[PIMPPOST]K-OTIC
This is the first official pimp post, disregard Jay Chou. K-otic, paved the way to my deep fascination with thai-pop.
K-otic was introduced to me by my good friend calvin. It was in the wee hours of the night. We were talking about Mario Maurer and a the movie. crazy thing called love apparently he has been listening to thai pop. Being the newbie, he recommended K-OTIC. His words "Mas matanda pa sila [XIS] plus naghuhudan yan" We've already established the perv in me.
I went and googled the video.
Click to view*viola* this was the first video i've seen. Asian Cuties + Shower + Skin = a very happy fangirl who fell in love with TOMO at first sight.
SO WHO THE HELL IS K-OTIC?
K-Otic,(เค-โอติค) is a Thai-pop boy band consisting of five members, one of which is Thai-Japanese mixed, one is Japanese, another one is Korean and rest Thai. Their songs are mostly in Thai but the raps are in either Korean, Japanese or English.
Name; Park Jongbae (Park Jongbae)
DOB; April 7th, 1989
Born in; Seoul, South Korea
How did he end up in Thailand? He was scouted through a talent search. Like how SM ENT. does world wide talent searches =)
Languages; Korean and learning Thai
Education; Jongbae : G 12 Internation Community School (ICS)
Jongbae's Twitter: http://twitter.com/JongbaePark
My thoughts: He was the first one i remembered from the group, because he wears glasses all the time.
As for the songs,he is the one responsible for the korean rap.
Name; Kenta (Kenta Tsuchiya)
DOB; April 6th, 1990
Born in; Japan.
How did he end up in Thailand? Same way as Jongbae talent search.
Languages; Japanese and Thai
Education; Kenta : GED (General Education Diploma) , used to go to Ekamai International School
Kenta's Twitter: http://twitter.com/kenta_kotic
My thoughts: It took me a while before I figure out who kenta was, for some weird reason. The only thing I recall was he loves to wear the "K" necklace. Reminds me so much of dream high. HAHAHA
As for singing, well.. he raps in Japanese together with tomo. If you hear the rap clearly then that would be him. Tomo's voice is softer and lower than him.
Name; Poppy (Phanu Chirakhun)
DOB; March 27, 1991
Born in; Thailand
How did he end up in K-OTIC? Him and Koen joined the same company. CSI something like that.
Languages; Thai, and learning Korean/Japanese
Education; G 11 International Communication School
Poppy's Twitter: http://twitter.com/poppy_kotic
My thoughts: Poppy looks young and cute. He had his awkward phase where his hair was permed. I believe he comes from a well off family, {because im a stalker} i saw a clip in youtube.
As for singing he sings most of the parts *cough* 70% @_@. He has the best voice among the group.
Name; Tomo (Witsawa Thaiyanon)
DOB; June 7th, 1990
Born in; Japan.
How did he end up in Thailand? Talent search =)
Languages; Japanese, English, and Thai
Fave Sport; Basketball
Education; G 10 Niva International School
Tomo's Twitter: http://twitter.com/Tomo_kotic
My thoughts: Tomo was the first person i noticed. Blame it with my Anime // Jap fixation. He's pure Japanese, but his step dad is Thai. He loves to dance and is the best dancer among the group. He's english is pretty damn good. During interviews in english only him and koen will be the ones answering.Also he is rather vain. He loves camwhore emo shots. I guess he found his niche, apparently he wasn't that good looking before -- he was cubby thus the speculation of plastic surgery @@
For singing, well he sings the English and jJap parts.
Name; Koen (Phattharadanai Setsuwan)
DOB; January 22nd, 1992
Born in; Thailand
How did he end up in K-OTIC? Joined CSI with Poppy.
Languages; Thai, and learning Korean/Japanese
Education; Year 11 St.Johns International School
Koen's Twitter: http://twitter.com/Koen1Kotic
Koen's Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/user/pataradanai
My thoughts: I'd never thought that I would come to like koen. He reminds me of Jonghyun. Anyway He is really friendly, he adores his fans. He loves answering tweets. ( though he's never answered mine @@) He has his own YT channel so that he can keep up with his international fans. His videos are enjoyable and funny. He too comes from a well off family. He loves expensive stuff. He owns a macbook, beats, blackberry, own car, louis vuitton, gucci. He has tons of piercings and tattoos.
As for singing, he as a disticnt voice, normally after poppy he would sing the next line.
ALBUMS:
K-Otic (2007)Track List
1. Yah wai jai : อย่าไว้ใจ
2. Ruk mai dai rue mai dai ruk : รักไม่ได้หรือไม่ได้รัก
3. Ying harm ying ruk : ยิ่งห้ามยิ่งรัก
4. Yoo nai chuang prub proong : อยู่ในช่วงปรับปรุง
5. My girl
Bonus Track
1. 사랑할수없어...아니면 사랑하지않아 : รักไม่ได้ หรือไม่ได้รัก (Korean version)
2. Kud jai : ขัดใจ (Kamikaze)
Download: here
Blacklist (2008)
Track List
1. Blacklist
2. Kae ter song sai : แค่เธอสงสัย
3. Fan mai : แฟนใหม่
4. Rai tae ruk : ร้ายแต่รัก
5. New koi : นิ้วก้อย
6. Interlude : Black Break
7. Sieng kub chun mai : เสี่ยงกับฉันมั้ย
8. Rai dieng sa : ไร้เดียงสา
9. Rueng suan tua : เรื่องส่วนตัว
10. Suk wun chun ja bork ruk : สักวันฉันจะบอกรัก
Download: here
Free To Play (2010)
Track List
1. Free To Play
2. Ngao park (Alone) : เหงาปาก
3. Len mai lerk (Step it up) : เล่นไม่เลิก
4. Rueng kong rao (Yah bork kao leuy) (Secret) : เรื่องของเรา(อย่าบอกเขาเลย)
5. Yung yoo tee derm (Back Together) : ยังอยู่ที่เดิม
6. Love DJ
7. Doo mai dee (All on me) : ดูไม่ดี
8. Wela mai chai took yang (Never too late) : เวลาไม่ใช่ทุกอย่าง
9. Dejavu
10. Taar thur me jing : Girly Berry & Monkey Hero
ถ้าเธอมีจริง (Unbelievable)
Download: here
COMPILATION
Maximum
1. Fan mai : แฟนใหม่
2. Yah wai jai : อย่าไว้ใจ
3. Ruk mai dai rue mai dai ruk : รักไม่ได้หรือไม่ได้รัก
4. Ying harm ying ruk : ยิ่งห้ามยิ่งรัก
5. Kae ter song sai : แค่เธอสงสัย
6. Yoo nai chuang prub proong : อยู่ในช่วงปรับปรุง
7. Sieng kub chun mai : เสี่ยงกับฉันมั้ย
8. Blacklist
9. Freestyle
10. My girl
11. Rai dieng sa : ไร้เดียงสา
12. 사랑할수없어...아니면 사랑하지않아 : รักไม่ได้ หรือไม่ได้รัก (Korean version)
13. Rai tae ruk : ร้ายแต่รัก
14. New koi : นิ้วก้อย
15. Rueng suan tua : เรื่องส่วนตัว
16. Suk wun chun ja bork ruk : สักวันฉันจะบอกรัก
Download: here
SINGLE
Deja VuDownload: here
Monkey King
Download: here
They have an arsenal of music videos I'll just post my favorites.
My overall thoughts: I really like the group. If you're a kpop lover well... they still aren't up to par with the K-pop standards. Singing, and dancing wise. The Music video's quality is rather bad. They haven't quite reached the HQ OMG Hollywood level yet.
All i can say is they have potential. They are quite endearing. The music is very nice to listen to. I particularly like the the fusion of different languages. In one song they have 3-4. How cool is that?
Looks-wise they are pleasing to the eyes. HAHAHA.
So verdict: give it a go, you might like them.