SHINee and F.T. Island

Ok guys, I'm slowly but unavoidably expanding my Kpop boy band obsession. Just wider, but not deeper. I don't like any of the new ones nearly as much as I love DBSJ.

I want to talk about 2 new bands that have came to my attention. Honestly, they are not that new. SHINee, another SM product, debuted in 2008. F.T. Island debuted one year before SHINee.

F.T. Island is a band that actually plays instruments, which is apparently very rare in Kpop. But sadly only the lead vocal, Lee Hongki who does not play any instrument, is well known. Music wise, F.T. Island is really talented. I like a lot of their song. Love Sick, One Word (On Air OST), Lie, etc. Even though they are talented, I have to say that Lee Hongki would not have made it as big if it weren't for SJ's Kim Heechul. Contrary to Hongki, Heechul is very successful on entertainment shows but not a great singer. On shows, he often says that Hongki is one of his best friends and tells stories about Hoogki thus raising Hongki's popularity. I would not have known Lee Hongki if it weren't for the fact that he went on a show with Heechul. Lee Hongki was born in 1990 (same year as me), 7 years after Heechul! In Korea, it's hard for people who have such a big age gap to be friends. But I don't know what Lee Hongki did, but he's very lucky to be friends with Heechul in my opinion. After knowing him (seeing him on shows), I think Hongki is a very sincere and caring person........ very very different from Heechul. Hoogki is very innocent and not as selfish as Heechul. Anyways, they are both great.

We are SHINY SHINee!!!

I "disliked" SHINee for a long time because....... 3 out of the 5 of them are younger than I am!!!! LOL, I know it's a stupid reason, but it was the only reason stopping me from liking them. I'm still not completely over this. SHINee is known as the next DBSK. but honestly...... at least singing and dancing.... DBSK is better. The only song I really love by SHINee is Ring Ding Dong, which came out October of last year. I guess Amigo and Noona You are so Pretty are not terrible. Taemin is supper cute and he is my fav because he is Hanchul's love child (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qCmKL3Ri88c&feature=PlayList&p=34AB67C087C04EC1&index=4). The fact that Taemin is my fav really does not make any sense. I don't like SHINee because they are younger than I am but Taemin is the youngest so shouldn't I dislike him the most? Jonghyun is a great singer. Minho is very very handsome. Key just looks cool. and Onew, the leader, is sweet. Onew is not tough enough to be the leader.

I'm gonna stop here cuz I'm really tired.

I didn't mean to write this much. I simply wanted to share a few SHINee vids.

The first one is 090626 Music Bank (SJ, DBSK, SHINee, and SNSD performed; kinda like a huge SM party). An accident happened at the end of the show and Onew FAINTED!!!!!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1cvVsbyypyk

The second vid I want to recommend........ is SHINee on 100% Entertainment, my fav Taiwanese show. 100% is hosted by Show Luo (his nicknames are Xiao Zhu and Director). Show is my fav TW singer, mc, and actor. He really can do everything!!! he debuted as a singer in 1994 when he was only 14 (younger than all the SHINee boys lol). and I just found out that from 2003 - 2007, he signed a contract with AVEX. AVEX is the Japanese company that DBSK and TRAX signed with. Two of my fav idols together! Here's the vid http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ivZ8Kn5vioI. because I love it so much, I'm working on subbing it. Part 1 of 5 is done :)