finally someone did come out. It was quite funny because all 4 of us shouted, "KANGIN", at the same time! It was so loud that he turned around and looked at us. Hehehe. He's very handsome in real life. Seriously, so good looking!

I was really glad we got to see Kyuhyun twice. Actually thrice, counting the time after the musical 'Singing in the rain'. I wasn't expecting to see him as he still had his musical but seriously it was so coincidental that the day we were there, he didn't have any night performance. He came before the sun set and he left around 9 plus, just before we left. Hehe so glad to have seen him twice! I think at that time they were preparing for the 7th album and maybe he was preparing for his solo album as well. Hehehe I ♥ Kyu.

Donghae was really a cutie! At first we thought he had already left but I guess everyone saw wrongly. He came out and he was super friendly. He was waving to everyone and when he got into the car, he used his phone to wave to us while he was making a phone call. We couldn't see his face through the tinted glass but we saw his phone. Such a cutie!

Getting to see Chen was quite an experience as well! I don't remember what time we saw him but it was before the sunset. Yes, we stayed until the sun set. Hmm, how long did we actually stand outside the building! All of a sudden it feels like we were outside for longer than I can remember >< Anyway! Chen was leaving the building so before the car pulled up, the glass door opened and the fans standing in the front saw Chen waiting to leave the building. But because there were cars already parked in that small waiting space, Chen's car had to stop at the back and that meant Chen had to walk slightly further, giving us more time to see him. Hehe. Chen was really handsome in person! I think the other members have ranked Chen almost at the bottom when it comes to looks but really, he's super good looking in person, though somewhat short.

Every time we were thinking about leaving, some car would turn in and we would get all excited and wait a little while longer. I think that was the case for TaeTiSeo. We were already planning to leave then all of a sudden the crowd would stir and that would lead us to say, "Okay, let's stay for a little while longer". This time, it was TaeTiSeo leaving the building! So I guess it was pretty worth it staying a little while longer. What surprised us was that they're actually not very tall, the power of makeup and lighting. Tiffany and Taeyeon were actually quite petite but of course, they looked good in person just like all the other SM artistes.

That's all I can remember from that day. I think it was quite an interesting experience being able to see all the SM artistes. It's like the ideal Korea experience most fans would wish for so I'm glad that we had the chance to experience it!

Alright! The part you've been waiting for! Photo spam! The photos should be arranged in order of appearance or disappearance. Lol. Enjoy~

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Eunhyuk

Kyuhyun

Chen

Chen - 

Yes, we were that close to him!!

Chen

Donghae

Kangin

Kangin

Taeyeon

Seohyun and Tiffany

Shindong

Eunhyuk

Kyuhyun

Jukebox #28 1-4-3 ♥︎

This 28th Joomal Jukebox already! It's been 28 weeks! Wow! By now I would have recommended and talked about 28 Korean songs! Hoping that with each song recommendation, there will be more and more songs added into your playlists. Teehee.

With that, let's move on with this weekend's song recommendation. This weekend, I'll be featuring 1-4-3 by Henry!!

I like this song even more than Trap. It's a song that I like singing in the 노래방 (karaoke). I feel that Henry suits this song really well. It's just such a cute song with a cute dance, there's nothing not to like about this!

It's pretty unique how they used like 143 and 486 in the song and I remember that when the song was released, people was wondering what 486 meant since 143 represented 'I love you' as it stood for the numbers in each word. Similarly, 486 represented '사랑해 (Saranghae)' which is 'I love you' in Korean and it's the number of strokes. I think some people were wondering if there were numbers for Mandarin but up till now I'm not really sure.

If I'm not wrong, 143 was actually already released in Henry's trap album but in his repackaged album, it was the title track and it featured Amber, who did the rap part. I honestly prefer the rap Henry did instead of Amber's rap. What do you think? Eunhyuk did Henry's rap too for a special stage when Donghae and Eunhyuk performed with him. I can't find a clear video so I won't include it here but you guys can go check it out on YouTube.

Okay, so that's all I have for this weekend's song recommendation! Do check it out and feel free to let me know your thoughts in the comments!

Jukebox #19 At Gwanghwamun ♥︎

This week's song recommendation is once again a totally unbiased choice. Hahaha. As if! It's Kyuhyun! How can it be unbiased! Haha. I apologise in advance as this post might be more crazy fangirl like than usual.

By popular demand, people have suggested I wrote about this song instead of 'Rewind'. Although I'm pretty sure I'll write about 'Rewind' soon. Maybe next week? Hehe.

You probably can't imagine how shocked and excited I was when they announced Kyuhyun's solo album. I totally did not see this coming! But of course, I don't doubt Kyuhyun's ability. And I thought SM did the right thing by releasing his album only now though they were planning it for 2 years. Kyuhyun has gained popularity over the years with his musicals and made a name for himself (slightly bad name at the start) through various variety shows. I think releasing it earlier wouldn't have been as successful as releasing it now. So, probably this one rare time, I applaud you SM.

The lyrics speaks of well, a rather sad story. It speaks of someone thinking back on a past relationship. Waiting for his previous girlfriend at Gwanghwamun? Hoping that she would show up and maybe she would be standing there waiting for him.

I thought the lyrics were well written. Along with the music, it painted a really sad picture. Well I guess that's what you can expect from ballads right? I don't think I've ever heard a happy ballad. Is there a happy ballad out there? I currently can't think of any but if anyone knows of one, please let me know.

It was really another love at first listen kind of song. I think I've mentioned in other posts that there are a few songs that I've fallen in love with at the first listen. It doesn't happen often but it does happen. I decided to be like on time for once and follow Kyuhyun's solo debut (I don't usually follow the whole process; teaser, photos, highlight medley, MV). So when I checked out At Gwanghwamun's teaser video, I had already fallen in love with the song! This song is playing on replay as I'm writing this post hehehe ♥

I'm glad that his song is doing pretty well on the charts! Hehe. I think that he has a chance of topping the charts and winning. This coming week I'm hoping to hear good news. Though it's a sad song. But it's really nice. Totally worthy of first place.

So, that's all for this week's song recommendation. A little more spazzing than usual. Next week I will be writing about... Super Junior! Hehehe. Seems like once and awhile choosing songs to write about is quite refreshing. The following week, I will go back to recommending songs from my library that shuffle randomly chooses. Till then!

Jukebox #18 This is Love ♥︎

This week's song recommendation won't be something chosen randomly by iTunes shuffle. I think it would be the same for the next few weeks as well. I'm totally not being biased here. Hehehe. Though I probably am. But well, Super Junior is too awesome to not have a special feature right?

This week's song would be This is Love by Super Junior!

The lyrics of the song tells a love story. Well, don't all songs talk about love? Haha. I don't think it's meant to be a sad song but maybe a soulful one? It mostly talks about like how they've come to realise that this is what love is all about. I'm only using 'they' because Super Junior sang the song as a whole. I'm not sure if I should use 'he'. That's the confusing part about the lyrics for group songs. Are they all singing about the same person? 0.0 You see what I mean...

But I'm really glad that they no longer have a box set MV and I really like the whole beginning. Hahaha. My bias is totally showing again. Of course, I really love the dance as well! Though sadly I haven't had the time (and energy) to watch any of the live performances for this song yet. I'll be sure to do so when I have the time. It's difficult especially since weekends aren't even a proper break ><

I know it's supposed to be out in time for the weekends but it's out late again. Apologies! Nonethless, I'm so proud of Super Junior for making it this far! It's been 9 years since their debut! It's been a long time and they've worked so hard to make it where they are right now. I hope they continue to stay together for a long long time! Hehehe. 사랑해요 우리 슈퍼주니어! ♥

Alright! That's the end for this week's song recommendation! Stay tuned for next week's post on well... Super Junior! Hehehe.

토요일 Tunes #12 사랑이 멎지 않게 (Raining Spell for Love) ♥

This should be the last of the Super Junior special for the song recommendations! I've written these few song recommendations to promote and celebrate Super Junior's long awaited comeback! Hehehe. And I know I haven't been regular in posting up these song recommendations posts that are meant for Saturdays. So I'll try to be more regular and less long winded? Hehehe.

This week's song that I would like to recommend would be Super Junior's 사랑이 멎지 않게 (Raining Spell for Love) from the 7th Album MAMACITA.

This was the first song I listened to from the album other than the title track of course. I really like everything about the song! Even though the lyrics are sad so like it's a sad song. But nonetheless, the English translation for the lyrics don't come out weirdly and it surprisingly is translated well. So the meaning from the Korean lyrics isn't affected that much.

Honestly, I normally don't pay attention much to the lyrics. Then why am I focusing on the lyrics first this time? Hehehe my friend wrote the lyrics!

Pretty cool right? I'm not being biased when I say her lyrics are good. I mean it got chosen by SM right? It definitely must be good!

I was super excited and happy for her when she told me her lyrics got chosen! I knew it was a sad song but I didn't know what it would be like until I heard it when the album was released. The lyrics matched the tune and like the whole nature of the song perfectly. So I thought that was awesome!

Ryeowook even tweeted about this song with Eric Nam and they were talking about the title. Unfortunately, the title was changed by SM so Joohee doesn't know like what exactly is the reason behind it as well. She didn't write the rap part so I think Eunhyuk wrote it on his own.

I'm sure most of you would be wondering how she got like this job. My friend studied or still is studying lyric writing under a company and this company works with SM. So it's not like anyone can just send their lyrics into SM ><

So that's it for this week's song recommendation, do check out this song and the whole album if you have already done so! I'm so glad that MAMACITA has been winning 1st place on music shows. Hehehe.

Next week's song recommendation will resume it's normal style where iTunes shuffle will randomly pick the song for me. Stay tuned!

xoxo, Fid♥

토요일 Tunes #11 MAMACITA ♥

It's not really a special post but it's still somewhat special. This week, it'll be another song recommendation post featuring Super Junior!

The 7th Album 'MAMACITA'

They're finally back!! You've no idea how excited I was for their comeback and seeing them on stage again was like super awesome! Oh, how I've missed them so.

Moving on!

The title song track of the album, MAMACITA (AYAYA), was surprisingly good! I actually really like it. It's not that I'm doubting Super Junior or their abilities but like I've been following their comebacks, songs and albums closely and I'm sure most ELF would agree that SJ needs more love and care from SM. But with their recent comeback, I'm quite pleased with how it turned out. And I do not dislike any song in the album.

The lyrics of the song are pretty interesting! I mean it's not like any other usual love song or confession song but it's like about a couple fighting? It's almost like an angry song. Nonetheless I'm still in love with the song and their comeback! Hehehe. Oh! And I found out something interesting about the lyrics! I think there's one part where Kangin, Donghae, Leeteuk and Siwon's names were included and they sang the lines with their own names. Hehehe. Pretty cool!

I really like how they look on the stage and the choreography is awesome too! It's like I've not seen them on stage for such a long time that it's just so awesome seeing them again. Plus the MV was quite interesting! I was wondering whether SM would do something different or have them do the usual box set MV. I was so happy it somewhat had a story line but at the same time it had Super Junior's own style. It seems like they enjoy dressing up and doing strange things. Hahaha. I totally love it that they're so entertaining. Hahaha.

So, if you haven't heard MAMACITA and the other songs in the album, please do check it out! I can't wait to get my hands on a physical copy of the album! Hehehe.

Apologises for the delay in publishing this post! There'll be a song recommendation post every week but sometimes it takes me some time to churn something out and therefore the delay. It's hard to keep to a schedule sometimes >< Next week's will be another Super Junior special song recommendation! Keep a lookout for it! And if you've liked reading this, click the like button at the bottom! Hehehe.

xoxo, Fid♥

토요일 Tunes #10 Super Junior Special ♥

This week, we'll have another special song recommendation to celebrate...

Super Junior's 7th album MAMACITA!

We'll continue with the usual random song recommendations next week! Hehehe. But first, let's get on with this week's songs!

It's Super Junior's 8th year of being in the industry and they've released 6 full albums, countless mini albums and singles. So once again choosing an ultimate favourite song was difficult!

Just like the week before, I've asked some of my ELF friends to help me by giving me their top favourite Suju song, the reason why it's their favourite song and their other favourite Suju songs. Amanda and Dru didn't seem to have that much of a problem choosing as compared to Vaneh and I.

And I choose these friends cos I got to know them cos of Super Junior! Hehehe. And of course, we are still close friends now! Not only that, Amanda was the person who designed this lovely blog skin ^^ can never credit her enough! So that's why this week's special will be featuring them!

Let's begin!

#1 Sorry Sorry

내가 미쳐 미쳐 baby

Dru chose this one! She said, "It's the first song I heard and gahhhhhh I love the dance and that whole album and Hyuk's hair."

I think this was around the same time I found out about Super Junior. My sister introduced SHINee to me first and we both got into Kpop that way. Super Junior was promoting Sorry Sorry at that time and little did we know that that would be the start of our fangirl life. I never liked any other group more than Suju after watching them in concert. Totally can't wait for SS6! I got to know Dru cos of Super Junior as well! That's a whole new story!

Back to talking about the song! I really liked Sorry Sorry! I mean it was so catchy and like the song that made Suju internationally known! It's super catchy and I think anyone can listen to it since well children here probably won't understand the Korean lyrics anyway. The lyrics are talking about well apologising for falling for a woman or like falling under a spell and being totally attracted to her, something like that. It's kind of random and the lyrics are repeated.

I think most people know Super Junior for this song and the dance moves. It'll forever remain a classic.

So here Dru's list of favourite Suju songs with reasons:
Marry U (IT'S SJ-ELF THEME SONG)
Why I like you (I love the dance and Hyuk in it)
It's you (My favourite MV!! And the song is just so ♥ I cannot even explain)
Spy (Cause I think it's an adorable tune and I love the whole spy 007 concept)

She definitely put quite a lot of thought into those reasons and you can probably tell who her favourite member is just from her reasons!

#2 해바라기 (Sunflower)

휘파람 불며 하나 둘 셋

This song was chosen by Amanda! She said, "It's my favourite genre and it's happy and Donghae's voice sounds so sweeeeeet. Also it's a super underrated song of SJ. Not many people pay attention to it! The lyrics were also really cute."

I have to agree with her! The lyrics are really cute! It's like a simple but cute love story. I like how they referred to the guy as a sunflower. It's a good use of imagery. I can totally imagine Suju dressed up as sunflowers and following a girl around. That would make a totally cute MV wouldn't it?

I also agree that this song is one of those that people just overlook. So since it's included in this song recommendation post, please check it out! :> Actually the songs in this Mr Simple album are pretty good so check them all out!

Her other favourite Suju songs: Sorry sorry, 너라고 (It's You), Superman, 여행 (A Short Journey), 너로부터 (From U).

#3 너라고 (It's You)

다른 사람 필요 없어 난 그냥 너라고

This is Vaneh's choice! What she had to say about the song, "Hands down the best performance song of SJ. Great choreography! And the mv was awesome too, one of the first MVs to do a one-take before Growl popularised it"

Honestly, I like this song but it's not one of my favourites. I've no idea why either. It just doesn't click well with me somehow. I mean at the time when it was released, I was singing to it and I watched the MV many times but I don't quite fancy listening to it as often as the other songs. I mean everyone's like that though, you'll like some and just not like some. I think this was the first comeback I saw after getting to know Super Junior. And Kibum was still around for this album.

Just like the MV, the lyrics tell a sad tale. It's just basically saying that there can be nobody else but the person he has fallen for. Which also explains the title, It's You. I really like the part of the song where they go, "Tick tick" cos it's kind of cute. Hehe.

Favourite songs: Spy, 둘이 (You & I), 어느새 우린 (Good Friends), 아주 먼 옛날 (Song For You).

#4 너로부터 (From U)

늘 고맙고 사랑한다

This is my favourite song! It was a tough fight between this song and 너 같은 사람 또 없어 (No Other). I think these 2 songs would be my ultimate top favourites plus a few others like Loving You and 无所谓 (My Love For You). But it's actually really difficult to decide, I love so many of their songs! Too many ><

I really like 너로부터 (From U) because it was a song written for ELF. I heard it for the first time during a VCR I think in SS3 before it was released as an official song in the 6th album. It was the composer who sang it in the VCR and it sounded even better when they sang it themselves. I really love the lyrics as well! I mean it's a song that ELF can relate to so of course we would find the lyrics meaningful.

I really love the live performances for this song. The dance is just awesome!! It's like so cute and so Super Junior! Totally reflects their style. And if I'm not wrong, it was the album just before Leeteuk left for the army. And yes, I hope they'll perform this at Super Show 6, it's my dream to hear and watch this song live.

My other favourite Super Junior songs: 너 같은 사람 또 없어 (No Other), Loving You, Blue Tomorrow, 无所谓 (My Love For You), Superman, Spy, Walkin', Shining Star, Marry U, 둘이 (You & I), Listen to You, 아직도 난 (Still You), etc. I could add more songs since I'm the one writing this post and I didn't want to trouble my friends to give me their full favourite list so I asked them for at least 5 favourites. Hehehe.

That wraps up this week's song recommendation. It's a day late though! ><
Please do check out the songs listed in this post! I promise you wouldn't regret it! ♥

xoxo, Fid♥

토요일Tunes #3 아직도 난

Kpop. Shuffle. Play.

iTunes shuffle chose this song! 아직도 난 (Still You) by Super Junior's Donghae and Eunhyuk!

I remembered listening to this song much later after it was released. I'm not the most punctual fangirl out there. It usually takes me days or weeks even to check something out. Even if it's like songs by my favourite groups like Super Junior, EXO and SHINee. But anyhow, when I heard this song, I loved it! It's one of those love at first listen songs. There ain't many of those kind of songs for me. This song was also the background song for my blog for many many weeks. 

I loved how this MV was filmed in London. And these two guys with matching scarfs looking so classy walking down the street. I like the vintage and yet modern feel of this video. It doesn't really feel like a tourism video although they do make use of the architecture, buildings and some of the classic London scenes. And even using this fancy car that Donghae drives off in. I thought the video was planned carefully. I liked the dual screen viewing and then at the end they merge into one when Eunhyuk and Donghae meet.

The lyrics of the song are surprisingly sad. Here are the translated lyrics. It's about not being able to forget a past relationship and that it's still you.

Being the laggy fangirl that I am, I just found out they performed this song live. Here's a fancam of the performance.

As expected of EunHae, the dance is awesome! I always love how to they look dancing together. I think it was Donghae's solo stage during Super Show 2 that I first saw them dancing together. There's really no other ship like EunHae. Hahaha. Even in Super Show 3 they performed 'I Wanna Love You' together. I think that's when SM decided EunHae would make a successful unit group.

So here's this week's song recommendation~ Till next week~

xoxo Fid♥

토요일 Tunes #1 SJ's Walkin' ❤

Kpop. Shuffle. Play.

I use to write about songs that are either new or the song that I'm constantly listening to. I then realized that it ends up to be the same few songs or songs by groups that I really like. So I decided to choose the songs by shuffling my playlist and recommend whatever song is first. And the title of these posts, "토요일 Tunes" is basically just "Saturday Tunes" which also means that I'll recommend a song every Saturday ^^

This week, Super Junior's Walkin' was chosen.

I'm not sure how popular this song is but it's one of my favourite songs from this album! I'm not just saying this because it's a Super Junior song. Hehe. It's like I really how the song starts plus I love the tune and beat. Not only that, the lyrics are really quite encouraging as well. It's like saying that you should keep walking no matter what challenges and what difficulties you face!

You may see the lyrics and translations here ^^

Super Junior actually performed this song live I think at Super Show 4. I'm not sure if they performed it at SS5 because I didn't attend it ㅠㅠ I don't know how the stage designers did it but it was pretty cool! They had like a treadmill on the stage so the members were walking on the spot. It was really cool! 

So here's this week's song recommendation! 

Keep walking~ The end is one step away! 

xoxo, Fid♥

Kpop Song of the Week #7

In lieu of Super Junior's 8th anniversary this post was meant to be written and published earlier, this week's song of the week is of course a song by Super Junior ^^v *박수* 

Also, starting this week, if you have a song you'd like to see me talk about in these song of the week posts, leave a comment down below. It may be a song that you like or a song that you think deserves more attention ^^ Looking forward to reading your comments.

So for this week's song~ It is a Super Junior song but I don't think many people know about it or have heard it before. It's one of my favourite Super Junior songs as written in my special post for their 8th anniversary.

I did a short cover of it, so try to guess it! Although you can probably see the song title from the player.ㅋㅋ

#1 Kpop Song of the Week

Decided to start posting about my favourite song for the week. It may be an old song or a new song or it may be a song that isn't so popular ^^ There'll be a song every week! Hopefully there won't be any repeats. Haha. I'm someone who can hum the same tune and sing the same song for a few weeks in a row. It sounds annoying right? Hehe.

So, this week's song is Super Junior's 너로부터 (From U).