After A Month-Long (K-pop) Hiatus...

With the holidays and all the happenings at the end of the year, I haven't been able to keep up with my blog. Good news is, I'm back and ready to catch up on all the various things that have happened in the K-pop world. Believe me, there is a lot for me to fill you in on, if you haven't discovered it yourself already.

To start this off, YG Entertainment has released that G-Dragon, of Big Bang, will be having a solo world tour this year. OMG! If it is anything like the Big Bang Alive Tour, I would die to go!!! I watched one of the full concert videos and wanted to make it to one of their US stops sooooo freakin' bad, its ridiculous! Haha. Now GD is going on tour. There are only select places listed for the tour with future cities for the tour to be announced.

B.A.P is preparing for another comeback. I'm not complaining one bit. After a rivalry between the fans of B.A.P and EXO for the award for Rookie of the Year, um... well... EXO fans, B.A.P has come out with how many mini albums in one year alone?? And EXO? One right? Well two if you count both the Korean and Mandarin versions, but that is cheating. LOL. I don't want to get on anyone's bad side, but I love B.A.P. They have shown their diversity in their music... the only thing I have to say is.... I WANT A FULL ALBUM!!!! Please B.A.P, hear your fans' plea! If not a full album soon, at least a special collector edition of the mini albums combined as a full album with, maybe, a special track or something.

I know that isn't much catching up, but I will post again soon. Thanks to those who have stuck with me through my hiatus. :P

Annyeong!

KCON '12

So you don't know what KCON is? Would you believe me if I told you it was the first ever convention for ALL THINGS HALLYU. And... for K-pop fans that was the place to be on October 13th in Irvine California! Looks like I will be making plans to try to go to KCON '13 in the future. Hehe.

The convention was a day-long event full of K-pop, K-pop fashion (including do-it-yourself-for-less fashion and you could even learn how to put your guy-liner on), and even dance.

As with a lot of first time events, apparently there were some issues with organization of various aspects during the convention. KCON's facebook continues to be cluttered with messages from fans with complaints. Pre-ordered merchandise was sold out before they could pick it up, limited vouchers were passed out for the fan signings. There were miscommunications about food vouchers and some issues with security. KCON posted a statement in response to the feedback they have been receiving. If you would like to read or visit their page, here is the link.

You can't really expect the first event to go without a hitch. A lot of fans had a great time and enjoyed the opportunity to attend.

B.A.P, 4Minute (who's leader is Hyuna), EXO-M (I figure EXO-K had other schedules to attend to),  NU'EST, and VIXX performed in concert near the end of the event. I would have loved to have gone, because I am a huge fan of each of these groups.