vixenvarla
vixenvarla
(Baltimore, MD)
I got my first taste of K-pop in late 2007. I was just becoming a Youtube junkie and searching for J-pop when all of a sudden I saw a video of who else but SNSD. I followed that link to many others and discovered Big Bang, DBSK, Wonder Girls and others. I seriously felt like Princess Jasmine from Aladdin, “A Whole New World!” From then on I became an addict. Don’t get me wrong, I still follow J-pop culture, but K-pop is just more “juicy” and so much easier to keep track of. Youtube is full of K-pop! The gossip is even better than here in the States. It also opened me up to social issues in Korea and made me think about Black-Asian relations and how the other half perceives my culture. And if you haven’t noticed, I love fierce-bada female characters like Varla from “Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!”
Cult films, Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups, music, and strawberry wafers for life!
FAVORITES:
# Music: Flying Lotus, JDillia, Yelle, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, After School, Alice Smith, Bat For Lashes, The Cool Kids, Baltimore Club Music, Kid Cudi
# Movies: City of God, Pulp Fiction, Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!, Jurassic Park, Sympathy for Lady Vengeance, The Descent, Lolita, Memento Mori
# Shows: The Boondocks, Samurai Champloo, Death Note, Squidbillies, King of the Hill, The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack, Chowder
I too am addicted to YouTube thanks to K pop. Discovered a year ago and it’s the best. Although not Asian, its has been an interesting experience witnessing, on a superficial way I know – but still getting to experience a culture that I’m not familiar with, but now find fascinating.
Re J-Pop, just literally started becoming aware of it (Arashi to be exact) but dont know where to start, but you tube maybe my best source? What the hell did we do before you tube, I wonder?
City of God is one of the Best movies ive ever seen also. Did you watch it in portuguese with subs or did you get the wack english dubbed version?
only the Portuguese version! I love the sound of that language!
HEY! ik now what u mean about the whole black asain relationshi[s thing! I discoverd korean culture this summer! I’m pratically obessesd! first started off with japanese! so might go to japan next year! hopefully! but i’m totally dying because at this ever moment i want to go to KOREA! one of my close friends is from korea so i always try ot get top notch info! this blog is awesome! popsoeul has been my main domain for the culture, but this blog has a varitey of viewpoints! being african american and luckily most of the people around me understand me! my obesseion of dicovering korean culutre keeps emerging as i know! I would love to be part of this blog, but with high school that’s not going to happen either way! its awesome to have some fellow sistas talking about a culture that to some seems very distant in certain ways! but with the invention of youtube….WHO CARES! RAIN IS MY SOULMATE! :)
I feel you. A few of the writers here have separate blogs in which they talk about their personal interests. I was thinking of starting one as well to talk about my non stereotypical black female interests. Ex: Kpop, Jpop, Indie, Asia, foreign films, music, and just my p.o.v. on things. I really want to go to Japan as well. :)
Im glad to find that there are other people who ahev the same interests that i do! it make sme very happy that im not the only one thinking about the african-american/ asian relationships. I started getting into jpop and kpop from a very young age especially Japanese culture LUV IT! Kpop though is all thanks to my Hmong friends they’ve introduced me to so much and i love them for it. Thanks to all my friends i know i will be able to experience alot of great things throughout my lifetime. I wanna travel to S.Korea which will be happening next spring for college which will be a blast, ooo i hope they treat me well and ill be able to make even more friends. I hope alot of people wont believe all the stereotypes about african-american people. p.s <3 Big Bang!