K-pop 2013

A+ posts forapper, as always <3 <3

I think I like Sweetune the cheesier they get lol, hadn't realized they did "Ticket" and "Dolls" too though! amazing songs.

i'd say miss a's a class is a great album but it's mostly their first two years of singles anyway

Yeah, the Japanese releases tend to be either full albums or collaborations with Japanese/European producers.

New Infinite is a big ball of fun http://youtu.be/2C-dsCaFJzE

^ Speaking of Infinite and cheese-leaning songs

Speaking of SWEETUNE, sorry

haha yeah, that's super corny but so very Infinite/Sweetune.

As always, love the way they launch into the choruses - I can't always identify them as individual singers, but their vocals work incredibly well as a unit. kinda think it's why Sweetune saves the cheesiest songs for them too - they're the only group that wouldn't otherwise be overwhelmed by the opulent production.

:D

So BoA's great <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5w7RJRMwN2E";>I Did For Love</a> was written by and featured Sean Garrett, who is now producing <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5w7RJRMwN2E";>his very own boyband</a>. Heh.

I did NOT mean to hit submit on that, sorry everyone ;_;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tFny8iYc9L8

have seen some good press on the mindless behavior album

That's the one! Thanks 乒乓.

http://i.imgur.com/oHXGG9J.jpg

:D

The other good song on Infinite's EP is about not wanting your gf to wear short skirts: eng sub.

Oh but about Grimes, are there pictures of her with 2NE1 and SNSD too???

(http://actuallygrimes.tumblr.com/post/45979235032/i-was-about-to-cry-from-exhaustion-and-then-i)

love that pic so much. wish I liked Grimes' music more, she's basically my imaginary best friend.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tKjjXCqVK5s

feels like an H.O.T. throwback ^_^

OFFROAD - 'head banging' much more anemic than the title would suggest

Oh god, we're officially in Spring. The pastel-colored flower boy stuff is going to continue for another three months.

;____;

(Said as someone who quite likes ZE:A)

The ZE:A5 mini EP is really solid. Or maybe I just think so because I'm an easy sell on all things Brave Brothers.

lol @ hyuna schilling for toyota

i'm gonna ask this from a position of ignorance, so please forgive me, but is there any ... consternation at all for hyuna repping for a japanese automaker?

No idea about Hyuna, but wasn't 4minute's last Japanese single used in an Audi commercial?

Lee Hi's best performance yet:

http://soundcloud.com/ipaaaul4s/04-1

Rose is just embarrassing though, I hope she promotes something else.

F(X) doing Funny or Die with Anna Kendrick - http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/78b1d27dab/anna-kendrick-goes-k-pop-with-f-x

It's more awkward than funny but they did manage to fit an impressive number of cliches into 4.5 minutes, haha.

But also is this supposed to be parodying the colonial "go abroad and acceptance will be handed to you if you only make a token effort" fantasy, or not?

lol @ cloud atlas joke

A round up of recent stuff:

EvoL - Get Up is still excellent</a>

Heo Young Saeng - The Art of Seduction is simultaneously a business-as-usual Kpop song commodifying mental illness for the entertainment of the audience (now the moonlight is hitting just right and I'm crazy in love with you, etc etc) and a song about himself, from the perspective of his stalker fan. So now Heo Young Saeng is riling up the fanbase and showing the terrifying obsessiveness that results from that at the same time. Poor guy.

GDragon is making trap music now, and we are waiting for the video before we decide whether we like it or not. Will it be as good as Leif? The video previews do look incredibly campy.

Also, here's an indie release:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sT80FwW9XiE

This retro-80s sounds really is bubbling up from the bottom and SKorea shows no signs of tiring of it.

Whoops, messed up the link on the GDragon track. It's here.

??? Can I not link to Soundcloud?

https://soundcloud.com/reefanee/g-dragon-michigo-go

lol glad to know I'm not the only person reserving full judgement on "MichiGO" until the video comes out.

sounds more dubstep than trap to me idk

I was thinking about second definition of "trap" on urban dictionary, and about the transgender rap scene in NYC, when I wrote that, haha. It sounds like he's been listening to Le1f - Wut a lot. Also Roz can back me up that GD's a confirmed Le1f and Zebra Katz fan. So maybe not "trap music" but kind of coming from that place...

Oh, and here's the high-fashion connection: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/15/fashion/zebra-katz-you-have-to-know-the-context.html

I saw Zebra Katz and Njena Redd Foxx at SXSW and it was an amazing show. :D

oh okay you mean from the edm context - like this? http://www.edmsauce.com/trap-triphop/

i guess gdragon is trying to cash in on the harlem shake

Yup, exactly like that. And probably...

Can't believe I almost forgot this one!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4JmhB65O2I

The description in Ytube's About tab is awesome.

Addictive chorus from 'tomboy' rookie girl group GI http://youtu.be/3j1E5DKVPr0

Like!!!

New Jay Park https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jVE3qq9MCyc

I like Jay Park but that song is kinda lame.

BrandNewStardom (Block B's label) have a new rapper in the pipeline.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fkyFWHvhjNk

There we go.

jurassic 5? ;_;

Jurassic 5? *cocks head*

Forget about Infinite H and even Primary and the Messengers, this is where it's at:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?&v=84m-0uO39SY

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