{"id":4831,"date":"2015-04-11T23:17:08","date_gmt":"2015-04-12T03:17:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.novadestin.com\/?p=4831"},"modified":"2015-04-12T15:45:12","modified_gmt":"2015-04-12T19:45:12","slug":"vixx-makes-me-smile-week-15-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.novadestin.com\/?p=4831","title":{"rendered":"VIXX Makes Me SMILE (Week 15 &#8211; 2015)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>OK, so, here&#8217;s the deal: I usually try to avoid doing SMILEs about a specific artist because a) it&#8217;s too easy and b) it doesn&#8217;t really fit with what I want to accomplish with these posts (diversity). But&#8230; 1) Vixx is a conceptual K-Pop group that specializes in doing new and different things and 2) they will be in DC next Saturday (more info below), and even though they&#8217;re so~ close, it&#8217;s still too far away to go see them \u3160\u3160 So, I&#8217;m drowning my sorrows by sharing some of my Vixx favorites, deal with it\u00a0^u^ and enjoy!<\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s start with the latest single, <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/VIXX\" target=\"_blank\">Vixx<\/a>&#8216; Love Equation<\/strong> (<a href=\"http:\/\/colorcodedlyrics.com\/2015\/02\/vixx-love-equation-ibyeolgongsig\" target=\"_blank\">lyrics<\/a>)(Korean). Compared to their other recent releases, this song is much more cheerful and fun. But, don&#8217;t let the bright atmosphere fool you, the song itself is all about breaking up and moving on. (Side note: this song is a remake of <strong><a title=\"R.ef\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/R.ef\">R.ef<\/a>&#8216;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bFifqPqmEeQ\" target=\"_blank\">Farewell Formula<\/a><\/strong> from 1995, which was a big hit in Korea.) <!--more--><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"665\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OM4C3uIXk28\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Another song from the same <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Extended_play\" target=\"_blank\">EP<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Boys%27_Record_%28EP%29\" target=\"_blank\">Boys&#8217; Record<\/a>, actually knocked out my previous favorite and took the top spot in my heart: <strong>Memory<\/strong> (<a href=\"http:\/\/colorcodedlyrics.com\/2015\/02\/vixx-memory\" target=\"_blank\">lyrics<\/a>)(Korean). It&#8217;s all Hyuk&#8217;s fault (first to appear in the video)! Damn you manHyuk&#8230; (Starlights will understand ^^;; &lt;3) Of course, Ravi (second to appear) is also brilliant in this. He both wrote and composed the song as well.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"665\" height=\"374\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ih_Q4qYdLlg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>My previous top song was actually the first I heard from them, and it&#8217;s the song that made me instantly fall for them (something that has only ever happened with four other groups\/artists): <strong>Voodoo Doll<\/strong> (<a href=\"http:\/\/colorcodedlyrics.com\/2013\/11\/vixx-voodoo-doll\" target=\"_blank\">lyrics<\/a>)(Korean)(Warning: Gore). Dark concept, heavy lyrics? I&#8217;m so~ there. This is my preferred style of music, but the fact that Vixx remains first in my heart when it comes to K-Pop despite doing so many different styles really speaks to their skill as artists.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"665\" height=\"374\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MOG7BexjPjM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>To showcase that skill, here&#8217;s <strong>Only U<\/strong> (<a href=\"http:\/\/colorcodedlyrics.com\/2013\/11\/vixx-only-u-daedabeun-neonigga\" target=\"_blank\">lyrics<\/a>)(Korean), the song they released right before the one above. If you&#8217;re not familiar with K-Pop, one of the biggest things to know is how they handle new releases. K-Pop functions more on a singles system rather than full CDs (fan use the term &#8216;era&#8217; to differentiate between promotions). Each &#8220;comeback&#8221; (new single release) features a new &#8220;concept&#8221;. These concept changes are <em>very rarely<\/em> as striking a change as what Vixx pulled off, which left some fans wondering if they were two different groups entirely!<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"665\" height=\"374\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JGNT6GCU4I8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Last, but not least, here is their debut song: <strong>Super Hero<\/strong> (<a href=\"http:\/\/colorcodedlyrics.com\/2012\/05\/vixx-super-hero\" target=\"_blank\">lyrics<\/a>)(Korean)! This song features a more &#8216;typical&#8217; K-Pop concept, and even though I love it, it&#8217;s easy to see how much they have grown over the years. Their company, Jellyfish Entertainment (affectionately called Jelpi), allows them to have a voice in their music (something that is extremely rare in the K-Pop world), mixing that with the fact that they&#8217;re also concept-dols (conceptual idols) has really helped them stand out when compared to other K-Pop groups, allowing them to fully earn a solid reputation and fanbase (rather than it all coming from the company &#8211; but that&#8217;s a whole other issue).<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"665\" height=\"374\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pT0rl2luupY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s incredibly awesome that Vixx has been invited as a <em>special guest<\/em>, along with fellow Korean artist Roy Kim, for the &#8216;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.globalcitizen.org\/en\/2015earthday\/\" target=\"_blank\">Global Citizen 2015 Earth Day<\/a>&#8216; event in Washington, DC (it&#8217;s a <em>FREE<\/em> event too!). They will be performing with high-profile American artists like Usher, Fall Out Boy, No Doubt and more! But, I won&#8217;t be there&#8230; ~~~~&gt;_&lt;~~~~<\/p>\n<p>Ah well. one day! What are some groups or individual artists you wish you could see in concert? And, be sure to include an suggestions for future SMILEs in your comments!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>OK, so, here&#8217;s the deal: I usually try to avoid doing SMILEs about a specific artist because a) it&#8217;s too easy and b) it doesn&#8217;t really fit with what I want to accomplish with these posts (diversity). But&#8230; 1) Vixx &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.novadestin.com\/?p=4831\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[68],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4831","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-smiles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.novadestin.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4831","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.novadestin.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.novadestin.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.novadestin.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.novadestin.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4831"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.novadestin.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4831\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.novadestin.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4831"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.novadestin.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4831"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.novadestin.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4831"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}