Tag: Music

Ring-ding-ding-ding-dingeringeding!

You  may have heard it. You may have seen it. And it’s beyond awesome (if you’re not one of the people not liking it). You’re right, it’s THE FOX! Or rather – “What Does the Fox Say“. Being a Norwegian I have been a fan of the Ylvis Brothers (Bård and Vegard Ylvisåker) for quite some time now. Every time they make something, be it shows, songs, music videos etc. they make something good. And every time I think something like; “how are they going to make something better than that?”

They even managed to collect money for a sign. Yep, you heard me, a sign for tourists containing information about “Averøya”. They needed 24.000kr.. and they got much more than that! That’s somewhat impressive. But now. How are they possibly going to surpass this? I have no idea, (at the moment this song is about to hit 30.000.000 views on Youtube! 30 f*#$*% million views, and just now I heard the song airing on BBC Radio 1) but I’m so looking for their next ideas! If you by any chance hasn’t seen The Fox, have a look!

Together with the Norwegian Stargate, Ylvis made a hit, or a worldwide plague (your choice).

This music video belongs to –> TV Norge

Five Treasure Island

I remember quite well when I first started to listen to Kpop. It was right after I had my first encounter with Asian drama series: more specific,  the Korean drama You’re Beautiful. Which by the way was amazing! I found it really weird in the beginning. Their way of communication and the language were for me very unfamiliar, but as soon I got used to it, I was captured by the culture, language, music, the actors. Yeah, basically just everything.

After watching the whole show I just Googled (is that even a word, Google/Googled? Whatever..) the actors and discovered that they all were not just actors, but musicians as well. Next stop –> Youtube. Lee Hong Ki especially caught my attention. His voice is just wonderful and angel like, and it didn’t take long before I became a FT Island fan. They were the first Asian band I listened to, and I am still listening a lot to their music. They have so many different songs, so there are many genre options.

When people ask me about my taste in music, I often say “almost everything”. And as soon as I mention the word kpop people just stares at me.. The many reactions I get when I say I listen to Korean music (or Asian music in general) are i.e
“do you really listen to that?”
“why?”
“do you understand it?”
“why listen to it if you don’t understand what they are saying??”
… and so on..

Why should I really care, huh? There are just so many bands outside America and Europa worth listening to! Seriously, you people don’t know what you’re missing out on! As long as I like the music, bands, songs, styles I don’t really care about understanding it all.. Of course it would be fun to know what they are singing about. But still.. that doesn’t stop me from humming/singing/screaming along anyway.

As long I like the music, I will listen to it, and it may be weird to some people and natural for others.
Anyway it’s my choice.Done deal.

Fangirl warning: And by the way.. Lee Hong Ki <3