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I just listened to the entire album and I cant even pick a favorite bc all the songs are so good. I thought he'd branch out more into rap, but his R&B influence is still very much there

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"Stay With Me" featuring G-Dragon. I need to see them perform this together

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Oh how I'd love to be those suspenders. I would just hate to get him all alone and be disappointed if he has ... short comings. laugh.png But in my mind, he'll be a long and lean (not too lean) stallion. tongue.png

Oh and that gun tattoo! Yaass! He must be telling me he's packing! He has too!

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I wasn't expecting a slow ballad as the first release (not after the teaser), but I like it. I like the simplicity of the song, and the simplicity of that one-shot MV. Pulling away from his face to reveal that body lol you can see Taeyang and his management are keen to sell this album :lol: And then the fireball that really gets the song moving.

I wish I understood Korean so I could get the song's meaning, I think that would make me appreciate Eyes Nose Lips much more. By the way, is that a picture of him or his first love being decimated by fire behind him?

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I have no idea who that was behind him. You can check out translations of the songs here: http://bigbangupdates.com/2014/06/taeyang-rise-album-lyrics-translations.html

Albums doing great on iTunes: http://bigbangupdates.com/2014/06/taeyang-rise-on-itunes-charts.html

their fake! He has a few but all those on his chest were done for the promotion of Alive/Fantastic Baby similar to all the tribal tatts he has in Ringa Linga

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I love these!

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Thanks for the translations. Eyes, Nose, Lips is so pretty. But sad, lol, as you might expect from the MV.

I can't wait to listen to the whole album but I am at work right now. :(

LOL, re: the tats, that's ok. I don't need a gun tat pointing down my pants either. In the MV he did have some tats on his arm and neck in Portuguese (translated as "one love" and "one heart") but they are probably fake as well. I'm not a big lover of tatoos so it's no big loss IMO.

LOL, it must be promotion for a clothing line. Luhan's is my favorite, as is Kai's (and his shoes).

Suho: Deep thoughts.

D.O.: Please don't kill me, thirsty fangirls.

Luhan: New EXO-M leader.

Tao: Over this [!@#$%^&*].

Chen: You want me to stand on this rotating soundstage with my hands on my head like a doofus?

Kai: :::SIDE EYE:::

Here's the mash-up:

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So they are going for a new image too? I was all for it until I saw three of them in knickerbockers.

Actually scratch that. I sort of like the executive shorts look. If anybody can pull off shorts with high socks and loafers, it is K Pop idols.

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I just listened to the album, too.

In fact, I listened to Stay With Me, 1AM, the Intro and Nose Mouth Lips twice. I appreciated NML a lot more the second time, too.

Stay With Me is awesome. I love the 80s-90s RnB influences all over this album, and how soulful his voice is.

BTW, I heard that CL sang backing vocals on Body??

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Speaking of thirsty fangirls and D.O., the poor little guy literally saw his life flash before his eyes when some contraption he was in during EXO's Hong Kong concert accidentally swerved into a pit of screaming, hormonal schoolgirls (and their moms).

http://youtu.be/_zQRlFrv3Gg

Somebody screencapped D.O.'s Look of Love Fear:

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Meanwhile, Tao, Luhan and Lay were entertaining their Chinese fans in Mandarin when Tao fell through a hole in the floor.

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I don't understand why SM invest all this money into their talent but don't bother to check the soundstage equipment to make sure it is safe?? Tao could have been killed. Or maybe this is China's revenge for the Krisis, lol.

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Not sure. Possibly. I'll probably get used to it. Its not as bad as their drastic change during their Midnight Sun promotions. I remember reading a comment on their YT page to the Beautiful Night video and someone said its like a rainbow threw up on them....LOL. This is like the opposite of that

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Junhyung is fully blonde now and Im not feeling the hair. It could be better if styled differently like here:
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I like Stay With Me but it puzzles me why its on this as it comes across more like a GD song. He raps the first two verses with Taeyang doing the chorus and coming in for the final verse. Good album, but the only bad thing about it is that its so short! Just 9 songs? I wish it were longer.

I hadnt heard that about CL. I will have to listen extra closely now. We'll see if she pops up in the MV or not

OMG poor guys! That is bad

BTOB

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Minhyuk :wubs:

http://www.tumblr.com/video_file/87542273218/tumblr_n6ikp6onOe1tt1kks

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LMAO!

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OMG. The Shining. Minhyuk is cute tho.

Are BTOB worth checking out at some point?

I can't even with Beast and the Hawaiian shirt concept. It's like something out of Tiger Beat in 1989 (before any of these kids were born, but that's no excuse). Don't kill me, but I don't find any members of Beast all that hot. Possibly the dark-haired guy with the cane on the far right (below), or even Big Hat on the far left. But they don't do it for me visually like some of Big Bang and Exo.

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I think so but then again I might be biased. This first video "Thriller" is what made me an instant fan. The song is catchy and I love the video concept, costumes and the blonde hair, which the guys are working

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Super cool

"When I Was Your Man". Also off the same album. A slower, more romantic ballad to showcase their vocals

Here is them performing two songs off their most recent album. That first one "Broken Heart/Is this the End?" is really beautiful and Beep Beep of course is hip and fun.

I like them!

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History? Thriller?!

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I love how Korea loves MJ, but one of these days he is going to rise from his grave and sue K Pop for copyright infringement!

I'm not really a ballad girl but I *really* like When I Was Your Man because it has that chilled '70s disco sound. Broken Hearts is a good one, too, though that poor blonde guy at the end is all silent until it come time to "rap." lol. And Beep Beep is hilarious. They are too cute!

Speaking of cute, your boy D.O. back in HK...

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