some musical reviews!
welp. i've decided i am going to write a sort of informal review on two korean artists, zion.t and epik high! they are both classified as korean hip hop artists, both currently active. i am very into both of their music right now, so i might as well spew some words on their work. :)
|| zion.t
i got into zion.t very recently (a week ago), but his music has already gotten to the top of my list. i found out about him through a show a family and i were watching, called 무한도전. his personality was very aloof and i was drawn by his odd style and his manner of speaking(?). i immediately searched him up and fell in love with his music.
|| epik high
epik high was a group i had always told myself i should look into. it didn't happen until quite recently (a month or so ago?). but when i did, i realized that i had been missing out on a lot.
now, up until then, i was not much of a fan of rapping. sure, i listened to it here and there, but most of it was curiosity or simple tolerance. it was never quite out of enjoyment. i wouldn't listen to a full playlist of rapping or hip-hop music. epik high's music, however, is both catchy and beautiful. i can't quite place it, but their lyrics (especially tablo's) always surprise me by their profundity (?). or something. the raw feeling that they evoke through their lyrics, their tunes, their music, and the overall feel of each song is quite admirable. impeccable.
for example, their song, 나쁘다, is thick with dark, twisted emotion. the lyrics, the melody, everything is made to convey that one emotion.
their song, 'you are beautiful,' on the other hand, is cheerful and pumped-up. it's quite lively, and the raw lyrics punch at your gut (or at least that's what it did to mine).
and then there's songs like born hater or amor fati, which are so powerful and accentuated. you feel the rebellious, idgaf emotions coming from each line, each syllable.
epik high really deserves a spot in music history. perhaps they aren't quite as impressionable as mozart, but their music made an impression on me, a tiny human in a big world. and sometimes we need that.
here is burj khalifa, one of my favorite songs.
anyways.
that is all.
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surprise! (i am very unpredictable) i have decided to do a third review on another musical artist group--hyukoh band.
|| hyukoh band
again, hyukoh band is a band i didn't get into until recently (same time as zion.t, through the same show). i'm not too late, actually though, because it seems that they have debuted very recently (in may 2014). i love their tunes and the style of their music. it makes me kind of feel lifted into the clouds(?). very surreal. i'm not quite sure how to put it, but their music definitely has an aura that i like.
i don't have much comments about their lyrics, though. i'd say this band is one that i like more for their "musical aesthetics" (is that even a thing) more so than for their "musical artisticness." which, of course, isn't advised by Greater Artists or whatever, but what can i say. sometimes you like things for their looks. we are shallow animals.
one thing i must say, however, is that their all-english songs are iffy. their melodies are great (all of them are, i daresay), but for the love of God I can't tell what they're saying in their all-english songs. of course, i have nothing against that--i respect their use of english and everything. but it just makes me so subconsciously confused because i really, really have no idea what they're saying. i should look up the lyrics to their all-english songs one day because i've tried way too many times to understand their words. i've failed every time. haha.
again, this band i love for their musical aura. here is "위잉 위잉", my favorite song from their discography.
|| zion.t
i got into zion.t very recently (a week ago), but his music has already gotten to the top of my list. i found out about him through a show a family and i were watching, called 무한도전. his personality was very aloof and i was drawn by his odd style and his manner of speaking(?). i immediately searched him up and fell in love with his music.
|| epik high
epik high was a group i had always told myself i should look into. it didn't happen until quite recently (a month or so ago?). but when i did, i realized that i had been missing out on a lot.
now, up until then, i was not much of a fan of rapping. sure, i listened to it here and there, but most of it was curiosity or simple tolerance. it was never quite out of enjoyment. i wouldn't listen to a full playlist of rapping or hip-hop music. epik high's music, however, is both catchy and beautiful. i can't quite place it, but their lyrics (especially tablo's) always surprise me by their profundity (?). or something. the raw feeling that they evoke through their lyrics, their tunes, their music, and the overall feel of each song is quite admirable. impeccable.
for example, their song, 나쁘다, is thick with dark, twisted emotion. the lyrics, the melody, everything is made to convey that one emotion.
their song, 'you are beautiful,' on the other hand, is cheerful and pumped-up. it's quite lively, and the raw lyrics punch at your gut (or at least that's what it did to mine).
and then there's songs like born hater or amor fati, which are so powerful and accentuated. you feel the rebellious, idgaf emotions coming from each line, each syllable.
epik high really deserves a spot in music history. perhaps they aren't quite as impressionable as mozart, but their music made an impression on me, a tiny human in a big world. and sometimes we need that.
here is burj khalifa, one of my favorite songs.
Click to viewanyways.
that is all.
...
surprise! (i am very unpredictable) i have decided to do a third review on another musical artist group--hyukoh band.
|| hyukoh band
again, hyukoh band is a band i didn't get into until recently (same time as zion.t, through the same show). i'm not too late, actually though, because it seems that they have debuted very recently (in may 2014). i love their tunes and the style of their music. it makes me kind of feel lifted into the clouds(?). very surreal. i'm not quite sure how to put it, but their music definitely has an aura that i like.
i don't have much comments about their lyrics, though. i'd say this band is one that i like more for their "musical aesthetics" (is that even a thing) more so than for their "musical artisticness." which, of course, isn't advised by Greater Artists or whatever, but what can i say. sometimes you like things for their looks. we are shallow animals.
one thing i must say, however, is that their all-english songs are iffy. their melodies are great (all of them are, i daresay), but for the love of God I can't tell what they're saying in their all-english songs. of course, i have nothing against that--i respect their use of english and everything. but it just makes me so subconsciously confused because i really, really have no idea what they're saying. i should look up the lyrics to their all-english songs one day because i've tried way too many times to understand their words. i've failed every time. haha.
again, this band i love for their musical aura. here is "위잉 위잉", my favorite song from their discography.