Can we all just admire the awesome of Taeyeon's English?



And then let's LOL over her protective fanboys and abusive maknae nearly sabotaging her big line at around 1:50 XDDD

Holy cow, I think I might like this even more than my beloved "Dareka Sei de wa Shinai." Blasphemy! (Better than "Koe ga Kasureru Kurai's" MV, even. Lizard brain wins in the end though, as "Kataomoi Finally" MV is still king, even though it's probably the worst song of the bunch.)

The song is "Lovey Dovey" but with the emphasis on the up-beat, a la "We no Speak Americano," (What is that genre called, anyways?) which is enough to be its own song, and adding on the other little tricks in the melody and arrangement, it's possibly even an improvement on "Lovey Dovey." I like it!

Regardless, as you can tell from the first section, this continues to confirm my CCM=AKS conspiracy theory, although CCM tell more coherent stories.

Be warned: the current rebroadcast stream doesn't actually show anything until around 33 minutes in. The first performance is at 42:10.

Will be back later with review. Maybe. Without that much snark, surprisingly!
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http://www.kpopstarz.com/articles/7978/20120507/will-smith-love-call-to-wonder-girls-for-featuring.htm

Will Smith attended the ‘Men In Black 3’ world premiere press conference in Seoul on May 7 walking on the red carpet at Yeongdeunpo Time Square in Seoul.

Will Smith garnered a lot of interest as he asked Wonder Girls members Sunye and Hyerim, that have expressed to be a fan of Will Smith and ‘Men In Black,’ “Please invite to be featured on your album.”

Will Smith shared, “My daughter is eleven years old and she only talks about Wonder Girls all day. She really likes them,” about meeting the K-Pop sensation.

When asked if he has heard the song of Wonder Girls the actor replied, “My daughter had me listen to it in the morning and I really liked it. It will be an honor if they invite me for a featuring later.”

AAAAAAAHHHHH WILLOW SMITH LIKES THE WONDER GIRLS. I'd love to see a Willow/WG collab for the potential ending result, watching how Willow interacts with WG, and for ALL THE WANK the Kpop fandom would blow up with. And Willow can just whip her hair at them. Like a boss.
Actually, I'd be interested in a Willow cover of "The DJ is Mine." She's got the same swagger Yoobin has, who was the best part of the song.

http://omonatheydidnt.livejournal.com/9217847.html#cutid1



Unfortunately, I don't see improvement on the chemistry front. What was better about this routine than their first tango was simply that this one was faster paced and more spirited, allowing her to dance each technique more strongly.

It makes me wonder who her partner was in her Shanghai solo, and why she seemed much more comfortable with him. Perhaps it's the ballroom setting here leading to her being more mindful of the technique involved and not letting herself ease into chemistry the way she could with "So Sick." Because in ballroom, sometimes the distance between partners is part of the technique. It takes real pros to express chemistry despite that distance.

Really fun dance! There was a good mix of fun and technicality in this one that I quite enjoyed. I think one thing that Hyo really has going for her is her stamina. She was very energetic throughout the whole thing, even those ending high kicks. But it looked like she fudged up the turns and that her carriage needs to be more upright, plus her face is always so derpy! xP I guess she's still getting settled into it all. But what I loved most of all is that she and her partner are having so much fun while bringing some good performances.

(Also, I linked this on my LJ, but it's too ridiculous to *not* share: Sica's incredibly fail attempt at an opening pitch xDDDDDD)

[ETA] Monmon's edit: "Jessica did it! xP

Hyo on DWTS2

From what little I know, looks like she's got good form, but she seems hesitant to shift her weight over to her partner - and what's with that derpy smile she has half the time? xDDD Really loved her outfit though~

Klutz!Seohyun


Where is this from?! xDDDD

[ETA] 5.6.12: AKP article translating an interview with TTS, where they say they miss each other as 9 (busy as they are, I'd bet that the most time they get to spend all together is when they're performing - but even then, more often than not, someone's missing), Taeyeon admits that choreo isn't the focus of "Twinkle" and this gem from Tiffany:

I watched the music video with the other members, and they enviously wondered if the agency invested more (into this video) than for Girls’ Generation – causing much laughter. I think we grew fonder with one another.

Makes you wonder, doesn't it~? Though, I was pretty surprised that there was no Matrix-y camera tricks in this MV xP

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From this article on AKP: The teaser videos have already reached 10,000,000 total views and counting… The first unit TaeTiSeo has made an all-kill on music charts. The power of nine? Three was enough.

Girls’ Generation‘s first unit group, TaeTiSeo (Taeyeon, Tiffany, Seohyun), made an all kill on national charts with their mini-album ‘Twinkle‘.

(Gotta love the troll strikeout.)

It really is interesting that SM has chosen these three as not only the first official subunit but has chosen this image* for them. JeTiHyun was arguably the first subunit, what with their "Oppa Nappa" promotions, but they didn't have a full on concept like what we see in the Twinkle MV. It's also interesting that through the MV, there's less of a "group" feel but more of a "3 soloists" feel.

This undoubtedly is due to the selection of the members. Each girl has their own distinct image within the group, though arguably, only Tiffany's image seems to transfer easily into this concept - but only because of her background as the American girl, the California girl, which seems to still be held as an exotic, expensive ideal modern girl. Taeyeon and Seohyun, I would argue are there simply because of the strength of their voices. (We'll see how long they hold out with lives - there's a bunch of belting in that song...)

But that leads me to wonder about who was left out of this subunit, especially because with this kind of concept, certain members would have been perfect (Sunny comes to mind, what with the ease with which she captures *every* concept). But let's look at Jessica, Sooyoung and Yuri: they seem to be taking on a more "sophisticated" image, especially Yuri in her Mamonde CFs. Perhaps it's just a matter of scheduling - Jessica, Yuri, Yoona and Sooyoung have dramas, HyoSun have IY - but then Hyo has Dancing With the Stars too...

*Image: Can someone talk about subunits from other groups? I know there's After School's subunits and Sistar had a duo - they had fairly different concepts from the main group, right? By using this concept, is SM trying to access that same demographic? What demographic is it?

Basically just word vomited here. Anyone gots comments? Distract me from my papers, please~~~ XD

[ETA] Not exactly related, but rehearsal footage of the MAMA performance here (LOL forever at Jessica wearing sunglasses even during indoor rehearsal xD)

http://www.koreaboo.com/index.html/_/music/taetiseo-releases-mini-album-twinkle-r14629

Twinkle: JYP's "Honey" remake, basically, but with a stronger composition. Strut it, girls. Before the stars come out during the pre-chorus and we fly for brief moment before the chorus pulls us back to strutting down the street.
CLAVICHORD FUCK YES. It's one of the things that's been missing from Kpop funk.
The bridge is so well blended with the rest of the song that it doesn't come off as the obligatory adlib showcase that it is. I also like this even better than "Lady Marmalade," which was kind of directionless and also just an adlib showcase. "Twinkle" has a stronger grasp on progression. We're basically guaranteed a lot of fun expressions and hopefully minor shenanigans during lives.(like some merong or moments of breaking character out of amusement) I'm calling this one a win.

Wow, SMent was fast, all of the videos are gone already. Will update further if I find new vids.
EDIT: found Baby Steps, OMG, and Library.
EDIT: Found the rest: http://www.wonderfulgeneration.net/2012/04/listen-to-taetiseo-twinkle-mini-album.html
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