Korean Music Discussion - Page 1478

On July 29 2011 04:59 Kaiwa wrote:
Fuck man. I got to stop reading fan accounts of SNSD Seoul concert. I'm getting depressed here... Pretty much my entire day has been FML

On July 29 2011 04:56 Moonwrath wrote:
Dat Yoona
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On July 29 2011 06:07 Waterhaak wrote:
Today I started wondering wether I might be a little too obsessed or not, so I think it would be fun to ask you guys/girls if you feel like you are obsessed about any group and do you think it's a really bad thing or if it's okay.
I'll start; I started thinking about it after reading the fanaccount, reading it felt really weird.
Lately I have changed everything to something SNSD-related I could. I jailbroke my iphone so I can use a videowallpaper from the daum screensavers, I downloaded custom ps3 SNSD theme's, my desktop is SNSD, 70% of the music I listen to is SNSD. I'm a donor over at SSF wich is the first thing I ever donated to, I wrote a birthday message for Tiffany's birthday because she's my fav. Every night I watch about 2 hours of shows that either have SNSD in them or sometimes T-ara. Most of my time I spend searching websites that are related to kpop. This all makes me feel somewhat awkward with myself, but it isn't all bad. Since I got really into kpop I've started going to the gym alot more, atleast 8 hours a week. Instead of spending ~70hours a week gaming I hardly play 10 hours a week now. I really want to do a good job with my studies when college starts in september. So how do you guys feel about this and please share your own story so I feel less awkward.

On July 29 2011 06:07 Waterhaak wrote:
Today I started wondering wether I might be a little too obsessed or not, so I think it would be fun to ask you guys/girls if you feel like you are obsessed about any group and do you think it's a really bad thing or if it's okay.
I'll start; I started thinking about it after reading the fanaccount, reading it felt really weird.
Lately I have changed everything to something SNSD-related I could. I jailbroke my iphone so I can use a videowallpaper from the daum screensavers, I downloaded custom ps3 SNSD theme's, my desktop is SNSD, 70% of the music I listen to is SNSD. I'm a donor over at SSF wich is the first thing I ever donated to, I wrote a birthday message for Tiffany's birthday because she's my fav. Every night I watch about 2 hours of shows that either have SNSD in them or sometimes T-ara. Most of my time I spend searching websites that are related to kpop. This all makes me feel somewhat awkward with myself, but it isn't all bad. Since I got really into kpop I've started going to the gym alot more, atleast 8 hours a week. Instead of spending ~70hours a week gaming I hardly play 10 hours a week now. I really want to do a good job with my studies when college starts in september. So how do you guys feel about this and please share your own story so I feel less awkward.

On July 29 2011 06:46 TunaBarrett wrote:


After reading the first sentence i was going to agree somewhat, but after reading the hold thing...yeah thats abit too much man

On July 28 2011 12:27 DystopiaX wrote:
Yeah but can any of them actualy play instruments?

On July 29 2011 08:13 oniontaker wrote:
Take it easy with the obsession/immersion. You can get burned out really easily.
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Awesome writeup moonwrath ^^

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(*) Yuri got obsessed about playing acoustic guitar for ages.
(*) Taeyeon promised to learn the guitar and play for the Chin Chin family when she finally returns to Taeyeon's Chin Chin radio show.
(*) Jessica recently started learning piano intensively and played at concert.

(*) Tiffany's been a flautist for a long time. Pre-DC08, she was able to play the melody of ITNW in one take. Hope she's been practising.
(*) Seohyun's the best instrument player, but it's still iffy. She was about Grade 6-8 standard a few years ago. Showed little emotion in her playing, too... although I blame the Korean methods of teaching instruments where they almost crush creativity in favour of mechanical accuracy.
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Sistar's so awesome.
They've got some incredible pipes in Hyorin... and the single fastest idol in the entire country in Bora.

On July 29 2011 06:07 Waterhaak wrote:
Today I started wondering wether I might be a little too obsessed or not, so I think it would be fun to ask you guys/girls if you feel like you are obsessed about any group and do you think it's a really bad thing or if it's okay.
I'll start; I started thinking about it after reading the fanaccount, reading it felt really weird.
Lately I have changed everything to something SNSD-related I could. I jailbroke my iphone so I can use a videowallpaper from the daum screensavers, I downloaded custom ps3 SNSD theme's, my desktop is SNSD, 70% of the music I listen to is SNSD. I'm a donor over at SSF wich is the first thing I ever donated to, I wrote a birthday message for Tiffany's birthday because she's my fav. Every night I watch about 2 hours of shows that either have SNSD in them or sometimes T-ara. Most of my time I spend searching websites that are related to kpop. This all makes me feel somewhat awkward with myself, but it isn't all bad. Since I got really into kpop I've started going to the gym alot more, atleast 8 hours a week. Instead of spending ~70hours a week gaming I hardly play 10 hours a week now. I really want to do a good job with my studies when college starts in september. So how do you guys feel about this and please share your own story so I feel less awkward.

On July 29 2011 08:49 Ilikestarcraft wrote:

What is the connection between getting into kpop and going to the gym more and gaming less?

On July 29 2011 08:49 Ilikestarcraft wrote:

What is the connection between getting into kpop and going to the gym more and gaming less?

On July 29 2011 06:07 Waterhaak wrote:
Today I started wondering wether I might be a little too obsessed or not, so I think it would be fun to ask you guys/girls if you feel like you are obsessed about any group and do you think it's a really bad thing or if it's okay.
I'll start; I started thinking about it after reading the fanaccount, reading it felt really weird.
Lately I have changed everything to something SNSD-related I could. I jailbroke my iphone so I can use a videowallpaper from the daum screensavers, I downloaded custom ps3 SNSD theme's, my desktop is SNSD, 70% of the music I listen to is SNSD. I'm a donor over at SSF wich is the first thing I ever donated to, I wrote a birthday message for Tiffany's birthday because she's my fav. Every night I watch about 2 hours of shows that either have SNSD in them or sometimes T-ara. Most of my time I spend searching websites that are related to kpop. This all makes me feel somewhat awkward with myself, but it isn't all bad. Since I got really into kpop I've started going to the gym alot more, atleast 8 hours a week. Instead of spending ~70hours a week gaming I hardly play 10 hours a week now. I really want to do a good job with my studies when college starts in september. So how do you guys feel about this and please share your own story so I feel less awkward.

On July 29 2011 08:43 DystopiaX wrote:

The dude I was quoting was talking about a rock/metal SNSD subgroup, and flutes/pianos don't really work with that.
Also, obsessed with and being able to play a guitar are 2 different things...I'd be really surprised if they could take the time to learn given their schedules.

edit- also I believe Hara and Bora went head to head in a race once and Hara won.
And yeah Hyorin is amazing. Looks weird from certain angles but she can legit sing. Surprised she wasn't debuted as a solo singer cause she's got the talent for it.

On July 29 2011 09:02 W2 wrote:


I think obsession is tolerable as long as you are not harming anyone other than yourself.

On July 29 2011 09:18 oniontaker wrote:

I wasn't arguing with the instrument thing. I was just telling you the limits of what they can do.
Yuri probably won't. She likes starting things but never manages to finish them lol.

Bora and Hara have never raced head-to-head, as far as I know.
The only time they were running the same distance was during IY but they were in two separate heats, both at least ten meters ahead of the people coming in at second place.
You can't compare times in two separate races like that ._.

Lee Soo-man, chairman of S.M. Entertainment, said Wednesday (July 27) although K-pop is increasingly popular around the world, it needs a strong boost in the local market first, to further advance to the next level.

The local music market needs a new digital music distribution platform - an iTunes-like one or an entirely different one - not only to allow purchasing digital music and globally sharing music for free but to give profits to songwriters from corporate marketing and advertisement, he said.

His comments came during a conversation with Culture Minister Choung Byoung-gug, after receiving a plaque of appreciation from the Culture Ministry for accelerating the Korean Wave through K-pop promotions for the past 10 years.

S.M. Entertainment, founded by Lee, is the nation's largest entertainment agency to which K-pop idol groups like Super Junior and Girls' Generation belong.

Its concert "S.M. Town Live in Paris" in June boosted European youth's craze for K-pop.

"We're promoting idol groups through social networking sites such as YouTube and Facebook. It was important to hold concerts overseas, like the recent one in Paris. But now is the time to enhance the local market," Lee said to Choung at the minister's office in Seoul.

"The reason our singers like BoA and H.O.T. were successful in overseas markets was that we had accumulated capital in the local market before they went overseas," he said.

Lee was responding to Choung's comment that the Korean government plans to set up a space in the Korean Cultural Center in Paris to encourage European fans to enjoy K-pop.

Earlier on Friday(July 22), Lee said he would donate 1 million won (US$950) to the cultural center in appreciation for the center's cooperation in holding S.M.'s Paris concert.

To boost the local market and curb illegal downloads of music, Korea can make a new digital music platform which allows songwriters or producers to offer their new songs for free, on the condition that a corporate ad can be inserted, Lee said.

"Utilising advertisement and marketing, we can induce 100 million clicks, for example, on Girls' Generation's new song by offering it for free for two or three months after a release," Lee said.

"A high number of clicks will lead to a global exchange of K-pop, which will also lead to a virtuous circle of capital. Culture can lead the economy."

Choung noted that when he visited Paris and met with French fans of K-pop in June, he found that most of them had originally been interested in learning the Korean language.

"While they were trying to learn Korean language easily with K-pop, they fell in love with the music. Their friends, who heard K-pop was good, were starting to take Korean language lessons to know K-pop better," Choung said.

In response, Lee suggested Korea make an international hallyu school in Korea to invite and teach foreigners about Korean pop culture.

"What we have to be really careful about is that if the government organizations recklessly support poor quality hallyu concerts riding on the Korean Wave, it might give overseas fans a wrong first impression that there was nothing special about K-pop. Then, it will be very difficult to change their impression," Lee said.

Lee also hinted that S.M. Entertainment and one of Korea's leading conglomerates may team up for a new project.

"I think our company, as a leader (in the entertainment industry), should devise a new plan with a leader in business," he said.

On July 29 2011 04:56 Moonwrath wrote:
Dat Yoona