Batman is a kind of inside joke in Kpop world. In D-Unit's Talk to My Face, the guy is reading a book called "RIP Batman", while in HyunA's Ice Cream, there's a protester holding a sign that says "Batman He is Dead". Roz also pointed out that Zion.T's Babay MV is basically a scene out of the first Batman movie.
― hurricane weather (forapper), Sunday, 28 April 2013 06:44 (eleven years ago) link
New T-Ara - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74_3c_5SVBM&feature=youtu.be
― tarping, Monday, 29 April 2013 03:10 (eleven years ago) link
SPEED rapper guy is not bad! I guess I agree with what Frank wrote on his blog, that T-ara N4 are vocally anonymous on this, but the song's not too bad, really.
― hurricane weather (forapper), Tuesday, 30 April 2013 04:46 (eleven years ago) link
I mean, it's kind of forgettable except for that sax part, and I kept hearing parts that reminded me of other (better) songs, but aside from that.
― hurricane weather (forapper), Tuesday, 30 April 2013 04:48 (eleven years ago) link
I like the new Secret... is Very Cheesy but is funhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s0sVjn5DGrc&feature=youtu.be
― tarping, Tuesday, 30 April 2013 14:31 (eleven years ago) link
like that a lot!
― 乒乓, Tuesday, 30 April 2013 15:47 (eleven years ago) link
Are these aegyowaifs really Secret? ;_;
― hurricane weather (forapper), Tuesday, 30 April 2013 18:06 (eleven years ago) link
lol a week after i had just claimed that k-pop wasn't really influenced by kawaii culture
― 乒乓, Tuesday, 30 April 2013 20:45 (eleven years ago) link
LOL, really? Where was this?
― hurricane weather (forapper), Tuesday, 30 April 2013 23:39 (eleven years ago) link
i'm not telling
― 乒乓, Tuesday, 30 April 2013 23:40 (eleven years ago) link
:p
― hurricane weather (forapper), Wednesday, 1 May 2013 05:49 (eleven years ago) link
i was watching too many slinky, late-night danceclub lazer-filled k-pop videos for a while, that' smy excuse
― 乒乓, Wednesday, 1 May 2013 11:28 (eleven years ago) link
Cute Secret is shit Secret! Although I've never cared much for the group they had a thing going with the hip hop pop thing and Poison was a pretty catchy song as well.
― abcfsk, Wednesday, 1 May 2013 11:31 (eleven years ago) link
can we talk about DICKPUNKS and how they sound nothing at all like what their name implies
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FODnA8jGC0Q
― 乒乓, Wednesday, 1 May 2013 13:41 (eleven years ago) link
I did not expect 70s pop complete with strings from a band with the name DICKPUNKS. Is it a case of weird translation?
― EZ Snappin, Wednesday, 1 May 2013 13:46 (eleven years ago) link
I think they just like calling htemselves the DICKPUNKS. see the logo
― 乒乓, Wednesday, 1 May 2013 13:49 (eleven years ago) link
What I was thinking but didn't even hint at in my comment (i blame phone typing): I was hoping that some seventies band like BREAD translated weirdly in Korean and so this was a spin on a prior translation error. The logo is pretty obvious as to their own intent.
― EZ Snappin, Wednesday, 1 May 2013 14:04 (eleven years ago) link
omg @ DICKPUNKS
― Roz, Wednesday, 1 May 2013 17:34 (eleven years ago) link
can't wait for their long play
― 乒乓, Wednesday, 1 May 2013 17:39 (eleven years ago) link
I'm sure it'll be a banger
― Roz, Wednesday, 1 May 2013 18:15 (eleven years ago) link
not feeling this new single but i'm sure it'll grow on me
― 乒乓, Wednesday, 1 May 2013 18:16 (eleven years ago) link
hopefully they'll push all the right buttons
― Roz, Wednesday, 1 May 2013 18:17 (eleven years ago) link
XD
― 乒乓, Wednesday, 1 May 2013 18:18 (eleven years ago) link
Don't know wtf is this, but i love it https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xF7ENo_utA
― tarping, Thursday, 2 May 2013 01:24 (eleven years ago) link
I hear "Kai Bai Bo" which is Korean for "Rock Paper Scissors"
Apart from that... ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ pretty funny though
― hurricane weather (forapper), Thursday, 2 May 2013 03:39 (eleven years ago) link
The new Younha single is great. The lyrics are great http://youtu.be/JHPBT4yYzu0
Fireworks off that EP is great http://youtu.be/eKihko_ZipY
― abcfsk, Thursday, 2 May 2013 12:07 (eleven years ago) link
I've been the first to label Hello Venus a useless, anonymous, rubbish group, blandly cute and daft and nothingy, but their new single forces so much play out of the euphemism "Do you want some tea?" ('Do you want to have sex?') that I find myself charmed http://youtu.be/dyH2O_te-ss
― abcfsk, Thursday, 2 May 2013 13:37 (eleven years ago) link
The Hello Venus song is so adorably and hilariously subversive XD
― hurricane weather (forapper), Friday, 3 May 2013 03:40 (eleven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XqpStn7sioY
Controversially "Gee" at #3
― abcfsk, Saturday, 4 May 2013 03:11 (eleven years ago) link
Haaah. Well, it's hard to argue with Abracadabra, and it was clear 10 entries in that whoever made this list a huge BoA (and Big Bang) fan, so far enough, I suppose XD. Also, everyone says this, but 2009 really was a great year for Kpop, huh.
This is kinda old but it's been confirmed that San E is, indeed, leaving JYP. Dude sounds pretty relieved to be out:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NfkFoXa9F-Q
― hurricane weather (forapper), Saturday, 4 May 2013 08:55 (eleven years ago) link
Twas the Popjustice (k-pop listening) users collectively.
Ahah San E. Well, I think it shows that even if the people on top mean well it's often not a good idea to join one of the three big labels. Dude didn't release anything for ages. I have to doubt how the companies are run at times. You see it at YG - they just don't seem to have the resources to nurture all their artists careers evenly. SM as well, look at someone like J-Min or The Grace. Except for those from K-pop Star (Lee Hi, Jimin) the talent show standouts seem to go to other labels and get to release stuff immediately - look at Roy Kim, Busker Busker, the new ballad stars. Half of them would probably nervously wait in the basement of YG JYP or SM. See Lee Michelle and her group signed to YG and then released. Immediately she has music out.
― abcfsk, Saturday, 4 May 2013 09:18 (eleven years ago) link
Ah okay, in that case I'm surprised the list came out as evenly as it did! It is however missing one of my favorite songs from 2009, which is One Two's Starry Night.
And, agreed, the big three idol agencies often seem to have more talent than they know how to manage. SM at least sometimes allows talented members of overlooked groups to write music or produce, but YG and JYP... forget it. Half of Cube are former JYP trainees. (Though I believe there is some kind of business relationship between JYP and Cube.)
I really like Roy Kim's Spring Spring Spring, btw. He has a lot of charisma as a performer, too.
― hurricane weather (forapper), Saturday, 4 May 2013 09:27 (eleven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k3-BDy55tq4
― hurricane weather (forapper), Saturday, 4 May 2013 09:30 (eleven years ago) link
lol 2009 was when I first moved back to Southeast Asia - K-pop was just starting to blow up here but "Gee", which was inescapable (along with Super Junior), made me actively not want to explore it further. Unpopular opinion I know, but I really don't like that song, even though I've come around to SNSD (still kinda hate SuJu though, haha).
2NE1 was my gateway to K-pop a couple of years later (a friend of mine was visiting from the Philippines and played me a bunch of their songs) but I didn't get heavily into it until early last year I guess.
― Roz, Saturday, 4 May 2013 17:17 (eleven years ago) link
I missed this as well as all-girl Korean group Miji's Saturday free performance at the Korean embassy. Just discovered this after the fact
http://usa.mofa.go.kr/english/am/usa/mission/notice/index.jsp?sp=/webmodule/htsboard/template/read/engreadboard.jsp%3FtypeID=16%26boardid=13910%26seqno=694279%26tableName=TYPE_ENGLEGATIO
What: K-Style DCWhen: May 1-3, 2013Where: Washington Dulles International Airport (2nd floor lobby)
The Korean Cultural Center Washington DC is taking the local Korean Wave to new heights with K-Style DC, a 3-day event featuring traditional-modern fusion music, Hanbok fashion shows, Taekwondo exhibitions, and interactive K-Pop dance performances at Washington Dulles International Airport, May 1-3.
Sure to delight guests are a lively rendition of Psy’s Gangnam Style on centuries-old instruments by performance group MIJI, and the designer fashions of Joo Young-sook, whose clothing has appeared in several Korean dramas. Both will be visiting from Korea for the event.
― curmudgeon, Sunday, 5 May 2013 15:11 (eleven years ago) link
so I finally checked out SHINee's Lucifer album and... i really like it! where else can i hear this mid-2000s era high-production R&B (The-Dream, Cassie, Kelis) sound in K-pop? I haven't really checked out guy groups much at all.
― dash, Tuesday, 7 May 2013 20:32 (eleven years ago) link
A pre-2010 Kpop fan could probably answer this better, because I think this was *the* Kpop style from 2006-2009 (just when it was starting to break internationally).
Off the top of my head, though, I'd say 2PM (Still 2PM era), also other SM groups like EXO; TVXQ (one, two, three); early SNSD (one, two); and probably a bunch of BoA songs absfck could tell you about. Or if you want less processed vocals, anything by Taeyang but especially his (great) album Solar; and Chocolat; and SPICA (one, two).
― hurricane weather (forapper), Thursday, 9 May 2013 01:24 (eleven years ago) link
Whoops, wrong link for Taeyang. Here's Solar. Big Bang - Remember is the most Taeyangish of the Big Bang albums, though.
― hurricane weather (forapper), Thursday, 9 May 2013 01:37 (eleven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqxHy4G9FMI
This kind of pop-rock isn't my thing, but always admire B1A4 for handling their own production & songwriting and being unafraid of putting 6-7 melodies in a single song (because there's always more where they came from).
― hurricane weather (forapper), Thursday, 9 May 2013 02:37 (eleven years ago) link
Also maddie links to these songwriter notes and omona points out the similarity of the video to this.
― hurricane weather (forapper), Thursday, 9 May 2013 05:42 (eleven years ago) link
Nine Muses 'Wild' MV http://youtu.be/fwN_Axs7pL4
― abcfsk, Thursday, 9 May 2013 07:51 (eleven years ago) link
It's missing the burning anger that fueled their previous singles with Sweetune, I think. Not bad but the beat just kind of sits there.
LC9 debut with a dramatization of the selection process for idols: http://youtu.be/gaxwMw2Qctc
This must have been pretty dangerous to film, I'd surprised if there weren't some injuries. I know BAP had some when they their car-smashing MV for Warrior.
― hurricane weather (forapper), Thursday, 9 May 2013 21:16 (eleven years ago) link
I'd BE surprised if there weren't injuries, I know BAP had some when the FILMED their car-smashing MV...
First SALTNPAPER album has some very nice Goo Goo Dolls/Third Eye Blind late-90s alt-rock vibes: http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLh1FnrV6pZe-tFqKZjq7Xq7qXAb9CeX_M
― hurricane weather (forapper), Thursday, 9 May 2013 21:50 (eleven years ago) link
Nine Muses plagiarism accusation: http://onehallyu.com/index.php?/topic/1518-nine-muses-under-fire-for-plagiarism-allegations/
It's smarter as a more-work-than-you-can-handle hot Korean producer to do it the Brave Brothers way, and just borrow from yourself.
― hurricane weather (forapper), Saturday, 11 May 2013 07:28 (eleven years ago) link
Lee Hyori on living without regrets even when you aren't happy with your plastic surgery:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QLlD9HYWeRo
― hurricane weather (forapper), Thursday, 16 May 2013 08:41 (eleven years ago) link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?&v=gaT8j1yIbCg
Not quite sure where to put this, but on balance it's more in line with Kpop trends than Jpop trends, even though it's in Japanese.
Anyway: !!!
― hurricane weather (forapper), Friday, 24 May 2013 07:13 (eleven years ago) link
Aw, no preview. You should click, though! Certified jam!
i don't know if someboy has posted Crayon Pop already but they are hands down the best thing i've seen all year... and possibly ever?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0yii3pPNKw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2M5eTEmwaI
it's like they took everything unintentionally awesome about how cheesy T-ARA can be and just went with it. i've never seen a girl group so cheeky and confident.
― dash, Tuesday, 28 May 2013 06:10 (eleven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7LP4foN3Xs4
cant watch dances in high heels without thinking of beyonce. also detect a lil ciara in the part w/ the black tracksuit
i dig this tho
― 乒乓, Tuesday, 28 May 2013 10:25 (eleven years ago) link
That CL track is great.
― EZ Snappin, Tuesday, 28 May 2013 12:06 (eleven years ago) link