Upcoming Releases
Wednesday, February 11th, 2009A few exciting things have been happening for me on the music fandom front, and there’s quite a few things that I’m looking forward to in the next week or so as well.
FT Island came out with a new MV, 나쁜 여자야, from their latest mini-album Jump Up. It’s a little weird without 오완빈, and a little strange to see and hear 송승현 in his place, but the new guy fits in quite well and FT Island’s sound hasn’t suffered from the member change. If anything, their music sounds a little more mature than it did before, which is never a bad thing.
Epik High’s Tablo released a book last year in November, 당신의 조각들, which was a collection of short stories he’d written in 1998-2001. Originally in English, these stories were translated and published in Korean. But today the original English version of these stories were released in the English version of the book. I’m really excited! And there’s plenty more Epik High on the horizon too, with their latest album coming out next month.
신화’s Eric has a single coming out tomorrow, which took most of us 신화 fans by total surprise. Eric has been saying for a few years now that he’ll release some solo works, and he never actually did it, just featured in other people’s stuff instead. Last year he said that he would release something after he had finished filming 최강칠우 and before he entered the army, but he didn’t do it then either (although I think the sudden death of friend and actor 이언 had a lot to do with that). I think most of us 신화 fans had given up expecting any music from Eric now that he’s serving his military time, but yesterday a video teaser was released!
YES! should be released in full tomorrow, and was recorded before he entered the army. It’s exactly the style expected from Eric, and I am really looking forward to it. It seems like a catchy beat!
Fly to the Sky also have a new album coming out, on the weekend. It will be their 8th album, and this year also marks the duo’s 10th year together.
Posted by Taliana in Korean Music |
February 11th, 2009 at 10:49 pm
i looooove the 나쁜 여자 video~~~ AND i am reading tablo’s book… in korean.. ㅋㅋㅋㅋ… it’s funny that i am reading a korean translation of an english book, but i got it for my birthday and i think it’s awesome. i’m on page like… 122 or something. there is a lot of very difficult vocabulary, but the way it is written is very easy to read. but, there is a fair amount of swearing and talk of drug use (i mean, it IS tablo) so if you are squeamish about that at all, just aware that it’s in there. i’ll probably read it in english too so i can get the feel of how he actually wrote it. ^^
February 11th, 2009 at 10:52 pm
I have the Korean version of Tablo’s book too but I haven’t tried to tackle it yet. Maybe I should stop being a coward and give it a go XD It would be a good way to study.
February 12th, 2009 at 6:21 am
i read it when i’m on the bus or the subway, and people always look at me veeery strangely. ㅋㅋㅋㅋ it would definitely be good practice, but don’t get discouraged if you don’t understand everything. reading anything, even if you don’t understand it completely, exposes you to different kinds of sentences and different grammar, and will always help you learn if you try to figure out the parts you don’t understand (: i certainly don’t understand 100% of it, but i’ll read it again later too. also, i have been reading so much lately that i can read at a near native speed - meaning that when someone else is reading aloud at a native speed, i can keep up with reading along. it certainly didn’t start that way though!!!!! but reading anything helps..
February 13th, 2009 at 6:29 pm
holdfast! wow! after reading your comment I think you’re amazing how you can read at native speed. how long did it take you to do that?
I never heard of Eric, but I also really like the 나쁜 여자야 song. I never knew of FT Island until two weeks ago..so the new member change is no diff to me. I think their sound is great!
February 13th, 2009 at 6:30 pm
Taliana, I forgot to mention your blogs are my favourite !!! I like the hip hop
February 14th, 2009 at 3:47 am
koreannewbie: i have been studying for 2 years now, but i have learned pretty fast because i usually spend my entire weekend speaking korean, where english really isn’t an option, so i have had to learn fast or i wouldn’t be able to communicate at all.
but, the more you read, the faster you will be able to read. it can seem really overwhelming at first, but don’t give up! ^^