Orange Caramel (Hangul: 오렌지 캬라멜), is a sub-unit of the female south-korean group After School , formed with the third generation members Nana, Raina and Lizzy. While After School have sexier and darker concepts, Orange Caramels goes more towards a lightheart, sweet and fun.
They debuted in 2010 with the single 'Magic Girl' and soon released their first mini-album 'The First Mini Album' which was a commercial success.
Later that year 2010, they released The Second Mini Album with
the lead track, "A~ing♡." which become an immediate success.
In 2011, the group released a new song "Bangkok City" for their
"One Asia" project. The single was the group's
most successful single to date. Orange Caramel continued the "One Asia"
project with the release of "Shanghai Romance" (a japanese version of that song is in After School's debut album Playgirlz).
In 2012, Avex Trax announced through After School's
Japanese website that Orange Caramel will debut in Japan in September
2012 with a cover of 1970's pop group Candies song "My Sweet Devil".
I don't really listen to After School, but I really like this sub-unit and this song is really addictive!
And here's the brand new song/mv they released, with english subs:
Enjoy!
(Japanese: 照る照る坊主、てるてる坊主; literally "shine shine monk") is a little traditional handmade doll made of white paper or cloth that Japanese farmers began hanging outside of their window by a string. In shape and construction they are essentially identical to ghost dolls, such as those made at Halloween. This amulet is supposed to have magical powers to bring good weather and to stop or prevent a rainy day. "Teru" is a Japanese verb which describes sunshine, and a "bōzu" is a Buddhist monk (compare the word bonze), or in modern slang, "bald-headed"; it is also a term of endearment for addressing little boys.
Teru teru bōzu became popular during the Edo period among urban dwellers, whose children would make them the day before the good weather was
desired and chant "Fine-weather priest, please let the weather be good
tomorrow."
Traditionally, if the weather does turn out well, eyes are drawn in (compare daruma), a libation of holy sake (神酒) is poured over them, and they are washed away in the river. Today, children make teru-teru-bōzu out of tissue paper or cotton
and string and hang them from a window when they wish for sunny
weather, often before a school picnic day. Hanging it upside down - acts
like a prayer for rain. They are a very common sight in Japan.
According to tradition, the use of Teru Teru Bozu serve to frighten Amefushi, the spirit of the rain. Amefushi did not allow to go play outside, was considered the enemy of children. Amefushi is actually not a bad spirit, just feels the need to feel accepted by other children and would like to play with them, but since it carries with it the rain is always sent away. For this reason, takes revenge by teasing who kicked him out ..
The Teru teru bozu is the protagonist of a famous nursery rhyme Japanese (Warabe uta), which reads as follows:
-source wikipedia, nanoda-
You can't believe how happy I am about this! Jung Min was out of musical scene for a while and I believe he wasn't managed well. Now he's finally back with a mini-album (after some unfortunate singles) and I hope he'll do great and have a really amazing comeback, in Korea too!
After a fan meeting in Japan he decided to use 'Romeo' as his stage name and here's his new music video 'Give me Your Heart' in japanese.
The mini-album contains 4 songs:
1."Give me your heart"
2. "Taste the fever"
3. "Devil"
4. "Give me your heart (Instr.)"
It will be released on September 5, 2012.
Please support him, buying his new album and subscribe to his facebook account (facebook.com/OfficialParkJungMin) and his youtube channel (youtube.com/user/parkjungminofficial)!