Super Junior just released the full music video for their song 'Victory Korea'. It's in celebration of the 2010 World cup, which will be held in South Africa this year. Personally, I'm not a huge fan of sports in general, but if I could get into any sport out there, any one at all, it would have to be football (i.e. soccer for us dumb Americans). I played for two years during high school, (the lack of hand eye coordination prevented me from playing anything else) so "soccer" is really the only sport where I completely understand the goals of the game and how it works (<- ha, completely).I've never seen a professional football match before (yep, it's football now. take that America.). Wait I take that back. I've seen one. I remember getting tired just watching those guys run up and down the field. Talk about stamina. Anyway, after seeing the teaser for Suju's song I began researching the FIFA World Cup and, oh crap, I'm so looking forward to this year's event. I even have three teams I'm going to cheer for this year: the U.S. (gotta stay patriotic), South Korean (it's the Kpop fan in me), and Germany (they've placed more than any other team out there). I'm even gonna keep my eye out for Brazil. Not root for. Just keep an eye on. Brazil has won the most titles since the World Cup's inception (show offs). If you want to know just how massive the world cup is, over 700 million people tuned in for the final game of the World Cup in 2006 when it was held in Germany. And you thought the Superbowl was big.
Super Junior's Victory Korea:
Doesn't the video just make you wanna go and root for Korea during the World Cup? Other artists have also released their own 'Go, Fight, Win' songs. I don't know how successful Korea will actually be at winning the title. They've only ever placed once (and 4th at that), which was in the 2002 World Cup held in Korea and Japan. Did they have the home field advantage? Maybe. Was there an abundant amount of country pride? Oh yeah! If you ask me, more than anything that was the determining factor. The fans. They sparked a light in Team Korea that gave the players the energy to go all the way. It's a beautiful image if you really think about it. In that case should I put South Africa on the list of teams to root for too? I'm not even going to hold my breath when it comes the U.S. We haven't placed since the very first World Cup in 1930. 30! Talk about country shame. But Americans don't really care as long as they have their Fútball Americano they're fine. As for me, I'm going to go against the grain on this one. Yay Football! Real football! Hooray America! Go Germany! Victory Ko-re-a!
Is it weird that I'm going to cheer for more than one team? I hope not. As far as I'm concerned I have the whole Northern Hemisphere spoken for (North America, Europe, Asia). We're gonna get this thing going and keep it as competitive as possible. World Cup kicks off Friday, June 11, South Africa vs Mexico, with the final game schedule for Sunday, July 11 at 20:30 SAST (South African Standard Time). Mark those calendars!
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