Music Video Monday Madness

Posted on August 3, 2020July 26, 2020 by butterfly child

This week is a special week for music video Monday! I am not going to pick one music video and go into detail on it. I am going to share a few of my favourites with a quick summary of why I love it. This isn’t a countdown of my favourite songs, or Ben my favourite music videos although some of these are my favourites. They are just ten of my long list of favourites that I’d quite like to share with you.😍

I hope you enjoy my rundown of some of my favourite videos, and comment below if you enjoyed them, didn’t enjoy them, if they’d re one of your faves or if I helped you discover a new kpop group. I’d love to hear from you. Anyway, welcome to Music Video Monday Madness!

10. Twice – Fancy

I don’t usually like videos where there is so much going on because it distracts from the music and enjoying it. But I quite like Twices bubblegum, excitable energy pop music, and the videos just reflect their very own style. So I really quite like this one.

9. Monsters X – Hero

A rooftop. Monsta X dancing. I am not sure I need to say more.

8. Baek Hyun – Candy

I’ve got to be honest, this video is not one of my favourites. But Baekhyun is so pretty and I like the dance. It’s bright and colourful and has Baekhyun looking stunning, that is enough for me.

7. Day6 – Zombie

I really, really enjoy this song. So really the video could be terrible and I would still watch it because I love the song. But as it turns out, it has pretty much everything I love about a music video. I love when music videos have visuals to go along with the song alongside seeing our favourites play their instruments. So this video is just perfect for me.

6. Ateez – Wave

Hands up – who doesn’t want to see a beautiful crystal blue/green sea, sand and palm trees and the beauty that is Ateez dancing and having fun? If he hand is down, you can leave. 😂 I am joking (sort of 😏) but seriously, it’s a really fun, beautiful video and I love the song!

5. GOT7 – A

Yes I know, it’s cheesy as anything and sometimes you want to hide behind your hands, but I love the quirky, cheeky, cheesiness in this video. Plus look how young they all are. Such cutie pies! ☺️

4. Onewe – Regulus

I obviously have a thing for men on rooftops. 🤷🏼‍♀️what can I say? I know earlier I said when there is a visual storyline alongside the playing. But in this video, the simplicity of the members playing their instruments, and the vocals and everything. I just really love this music video. Also, close ups of Kanghyun playing his guitar. That is all. 😏🤭

3. BTS – Intro: Persona

Without a doubt, one of my favourite songs. Namjoon just doing his thing. Raw, talent and passionate. Namjoon is a prodigy in many things, his genius is reflected in Persona and really shows his growth as an artist. I can’t wait to see what else he has in store for us. Not sure I can add anything else. I really, really like Persona.

2. BTS – Interlude: Shadow

Firstly, Yoongi starting of this song in English was unexpected and surprisingly amazing. The video, the lyrics, the music, all of it just comes together so well. Plus my daughters reaction to this video was priceless. She is Yoongi biased so it wasn’t surprising she loved it, but she was just staring, almost holding her breath for the whole thing and for a good minute after, and then she demanded I play it again. 😂 Yoongi is a talented rapper and songwriter and it shows here. Shadow is amazing on many levels as with everything BTS does, it has many, many layers.

1. BTS – Outro: Ego

I know I am biased – literally Hobi is my bias! Technically I am a sope girl as witnessed by my number 1 & 2 choices here 🤦🏻‍♀️😂 but who am I kidding, Hobi just slightly makes my heart melt that little bit more – but Ego is an amazing video and song. It’s bubbly, energetic, happy and a proper call to action song. I just can’t help but jump out of my seat and start dancing as soon as I hear that beginning. Plus, listening to Hobi singing and rapping is one of my all time favourites past times. 😍😍 The video is so bright and happy, how could you not enjoy it.

Yes, the BTS rapline headed this weeks music video Monday but it s because I really, really liked all three songs by the rapper on Map of the Soul:7. I couldn’t mention one and not the other three. They are up there as some of my favourites, although not my all time favourites. I will get to them one day. I really hope you liked my top ten random video Monday madness. Do you have any recommendations? Leave me a comment and let me know.

GOT7, K Pop, Welcome

Music Video Monday – GOT7 Just Right

Posted on July 14, 2020 by butterfly child

*** EDITED***

So it appears my scheduled posts weren’t posting. Why you ask? Well obviously I decided I had had enough of 2020 and decided to schedule my posts for 2021. 🤦🏻‍♀️

Anyway, back on track… I know it’s not Monday but this was supposed to be shared last week, so this week you will be getting a two for one deal on music video madness!

Hi Guys!

Welcome back to Music Video Monday! Today I would like to introduce you to to another of my favourite Kpop groups… GOT7. Seven member kph group consisting of Im Jaebum (JB), Markeu (Mark), Jackson, Park Jinyoung, Choi Youngjae, Bambam and Kim Yugyeom.

One of the very first songs I discovered by GOT7 is the main feature today – JUST RIGHT. It is still one of my all time favourite songs and video, but I want to make special mention a couple of other videos, I may come back to later but I really enjoy these videos and wanted to point them out just in case.

Not by the Moon, “니가 부르는 나의 이름(You Calling My Name)” and You Are, are some really amazing videos (my list could go on but I will save that for another day and another blog post.)

Anyway, on to the really MVP of this blog post:

Bright, bold and colourful and oh so catchy. What isn’t there to love about this fun but inspiring music video?

All the boys look like they are having fun and enjoying themselves and the video is aesthetically pleasing, but the message in the song is the best part and watching it before you understand the meaning is fun and exciting, watching afterwards is still fun and exciting but also inspiring and beautiful.

“Mirror, mirror please tell her
Scale, please tell her too
That she doesn’t need to change anything
That she’s pretty and perfect just as she is right now
Just be happy, don’t worry”

A young girl starts of in the music video looking quite sad and feeling down about her appearance, but before she starts to feel too sad, seven wonderful and lovely men appear to tell her not too judge herself too harshly and to love herself and try to see her from the eyes of other people who love her just the way she is.

The catchy, bright and wonderful music video has everything a bright bubbly person could want from a song. Its easy to sing alone with, the video is so bright, I feel like sometimes I need sunglasses to watch and it is super inspirational. As soon as I hear it, me and the kids all jump up and are dancing away. I dare any one to see and hear this and not want to join in… it it infectious in its simplicity and beauty.

I love to watch GOT7 goofing around together as much as I love to see their more mature and sexy side. Just Right appeals to me because I am a little bit crazy, a little bit weird, and a whole lot of excitable energy, but mostly I love that it is a fun, chaotic song about loving yourself just as you are, and I couldn’t ask for more out of a song really.

GOT7, K Pop

GOT7 Keep Spinning Tour

Posted on May 13, 2020May 13, 2020 by butterfly child

I know, I know I have been a little MIA lately and I have so much I need to catch up on. I promise I am slowly writing it all down. It has been a hectic, fun filled year with some crazy ups and downs in my personal life, on my Kpop journey and now the world is on some crazy roller coaster situation and before I knew it months and months have passed. BUT I really do want to keep writing and sharing my journey with you, I promise I will crack on so just bear with me.

In the meantime, lets go back to October 2019 for my second Kpop concert at SSE arena, Wembley and a fun weekend with friends.

All ready for the concert – T-shirt made by Sunny J’s

The journey to get to London for the GOT7 concert was almost as exciting as the actual weekend. I decided I would give the coach a chance and woke up early on Friday to get the first coach to London. It was running late but I had all day so all was well…

A bird flying into the windscreen and shattering it, had other ideas though and my day suddenly got a whole lot crazier. Rather than worry or sad though, I did was I am good at, I helped calm folk down, made a few friends and I helped the poor lad working on the bus to make some teas and coffees whilst we waited for a replacement coach.

After a much longer journey that originally planned, I finally made it to Wembley and went to meet my friends in the hotel bar, where I hoped they were still waiting for me with a pint. I found one friend waiting to check in and wandered to the bar, no one, the place was empty. We had the wrong premier inn, a swift 15 minute walk and hurrah, the right hotel and my cold cider waiting for me.

GOT7 Keep Spinning Tour, SSE Arena Wembley

I have only been a GOT7 stan since about February and for the first few months my bias was Jackson, but slowly and surely JB just appeared out of nowhere and I have really looked at any of the others in the same way since. Don’t get me wrong they are all talented, beautiful men but JB just has a special place in my heart. So apologies if my photos are very JB heavy.

The concert was epic, I had a slight (read major attack of bad decision making which caused one the biggest regrets of 2019) moment when my over £50 lightstick didn’t work properly, (spoiler alert – no ones worked properly, but I didn’t know that) so I slipped out to talk to the sellers, at the complete wrong moment when JB performed his Solo Ride, danced blindfolded and then gagged himself in the most sexy and provocative way I have ever seen (after the fact on a video my friend sent me). One of my biggest regrets of 2019 will forever be 1) buying the lightstick as much as I love it, was a bit of waste of money and 2) missing JB’s solo! Sad times!

Anyway, the concert was awesome, the seats amazing and the whole vibe was just immense. Different to BTS but still good. I really enjoyed it and I hope they come back again. Enjoy my photos and videos.

The best part of the weekend for me was undoubtably seeing these talented men perform but almost in line with this was spending time with friends I have made. I cannot explain how amazing it is finding and making new friends who have so much in common with me, want to spend time with me and spent the whole weekend with me having a laugh. It is beautiful!

Actually, I take back all of that, the best part was definitely the food at Olles. Screw it, the whole weekend was awesome! Not only did I get to spend time with my amazing friends, see GOT7 in concert and eat some amazing food. I also fit in some ‘Namjooning’ whilst the others had a lie in!

After a long, tiring but amazing weekend, I returned home to the kids with a lighter purse and heavier bags, but a massive smile on my face, which I needed as the next few months of my life turned out to be pretty stressful, but that is another story for another day.

I hope you enjoyed my very delayed, but picture filled blog post.

EXO, GOT7, K Pop, MONSTA X

Comeback season is upon us; Im not sure I am going to survive!

Posted on October 21, 2019October 21, 2019 by butterfly child

So many comebacks, so little time…

Super M

The much anticipated super group Super M’s comeback on October 4th was everything I imagined and more. I am loving almost everything about the mini album except for one small little detail: “Jopping”. I just can’t get past the jumping/hopping = jopping thing. It just reminds me of the “making fetch a thing” meme from mean girls. I think I would probably really enjoy the song but I just can’t get past that, so (and please don’t all jump on me) I haven’t listened to it all the way through. I absolutely love Super Car and Can’t Stand the Rain. Also, as a massive SHAWOL, I love seeing Taemin do his thing. Super M for the uninitiated is a group made up of Taemin from SHINee, Baekhyun and Kai from Exo, and Taeyong, Mark and Lucas from NCT. I can’t wait to see what else they have in store for us.

What did you all think? Are you on board with “jopping”? I think its just me that can’t get over it. 🙂

Monsta X

It all kicked off in household with Monsta X’s single Someone’s Someone! I liked Monsta X but I was trying to avoid too many more groups, especially as I gave up on going to see these as I was saving money for GOT7 and now I regret this decision more than anything as I have properly fallen down the hole. I was teetering before as I like the music but I was trying to be good, but now I just think sod it! I’m all in.

Go check out the video for Someone’s Someone, I love it!

Oh and whilst you are checking them out, why not have a look at their cover of Bruno Mars Versace on the Floor. I love a bit of Bruno and seeing these men perform was amazing and is what made me fall in the first place.

I do have a couple of biases but I am going to hold off before I elaborate as I’m still relatively new to the fandom and I don’t want to be rash although if any of you follow my instagram you may have seen a while back who my biases might be.

I quite like to see their cute little interactions and follow them on Twitter. You should go check them out if you haven’t. They are just the right amount of cute and sexy all rolled into one.

The comeback schedules are so hard for me to keep up with, I always end up missing something and have to catch up later. But at least I get to join in on comebacks. I am relatively new to Kpop, I will have been ARMY for a year in December and every other group has followed after that, so I am just excited to be here.

Have you all been enjoying the teaser trailers? It was a bit tense for a minute there, I cannot wait for tomorrow for the music video to Find You to drop. I will be at work but I am hoping to get a sneak peak.

What do you think of Someone’s Someone? Are you enjoying it? I am looking forward to the 28th for the mini album to drop.

Stray Kids

I actually really enjoy listening to Stray Kids but I only have a couple of songs on my playlist so I haven’t really fallen yet. But I did check out their release of Double Knot when it dropped on October 9th. I like it and it will be added to our morning playlist as the kids enjoyed it too.

Here it is in case you haven’t had chance to check it out:

I don’t know much about them but as their comeback continues, I will undoubtedly be doing some research, so watch this space.

What do you think? Should I be falling down this hole? I only have about 3 songs on my playlist. What would you recommend?

TXT – ‘꿈의 장: MAGIC’ / 1st Full Album

TXT had there first full album comeback today. My kids love TXT so weer very excited to see the new video today and have demanded I get the album on every download/ streaming service I can. What can I say? We are a Kpop family.

I loved (Run Away) the music video releaseed today. As the “younger brothers” of BTS, I imagine they must feel a large shadow over them and some quite big shoes to fill. I don’t believe they should feel like this though. As they are unbelievably talented in their own right and their music is proving that. It has been quite sweet and innocent as of yet, but they need to establish their music and sound themselves. As we only joined the kpop fandom a year ago, we missed a lot of our now favourite groups earlier songs and comebacks, so it nice getting to witness “rookies” and watching a group from the start seeing how they interact and how their music develops. We cannot wait to watch them grow as artists. My girl especially loves TXT so I am sure you will more from her regarding their comeback.

Did you enjoy the video? Are you enjoying the album?

Special Mention – ooh I am very excited…

Not Kpop exactly, but Kpop Adjacent as we discovered them through BTS.

Arcades ft Ryan Lawrie – RUNNING.

We had sneak peaks on Arcades twitter page and the wonderful guys also asked their fans to help with the music video. We jumped at the chance and it was beautiful. The song is wonderful and has become a staple in our household. I find my girl dancing and singing to it every day, at least three times a day. I love how I am discovering new music all the time now. For a while, as a mu to young children I forgot what it was like to discover new things. I love it.

The lyrics are beautiful and I may have cried a little when I heard it and the music video just makes this feeling even greater. It is a wonderful thank you, memento and just a wonderful video. You can find our little bit at 2:49. But when Luna declared “this was her favourite bit…” It wasn’t the part we were in 🤦‍♀️ never mind! 😂😂😂

Comebacks I am still looking forward to…

October 22nd – DAY6

October 28th – Monsta X

Sometime in November – HyunA and GOT7

And of course BTS may also be making their comeback at some point in the future.

I keep an eye on general comeback information on:

https://www.kpopmap.com/upcoming-kpop-comeback-debut-lineup-in-october-2019/

Are there any on this list I should be keeping an eye on? What should be my next kpop group to discover? Let me know in the comments below.

GOT7, K Pop

Excitement Builds … up

Posted on October 8, 2019October 8, 2019 by butterfly child

Two More Working Days…

GOT7 are heading to SSE Arena Wembley

and I couldn’t be more excited…

If you want to follow my journey into my second KPOP concert – follow me over on instagram and twitter for live interactions as I prepare for the weekend and excitement builds.

I am hoping to make stops at Sokollab for their GOT7 weekend – I want to treat myself and also little secret, I’d really like to meet the twins from TTK (twins talk Kpop) again as it was so exciting seeing them at Wembley for BTS. Highlight of my weekend!

Most exciting though – is I am meeting with lots of online friends who over the last few months have befriended me, made me feel welcomed and wanted. I can’t wait to see GOT7 live, but I am also so happy to be getting the chance to meet online friends in person.

So anyway, this is only a short blog just to say – if you’re going to the concert maybe I will see you there and if not – check out my insta and twitter to see all the excitement for yourself.

See you on the other side, folks!