Before I say anything else: over on KoME we had the chance to interview the very successful, and my personal favourite, hiphop trio Epik High. We asked them about their upcoming album Map The Soul, their musical influences, and they even gave us their opinions on issues such as censorship in the Korean music industry (something I wrote about last year right here), and music in the digital era.
You can check out the interview here. They had plenty to say!
So. 서태지 is on a mission to foil my plans every Wednesday. The MV for Juliet still isn’t out yet (okay, so I have no idea when it’s even supposed to be released, but considering how long the single has been out now I just assumed the MV would be out already too). But there is a 15 second teaser for it!
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And last week, 13 member boyband Super Junior released the MV for SORRY, SORRY, the first single from their third album, SORRY, SORRY.
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Anyone else notice how 은혁 looks a lot like 비 in this? XD (If you don’t know who’s who, 은혁 is the one at around 2:25 with the patterned pants, white shirt, one black glove, and black sunglasses – with the haircut, the whole look was rather reminiscent of 비’s look for RAINISM)
I actually really like this song. It’s not amazing but it’s catchy. This is the style that suits Super Junior pretty perfectly, it’s upbeat and full of energy, and the type of song that lets them show off their dancing moves in the lives (because with 13 members you can’t really show off your vocals). Unfortunately the rest of the album didn’t follow along in this same style – it was a little more laid back, more along the lines of R&B than anything else. There were some ballads, but they were balanced out well and the ballads themselves were pulled off a lot better than they were in Super Junior’s second album. I didn’t enjoy the album as much as I enjoyed the bubblegum pop of their first album, but it was a decent enough album overall.
If you want to read a review of the album, Rinoa over on KoME reviewed it here.
