Right Now It’s Dal★Shabet!

Dal Shabet

With all these k-pop comebacks coming in left and right you would think I had enough on my plate without getting into another new group, but that’s exactly what happened when somehow Happy Face Entertainment act Dal Shabet snuck in with their new song “Be Ambitious” and stole my heart!

Getting Ready for "Be Ambitious"

Dal Shabet was one of the handful of new groups my friend introduced me to when I was first getting into K-pop. He’s always been an ardent supporter of the “Rookie” groups that seem to arrive (and disappear) in the blink of an eye whereas I've never been keen on investing a lot of time in newbie artists that probably won’t be around for long, so unless I really dig the song they’re promoting, I usually pass ‘em by. Not my friend. He looks forward to these acts and actively reads up on the new groups and sends me links to ones he particularly likes, over time he’s sent me vids to groups like Gangkiz, SHE’Z, Hello Venus, and even my beloved Crayon Pop, and among the acts he’s sent to me, one of the first clips he sent me was for Dal Shabet’s latest (at the time) single “Hit U”...

The deadly "Hit U" MV

...and another boyfriend goes down...

Now, I don’t know how many of you have seen the video for this song, but it is a dark and fairly disturbing video of a girl killing her cheatin’ lover and because of it, I assumed these girls were more of a Hip-Hop/Urban style of music than the happy, peppy K-pop I was getting into, so I have to say that at the time, I didn’t really get into them too much. Come to find out that Hit U was in fact a dramatic change in style for the girls, and that their earlier releases were much more in the fun, poppy and wonderfully SILLY styles that I love!

Fun early Dal Shabet with "Pink Rocket"

Yep, seems like the heart of Dal Shabet's music was really rooted in idol goodness, and nothing alerted me more to that fact than when the girls came out with their single “Mr. Bang Bang”. I have to say that this song was SO DAMN catchy and the girls were so DARN adorable performing it live (with their sexy western “Cowboy” outfits and boots) that they really moved up in my list and became a group I kept an eye on!

"Mr. Bang Bang" Promotions

 I followed the girls as a casual fan through their single "Have, Don't Have" and liked it enough to be excited when I began hearing about their 2013 comeback! I wasn’t sure which Dal Shabet I was expecting to see with their new song “Be Ambitious”, what I got was a Cute, Playful AND Sexy act, one that blew my mind and FINALLY sent me over into true FAN status! Beautiful Girls in Sexy Outfits and super catchy tunes, what more could a K-pop fan ask for?!

Leggy Ladies in "Be Ambitious"

Though some people had "issues" with their promotions, first for their using their own CD as a prop for their song “DalShabet Girls”, which they called tacky, but in MY opinion, I thought it was a hilarious and ingenius way to Let everyone know what they're getting; when you’re singing a song with the lyrics “Dal Shabet is my name!”, why NOT have them cutely gesturing to the CD? LOLOL!

Using their new Mini Album as Stage Props! LOL

The other hot topic of controversy is, of course, their undeniably overt sexual overtones in the dance choreography, a common complaint that has been hung around a few of the acts lately, 4Minute being the most famous, I guess… To this all I can say is “I Know what I LIKE!!” Man, that Be Ambitious’ sexy “Skirt Removal” dance move TOTALLY MADE the song for me and for a song about a girl telling a guy to check out her legs, what other KIND of choreo would you expect? To me, that was a total WIN!

The Marilyn Monroe Skirt Reveal move. Aiyaiyai!

 After a few feverish nights of non-stop Dal Shabet youtubing, I think I’ve finally gotten down who not only who each to the members are, but their distinct personalities as well! May I introduce you to the lovely ladies of Dal Shabet:

Serri

WooHee

JiYul

AYoung

Subin

Kaeun

After immersing myself into the girls songs and absolutley falling in LOVE, I rushed over to Yesasia where I planned on getting not only their new CD Be Ambitious, but also their previous Mini-Album Have, Don't Have AND the awesome “Bang Bang” Full Album that I admittedly shoulda got a LONG time ago! Sadly, they were out of Bang Bang, so I had to go online and find another dealer who could get me all of those albums at a decent price, thankfully I found someone who had 'em all (as well as the first HelloVenus album which I'd been wanting to pick up), so those discs are ON THEIR WAY!!!!  MAN, can't wait to get these discs so I can start cruisin' around town blasting these babies!! I'm loving these gals soooo much right now!