Category: music

This week I was caught a nasty cold from the kids and was pretty much useless 🙁  I’ve been working on getting more Mexico photos posted but it looks like that will wait until next week.

I wanted to share a few videos by Lee Hi (이하이). She recently released her album, “Seoulite,” and I really like all three videos from it that I’ve seen.

Lee Hi is kind of quirky and unconventional for a K-pop idol which I find charming.  And her voice is AWESOME.

“손잡아 줘요 (HOLD MY HAND)” is my favorite song from “Seoulite” so far.  The video is fun with its 8-bit graphic touches.

“My Star” is jazzy and really shows off her voice.  And how cute is the styling of the video?  I love its retro look.

“한숨 (BREATHE)” is a more typical ballad but the video is really good and meditative.  The aerial shots of Seoul are almost achingly lovely.

That’s it for me!  I hope you have a great weekend.  I’ll be back next week with more pics from Mexico.  See you then!

Have you adjusted to Daylight Savings yet?  Because we’ve all been dragging ourselves through this week.  Trying to cajole E out of bed at what was effectively 5:10am so he could dose for his milk OIT therapy was rough!  And I still haven’t even started on our taxes yet, gah.  If anyone needs me this weekend I’ll be curled up on the couch watching tv and hiding from reality.

Just a reminder, you still have time to enter the giveaway for that kids’ book about Chinese emperors I reviewed.  It ends Saturday night.

To kick off the weekend, here’s a couple versions of a song by new Kpop group WJSN (also known as Cosmic Girls).  WJSN / Cosmic Girls is made up of Korean and Chinese girls (to maximize marketability?) which is interesting…and there are TWELVE of them.

This is the official version of their video for “MoMoMo” which is a cute song.

And here is the “choreo” version of the video. Official Kpop videos usually feature a narrative intercut with a dance routine but a lot of groups release videos which are basically a dance practice so you can see the whole routine.  They’re filmed simply but I like them because the routines are usually great.  And with twelve girls this routine is impressive.

I hope you have a good weekend.  See you next week!

So Lizzy from Orange Caramel (one of my favorite Kpop groups) recently released this video featuring comedian Park Myung-so (PMS).  I’ve watched it a few times and it cracks me up every time.  There’s an ad in front of it but it’s worth it.

Enjoy!

 

I hope you have a good weakend!  N’s department at work bought a pair of nice season tickets for the Utah Jazz and it’s our turn to get to use them tonight.  I’m not really that into basketball but I love going on dates with N so I’m excited.  I’m also looking forward to staying home tomorrow and catching up on the laundry situation around here which has become…dire.

See you next week!

This video for “Have, Don’t Have” by  Dalshabet is another one of my favorites. The song is catchy (that chorus!) and the video is charming.  For me it’s quirky in a sort of Wes Anderson-ish way and stands out from the ultra-polished K-pop videos other bands usually release.

When we were in Korea a few years ago we spent a day at a wholesale market like the one the video’s filmed at which makes watching it especially fun for me.