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Annyeong people!!!! My current favorite K-drama had been ended last week (School 2015, Who Are You) and I was totally sad until I found out the new drama on its slot: I Remember You/ Hello Monster. I just watched the first two eps yesterday morning and couldn't help but got totally exciting over this new comer (aish......my life).
I really want to share about my opinion about this drama, but the bad thing is my laptop getting weird since yesterday. I couldn't access my own blog!!!! It kept getting disconnected whenever I tried to open it. I wanted to talk much about it so I felt really hopeless. Hence I'm trying another laptop then I get my blog back. Sadly all of the screen cap from the scene is still on my laptop. So I will only share my impression about this drama first (hopefully my laptop get its sense back)
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The lead are none other our cool Seo In Guk and our forever baby faced-beauty Jang Na Ra!!! I remembered read on somewhere that this drama is all about detective-police thing, so I never expect this kinda of romantic poster to come out. But, hey, this couple looked matched very well, don't u think??? I rarely watched Jang Na Ra's drama (I only watched School 2013, and I couldn't say that I really like it) so I never know she has this side on her. As for Seo In Guk, his acting in Replay 97 was almost hooked me over him.
From the picture above at very first thought that Seo In Guk's character was all about sneaky a little bit cunning man. And, also judging from the picture, I thought that Jang Na Ra would play serious officer whose really high self esteem. Later, after watching the drama u will find out that my guessing was totally wrong. Hahahahahaha
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And then BANG! I saw another poster. I told myself, yes! This kind of teaser should be there to tell the audience that this drama is all about detective and mystery. Unlike the previous one, this poster exudes more serious atmosphere (even more thrilling than the very serious 3 days' poster). People would expect some kind of throbbing scenes from unsolved mysterious case, ah, and I don't mind any gun scene ><
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Truthfully speaking, my biggest reason to get highly excited about this drama is that person in the mid. Hahahahaha, okay okay okay. But, don't hate me please, haven't I told u that my bias on EXO-K is this guy??? If not, then I just tell u now><
I have trouble on reading any synopsis. Just like, no matter how much I read the synopsis before, at the time of premiere time I would forget everything and enjoy the plot like nothing happened. It occurs frequently that I nowdays stop checking the synopsis. So, whenever the new drama comes out the very first thing I do is checking the cast, if I like them, then I will get the first few episodes, if I don't know them but I read a lot positive comments about the drama I will still watch it. Hehehehe.
As for I remember/ Hello Monster, I can't say that I like or dislike both Seo In Guk and Jang Na Ra, just I didn't find their previous works amused me so much (do not blame them though, it just about ur personal taste). So this drama sat on my grey list, I would watch it later, after I have no drama left to enjoy. But then I knew that DO Kyungsoo would play some small yet significant role it highed up into my must watch drama.
For u who doesn't know DO Kyungsoo, he is under SM Entertaiment and made his debut as an idol on very popular group: EXO on 2012. Around 2014 he made his acting debut through movie Cart, and drama on It's okay, That's love with Jo In Suk and Gong Hyo Jin. At the time It's okay, That's lve aired, movie Cart had been not released yet. So public watched his acting firstly on the drama. And the response was daebak. People who had knew EXO thought that he was an rookie actor instead of idol. Many praised him for his real and emotion showing on It's okay, That's love (not to mention he acted as an hallucination created by Jo In Sung's character). I fall again to this guy (I loved him even before he started acting!)
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Back to I remember You/ Hello Monster, I heard that Kyngsoo would play a serial murder (whoa, that suited him so much since fans awarded him a nickname: Satansoo) another difficult role considering his young age and his minimum experience. And this should tell u that it didn't matter a lot. I got goosebump watching him there.
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Screen shot scene of the very first encounter from the cast. I love how they editing the scene, it brought u back and forth from Seo In Guk's memory. Judging from the first two episodes, this drama definitely worth ur time to watch.
How about u check the long trailer urself before finally deciding whether to watch it or not??? (pssstttttt...........I watched it without any sub and I found the script was so nicely done)
Annyeoong!!!
Hello people! I dunno what kept me busy these days. This is my 3rd week in another city in East Java: Pekalongan. It's super hot here than I prefer to stand still in my hot room. No space for writting new post ;( Well, okay, it just my laziness XP.
So, let's just forget my past unproductive days (or weeks, oh whatever), today I wanna present u a review. U guys who read my past post would have heard about yukcoba.in, a website offering u to try new products then send review about ur honest opinion to them. Simply and good deal. Having chance to try a new products for free is such a pleasure for me. Thank u so much yukcoba.in!!!!!! Muach muach. :* :*
For my third review on yukcoba.in I got Himalaya Herbals Clear Complexion
Whitening Facial Wash. Yup, they called it facial wash, not soap (we will know
why soon). Somebody ever heard about Himalaya Herbal before??? Or is it me, the one who lives in cave so never know such brand exist in our world??? Well, I guess it's the second >< My very first encounter with Himalaya Herbal was when I saw JYJ Junsu carrying a lipbalm from this brand. I just, aaaaaa our oppa took good care for his lips. Actually I only took a little glimpse on the picture, but since the brand name was so unique and easy to remember I couldn't help but opened my eyes wide after saw this brand reappeared on drop list yukcoba.in. What a great coincidance that at thattime I run over my facial wash.Lucky me, I was one from two that would try this baby soon.
The product came safely to my address at 10 december 2014 (I knew, I knew, it was such long time ago). Inside the package I also found a paper told about instruction for the reviewer and deadline date. Mine was
19th December, oooppsss don't u think it was too short to review this kind of product??? With that reason, I only wrote a short effect from this facial wash on my review, but, since I've emptied a tube I think I could wrote more here >< Check this out guys....~~
Sooooo....this baby was coming from India (yeah, u read it right). I was so surprised at first, it was quite shocking that India's brand was used by a Hallyu Star like XIA (no offense feeling of course), I wish someday Indonesia's product also used by them. This Himalaya has already have long stories behind their back, originally they were a pharmacy company. Around 1936 they launched Serpina (a FACT: first anti hypertension in the world!!!!) Woahh!!!! Applause!!!!!!! They product entered Indonesia around 2013 (correct me if
I’m wrong). U can read more about himalaya
For face wash, they have 6 variants: purifying naem
face wash, purifying naem foaming face wash, clear complexion whitening face wash, gentle refreshing face wash,
gentle hydrating face wash & gentle exfoliating daily face wash.
That's what showed on their website. In real life it wasn't that pink, it was more orange in color. What their claim for this product:
What it does:
Himalaya's Clear Complexion Whitening Face Wash essentially removes dark spots, cleanses and clarifies impurities, revealing a clear, radiant and even complexion.
Key ingredients:
Pomegranate is a rich
source of polyphenols. It is reported to possess potent antioxidant and
protective benefits against free radicals generated by the environment.
Pomegranate softens, hydrates and nourishes the skin.
Saffron imparts a rich
color and is used in various skin care preparations. It effectively
moisturizes, soothes and promotes skin fairness. The crocin and crocetin
present in Saffron promote a healthy complexion and whiten skin.
Saffron is very effective in the treatment of acne, pimples, blemishes
and black spots.
Licorice is known for its skin lightening and antioxidant properties. It improves skin tone and whitens skin.
White Dammer is a rich
source of flavonoids and phenols which exhibit potent antioxidant
activity. It soothes and moisturizes damaged skin, and enhances and
whitens the complexion.
Directions for use:
Apply Clear Complexion Whitening Face Wash on a moist
face and massage. Rinse with water and pat dry. Use morning and evening
for visibly brighter, clearer and glowing skin.
Oho.....sound tempting right?? I was so impatient waiting for my package after I read the description above. my face was about dark spots everywhere ;(
Psssttt..........intermezzo!!! I wanted to show u all the product XIA used. Well, actually I wasn't sure whether the product was right, but I was so positive it was from this brand!!!! And I remember it was somehow yellow orange color, and the only lip product they had in such color was this one ><
It was HUGE!!!! Well, I knew it was 100 ml beforehand but never expecting such big tube. Yes, my bigget usual face soap only came in 50 ml, so 100 ml was such giant for me (I have no idea how big 150 ml would be). But I was very happy of course, 50 ml lasting sooooooo long for me, how many months I would spend without worrying about facial wash????? For student, the longer u need to buy ur daily neccessity, the best it goes ><
Packaging
I had told u beforehand about the package, huge! Of course it was so economic friendly (love love) but it wouldn't be ur best friend on travel. I would think more than twice to bring it along. The tube was peachy pastel with orange floral printed (Saffron?? Was that u???) I thought I wouldn't look at this product twice if I encountered it on some display store. The package was too simple and I never heard about this before.
Scent
Strong!! This was my strongest scented facial wash I've ever try!! No, No, it wasn't that kind of annoying scent. For those living in Indonesia, do u know body soap GIV??? Somehow this facial wash reminded me with that GIV scent. For those whose overly sensitive olfactory sense, this scent could sting u, but no worries gals, u would be used to it. The scent wouldn't go away even after minutes!!! Or was it only me??? ><
Performance
Okay, maybe since it wasn't "soap" so the foam was soooo minimal!!! I was so used with "facial foam" instead of "facial wash" so I found washing my face with much foam much more fun. It somehow gave me feeling like I was shooting and ads (okay, my delulu, but, which girls weren't???) Could u see pict above? With that much product it only produced a little foam. At firs I though "Aaaaaa, I used too tiny product, the more product, the more foam would come" but NOT!!! No matter how much u had on ur wet hand, the foam was still the same!!!! Hmph! So I pinched the tube twice. The first one for my cheeks and the second for my forehead and chin. I was much better that way!
How it work
Since I only tried it for 9 days, I had huge doubt about the whiteneng effect. But hey!!! my face was really became brighter!!! I mean, I was so used to my dull face that I so surprised when found out that my skin brighter than ever!! I was so freaking serious!!!! Hm, actually at first I wasn't sure whether this was due to this facial wash, or was due to my facial cream (that it could finally worked after such long time), or was due to my new toner at that tive (Etude House Wonder Pore Toner), or was due to my dilligent to clean my face. But 3-4 days after using this I confidently say so. my face wasn't get dull even hours after washed, or after having full time activity like before!!!! Then, do u know the sensation as if ur skin got pulled after washing ur face?? Nah, i nver had such sensation ever after using this!!!! Yippe!!!! Plus I could feel how soft and supple my skin, it also made my oil glands produced its secrete taking longer time (usually hours after washing face my face would start oily everywhere)>< And for
my stubborn dark spot, it faded away! Well, u still could see it, but was much more vague! my hyperpigmented acne scar usually stayed for soooooo long time XD. So nice!!
my friend even got addicted to this. So, someday she run out her usual facial wash (she had much more oily skin than me, and she used facial wash too) and she complained about how expensive her facial wash. As a nice and good friend (ehem ehem) I offered her to use mine. It was free afterall--but, even if I bought it with my own money I would still share, u know? ;) And the result? She loved it! She kept praising how it didn't break her skin out! How it controlled her stupid oil and how it leaved her skin smooth. She kept asking me to find this product online since she said she needed to have it herself. I searched everywhere but I couldn't find the one who sell it in Indonesia. Luckily when we were back to Yogyakarta I found it in my favorite mart. We hurray-ed together (I even bought another product from Himalaya)
Conclusion
Goods!
1.Bye bye dull skin!
2.Bye bye dark spot!
3.Hello radiant face!
4.Hello nice and supple skin!
5.Nice oil control! Nobody told me that this
product have great oil control! (FYI my skin is oily combination)
Doubts :
·Scent, for some people it could be annoying, but for the other they would never be disturbed. I was the second one ;)
Bads!
1.Stingy foam!!!!!!!!!!!!
2.Dunno where to get this product, well, I've found where so it shouldn't be minus from now
Will I buy it?
Yep! But I'm also so tempted to try the other variant
That's all! Should be back to my work! I have test on August, wish me luck!
Annyeong people!!!! This time I was really spent too much time out of my blog. It was more than month! Well, my last station was neurology in which it demanded the students to study super hard. Kidding. Actually it was due to so many patients hospitalized under neurology department, plus the number of people went to clinic was no joke. So whenever I arrived at my room, I got easily tempted by the bed. He he he he. I wasn't 2 or 3 days I woke up with my body felt ache, as if somebody hit me during my sleep. But then, it was all past now. I've safely passed the station and now ready to spent my (super short) holiday.
Nah, actually this past month we treated by so many new mv's. But I decided my comeback post would be about my newest haul. It's not that much actually but the amount I spent for these was quite huge ><
Ovale Facial Mask: Tomato, Himalaya Herbal Purifying Neem Mask, Shiseido Naturgo Black Mask, Viva Milk Cleanser Green Tea, Viva Face Tonic Green Tea, Etude House Precious Mineral Any Cushion W24, Etude House Beauty Shot Face Blur
Unlike my previous haul, this time I had more un-korean brand.
Etude House Precious Mineral Any Cushion W24, Etude House Beauty Shot Face Blur, Samples
Weeks ago, my friend's sister went to SK (yeah!!! She is only in her senior high yet she went there earlier than me!!! Crying river ;() Since I heard cosmetic there was much cheaper than here, so I asked her to buy some for me. And the result??? Ugh! It was much more expensive than my usual online shop! They event only gave me 4 samples for W33.000 I spent. Well, one of the sample was Wonder Pore essence. So I forgave them :)
Etude House Precious Mineral Any Cushion W24, Etude House Beauty Shot Face Blur
Cushion!!! It's so last year, but yet cosmetic company kept renew their cushion series. Etude House released their 'pearl' for their Any cushion just about a week ago. No need to thinking much I asked my friend's sister to buy this for me. What doubt me is the fact that the shade came in "W24" Whereas the pearl series came with light, natural and rosy shade. I haven't open the seal so I don't know mine is the "pearl" one or just ordinary Any Cushion. Well, I know I was way too late, this is my first ever cushion, but it 's much better than never ><
Face Blur! Have u watched the cf for this product?? It's so amazing that this product kept haunt me to purchase it. I decided to read some review about this newly released before blindly have it and most blogger loved it. Errrrgghhhh I craved it so much (though I never try it before). Finally I have chance to try it myself!!! I haven't use this but I have swatch it on my hand and the result is awesome!!! Since it holiday and it would be too waste to wear it at home, so I restrain myself from put this babe on my face. Plus, I had retinoic acid days ago and my skin still kept peel without sign to stop.
Pure Water Baobab (Moist Toner, Moisturizer, Moist Cream), Real Art Mild Cleansing Oil, Precious Mineral BB Cream Cotton Fit, Wonder Pore Tightening Essence
Some samples I got. See? I quite disappointed that I only got this few samples. Thankfully most of these were products I never tried, so it was quite pleasant for me. The highlight for the samples of course: our Wonder Pore Tightening Essence. Can't wait to try this, but I kept delayed it since it concern me. What if I liked it? What if it suits my skin??? I would go to another hunger period to save money to have the full size ><
Viva Milk Cleanser, Viva Face Tonic
Actually I also asked to buy Wonder Pore Toner 500 ml, but it seemed I didn't tell her what Wonder Pore I wanted, so she didn't buy any for me. And due to wallet shock from the price on SK, I decided to buy hell cheaper toner for me.
Viva never disappoint me, they have cheap and nice products. Usually I went for Bengkoang series, but this time I wanted to try another variant and since I love Green Tea scent so much, I had this one. For this two, I spent less than IDR10!!!! Nice deal right??? But maybe for some people the cheap price scare them. But I know for sure that product from this brand gave u the less allergic reaction compare to another local brand in Indonesia.
Shisheido Naturgo Black Mask
Shisheido, somehow this brand scare me so much to the point I wouldn't purchase any line under them. But hey, weeks ago my friend offeredme some mask and I surprised since the price is cheap (much cheaper than I expected, only IDR5!!!!). So I bought it anyways. This is peeling off type mask, I tried it for twice and still find it hard to have the good side of this.
Ovale Facial Mask Tomato
Another mask. Hahahaha, actually I wanted to have all variant of this brand. But since I remember how much I need to pay for my SK products, so I restrain myself and only buy one variant. I heard that tomato is good to erase hyperpigmentation from acne scare. Hope it will work for me.
Himalaya Herbal Purifying Neem Mask
Hahahaha, I must be get crazy over mask lately. I have only tried facial wash frov this brand before, and when I was looking for the facial wash for my friend, I found out that they had mask. I decided to go with this one (for acne prone skin) and bought the small tube. It was around IDR15.
I wake up as my usual habit around 3 AM and almost forget the right way to breath since I found an eng sub video for EXO' Call Me Baby. Hurriedly I watched it and couldn't help but to fall deeper to our EXO >< It had been long times ago confirmed that both digital pyhsical album of EXODUS would be revealed on 30 March, so this surprise really got me. Not to mention that this is the only track we couldn't listen fully after their EXOluxion ^^
U can find korea & chinese ver of this nice song here
And the subbed video here :
Korean Ver
credit to: lovekpopsubs15
Chinese Ver
credit to: lovekpopsubs
Aaaaarrrggghhhh can't wait for the music video to be released!!!!!!!!
Annyeong people!!! Who lives in Indonesia????? Who loves cosmetics??? Who loves free stuff??? I have a really good news for u guys! Indonesia's large online shop: Koreabuys is having an interesting event right now. They host a free sample kit event for 5 winner!!! Gosh! What's better than free K make up to make up ur day???? Check how to participate in this great even and grab ur chance!!!
So......for u who have no idea what Koreabuys is, I would like to give u short explanation. It's an, like I wrote above, Indonesia's large online shop providing any korean stuff. U not only can enjoy any make up heaven but also purchase ur favorite k-album, k-foods, k-fashion items and even sove electonic thing. How nice! In one website u can meet so many item to satisfy ur k-love and shopping galore. I myself have shop in this website and had really nice experience. They delivered fast, easy way to shop, nice packaging and nice customer service. I for any reason that I don't know couldn't log in to my id in this web then I message them then they provide me a solution!!! Even when I purchased my first ever BB Cream (remember my Etude House Precious Cotton Fit that always mentioned before??) from this web I've been waiting a chance to be able to shop there again ><
There will be 5 winner to win 3 kinds of trial kits from 3 brands (IOPE, Skin Food and Etude House). How? By hearing the brands I already drooled and really wish to be lucky enough to be the one of the winner ^^. For IOPE, they provide 1 Bio Essence Intensive Conditioning Special Trial Kit. It seems Koreabuys will not randomly choose the winner since the one who will have this IOPE kit is the first winner. For the second winners they have Skin Food Happy Wash Kit for 2 persons and for the third winners there will be Etude House Wonder Pore Special trial Kit also for 2 persons. Damn! That's really tempting!!! Personally I can't choose between Skin Food and Etude House. For Skin Food there will be shampoo, conditioner, body wash and facial wash in quite great amount (40g each!!!!). I remember seeing this kit on online shop and really almost buy it XP For Etude House, hem don't even ask me why I want this kit! I think I'm Etude House Lovers since almost all my make up are from this brand. I already try the Wonder Pore Toner and really love it! I really curious about how great their white clay will be and there is even the pore corrector in this kit! Even though this kit is the old ver of Wonder Pore Kit but I still have crush leave on it. And speaking about WOnder,, it reminds me so much to Wonder Group from Hyde, Jekyl and MeXD LOL. As for IOPE, well, I don't really interest in this kit since I don't even know how to use the products inside. I only that IOPE is famous with their cushion and saving money now to get it.
Finally, how to participate?? U only need to share this event on ur SNS (Facebook, twitter, instagram, blog) and don't forget to put #hashtag (@koreabuys or #koreabuys). Then write down ur wishes kit on the comment plus the url of ur SNS and blog! After the winner chosen, she /he should make review about the products in the blog or SNS. How? Quite easy, huh??? The more u share the more u get chances to be the winner! So hurry and take ur phone or computer!!!
Annyeong people!! In this cloudy noon, I would like to bring u to what happened in Seoul days or weeks ago (sorry, I don't know the exact date and have no chance to find out more ;(),,,it was......: Xia' 3rd Asia Concert in Seoul!!!!!! I really envy to those who live in South Korea especially in Seoul since they could have many chance to meet their idol (not to mention that bunch of K-make up brand!!!). at first it was ExoLuxion and now this Asia Tour Concert. Ck ck ck ck ck, I really have to save money since I must go there no matter what someday!
Well, so I found bunch of fancam about what happened in Xia's concert, but I'm a person who easily get dizzy, any unnormal motion and I will have heavy sensation on my head, and watching fancam is one taht categorized as unnormal motion since the camera keeps shaking here and there. No, I don't detest these people, instead I'm feeling very thankful for their thoughtful mind to share. If I found myself on a concert of my favorite group I would also try to capture them in camera and due to fangirling feeling, I wouldn't able to stabilize it so it would shake so much ><
Nah, I have quite nice feeling, when I feel that there will be no "official" video ver of the performance (means video recorded by the professional hence has clear and stable image) I would rush into some fancams, sacrificing my own body by heeding the dizziness, but sometime I have feel that this performance would be uploaded by the official channel, so I just wait for the official one to be uploaded. Fortunately,,,,,we can see Xia's Flower from his concert!!! Since the beginning I always wonder about what kind of performance our cutie duck will serve us.
For u who love Xia as much as I do, prepare urself for an oxygen and don't forget to tell urself the way to breath!
At first I was mistakenly watch the music video instead of the performance video, the opening is different, but who knows? The company maybe goes with different ver of music video like others have.
Then I see the lightstick and I can sit back to my comfortable position, ready to enjoy the performance .
On the screen we can see a red root spread around and getting bigger by the time.
The dancers enter the stage, one by one, already fell deep into their emotion to express the darkness of this song.
Finally we can see our Xia!!! To tell u the truth, I was scared that he will perform in black fluffy outfit (the one when he has long weird hair and face painting) since I saw the dancers all were on black. Thanks God he didn't! Instead, he was wearing red outfit, the same one in which he appeared first in the music video. Well, I don't really like it when man show his chest to much, but I think I get used to what Xia's wear since his costume stage is always that kind.
The humming takes longer time than I expected, revealing darker atmosphere and mystical vibe.The 'ting ting ting ting' sound just adding the obscure feeling. I'm ready to anything, prepare myself to any feeling that would be out, tell myself that I have to control my own emotion. It has been to long to see him perform on stage, seeing his glimpse already tickle my tears' gland ;(
The song is begun! The dance is ready to break! With his lithe hand's movement the fans and me flying into imagination about the song.
This grimace!! The one that surely his fans and I can't resist at all, we can't be helped but screaming over his charismatic gaze. Eyes that show u how hard its owner did to be able to display such charm. I'm sold. Everybody will forget that he is the cutest duck butt ever lived in the world. He is not cute at all on the stage!
That expression! I'm sold (again)!!!!!
From the beginning he opened his mouth I was like "Uh, so he didn't sing it live!" but I still love it, seeing him on the large stage like that already overwhelming me so I didn't really care.
Again!! That gaze!!! The way he effortlessly (I know it's impossible he did this 'effortlessly' it's only fruit from his countless effort from the past to reach this level of performance) dance and sing and pierce the audiences' heart (including me) is so amazing. At this moment I feel really proud to be able knowing K-Pop through him (he and the other four Shinkis)
The darkness came again, flowing like a toxic gas and hypnotizing. It's the part of when Tablo from Epik High took the rap.
And he appears!!! Haru's appa is here to support Xia for his own concert!!! He come from the sea of Xia's fans and cooly broke the mass into the stage.
I never listened to Epik High before, but seeing one of the member is here is quite fascinating me.
And what shocked me more is he did his rap part live!!!! Wait, it's impossible for the guest to sing it alive while the main didn't. Could it be??? Could it be our Xia was singing it live too from the very start??? If that was the truth, damn, he has reached another higher level of idol. The quality was not much different (if not exactly the same) from the CD, is that why I mistakenly stupidly think that he lipsynced???
After the rap, the dance breaks. The enchanting background voice galore my spirit.
I'm totally aware of my stupidity, look and listen how clear his voice!!!!
His silhoutte.
I can feel it Xia, I can fell ur heartbroken feeling. this man seriously just getting handsome more and more.
And Flower is ended. Greatly! Nicely! Awesomely! No words to say....
Seeing how much people love him make me relieved and felt happy. I sincerely wish the color of the lightstick to be red
And soon after that I realized, there were small yet clear red color on the bottom!!! I can't help but move my tears emotionally
So damn good! Good! Good! Good!!!!!
Check his performance by yourself and get ready to fall in to him <3 <3 <3 <3
I'm back people!! So, I was waiting for new teaser of Red Velvet come back passionately to the point I checked their official website (facebook, youtube, well, actually SM Town official website) every 30 minutes. But nothing new added. Then days ago I almost dropped my smart phone after seeing news on their facebook account. It was the teaser! But my imperious internet connection wouldn't let me peek the video, so I went to sleep with curiousity.
Thanks God, I was able to connect to internet and another happiness come. A music video of their pre-release single! I never heard them singing another song except Happiness and Be Natural so I was super excited!
Well, actually I planned to make review about their previous music video, but this one really can't be ignored! So I just forced my laptop to playing the video again and again until I could hardly memorized it :X
Well, no more unimportant chit chat, just check this gorgeous video!!!!
The video was opened by a dark room in which there was a girl stand inside. Guess who is she??? U can hear a girl speaks in English on the background (I bet it is Wendy's!). I dunno why but seeing that image and hearing the voice remind me of a scene from film about mentally disorder person. Or is it only me ><?
She is Seulgi! The most veteran among red Velvet in term of training period. She holds a plate of mmmmmm....spaghetti? The camera follows her, from the moment she stands like brood until she sits in a brown sofa.
Feast!!!! Yum!!! I love and hate this scene at once, since it makes me drooling like a fool XD
Turned out that Red Velvet members sit together on a set, looked like they having a dinner. U can't watch all of the faces, but from the back u can feel that they have serious expression.
Irene!!! Omona........since her predebut video on SMRookies, this is the very first time I agree with most people's comments about her: She is pretty!!!! I'm not trying to say that she is ugly or what, but I didn't find her meet my own criterias for "pretty", I couldn't feel her charm back then. She looked unearthly beauty on teaser image though and after seeing her in the music video I left dumbfounded. She looks like a noble from western country with that blonde hair and blue eyes, (well, the eyes can't be seen clearly here but on the image teaser u will know what I mean) jinjja yeoppo!!! <3 <3
The lamp above can spin actually, adding a "live" feeling for the video (since the girls only sit like statue there with empty gaze)
Wendy!! Another western princess!!! Look how nice her blonde hair curled, and her light blue eyes!! I never expect how good she is in west style since her face is so 'korean'
Seulgi walks into wastafel, leaves her members in red creepy light behind.
SM is so detailed about everything! That old mirror! Wuuaaahhhhh!!!
That kind of wastafel! The one with rust on the bottom rather than the clean one gives u old, classy feeling. I can't help but remember abandoned house that leaved by the owner for very long times.
Wendy joins inSeulgi to pose in front of the mirror. See? How nice her wavy-curly and mess fringe?
Greet the new member, Yeri!!!!! She is 99' liner, so this year she will be turn 16 (17 for korean age), damn! So young!!! I still set my opinion zero about her when they released her image teasers. So many feelings mixed, like: Can she do well in RV? Does she really fit in an already established group rather than a new group? I prefer Joy as the maknae and blah blah blah. And to tell the truth many fans felt annoyed with this addition.
But hey!! Take a closer look at this MV and u will know that Yeri isn't interference at all!! She suits RV!!! By the way,,,anybody beside me who realize that she is the only one didn't wear blue lens??? I guess they want fans to see her 'real face' before any make up intergrue. Oh, and, her lacy dress above remind me so much with what TTS wore on "Whisper" song :D
I really think that there are people who looked dashing when they close their lips, and one of them is Irene. Really,,,she better in serious expression rather than cheerful so much smile like in Happiness (this is only my opinion, regardless she is pretty of course). I wonder where this girls will go with that expression.
Wendy really can pass as western people!!! Her face doesn't look that oriental in this blonde. Her hair accessory (dunno what to called it) reminds me of Velma from Scooby Do, don't u think so??
Out of the 5, I think Joy is the one who less suit the blonde hair, though hers isn't that blonde (I see much red color in her hair), and natural eyeliner look best on her than thicker black liner like this one. Actually when I saw her first on broadcast I was really surprised since her aura so much different with any teaser released back then. On the teasers she looked serious without smile at all where all of her unnies smiled brightly. But in real stages she smiled widely and had a lot of aegyo too!! So, when I gor surprised again by her gaze in this video I just recalled her gaze on debut teaser.
U can really feel the breeze from this scene, plus, I see a loneliness from Seulgi's eyes (or only me?)
I really like this black and white scenes!!! Wendy and Joy (I don't really sure about who is on the third pict though, anybody know? She looks like Joy, but I think the costume isn't hers) move their body freely and happily. It's like showing new side of them, SM really did great job with only 'changing' the lighting.
Nah, I dunno why there are so many picts of Wend whereas my bias in RV is Joy, I think unconsciously I screened shot her picts due to her drastic yet great change in style.
Seulgi is lost! She loss her own direction under the dim red light (yeah! Let's singing f (x) Red Light!!!!)
Soon after seulgi lost, everything in the MV turns back into the beginning. Start from Yeri, when she peek into a book shelves and find a mysterious light behind.
Such dreamy beautifully image of Irene!!! Now I wouldn't mind if she is the face of the group (I find different information about this group's face. Some say it is Seulgi while other say it's Irene on that position), nevertheless all of the girls are pretty to begin ><
Out of the turn back scene, I love this the most, when the water drops back into the tap. I find it very good, though so many movie or mv has done this technique.
She reminds ve so much to Snow White. Alright alright, I know Snow White has brownie hair instead of the blonde one, but her expression, her mighty hair radiates'princessy' feel for me, and she hold apple, so it's Snow White.
Unlike Irene who gives out cold vibe, I find Joy is more warmth though her gaze doesn't say so. Maybe it's her darker blonde color than her unnies, or maybe it's her dark thick-like simple outfit, or maybe it's the yellow fruit that manipulate my mind to think so.
And finally it's back to when Seulgi standing alone in front of the window.
Closed with "Red Velvet" written on the black background scene.
Yep, we've been peek the scenes of the MV, now let's discuss it!
The Lighting
I really love the way they changing the lighting. It is the same room, but by playing with the light they able to present vary moods, like the pict above. I felt a mysterious yet unspeakable feeling right after watch it, I also get a scent of depression here :o
Bam! The scene revolved, Seulgi goes around, leaving her members in darker atmosphere on the dining table.
Then everything turns black and white, strangely this changes switch ur mood higher than another set, let u dancing freely and without any pressure.
Out of Joy's cut I like these the best! Her reddish blonde hair shows up its pink color here.
And this red light!!!! Since They named "Red Velvet" which shows Red as sexy mature side of the girls, hence they use red monochrome to pull their grown up side rather than using velvet color or any other color.
It's dark dark dark! No matter what the girls always seen with black background that doesn't even deter their radiance.
The Hair Color
As this far, everytive Red Velvet make their come back they also change their hair color. So far they've had 3 different colors since Happiness first introduced to world: dark brown ombre with 4 different bright colors (pink, tangerine, green and blue), darker brown tto balck color for Be Natural and now, blondes girls with different shade that at first could be confuse u who still have difficulty to distinguish them. I myself didn't really happy with the last color since I found Joy didn't really suit this. Later I have to acknowledge this step as very smart move to let KPop fans to pay their attention to not only their musical concept but also to their newest style, and I now find these colors very pretty!! Really, everything need to be grow first before u can start judge it >_< Plus this blonde color and the way their stylist did to them really does well. They look much more classic!
The Dance
We only bale to see the glimpse about the dance. The way this video directed is quite same like their previous video (Be Natural), some even can't distinguish Automatic with Be Natural since the scenes keep moving and in Automaticthere is even verse "Natural", which is nowhere to be found in Be Natural. But man...I love their outfit here, where they have frilly girly outfit that match very well with the dance.
They also love to tangle their hands each other. I always love to see dance in which the members keep body contact, it shows that they have stronger relationship, ah, and I can feel the warm from seeing such scene >< I feel similarity with Be Natural of their dance, except here they don't use any chair as properties.
Overall I really like this MV, I appreciate how Red Velvet able to combine a creepy scene with such love song and turn it into some eye catching video without I need to fold my eyebrow when watching it (like I have with Vixx' VoDoo). The camera smartly evolving around each member in which whenever they focus to one member, the next scene will change. They also able to have on and off for the lighting, changing its brightness intensity and u get different fell from the same set. Automatic is still like typically other of SM' MV set: inside a box, but this time the company takes step ahead addition of kitchen, dining room and mini library (well it's still inside a box so....). I don't know how to evaluate the quality since I have no idea about that stuff, but I always referred to the video size when I need to download video then asses it to have good enough quality or not. In term of music video, sometime u can get very high definition video with word "1080p" on it, but usually that type of file does really have nice image but the sound quality is too low, means I need earphone to listen the song better. That's why I prefer "720p" video more than "1080p" since it also has nice image (not as good as "1080p" though but the sound is indeed louder than the highest one. Nah,,,,,this music video of Red Velvet, with "720p" downloading, I only get around 30 mb size of the video. Should we say that SM provided us a lower video? But after I watch it, I didn't find any low quality in the video. The low size can be due to the domination of black, dark background of the video and some blurry image inside it.
Some people maybe saying this Automatic is the sexy side of Red Velvet that just showing their "Velvet" side (just like Be Natural) instead of the "Red" side.
But for me, I prefer calling this track and this video as more mature
side of the girls instead of sexy, since in my mind, when somebody
saying that a girl group make a comeback with sexy side, I instantly
imagine any revealing outfit with some hot dance infatuated their
bodies. No, I'm not a pervert, but thanks to watching K-Pop for years
now I develop that mind >3<
Nah, it won't be good if u haven't watch the video, my lousy explanation about the video won't let ur imagination about it as good as if u watch the video, so here the link for u.Currently this video has hit 2.026.280 views on SMTOWN Youtube Channel within 4 days of the release (daeeeebakkkkk)
credit to: SMTown Youtube Channel
And! Don't forget to singing along Red Velvet, u could get the subbed video here:
Ahhhhh....I can't upload the video!!!!!! But no worry.......u can find it here
How? How? How? How???? Do u like it??????? Yeeaaapppppppssss we're in sync!!! Wait, what...some don't feel the same????? Well, it's okay, we could always diverse in taste. No problem at all.
Well, I need to back to my own world. Let me know ur opinion about this mv....and thanks for visiting my blog!!! See u on my next post!
