And the mini this comes from is solid too https://youtu.be/uzGNybp892E?list=PLvBVZD15ofEWPQINPN-6n7PETaR6zyPho
― hurricane weather (forapper), Wednesday, 5 August 2015 18:02 (eight years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=maSoUetHock
Going after the military fans like Wanna.B and Nine Muses
― hurricane weather (forapper), Wednesday, 5 August 2015 18:04 (eight years ago) link
Interesting chart from Melon - the most explosive hits of the year, or rather most listens the first 24 hours. Hard numbers, which is a nice contrast to the more opaque 'points' on the instiz chart, for example.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CLr9opAUwAAQwcN.jpg
― abcfsk, Thursday, 6 August 2015 12:19 (eight years ago) link
yeah, these figures are nice to see. (만 means 10,000, if anyone here doesn't already know – so in 2015 pretty much the best an artist could hope to do in the first day is around a milli on melon, which is definitely not the only platform in korea but for most songs the most popular). idk, though, whether the numbers correspond to unique listeners or listens period. if it's the latter, the domestic market is even smaller than i thought.
― soyrev, Friday, 7 August 2015 01:21 (eight years ago) link
이용자수 means users, so yeah probably unique listeners
WG kicking it on sketchbook tonight
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QUeyuv1hS9A
― abcfsk, Friday, 7 August 2015 19:36 (eight years ago) link
wow that sounds great
― insufficiently familiar with xgau's work to comment intelligently (BradNelson), Friday, 7 August 2015 20:04 (eight years ago) link
guess "let's not fall in love" is the rare BB song that just takes some time to woo the korean public. just today got an all-kill (maybe it's second?), been on top of instiz for a while now. i think top is having an mtbd but yg was smart to milk this last real album cycle from them to the last drop. ("i feel you" continues to hover in 3rd and 4th with a low 100s score, though, which isn't too bad for 9 days out. i think things like the sketchbook performance and "real wonder girls" mini-docs are starting to turn the tide in the public favor, too, so we may indeed be seeing a viable future for the wonder band.)
― soyrev, Sunday, 9 August 2015 07:59 (eight years ago) link
"zutter" is pretty good, it and "bae bae" (a near-masterpiece imo) are really the only keepers from the lot for me. and from what i understand of the latest word is that MADE is just going to be the single tracks packaged together after all. i know it's a k-pop album, but 8 songs feels like a pretty thin yield for 3+ years.
― soyrev, Sunday, 9 August 2015 08:01 (eight years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W_k2EB33s7A
― abcfsk, Sunday, 9 August 2015 15:48 (eight years ago) link
That's a lot of white people lol, but YES.
― hurricane weather (forapper), Sunday, 9 August 2015 20:20 (eight years ago) link
Yeah, but while there are a lot of white girls in boyband videos, female idols necking white dudes is a rare enough sight.
― abcfsk, Sunday, 9 August 2015 21:05 (eight years ago) link
yeah, very different social implications there. the last time i remember there being so many foreign horndogs in a k-pop video it was lim kim's "love game," and that was practically retributive. pretty sure this clip breaks ground as a promotional strategy in korea, in at least a couple ways...
― soyrev, Monday, 10 August 2015 02:17 (eight years ago) link
maybe more. i just awkwardly skimmed through it >_<
― soyrev, Monday, 10 August 2015 02:19 (eight years ago) link
the sweetest k-indie thing i've found in a while
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1Vcy-AoyG0
― soyrev, Monday, 10 August 2015 09:19 (eight years ago) link
Narsha did it, but that's now five years ago.
― abcfsk, Monday, 10 August 2015 10:51 (eight years ago) link
I wonder if they had trouble finding Korean actors who were willing to party that hard on camera.
― hurricane weather (forapper), Monday, 10 August 2015 22:51 (eight years ago) link
http://hypetrak.com/2015/08/american-hustle-a-conversation-with-keith-ape/http://www.complex.com/music/2015/07/keith-ape-trap-star-interview
― hurricane weather (forapper), Monday, 10 August 2015 22:52 (eight years ago) link
― hurricane weather (forapper),
Well it was filmed in California
― abcfsk, Monday, 10 August 2015 23:18 (eight years ago) link
Not that there aren't a lot of Koreans in California
there are def a lot of koreans in cali who would happily be paid to party with hyuna
― soyrev, Tuesday, 11 August 2015 00:24 (eight years ago) link
"francis bacon in the kitchen" unintentional pun or is TOP's mastery of English a whole lot better than he lets on?
― Roz, Tuesday, 11 August 2015 05:25 (eight years ago) link
Oh come on that's totally intentional
― hurricane weather (forapper), Wednesday, 12 August 2015 04:40 (eight years ago) link
although also v. juvenile, in keeping with the rest of the song
― hurricane weather (forapper), Wednesday, 12 August 2015 04:42 (eight years ago) link
finally gave into show me the money 4. black nut's the best
― soyrev, Wednesday, 12 August 2015 08:08 (eight years ago) link
did you start after tzechar worked him in? XD
i'm one episode behind on infinity challenge. so far the highlight was when haha picked zion.t up late at night - and they drove around discussing ~deep things~ using yanghwa brdg as a jumping-off point. lots of zion t songs are sad but he's been pretty active, young and cheerful on the show - you could see he got into the car thinking they'd do comedy together only to realize he'd been typecast in a very different scenario lmao. was a good sport about it though. the IU/DJ GREAT PARK bits are hilarious as well.
― hurricane weather (forapper), Wednesday, 12 August 2015 22:24 (eight years ago) link
into what? conversation? because uh...maybe... :-S
― soyrev, Wednesday, 12 August 2015 22:37 (eight years ago) link
some rare topics broached, with Primary and Suran: http://noisey.vice.com/blog/primary-and-suran-mannequin-south-korea-interview
― soyrev, Thursday, 13 August 2015 01:45 (eight years ago) link
into the video i linked in my comment... guess I got too fancy with the tags, lol.
and hahaha:
https://twitter.com/yulneck/status/631441847936684032
― hurricane weather (forapper), Thursday, 13 August 2015 03:24 (eight years ago) link
whoops, can't embed tweets. twas this:
that awkward moment when staff edit out the wrong girls generation member
― hurricane weather (forapper), Thursday, 13 August 2015 03:26 (eight years ago) link
Nice interview with Suran and Primary
― abcfsk, Thursday, 13 August 2015 07:27 (eight years ago) link
Wow, she's credited with 8 of 12 tracks huh
― abcfsk, Thursday, 13 August 2015 07:33 (eight years ago) link
Missed this a few days back.. Meta and personal fave Choi Sam going IN (and interestingly uploading it through newstapa)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?t=291&v=RVP_UN-Zrj8
― abcfsk, Saturday, 15 August 2015 11:01 (eight years ago) link
Final attempt at embedding
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RVP_UN-Zrj8
Translated lyrics http://hiphopkr.com/translated_lyrics/mc-meta-show-me-the-hiphop-feat-choi-sam/
― abcfsk, Saturday, 15 August 2015 11:03 (eight years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nVCubhQ454c
― misterjoshua, Tuesday, 18 August 2015 04:26 (eight years ago) link
That's proper boring. Next pls
― abcfsk, Tuesday, 18 August 2015 07:26 (eight years ago) link
@abcfsk went ahead and check for you, maybe don't bother with the other tracks that came out today…
― soyrev, Tuesday, 18 August 2015 08:48 (eight years ago) link
the reference tracks for these songs are more transparent than usual, too
― soyrev, Tuesday, 18 August 2015 08:49 (eight years ago) link
at least we know the second half of the album will have "check"…
― soyrev, Tuesday, 18 August 2015 08:50 (eight years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hJYGddE0vHc
― soyrev, Tuesday, 18 August 2015 15:15 (eight years ago) link
prechorus is nice
Yeah that's better
― abcfsk, Tuesday, 18 August 2015 15:18 (eight years ago) link
yea the prechorus is nice. i think it's my fav of their singles this year but... that's not really saying much.
― misterjoshua, Tuesday, 18 August 2015 15:26 (eight years ago) link
mte
― soyrev, Tuesday, 18 August 2015 15:31 (eight years ago) link
def on board with health goth sooyoung
oooooooooooh 'talk talk' is nice
― soyrev, Tuesday, 18 August 2015 15:50 (eight years ago) link
feel like "sign" is not weird enough at times and too weird at others, but I'm with it on the whole
― soyrev, Tuesday, 18 August 2015 16:10 (eight years ago) link
Hadn't even heard the SAARA demo for You Think until now but man, the SNSD version lacks the sort of energy needed in the verses to give the "you think you're real cool" line a bit more oomph. Still a good song overall though.
― misterjoshua, Tuesday, 18 August 2015 16:11 (eight years ago) link