On TOP

Hello! Emm.. what date is today? January 16? Ermm ok in five days this one month off is over. Ok. 

So. I've been spending the last week of my holiday by randomly searching any videos of Big Bang that I haven't seen yet, and the ones which are very hilarious that I love so much! I watched GD's Infinity Challenge (IC is not like Running Man. It's hilarious, but I find myself laughing less than watching RM), GD&TOP's Night After Night (definitely my favorite. It's like, my ultimate cure for, almost, everything), Big Bang's MVs review by Simon and Martina (they're veeeerrryyy hilarious! Love them! I'm a nasty!), and Big Bang's old MVs and performances. Their past works and performances totally blow my mind. They're really, really good already back then. And to be honest, I love the past Big Shows so much... They're like, very theatrical, the stage is huuuuuuuuuuge, and they sang the old songs which I love, and I miss them a lot.

But the things that caught my attention the most, is TOP. The young Choi Seunghyun. The one who called himself Tempo back in his underground hip-hop life. The boy whose the stage name almost named after YG's favorite guitarist, Mark (I can't imagine if his name is Mark tbh. I mean, Mark?!). The handsome man who firstly caught my heart by his rap in Lies, Love Song, and GD&TOP's songs. And it turns out that his past solo works (and features) are also really awesome. When I think I can't love this man for another reasons, I keep finding things about him that make me fall for him even deeper.

1. T.O.P solo: Act Like Nothing's Wrong

I've heard this song before, long looong time ago. During my early days as VIP. But I remember at that time my internet connection was suck, so I couldn't listen it properly and I gave up and stopped listening to it. And recently, I found this on Youtube again. And watching this performance... the feeling's like admiring, loving him for the first time.

Music wise, it's very, very nice. His voice is heavy, the instrumental voices are dramatic, but I find it comforting. I love this song. It's different with his Turn It Up. Turn It Up is like a headbanger, but this song suits the scene of when you sit on the car, looking out the scape outside the window. And his rap, totally reminds me of why I love him in the first place. His rap. My favorite part is from 3:34-3:55. I want to see him rapping that way again. In that kind of beats, in that gestures. This rapping way is similar with his part in Crayon on MAMA 2012 stage. This rapping style reminds me of his past history as an underground rapper... as Tempo. When he's not an idol yet, but he already got that passion to become a rapper. Rapper Seunghyun, I love you. Performance wise, I love it. I almost cried when he started playing the harmonica... He clearly showed his emotions during the performance. He's giving his all out. This performance is the best, and I'd loooooove to see this solo stage in the next Big Show...

2. Red Roc Hello ft. T.O.P

Am I super late? I just found this video yesterday from eatyourkimchi! I even found it in a non-fansite! And don't be bored, but I'll keep saying: I love it. It's not Big Bang, yes, but I love this song. I love their voices! Hello hello hello.... Remember when I said that I'm more into K-hiphop, and maybe that's why I like SNSD's I Got A Boy and love The Cypher 2012 so much? This song is hip-hop, but not idol-ish hip-hop, and I love it in the same way I love Epik High's songs. Epik High is not idol group, kay. (And it's very hard to search for another Red Roc's work! Someone could help me...?)

That's about the song. Now, the music video. Ok. Where to start? Because, there are like, gazillions interesting things that I like and love a lot. Because it's TOP. T.O.P. 

Ok, let's start from the first scene, when he looked straight into the camera with anger face while walking and hitting the fences. He's so damn hot. And then he recalled the times when he found out that his girl was cheating. Start from the 0:19 scene when he walked, wearing shades and bringing a flower bouquet, and then SMIRKING to the camera (IT'S MY WEAKNESS OKAY). Then he saw his girl kissed another man and they just ran away by car and he's CHASING THE CAR WITH ANGER. I LOVE IT SO MUCH WHEN HE SHOWS HIS ANGRY FACE DO YOU UNDERSTAND. But he couldn't catch them. He gave up. So he ran to another direction, still devastated, in anger. He felt betrayed. Then he found a bat. Glistened by anger, he grabbed it and he got his determination to catch them back. He ran again. With that angry face, he looked so daaaaaaaamn hot.

And then he shaved his hair. HE SHAVED HIS LONG HAIR ON SCREEN AND HE'S GETTING HOTTER IN HIS BALD HAIR OMG I GUESS I JUST FOUND MY FAVORITE HAIR OF TOP. He looked so masculine, tough, strong... you see that, right?! And I thought that mirror room, is the same room as where GD showed his frustration in Haru Haru MV. (Or maybe it is the same?!) Ok, so after he shaved his hair, he walked again... smashed everything... encountered with a group of boys... fought with them... again he's sooooo hotttt especially with that bald hair. And then finally he found them. On a parking lot. And again, this parking lot scene reminds me a lot of that scene in Lies MV where they're rolling on their roller shoes and in Haru Haru MV where GD attacked TOP in TOP's car after knowing that TOP was with his girl?! Or maybe it is the same parking lot?!

And then start from 3:10 when he jumped off the car, stood in the hood, and gave them a "HOW COULD YOU CHEAT ON ME AND HOW COULD YOU STEAL MY GIRL" look, then smashed the window. It's also, my favorite part. He's so mean.......... (and I like it) And then the girl's angry. But he didn't care. It's all already over, anyway. He walked away. The end.

So that's it I just described the interesting parts of this MV, and it seems like I just described the whole MV?! Well.... because everything about this MV is interesting. And from this MV, I understand his passion for acting better. He's giving his all out, again, in his acting. Not just in this MV, but in Haru Haru! (And to be honest I think, this is like Haru Haru MV 2.0 T.O.P ver) After watching this, I'm getting more excited for his upcoming movie, Alumni! His previous movie, 71:Into The Fire, is amazing, it made me cry for minutes! So I believe that Alumni is gonna be another hit from him! Actor Seunghyun, I love you!

3. GD&TOP Night After Night (with Daesung)

This is it, my most favorite any K-variety show's episode ever! Hah! GD and TOP are totally like dorks during the show, plus Daesung (as host) kept making jokes so it's definitely hilarious! It's a must watch hahah!  This show is aaaall about GD&TOP, about how they felt... towards anything. About Big Bang. Makes me know another side of them, stories, that I haven't known!

My favorite part is when TOP explained the role of each own during the GD&TOP promotions: 

G-Dragon told me to balance the center, like with Big Bang, so that he can fly above.  I thought that the concept he wanted this time was to ‘fly’.  The balance has to be just right, so I figured I’d stand center while he flies around.

And then GD laughed so hard after hearing this hahah! For the resume of the whole show, read it here. But you definitely must watch this hahah! Here is the link for watching the show.

4. Haru Haru GD&TOP Acoustic Live

Haru Haru is definitely one of my favorite song of Big Bang. It's a full of emotion song! I love it so much, especially the live acoustic version which often sung by them in concerts. In Jakarta's Alive Tour, they also sang it in acoustic version... and I was crying hahah it's beautiful. Oh, in another stages they asked the fans to sing along with them. When more than 12000 people sang it together, it's so beautiful.

And then I found a performance stage when it's only GD&TOP who sang. And it's just as beautiful as the original...

And this is a sound clip of Haru Haru during Alive Tour Seoul 2012. Just listen how beautiful their voices, and how beautiful the fans' voices when they sing along to it, together.

Nah, that's it. Actually there are still several interesting things about TOP and Big Bang that I found... But this post is too long already hahah. I'm really waiting for you solo album, TOP, I really am. I'm waiting for rapper TOP to comeback! But yes, yes I know that he's into acting right now, and I really can't wait for his upcoming movie, Alumni. I can sense a great work by you is coming, Tabi... Good luck, actor Choi Seunghyun! :)