So "ships" refers to 2 kpop celebrities that I want to date soo badly, and when I match 2 celebrities together it is referred to as "shipping"
So here is my Ultimate Ship!!!!
Song Ji Hyo and Kang Gary! (AKA Monday Couple!)
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Okay who seriously doesn't love the chemistry between these two Running man members?? I mean honestly my day is made whenever they have a moment in a Running man episode!
There's even an episode where all the cast members are asked to pick between Ji hyo and a different female celebrity guest, and Gary goes to Ji hyo without hesitation!! How sweet!!
They were partnered up in a recent Running man episode and were asked to pick either Money or their partner, and if they both picked money they would win a huge prize. BUT! as cute as they are, they both picked each other and melted the hearts of all the fans!
Ji hyo is partnered with someone else on a Chinese version of We Got Married, but hey! No rules against shipping Monday couple still :D
So I do sing Korean songs, but they take me forever to know because of many reasons..
I don't want to butcher the Korean language or you know... accidentally swear....
And... You know I happen to actually have a low singing voice, so if I attempt to sing girl group songs it ends quite hilariously..
Another thing is that I usually begin learning a Korean song by listening to it in 0.5 or 0.75 speed... which distorts the song a fair bit... And I usually end up learning the chorus first so everything else sounds like a made up language until I practice enough...
Finally! When I have learned the whole song and am content with it, I record it! But there are some strange questions because I am white... and singing in Korean.... And then there are some strange reactions from Koreans and other people who know me....
But all in all, the process of learning a song is quite fun, and singing in a different language is extremely hard but I feel really happy when I sing in Korean. Granted sometimes at competitions I will spend my performance worrying about mispronouncing the lyrics, or not giving enough emotion in the song, but HEY! It pays off when it comes to karaoke!
Okay.. so mnet has this new series called Produce 101, where basically they take 101 female trainees and then tell 90% of them (note my percentage may be off since I don't have a calculator on hand) that they have to wait to debut!
then there's those 11 who are picked to form a group, but WAIT! It's only for a year! Literally after the year is up, that group will break up and the 11 trainees will go back to their companies to (most likely) train for another couple of years).
Those 11 trainees picked are also picked based on 1. Talent! and 2. Popularity!
They are picked based on online voting and through process of elimination, but then there are some trainees who people will argue "don't belong there"
Okay... let me just say... Produce 101 is looking for the next big girl group. If they were to pick a group of only good singers, good dancers, and good rappers, then okay they would be somewhat successful.
What makes a group popular is the likeability of each member! That is the most important thing after talent! (Even sometimes before talent)
If you had a trainee be like "I am the best, I will definitely beat all the other girls and debut", usually the reaction is "wow, she's so arrogant."
Then throw in the poor girl who was tricked by her company to join the program! (Kim Sohye)
Basically, she is an ACTRESS trainee, not an IDOL trainee, so before ya'll go bashing on her skills... note that she didn't study dance, or singing in any way before the competition!
Literally her lessons began when the cameras started rolling.
But, having a good attitude and not wanting to give up, Kim Sohye stays in the program despite her obvious disadvantage and shows drastic improvement and even wins the heart of the trainers (as proven when she succeeded in the Irony Practice and making the trainer cry because she was so hard working)
To all the people saying Kim Sohye doesn't deserve to be in the top 11.... WTH are you watching? I see a girl who drastically improved in such a small time, and is better than some trainees who've been training for years!
If she had been given the amount of training some of the others had received, then she most likely would be fighting for the first place.
Another example of how harsh produce 101 is... the evil editing skills of mnet!
Seriously how on earth do you expect all 101 trainees to gain the same amount of screentime in a 1 hour time slot?
And of course they have to create drama, so they take some trainees and edit what they say and their reactions to make them the "I don't take your sh**" kind of trainee... (eg Chanmi who now has a lot of haters because of the show, and also the Cathy girl who used to be in the group DIA)
Man... the only way to actually view all 101 trainees was through the website, and that was the only way to vote for them too, giving international fans a bit of a disadvantage in that area since most of us (not including me) can't read any korean...
And wow... the latest elimination... literally 61 (I believe) trainees were eliminated based on popularity. Some of those trainees definitely deserved to stay, and some did not stand out at all, but it's harsh taking 101 girls and telling them that only 11 of them will actually form the group... So any girls who make friendships can't expect them to last if one is eliminated... ㅠ.ㅠ
Okay so probably on the outside I say "Oh I'm just a fan of K-pop, but I'm not obsessed..." literally though 80% of the songs in my phone are Korean lol
HEY! They aren't all K-pop though ;)
But recently my current favourite rookie group MAMAMOO came back... and OMG I fangirled soo much!!!!
And Koreaboo has this "can we guess which idol is your true love?"
and okay I admit I was hoping for someone from MBLAQ (cough cough, Seungho...) but hey I got TOP from Big Bang!! Ya'll I'd definitely be okay with dating TOP!
But yea my inner fangirl has been going crazy with a bunch of comebacks and releases from some of my favourite artists, plus with the release of these cute quizes how can I stay calm??
Hopefully I'll meet some idols in my dream tonight ;)
If you aren't sure; a bias is a favourite member from a group, it's the member you usually buy posters of and often will watch fanvideos of them on youtube!
Well.. Being a fan of kpop for 5 years now... I can definitely say my bias list has grown!
So, without further adieu...
MY ULTIMATE KPOP BIAS LIST!
1. Seungho from MBLAQ
MBLAQ was the very first kpop group I listened to and obsessed over. My bias in the group was and forever will be panda-eyed, one-pack famous Seungho! (Who has so many amazing talents)
Seungho is probably my bias because of MBLAQ's stint on Hello Baby! He was hilarious in taking care of the children and was the one member to not make any of the children upset (surprisingly)
He's also pretty well known for having a one-pack and not being able to form abs xD His Laugh is also very addicting!
He is an amazing dancer and singer though which is another reason why he is one of my ULTIMATE KPOP BIAS
And if you don't know who he is, or if you haven't heard of MBLAQ I suggest you start by watching This Is War MV and then their Hello Baby season... I'm sure you will fall in love with them asap.
Below is a clip of MBLAQ (which is my favourite)
2. Wonder Girl's Sohee!
She has left Wonder Girl's officially to focus on acting but she is still one of my bias! My favourite moment of hers was when she appeared on Running Man!!!!
She slept in the car, helped her team the most, and was proven to be most harsh when she had to insult the other team xD
It's probably a bit unusual for a girl to have another girl as an ultimate bias... but then I'm not the least bit normal so I'd say this is pretty average for me lol
She also has a bit of an evil laugh for a girl (as proven by her appearance on running man)
She also seems to be a bit possessed when she is focused....
3. 2AM's Jo Kwon!!! Kkap Kwonnie <3 <3 saranghae xD
2AM's leader Jo Kwon is known for his outrageous dancing xD I love him for his silliness!
He is theeeeeee Kpop Diva, no one else can compare!
Jo Kwon is crazy, but I love it xD His singing voice is also to die for! You wouldn't expect him to have that voice since he is such a diva on shows and the idea of him singing ballads is strange right?
4. ZE:A's Kwanghee
Kwanghee isn't known for being in an idol group, or for being a talented idol...
Rather he is known for his non-talentedness (is that even a word...) and plastic surgery xD
However I've been a fan of him for years, and I've seen all the shows he's on.
He definitely has talent, a talent to make people laugh and he can actually sing! (just saying)
Actually when he was picked to join Infinity Challenge as a MC I was soo happy for him! He's actually hilarious for me to watch on youtube and I'll get to see him more often because of that!
You have to admit too, that without Kwanghee his member's wouldn't have gotten famous.
He was the first one out of the group to gain popularity and he went on shows promoting the other members and even went as far as revealing he received plastic surgery not long after his debut, and by him revealing that, the group gained notice and Kwanghee became popular for his outspokenness
Kwangheee please release a solo song!!!! I know you can sing!
5. Ft Island's Seunghyun!
For him... I think he's been my bias since Makbanshi (Maknae revolution tv show). It showed that he really cannot dance, which is why it's good that he's in a band xD
The show worked well for introducing him to the public because he was new at that time, so it worked well for publicity.
He worked hard on the show and even dressed as a girl at one point xD
He's the tallest out of the members and he's known for not gaining weight easily (I'm so jealous)
He borrows the other member's boxers and also has abs (girls will like him) xD
His voice is also killer!!!!
That's the end of my ultimate bias list!!! It was actually quite hard narrowing it down to 5 but I figured I would put down the people I've been a fan of since the beginning of my kpop loving life xD
Who are your ultimate bias'???? If you don't know the members I listed I suggest you go and look them up! I'm sure you won't be disappointed!
