I guess as a general disclaimer I should include this:
The first thing I thought when I found out this video existed, was: "Whoa! They have Korean versions of '_______ react to ________'???"
If you know what I'm talking about then you probably know of The Fine Bros, which is where I usually see anyone reacting to anything.
I guess that shows my ignorance on my part, but still you gotta admit, even if the translations might've been a bit off (or according to this video's reddit page, a lot off) it was still very entertaining to watch.
I think that the responses that the girls give in the video are interesting, given the way that I see Korea as being a very conservative country when it comes to practically everything, especially "pop culture".
In the music videos that I've seen, (female) Korean idols in general don't show nearly as much skin or do nearly as provocative of a dance as Minaj does in Anaconda.
Hyuna, even though I listed her, doesn't really fit into this list, because Red is about as close (in my opinion) as what you are going to get, if you wanted to make a music video that crosses over Nicki Minaj, Beyonce, J-lo, and even (the ever-so-trashy) Miley Cyrus.
At the same time, even though she's all about portraying herself as a (and I quote) "sex kitten," (and plus if you've ever seen her in the subgroup Trouble Maker, then you would totally understand what that's about) I think that it's really funny to see a really skinny Asian girl poppin' and droppin' like she got booty for days. (It's too bad that her booty is "flat and shapeless," unlike some people...)
Someone's got booty for days
That's all I really wanted to say about this topic, but I just wanted to bring it to your attention, because I found this interesting. And also because it's funny to see really innocent-looking Korean girls being portrayed as having dirty sailor mouths. :-))
On a completely related note:
I really wanted to include this video as soon as I saw it, so here it is:
Side Note: When it comes to booty, as a girl who has gotten countless compliments from girls and boys alike about my beyonce-esque bottom, I find it offensive when people say: "Nicki Minaj's butt is impossible/not real/too big...etc." I mean, I bet if you were able to walk around in Newark, you'd be finding girls with booties much bigger than Nicki's, let alone Beyonce's or even Iggy Azalea's butt. Well that's the end of my mini-rant. Have a nice day and may the booty be with you.
I found this gif while listening to this song btw...
OMG! Okay so this post was literally almost 2 months in the making... I was going to post this the day after I heard that Miku was going to be on David Letterman, but of course my sense of time completely skewed.... I wanted to write about Vocaloids which are one of my favorite things to talk about to anyone, so I couldn't just abandon this post! So instead of a commentary on Hatsune Miku on The Late Show with David Letterman (which is what this post was going to be originally) I decided to make this a post about how much I love Vocaloids, how they are important in today's pop culture and how people should just stop hatin' and appreciate Japan's gift to the world haha! I realize that at this point I'm never going to post anything when I say I'm going to post them so please bear with me and keep reading whenever I post! I was going to write a blog post about the 2PM GO CRAZY tour that came here to Jersey, but that's past too (November 15th). (You should still watch the Go Crazy music video) Oh well... Anyway here's my post on Vocaloids!!
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Okay, Okay! I know that this was like forever ago (okay so, it was October 8th), but did you see Hatsune Miku on The Late Show with David Letterman??
I was just going to link the video for you guys to click on, but why not just watch the video here?
I love the fact that Miku is finally here for her expo in New York and Los Angeles, (which by now... I know it has passed a loooooooooooooooooong time ago and if I wasn't a broke college student I would've totally gone!) making her official debut in America!! I'm so excited that more people will be exposed to something that I've loved for years, introducing a new genre in music and a new era in what could be holographic musical entertainment.
Going back to Hatsune Miku though, I'm not sure that a lot of people were/are as excited as I am about this wonderful development. And that's unfortunate. In Miku's defense, I don't think that this song, "Sharing the World" really shows what Miku is truly capable of... Plus! Where are the other vocaloids? Yes, if you didn't already know already there are other vocaloids!!
For the sake of simplicity I'm going to say that Hatsune Miku, Megurine Luka, Kagamine Rin and Len, and Kaito are the "main" ones... There are still others, but that's where it gets kind of complicated, but that's still the beauty of Vocaloids! They are so diverse in vocal ranges and personalities that you can't help but to fall in love with each one of them, even if they aren't necessarily flesh and blood.
There's still even MORE!!!! And I love every single one of them!!!!!
I mean people love Mickey Mouse even though he's just a cartoon... you don't see people bashing Mickey Mouse because he "isn't real," so I don't understand when people say that people shouldn't like Hatsune Miku or other vocaloids because they are "artificial."
I understand that people like different things. We're all human beings, we're all entitled to our opinions, but when your formed opinion is made to hurt others and to make them feel bad about/question their likes then that's going a little bit too far... But I guess that's just my opinion.
I was going to go with this gif, but Miku is way too cultured to deal with your pathetic Haterade
Anyways, going back to my original point, I think that if you were to introduce something that a majority has not yet been exposed to, you should at least try to knock the socks off of these people. If you watched the full video of Miku on David Letterman, you could probably tell that even David was not impressed. And I guess I would've been like that too if that was the first time that I was exposed to a vocaloid... (Hahahahaha! Nope. Definitely not.)
They (as in the people promoting Miku) could've done something like when they first introduced Miku to the states. The "theme song" used at that time ("World is Mine") is one of my favorite songs and it kind of reminds me of when Madonna first came on the scene and said that all she wanted to do was to "rule the world." (I of course was not born when she said this, but hey those are just minor details...Heh heh)
To tell the truth, when I first heard the song "Sharing the World," I legitimately thought that the words were in Japanese, but then I remembered that Miku has a pretty strong Japanese accent. And that's what makes Miku "human" in a sense because if we were to go over to the realm of K-Pop artists for example, we all know that some people can speak English with better accents than other people and that's not only natural, but also effing adorable!
Ahhhhhhhhh! I just want to take Key and Minho and squeezeeeeeee them both.... preferably before they lose consciousness...
I already explained that Vocaloids are special and different and diverse, but did you know that Vocaloids sing about a whole variety of topics? Of course they stay in the category of J-Pop music, but they sing about a whole variety of issues that could range from:
As a notable mention can we also mention the songs that just make you sit down and say "WTF?" Don't get me wrong I love this song and I understand the message that's being conveyed, but the video? Oy... I first had to watch the video through closed fingers, if you know what I mean... (If you're feeling adventurous watch the twisted music video here)
Vocaloids are versatile and the people who developed/adapt upon the Vocaloid software are artists in their own right and they along with the Vocaloids themselves deserve to recognized as what will become (and what probably is) the wave of the future.
And so begins the Vocaloid invasion!!
That's all of what I really wanted to say about Vocaloids, but let me at least leave you with my top 10 favorite Vocaloid songs!! (I was going to say 5, but then that changed to top 10... but knowing myself the number of favorite songs would continue to grow exponentially... better to stop at 10 before the number turns into my top 50, y'know what I'm saying?)
Screw all that, do you know how long it took me to come up with the top 10? I couldn't pick 10 for the life of me, so I decided to turn it into a top 45 list!! (Asking me which is my favorite Vocaloid song is like asking me which is my favorite Michael Jackson song... Don't ask, I'll have a nervous breakdown in my mind) Haha... Yeah I know, I probably need a life instead of losing my hair over what makes it into my favorite songs list... Anyway without further ado:
Hop! Step! Instant Death! (Miku) (Check out the rest of the "Happiness Series" by UtadaP! I know there's a full video with all the songs, but YouTube isn't cooperating with me lol)
Side Note 4: If you noticed that you can see some text while going over some links, it only means one thing. I HAVE FINALLY MASTERED THE INTERNETS!! Nah jk... I just looked up how to put mouseover text in Html, but don't worry maybe one day I'll take over the internet!
I'm djbulbaczar! Imma take over the world one day, bruh!
Side Note 4: May I just mention that Google tried to auto-correct Hatsune Miku as "Sunhat Mike"?? Whaaaat? No Google. Just NO. Stop trying to ruin people's lives with your corrections... Apple's done it countless times... Not you too Google... "Sunhat Mike" conjures up the image of an obese southern white guy who you happen to always see sitting in the exact same seat on the same public bus that he always takes, always sleeping with a sunhat covering his face.
