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Hongdae Holidays

Posted on by margot padilla, senior editor

 

Flyer by Leila Khastoo

Leila Khastoo is an artist/K-pop visionary who has recently started a series of KPOP (Korean Pop music) events. Each event has it’s own theme and is centered around Korean Pop music and the club scene that is popular in the area of Hongdae Seoul, South Korea. Come join us at her next event which will take place in Downtown Los Angeles, CA the theme is “White Christmas”. V.J. Reira will be playing the latest and greatest KPOP videos. and D.J. Banchan will be spinning Old School KPOP and Trance.

Check out this article on Leila and her first Hongdae event in the Italian design magazine ARBITARE!

Intel Core Processor KPop

Posted on by angelica meng, editor-in-chief

SNSD, the official girl group of Korea, has come out with a musical masterpiece about Intel Core Processors. This is definitely the direction that pop music should be headed in right now – a massive amount of girls singing about computer hardware. The lyrics are totally weird. Somehow they incorporated disturbing sexual innuendos with love metaphors about microprocessors. 2011 is turning out to be another great year for kpop.

New KPops January 2011

Posted on by angelica meng, editor-in-chief


Sistar is getting a lot of attention right now for their interesting dance moves, such as this butt wax move and their ability to dance in high heels, which only sometimes results in broken bones.


This dance is so good! And those elegant neck caresses. Wow. Shiggooluh!


I love the color grading in this video. So pretty.


So these girls are like stoned and bored and stuff and then they get a second wind and start dancing. The song totally reminds me of Bratz soundtrack! I’m talkin bratitude.


Whoa, intense. Fire, face caress, high five, polyester suit with fur shoulder puff – this video is crajy.


Check out these hairdos. Teen Top is a great name for a band. So is Eric. I love how Korean artists can get away with using really normal American names like Eric or Nicole.


This post wouldn’t be complete without an autotuned dance song.


Threw this one into the mix even tho its super corny and kinda makes me barfy but I like the melody.

Techno Comeback in Men’s Harem Shorts

Posted on by angelica meng, editor-in-chief

I’m so happy! Lee Jung Hyun returned to her techno roots this summer under the alias “Ava”. Her newest song is “Suspicious Man” and the video is suspiciously gay. She is reportedly still in China, prepping her English skills for a long-awaited duet with Lady Gaga. Even more gay.

Koyote’s best comeback song so far is “Jump Jump Jump”. According to this video, harem shorts for men are in!

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