'Mirotic' is a newly coined Korean term meaning 'forever trapped in a maze, a feeling of being wrapped in love with no way out'. This word summarizes nicely how good music makes you feel, and South Korea has some of the most unique and catchy hip-hop, R&B, electro and pop music in the world. This blog's purpose is to introduce that music to the lovers of these genres who do not yet know South Korean style.
The 'Word of the Day' is my way of learning (and hopefully at the same time, help you learn) Korean words pertaining to music, the 'biz' and those words specific to certain genre's, bands, and situations. It will all revolve around music, so it should be fun to find new words every day!
Today's word is 'norae'.
It means 'song'.
Written in Hangul, it looks like this: 노래 It is pronounced 'nuu-rae'?
Another I can't seem to hear it correctly! LOL
I hope you enjoyed today's Word of the Day. See you tomorrow!
The 'Word of the Day' is my way of learning (and hopefully at the same time, help you learn) Korean words pertaining to music, the 'biz' and those words specific to certain genre's, bands, and situations. It will all revolve around music, so it should be fun to find new words every day!
Today's word is 'gong-yeon'.
It means 'performance'.
Written in Hangul, it looks like this: 공연 It is pronounced 'koom-young'?
Hmmm I can't seem to hear the 'gong' in this word LOL
I hope you enjoyed today's Word of the Day. See you tomorrow!
The 'Word of the Day' is my way of learning (and hopefully at the same time, help you learn) Korean words pertaining to music, the 'biz' and those words specific to certain genre's, bands, and situations. It will all revolve around music, so it should be fun to find new words every day!
Today's word is 'saranghae'.
It means 'I love you'.
You hear this a lot in music, and Korean is no different!
The 'Word of the Day' is my way of learning (and hopefully at the same time, help you learn) Korean words pertaining to music, the 'biz' and those words specific to certain genre's, bands, and situations. It will all revolve around music, so it should be fun to find new words every day!
Today's word is 'yonju-hae-yo'.
It means 'To play (music)'.
It's a verb... I don't know how to conjugate verbs yet, but building vocabulary is important too!
The 'Word of the Day' is my way of learning (and hopefully at the same time, help you learn) Korean words pertaining to music, the 'biz' and those words specific to certain genre's, bands, and situations. It will all revolve around music, so it should be fun to find new words every day!
Today's word is 'eum-ahk'.
It means 'music'.
Written in Hangul, it looks like this: 음악 It is pronounced 'ooh mat'?
It's a bit hard to tell, every time I hear it they talk so fast! haha
I hope you enjoyed today's Word of the Day. See you tomorrow!
Recently I discovered an Indies hip hop group from Seoul called Epik High. They are not new to music by any means, but I seem to be a bit of a late bloomer when it comes to discovering their awesomeness.
Consisting of members Tablo, Mithra Jin, and DJ Tukutz, Epik High started out in 2003 and was relatively unknown in their early career. Rap and hip-hop were not yet very popular in Korea then, but by 2005 with the release of their third studio album Swan Songs, Epik High had become one of the most popular hip-hop groups in Korea.
Between 2003 and 2010, they released eight studio albums, one EP and two special projects. In 2009 they parted ways with their label and founded Map the Soul, an independent record label that currently consists of Epik High, MYK, Planet Shiver and Dok2.
In the summer of 2009 they did a world tour, selling out all of the North American concerts and most of the others worldwide. Soon after, Epik High went on temporary hiatus as DJ Tukutz began his mandatory military service. In August of 2010, Mithra also enlisted for his mandatory service, but the group says the hiatus is temporary and they will return once their 2 years are served.
Of all the songs I've heard so far, 魂: Map the Soul [Worldwide Version] from their 2009 album Map the Soulis my favorite. (Note: 魂 is Japanese for 'hon' meaning 'soul') Not only is the song in English so I can understand more than just a few words, it's a really pretty song. The music video is very simple, but has some great makeup and visual affects and is interesting to watch. Every time I watch it I find something I didn't notice before.
Their newest release, 'Run' is on the album Epilogue, released on March 9, 2010. It was released without DJ Tukutz because of his entrance into the military. Epilogue consists of all the previously unreleased songs in their 7 years on 2 CDs. Epilogue debuted at #1 in the US iTunes music store digital hip-hop/rap charts.
Mirotic Korea is my way of sharing my passion for the many genres of modern Korean music that I love, everything from hip-hop to pop to R&B and beyond. I will be introducing the many different modern South Korean artists and bands, their music and other information. I hope to not only post music reviews, news, lyrics and biographies, but also interviews and more from the different entertainment companies and artists.
The name for Mirotic was inspired by a song from a Korean boy band quintet called TVXQ, formed in 2003 in South Korea by SM Entertainment. They are a cappella, dance, pop and R&B band, popular all over Asia for not only their catchy pop music, but also their style and prowess as dancers and singers.
Mirotic was released on September 26, 2008 and is TVXQ's fourth South Korean award winning studio album. The word 'mirotic' is a combination of the Korean word MIRO (미로), meaning "maze" and the English suffix "-tic". The newly coined term was created by Hero Jaejoong, singer-songwriter and composer of TVXQ and means 'forever trapped in a maze, a feeling of being wrapped in love with no way out'.
I chose this word because it reflects how really good music can evoke your emotions and hold you captive with its rhythm and lyrics.
While reading through this blog in the future, I hope you will find something you like and find S. Korea's modern style music as mirotic as I do!
