boy, i need a boy

tired of being alone. sick of being single. i think i need me a [boy]. i need a [boy] like...?

...like any/all of them.

replace "boy" with "girl" and you've got the intro for taeyang's title track "i need a girl" from his new solo album solar, which was FINALLY released yesterday. [i mean, taeyang teased us with "where u at" and "wedding dress" waayyyyy back in october.]

so i nearly had a heart attack yesterday because i literally could not find his album ANYWHERE. [because i was dumb and didn't pre-order it...what was i thinking?!?!?] i had given up on finding the cd, when i stumbled across a store that had only 2 copies left [much thanks to christi ^^] by this time, it was 10:30 pm. since i was--thankfully--able to obtain the deluxe edition, it also came with a t-shirt and a super hott picture of taeyang [as if a not-hott picture of him exists]. HECKYESS.

i've been listening to the cd nonstop since then. [not gonna lie, i'm listening to it right now. at school. ㅋㅋㅋ]

solar starts off amazing. and with each song, it seems to get even more and more amazing. there's absolutely no way that i could write a non-biased, objective review of the cd, because i just love taeyang [and the rest of bigbang] entirely too much. i will say, however, that the first couple of times i listened to "superstar", the second track on his album, i wasn't overly fond of the song. the trumpet intro--to me--seemed a bit cheesy and over-the-top, but i will say that the song has grown on me the more i listen to it. [i mean, it's not like i hate the song, and i'm not gonna skip over it every time i listen to the cd; it's just not my favorite.] i am going to hate on the metaphors he uses in the song "you're my". like seriously, who ever wrote this song--it's not ok. "you're my ice cream, my sweetest ice cream." really??

the songs are mixed really well, and the slow rhythms really compliment taeyang's silky smooth voice. like, omygosh, it's even better listening to it with earbuds. it's really hard to pick a favorite. but right now, i'm really loving "i need a girl" and "just a feeling". [ok, so "break down" just came on and i remembered how much i love it too. aigoo.]

you make me say "yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah"

also, taeyang dropped his new music video for "i need a girl". and it is BANGIN'!! for realz. [ok, so i still think that T.O.P's new video is the hottest thing ever. but that's because he's my number one, and also allison would kill me for crushing on her man. she totally won him during 가위 바위 보.]

plus, g-dragon makes an appearance in the video, significantly adding to the hottness factor. [my favorite part is when g-dragon makes the announcement "i love girls", in case anyone needed to have that clarified ㅋㅋㅋ]

for your viewing pleasure:

my final rating for solar: two out of two fangirls.

this is the best kind of rating.

need more taeyang?? check out reallywally's totally biased [she is his #1 fan, after all], but more thorough, review here.