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8eight are an R&B group with both male and female vocals. Their lineup consists of 이현, 백찬 and 주희. They debuted in 2007, and have just released their third album Golden Age. The first single from the album is 심장이없어, and Sohee from the Wonder Girls plays a role in the music video: Not the most amazing music video, but at least I liked it more than Se7en's Girls MV featuring Lil Kim. I'm not a Se7en fan but I was expecting more from the guy, considering how long his American debut has been in the works. The lyrics are pretty trashy and self-absorbed too, though I suppose it fits in just fine with the American R&B scene. Rockstar 서태지 has just released a new single, 8th Atomos Part Secret. It's the follow up to 8th Atomos Part... Show more

화이트데이. I'm not entirely comfortable with the name of this holiday. I mean, I'm probably absolutely looking too far into the name of White Day as something bad, but I digress. Actually, in a different ranting vein, seems that all the holidays on the 14th of each month are kind of like Love Day. White day is another one of these holidays seemingly made by the chocolate companies in order to entice people to buy sweets and candies. On this particular demi-holiday, men give chocolate sweets to their girlfriends to let them know nothing has changed and you're still just as cute as you were the day we met although now that i think about it you don't try as much anymore, you make me feel bad for hanging out with my drinking buddies, and... Show more

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I recently heard 디어클라우드, or Dear Cloud, after a friend of mine posted the group's Lip MV on her LJ. I had never heard them, or even of them, before this so I thought I would share them today. Dear Cloud are a rock group made up of 5 members: 나인 on vocals, 용린 on guitar, 이랑 on bass, 정아 on keyboard and 광석 on drums. They debuted in 2007 with a self-titled album, and released their second album, Grey, in October last year. The single from Grey was Lip, which was the MV that my friend posted. Check it out: (Anyone recognise creepy chin dude? He was in 박효신 & Hwang Project's The Castle of Zoltar. I have no idea what his name is. He can just be Creepy Chin Dude.) Dear Cloud reminds me of a female-vocal version of Nell. Very laid... Show more