hi guys, long time no see..

i wonder if anyone would ever visit this site again?

but the good news is that the site state is over 10K!!!!

recently i’ve been missing dear Hikki, although she updates constantly via twitter, it is sad that i do not know any japanese..

and about BoA, identity is a really good album, probably my favorite album coming from her

she is the one who brought me into JPop, and it is nice to see that her hard work pays off and she is a well established artist.

but i’ve been way to busy since entering college, and just cannot find time and the persistence to finish listening to an entire album

ive been missing out on jpop alot recently XD

but i do miss the happy times writting music reviews on every single song i wrote

hopefully someday i will be back with a review

hope everything is going well with all of you

take care

oh dear Hikki, I will miss your voice so much!!

it is such a beautiful song…i love everything about it!!!

she just touches me with her music

sigh…

Goodbye Happiness

hey guys I am back!!!

this summer i went back to China, and so many things happened….

this summer is unforgettable to me!

haha, i am kind of at lost of words….

It is sad that Hikki will put her career on hiatus starting 2011, i’ve been listening to her music lately..T T

Next Monday I will be moving into my college dorm and start my college life!!! I am so excited and looking forward to it!

After I got settled, I will start review music again!

This time going back to China I discover some wonderful CPOP, so I would love to share them with you!

Btw, this site has 10,828 views so far, woo hoo!!~~

See you guys later!

Hypy~

Last two months of my high school year…I am completely sick of it = =

I start to questioning myself why  take so many AP classes during the last year of my most most most precious high school year! XD

I guess it is because college admissions are rolling in lately, and I suddenly let myself loose

For example, skipping classes and sleep in, I feel sleepy constantly, can’t keep my eyes open even after ten hours of sweet dreams!!! This is not good!

For I still have 7 AP classes to battle with a month later >_< And final semester transcripts has huge impact on one’s college admission

Must not fail! Must not fail!

But it’s just so hard, I feel like suddenly I am turning into a very relaxed and loss-of-ambition person, too relaxed x[

Music helped so much, actually I have been keeping on track with all the newest releases thanks to my dear and so up to date review friends! You guys are just so amazing!!!!

This summer I will finally visit China after six years! My friends are battling right now vigorously in preparation for the big college entrance exam, which is seriously a life changing event to them.  I pray and hope the best for them. Then we will go and play after all the burdens are gone!!! XDDDD

Anyways, recently I cannot stop listen to “Recreation” by Supercar. A disbanded JPop band, the song is really dreamy and relaxing, sending off the vibe of spring season…

*I searched forever for the remix of the song done by Satoshi Tomiie, however I just can’t find it!!!! I heard it from a short commercial and the remix is just absolutely love!

recreation

~Hypy

(got rid of all the previous rantings since they looks so irrelevant to the theme of this blog XD! too much rant~)

I received my Iriver Clix 2 for my 16th Birthday…it was the most precious thing to me, ever! I got a leather pouch for it and never let anyone else touch it  (my friends were really pissed about it XD)

I was choosing between Ipod nano and Iriver Clix, but I ended up choosing Clix because the reviews were much higher, anyways, the day after my mom ordered it Apple released new Ipod nano series, with lower price but higher capacity…I bought my Clix 8GB for $250..

My Clix 2 Red line

It’s pretty small, fits into my palms. The video quality is truly amazing and beautiful however I rarely use that function

You can chance the fonts, backgrounds,play games, read text, whatever like that.

The most amazing thing about Clix is its sound quality, the SRS WOW HD sounds so crisp and clear that it makes me feel like i’m listening songs @ Live. I never heard any other players with such beautiful sound quality!!!

How it works..You just click the sides of the player, up/down/left/right. It’s super easy to learn, and really kinda fun

Anyways, after 2 years my Clix is still as good as new, I clean it everyday and there is no scratch or any damaging to it. I see it more important than anything else almost, since it contains 8 GB of my soul XD. I mean, listening to music is the biggest part of my life, except sleeping and studying and talking.

But now…I really don’t know what to do

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In the beginning I thought that 8 GB would be enough, but now its definitely not enough…I have this bad habit of not deleting songs that I don’t listen to. I always thought “Ohh this song is not so bad, someday when I’m in the mood I will listen to it…” or “Ohh this album as a whole is soo epic! I can’t delete this song, it will ruin the idea of the album” and I have full length albums that I don’t even listen to, I just thought I would review it someday and so I kept it there…

Stupid, Stupid habits…sometimes I think being organized is really a bad thing…so that’s how my Clix is filled with,

1/3 frequently played songs, 1/3 ok but rarely listened songs, 1/3 totally junk songs from the album…

I don’t know why I am being so organized with my MP3 library, I guess it’s because before I had a really cheap brandless player and I just put songs in, but now with the Hi-Tech Clix I just try to make it looks good…

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Right now I think 8 GB is really not enough…

And I want to get a ZUNE HD

It’s….beautiful!! *3*

I also really like the Ipod Red..

Ahhh gosh I don’t know what to do!!! Maybe I should just review those artists fast then get rid of them!!!!

But seriously..the new Zune HD is so beautiful~ Drools..

a Double A single?? …and maybe releasing an album towards the end of the year???

I personally love both of the VS CMs!!!

Namie’s on fire!!! Wild/Dr. was such an awesome and unique single and judging from the preview, I think the new single is going to be greeeeeaaaattt!!!

What do you think?

My Love


Copy that


Enjoy~ <3

I found the PVs from Tudou in China, (like Youtube in America)

When i played the videos, it will play 10 sec of Ads first then the pv will come, so just wait for a few sec~

Because of the time zone difference, the video will load in different speed (slower if its daytime in China)

I thought the video was really really boring, Mika just sit there and singing…without any hyper movements you see in a circus…

and the circus idea is so popular these days!

However I really like the song! She sounds sexy and musical-like~

Candy Girl PV <-click to see

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I also found Ken Hirai’s “Candy” PV on Tudou, well about the PV…I hate the fro hair style but it looked good on him..

Tell me what you think of these PVs! <3

Candy PV <-click to see

GOSH Ken …

So…

I know I wasn’t working hard during these past months, now don’t hit me! Because you just cannot hit me!!!

I try to write reviews alot, almost every week; however, sitting in front of the computer, I cannot come up with anything good to say…how should I write about an album? How should I write about what I think of the album instead of writing a long and boring track-by-track analysis?

I just don’t know what to do…that’s the hardest part for me right now

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Anyways, about my life. Urg! How I despise AP Physics!! We are going to finish up our major quiz tomorrow and I just want to puke, thinking about those nasty questions…

Today I had my AP Calculus bc exam, the moment I turned my test in, I realized that I have committed an error by adding an extra “2″ when I should’ve just leave it alone. Now 4 points got taken away, and I definitely failed that natural log derivative problem and maybe couple of the AP multiple choice questions..Boo

Tonight, which is now, I will have to write an in-depth analysis about a confusing short story which I cannot comprehend at all…what does this miserable woman has to do with paradox at all? Oh well, my English teacher would appreciate anything with complicated philosophy and SAT vocabs..

I really need to start a new life, I should rest a bit after come back from school, then finish my homework withnot any distractions. I cannot believe I am still slacking off in my senior year.

Oh and SAT and SAT subject tests and ACT with writing!!! Gosh I wish someone can just knock me out and when I wake up, everything is done already XD

Hopefully the lady will contact me soon this week, I applied to become a reading tutor for children who is bad at reading, I want to spoil them with lots and lots of candies <3

But I don’t feel really good this week, something is going on with my friends and me, I feel frustrated all the time, like so angry and full of hatred? X_X

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Anyways, enough of my blank and boring life. Hmm talking about boring, I am so tired of those KPOP artists, so tired of girl groups with bright coloring styles, so tired of those funky edgy but actually pretty darn ugly styles, so tired of those nothing but techno-ed voices.

Let’s have some Indie, let’s have something more artistic, let’s have something simple yet charming

Let’s have some EPIK HIGH

(Yo wassup, u want a piece of me?)

Ok now sorry about the lame line above…but EPIK HIGH is one of my favorite KPop artist ever, they are nothing like what you have heard from these other mainstream KPop artists ( Definitely not implying that I dislike/bashing mainstreams in anyways)

EPIK HIGH is an Indie Hip-Hop band, they do collaborations with lots of underground/Indie artists and their music is enchanting <3~

Hmm..I guess you can say that EPIK HIGH feels like a bottle of chilling and pure water that stands along those manufactured coke cola caffeine products?  (my English teacher is going to kill me with this description hahaha)

I think you all got the idea now, I got most of their albums excluding those earlier ones, but I can say that their work is really creative and completely unique plus amazing! I got their newest album [e] today and I love everything about it.

Oh and their albums tends to contain lots of tracks, [e] got a whooping of 30 tracks in total (include lots of short interludes).

To me,  their album is like a story, you just cannot stop with all the fascinating interludes that lead you to another story.

Ok Ok I will shut up and do my English assignment now~ Weather is getting chilly, which I absolutely love <3

~I’m back!!!  I enjoy my senior year in high school very much, however I don’t want to imagine what my life will be like in the next two to three months…..

~Anyways! I’m about to review this strange album, some people address this album as Utada’s big FLOP in her music career, let’s not listen to those idiots You are about to embrace with the most original and mysterious album from our dear beloved Utada A.K.A Hikki!

Released: September 8, 2004

Rank: Billboard # 160/ Oricon Japan #1

Sales: 55,000 (USA)/ 1,074,393 (Japan)

Genre: Dance/ Electronica

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Utada’s music genre began to change during her DEEP RIVER era, switching from R&B to Experimental pop.  Her U.S debut album Exodus’04 is her most experimental album ever , I suppose during this time period Utada is trying to find her own style of music, and I am glad that her later works wasn’t as experimental as this one, because if she was to continue make experimental music like this her idea is going to become very limited. To me Heart Station has the perfect style, it is not too R&B and not too Experimental.

Have arrived to a sanctuary-like place with the Opening interlude, our minds then was take over by the mysterious and alluring Devil Inside, a catchy dance pop with strange and eerie atmosphere, the electric guitar sounds absolutely fantastic in the song, a song you will immediately fall in love with. Exodus’04 was presented with a poem like feeling, the flowing lyrics and the desert-ish vibe is incredible and memorable. Aside from the weird but sexy ( also with heavy experimental) The Workout and the Urban R&B Easy Breezy(I’m Japanezy…), Tippy Toe and Hotel Lobby gives the listener imaginations with the “sneaky” and tropical feeling of the songs.Animato, Utada’s favorite track off the album, is a song with outer-space feeling and has a hint of sorrowfulness implying in the song.

The Crossover Interlude is an alternative version of the Opening interlude, the mood and Utada’s voice became more techno-ed and cheerful.

Kremlin Dusk has this pressured feeling that makes you feel like something is on your chest, the song reminds me of those sunset in the dessert, where the entire desert is bathe in bloody red color. The quiet but persistent guitar riffs changes with the mood of the song, the simple guitar verse formed a sad and memorable verse in your head. No need to compliment more about Utada’s gorgeous vocals, the song breaks to its emotional peak towards the end. Most memorable and absolutely fantastic.

You Make Me Want to Be A Man is like the twin of Kremlin Dusk, compare to the Ancient sounded Kremlin Dusk, You Make Me Want to Be A Man is futuristic and also very emotional. The weird beats played throughout the song was funky and creepy but definitely in a good way. Utada’s voice was sexy and feminine. The line “You Make Me Want to Be A man…” is emotional with helpless feelings.

Wonder’Bout and Let Me Give You My Love both contains addicting beats but you can see that these two tracks are heavily “Americanized”, it is the lyrics that made them that way. Not bad at all but sounds weird among rest of the creepy/dark tracks, except Easy Breezy.

I Love About Me because of the totally weird chorus, this song present us a different Utada with her unique way of singing the song. Began with quiet A-Capella with guitar riffs, the song slowly turns more pop and experimental during the middle chorus. It is a song with remarkable arrangements.

The special things I love about this album is how creative it is, although it is mostly experimental combined with dance pop, each song is able to stand out individually without any sense of resembling or repetitiveness. One amazing thing Utada has done was using the story-telling way to present the songs, each song has its own story and the strange atmosphere linked them all together into one.

I never see this album as a FLOP from Utada, because it is such an memorable album and shines over This Is the One (overly mainstream made it repetitive/ dull). Out of all of Utada’s albums Exodus gives me strongest impressions because every track is deeply attached to each other and sending off this strong vibe to the listeners.

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SCORE: 5 -REMARKABLE/IMPRESSIVE

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Hello my dear friends

Haven’t been writing reviews for a while…I actually got lots of drafts with half finished reviews, sometimes I feel so inspired, sometimes I can’t write another sentence…

School is starting next Tuesday, and I will be a senior in High School, with lots of activities and my 5 AP classes…I don’t know how to survive!

There are lots of albums I want to write about, recently I’ve been in love with Heart Station again, also Shiina’s Sanmon Gossip is becoming better and better by the day.

Today I’ll go fishing and have an overnight camping trip with my friend, I’m so excited!!!

I will make sure to write something soon! Although my mother is not satisfied with my grades or SAT or ACT..Oh my god and there is SAT Subject tests!!!