Last week, a heartwarming, heart-sinking, and heart-exploding display of love appeared on the Heroic Melon youtube channel. One member of the HMC went above and beyond to show his affection for his one and only leading lady, and the result of his efforts is something the whole world (well, maybe only the females in the world) should bow down in envy for. Our courageous and heroic Lester Calleja of the Heroic Melon Collective created an epic music video, that absolutely contains no sign of fail, and presented it to this one lucky lady for her birthday.

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Only a handful of people are able to notice the various locations this music video was filmed in were places where Lester and his lady spent many memorable moments. Rest assured we tried to keep the production as authentic as possible. Lester and our lead guitarist (also HMC member) Kevin both are able to play guitar, I can also play the bass, Alex used to play the drums, and of course what made the MV look amazing was our always-awesome cinematographer, RJ. Overall, the experience was very enjoyable and even more so now that we get to see this amazing final product. We shot on no budget, got some farmer’s tans, and something great was made.

Now, the question, “Is Lester a good boyfriend?”. Well, I won’t answer for obvious biases (we used to date, too much for me in bed). But if your answer is anything less than “yes”, “of course!” or “no, he is a GREAT boyfriend”, then you are a moron. A giant one.

Enjoy!!

-phibz

The 2nd of four short posts today. A news update each for two Korean girl bands, Girls’ Generation and Wonder Girls.

First up, So Nyeo Shi Dae. Tickets for their upcoming Asian concert tour were sold out in three minute last week. You did not read wrong. THREE minutes. I guess every lonesome Asian guy out there is finally catching on to this great phenomenon. They are scheduled for two concerts in Seoul on December 19th and 20th, then they move on to Shanghai and Bangkok. [More at The Chosun Ilbo]

Next, Wonder Girls. The Wonder Girls are scheduled to appear and perform on the popular show So You Think You Can Dance next week. They’re going to perform their latest US released single “Nobody”. [More at StarEastAsia] Music Video Below:

I don’t really know why they were invited to perform at SYTYCD, their dancing in the MV has nothing compared to SNSD’s “Chocolate Love” in the video above. Ah well, hope they put on a good show.

-phibz.

I just recently watched Super Junior’s music video for their song “Sorry Sorry”, the latest of my recent fascination with Korean pop music. I’m sure it will fade soon, only if Yuri from SNSD somehow leaves the group. But if HyoHyeon leaves, my fascination will continue infinitely:

The political correctness and questionable part starts around 0:37 when the chorus begins. Its not that obvious, but you wonder if they’re singing the n-word, and they repeat it again and again and again..

Kind of how Chinese people when they speak Mandarin and they’re trying to decide what to eat at a fast food restaurant..

Go Russell Peters. Just a word of warning for African-North Americans out there who may stumble upon Super Junior (honestly, it sounds like a weird porno film title). Don’t hate on the Koreans, they don’t hate black people.

-phibz.

The Nettwerk Music group is an American music company that began to produce Mandarin-language, Beijing-based American artists, and Chloe Wang is their latest product.

Chloe is from Chicago, who apparently was not aware of China until the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Funny how that works. Her father is Chinese and I presume her mother is Caucasian, she looks mixed. She shares the same producers asf Madonna, Britney Spears and Miley Cyrus, lets just hope she does not follow their footsteps TOO closely. Otherwise you’ll have a pregnant, pre-pubescent, buck-toothed embodiment of controversy – who is bilingual. Full article at CRI English.

Here’s her latest music video titled “Uh Oh”, and yes, its in Mandarin:

She looks great. Dancing could be improved but that can be arranged. Just can’t wait until she follows her predecessors and have her precious innocence stripped away..

-phibz.

The first single for Utada Hikaru’s latest English studio album This Is The One was Come Back To Me. I watched the music video for it and while it looks like an Asian-made production, it also felt Western and somewhat international: