Now that I am back at work and driving a whole 6 miles to my place of employment (equalling a whole 12 minutes in the car), not a second goes by during that brief commute that I don't have one of my favorite K-pop songs cranked full hilt pumping some happiness into my Tiguan. (Unfortunately, one time I was listening to A-pink's song from Protect the Boss and came upon a dead dog in the road. I don't play that song anymore because it creates bad ju-ju. I had to get out of the car and lift the dog onto a sheet and help the owner carry it up a driveway. The dog was heavy. It was 6:00 in the morning. WHY DID THAT HAVE TO HAPPEN WHEN I LOVED THAT SONG SO MUCH???)
One of the groups on my playlist is none other than CNBLUE. I really don't know too much about them other than the drummer played a cute dork who was smitten by a complete hose-beast of a 2nd female lead in Heartstrings and he sings an amazing song called STAR on the soundtrack, Yong-hwa played the lead in Heartstrings, and Lee Jong-hyun played Colin in Gentleman's Dignity (One of my top 5 favorite K-dramas of all time). I couldn't tell you anything about the 4th guy. Sorry. Teppy introduced me to CNBLUE as a group. Before that, I only knew of them as actors (remember, I love k-drama whereas Teppy loves K-pop AND K-drama). I have to say, after listening to the song Lie by CNBLUE, I have FALLEN IN LOVE WITH Lee Jong-hyun's voice....aka Colin. Because I have a hard time with Korean names, I'm gonna just refer to him as Colin from this point forward.
In Lie, Yong-hwa and Colin share vocals, but it is clearly Colin with the smooth, silky, pure voice that carries the song. Yong-hwa has this raspy, smoker's throat voice that sounds like he strained it by puffing 1 too many cigs and screaming at a rave. Maybe I should refer to him as "Node Boy". Perhaps that is why he is the lead singer and their "franchise player"....he's got a unique sound. Well, he just doesn't cut the mustard for me. I prefer Colin with the voice of an angel, and if I could, I would listen to his voice all day....and night......preferably with that sexy guy from the drama It's Ok, That's Love dancing with me on Haeundae Beach under a dark summer sky with fireworks....lots of fireworks! LOVE THAT GUY!!!!