Geeks releases 'Officially Missing You, Too' featuring Soyou of Sistar

Geeks releases 'Officially Missing You, Too' featuring Soyou of Sistar.

At 12PM in Korea today, the music video along with the digital single 'Officially Missing You, Too' was released. The single garnered lots of interest from all kinds of fans, KPOP fans rejoicing in being able to listen to Soyou outside of group promotions and general music fans taking an interest in Geeks. For hip hop fans, it was the other way around where they were surprised that Soyou would be collaborating with underground artists. 

The collaboration also got attention for word going around that Zico and P.O from Block B were making a cameo as well as celebrities like Jung Taeho (popularly known for playing the role of 'Madam Jung' in Gag Concert) with Brownie and Haha featuring in promotional videos for the single.

Although the collaboration itself seems like an unexpected combination, it worked out well. I got to listen to the song a few weeks before the release and although I don't like it as much as the original by Tamia and the Geeks version from their debut, it's still refreshing to listen to (and I like Soyou the best in Sistar).

The music video's really cheesy (I laughed a lot), but take a look at the MV and the lyrics below.

(Soyou)
The words I hesitated in telling you was goodbye
Now I'm left alone in this night without you
I'm still, I'm officially missing you

(Geeks)
Like the night I waited for you, the gap between us was long and dark
I hope this isn't the end
I wanna go back
I fixed everything you wanted now, but where did you go?
I'm left along and lonely
Why does the wind blowing today feel so cold?
Why do you appear to be fine? 
Although you're insensible, I just need you to smile at me as you did before

(Soyou)
Ooo can't nobody do it like you
Said every little thing you do
Hey baby say it
stays on my mind
And I
I'm officially missing you

(Geeks & Soyou)
You're the only one for me and I hurt because of you
I try to forget you but it's not working out so well
Trying to hate you is too hard, it's too difficult
And I'm upset that you don't notice me
I'm officially missing you
Officially missing you

(Geeks)
Yeah I'm officially missing you, too
The reason why I can't say anything is because the distance between us is too long
More than any other word, you're meaningful on another round
You keep distancing away and the awkward today is left exactly as it was yesterday in disappointing me
Because you're always the in my mind, I toss and turn every night and my heart is just growing tiresome
The streetlamp lights up the street and I empty my insides on the toiler
Uh~ No matter how much I empty my insides, I'm drunk and growing dizzy from our remaining memories
Girl, I still don't have a place to lean on so I wash everything away with this song

(Soyou)
I miss you like it's a habit
The photo of you smiling back at me, I cherish it as I smile and close my two eyes
Can we start over again, oh like that day
(Geeks & Soyou)
You're the only one for me and I hurt because of you
I try to forget you but it's not working out so well
Trying to hate you is like betraying you from my memories and I can't do it
I wonder if you know how I'm missing you like this

(Geeks & Soyou)
You're the only one for me and I hurt because of you
I try to forget you but it's not working out so well
Trying to hate you is too hard, it's too difficult
And I'm upset that you don't notice me
I'm officially missing you
Officially missing you

(Geeks & Soyou)
Can't nobody do it like you
(The words I hesitated in telling you was goodbye)
Said every little thing you do
Hey baby say it
stays on my mind
And I
I'm officially missing you

[Hiphopplaya] The New Wave #1: Geeks, Reddy, & Kkalchang

The New Wave #1: Geeks, Reddy, & Kkalchang

Geeks

Hip Hop

Lil Boi: It was around the winter of second year in high school and I was preparing for a school festival. While digging through various websites for the MR of Drunken Tiger’s “Stubborn Person,” I ended up joining a website called “Jungle Radio.” They had a free board where people were allowed to upload their own recorded sessions so I thought, “Hrm, should I try too?” With the same mindset, I started recording and for about a year, I was constantly working on music that it became a naturally thing for me opposed to coming to a conclusion and saying, “I’m going to pursue in music.”

Louie: I first started off writing lyrics and in wanting to record my work, I bought a 3,000 won (roughly $3 USD) microphone at the neighborhood stationary store. With time passing by up till present day, I guess I’m able to tell the public that I’m pursuing in music because of the habitual routine I made myself go through in recording and composing lyrics.

Nickname

Lil Boi: The nickname means “little boy” and I ended up using this because I’m short (laughter).

Louie: The CEO, Rimi nuna, and Gamja hyung thought of this nickname together for me after putting much thought into it. They gave it to me because they said I look like an heir of France but I’m not so sure about it.

Crew

Lil Boi: I’m under the crews Do’main, Buckwilds, and Cookiz. For Do’main and Buckwilds, I joined the two crews naturally while for Cookiz on the other hand, I joined through an audition.

Louie: I joined JUJUBE which is where I first started exchanging music with my peers. I joined Cookiz with Lil Boi and my friends in Do’main are those I chatter with when I go to Hongdae and nod my head along with to hip hop songs. I’m not really the type to go out and play but whenever I meet up with these friends, I become a person who can be an outgoing whenever. We’re not just a bunch of cool peers that exchange music together, but a group that can talk about the deep aspects of life. For Buckwilds, I went to perform at one of the South Town Shows in Busan and I met up with Jtong hyung but I can’t remember exactly since I was pretty drunk but I remember him telling me, “Be a part of Buckwilds. You’re a true lunatic that I even approve of” so since then, I became a part of Buckwilds. They’re my colleagues who are very warmhearted people and sincere towards music so to me, they’re very, very important.


Representative track

Lil Boi: For my personal representative song, I think the track “Once” off of my personal mixtape, “Good Time” and the reason being that I composed the lyrics truthfully in regards to my family, friends, and music.

Louie: …


Actions

Lil Boi: To not do music for business, and that’s something I should abide by till I die.

Louie: An artist needs to have an efficient mindset for art and for a hip hop artist, I believe that they have to work hard for the art genre that is hip hop. I haven’t accomplished much in order to be prideful, but I always know that one thing I need to keep habit of is “sincerity.” Your motive relies on the responsibility of what you accomplish is how I look at it. As an emcee, you need to take actions that aren’t embarrassing as written in your self-composed lyrics, but also reflect over yourself once again and share that path; I myself am working hard to become an amazing artist who can direct others into this better path.



Respect

Lil Boi: I just set foot into the scene so as a fellow artist, I believe that paying respect towards previous generation artists is a given fact. Of course, I respect my fellow friends who started at the same time around as me as well as to the younger generation also.

Louie: I always feel gratitude towards the older generation artists of Korean hip hop. If it weren’t for them, I think it would’ve been harder for me to be able to tweak my rhymes or organize them. It’s given for awesome hip hop artists to be given respect and for me to share the same backstage room as them is an honor, as I’m unable to hide my overwhelmed feelings most times.


Role model

Lil Boi: Kanye West.

Louie: Like the lyrics by my friend TakeOne, I want to consistently pursue in music in an honest matter to the point where I don’t need to mention “honesty.” Many lines of his lyrics inspired me and I want to be able to compose lyrics and make music like that in return.



From now on

Lil Boi: Geeks is preparing for our official 1^st album. In order to put out the best quality, we’re still trying hard to earn more inspiration.
Louie: I’m working hard with Lil Boi and we’ll try to have it out by this year.



Lastly

Lil Boi: For the fans and artists (hyungs, friends, dongsengs) who always keeps interest in us, we thank everyone and I’ll always keep a student mindset of growing and working hard to make music. Peace.

Louie: One love.

Reddy

Hip Hop

Reddy: To be honest, I didn’t really engage into it but more so started off working on my mixtape alone because I enjoyed listening to hip hop. I think that’s when I first started rapping – I used to have more interest in singing so I bought more R&B artists’ albums…but thanks to a friend who I got to know in the military, my spectrum in hip hop music broadened; I used to listen to mainly Korean hip hop before.



Nickname

Reddy: My real name is Kim Hong Woo. People tend to have fun with the spelling of “hong.” For example, younger friends would call be Hong hyung before…the “hong” doesn’t mean the bright hong but the representative definition for it is usually red. Also, I do happen to like red so I thought of the term “red” but in order to make it easier for others to call me by, I added the suffix “-dy” so it became “Reddy.” There’s no special meaning behind it.


Crew

Reddy: I’m a member of the crew called The Cohort. At first, I was contacted through Twitter and the friend who had contacted me was in America but he had heard of my mixtape and saw clips of me. Since there are limitations to the internet, we decided to meet up the next time he’d be in Korea so we set up a date and when I first met them, I had a good vibe from them. The directions of our thoughts were headed in a similar direction, and so I thought it’d be fun to hang around these guys. We’re not a rapping crew – we’re a crew that likes culture. We also have different roles as well. In Cohort, it’s only Jiyong (Okasian) and I that rap.


Representative track

Reddy: I’ve only had one single and two mixtapes out, so there isn’t a lot however if I had to choose one, it’d be the track “Buzzer Beater.” It was extremely difficult for me to work on the single. While working on it alone, I felt pressured with the feeling that this became a job almost and there were a lot of parts I was stuck on. Though later on, it was like pricking my fingers and feeling really relieved from the constipation when I worked on this track you can say. Rather than the other tracks I held onto longer, I liked this track more for how it turned out. To me, it still feels like a very refreshing track.



Actions

Reddy: Even before the day I received the interview offer, I thought a lot in regards to actions and it’s kind of baffling. Before then, I didn’t think much of my opinions and I guess I just went with the flow of things? And with my actions flowing in that direction, I began to see that my thoughts began to drift further away as well. I guess you can think of it as a good experience to put it optimistically, however now I kind of want to organize my actions and plan to work with the first feelings and determinations I enjoyed and felt to when I first started producing. I think that I’m going to work on awesome stuff from now on.



Respect

Reddy: I released a single without knowing anything and it’s been about a year now. I feel the utmost respect towards the artists who I listened to since elementary school and junior high that the fact that they’re still involving music in their lives is respectable. I feel at times that this is a very difficult lifestyle and to put a lot of time into hip hop and not any other genres, that itself deserves respect, hands down.


Role model

Reddy: I don’t have a role model, and I don’t have an ideal type either. I think that having a role model and to become like someone narrows my vision. I want to be able to see as broadly as I can and I don’t think that having a role model can do that – I want to become an artist. A true artist.



From now on

Reddy: I want to work on things that can keep me thinking about myself more. If I think about it, I don’t think I have much interest in myself. Anyway, I ask for much support either way.



Lastly

Reddy: I’m at a stage of just starting off and working hard to enjoy producing. Whether it’s illegally or officially, I hope many of you can listen and for many of you to listen is the most joyful result. Also, if you don’t like it, then you don’t and if you do, you do – but make sure to tell me. I want as much feedback as I can get and I ask for much support, not just for me but for Korean hip hop as well.

Kkalchang

Hip Hop


Kkalchang: If I can remember, the time when I really had a big interest in hip hop was my third year of junior high (equivalent to 9th grade in U.S. school systems). My friend was singing MC Sniper’s “Korean” at the karaoke near the arcade and I think that’s when I came across hip hop and developed a huge interest in it. Since then, I enjoyed singing along while listening to it and around the end of high school, I met Jtong through a friend and I think I really started getting into it. At the time however, I didn’t have a set plan nor did I think that the hip hop culture would take a great toll in my life – it just happened. It was about when I was twenty going on twenty-one years old that this hip hop culture took a great chunk of my life.



Nickname

Kkalchang: Everyone probably knows it as the insoles people put in shoes to make others taller, but it was actually given to me by the friend who had introduced me to Jtong. We used to joke around in saying things like, “Hey~ that’s hella tight” whenever someone did something and my friend had shortened the phrase to “Kkalchang, kkalchang.” I got used to it and when it came around to me choosing a rapper name, I was debating until I decided to go by what I was used to, Kkalchang.



Crew

Kkalchang: I’m currently under the crew Buckwilds and it’s a crew led by Jtong. In this crew, there are probably a lot of members who also did this interview. I think how I came to be a part of the crew was that I met Jtong when the crew was starting up and naturally ended up joining, and I’m still a part of the crew today.



Representative track

Kkalchang: I really like the 5th track titled “About Me” from my mixtape “From the Ground” that I released this past February. Not only do I enjoy performing it, but the hook itself is very, very simple and even though a lot of people listen to it for the first time at my performances, they end up singing along as well. And it’s also the track I listened to the most off of my mixtape which is the reason I chose it.



Actions

Kkalchang: There’s a phrase I really like and it’s “Keep it real,” which I think depicts me perfectly. But for one’s actions, I think you have to keep cool too, both on the inside and out. I want to give off the vibe where if someone comes across listening to my music, I want them to feel that I’m a cool person and that they’ll give me respect.
 


Respect

Kkalchang: I think those who put out a lot of albums are really amazing. I think Jtong was the first person I saw up close in how a musician works on their album and I don’t think it’s an easy task. Although those are tasks that I will have to face later on, I think those who have already crossed these experiences many times are truly amazing in my eyes. As much as I respect them, I feel that I should work just as hard.

 

Role model

Kkalchang: I used to have a role model, but now I don’t necessarily have one. There are great artists out there and rather than choosing one of them and becoming like them, I’d rather earn inspiration from them and make something of mine.



From now on

Kkalchang: I’m working on an EP right now. I’m in the stage of just sketching out for my EP, so I don’t have a big picture but I’m planning on working just as hard to make good music. Before the EP release however, I’ll most likely be coming out with a single.



Lastly
 
Kkalchang: Although I don’t have a big hit or much in my discography, I plan on constantly releasing music so anticipate for me and Buckwilds!! BUCKWILDS!!!





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Source: Hiphopplaya

Crucial Star set to release mini album in October

Despite the words "Mini album in October" written on Crucial Star's Twitter profile, music label Real Collabo confirmed the release of his upcoming release in which the track 'Flat Shoes' from Crucial's mixtape, 'A Dream Spokesman,' will be remade in featuring Brother Su over Lovey, fellow artist under Real Collabo and the original vocalist for 'Flat Shoes.'

Just after the release of label-mates' mixtapes Lil Boi of Geeks and Take One, Crucial Star was the next batter up with his own mixtape, 'A Dream Spokesman.' The mixtape was fairly a chill mixtape, something I'd personally listen to if I was driving at night. However, it didn't meet my expectations because of the hype he had around it (I mean, the guy tweeted photos of his home recording studio so I thought he was going to go Beethoven on it, of course in the name and genre of hip hop). But the upcoming album definitely does have my attention, more so because it's official meaning the sound is original as opposed to mixtapes which touch up on the backtracks of other songs.

After Crucial Star's mini album release will be Geeks' turn to release their album. They've tweeted before that they've been working on their official album but nothing seems set except the release being in November (which was originally October, but it seems like it was pushed back to put out Crucial's first). Back-to-back releases, hosting shows every few months, and selectively recruiting potential artists, it looks like Grandline is also making their way up on the ladder in the music scene and they'll be wrapping up their busy year with these two albums as well as their fourth Grandline Show set for November 18th.