K-pop

Korea is famous for something else: Korean pop, or as it is more widely known "K-pop."

I have started getting into the K-pop scene here. There are some wildly addicting songs out there, complete with their own dances. My kids every once in a while like to dance the "Bo Peep" song by T-ara. I know some of the dance moves myself, so I dance along with them. K-pop songs also love to throw in English words (as you will find out soon). I currently have 3 K-pop songs on my iPod that I'm addicted to (oh, as a side note: I caved in and bought myself a 64gb iPod Touch in Seoul. It was more expensive than if I bought in the US, but due to the circumstances I think it was a smart buy in the end). I will post the youtube links to the videos of these songs.

The first song is by a group called 2NE1. The song title is translated in different ways. Sometimes it's listed as "Try to Follow Me," while other times it has "Follow Me" or "Try to Follow (Copy) Me," etc.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MAJ6Xk9bnew

The next song is by the aforementioned T-ara, and the song is called "Bo Peep" (although when we first heard it the chorus sounds like they're saying "papi" or something to that effect, not "bo peep"). This song is frequently played at the clubs Yelena and I go to on weekends.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9403-9CptH8

The last one is by a boy band called Big Bang. It is a video and song released to promote the Lollipop 2, a cell phone. The original Lollipop song and promo campaign was sung by Big Bang and 2NE1 for the original Lollipop cell phone. I like this song better than the original.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLEuWZ31PBs

Enjoy!

-AALA