BEAST Comeback

It's Beast's turn ladies and gentlemen. They came back with "Good Luck" officially. Unofficially, there was "No More". Both songs are pretty good in my opinion. One is slow and has a lot of sincere emotions in it while the other one is more upbeat with a feeling of moving on. 

Dongwoon's voice in No More impressed me a little. It sounded so soft and sweet. He doesn't have Yoseob's vocal skills but this song went really well with his voice. In Good Luck, I was really blown away by the beginning. Yoseob's voice is as smooth as ever. To me, it seems that Hyunseung's voice grew up a little, as in he worked on it more. 

One thing that impressed me (and does for a while now) is Junhyung. He really evolved as a musician. Lately, there are a lot of collaborations and his songs have a mixed feeling. In short, he matured and he learned how to use his talent in various music genres. He learned how to use different things in music or maybe he knew but only now he got the chance to use them. I don't know if I'm right, but he seems to be a scholar musician. That practically means he studied classical music. I've remarked that in Good Luck too. 

I am a sucker for orchestral music. They used it at the beginning of Good Luck and they got me. I really like the song and the idea itself. The MV isn't something to be amazed of but the dance is awesome. It seems simple and smooth, I dunno. I just really enjoy listening and watching Good Luck. 

On the other side, I have mixed feelings for No More. It's a good song but they could have done more. The MV was better and from my point of view, it just attracts me more towards Junhyung lol. I also liked the idea of using Instagram. It's gotten very popular in Asia lately.

Anyway, the whole aspect is that, they invested some good money into this comeback. 

Music to the Ears (BEAST's Shadow)

The last one, because it's getting tiring, is Beast's comeback. The teaser didn't express much for me but the song is quite catchy and worth it. What impressed me in a way was the girl and the whole idea with the dark and light. Also, the design on the girl's face and body was also captivating. It all created something fantastic. The images are all dark and sinister, it gets you entirely into the song and its meaning.

Dongwon is my favorite yet, like always, he didn't sing much but he's still my favorite. I really like |Hyunseung's voice. It's kinda scratchy but really nice. It's higher than the others' and it's really cute. Anyway, Yoseob's voice is still really good and maybe the best out of them yet let's not say anything yet because the others didn't really show us their full potential. And God, look at his hands, HIS DAMN HANDS! You can see the veins and that is hot. But then again, I have something with hands so it may be just me.
 Anyway, the song grabs your attention instantly with "I'm Shadow" part...which is wrong grammatically but after so many years of listening to K-pop you get used to it. However, that is really catchy. Sometimes Hyunseung says it, sometimes Doojoon does but it sounds the same...but is good. I like it a lot.

Mnet Asian Music Awards 2012

Hey guys!Have you watched MAMA 2012? I did and even though I was a little disappointed regarding some awards and some performances, overall it was pretty awesome. I do give the credit to Mnet because it was well organized and everyone was pretty good but I hoped there would be more fans around there. Maybe it's my perception because of EMA, where the arena was really crowded, or maybe the Eurovision, where there was no free seat, but yeah...However, the show was good.

In case you couldn't watch, since there's a problem with the time zone (while in Hong Kong was late evening here was about midday) let's see who won and at what category.

SONG OF THE YEAR : GANGNAM STYLE - PSY

ALBUM OF THE YEAR : SUPER JUNIOR

ARTIST OF THE YEAR : BIGBANG

BEST GLOBAL GROUP - MALE : SUPER JUNIOR

BEST GLOBAL GROUP - FEMALE : KARA

BEST LINE AWARD : SUPER JUNIOR

BEST MALE ARTIST : G-DRAGON

BEST RAP PERFORMANCE : EPIK HIGH

GUARDIAN ANGEL WORLDWIDE PERFORMER : BIGBANG

STYLE IN MUSIC : GAIN

NEW ASIAN ARTIST GROUP : EXO

BEST NEW ASIAN ARTIST (CHINA) : TIME Z

BEST ASIAN ARTIST (JAPAN) : AKB48

BEST ASIAN ARTIST (PHILIPPINES) : SARAH GERONIMO

BEST ASIAN ARTIST (VIETNAM) : MY TAM 

BEST NEW ASIAN ARTIST (THAILAND) : NATTHEW

BEST ASIAN ARTIST (CHINA) : LI YU CHUN

BEST ASIAN ARTIST (INDONESIA) : AGNES

BEST ASIAN ARTIST (SINGAPORE) : TAUFIK BATISAH

TVB'S CHOICE : JOEY YUNG

BEST MUSIC VIDEO: PSY

BEST ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK: SEO IN GUK, JUNG EUN JI (All For You)

INTERNATIONAL FAVORITE ARTIST: PSY

BEST VOCAL PERFORMANCE - GROUP : DAVICHI

BEST VOCAL PERFORMANCE - SOLO : K.WILL

BEST DANCE PERFORMANCE - FEMALE GROUP : f(x)

BEST DANCE PERFORMANCE - MALE GROUP : SHINee

MNET PD'S CHOICE: B.A.P

BEST COLLABORATION: TROUBLE MAKER

BEST FEMALE GROUP : SISTAR

BEST MALE GROUP : BIGBANG

BEST DANCE PERFORMANCE - SOLO : PSY

BEST BAND : BUSKER BUSKER

BEST FEMALE ARTIST: IU

BEST NEW MALE ARTIST: BUSKER BUSKER

BEST NEW FEMALE ARTIST: AILEE

From my point of view, it was YG's year. Psy came back with the phenomenon, Gangnam Style, which won many awards world widely. Also, it is me or Super Junior didn't really make an actual show? I really expected more from them. Also, I was looking forward to EXO's performance. I can't say I had been blown away by it, though. 

Some good parts would be Ailee's performance which was incredibly touching. That girls has great talent and I'm happy she won Best New Female Artist. Also, I was really enthusiastic for Psy's live. It was definitely something. Adam Lambert and B.O.B have also made great show. However, by far, the best performance was Big Bang. Now, I may be subjective because I'm a VIP but really...it's been INCREDIBLY WELL THOUGHT AND AMAZING! They used Crayon when they needed something different, something out of nowhere and that giant skull and their performance overall was so good. It was seriously the best, I couldn't take my eyes off the screen. Of course I can't say I liked Seungri or GD's outfits...one was white and made him look bigger while the other was very eccentric ..yeah these styles definitely characterize them. And TOP in pink...extreme pink actually...but he looked hot.

Something that surprised me was...or were, the performances on the red carpet. I couldn't take my eyes off BAP and Block B. Have you seen that at one point, later in the show, when Victoria started to talk in Chinese...Kyung's face was epic? He was smiling but at the same time it was clear he was thinking what the fuck? Haha. Also, EXO seemed very out of there. I can swear at some point DO, with his big eyes, was somewhat looking into GD's back. Don't know why but it was fun. So, this year's MAMA was entertaining and like I said, had good performances...and some that I didn't really like. I guess I just thought it would be bigger than EMA but it wasn't. Actually, we can say they were on the same level but more classy. The idols and other stars came in some quite nice clothes. I liked Park Shin Hye's dress a lot and the young girl from Davichi (sorry I forgot her name) she also had a nice dress.