Month: November 2012

The K-Pop Stars You Need To Know

PSY will most likely be headed to One-Hit WonderVille here in the US, even though in Korea dude is ancient, having a serious career for over a decade; but no worries as there is a lot more from where that can from. Literally, there’s 25 million people in Seoul and they churn out pop stars like we churn out reality stars.

Here’s a breakdown of the K-Pop Stars you need to know.

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I love how every Korean Pop song contains English lyrics. It sounds something like this:

“go zha nee na ga da All Right

go zha de ga doo da blah blah All Night”

… which strangely is also how I sound singing along to FloRida.

But you can tell that the artists don’t really understand what they are saying. I mean, Electric Shock sung seductively using cardiac defibrillators?! You had me at hello.

 

JANG WOO YOUNG

Despite my best attempts, I can’t seem to get Electric Shock out of my head, but there is someone’s head I would actually like to have. And by head, I mean head of hair. I want to look like Jang Woo Young. I don’t care that he’s a boy; he might just have the greatest colorist that ever lived.

 

GIRLS’ GENERATION

K-Pop puts a whole new meaning into boy and girl groups. They don’t do 5 boys or girls per group. No, they double that to 10 9. Close enough. This is Girls’ Generation and get ready, because they are trying to break into the US market. I legitimately heard a radio advertisement for them here in Los Angeles, and I may have been the only person that knew who they were. In all honesty, they are not my favorite, BUT these pop-ettes know how to dance.

SUPER JUNIOR

And then there is the yin to the Girls’ Generation’s yang, or is it the reverse? Anyways, Super Junior has 14- yes FOURTEEN- freaking members!!! (10 of which are currently active).

This video for Mr. Simple looks like it was shot on the same sound stage as Girls’ Generation’s The Boys. Hey, with that many mouths to feed, you’ve gotta cut corners somewhere, and thankfully it wasn’t with the hairstylist. Stop it at 1:07 and you’ll know what I’m talking about. Oh, and his ring is fierce, too.

 

Welcome to K-Pop. Korean Fluency not necessary.

 

Hot Hot Hot in Seoul, Korea

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It’s the beginning of a new era! My YouTube channel is now a travel hub for fun vlogs of my adventures abroad, as well as quick, super useful travel tips (coming soon). Travel has been a passion of mine since I was young, just check out the Bio section of this website for more info, and it feels like a no-brainer that I have finally combined my personal and professional passions under one roof called YouTube.

I’m kicking it off with the so hot right now South Korea, which is literal in this case as it was FREAKING HOT when I was there. I’m talking 95 degrees and 100% humidity. The glisten in the above photo is of the salty variety.

The video is the first part of my “+5/-5” series, where I gain five pounds in one day and then lose it the next day/video. Think it can’t be done? Here is how you do it:

 

And here is how I lost it all:

 

Ke$ha “Die Young” Parody

Here it is!! After so many tweets and requests, we have finally put out another Ke$ha parody. This one is for her new single “Die Young”, and I must say, we are pretty stoked we beat the actual official music video. My favorite scene was the trash can scene, although I literally bled for that! The trash can was a tight squeeze and my knee got into a fight with a bolt, and the bolt won. There’s nothing like bleeding for your art. And yes, feel free to make fun of the art comment. Enjoy! xx

This Election I’m Leaving the Country

Today is Tuesday. But for those of us in the US, it’s not just any Tuesday. It is a day of long lines, heated political battles from people who have never been into politics, followed by drinking games based on the electoral college.

It’s Election Day!

And here are my thoughts on who will win…

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This is so true.

But seriously, I voted two weeks ago via absentee ballot. Make sure your voice is heard and go out and vote!!