Music Of July 2013!

This month in music, I've found quite a few songs that I like. It's easy to say that some songs definitely stand out more than others. Some of my absolute favourite this month include Burn and Hurricane. As always, I definitely recommend checking out all of these songs. I'm really disappointed by the amount of reviews I've done though. I hope to improve next month. If there are any songs that I should listen too, drop them in the comments. Today, because I'm super lazy, I'm ordering songs randomly because I can't be bothered to make them alphabetical.

Xiah Junsu - Incredible

New To My Playlist:
Ooh La La - Britney Spears
Falling In Love - 2NE1
11am - Xiah Junsu
Incredible - Xiah Junsu
Burn - Ellie Goulding
Made In The USA - Demi Lovato
Shadow - BEAST
Take Back The Night - Justin Timberlake
Me & My Girls - Fifth Harmony
I Like 2 Party - Jay Park
Hurricane - B.A.P
Acapella - Karmin
NoNoNo - Ailee
Counting Stars - One Republic
Baby I - Ariana Grande
Best Song Ever - One Direction
Go To War For Ya - Chris Brown
Rum Pum Pum Pum - f(x)
Unbreakable - Kim Hyun Joong
Kill Bill - Brown Eyed Girls

Songs I've Done Reviews Of:
Kill Bill
Baby I
Me & My Girls
Burn

Sit Tight Sundays:
City of Bones Soundtrack
Shadow by BEAST
Baby I by Ariana Grande
Illusion by ZE:A

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Music Of June 2013!

This month, I haven't found and awful lot of music. I'm pretty happy with my selection though. These are all songs that I've discovered, loved and listened to this month. I would recommend them all and will continue listening too them. I've had a hectic month with books and haven't had much time to focus on music but I'm happy with all the reviews I've managed to do. As always, I have links to a playlist so that you can listen to all these songs. And of course, leave me your recommendations because I'm always up for more music.

MBLAQ - Sexy Beat

New To My Playlist:
First Love - After School
Wake Me Up - Avicii
Coffee Shop - B.A.P
Heart Hypnotic - Delta Goodrem
Female President - Girl's Day
Trap - Henry
Smoky Girl - MBLAQ
We Can't Stop - Miley Cyrus
Come With Me - Ricky Martin
Firestarter - Samantha Jade
Slow Down - Selena Gomez
Give It To Me - SISTAR
Parachute - Timomatic
Is It Poppin? - 4MINUTE

Songs I've Done Reviews Of:
Firestarter
Female President 여자대통령
Heart Hypnotic
Come With Me
Slow Down
Trap
We Can't Stop

SoundCloud
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Top 5: Favourite K-Pop Boy Bands

I tried my hardest. The hardest I could. To order this from 1-5. But I couldn't. In the end, I had to do it alphabetical order and just promise that all five of these bands are absolutely spectacular.

1. B.A.P
One Shot
2. BIGBANG
Monster
3. BOYFRIEND
Janus
4. SHINee
Sherlock
5. U-KISS
Believe

Where do I start? All these bands are absolutely wonderfully spectacular. When I first heard One Shot by B.A.P I instantly fell in love. I'd heard other songs by them but those songs never sucked me in. One Shot is the song that made me fall in love with them. I'd listened to K-Pop in the past but what really hooked me into the genre overall is BIGBANG's Monster. That means I haven't been a fan for as long as other people but that doesn't mean I'm not a dedicated fan. BOYFRIEND is not as popular as the other bands but they're just so beautiful. Their dancing is so amazing. I could just watch the Janus music video over and over again and not get bored. Lots of people agree that Sherlock by SHINee isn't their best song but I've listened to their older songs and newer songs and I don't really like any of them as much as I like Sherlock. Lucifer is good it's just not my favourite. Last but not least is U-KISS. Believe is such an amazing song to me. Though I loved Stop Girl and songs from their latest album, Believe is definitely my favourite. U-KISS's dancing is also fantastic. BEAST and NU'EST almost made it onto my list, but at this point of time, they haven't impressed me as much as these five bands.

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Top 5: Reasons Why I Love K-Pop

This is going to be the first time I'm doing a guest post on another blog and I'd love to share it. K-Pop has been becoming more and more popular over the past months or years. It has become internationally popular alongside American pop. Some completely understand. Some think it's absurd. And some just really don't care. But why do I love K-Pop? Why do I listen to it even though so many people think that's it's stupid? Well I'm here to give you the Top 5 reasons in no particular order.
Here's my post on Kaitlin's blog:
Top 5: Reasons Why I Love K-Pop

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Review: One Shot by B.A.P 비에이피

Genres: K-Pop, Hip-Hop, Rock, R&B
Released: 11 February 2013
Members: Yong Guk, Him Chan, Dae Hyun, Young Jae, Jong Up, Zelo
TS Entertainment

I am a few days late on this review which I realize in the K-Pop world is ALOT but better late than never. It took me a while to really listen to the song and to really see which parts I like best and why I like them.
Song:
 Right from the beginning, I thought this song was amazing. It starts off with a beautiful violin instrumental before the song starts. The violin instrumental is kept throughout the rest of the song upon many other layers of music and the vocals. Compared to some of B.A.P's other songs I think this one really suits them and the style they should be going for. Kind of like One Direction, B.A.P have a certain structure they usually follow. Some people get annoyed but I think it's quite effective. Starts with Yong Guk, then it goes to vocals as the song slowly builds up to the chorus. After that, Dae Hyun comes in as well as Zelo in the second verse. I really love the power and emotion in this song that keeps the song fantastic. I don't think I can find even 2 seconds of this song that I didn't like.
Lyrics:
I get that it's in Korean but the basic meaning of this song is actually kind of inspirational. It's about how you should go throw yourself into the world without fear and how you have "Only one shot!" I really like them. Then there's the English lyrics, well the Engrish. What I hear:
"One shot,
 Lemme tell something dat yo already know.
You just get to rock to midnigh man."
The real lyrics:

"One shot, Let me tell you
something that you already know.
You just get the rock to me.
You na mean?"

Well actually, none of them completely make sense. I still like it though. I love how the song starts with it and the seductive voice that comes along with it. ;)
*Update: I came across this article on tumblr and found it really amazing. It's the possible meaning to B.A.P's One Shot and how deep the layers can actually be. Read it here!

Summary:

One Shot is by far my favourite B.A.P song so far. I don't care if they don't change up their structure too much. I still love it! Who cares if you can't understand it completely. It sounds amazing! This is definitely the type of song I would introduce to someone who hasn't heard any other K-Pop aside from Gangnam Style because trust me, this is a thousand times better. 

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