K-pop (2015)

Are you hoping off because you won't have the time or for some other reason, soyrev?

Checking it out now!

Korea has banned ilxor, I'm afraid. It's deemed damaging to the moral sensibilities of the nation's youth and possibly related to NK spying.

Quickly glancing at the text I'm happy to read more about the Japanese connection - love so many bits and pieces of retro JP pop, know so little about it. Will read.

Really?? That seems kinda... unnecessary... unless the idea is to protect native Korean music discovery portals.

That was a really enjoyable history lesson, soyrev. I think "Ressurection" has something to it outside of the narrative and if koganbot was still around he might have something to say about the connection with Eastern European popular music, which is still true for lots of Kpop songs today. Also I think we must be around the same age.

I am vindicated in my comment that Bang Bang is (actually) a Kpop song: https://youtu.be/m303B9gQ-SA

If CL stays in America, she's gonna lose her bad bitch title:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QdZ3AzhY5Fo

One reason IU is so well liked, dropping in on a hyukoh mini indie cafe concert unannounced

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3gjNKT5qAP0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8wGQ8e1UTw

they are dating y/n?

Shippers exist, at least.

No but indie IU is great, they're cute separately and together

I feel like this should go in the Jpop thread but here you go, new group VIVIDIVA:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?t=120&v=5luXYG4ZiZE

Whoops, let's try again:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5luXYG4ZiZE

They look jpop but they don't really sound it. For countries so close, and considering the many things Korean culture has inherited from Japan, it's weird to me I can't find a single example of a k-pop group doing the Japanese royal road chord progression or the J-pop chords in general.

Oh really? The vocals sounded kinda Jpop to me... that kind of vocal proccessing... but I don't know that much about Jpop chord progressions. What's an example?

AKB and other traditional idol songs. You'll find JP variants of the '4 chords, every pop song' youtubes we saw in the west, with the most common JP chord progressions. Like this: http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm4947752

The melody is instantly recognisable as Japanese in songs like this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PIeo90Tvuxc

Thanks to you I'm finally registered at niconico, thanks a lot abcfsk

(no really thank you)

https://hoodykim.bandcamp.com/ New Hoody single

oh that's nice

my friend got me this book as a gift and i've been reading it recently. really insightful stuff.
there's this one short anecdote from the author where he states that while doing research on k-pop in 2009, a lot of korean fans were unaware of the term 'k-pop'. and it has to, at least partially, do with how the term 'pop' was (is?) so immediately associated with western pop. so instead, they would use the word kayo/gayo (like in inkigayo).

Sounds like what I should have written for my sociology Master's thesis... instead of the really boring one on workplace satisfaction I did write.

OK, maybe a PhD, instead of a Master's.

Also, great friend! (The Amazon list price is nearly $100).

yea i was shocked when i saw the price :o

has anyone seen any official music videos filmed in iphone portrait mode? because the new mamamoo vid is the first time i've seen it: https://youtu.be/wrAwKMEEHXU

a few videos filmed in a 1:1 aspect ratio this year too, both k-pop and not.

There's Epik High - Born Hater

oooh somehow missed that when it came out last year

I think it might be time for a Jay Park roundup post... who wants to do the honors?

Cause I feel like I post on here too much

Also man Giriboy is producing for everyone these days

actually nvm, just this one is okay (ft. Hoody):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VDXCGEIA72k

Just a quick note to say that though I've given up on keeping up with the tidal wave of new K-Pop releases this year, that doesn't mean you should! The ILX Rolling K-Pop 2015 playlist is open to ongoing contributions by anyone posting in the thread. I'll likely fold these tracks into the complete 2015 ILX Listening List, so I'd be much obliged if you keep an eye out for the unmissable tracks that should be part of a round up and add them to the following playlist:

ILX's Rolling K-Pop 2015 Thread Spotify Playlist

It's currently at 37 tracks, 2+ hours of music.

lol I was keeping a ytube playlist for a while, but I got lazy

But here's what I have for Jan-May (ish):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LrPgCUM0l1Y&index=1&list=PLsh4Z5FNfPMBl9mgoSZewSdBiG3ZRS_d4

I have a playlist for June - present too actually, just haven't had time to sequence it yet.

(Cause even though it's nearly everything thrown together in one place, you also want it to work as a playlist you can listen to in its own right, you know?)

Didn't mean to embed that, sorry guys >__>

Anyway... Got7 sounding really good on their latest:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0iPB_JyS5g

This is like Big Bang levels of re-recording the vocals until they are perfect

Album is pretty good:

Put 'Em Up - a JYP song, not as good as 2pm's Hands Up but GOT7 have a slight edge over 2PM as vocalists

Feels Good - very "expensive sounding" (as the Biebs would say), not sure the pop melodies match the production but man the beat is so lush

Good - Yr standard sped-up electric-guitar-strummed Kpop song with a whistle hook (sounds like a girl-group song actually)

I Keep Looking - Oh this is really nice, sounds kind of like EXO, but weird experimental EXO, keeps swinging back and forth between hip hop and rnb, just a tad too fast and always a bit off-kilter.. I really like this one

Tic Tic Toc - More menacing 80s breathy vocalizations, cause when they were cute it didn't sell OFC. I like the beat though.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6eyNm1tLdVU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?t=590&v=AenNnd_KGRg

They remind me... of Alphabat, actually. Only a couple talented ones but solid material and good production values. The guys in iKon really lucked into this group. "My Type" turns out to be one of the better songs on the halfalbum too. BI's not GD but I understand the comparison, as a composer he has a really good ear for melody (or is a good thief, but that would be GD-like too). I like that they don't sound like any other rookies at the moment (except maybe Winner, oops) Too bad they still don't have nice vocal tones.

Taeyeon going all Younha with her new single

Listening now but not surprised... didn't she cry when SNSD got "Gee" because she hated it so much? Isn't she on record as *only* liking TTS' singles out of all of the SNSD discography? I always figured she'd go rock or singer-songwriter or some other 'authentic' direction with her solo.

Man but she really does sound great on "I".

On "U R" too!

I don't think I appreciated Taeyeon enough as a vocalist before this.

Hmm not feeling the upbeat songs on the album as much, and she's got a bit of that overtrained musical singer feel going, but closer "Farewell" is a nice vocal showcase too, though a boring song.

Don't think I'll ever listen to the album again but it's probably accomplished what it was meant to accomplish.

Album is meh, single is pretty decent and probably a very smart direction for her, although it's not as good as Younha or similar k-indie artists.

IU dating. As expected goes with a rocker artiste type. At least her letter to fans finally lets me know she's shooting an MV and close to album release.

Not the Infinity Challenge festival contestant I was expecting, but still a cute (power) couple :D

EVol are officially disbanded, by the way :( Or at least, only Jucy and Say still have contracts with their Ent company. Topp Dogg lost Kidoh and Gohn too.

Speaking of Topp Dogg... their latest single seems like it's actually gonna be good???

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Px3CFGGzFco

Not sure if their new company is gonna upload the whole thing or what - maybe they want to see if people will pay for it, for once - but a minute and a half is plenty long to judge.

Since I think we might be officially in Fall now, here's the playlist for mid-spring to summer songs mentioned in this thread:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TrOVgqgTRSM&list=PLsh4Z5FNfPMBu72ls_QmVpbI3iZxni8oM

I didn't try to put it in chrono order like the last playlist, just organized a bit by sound. If I missed anything let me know.

Sorry for not adding to the spotify playlist, forks...

i will prob scan this top to bottom at the end of the year and do my best to pull everything that's available then. I'm going to be wrong about a lot of titles.

but that's a good lookin' youtube list!

ty <3

http://www.k-pendium.com/006