Review: K-Pop Tasty Road

As I was looking through a bunch of movies and TV shows on Hulu, I came across a TV series called "K-Pop Tasty Road". It's a spinoff of a Korean food and culture series called "Tasty Road", only this was about K-Pop.

They hired two idol MC's, NS Yoon G and Eli from U-Kiss. Since they were gearing this more towards a global audience, meaning outside of Korea, it was essential these MC's speak fluent English. Both Yoon G and Eli were born and raised in the United States so they know English very well. It was easy for them to converse in Korean and English, especially Yoon G, who did most of the talking.

Each episode would have a certain theme: a management company tour, dating/love tour, sites, etc. In the episode they would show you places that idols recommended foreigners to see, eat or shop at. And sometimes they would even have a special idol guest.

I love that they picked up on places that were unique and showed places that may be familiar to K-Pop fans. For instance, they showed the little cafe CNBlue's Jung Yong Hwa had taken his pretend "bride" Seo Hyun (SNSD) to eat when they were on "We Got Married" (if you want to watch some of their episodes, look up "YongSeo Couple" or "Goguma Couple").

They showed where groups like SHINee, TVXQ, Super Junior and FT Island like to do their nails, hair, shop and workout. If you ever want to try to spot an idol, this show will give you hints.

The only two gripes I have about this is that not all the episodes have been translated into English. The first 3 on Hulu are, but the other 5 aren't. The only times you will be able to understand them are when they choose to speak in English. Which brings me to my second gripe. As the show progressed, they seemed to be speaking more and more Korean. Very hard to understand.

But, I would still recommend this because Yoon G and Eli are both funny and adorable. They have a special interaction as "Noona-Dongsaeng". You can see that since they weren't raised in the U.S., they are still learning a bit about their own culture, so it doesn't seem like they're talking down to you, but you're learning along with them. Hope you all get to watch it! Two thumbs up!

SNSD Will Do Live Concert Globally

SNSD (aka Girls Generation. Photo credits to rightful owner)

It was announced today that SNSD (aka Girls Generation) will be doing a live concert via Naver, globally.

However, they will not be doing it in person so to speak. Instead they will be projecting holographic, and as realistic as possible, images of themselves. This is something that SM Entertainment plans to do more of in the future.

Overall, I think this is very cool! Talk about going futuristic! This is great news for fans all over that don't have the funds to actually see them in concert.

On the other hand, since I'm not exactly sure how this would work, would the event be free? And will it actually compare to being there with the artists themselves?

I can just see it now... instead of traveling far away to another country, there will be all these booths that artists perform in and another booth in each city that fans will squeeze into to experience the concert, "live".

If anyone catches this concert, let me know how it turns out!

Source: AllKpop

SBS K-Pop Super Concert 2012!

California, USA, you are one lucky state.

Not only do you play host to SM Entertainment artists practically every year, you are now playing host to a super concert filled with top South Korean artists!

On November 10th, Irvine, California's Amphitheater will put on the SBS K-Pop Super Concert! (I believe this is the one that was delayed from August)

Artists performing include:
Girls Generation (SNSD)
KARA

And...one of my favorites...
CNBlue

Plus more!

Fans have chances to be a part of the fan meets. (They are limited to only 300 per idol group, so you better get them fast!) You have an option for VIP select and Non-VIP raffle tickets. You will get a link confirming.

You can find information on that and a link to tickets here.

It opens today, October 25th!