Kpop Haul # 2

          On April 1st 2019, Chen dropped his first solo album. It had two versions: April and Flower. The track list is as follows:

1. Flower

2. Beautiful Goodbye

3. Sorry not Sorry

4. Love Words

5. I'll Be There

6. Portrait of You

I love all the songs in this album but my absolute favorite, the one that I will put on repeat a lot of the time is Beautiful Goodbye.

          This is the cover for the Flower version and what follows are random shots from inside the booklet, a card and a bookmark. I love that they included a bookmark...it is like they knew what I liked.

Oh dear, he looks like a teenager here lol

          This is the cover for the Flower version and what follows are random shots from inside the booklet, a card and a bookmark. I love that they included a bookmark...it is like they knew what I liked.

          On April 30, 2019 a photo book was released. The concept of the photo book is that EXO members visit Hawaii for a schedule, but the schedule gets cancelled abruptly, providing the boys with a surprise holiday! Photographed entirely in Hawaii in collaboration with the Hawaii Tourism Authority, the book has amazing pictures and you see a great side of the boys.

          One of my favorite groups is TVXQ, and U-Know (Yunho) is a member of the duo group. He released his first mini album, called True Colors, on June 13, 2019.  There are two versions of the album: True and Color. The one I got was the Color version...The reason I got that one is that I had a senior moment and didn't check to see if there are more than one version for his album or I would have gotten both versions. The Track list is:

1. Follow

2. Blue Jeans

3. Swing (Featuring BOA)

4. Hit Me Up (Featuring 기리보이 )

5. Why 

6. Change the World

My favorite from the album is Follow.

          My favorite group from the new debuts is Ateez. They debuted at the end of 2018 and at the time I didn't buy their physical albums but I did buy the digital ones. So this year I decided to buy all their physical albums when I bought their latest release. 

          So this is their first album, called Treasure EP.1: All to Zero. It was released on October 25, 2018. There is only one version of this album. The track list is:

1. Intro: Long Journey

2. Pirate King* Title song

3. Treasure* Title song

4. Twilight

5. Stay

6. My Way

I love all the songs in the album because they sound different and fresh but my absolute favorite is Pirate King. 

They have the usual merchandise in the box but they also have a poster and a sheet of stickers which I am holding on too until I can use them in my journal. 

You will see this map repeated with different coordinates, they mean something in the concept of all the first three albums, ATINY (the fandom) think it signifies all the places they shot the MVs in. At least that is one hypothesis. 

          Another thing that they do in their albums is put in cards with the members and their names on them. It helps with the putting the name to the face thing which I am still very bad at where they are concerned. My old eyes are trying really hard but they change so much with each concept it is amazing! Behind each of the pictures there are the credits and the track list with lyrics.

        This is Ateez's second album, called Treasure EP. 2: Zero to One. It was released on January 16, 2019 and it too also only has one version. The track list is:

1. HALA HALA
2.Say My Name* Title Song
3. Desire
4. Light
5. Promise
The CDs had an extra track called
6. From

As usual all the songs were amazing but my absolute favorites are HALA HALA and Say My Name.

Besides putting the name to the face these cards are also a calendar.

          Their latest release is Treasure EP. 3: One to All. It was released on June 11, 2019 and as you can see there are two versions: Wave and Illusion. The track list is:

1. Utopia

2. Illusion* Title song

3. Crescent

4. Wave* Title song

5. Aurora

6. Dancing Like Butterfly Wings

My favorite from the album is Aurora. The rest of the album is super fun though!

This is the cover for the Wave Version

The cards have the track list on the flip side.

This is the cover for the Illusion version.

Back of the cards have track list.

          And that is it for now. I hope you enjoyed what I showed you as much as I enjoyed showing it too you.

Inspire Me Korea - July Seoul Box

          As usual, I was waiting for this box to appear in my mailbox, so when it came I opened it right away. At first I was concerned with how little it seems that the box had compared to previous boxes but I was too hastey with my thoughts. The stuff in the box were so worth what I paid for it and then some.

          I collect these magazines. They have so much interesting information about beauty, music, culture and history and this issue was all about the history of Seoul, and the beautiful places that you can find around it right now.

          I really love these language cards. They have so much good information on how to say something and it is aimed at the beginner, the intermediate and the advanced speaker. This time it is about modern Korean slang.

          Kpop merch is appearning more and more in the boxes and I love it. This time it is from one of my favorite groups, Monsta X. I can see myself at a Monsta X concert carrying this.

          I LOVE THESE POLAROIDS! They show beautiful scenes from Seoul and some of its historical and famous sights. It makes me want to see them all the more.

          No Inspire Me Korean box is complete without the sheet masks, I've used this one before and I love it. I always look forward to these masks because they are easy to use and get rid off and also they are very hydrating and beneficial for the skin.

 

          I feel like this gem is worth the price of the box without all the other goodies in it. It has 187 pages of colorful information on each district of Seoul and the most important places in them. It also has some historical information and useful phrases and websites that can be of help to the tourists.

          SNACKS! Need I say more? Always delicious, always interesting and always something new for me to dream about finding here in Kuwait. We do have 2 Korean markets here but they don't have everything.