cereal and chopsticks: What the Wednesday: K-pop Edition

Perhaps you've heard me mention kpop on the blog before. Maybe you've heard about the Korean wave that's taking Canada, Japan, China, and America by storm. OR maybe you have no idea what I'm talking about. It's okay. Not all of us can be as cultured as others. I'm here to help.

Behold, K-pop:

So you might be asking yourself, "What the...?" That's right people. Boy bands and girl groups are alive and well here in Korea and. They. Rock. There, I said it. I'm not ashamed. I really like k-pop. I've never had a type of music, something that I could identify with. I've always bounced around, enjoying whatever hit my mood. In middle school it was country, high school it was rock, college and beyond was my bluegrass and indie. But now? Nope, still don't identify with anything. K-pop is awesome, and it's a music that is catchy. I mean really, you can't help but love these little cutesy bands. They're not border line porn music videos or bump grind stuff. They're lyrics are also a little more...er...substantial than say this or this. The girls wear almost non existent shorts and the boys wear too much make-up and I love it.

However...the music videos are, well, weird. If you want to check out an extremely amazing website that looks at the vids from a humorous and analytical viewpoint then go here. No really. Go there now. They make fun of the outfits, judge the dancing, re-enact the mini-dramas, and rate the English of the song. K-pop bands love to use English and then what they use makes no sense or they use out-dated phrases. Good times.

Here are some of my favorite videos portraying some of my favorite bands. Check out the guy with blue hair in the "Fantastic" sound. He makes me melt with that husky voice and pensive stare and blue hair and ridiculous outfits...le sigh. Boy can rock some pantaloons. Boom shaka laka.