K-Wednesdays : “You Deserve Better” by Verbal Jint ft. Sanchez of Phantom
Earlier today, while browsing through the magical world of youtube, I happened to ponder into that dark side of the site. I ended up listening to these bunch of American rappers who labeled their style as “true hip-hop” As I listened to it, I heard this voice that sounded like a child, turned out to be a 37 year … Continue reading
The End is Near
It’s almost here. The end. The end of high school for the writers of SoCalSeoulmates that is. It’s a very bittersweet time. We all have been waiting for graduation since the 1st day of our freshmen year maybe even the day before we even started high school, but in the end its sad to leave this place. A … Continue reading
K-Wednesday: “Hello” by Nuest
Hey y’all, it’s been a while hasn’t it. huehuehue. Well this week, I’m going to be talking about Nuest’s most recent song – Hello. Let me start off with saying how torn I am with this MV. First of all, I love the song. It’s catchy, has nice rifts and harmonies, and nice acoustics. But … Continue reading
Mystery Science Theater 3000.
I don’t know if you know the TV show “Mystery Science Theater 3000”, but our English teacher based one of our recent class activities off of it. Basically, it’s a show where a guy and two robots are trapped on a space station … Continue reading
Wang Lung=Lee Taemin WHAAA??
Aight so in The Good Earth, we follow Wang Lung as he grows up into the good man his father always wanted him to be. Basically the whole book is about Wang Lung’s life featuring important people like his wife O-Lan, his five children, and his mistress. Wang Lung grew up as the kid every father wanted; … Continue reading
K-Wednesdays: One Love by Super Junior
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSZCzHcjHQo Aight guys! Another k-wednesday!!! YAY!! Aight so this is a video of one of my favorite rap songs by the one and only Lee Eunhyuk from SUPER JUNIOR (ft KRY, a sub group from SJ)!! There has been debates on what this song actually means and who it’s for. One half of his fans … Continue reading
K-Wednesday: Falling by John Park
First of all, we apologize for not posting a K-Wednesday last week. But to make it up to you guys here is our review of a song that most people have probably not heard of: John Park’s Falling Here’s a little background on John Park. John Park is an American, born in Illinois, with Korean descent. During the … Continue reading
K-Wednesday: Miss A-Breathe
This week’s K-Wednesday is a song called Breathe by a girl group called Miss A. I know all of you have been itching to listen to a song by a girl group since we’ve had guy artists the past two weeks. So, this song is about love, which is what a lot of songs are … Continue reading
K-Wednesdays: “Please Dont…” by K.will
Welcome to another K-Wednesday. Today we will be leaning more toward the K-Indie world rather than the standard mainstream K-pop. The song we will be discussing today isn’t popular enough to be considered mainstream K-pop while being too popular to be considered true K-Indie. So here it is. K.will’s “Please Don’t…” Let’s start off by … Continue reading
K-Pop: The 2nd North Korea
If there is one thing that George Orwell’s totalitarian society in Nineteen Eight-Four shares with a number of Korean record labels, it’s the unbearably austere control that folks like our fictional Big Brother has over the three superstates (Oceania, Eurasia, and Eastasia), as the elite media corporations have over the lives of young Korean musicians. That’s not to say … Continue reading
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