Music Challenge: Summertime [SISTAR - Loving U, I Swear, Shake It]

Guess where I am right now? Yes, I am at the uni library. Right, on SUNDAY MORNING. I couldn’t work on my thsesis yesterday as I felt a bit headache and also heat stroke, although I spent all day long inside the house. I took medicine last night and I woke up feeling better, so why not celebrating this sunny day in the library?

It suits with today’s music challenge theme: summertime! I know, I know. Indonesians have to be grateful to be exposed with sun all year long – even in the raining season starts in November until now. I also know that because of the global warming, rain might just fall suddenly in the middle of June. And let’s not forget that in transition times between seasons, the weather is sooo bad your body might feel unwell (but I think it happens everywhere in the world). However, summertime always something that warmly greeted by many many people in other countries. Unexceptionally in Korea.

People say that SISTAR has been number 1 summer hit-maker. I don’t know since when, but most of their singles will be released close to summer. They also consider it carefully in terms of making the music video. They have these super energetic dances, colorful background, and fascinating scenes. No wonder myself almost wait for the summer after watching their music videos. Yeah, almost. Because I don’t fill my summertime with only sing, dance, and swim in the pool.

Sorry I can’t write much today, my hands are still trembling but I do the best I can to revise my thesis. Oh, I also want you to know that writing posts for music challenge has been entertaining me so much, it gives me pleasure and happiness. Hmm, or maybe it’s because I haven’t reached any mellow themes yet. Haha. Well then, have a nice Sunday!

 

Music Challenge: Song with Number in the Title [K.Will - Day 1]

Second post for Music Challenge, and you know what, I am already at the uni library. Speaking of high-speed WiFi connection so that I can watch any documentaries and Lion’ trailer..... Dev Patel, kalau buah kamu ini semakin matang ya, sukak deh lihatnya, hihihi.

Theme for today is “a song with number in the title”, and my mind went straight to ‘1, 2, 3, 4’ by Lee Hi. But I will save Lee Hi for another theme so I chose Day 1 by K.Will.

I love ALL K.Will songs, it’s no secret. Especially because most of his music videos are very cute I just can’t!!! But specifically, listening to this song which its music video was released in 25 June 2014 makes me feel warm. It almost remind me to my crush – almost. If I am not mistaken, when I listened to the song for the first time, I didn’t have any crush. Jadi gemes gitu, pingin ngebayangin siapa, ya sudah Pangeran Dubai aja deh :)))

As usual, K.Will shows a lot of admiration to his lady through this song. The lyrics also represent a man who feels shy, as he got a crush on a woman who deserves more than him, but he really wants to fight for her. Ladies, you should get a man who can adore you like K.Will. If this man can’t sing or make a song, make sure he does as shown below. 

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Then, ‘Day 1’ refers to the first day of their relationship. Well, I think in Korea and Indonesia are same, relationship should be official with the question popped up by the man, “do you want to be my girlfriend?” and an answer, “YES! YES! YES! I do!” Sorry, the woman here is quite emotional :p

Of all the ugly guys
I’m the best looking
What do I have to do to let you know how I feel?
Thinking of you drives me crazy

So I’m not that handsome
but I think I look cute when I smile
I’ll do better than all the guys out there, my love
I love you

Close your eyes and count to three
Now open and tell me what you see
Nothing? You don’t see your man?
It’s day 1 from today

I’ve never said that before
You’re my lady you’re my baby
But really, I’m not kidding
From today, from now
Will you be mine, baby

Btw, not too long after I saw the original music video, I also watched him perform the song in a music show. Although the coreography is a bit too cheesy (hmmm), but I like the part when he dance with a girl. It’s really nice. So now, let me continue my thesis and please enjoy K.Will – Day 1 (and have a nice weekend!).

Music Challenge: Song with a Color in the Title [Big Bang - Blue]

Oh my God, it’s March already and I haven’t done my research yet!!!
This week I was about to punish myself and not going outside the house if I don’t make any progress. Unluckily, my cousin use the library at home for English private course so I have to pick other place. I chose to go to library at university because if I come early, I can have a nice seat. Like what I am having now, I have my own private learning room where I can sleep type peacefully.

One of the benefits to work at the uni library is, I get the access for high-speed Internet connection. However, nowadays even the students have limits which is 5GB/person. Most probably there are students use the campus Internet to download Korean drama. Me? I don't, I can just copy movies from the nearest Internet cafes, it’s faster and more convenient. LOL.

Anyway, when I work at the uni, I like listening to YouTube videos because it has autoplay so it will recommend any good songs. Also, I don’t save songs on my laptop, there is no specific reason, I just prefer to not listening anything when I work at home (or radio/Channel V are okay). That’s why I count on YouTube videos to give me update about the most ‘hit’ songs lately.

However, most likely I just choose to replay some songs over and over again. When I saw the 30 Days Music Challenge on Twitter, I thought why don’t I write such thing on my blog. But 30 days are too long for me, I can’t even commit to write two posts a week. So I shorten it up and pick 15 themes that I am gonna write. Don’t worry, I will give you more than one song on my post if I can really think of the songs.

For the first post which is today, I have to post “a song with a color in the title”. I automatically think about ‘Blue’ by Big Bang. Now that I write it, I wonder why when you are sad, you said “I’m feeling blue”? When I googled it, I found this answer from Quora (validity can’t be guaranteed):

The use of blue to mean “sad” dates from the late 1300s. There are many references as to where this expression came from some being:

This is because blue was related to rain, or storms, and in Greek mythology, the god Zeus would make rain when he was sad (crying), and a storm when he was angry. Kyanos was a name used in Ancient Greek to refer to dark blue tile (in English it means blue-green or cyan).

The phrase "feeling blue" is linked also to a custom among many old deepwater sailing ships. If the ship lost the captain or any of the officers during its voyage, she would fly blue flags and have a blue band painted along her entire hull when returning to home port.

Even though you don’t speak Korean (neither do I), you will get the meaning behind the song if you watch the original music video. It talks about the separation, devastation after it, and how faith on love can’t be restored that easy. Below is some translation from the lyrics.

I feel like my heart has stopped beating
You and I, frozen there, after a war
Trauma, that has been carved in my head
Once these tears dry up, I will moistly remember my love
I’m neither painful nor lonely
Happiness is all self-talk
I can’t stand something more complicated
It’s no big deal, I don’t care
Inevitable wandering, people come and go

Okay then, I will leave you feeling ‘Blue’ with Big Bang now. To give you a bit entertainment, I also show you the performance version. Have a great day and see you on Saturday!