Understanding Men and Women - COOL

Understanding Men and Women is the fastest song in Audition Dance Battle Philippines as to date with 172 BMP (beast per minute). Often the song played along by the hardcore Audition Dance Battle Adicts aka Audistas.

Cool is a Korean ballad/pop group that first appeared in 1994. The main members include Kim Sung Soo (김성수) as the male rapper of the group and known for being "goofy," Yuri (유리) as female vocalist, and Lee Jae Hoon (이재훈) as the driving force behind the group's music and lead vocalist.

Former members include Yoo Chae Young (유채영), who was the original female vocalist, but left after the first album and has since made a career in acting, and Choi Joon Myoung (최준명).

The group has produced thirteen albums (including "half" albums):

* 1 - 너이길 원했던 이유, 1994
* 2 - The [ku:l], 1995
* 3 - Cool 3 (Destined The Best), 1996
* 3.5 - SUMMER STORY, 1997
* 4 - 애상 쿨, 1998
* 4.5 - 미절(Best Winter Version), 1999
* 5 - 해석남녀, 2000
* 6 - COOL 6ix, 2001
* 6.5 - First Whisper, 2001
* 7 - 진실, 2002
* 7.5 - Second Whisper, 2002
* 8 - 8IGHT, 2003
* 8.5 - Third Whisper, 2003

In 2003, rumors began to circulate that Lee Jae Hoon and Yuri had become romantically involved and that it was creating conflicts within the group. Not long after, the group decided to disband citing internal conflicts as the primary reason.

Source: http://www.last.fm/music/Cool/+wiki

My Boy - Jang Na-Ra, Song of the Week (4th wk of July)

Sunday night I thought of updating my blog, and noticed that I have to change my song of the week. Well from the so romantic song Aloha by Cool, song of the week for the 3rd month of July, now to the cutesy My Boy by our also so cutesy Korean actress, singer Jang Na-Ra.

The next day, Monday, the 1st day of the week, usually the most hectic and the most katamad day of the week. I decided to take a break from the usual Excel, Word, Outlook etc.... work that i do, and went to see how my blog is doing. Well the blog is doing really well, for just a week I got 383 visitor counts already. Thank you to the Audition PH Community for the support.

Anyway, lets talk about one of my favorite Audition songs, My Boy by Jang Na-ra. I thought that her name was Nara Jang, till i made some researches that her surname is Jang and her 1st name is Na - Ra. Just like how Chinese people write their names, surnames go first. Moving on, the 26 year old Na-Ra is not just a singer but also an actress as well, talk about double threat. Na-Ra was born in Seoul, Korea and played in Les Misérables with her dad in her younger days, talent runs in the family.

Nara had a series of acting streaks, like in 2003 she stared in the Movie "Oh! Happy Day!" and been staring in several TV shows from 2001 to 2005. Na-Ra also released 5 solo albums, including the 2003 "The Third Story" album which contained the Audition hit song "My Boy". And not only that, Na-Ra's Cutie vocals had also been included in different compilation albums such as "Jang Nara and Friends, Lady Like and two
other Chinese albums, yes Chinese! Nara Doesn't just sing Korean but Chinese as well, "?? and Gong Fu".

Good looks, angelic voice, successful career, Jang Na-ra has her way of giving back the blessing she received such as doing charity work, sending powdered milk to North Korea, raising money for children with leukemia in China. She also had her "Jang Foundation" .

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jang_Nara