My Kpop 2011 Awards

Thanks to DJ Yigytugd for this fun 2011 mashup.
It’s time for my end-of-year awards!

Review: Davichi and T-ara–“We Were In Love”

Who needs storylines anyway?

Mini-Review: f(x)’s Amber and Super Junior-M’s Henry—Holiday Gift for Fans

Everyone’s busy at the Kiss Kiss Kpop Reviews family home, but I just had to drop this off since it’s from two of my favorite people in Kpop—who happen to be fluent in English and have lovely voices—Super Junior M’s Henry and f(x)’s Amber. They apparently also play piano (Henry) and guitar (Amber) very nicely in order to serenade us. I love the harmonies in this song, especially towards the end. It begs the obvious question, though: why is Amber only a rapper in f(x)?! I hope we get to hear her sing more in the future.

Boyfriend’s one-liner:
“This is so much better with snowflakes.” (If you watch it on Youtube right now, there’s a little snowflake button that makes snowflakes accumulate.) Also, he didn’t know Amber was a girl, so we actually watched this one twice, lol.

Merry Christmas, everyone (메리 크리스마스)! Thanks so much for your support throughout the year. :)

P.S. See some other Kpop Christmas greetings here.

Review: Christmas Special Part 2

Presented by Infinite’s Sungkyu, Dongwoo, L (Myungsoo), Sungyeol, Woohyun, (front:) Hoya, and Sungjong.
A review of some more Christmas or winter-themed Kpop music videos that have been released this year.

Review: Christmas Special Part 1

Presented by 2PM’s Wooyoung, Junho, Taecyeon, Nichkhun, Chansung, and Junsu.
A review of some of the Christmas or winter-themed Kpop music videos that have been released this year.

Review: Baby Soul (feat. Wheesung)–“Stranger”

A relationship on the rocks eventually disintegrates. (Too Confuscian?)

Review: Rainbow–“Sweet Dream”

Rainbow turns out to have way more than seven members in this eerie music video.

Review: BEAST–“Fiction”

BEAST’s Junhyung becomes a time-traveler.

North Korean Leader Kim Jong-Il Dies

Also, North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il apparently passed away on Saturday of fatigue.

Hopefully this will finally end the war between North and South Korea and allow North Korea to rejoin the rest of the world? I guess it’s too soon to say.

Kim Jong-Il
Not a great year for dictators or terrorists. I guess this also means the tumblr Kim Jong-Il Looking at Things can’t be updated much anymore. Sadface.

Review: DJ Clazzi (feat. 2AM’s Seulong and Whale)–“How We Feel”

I feel like I just went on an acid trip with Seulong.

Review: f(x)–“Hot Summer”

Something to take everyone’s mind off of all the cold weather!

Review: Woman Power–“Hate You Hate You”

Three former soloists form a trio of woman power.

Review: C-REAL (feat. MBLAQ’s Thunder)–“No No No No No”

C-REAL and Thunder loosely recreate a few fairy tales. With bonus parrots.

Review: MBLAQ–“Stay”

MBLAQ begs their exes to stay in their hearts.

My Top 10 Favorite U-KISS Songs

I made a (very simple) Youtube video!

Review: AA (Double A)–“Because I’m Crazy”

Clearly someone thought that making the Double A members wear human bones was a good idea.

Review: U-KISS–“Tick Tack”

U-KISS now keeps time with their entire bodies.

Review: 4minute–“Mirror Mirror”

4minute shatters a mirror but manages to avoid being cursed with seven years of bad luck.

Review: MBLAQ’s G.O (feat. MBLAQ’s Mir)–“Even In My Dreams”

G.O and Mir tell a tragic story in still pictures.

Review: Trouble Maker (4minute’s Hyuna and BEAST’s Hyunseung (JS))–“Trouble Maker”

Hyuna and Hyunseung make trouble for fans in their new music video.

Review: IU–“You and I”

IU and her magical goose go a-time travelin’.

Review: Kan Mi Youn (feat. MBLAQ’s Mir)–“Going Crazy”

Kan Mi Youn takes obsessive fangirling to the next level by kidnapping MBLAQ’s Joon.

Review: New.F.O–“Bounce”

New.F.O should probably be more concerned with basic airline safety protocols.

Review: A Pink–“My My”

A Pink spends a lot of time getting Naeun ready for a date with a mysterious person.

Review: BEAST–“Beautiful” and “I Like You the Best”

Part One, “Beautiful”:



Part Two, “I Like You the Best”:



BEAST members get injured on their journey to become awesome street dancers.

Review: MBLAQ–“Cry”

MBLAQ’s music video would have been so much better with the addition of a pirate ship.

Review: UV–“Tralala”

UV decides that the show must go on—even if one of them is shot in the back of the head.

Review: N.Sonic–“Super Boy”

The second half of N.Sonic’s debut music video is like porn.

Review: Sunny Hill–“Pray”

Sunny Hill become mad scientists by kidnapping and experimenting on the Elephant Man.

Review: T-ara–“Cry Cry”

T-ara gets mixed up in the dark underworld of bounty hunters and crime lords.

Review: Brown Eyed Girls–“Cleansing Cream”

The Brown Eyed Girls present fans with a case of good ol’ sisterly love and homicidal jealously.

Review: Huh Gak (feat. BEAST’s Junhyung)–“I Told You I Want To Die”

The epic conclusion to a battle between our heroes and a local gang.

Review: 4minute–“Ready Go”

4minute wants you to shut up and go away, right after you listen to their song.

Review: After School–“Shampoo”

Contrary to expectations, After School’s music video is not actually an Herbal Essences CF.

Review: TRAX–“Blind”

TRAX should invest in a dehumidifier for Victoria and Kyuhyun in their music video.

Review: Block B–“Tell Them”

Block B throws an awesome waterside party with the help of their friends at Tropicana.

Review: MAMA’s Best Music Videos of 2011

An overview of the five videos that have been nominated by the Mnet Asian Music Awards for 2011.

Review: Jay Park–“Girlfriend”

Jay Park woos a girl via his skills at singing, dancing, and stalking.

Review: Wonder Girls–“Be My Baby”

The Wonder Girls give fans a fast-paced, hot performance in their new music video.

Review: M.I.B–“G.D.M (Girls Dreams Money)”

M.I.B could use fewer abbreviations in their unusual debut.

Review: Tasha Reid (Yoon Mi Rae) (feat. Jung In and Drunken Tiger’s Tiger JK)–“Get It In”

Tasha presents fans with an exciting homage to Kill Bill in her new music video.

Review: Epik High’s Tablo (feat. BIGBANG’s Taeyang)–“Tomorrow”

Tablo and Taeyang are stuck in the desert with only expensive cars and helicopters to help them escape.

Review: Zia (feat. K. Will)–“I Hope It’s You”

Zia somehow invented a magical transporter via music video credits. Color me impressed.

Review: Kim Wan Seon (feat. BEAST’s Junhyung)–“Be Quiet”

Kim Wan Seon enlists BEAST’s Junhyung to get people to be quiet and listen to her.

Review: MYNAME–“Message”

“Hwanhee boys” MYNAME hope everyone will get the mesaji to remember their name with their debut music video.

Review: Wheesung (feat. Ailee)–“They Are Coming”

Wheesung gives fans one last emotional ballad before he enlists in the army.

Review: Sistar19–“Ma Boy”

Sistar19 show off their awesome body waves in “Ma Boy.”

Review: Epik High’s Tablo (feat. Jinsil)–“Bad”

I hope for his sake Tablo took out an insurance policy on his shack in “Bad.”

Review: Kim Jang Hoon (feat. Kim Heechul)–“Breakups Are So Like Me”

Kim Jang Hoon and Kim Heechul collaborate on an unexpectedly moving meta MV.

Review: 2PM–“Ultra Lover”

2PM seriously needs to get some actual furniture in their “ultra lover” apartment building.

Review: Secret–“Love is Move”

Secret’s new music video will definitely get you up and moving!

Review: SNSD (Girls’ Generation)–“The Boys”

SNSD hopes to bring the boys out by releasing their new song in both Korean and English.

Review: F.T. Island–“Like Birds”

F.T. Island’s remake of “Like Birds” is not actually a Hitchcock horror film.

Review: SS501’s Kim Hyun Joong–“Lucky Guy”

Kim Hyunjoong tests his luck by becoming a gambling card shark in his new music video.

Review: SS501’s Kim Kyu Jong–“Yesterday”

SS501’s Kim Kyu Jong plays with his suspenders in his new music video.

Review: Orange Caramel–“Shanghai Romance”

Orange Caramel takes us on an expedition of another Asian city in “Shanghai Romance.”

Review: 8Eight–“Covering Those Lips”

8Eight battle extreme writer’s block in their music video “Covering Those Lips.”

Review: Boyfriend–“Don’t Touch My Girl”

Boyfriend explore the five stages of grief with their cheating girlfriend in their new music video.

Review: UV–“Who Am I”

UV asks, “Who Am I?” with a great tribute to the Beatles.

Review: Sung Shi Kyung–“I Like You”

It’s love at first taxi ride for Sung Shi Kyung and the girl of his rainbow-colored dreams.

Review: Clover–“An Oppa I Know”

Clover become Wild Wild West outlaws in their new music video.

Review: Heart2Heart–“Facebook Official”

Finally, an American version of Kpop. Too bad it couldn’t be better.

Review: Park Seong Min–“Beautiful Girl” (feat. Ham Jae Hee)

“Korea’s Justin Bieber” is adorable and appealing in his debut music video.

Review: Maybee–“Goodbye Valentine”

Maybee and her newlywed husband could really use a chauffeur in her new music video.

Review: Infinite–“Paradise”

Infinite reaches out from beyond the grave in their new music video.

Review: Kan Mi Youn–“Won’t Meet You”

Kan Mi Youn is both patient and psychiatrist in her new music video.

Review: Super Junior–“A-CHA”

Super Junior become Western saloon bouncers/assassins (kind of) in their new music video.

Review: Ram–“Deceived by Love”

Ram is deceived by love in her new music video.

Review: TVXQ–“B.U.T. (BE-AU-TY)”

HoMin see the “be-au-ty” in underworld fighting rings in their new music video.

Review: Brown Eyed Girls–“Sixth Sense”

Brown Eyed Girls become freedom fighting revolutionaries in their long-awaited music video.

Review: B1A4–“Beautiful Target”

B1A4 goes on the Worst Date Ever in their new music video.

Review: Kim Yeo Hee (Applegirl)–“Half”

Yeo Hee and her yarn explore Stockholm Syndrome in her new music video.

Review: JYJ–“Get Out”

JYJ are back with a sexy new song.

Review: Huh Gak (feat. BEAST's Junhyung)–“Hello”

Huh Gak says “Hello” with the help of three great actors.

Review: JYJ–“In Heaven”

Junsu gets a second chance to treat his girlfriend right in JYJ's “In Heaven.”

Review: Sistar–“So Cool”

Sistar show everyone how cool they look in sparkly dresses.

Review: Leessang (feat. Tasha, Kwon Jungyeol of 10CM)–“Turned Off the TV”

Leessang turns off the TV to go on a stop-motion adventure in their new song.

Review: Piggy Dolls–“Hakuna Matata”

The Piggy Dolls have “no worries” in their new music video.

Review: Crispi Crunch (feat. Sori)–“Thumbs Up”

Crispi Crunch gets two thumbs up for their fun new parody song.

Review: G.NA–“Top Girl”

G.NA’s on top with her new music video.

Review: KARA–“STEP”

KARA steps it up with their colorful new music video.

Review: Girl’s Day–“Don’t Let Your Eyes Wander”

Don’t let your eyes wander from Girl’s Day!

Review: Davichi–“Don't Say Goodbye”

Davichi doesn’t want to say goodbye in their creepy new music video.

Review: Jay Park–“Demon”

Jay Park tangles with a demon in his new music video.

Review: U-KISS–“Neverland”

U-KISS wants to take you to Neverland in their new music video.