Amazing footage. Your friend did a great job.

I went out drinking somewhere in Korea back when for a TL meetup. This made me look up lilsusie's blog post on it out of nostalgia.

Drinking in Korea is really fun. The drinking culture there is social, and the goal is to have a good time, not be all bro and get fucked up. I got fucked up anyway, though.

@OP: Does your friend have other videos? Those two were incredibly well done and I'm curious what else he's worked on.

TheKwas

Iceland372 Posts

January 30 2012 12:18 GMT

#42

Great videos. Reminds me of some great times in Hongdae (as well as some not so great nights). Korea is the best place in the world to party.

However, the fight part reminds me why i tend to hang out with Koreans rather than many foreigners in Korea. So many dickhead bros. I wish the military curfew extended to dickhead teachers who can't responsibly consume alcohol as well.

JollYRoGeR

Sweden342 Posts

January 30 2012 13:12 GMT

#43

I'd love to go Korea for a week or so.. How much should one bring for shopping, hotel and clubnights? 1,5k€? More? Are the prices comparable to any European city? I live in Stockholm where a standard 4cl drink/shot costs about 12-15€ and a beer like 5-7€.

Thanks in advance

KT s0ng

Korea (South)88 Posts

January 30 2012 13:56 GMT

#44

Ugh. This is the kind of fucked up hedonism I escaped when I came to Korea.

The magic of the Korea isn't in these videos (although I did enjoy Club Cocoon when I went). It's before all that stuff, when you are with your friends, relaxing and eating and drinking.

Fucking waygooks man.

EDIT: That aside, the video is very cool and I seem to have completely missed all the street performances whenever I've been

Zor222

United Kingdom88 Posts

January 30 2012 14:50 GMT

#45

Great videos and editing.

On January 30 2012 10:39 Chill wrote:
lol @ the fight gj english teachers bringing the US to hongdae hahaha

this video was awesome. really well shot

i went to hongdae probably a dozen times but never saw this kind of street stuff going on. looks fun

Im curious too. Was there some kind of special event going on at the time of filming? Ive also hardly ever seen the random public performances and dont know how representative the video really is in that regard.

On January 30 2012 12:15 HuK wrote:
fucking foreigners

Why cant all the trash just stay in Itaewon. Im visiting next month and if what someone else said is true about a load of foreigners migrating from Itaewon to Hongdae Im gonna be really fucking depressed.

wbirdy

Singapore335 Posts

January 30 2012 14:57 GMT

#46

was just living in Hongdae a few days ago, never saw anything epic like that... but Hongdae truly is an exciting place, missing it already ):

FractalsOnFire

Australia1756 Posts

January 30 2012 16:01 GMT

#47

Awesome video man, whats the song in the club in part 1? I recognise it but i can't quite put my finger on it. Bugging me so much.

heha

Australia425 Posts

January 30 2012 16:44 GMT

#48

On January 31 2012 01:01 FractalsOnFire wrote:
Awesome video man, whats the song in the club in part 1? I recognise it but i can't quite put my finger on it. Bugging me so much.

You're a bitch

. Went back to listen to it so I could help identify, now I'm going to be agonising about this while I sleep. Anyone?

Mawi

Sweden4365 Posts

January 30 2012 16:52 GMT

#49

Really amazing watching part 1 and loving it so far!

See.Blue

United States2673 Posts

January 30 2012 18:45 GMT

#50

Oh man one day when I have money to travel I'd love to come here. Korea is now officially on the to-go list.

MK4512

Canada938 Posts

January 30 2012 22:21 GMT

#51

On January 31 2012 01:44 heha wrote:

Show nested quote +

You're a bitch

. Went back to listen to it so I could help identify, now I'm going to be agonising about this while I sleep. Anyone?

Deadmau5 - Ghosts N stuff

Also, very cool video, I'm going to Korea in teh summer, it will be interesting to see how the video matches what I see.. Definitely hope to catch those street shows...

rotinegg

United States1719 Posts

January 30 2012 23:04 GMT

#52

On January 30 2012 10:38 Waxangel wrote:

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storytime! we want storytime!

me want storytime too!!

NeverGG

United Kingdom5399 Posts

January 30 2012 23:21 GMT

#53

On January 30 2012 22:56 KT s0ng wrote:
Ugh. This is the kind of fucked up hedonism I escaped when I came to Korea.

The magic of the Korea isn't in these videos (although I did enjoy Club Cocoon when I went). It's before all that stuff, when you are with your friends, relaxing and eating and drinking.

Fucking waygooks man.

EDIT: That aside, the video is very cool and I seem to have completely missed all the street performances whenever I've been

Um, in my experience of living here some Koreans are no better when it comes to drunken fights/shouting/puking everywhere etc. I've seen some incredibly immature drunken behavior on both sides, so it's kind of annoying to see people making blanket statements like 'Fucking waygooks man.' Not all of us 'waygooks' are the same you know.

Froadac

United States6733 Posts

January 31 2012 02:05 GMT

#54

On January 31 2012 08:21 NeverGG wrote:

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Well, stereotypes are rooted in reality. Plus, the "good" ones are much less impressivew than the type that brawls. =|

starplayer35

United States40 Posts

January 31 2012 02:05 GMT

#55

great footage

hyptonic

2155 Posts

January 31 2012 02:06 GMT

#56

Pretty insightful video...its kind of similar...yet the details are so different.

Where did you keep the camera?

ggggbabybabybaby

Canada304 Posts

January 31 2012 06:26 GMT

#57

I lived in Hongdae all this past summer. The footage your friend captured out front of Book (or 1300K) really represents the spirit of Hongdae. Guys would always be giving away free energy drinks there and I would just grab a couple of bottles of Soju and chill listening to the live music.

The fighting is really dumb but as NeverGG pointed it out it's not 100% foreigners at fault.

Also lol at the Turkish guy not getting let in the club and saying "I'm fucking Korean!". Poor guy.

Overall the video is really well done and I'm going to just send it to people in the future when they ask me what it was like.

Although a 3rd video showing Hongdae during the day would be pretty cool. Especially some footage of the free market.

Hongdae is really polarized between its daylife and nightlife but both are pretty interesting.

FractalsOnFire

Australia1756 Posts

January 31 2012 08:26 GMT

#58

On January 31 2012 07:21 MK4512 wrote:

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Deadmau5 - Ghosts N stuff

Also, very cool video, I'm going to Korea in teh summer, it will be interesting to see how the video matches what I see.. Definitely hope to catch those street shows...

Ah thanks, i knew it sounded familiar. Stupid soundhound doesn't know its dance music pfeh.

snowbird

Germany2044 Posts

January 31 2012 08:41 GMT

#59

Great job on the videos!