♥ notyay!!!yet…
Posted on 17 March 2010 | 7 responses
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!
~Hypy
(got rid of all the previous rantings since they looks so irrelevant to the theme of this blog XD! too much rant~)
my mp3 player [a very random post...]
Posted on 25 September 2009 | 3 responses
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..
Namie Amuro new single / Vidal Sassoon CM
Posted on 24 September 2009 | 1 response
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?
Enjoy~ <3
Mika Nakashima “Candy Girl” PV / Ken Hirai “Candy” PV
Posted on 18 September 2009 | 3 responses
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 …
New featuring / what is going on
Posted on 16 September 2009 | 3 responses
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
Exodus-Utada Hikaru [Album Review]
Posted on 11 September 2009 | 8 responses
~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
No No No I’m still alive like Crispy…
Posted on 15 August 2009 | 7 responses
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!!!
Deep River- Utada Hikaru [album review]
Posted on 27 July 2009 | 6 responses
This album deserves to have the “OMG!!!” avatar, it’s OMG so damn amazing and perfect.
Utada Hikaru
Deep River
Released: June 19, 2002
Oricon rank: #1 (yearly)
Sales: 3,605,000
*8th highest selling album in Japan of all time
Deep River is one of my favorite album from Hikki, well actually all of her albums are my favorite. But this one is special, because everything about this album is special.
The album was released just after Utada underwent surgery to remove her ovarian tumor, when she was only 19 years old, you can imagine that she is starting to grow up and become more mature, in her life and also in her music. three months later she got married to Kazuaki Kiriya, a director who directs most of her MVs.
The album is like the bridge between her old Pop R&B style and her new Experimental pop style. There is a bit of everything, a bit of R&B, Experimental, Dance pop, even Rock, but the album doesn’t seems chaos or out of order, instead all the tracks flows perfectly in the album. It’s a beautiful piece of artwork.
I thought my favorite album is Ultra Blue, However, Deep River seems to have this magical glow that’s just unforgettable to me. Every single song catches my attention with their unique glows
The album began with Sakura Drops, a Experimental pop song that gives you the feeling of fairytale with the use of different music instruments and the traditional Asian melody. The song sounds so colorful with all kinds of voices and instruments, so imaginative and beautiful. Definitely a perfect opening track to get you excited and impressed.
Traveling is a dance pop song, with refreshing techno beats and exciting, danceable chorus, the entire feeling of the song is cheerful and uplifting. Shiawase ni Naro (Let’s be happy) follows the footsteps of the happy Traveling, it is also a cheerful and relaxing song but this time its more R&B pop instead of Dance pop.
Deep River, one of the best ballad out of Utada’s other wonderful ballads. Like the word “Deep River”, this song is flowing with the beauty of sadness. It flows like the river, quiet and natural. The instruments used gives a classical touch to the song. Just so beautiful and memorable.
Recently, Letters has grown onto me alot. The entire song has this very “chill” feeling, it feels cold yet warm at the same time. The continuous acoustic guitar riffs and the nonidentical beats sounds mystic and magical like the tropical forest. The melody and the chorus is absolutely lovely and wonderful. The little rap like singing Utada did towards the end of the song adds extra love to the song.
Play Ball sounds more like Utada’s older R&B works, it starts with simple R&B beginning but towards the main chorus the melody become more complex and more pop. Other amazing song off the album might out glow this simple track, but it still has its own flavor to it.
Tokyo Nights is also a simple song with simple verses and melody, but it is very unique with its strong Japanese feelings. The song starts with short/rhythmic verses then derives into more complex and past faces chorus. The chorus and instruments is very traditional Japanese like, which is of course very memorable and interesting.
I would say Play Ball+Tokyo Nights+A.S.A.P =the little fun trilogy in the album. Those three tracks has simple melody but sounds extremely refreshing and interesting, they are like this chilling cold wind that fresh up you mind. Oh yes, A.S.A.P is a fast paced pop song with catchy chorus and like the previous two tracks, with interesting instruments. The quiet and mysterious bells in the beginning is Oh so interesting.
Why did I exclude Uso Mitai I Love You when talking about the non single tracks? Because the music style of this song does not fit with the other three. It is a Rock song. A Rock melody with a touch of traditional-like chorus. The chorus of the song is awfully similar to Hikari’s chorus, but the rock elements adds uniqueness to the song.
Final Distance, a re-arrangement of Distance. With the same exactly chorus and lyrics but completely different feelings. Distance is a lighthearted R&B song that’s cheerful, Final Distance is a ballad with extremely sorrowful feelings. After Utada sang the first line, the follow up humming sound so holy and sad that bring tears to your eyes ( or at least in your mind, I guess). It is a track Utada re-composed in the memory of a little girl who is murdered by a psycho in elementary school, the girl was a huge fan of Utada and won an essay competition talking about her admiration to Utada. I think it is a perfect dedication and the feeling of the song is just so sorrowful and memorable.
Bridge is a short interlude to the last song Hikari, I personally enjoyed this interlude so much that it outplayed other tracks from this album. Began with the sound of heartbeat, a more colorful side began to reveal with the emerge of amazing violins and beats and sounds like the feeling of a deep forests in the dark, then slowly ends with the same sound of heartbeats, its like a magical dream.
The final track of the album is Hikari, also the Japanese version of “Simple and Clean“. An emotional up-tempo pop song that starts off immediately with fast paced chorus. The feeling of this song is pure passion and love, especially towards the end of the song, Utada’s vocal is amazing with strong emotions. A classic from Utada and I guess a fan’s favorite song from her.
You know, Utada is really just amazing.
Minus the Heart Station, Deep River is not too R&B pop like Distance, nor is it too Experimental like Ultra Blue, it is just in between and handle the style perfectly.
I mean, with so many memorable and absolutely beautiful singles at the same era, and with the simple and cute little trilogy of non single albums, plus one exciting Rock song, plus one gorgeous interlude, how can you deny the awesomeness of this album??
SCORE: 5, HIGHLY RECOMMEND, ABSOLUTELY AMAZING, FLAWLESS
*Oh my how cute and adorable Hikki looks in the picture below <3
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2NE1 EP -2NE1 [album review]
Posted on 18 July 2009 | 5 responses
Released: July 8, 2009
Genre: KPop/Reggae/Hip-Hop
Tracklist
1. Fire
2. I Don’t care
3. In the Club
4. Let’s Go Party
5. Pretty Boy
6. Stay Together
7. Lollipop (bonus track) ft. Big Bang
2NE1, the girl group under the famous YG entertainment delivers us with this exciting and high quality mini album that is amazing and fun in many ways. The EP starts off with their debut single Fire, a spicy and fun dance song that is extremely catchy and exciting. It is the perfect track to open the album and shows off 2NE1’s fierceness. The follow up track I Don’t Care is the group’s second single, which sounds more western and calming. The summer-ish Reggae styled track is lovely with memorable chorus. The next two tracks In the Club and Let’s Go Party sounds very Big Bang style ( the boy group under the same company) The two tracks are up-tempo Hip-Hop songs with emotional feelings to it, however they sounded a bit dull with the over repetitive chorus, still enjoyable though. Pretty Boy resembles Fire with its fierce beats and danceable melody and Stay Together can be seen as a mid-tempo pop song that is smoothing and memorable, it is quite unique and refreshing among the other tracks off the album. I really don’t think Lollipop should be included in the Ep…especially the “L-o-lli-l-o-lli-Oh-lollipop” thing Sandra did in the beginning. Bleh…Lollipop is a collaboration between Big Bang and 2NE1, it is pretty interesting and fun to listen to, but it just doesn’t fit with other tracks…
I am impressed with this EP, because all the songs are enjoyable and catchy and tracks flows perfectly (except lollipop…). However some tracks does sounds a bit repetitive and dull and most tracks does not stands out much because the overall feeling of each track is quite flat. (All enjoyable and good, but lack something that sparkles) Still they did a fantastic job and this is a very strong debut for 2NE1. You will enjoy this EP for sure.
Score: 4, Highly recommend, wonderful and fantastic
Recommend tracks: Fire/ I Don’t Care/ Let’s Go Party/ Pretty Boy/ Stay Together
Download it (mediafire)
~Hyperballad doesn’t claim any ownership of the music. The albums and singles that are posted here are for PROMOTIONAL PURPOSES only. If you like the album, please buy the original one to support the artists.~
random
Posted on 18 July 2009 | 1 response
I feel great, I feel wonderful, I feel exciting, I feel like updating again haha
I just realized how little attention and love I have give to my dear BoA in the past few months..I used to be a big fan of her and now WHF why am I not liking her anymore?
Anyways, so today I was reading her on Wikipedia and her profile picture is finally updated!!! The old picture of her is so ugly and blurry.
BoA’s new profile photo
The picture was taken during the SF Gay Pride event?
I think it is a wonderful candid…even though her facial expression is a little aggressive but I’m lovin’ it! She looks fierce and hot <3
And she also got a tattoo on her back…
I like the design, although it looks a little weird on the back…
Meanwhile Hikki is at Hawaii right now, she is going to promote her 2nd U.S single soon. It’s good to know that she is still promoting…I wonder which song is going to be the 2nd single?
Bonjour! C’est Kuma chan!
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