a blog of highly narcisstic girl who loves k-pop, foods, and a little bit (if not much,,,) clumsy. she is the definition of alien since her brain works almost (if not totally) different with others
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!
