Tuesday, September 30, 2014

S8NE?

8:14 AM Posted by Unknown No comments
                There was DBSK, then JYJ and TVXQ. There was OT15, then Hangeng went out. The famous OT11 just lost their galaxy and their lovely deer. Now what? The ice princess melting away into another palace? Sure, when I first arrived into the SONE fandom Jessica wasn't the first person to attract me nor was she up my bias list in the group but nonetheless she was a member and everybody acknowledges that. Sure, she has a lot of haters here and there; a lot doesn't really find her attitude amusing but still, she has a lot more fans up her sleeves to back her up from the haters, so why now?
                 Why so sudden that someone leaves the group without even further explanations, just that she decided to halt her promotions and that she had just started her fashion business. The heck has this to do with her business? Many idols have their won businesses but managed to stay in the group, with those groups are even hoobaes of Girl's Generation. With the things that's been happening around this year, is everything really just a partnership between them? That years of being together, years of sharing the same goal can be easily tossed about?

Let us hear what the agency has to say
                  '"Hello. This is SM Entertainment.
We are offering our position on the words posted on Jessica's Weibo today.
This coming spring, due to her personal situation, she notified us she will halt her team promotions with the release of one [more] album.
Despite Jessica's sudden notice, the agency and the Girls' Generation members tried our best and tried to figure out a way that Girls' Generation's activities can continue in the best possible direction.
However, in the midst of insufficient negotiations regarding conflicts of differences in priorities and interest, Jessica started her fashion business. Due to this, despite ongoing talks, it has come to a point where the team could not be maintained.
Thus, the agency had no choice but to pull up Girls' Generation's activities as 8 members earlier than planned, and in the midst of while working out when to announce this, Jessica had posted her words early this morning.
From here on, our agency will continue to support and manage the 8-member Girls' Generation and Jessica's individual activities."  (allkpop.com)

              For me it sounded a bit like the agency isn't even doing its best to win her heart to stay. Girl's Generation is one of their best group in the agency, how is it possible that it was too easy for them to drop her out of the team? Hadn't they already learned from the many times this kind of situation has already happened? The situation is too hazy yet. What I'm actually waiting for is a statement from the other 8 members. As a fan, I've always believed that one should learn to accept and do her best to support her idols in whatever they're doing in their lives but somehow this situation of Jessica now, I can't seem to bring myself to just stand and nod -accepting the flow of things. Isn't it too bad that I can't even do anything to make her stay? That I'm just here sitting around and reading the articles about her and then that's it?
         

             

ÉXITO

6:30 AM Posted by Unknown No comments
                                                                         Adult     Top?                                                                                        

                     Teen Top's teen no more with their newest album. Released on the 15th of September, Teen Top just proved that they were, indeed, the group suited for the embarrassing introduction -which 6/7 of them don't really understand: "we're emotional teen pop bandTeen Top!". Now that all of them are of age, settling down to a sexy-ish, matured image will be a no-trouble. (except for Ricky who is and will be a forever cutie in the eyes of Angels) And that's what they did; their new album is comprised of 6 songs, showcasing both the group's emotional side and their maturity. EXITO -the album that brought out another side to Teen Top with a powerful R&B feeling into it; the fans (expectedly?) fell right into the music. 
                   '쉽지않아' (Missing) is the album's title song which talks about the difficulty of letting go of the person you love. Ironically, despite them being able to deliver the song perfectly, the group's too inexperienced with love. (I volunteer as tribute!) 'And images of you being without me keep driving me even crazier' picking this short part of the song was already enough proof that the song is, indeed, very emotional. (Let's not even start with the music video) Following the song is '혼자 사니' (Alone) unlike Missing which expressed grief over losing a certain someone, 'Alone' is a song expressing a showing of adoration towards a girl; with lyrics such as 'Wanna plan out our future together?'. '울어' or 'Cry' is probably my favorite song in the album, showcasing the group's ability as a vocal team -from Changjo's soft voice to the rapper line's charisma, the song can move any person's heartstrings may it be a K-Pop fan or not.
                   '지독하다' (Love Is...) despite the song's sweet melody, it displays a meaning far from sweet. 'Love is...' is a song over what there is left of love when the one you're giving it to is already not there, as one line says: 'Love is so cruel'. Next song is entitled '리모콘' (Remote Control), upon reading the title you might be wondering 'Who the actual heck goes around and sing a song like this?'. Don't worry because I,too, am wondering of that. As a fan, no matter how hard I try to understand this song, I just can't. 'Just press me, my babe', wait, what?                       And lastly, this album's pride: 'Love U'. This song is composed by our one and only L.Joe. Yes, the guy Changjo meant by the person who's composition is boring -this is for you Changjo. 'I live because I am in love', the song is about how the feeling is when you're in love. The song's sweet lyrics and the members' vocals complemented well with each other.
                      Teen Top, a group that is starting to be wildly known as a group who dances, released song so unlikely of them and challenged a concept new to them. The songs go well together, they go as a group that you can't just pick out a song and manage to skip the others. The album is great as a package. It's good that in fact Stuart Hawkes praised them for it. EXITO may or may not be the best album for them, but I'm sure that the fans were glad and proud that they released this package.