Welcome to a blog by Green Tea and Chai. We're two friends who decided one day to team up and share our thoughts and travels, and sometimes our mild obsessions, on all things Korean and Japanese (for now). Take a look at our posts and feel free to leave comments. No obscenities, please. Enjoy!
Hey Suju fans! Super Junior - M is coming out with a 3rd Mini Album. Their comeback song is Swing. After watching the two Teasers, I was getting excited.
I'm loving how they look in their black suits. Very clean and sharp. They all look super cute and handsome. I'm just not happy with Siwon's mustache. I get why they did it but he doesn't look good.
Some songs it usually takes me a few times listening to it before I start to like the song, but I liked Swing from the start and that's only from watching the teaser. I finally found the full MV and, yes, I still do like the song.
I also like the video and choreography. It's very quick and fast. Funny too.
Here's the video. Hopefully, SMTown with come out with a HD version of the video.
**UPDATE: I keep on finding better videos. Here's one from SMTown youtube account.
Yea! Super Junior comeback! At least in Japan. They came out with their first full Japanese Album on July 24th. The first song released is Hero. I love the song, especially since Eunhyuk starts off the song rapping in English.
A few notations regarding the MV: 1 - Kangin slimmed down a lot. At times it's hard to recognize him. 2 - I'm glad they toned down Ryeowook's purple hair. It's more white than purple/blue. (Currently his hair is black since he's in the High School Musical). 3 - Eunhyuk's hair got slighty bright red and he looks skinner. 4 - I don't like Siwon's patterned suit. It's not only on the jacket but shirt and pants as well.
Right now you can't really find the MV easily. Seems like the Japanese music companies don't want anyone outside of Japan listening to any of "their" music. Other than Japan's EMI Music, who has a YouTube account, I couldn't find any official site to watch any japanese music videos. I would think SM Entertainment would be annoyed that they won't promote Super Juniors' Japanese Album outside of Japan. I would like it on iTunes or Amazon.com like the Korean songs.
I won't upload a video here since someone my trace it back to the account and force them to take it down. Listen to it, I love the song. Here's a song list from their album. If anyone finds the CD or song please let me know, I would love to get it.
Super Junior left Hawaii on July 15th. Well, most of them left on the 15th. Eunhyuk left on the 17th. For their brief stay in Hawaii they left a very big impression, not only on me, but a lot of K-pop fans who rarely see any big name K-pop idols in Hawaii.
When I heard that they had arrived on the island of Oahu, you can't imagine my excitement. Usually I hear that SMtown travels to New York or California, if they decide to travel to the U.S. I'm always stunned that I don't hear them stopping over in Hawaii for refueling before continuing on back to Korea. Why not???
In any case, they had arrived and stayed to do a photo shoot. Coincidentally it's at the same time as the Korean Festival. I thought they were going to perform there but sadly no.
During their time here so many fancams were uploaded to show where they were and what they were doing. In the past, there were photos of them all clothed and if there were glimpses of their chest or bellies peeking from under their shirts fans would go crazy and I have to admit, me too. But while they were here somehow it didn't seem strange that they were practically half naked on the beach surfing, tanning or relaxing. I thought it was normal and didn't think anything of it. All I kept on thinking was "YIKES! Some of them are getting pink. Why isn't someone telling them to put on sunscreen?" "Hope someone is giving them Tylenol and aloe to ease the pain if they felt any after being in the sun so long." Kangin looked super red in one of the skateboarding pics.
Kangin in the orange tank, Ryeowook in the strip shirt.
Photo credit: Mimikim12 @instagram/twitter
My only brief sighting was on a Tuesday. All the pics of Suju returning to Korea didn't have Eunhyuk in them. People were saying there was one missing. Yea! It looked like it was my bias, Eunhyuk. I had to go down to the hotel to see if I could get a glimpse of Eunhyuk.
After work, Chai, my partner in crime, and I decided to see if he was actually still at the hotel. I only had 2 hours before I had to be somewhere else. We had gotten to the hotel and it didn't look like there were any fans hanging around. We decided to wander back towards the beach and looked around. Nothing. Then back to the front of the hotel and hung out there. We had heard that Eunhyuk was still there and had gone out in a silver car. As we waited, I kept on looking at the time. I was getting nervous because I needed to leave already. Next thing I knew a car pulled up and I glanced at the passengers. I notice the hair and thought "Is that him?!?" As he walked by with the Prince Manager and someone else, my brain slowly decided "TAKE A PICTURE!"
Ugh! The delay between pressing the button and the click of the camera was too long. Someone had walked between Eunhyuk and me as my camera snapped. Sadly, I only got a bit of Eunhyuk's head in my pic. T_T
They had walked into the hotel and I was going to follow but stopped. I didn't know if I was going to be too intrusive or not. We had decided to leave. Sigh...I would have wanted a picture with him. In hindsight, I wish I was bolder and had followed and asked for a picture with him or at least a hug. Oh well, at least I have a memory of seeing him close up and in person, however briefly. It was fate that my bias had stayed a day longer, hopefully so I could see him (haha). I hope he comes back, so I could really get a photo with him. Kyuhyun too. =)
Eunhyuk on the right, this is what he was wearing when I saw him. =) Photo: Johann Hedemann Twitter Update
I hope that they had enjoyed their stay here, however, short and hopefully return. I have high hopes that the rumors would be true and Suju would be coming back to Hawaii.
AHHHH! Can I get anymore excited?!? Super Junior is here on Oahu! First Daniel Henney comes to Hawaii in 2012 for HIFF and I get to meet him. Now, miracles of all miracles, Super Junior DongHae and Siwon are on Oahu.
Well, at first it seems like it's only DongHae and Siwon. But looking at the photo above, it looks like Shindong (in yellow) and Sungmin (see below) is here too.
Korean Drama Hawaii's Facebook stated that they are here for a photo shoot. Kyuhyun, Eunhyuk and Ryeowook will be arriving on Oahu either Friday or this coming weekend. Hopefully, visit the Korean Festival while they are here.
I don't know how long they will be here but hopefully long enough for me to catch a glimpse of them. =)
Enjoy the Hawaii sun boys.
Donghae and Sungmin (standing), Kangin (possibly laying down)
Photo: SUP3JUNIOR.WORDPRESS.COM
UPDATE: Here's more pics of Suju. ;)
Siwon, Kyuhyun, Kangin and Sungmin Photo credit: SUP3JUNIOR.WORDPRESS.COM
http://onehallyu.com/
Siwon, Sungmin and Kyuhyun Photo credit: Hans Hedermann Surf's Instagram
Super Junior is in Brazil as part of their Super Show 5 World Tour. It took them 20 hours from Korea to Brazil. When they first arrived there, they attended a charity event. They had donated 2,000 shirt to friends in need.
They will be holding 5 shows in 4 South American countries (Sao Paulo on April 21, Buenos Aires on April 23, Santiago on April 25 and Lima on April 27).
If you haven't gotten your tickets yet, well, it's too late. I'm guessing it's all sold out. Hopefully you can spot them around your area. They seem to be out and about when they had some free time.
The full version of Super Junior Break Down was released. Wheee!
This is Super Junior - M, so it's in Chinese. They also include Henry and Zhoumi, who at some parts in the video reminds me of Siwon. When I first saw him I thought Siwon was in the video.
I can't get over Eunhyuk's blue hair. In the video, they toned it down and put white over it. Why?? Ugh, I don't like either looks. I wish they would stop playing around with his hair. He looks perfectly cute with is dark brown/black hair.
They even colored some of the other members's hair blue (Donghae, to match Eunhyuk?? Eunhae shippers must be excited. hahaha) and other colors. But I've been seeing Eunhyuk with his blue hair in other performances. Sungmin doesn't even look like himself. It took me awhile to realize it was him.
Woohoo! Another new song from SuJu. I didn't over play From U and Sexy, Free and Single, yet, and now a new song, SPY.
Even though their comeback song is Sexy, Free and Single, From U is my favorite of the two. Actually, I like From U, not only because SuJu is dedicating the song to ELF, their fans, but mainly because of Eunhyuk. Yes, he's my bias.
I love watching their live performances of From U. I love watching him dance. As much as I try to look at the other members, my eyes always drift to him and I don't realize I'm watching him again. I'm glad they got rid of his platinum blonde hair and swept his bangs out of his eyes. Sometimes I wish there's a fancam that focused only on Eunhyuk dancing in From U. I get so irritated when the camera cuts from him. Don't get me wrong, the others should get their camera time but still...
I'm also happy that KRY are the main singers. I like them. I like the evil maknae and the goofy Yeseung, as well as Wookie. I'm glad they formed a sub-group. I like the way they sing.
So now, after watching their MV for SPY then watching their live performance. I'm liking this song. I like that they are in tuxes, they look so good in them. And I'm so glad Leetuek changed his hair style from the MV to the live performance. Ugh! That split hair was just so wrong. I'm also happy that most of them went back to their darker hair color. I think platinum blonde are so wrong for Asians. But I got to say, when Eunhyuk was platinum blonde, it was so easy finding him in their performances.
I hear people complaining that their video is not as flashy as the other SM artists. That they didn't have a story line or anything. That SM are not taking care of Suju as much as EXO or the other new groups. Well, I don't need it. I think sometimes it gets in the way of the song, especially if it gets too complicated. Plus they are a dance group. I want to see them dance. I always wait for their dance only version of their songs. I hope it comes out soon.
For now, here's their SPY MV from SMTown's YouTube. I do not own this video. Enjoy. ~gt
