Lee Hyori - Ms. Korea

Greetings from Seoul!

Okay well sort of.  I'm probably too busy eating delicious noodles to actually be typing on this blog.

So the first choice for the Korea extravaganza is a music video.  A peak into my home life would reveal that my wife absolutely adores Korean culture, which means that there are often K-pop marathons every once and a while.  I generally don't like a lot of the K-pop music, as super catchy sugar pop quickly becomes shallow filler noise after a few listens.  Still, every once and a while there is a song that stands up to the constant plays.  Lee Hyori's song 'Ms. Korea' has a sultry and beautiful sound that I fell in love with on first listen.  The song is a couple of years old, which is practically ancient in the world of K-pop, but I still really like it.  The swinging beat and full sound isn't drowned out by blaring electronica and I can see it being a great song live in a small venue.

Also, for those who think that I like the video because of the sexy girl dancing, you really don't know much about korean pop music.  Lee Hyori is downright prudent compared to some of the other videos coming out.

★ Download on iTunes (Music) : https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/monochrome/id651356862?l=ko&ls=1 HYORI IS BACK!! 여왕의 귀환, 진짜 이효리가 돌아왔다 3년 만에 정규앨범으로 컴백하는 이효리가 선택한 선공개곡, 미스코리아! 정규 5집 수록곡 중 선공개곡으로 낙점된 미스코리아는 이효리가 직접 작사, 작곡한 곡으로 불안한 미래와 사람들의 시선에 대해 '이리 와봐요, 다 괜찮아요. 넌 미스코리아'라고 말하며 이 시대를 살아가는 지친 한국 여성들에게 희망을 전하는 노래이다.