K-Mondays: Bom & Hi's All I Want For Christmas Is You.

Last December 12, 2013, YG Entertainment released a teaser video (embedded above) on Youtube for a new unit created within YG family. The logo showed the letters B and H, which probably is the initials of the members of the new unit. In the video, we also saw two girls creepily walking and holding hands. Of course, as many have suspected, the two girls are indeed Park Bom and Lee Hi. 

After the first teaser, 2 more videos were released, which showed Bom and Hi. This December 17, 2013, there will be a pre-release of their single, "All I Want For Christmas Is You," which is a version of Mariah Carey's song of the same title. I think the song will be available on that day on this website, since it was linked in the YG-Family page on Facebook. 

Taken from YG-Family page on Facebook.

I was so excited for this new unit of YGE, since these two have really powerful and lovely vocals. I really adore Lee Hi and I have been waiting for her to be back, promoting again and this is such a good time, because it's the most wonderful time of the year and their singing this wonderful song! Did I just fangirl? Well yeah, that's the purpose of my blog. On the other hand, Bom joining Hi is such a dream come true since both ladies have the most beautiful voices in YGE.

Definitely look forward to these two collaborating this Christmas!

K-Mondays: My Vote for Mnet Asian Music Awards (MAMA) 2013.

Poster taken from here.

The Mnet Asian Music Awards will be held this November 22, 2013, again in Hong Kong! Last October 24, the voting on the MAMA website started for many different awards. I have my own picks on each categories and I would like to share them in this post. As I'm making this post, I am voting in the website, so why don't you join me in picking the most awesome among all the K-pop celebrities?

Again, these are my choices, and I'm just sharing them with you all. This post will be text-heavy as I'm writing this after a really long and tiring trip.

Best New Male Artist

My pick: Roy Kim

BTS

Bumkey

Yoo Seung Woo 

Jung Joon Young

*I only know Roy Kim among them so I chose him*

Best New Female Artist

My pick: Lee Hi

Kim Ye Lim

Ladies' Code

Yoo Seung Eun

Crayon Pop

*I'm a Lee Hi fan!*

Best Male Artist

My pick: G-Dragon

Psy

Lee Seung Gi

Lee Seung Cheul

Cho Yong Pil

*Obviously, I <3 G-Dragon*

Best Female Artist

My pick: Lee Hyo Ri

Baek Ji Young

Sun Mi

IU

Ailee

*I'd choose between IU and Ailee because I love them both, but Lee Hyo Ri deserves this one with her fierce comeback*

Best Male Group

My pick: Shinhwa

EXO

SHINee

Infinite

Teen Top

*I'd choose Bigbang over all of these groups, but seeing as Shinhwa is the really old sunbae among them, I chose them! (and they were really fun in Running Man)*

Best Female Group

My pick: 2NE1

Girls' Generation

SISTAR

f(x)

4minute

*I'm a YG stan, and I love 2NE1. Nolza baby!*

Best Dance Performance - Male Solo

My pick: G-Dragon

Jay Park

Seung Ri

Psy

Yang Yo Seob

*Yes, I'm blindly voting for GD, but you tell me if he's not good enough to win this category.*

Best Dance Performance - Female Solo

My pick: CL

G.NA

Seo In Young

Sun Mi

Lee Hyo Ri

*All of these girls are really fierce and awesome, but I had to choose the baddest female for this one.*

Best Dance Performance - Male Group

My pick: EXO

B1A4

Beast

SHINee

Infinite

*I don't really know these songs by these male groups, but I'm familiar with EXO's Growl and I even watched the MV I think. So yeah, based on familiarity.*

Best Dance Performance - Female Group

My pick: Crayon Pop

Girl's Day

Girls' Generation

SISTAR

4minute

*Bar bar bar is awesome, no matter what they say about it. Haha! It's just a fresh concept among the sexy concepts of female groups, especially in 2013*

Best Vocal Performance - Male

My pick: Lee Seung Gi

2AM

Lee Seung Chul

Cho Yong Pil

K.will

*I'm probably just biased in voting for this one.*

Best Vocal Performance - Female

My pick: Lee Hi

Davichi

Lyn

IU

Ailee

*Yep, I'm still going with Lee Hi. Their voices are all amazing but Lee Hi has this x-factor that I can't explain.*

Best Band Performance

My pick: CNBLUE

Nell

Dick Punks

Busker Busker

Jaurim

*I only know CNBLUE among them*

Best Rap Performance

My pick: Dynamic Duo

MFBTY

Geeks

BaeChiGi

Verbal Jint

*I have this special liking for Gaeko ever since I saw him on Running Man*

Nissan Juke Best Music Video

My pick: G-Dragon

Busker Busker

Psy

Lee Seung Chul

Cho Yong Pil

*Again, I'm rooting for GD all the way!*

Best Original Soundtrack

My pick: Gu Family Book OST - Suzy

IRIS 2 OST - Davichi

That Winter, The Wind Blows OST - The One

Master's Sun OST - Yoon Mi Rae

I Hear Your Voice OST - Jung Yup

*I didn't choose Suzy just because she's Suzy, but because first, I love Gu Family Book, and second, the song's really great and it fits the show perfectly.*

Artist of the Year

My pick: G-Dragon

*I choose him probably because I want him to win any of the awards that he's nominated in. However, I believe that there are some artists that would be favored a lot other than GD*

BC - Union Pay Song of the Year

My pick: G-Dragon (Crooked)

*Crooked is a really good song and it's probably my most favorite among the songs in his new album. That's why I think GD's Crooked deserves this award*

That concludes the list of my picks for this year's MAMA. I hope I will be able to watch MAMA 2013 live on small screen or on the live stream on their website. I wish everyone luck, and I'm definitely looking forward to their performances!

LEE HI (이하이) - IT'S OVER M/V

YG's newest artist, Lee Hi with her own album this year. I really love this girl and I wish for her success!

This music video is her newest single, "It's over" from her album fully coming out this March 21, 2013. Do watch out for her full album as not only Lee Hi's voice and performance will rock the world but also YG's best producers like Tablo, Lydia Paek, Masta Wu, Choice37, Teddy, etc. came together to make amazing songs for her.

This is her other music video first released last 2012. As you can see, this YG rookie is really someone to look out for.

Lee Hi/Lee Hayi was a contestant in SBS Kpop Star who debuted with YG entertainment last year. For more info, click here.