Prima’s First KPOP Experience: Extra In Taeyang’s Ringa Linga MV READ MORE AT 247 Asian Media: 24-7

[khimia.livejournal.com]

Be jealous.  One of our own stars in Taeyang’s new MV!

Well doggone it.. What is Kpop and why is it so ‘poppin?

It is a mixture of Pop, Rock, Hip Hop and even R&B #KOREANstyle. Thanks to the Internet, KPOP is recognized all over the world.

So here is where my story begins. Here is an artist who went solo in 2007 from the popular group, Big Bang. Taeyang was first introduced to me, through a friend, who has lived in South Korea for over 4 years. I went into her apartment and saw this huge poster on her wall and said, “Is this your man?” She smiled and “introduced” me to him.

I teach English to most elementary and middle school students who are Big Bang’s biggest fans. They kind of remind me of the days when I was their age during the N’Sync and Backstreet Boys era. My cousins and I would buy ALL CDs, magazines, and tear out large size posters and hang them on my bedroom wall. Today, my students have notebooks, stickers, and nearly 99 percent of them have smartphones with wallpaper and ringtones of famous KPOP stars. Luckily, I’ve been able pick up on work as a part-time model, dancer, and actress as a Black woman in Korea, (YAAY), and one of them was to be a part of Taeyang’s comeback music video “Ringa Linga.” During the 16-hour + shoot… I met so many fun, talented people on the shoot, from all over the world. Off camera, we were singing, dancing, and telling jokes during down time. We definitely created a “Comeback family” during that time.

What I especially liked about this shoot was that he hired over 30 foreigners for the shoot.Don’t get me wrong, I’m still new to KPOP and haven’t sat and watched all videos, but I think this move was pretty brilliant to introduce more foreigners to his music (break time)–>

<—-My outfit from the shoot. What were you thinking? Tight dresses and bikinis? It’s KOREA.

The set was filled with tribal, eccentric, artsy things all around. Abandoned cars, large animal made out of used tires, and a large symbol that represented the meaning of Taeyang’s stage name, “The Sun Will Rise.” I don’t want to give too much away, Ill post the video below… So anyway…

SUCCESS! The shoot was over… I’ve been waiting, along with some of my new friends from set, for the video premiere. To make sure, I would see it first, so I followed YG Entertainment (the artist’s label) and I found out many things!!

#1 — Asia probably has the most ride or die fans I’ve ever seen! I mean, probably 80% percent are under 18, and these fans are ridiculously cute, lovable, and supportive people.

#2— Taeyang has a thing for Hip Hop and American urban culture. I saw some photos of him with cornrows, loose clothing, and swag… somethings I never see walking on the streets of Seoul. Not to mention the R&B swag for sure get the ladies bothered.

#3—There is NO WAY an artist like him can have a relationship. It would ruin his career and possible his significant other can be threatened. Again, his fans are die-hard; I’ve read comments under his photos and boy…

#4—His label, YG Entertainment has a ball jerking around his fans. Not literally, but I like the way they held a countdown and gave teasers for his new song, which by the way has ranked #1 in 5 Asian countries. #5— There are not many opportunities for fans to meet artists, like an autograph session, contests to win dates, you know, the cutesy things America does.

#6— He’s pretty fine and his English is superb! TIS ALL.

Source: http://24-7kpop.com/2013/11/11/primas-first-kpop-experience-extra-taeyangs-ringa-linga-mv/

Comments

[turdferguson.livejournal.com]

can you use a lj cut please? thanks :)

[khimia.livejournal.com]

How? Sorry first post

[odd-fish-stick.livejournal.com]

sounds like they deliberately picked so many foreigners for the video... but my question is, did they pick her because of her race or what

[maishi-obuki.livejournal.com]

I know they had a lot of dancers
and YGE has used non-korean dancers and models before, so skill and looks are it not necessarily skin color.

[johnnyquest89.livejournal.com]

at first this seemed like a catch 22 to me but hmm

[blackstarnebula.livejournal.com]

from the comment below he had foreigners from a lot of places, not just black ppl

[benihime99.livejournal.com]

That was nice to read, thx OP

[goldndiamondgir.livejournal.com]

Wow that's awesome. Lucky you! I love that Taeyang's MV showed diversity. He had a few Pilipino models in there too and a European woman also tweeted about being in the video. It's cool to see that.

[allisnotlost.livejournal.com]

well i was available...!! (then again i live far out from seoul)

BRB crying in my corner.

[mollyana.livejournal.com]

At least was an interesting experience for her. What i wihs is that the editing was better so whe can get what going on and see the diversity, I can't barely distinguish any face in the mv.

[pikapika217.livejournal.com]

How lovely! It always warms my heart to see black people involved in kpop fandom so extensively as I always feel a bit by myself in it ;3