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Saturday, September 04, 2010

Korean boy bands are a huge hit in the Philippines.

Why do Filipinos love Korean boybands like Shinee, U-Kiss and Super Junior so much? Is it because of their boylish look? Is it because of their catchy songs? Is it because of their cool grooves? Or is it because of their infectious music videos?

The long wait is over. Now is the time to have their very own!

I believe they now have a boyband that will give these Korean bands a run for their money. Introducing XLR8!

XLR8?! Naming your boyband after a Ben10 character isn’t exactly a brilliant idea when you're supposed to come off as cool and fresh. One way to make a good impression is to choose a name that sparks interest and sticks to the target audiences' mind.

Anyway...

XLR8 consists of 8 members namely Adrian Muhlach, Arkin Del Rosario, Caleb Santos, Carlo Lazerna, Francis Ramos, Hideaki Torio, Melmar Magno, and Meljohn Magno.

The 12-songs from the album are mostly good, catchy and proudly Pinoy. Their songs are mostly in english and tagalog. I always thought that a song with both tagalog and english lyrics might be baduy, but they proved otherwise.

These charismatic cuties will surely be an interesting addition to the Philippines' entertainment industry.

However, XLR8 is embroiled in controversy over their image and music. Some KPOP fans accuse their image as being really similar to Super Junior's and some of their songs, particularly "You're so hot" to be very much akin to Super Junior's hit song "Sorry Sorry."

Let's face it, Kpop isn't exaclty entirely original. In fact, no one is original these days. Instead of criticizing XLR8 or new bands as copycats or wannabe's, we should appreciate that they drew influences from these bands and infused them with their own style. It's not copying, but its an attempt of creating of a new brand of music influenced heavily by KPOP and Filipino music.

Also, they DIDN'T plagiarized Super Junior's concept for an album cover. Don't be too sure that it is exactly the same, when its not even close to being similar!

Whatever!

Even if they were really imitating Super Junior, well at least it's a compliment to Super Junior!

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