Since this is my first post, it's going to be about two things that took the world by storm coming from the South. Yes, you guessed it right, the first would be none other than Gangnam Style by Psy. I'm sure all of you are very well aware of the horsey dancing Psy with his war cry of 오빠, 강남스타일 (oppa gang nam se-ta-el). If you've been living under a rock, this was the video that garnered over 1 billion views - yes, ONE BILLION.
And if you didn't know, there was also a version of Gangnam Style (that I would think) is catered for the boys. Psy collaborates with Hyuna and in the (annoying) song, Hyuna sings 오빤 딱 내 스타일 (Oppa dag na se-ta-el), which loosely translates to Oppa is just my style. Erm, I'm not too sure about that, Hyuna.
So this was last year's news - what about this year? I would like to introduce you.... to the 귀요미송 (Gwi-yo-mi song), otherwise known in English as the Kiyomi Song. And I guess anyone who does it, is a Kiyomi Player. It basically means (in Internet slang) that someone is cute. Cute in Korean is 귀엽다 (gwi-yeop-da) or 귀여워 (gwi-yeo-wo). So how did this new internet sensation come about?
It actually started with this guy - Jung Il Hoon, from Kpop group BTOB (pronounced B to B).
Yes, him. He started Kiyomi player back in October 2012 on a variety show BtoB MTV DiaryMany (don't ask me about the English..) where he did actions which was considered cute by many Kpop fans.
Yes, that's the video that started the whole Kiyomi player wave... Following the success of this that prompted many netizens to upload their own version of Kiyomi player, Il Hoon's agency CUBE Entertainment made a MV of him doing Kiyomi player, just for the fans.
I bet many fangirls have already downloaded this video and have it in their smartphones (but not me, HA!) Towards the end of last year, many other famous Kpop bands also had their brief forays into becoming a Kiyomi player. For example, Girls Generation, Miss A and Super Junior-M to name a few. Finally, this is a video that most of us would explain because it's in Mandarin with English subtitles. Check out Siwon's reaction at 3:07, it's the general reaction of male Kpop idols when being made to do Kiyomi player - disbelief and embarassment HAHAHA.
And you think you've seen enough Kiyomi players? I'm gonna link MY FAVOURITE ONE!!!!
Yes, that's my kryptonite. No version of Kiyomi players gets me like this. Ladies and gentleman, that's Brian Joo with the Kiyomi player.
So, this internet sensation has finally caught on in Singapore, Philippines and Malaysia and I reckon it's going to be seen on our local TV shows in a while. So, I will leave you the lyrics of Kiyomi player and the song, sung by Indie Korean singer Hari. You can go learn it and be all cute, or 애교 (ae-gyo) in front of your boyfriend or girlfriend and have them either melting from your cuteness or have their goosebumps at full attention. Here's a top 10 Kiyomi compilation (lyrics at the bottom of video). I gotta say this - I found #9 extremely freaky.
1더하기 1은 귀요미
(ildeo hagi ileun gwiyomi)
2더하기 2는 귀요미
(ideo hagi ineun gwiyomi)
3더하기 3은 귀요미, 귀귀귀요미, 귀귀귀요미
(samdeo hagi sameun gwiyomi, gwigwi gwiyomi gwigwi gwiyomi)
4더하기 4는 귀요미
(sadeo hagi sado gwiyomi)
5더하기 5는 귀요미
(odeo hagi odo gwiyomi)
6더하기 6은 쪽쪽쪽쪽쪽쪽 귀요미
(yukdeo hagi yugeun jjokjjokjjokjjokjjokjjok gwiyomi nan gwiyomi)
It loosely translates into...
1+1 = Cute
2+2 = Cute
3+3 = Cute
4+4 = Cute
5+5 = Cute
6+6 = Cute
OBVIOUSLY SOMEONE FAILED MATH!! This is the Kimchi Fairy, signing out. PEACE!
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