Kpop Rants

Super Show 5 is today, and I can't go. :( It's a Saturday and I'll be spending the day watching videos again. I'm not sure if I have any homework, but since when did I bother? Monday's a holiday anyway, I could do them later (probably not). I'd rather not think of anything related to studies.

I'm watching Shinee videos again, and I can't seem to find any Star King videos online. I'm sure they've been on numerous times, is the show not that popular or is there too little screen time for fans to upload? :/ Talking about varieties, 2 more months till Heechul is out, it's been way too long. Can't wait till Heenim goes back on variety :D

I have trouble finding much varieties to watch, most of the ones I find are those I stumble upon when surfing through Youtube, and lots of them don't have English Subs, and I don't understand Korean. I'm still trying to find Star King episodes. Most of the time when I can't find variety, I end up rewatching a few ones I've watched long before, or I start watching a little of other groups before I end up getting back to search for more. I'm thinking of watching Big Bang next, or EXO (but EXO also came out last year, meaning not much varieties), or Infinite, or back to DBSK again. Once again, I miss the old 5 people group :(. They could've been so much more had they not separated, but not like I can blame them for it or anything :/.

Aside from reading, I think the best way to learn a new language is by watching. In the past, my chinese improved a lot during the period I was obsessed with Taiwanese drama, and then I understood a little Jap when I was obsessed with Anime, and now Kpop, and I'm learning a few words. I should watch chinese then, since my chinese sucks, but I have no interest for the moment.

I just read a while ago that Kpop is like soft power, whatever that means, since the Hallyu wave dominated the world apparently. I actually got into kpop very late, not counting DBSK, what a regret.

DBSK and TVXQ are actually the same thing, but I think people just use 'TVXQ' more for HoMin, the two members, while DBSK is usually used to refer to the five-member group, at least that's what I believe. TVXQ are still referred to as the King of Kpop, being the ones to lead the Hallyu wave, but they're not as big as they used to be, after having a 2-year (?) hiatus at the crucial period when Hallyu wave was coming, and then when they came back as two people, not five, I think it wasn't enough to shoot back up to the top. Yes they're still good, yes they're still selling lots of albums, but no, they're not considered the best anymore. That's what I find a pity, what would've happened if they didn't split? What could have been? But they did split, into JYJ and TVXQ, both are still popular, but not as much as I think they could've been. Maybe that's just my opinion.

And then now I'm thinking about Korea's national service. Super Junior members are going to be going in and out in the next few years, so there won't be a full Super Junior until all of them are done, I think. And I hope when they're all done, they'll still be as close, and famous. And then TVXQ and JYJ too, are eventually going in too. And then after they enter their thirties, they're gonna start getting married one by one, and then start living separately, start having children, becoming more busy...I shouldn't think too far! But I wonder how the groups will be like then, would they still be together? Hopefully. And then it'll be Shinee's turn to go in, and then there'll be so much more groups in the future......I should stop here.

Taemin is actually almost exactly ten years younger than Heechul, and they say that Taemin is an angelic version of Heechul, since they both look a lot like girls, dressed up as girls etc. The difference is that Heechul is 'proud' of it, while Taemin is 'embarrased', since he wants to be more manly. To confess, I didn't actually watch very recent videos of Taemin, but I heard he transformed into TaeMAN, so he must be happy. Or is it just his hair? Talking about hair, when Heechul is discharged from National service, how would he look like without his hair? :O Anyways, apparently bothe Heechul and Taemin had troubles going into the guys toilet before, due to their girly looks, that must be sad. It's like, a girl walking into girls toilet and thought of as a guy...And it's funny how no one ever actually compliments Heechul on variety, it's more like he compliments himself too much, and it's funny. Taemin is quite the opposite, always getting called cute no matter what he does, and then getting picked up so easily by others. I just watched some videos on Star King and Taemin gets picked up, like literally carried, by Kang Hodong, and then Minho carried him with one arm, then some macho-guy-wrestler, instead of attacking Taemin like he was supposed to, just grabbed Taemin and put him on his shoulder. Taemin must be too cute to resist.

I'm ending here, this post is way too long. Ja, until next time!