Oh, and Check is nice.
― hurricane weather (forapper), Tuesday, 18 August 2015 22:47 (eight years ago) link
Best Hyuna single since Bubble Pop confirmed
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yDncY17hFyg
― abcfsk, Thursday, 20 August 2015 14:41 (eight years ago) link
How about the other single with Hwasa (Mamamoo)? https://youtu.be/3WZO_jYQzKs
This song bangs more but Hwasa and Hyuna have so much chemistry together, I love it.
― hurricane weather (forapper), Thursday, 20 August 2015 17:24 (eight years ago) link
Hyuna and Illhoon are qt too tho: https://youtu.be/ngGCypcL0cY
Solid song & it really plays to HyunA's strengths as a vocalist
― hurricane weather (forapper), Thursday, 20 August 2015 18:03 (eight years ago) link
Another throwback keeper in the JJCC discography, whoever's managing their music is doing it right:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9IOxMlSKX4Y
― hurricane weather (forapper), Thursday, 20 August 2015 18:05 (eight years ago) link
Also I don't think we've talked about T-ara's comeback ft. Brave Brothers yet, but the marine theme is really fun and so is the choreography: https://youtu.be/BmVeIjwQpr0
Not their strongest single ever but those oh oh ohs are catchy. BTW I never knew that Boram's father is a famous folk singer (https://youtu.be/Fqc56Fu0CR8, https://youtu.be/5PdXsrFSSp4), but it kinda explains how T-ara's discography is so solid overall.
― hurricane weather (forapper), Thursday, 20 August 2015 21:06 (eight years ago) link
I like how JJCC carries the torch for strange, ADD k-pop, but I don't think they ever do it particularly well. I like them best with their debut song, simple and understated
― soyrev, Friday, 21 August 2015 01:28 (eight years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ib_1ATfr8wM
― misterjoshua, Friday, 21 August 2015 03:12 (eight years ago) link
spring breakers pink ski masks
― misterjoshua, Friday, 21 August 2015 03:15 (eight years ago) link
That was a lot more playful than I was expecting from the teaser and first 10 seconds.
― hurricane weather (forapper), Friday, 21 August 2015 03:18 (eight years ago) link
definitely not as immediate as red or crazy for me (bridge is pretty weak) but i'm kind of obsessed with this entire video. that android 18 iphone convo shirt :3
― misterjoshua, Friday, 21 August 2015 03:23 (eight years ago) link
SMTM and unpretty rap star are making K-pop stupider =/ (see also terribad soshiraps on "you think," miryo's recent single)
― soyrev, Friday, 21 August 2015 04:19 (eight years ago) link
this mini is crap
― soyrev, Friday, 21 August 2015 04:21 (eight years ago) link
Mini is pretty good but song is def kpop SOTY contender.
― abcfsk, Friday, 21 August 2015 07:52 (eight years ago) link
SOTMonth at least
― abcfsk, Friday, 21 August 2015 08:00 (eight years ago) link
wow. we're listening to different k-pops
― soyrev, Friday, 21 August 2015 10:39 (eight years ago) link
the single is definitely the best thing on there, but I wouldn't put it in the month's top 20
meanwhile this is the best thing I've heard out of k-rap in at least a year...gritty, dark, future, with some of that hallmark korean adventurousness to boot
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJFs_e0LrXI
― soyrev, Friday, 21 August 2015 10:41 (eight years ago) link
HyunA has always rapped though? She was rapping in 2010, before either of those shows were on the air. 'Roll Deep' seems like something she'd do too, and the video is her usual sex-kitten/goofball/trend-hopper mashup too, just lower-budget than Red.
― hurricane weather (forapper), Friday, 21 August 2015 15:38 (eight years ago) link
yeah for sure, just such an SMTM/unpretty vibe in terms of the vocal tone/beat/aesthetic imo. esp w/ that btob guy's guest appearance
― soyrev, Friday, 21 August 2015 15:54 (eight years ago) link
well there's a side-swipe at Jimin (maybe) with 'sorry I'm a God girl' and she says something about being a 'real star' in another song, so you're not wrong. the fact the songs are pitch-shifted up on ytube isn't helping matters either. but even though i personally like bitter hyunA the best, this isn't the most forced she's ever sounded either.
The lyrics are so childish though:
This is because I’m the bestThis is because I’m beautifulThis is because all envy meBaby, I’m bad all dayThis is because I’m the bestThis is because I’m beautifulAll envy me, so...Sorry I’m a god girl
― hurricane weather (forapper), Friday, 21 August 2015 16:27 (eight years ago) link
especially not a good look for a song that's bombing, lol. aside from that 4minute mini cube has really needed help this year -_-
― soyrev, Friday, 21 August 2015 23:48 (eight years ago) link
also a really weird title since everyone's been accusing cube of 2e1/bb/yg biting all year...though despite it flopping i must say i loved b2st's recent mini
― soyrev, Friday, 21 August 2015 23:49 (eight years ago) link
The B2ST mini is great and YeY is refreshingly nihilist, if you look at the lyrics.
It's not so weird if you consider that Cube must be trying to push BTOB at the moment (no knock on Ilhoon who's a honestly a versatile rapper and totally willing to play second-fiddle to HyunA on her single). Musically I think "Because I'm the Best" is better than "Red" because it suits HyunA's voice better, theme-wise I think Red was stronger because it's more explicit in acknowledging the immaturity of the HyunA persona. "The critics are just jealous of my beauty" is, like, the most boring middle school girl attitude to take ever.
I wanna see HyunA doing more collabs with women though, Yuk Ji-dam sounds great on Ice Ice and there's a nice subversive LGBTQ undercurrent to a lot of 4minute stuff.
― hurricane weather (forapper), Saturday, 22 August 2015 17:22 (eight years ago) link
agreed that this one > "red," no doubt
― soyrev, Saturday, 22 August 2015 18:32 (eight years ago) link
Hyuna always does well so it's kinda weird this v catchy new one doesn't. .. especially with how well 4minute did this year. Remember when it was the other way around. Not that #6 is a disaster.
IC songs hitting now, iu on top with 8 melon rooftop hits
― abcfsk, Saturday, 22 August 2015 20:07 (eight years ago) link
never looked at "yey's" lyrics before, they're amazing
― soyrev, Sunday, 23 August 2015 01:38 (eight years ago) link
Not what you thought they'd be, right?
B2ST exposing the inner workings of the 'let's have a good time TONIGHT' ethos
― hurricane weather (forapper), Sunday, 23 August 2015 02:10 (eight years ago) link
i love them. have become easily the most consistent k-pop group of recent years
― soyrev, Sunday, 23 August 2015 02:24 (eight years ago) link
INFINITY MUSIC FESTIVAL REVIEW:
IU's song is indeed a triumph of songwriter vision with just enough concession to Myungsoo's frail ego LMAO.
GD/Taeyang/Kwanghee shafted by their spot in the lineup, although despite having a much BETTER "let the bass drum go" bit than Bangx3 I think it shifts gears too many times to really build momentum, even in a better spot
Zion.T/Haha, JYP/YooJaeSuk - zzzzzz
Jung-ha's "your dad trying to rap" bits in the variety show were so cringy I skipped all of them, but he and Yoon-sang are getting the last laugh because by IF music festival standards this song is pretty good, minus the TERRIBLE and unnecessary "dance break"
Donnie/Hyuk-Oh - Confirmation, two years later, that Hyung Don really is bluegrass fan. Hyuk-oh showing off their high-level technical skills, though anyone who checks their discography for more of this will be disappointed
― hurricane weather (forapper), Sunday, 23 August 2015 02:41 (eight years ago) link
Anyway my personal rank would be:
#1 IU and Myungsoo! Those piano runs are crazy LOL#2 GD/Taeyang/Kwanghee - GD is trying WAY HARDER for this than for Big Bang honestly LOL#3 Hyuk-Oh/HyungDon - not genre-breaking like the others but well-executed
below this line nothing is worth keeping imo, so who cares
― hurricane weather (forapper), Sunday, 23 August 2015 03:03 (eight years ago) link
Actually you can also keep the album version of Jun-ha and Yoon-sang (ft Hyorin), it's stupid fun and much better than the live version
― hurricane weather (forapper), Sunday, 23 August 2015 03:38 (eight years ago) link
Looks like this is why "showgirls" is on the SNSD album: https://youtu.be/Gt-1yFoXXZ4 Seems like the kind of frantic cheesy spectacle older Koreans like?
And you know... as much as I thought Lion Heart was a snoozefest, the chorus really stays with you.
Doing a better job this promotion cycle than they did with Party BTW, today's MuCore performances mostly solid and only a little bit silly (You Think https://youtu.be/rS64hQ9s8C4, Lion Heart https://youtu.be/APafAyReBYI).
― hurricane weather (forapper), Sunday, 23 August 2015 04:33 (eight years ago) link
Also <333 Ye-euns's keyboard adlib on I Feel You: https://youtu.be/NX-aADynU8Q
― hurricane weather (forapper), Sunday, 23 August 2015 04:45 (eight years ago) link
omg the synth solo
― insufficiently familiar with xgau's work to comment intelligently (BradNelson), Sunday, 23 August 2015 05:51 (eight years ago) link
JYP, sort of peaking this year in terms of chart appeal, & YJS, eternal nation's #1, is the kind of royal team-up which should've delivered the chart killer to end all killers, but is only 5th among IC songs on the charts. It's not really all that memorable. Yeah the Hyukoh country thing gets me going by the end. Zion T and Haha is pleasant enough if not that adventurous. Surprise tidbit here: Co-produced by KUSH.
― abcfsk, Sunday, 23 August 2015 13:01 (eight years ago) link
i think all this IC stuff is jv at best but i guess it's interesting that the pseud-big bang thing is basically as good as anything they've put out for real this year (one or two exceptions)
― soyrev, Sunday, 23 August 2015 13:12 (eight years ago) link
surprised "show girls" gets the full stage design treatment (/performance at all) but this really is the pits of those tired faux moulin rouge depths they dip into every now and again.
and i've liked that synth solo every time she's done it, but more and more i find myself hoping the post-promos WG gameplan involves hitting the practice space eight hours a day like they're black flag
― soyrev, Sunday, 23 August 2015 13:20 (eight years ago) link
Let's not forget that the first year of IC festival gave us the greatest SNSD 'solo' release of all time
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vCd5-m2hQ1Y
― abcfsk, Sunday, 23 August 2015 13:38 (eight years ago) link
Who's doing worse than JYP/YJS? Not poor Jun-ha and Yoon-sang? The song is stupid and dated, but competently produced at the micro level.
― hurricane weather (forapper), Sunday, 23 August 2015 15:14 (eight years ago) link
Or maybe my expectations were just low LMAO. Though as someone said at omona, "You have the best Korean producer with you and you make him do this?"
― hurricane weather (forapper), Sunday, 23 August 2015 15:17 (eight years ago) link
That's the one.
Ichart now:
1 IU PMS2 GD T KH3 ZION HAHA4 HD Hyukoh5 JYP YJS..8 Yoonsang
― abcfsk, Sunday, 23 August 2015 15:20 (eight years ago) link
Aw :(
Zion.T is of course cheating by giving fans a burner phone number to call, though the song would be OK if it wasn't being force-marched to that BPM and was about something else (and if Haha had been given more to do than following Zion.T's guide vocal).
JYP YJS had promise but it's brought down by the vocal melody following the track melody too exactly, and (surprisngly) by JYP being the vocal weak link... I suppose they ran out of time.
HyukOh song is growing on me, it's nothing new but it's true duet (like IU/Myungsoo... just checked the lyrics and she really went all-out with Leon/Matilda thing hahaha).
soyrev I know this is beneath you, but these songs are at about my level to analyze, being flawed in such obvious ways haha. As someone who followed the show I'm enjoying this.
― hurricane weather (forapper), Sunday, 23 August 2015 15:45 (eight years ago) link
There have been some great IC songs through the years
― abcfsk, Sunday, 23 August 2015 17:05 (eight years ago) link
what're your top IC songs, abcfsk?
― hurricane weather (forapper), Sunday, 23 August 2015 17:35 (eight years ago) link
In all honesty it really is Naengmyun. PMS has been lucky. I Cheated was great. Really liked Jung Jun Ha and Kim C ('Will Be Gone').
― abcfsk, Tuesday, 25 August 2015 10:05 (eight years ago) link
Leon has 41 Perfect All-Kills. 2nd place in 2015 is Big Bang with 9.
That Hyorin and Palo Alto track (which is co-composed by Hoody, stepping into the mainstream) https://youtu.be/XTAZ81djBfg
― abcfsk, Wednesday, 26 August 2015 07:29 (eight years ago) link
haha i don't consider it 'beneath me,' i love analyzing flawed stuff – just don't think these ones' flaws are all that interesting. will say though that hearing the studio versions, the fake BB track is actually def sub-BB2k15 and the IU song would be around her median quality range if PMS' geezer tone weren't so unappealing. would work better w/ a foil like bumkey
― soyrev, Wednesday, 26 August 2015 13:23 (eight years ago) link
new DSP girl group April's mini is purist k-pop a la Lovelyz and Gfriend, but a notch or two below...
― soyrev, Wednesday, 26 August 2015 13:25 (eight years ago) link
mini isn't so great either :/
― misterjoshua, Wednesday, 26 August 2015 13:35 (eight years ago) link