it's been fairly slow january again
Jonghyun's posthumous track is nice, "Always Be With You" indeed, RIPhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J41qe-TM1DY
other highlights so far:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQGRg8XBnB4https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=900X9fDFLc4
LOONA's Go Won should release her track in a week or so to hopefully continue their excellent run of singles
― ufo, Tuesday, 23 January 2018 04:53 (six years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qmJL2_9BscMthis is good too
― ufo, Tuesday, 23 January 2018 05:02 (six years ago) link
Chunga's good, good do well at a Eurovision, I like that we have a couple of popular female solo pop stars doing their thing now.
― abcfsk, Tuesday, 23 January 2018 06:56 (six years ago) link
sigh, that Jonghyun video is making me sad all over again. He really was one of the best.
― Roz, Tuesday, 23 January 2018 12:19 (six years ago) link
;____;
Just can't get behind Ravi as a rapper (he's an OK producer) but nice to see Park Jimin getting some work.
― hurricane weather (forapper), Wednesday, 24 January 2018 02:30 (six years ago) link
Jonghyun's entire album is out:
https://youtu.be/9RYkdsaMdq4
Proceeds are going to his mom, you can read up on how to support here:
http://fyjjong.tumblr.com/post/169944328293/support-guide-poet-artist
― hurricane weather (forapper), Wednesday, 24 January 2018 02:41 (six years ago) link
I really like Jonghyun's Rewind off of the new record:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CVFJ5yzIjbY
― fragglerock, Sunday, 28 January 2018 01:50 (six years ago) link
The whole album is great but I can't quite bring myself to replay it. It's #1 on iTunes BTW.
― hurricane weather (forapper), Sunday, 28 January 2018 01:59 (six years ago) link
I'm really enjoying the fanscreams for East Light, they sound like elementary school students...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mjPGv-lfZy8
― hurricane weather (forapper), Sunday, 28 January 2018 02:03 (six years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_CFBjAyPWE
new red velvet is ok but their r&b 'velvet' singles are never as good as the pop 'red' ones
― ufo, Monday, 29 January 2018 10:23 (six years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5qwcYL8a0o
loona continue to be excellent
― ufo, Tuesday, 30 January 2018 04:58 (six years ago) link
Loona stuff continues to sound quite different from release to release but maintain its cool, and a conceptual consistency.
Velvet song seems ok, but yeah, when they're not 'Red' they tend to get more generic
― abcfsk, Tuesday, 30 January 2018 09:07 (six years ago) link
I guess I'm in the minority that likes Bad Boy more than their last two singles... winter is the best season for RnB and the production on this is so nice.
― hurricane weather (forapper), Thursday, 1 February 2018 03:10 (six years ago) link
I really like the Go Won track too!
― hurricane weather (forapper), Thursday, 1 February 2018 03:12 (six years ago) link
I like Bad Boy a fair amount, and more than Peek-A-Boo, but it's summer here. it's probably their best r&b single so far but Red Flavor is my favourite single of theirs.
― ufo, Thursday, 1 February 2018 06:06 (six years ago) link
Thoughts on Holland, the first openly gay idol? song isn't great imo but am glad there's actual making out in the video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IVzGsh0zRec
And I really like how breezy this iKon track is (their actual title track was bleh). The fun choreography helps:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IzZOvqE1pxg
― Roz, Saturday, 3 February 2018 15:46 (six years ago) link
He has a nice voice (Holland). The BF is cute. There have been other idols who were all-but-out but it's something different to have a scene that purposefully removes the ambiguity. I wonder if he'll end up with a niche audience like Double A (never forget).
― hurricane weather (forapper), Saturday, 3 February 2018 22:58 (six years ago) link
or the fabulous, Kazaky-inspired N.O.M :D https://youtu.be/3vmlYkbcVeA
yeah someone on omona pointed out that even Adam Lambert hasn't had any gay scenes in his videos, which honestly surprised me considering how long he's been out.
― Roz, Sunday, 4 February 2018 05:25 (six years ago) link
I'm reading that most of Holland's fans are international, which could be a problem for him financially (again similar to Double A). A solo singer is a lot cheaper to produce than a group though, hopefully he'll make it.
I have to say that I like Love Scenario more than Beautiful... on the one hand Love Scenario is really minimal and sparse, so on that count it's kinda boring but on the other hand it's got the old-tyme-country feel with the weird off-beat rhythms like Bae Bae had and that's a recent YG production trend I enjoy and support.
― hurricane weather (forapper), Monday, 5 February 2018 04:56 (six years ago) link
Another excellent single from Sunmi:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4qfN5UeFvQ
New Suzy is good too, kind of Bad Liar-ish:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DgT4CPv_CCE
― Roz, Thursday, 15 February 2018 15:46 (six years ago) link
Finally an NCT release that fulfills the promise of the project:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k0DqRstCgj4
It's young, hip, melodic, retro, current, and has an easy chorus. And for once the easy chorus/dense throwback harmonies aren't at odds with the rest of the song!
Though I do like BOSS too.
― hurricane weather (forapper), Tuesday, 27 February 2018 03:45 (six years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJMdTzq5xEQ
Like here, they are still making unusually melodic hip hop over a decent beat, but they don't know how to incorporate the more traditional "kpop" melodic content, except by suspending the beat for a few bars.
― hurricane weather (forapper), Tuesday, 27 February 2018 03:55 (six years ago) link
great sunmi trackthe riff reminds me of 'fight for this love'
― nxd, Tuesday, 27 February 2018 10:52 (six years ago) link
Sober is quite good but I think I'd like it more if it had a moment of cartharsis like Bad Liar does with "oh baby let's make reality actuality" etc.
I really like all the overlapping vocals in the Baby Don't Stop chorus, definitely one of the best NCT singles.
― ufo, Tuesday, 27 February 2018 15:41 (six years ago) link
Right??? And right before it ends, there's some straight-up jazz do-wop harmonies.
― hurricane weather (forapper), Thursday, 1 March 2018 03:35 (six years ago) link
Be ba da loo bob beep bop ba
― hurricane weather (forapper), Thursday, 1 March 2018 03:36 (six years ago) link
Lol this is the first time I'm watching the "BOSS" video - that is both great and hilarious.
And "Baby Don't Stop" is just great, period. Those vocal arrangements are incredible.
― Roz, Thursday, 1 March 2018 14:26 (six years ago) link
Bad Boy has grown on me quite a lot. Roller Coaster still great, glad to see Chungha killing the charts.
― abcfsk, Saturday, 3 March 2018 09:39 (six years ago) link
Interesting to see if Momoland can follow up BboomBboom and become a truly major group. I enjoy their Egyptian Shumba-like screams live. Seems Japanese interest is high.
― abcfsk, Saturday, 3 March 2018 10:03 (six years ago) link
@Roz that's not the official video for BOSS, it's just something MNet does. I kinda prefer it tho lol.
― hurricane weather (forapper), Saturday, 3 March 2018 22:17 (six years ago) link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?FvuYGPS9J0Y
Is there some brand value to putting "ft Jay Park" on a Loco song? Because I'm not sure what he adds to this lmao.
― hurricane weather (forapper), Friday, 23 March 2018 00:39 (six years ago) link
whoops forgot the v=, here's the link : https://youtu.be/FvuYGPS9J0Y
― hurricane weather (forapper), Friday, 23 March 2018 00:40 (six years ago) link
OMG guys... this is the most brilliant marketing scheme of 2018...
https://0.soompi.io/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/19085054/the-boyz2.jpg
What's the 1 thing preteen girls love more than Boyz?
― hurricane weather (forapper), Tuesday, 27 March 2018 00:09 (six years ago) link
The spoiler sounds awesome too, I'm excited:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJPq0I0WmdQ
GIDDY UP, guys!
― hurricane weather (forapper), Tuesday, 27 March 2018 00:11 (six years ago) link
Also JYP on a roll with the self-produced boygroups... this one has a rock/hiphop sound as if some Korean American kids who grew up on eminem and linkin park were later given a chance to produce an idol group.
― hurricane weather (forapper), Tuesday, 27 March 2018 00:47 (six years ago) link
GAH...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JBVleKuOsck
― hurricane weather (forapper), Tuesday, 27 March 2018 00:48 (six years ago) link
this one has a rock/hiphop sound as if some Korean American kids who grew up on eminem and linkin park were later given a chance to produce an idol group.
oh good, i was trying to figure out where that familiar sense of secondhand embarrassment was coming from.
― Roz, Wednesday, 28 March 2018 12:36 (six years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UkY8HvgvBJ8
middle section of the new LOONA is maybe a little too disjointed but I love the rest of it
― ufo, Friday, 30 March 2018 03:17 (five years ago) link
chorus seems a bit lacking, but it's a lot better than the last one (GoWon's). The other song on her single is great too:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Un3eG6AWyDI
Their sound design is incredible - i can't wait for their group debut.
― Roz, Friday, 30 March 2018 14:33 (five years ago) link
I think she's a little weaker than other vocalists in LOONA, which makes the chorus sound lacking. But her emoting on the verses is good. I like the last section starting at 3:45 when they put all the echo effects on, other sections were a little predictable.
― hurricane weather (forapper), Friday, 30 March 2018 20:49 (five years ago) link
Dunno if EXID's new jack swing will bring back all their fans who drifted away but I really like it, it's chill without being boring (lots of breaks for vocalists to show off):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=2&v=Q1JiptOTxno
Could use maybe a change in tempo or volume though. I was a bigger fan of DDD.
― hurricane weather (forapper), Monday, 2 April 2018 14:44 (five years ago) link
I really like that too, it could use a more distinctive bridge or something to change things up as you said, but I prefer it to DDD
― ufo, Monday, 2 April 2018 14:58 (five years ago) link
Love this track, sounds very SHINee-esque.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNH7X46gMjQ
― Roz, Thursday, 5 April 2018 11:16 (five years ago) link
that's pretty good, I love the bridge especially
― ufo, Thursday, 5 April 2018 11:49 (five years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0p1bmr0EmE
Helpful youtube commenter:
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― abcfsk, Monday, 9 April 2018 15:44 (five years ago) link
decent but it's pretty TWICE-by-numbers
― ufo, Monday, 9 April 2018 20:02 (five years ago) link
TWICE-by-numbers >>>> 90% of K-pop
― Roz, Tuesday, 10 April 2018 13:58 (five years ago) link
Plus the video really is a delight
― abcfsk, Tuesday, 10 April 2018 14:22 (five years ago) link
it's a total earworm even if it's not as exciting as Likey
― ufo, Wednesday, 11 April 2018 16:26 (five years ago) link
I'm a fan of Giddy Up, even if they didn't put the horses in the actual MV.
― hurricane weather (forapper), Monday, 16 April 2018 03:22 (five years ago) link
best horse-related choreography since Gangnam Style.
― Roz, Monday, 16 April 2018 03:32 (five years ago) link
Yup!
― hurricane weather (forapper), Monday, 16 April 2018 03:47 (five years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j7EMEwHPpQY
Really nice jazzy b-side from CLC. They have good voices for this style, it really makes me wish April's "The Blue Bird" was their song instead. (See also: CLC "Distance" for a song that mines the same emotional territory as April's "The Blue Bird" but less jazzy/Jpop-y with a more straightforward drum machine beat and throwback fast-sad rap.)
― hurricane weather (forapper), Monday, 16 April 2018 03:48 (five years ago) link
The whole CLC album is good, I like "Like That" a lot too.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4qnbzT5jmNs
For all you LOONA fans of chopped and screwed stuff.
― hurricane weather (forapper), Monday, 16 April 2018 03:50 (five years ago) link
Can I just say, because it just missed my 11-favourite-songs-of-the-moment-fuck list, how much I like LOOΠΔ’s “Rosy”, even if it’s sort of the B-side?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SbeQ4zn-buI&list=PLhHsVaKji0ug6X8rp5o2KYmTt-ajUfR-X
― breastcrawl, Monday, 16 April 2018 14:44 (five years ago) link
My favorite nasal-voiced, whiplash-loving boy group back at it again:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hv8UhEjL2yA
Nasal rap, nasal rock, nasal crazed breakdown, nasal pop chorus, it's all there <3
― hurricane weather (forapper), Wednesday, 18 April 2018 02:17 (five years ago) link
Also, auto-post for VIXX, who reward but don't demand your attention:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MctZLEYlU4s
It's a very layered song, and interesting to hear everyone but Leo singing low and keeping the vocal runs short. It goes with their new, restraint is sexy vibe.
"Eux de VIXX" is a very coherent album, rise producer Ravi.
― hurricane weather (forapper), Wednesday, 18 April 2018 02:46 (five years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Rb5ISGbAbU
Sounds good
― abcfsk, Wednesday, 18 April 2018 09:16 (five years ago) link
I know it's meant to be like "heartfelt", but Ha:Tfelt always just makes me think of fedoras.
― Roz, Thursday, 19 April 2018 08:18 (five years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=40Z9-kr504w
― abcfsk, Monday, 23 April 2018 16:06 (five years ago) link
Some Sweetune for spring
i'm late on this but "egoist" is wonderful
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Monday, 23 April 2018 16:25 (five years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/uHSbI7t.jpg
would love it if something came of this (grimes is a known fan of them too)
― ufo, Friday, 4 May 2018 06:36 (five years ago) link
omg yes please. "Loonatic" is the best grimes song not by grimes.
― Roz, Friday, 4 May 2018 07:03 (five years ago) link
#이달의소녀 #yyxy / LOOΠΔ yyxy [beauty&thebeat]tracklist2. love4eva (Feat. Grimes)#LOONA #이브 #츄 #고원 #OliviaHye #Yves #Chuu #GoWon #올리비아혜 #beautyandthebeat #love4eva pic.twitter.com/WsV3HwvITC— 이달의 소녀(LOOΠΔ) (@loonatheworld) May 19, 2018
it's happening, she's appearing on a track on the LOONA mini-album that's out at the end of the month. no idea how she'll fit among k-pop idol vocals but i'm excited
― ufo, Saturday, 19 May 2018 15:36 (five years ago) link
Nice!!
BTS album is out, not much to say about it overall except that I really like the jazz flute on PLUTO:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_FBYVkn7phA
They have two rappers with naturally deep voices, it works well for something spoken-word-esque like this, Suga in particular sounds great.
― hurricane weather (forapper), Monday, 21 May 2018 03:38 (five years ago) link
Most of the rest of the tracks are thoughtful takes on the subject of fame/the pressures of, which IMO is smart writing for a band whose main selling point is their connection with fans.
― hurricane weather (forapper), Monday, 21 May 2018 04:26 (five years ago) link
The songwriters speak, LOL @ them getting the writer on "Havana" to do their Latin song.
― hurricane weather (forapper), Wednesday, 23 May 2018 02:46 (five years ago) link
Good https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I0gDCmVuwME
― abcfsk, Wednesday, 23 May 2018 10:24 (five years ago) link
nice
― hurricane weather (forapper), Wednesday, 23 May 2018 23:23 (five years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4CTGxKIzD7Mhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7dGwk5-QMpc
― abcfsk, Monday, 28 May 2018 14:53 (five years ago) link
the Pristin V track is nice, odd to hear a 2014 rnbass track these days though. the SHINee and Khan tracks are good too
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tIWpr3tHzII
new LOONA is ok but the chorus is so frantic that it ends up a little unsatisfying. i really like the pre-chorus at least. the Grimes feature just being the introduction is lol
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Niz3DrENv4
the real gem from the mini is Frozen though
probably should listen to the BTS album since they've hit #1 in the US, still feels wild that they've actually crossed over
― ufo, Thursday, 31 May 2018 07:44 (five years ago) link
Loona & E-tribe looking back to Gee for inspiration and Grimes doing the Jessica opening bit lol. Catchy song.
― abcfsk, Thursday, 31 May 2018 10:14 (five years ago) link
love4eva just makes me want to listen to Gee, lmao. The instrumentals are fine but the vocal melody is too simple and there's soooooo much autotune, in a way that takes all the energy out of the track.
― hurricane weather (forapper), Friday, 1 June 2018 02:09 (five years ago) link
Twice mini album is really good. The lead/title song is the weakest thing on it. 'Sweet Talker' is probably the highlight but 'Ho!' and 'Dejavu' are not far behind.
― Jeff W, Sunday, 3 June 2018 14:29 (five years ago) link
beauty&thebeat is pretty good too
― Jeff W, Sunday, 3 June 2018 14:31 (five years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2MiQonPvlVM
― ufo, Tuesday, 5 June 2018 14:25 (five years ago) link
V. trendy but v. well produced song:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qa8wR2JGK-k
Great production, fun summer song.
― hurricane weather (forapper), Thursday, 7 June 2018 22:34 (five years ago) link
Yubin solo is more like recent Wonder Girls than anyone else solo, interesting choice.
I like her voice, she sounds like a S. Korean soloist (a lil bit of in trot in there).
― hurricane weather (forapper), Thursday, 7 June 2018 22:39 (five years ago) link
wow Complete is fantastic, a great summer jam for sure
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4ELX7LyXDw
enjoying this too, it's been a good week for summer singles
― ufo, Friday, 8 June 2018 00:14 (five years ago) link
New Blackpink is very good!
― emil.y, Saturday, 16 June 2018 11:48 (five years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHNzOHi8sJs
yeah I like it, the coda and Jennie's rap in the second verse elevate it. the whole mini is good
― ufo, Saturday, 16 June 2018 14:13 (five years ago) link
This mini is disappointing, though the production is good as always. Really underwritten IMP.
― hurricane weather (forapper), Monday, 18 June 2018 20:25 (five years ago) link
On the other hand Taeyeon is killin it (literally) on her solo:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=im1UUY8dQIk
The only unbelievable part of this is that Taeyeon would actually carry her own suitcases :P
― hurricane weather (forapper), Monday, 18 June 2018 20:27 (five years ago) link
not a fan of the new blackpink - seems a bit idk, 2013. might grow on me though.
mostly enjoying all the new SHINee. Jonghyun's absence still stings a bit but generally, it's been nothing but good vibes.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IDpWeURKkbI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tKUAUyvgUc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0MXj3Dr7tOY
― Roz, Monday, 25 June 2018 03:30 (five years ago) link
I'm with you on Blackpink, I think the whole mini is over hyped, songs feel like they were pulled out of a drawer...
Re SHINEE, the capstone single for part 3 of their 3-part release is the Jonghyun tribute ballad we've been expecting, but it was really nice to get the summer songs first.
MV - https://youtu.be/Psl-x_nw7TIlyrics - https://youtu.be/WQF7KnYwkWw
Jonghyun is also on this one:
https://youtu.be/jmzSxX601rc
It hurts but it feels authentic and not exploitative, also.
― hurricane weather (forapper), Friday, 29 June 2018 04:35 (five years ago) link
I'm gonna knock you out! Mama said knock you out!
― hurricane weather (forapper), Friday, 29 June 2018 05:10 (five years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uer7k-jkk78
― abcfsk, Sunday, 1 July 2018 05:58 (five years ago) link
The new Momoland so far doesn't seem to quite connect with the public like Bboom Bboom https://youtu.be/txWmd7QKFe8
There are parts of it that sound like T-ara and remind me how awesome it would be getting that sound back on top though.
― abcfsk, Sunday, 1 July 2018 06:00 (five years ago) link
yeah Baam just feels like more of BBoom BBoom but less hooky, and not as good as the T-ara songs it sounds like either
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6sHIq41sI-w
this is from a few months ago but coming back to it now I really love it, the groove is great and the layered vocals in the chorus are overwhelming in the best way. is that buzzing sound in the second verse autotuned vocals? i love it
― ufo, Wednesday, 4 July 2018 13:31 (five years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/yM4XZKq.png
― 龜, Wednesday, 4 July 2018 13:52 (five years ago) link
sigh
― Roz, Thursday, 5 July 2018 14:39 (five years ago) link
speaking of LOONA though.... Kyungri's solo kinda sounds like a LOONA solo, it is better (and higher budget) than I was expecting:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n3-TZ04M6F4
NCT Touch is great!
― hurricane weather (forapper), Friday, 6 July 2018 00:20 (five years ago) link
Key randomly shows up on a Years&Years remix. It's not bad! I like his vocals way more than Olly's on this one.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uaaxU9k2e4c
― Roz, Friday, 6 July 2018 16:52 (five years ago) link
Key does sound good, he just sings so straight and murders the pitch every time.
I feel like I need to embed the SHINEE songs I linked before cause I keep listening to them... especially Lock You Down:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jmzSxX601rc
Not sure if this deserves an embed but I'm into UNB's Black Heart rn, more of the jazz/swing trend and the performance is really fun: https://youtu.be/VcSvwHMwDvI
― hurricane weather (forapper), Monday, 9 July 2018 01:54 (five years ago) link
Except for Shaun, only girl groups topping the instz chart!
https://i.imgur.com/J2J9yOa.jpg
― abcfsk, Wednesday, 18 July 2018 08:29 (five years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9P90QTo_uE
GFriend coming through with city pop vibes, I'm a fan
― ufo, Thursday, 19 July 2018 13:57 (five years ago) link
I like the backtrack and some of the chromatic progressions but overall it's a miss for me. I think I want more Sistar-style belting and the voices are too processed and cute.
― hurricane weather (forapper), Thursday, 19 July 2018 22:48 (five years ago) link
Hard pass on Triple H - Retro Future but I like the new Seventeen a lot:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_5PELxP8Udg
― hurricane weather (forapper), Thursday, 19 July 2018 22:51 (five years ago) link
absck, is Chung Ha one of the girls on the chart? It seems like every time you turn around, she has a new single out.
― hurricane weather (forapper), Thursday, 19 July 2018 22:55 (five years ago) link
Surprisingly heavy follow up to Holland's "I'm Not Afraid":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwwAmwMe3fM
― hurricane weather (forapper), Thursday, 19 July 2018 23:02 (five years ago) link
xp Chungha was not on that chart. The hangul names are Mamamoo and Bol4. But she is now! ;)
This new Minseo release rules on many levels. Some of the best recent work of the old IU team
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYPT5MMb75E
― abcfsk, Monday, 23 July 2018 18:45 (five years ago) link
There is something very suspect about white men in their 30s who are into Kpop girl groups.
― JB, Monday, 23 July 2018 18:52 (five years ago) link
Better for them to be into Britney or Christina or Rihanna, right?
Get off it dude, this concern trolling is played out.
― hurricane weather (forapper), Monday, 23 July 2018 23:49 (five years ago) link
who the hell is JB?
― Roz, Tuesday, 24 July 2018 07:44 (five years ago) link
love that minseo track
― nxd, Tuesday, 24 July 2018 08:39 (five years ago) link
Awesome video too.
― Roz, Tuesday, 24 July 2018 15:57 (five years ago) link
drive-by troll?
but yeah I really like the minseo, also the new The Boyz track (KeePer) that's way more stripped back than Giddy Up but also in a weird happy minor key like Giddy Up so I guess that's their thing?
― hurricane weather (forapper), Tuesday, 24 July 2018 22:04 (five years ago) link
and speaking of minor keys... this is waaaaaaaaaay too high for Day6 to sing comfortably but it is, nonetheless, a singalong :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g2X2LdJAIpU
SUPER hooky earwormy!
― hurricane weather (forapper), Tuesday, 24 July 2018 22:08 (five years ago) link
I'm going back to last year's Day6 releases too, some of these tracks are really good.... "What Can I Do" is so happy and jazzy !
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4RJWqIEo_Tc
― hurricane weather (forapper), Tuesday, 24 July 2018 22:17 (five years ago) link
the minseo track is like a really motivational anime opening song... she is great and the orchestration is so full!
― hurricane weather (forapper), Tuesday, 24 July 2018 22:27 (five years ago) link
and sunny summer is growing on me too.... I like the instrumental more the more I listen to it.
― hurricane weather (forapper), Wednesday, 25 July 2018 20:36 (five years ago) link
that Minseo track is indeed great!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aiHSVQy9xN8
really like the new Red Velvet. not quite as great as Red Flavor but still a worthy successor as summer single. especially like the chord changes in the nanana section. the mini is very solid too
― ufo, Monday, 6 August 2018 10:20 (five years ago) link
― hurricane weather (forapper), 25. juli 2018 00:27 (one week ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Lol, this is absolutely otm. Great track! The video is pretty anime as well, reminds me of Your Name or Girl Who Leapt Through Time.
― Frederik B, Monday, 6 August 2018 10:39 (five years ago) link
wow power up is so fun
― nxd, Monday, 6 August 2018 10:54 (five years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFJPFfnzZ7w
LOONA full group debut is pretty good
― ufo, Tuesday, 7 August 2018 09:38 (five years ago) link
Good song, terrible video. I lol'd at omona commenters who said it's pretty much a boy group song done right - it absolute is! Sounds like an EXO track.
"Power up" is fun, but can't shake how the chorus melody is lifted directly from Avril Lavigne's "Girlfriend".
― Roz, Thursday, 9 August 2018 11:16 (five years ago) link
oh it is very similar now that you mention it, but it has a completely different feeling there so it doesn't bother me
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j1OUMTMwVsY
this on the other hand is such a rip of Tinashe's Superlove lol
― ufo, Thursday, 9 August 2018 12:15 (five years ago) link
Wow, that is *brazen*. Please tell me Tinashe and her ppl were duly compensated.
the Red Velvet mini-album is great so far
― wayne trotsky (Simon H.), Friday, 10 August 2018 15:15 (five years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MthLgPs7oU4
not sure why Brave Girls are releasing a remix of Rollin a year and a half later as a new single but it's even better than the original
― ufo, Saturday, 11 August 2018 14:30 (five years ago) link
WOW that remake is really good... and why not try it out again as a summer single, since we're still getting trop house from all the other popular acts
― hurricane weather (forapper), Sunday, 12 August 2018 05:10 (five years ago) link
And speaking of (kinda)... I know it's a YG songwriting cliche but I really like the last drop on this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7upxtfys2QI
― hurricane weather (forapper), Sunday, 12 August 2018 05:12 (five years ago) link
Good to see girl group member producers/songwriters (Soyeon) flex.. this is one of the more interesting gg singles of the year
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OKNXn2qCEws
― abcfsk, Tuesday, 14 August 2018 20:18 (five years ago) link
ooh I really like that. nice to see Soyeon continuing to be great yeah, I loved her solo track Jelly from last yearhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJ8kJdTYj1o
― ufo, Wednesday, 15 August 2018 02:18 (five years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PDAqx45Duqw
also really enjoying this from a few weeks ago, one of the best tropical summer singles this year
― ufo, Thursday, 16 August 2018 12:48 (five years ago) link
I'm into all the jazz piano slowly invading the idol scene... the bridge on this is WILD:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gCb6XJ_2Z3E
It feels spare but not boring, a bit like Pentagon's SHINE, and that song grew on me a lot.
― hurricane weather (forapper), Friday, 24 August 2018 04:07 (five years ago) link
It just makes you smile!
― hurricane weather (forapper), Friday, 24 August 2018 04:11 (five years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBuZEGYXA6E
new BTS is fantastic, really was not expecting something like this from them
― ufo, Friday, 24 August 2018 13:59 (five years ago) link
it s supposed to be influenced by Gqom
― ufo, Friday, 24 August 2018 14:10 (five years ago) link
For real. It’s got the gqom sound palet, especially in the intro and the verses (the drum rolls, the whistles, the synths), but the chorus is firmly in the Kpop zone. Fantastic baby!
― breastcrawl, Friday, 24 August 2018 16:39 (five years ago) link
Heard it's meant to be a mix of traditional Korean sounds and the South African music hitman bang has on his ipod right now...
I like the production touches and "BTS as global commodity" visual messaging but the song feels thin on melodic ideas to me... more "Bang Bang Bang" than "Fantastic Baby" (if Bang Bang Bang was less dated-on-arrival).
What I do like about BTS is how quick the feedback loop is. Less than a year in from Love Yourself: Her setting sales records and rather than continue to tour that album, they already released the 2nd and 3rd acts wherein they tentatively/enthusiastically embrace their fame. It's the Kpop production schedule combined with a savvy sense of narrative and self-reference.
― hurricane weather (forapper), Saturday, 25 August 2018 20:25 (five years ago) link
DNA was their Fantastic Baby, obviously.
― hurricane weather (forapper), Saturday, 25 August 2018 20:26 (five years ago) link
Apart from my enthusiasm my exclamation was mainly inspired by the “ooh-hoo!” in the chorus. The guys were clearly thinking of BigBang and “Fantastic Baby” themselves. The song itself is somewhere halfway between FB and BBB, I guess.
― breastcrawl, Saturday, 25 August 2018 22:10 (five years ago) link
yeah the "ooh-hoo!" is straight from Fantastic Baby. the South African/traditional Korean blend is extremely effective here and i'm really glad they're doing something so fresh while at their peak, unlike their last few singles which have felt overly safe. i don't have any complaints about melodic ideas since it's driven so strongly by the rhythms and has plenty of hooks even if they aren't very melodic ones if that makes any sense
― ufo, Monday, 27 August 2018 06:54 (five years ago) link
Girls' Generation coming back (as 5) in September
― abcfsk, Monday, 27 August 2018 07:26 (five years ago) link
So then Seohyun and Sooyoung are out?
― hurricane weather (forapper), Monday, 27 August 2018 17:03 (five years ago) link
Going back to BTS, I think IDOL needs "something" more to be really good... but it is head and shoulders above most of the other songs on the BTS album which are, like, total snoozefests. So there's that.
― hurricane weather (forapper), Monday, 27 August 2018 18:51 (five years ago) link
yes...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rQ8MFfg3DHA
― hurricane weather (forapper), Tuesday, 28 August 2018 03:53 (five years ago) link
Seohyun and Sooyoung left SM with Tiffany, yeah.
― abcfsk, Tuesday, 28 August 2018 08:18 (five years ago) link
hello k-pop thread, haven't had much time to post lately but just wanted to say how much i've been enjoying everything Hyolyn's put out this year. I think "Bae" might be my fave at the moment, so much summery goodness:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z2V4lymB6VU
― Roz, Thursday, 30 August 2018 17:50 (five years ago) link
yeah her singles this year have been great, See Sea is definitely my favourite though
― ufo, Friday, 31 August 2018 03:03 (five years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNWMZIf7eSg
this is my favourite Sunmi solo single so far
also coming soon is a Blackpink & Dua Lipa collaboration! it'll be interesting to see if Blackpink attempt any sort of Western breakthrough then
― ufo, Tuesday, 4 September 2018 12:25 (five years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sfkEbtHcooI
With credit to Our Girl Jamie for working so hard all these years to consolidate Jimin's fanbase... some of the best fanmade Kpop content on the English-language web!
All joking aside, the (long overdue) Jimin Park mini is solid. I like tracks 1, 2 and 4 especially. See if you can spot the Shine reference!
― hurricane weather (forapper), Wednesday, 5 September 2018 02:56 (five years ago) link
lol
― F# A# (∞), Wednesday, 5 September 2018 03:05 (five years ago) link
BTS was playing in downtown L.A. tonight and apparently they've sold out four shows here at Staples Center. People camping out in tents in the line waiting to see them.
― omar little, Wednesday, 5 September 2018 06:37 (five years ago) link
My friend wanted to see them at Citifield (where the Mets play), tickets were by lottery and we didn't get them. But I'm pretty agnostic on the new album so maybe we dodged a bullet.
― hurricane weather (forapper), Wednesday, 5 September 2018 21:05 (five years ago) link
Oh!GG Lil Touch isn't terrible but it's suffering pretty hard from every line being written twice so they can be divided 'fairly' between all 5 girls.
Either have a 3-girl subunit, work harder on the song structure, or forget about the distribution...
I like the new NCT Dream song though!
― hurricane weather (forapper), Wednesday, 5 September 2018 21:23 (five years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LV1Es22E0RI
Supposedly Mark will be "graduated" from NCTDream after this song which is a bit weird to think about considering he's featured so heavily on it and even the other rappers sound like him. But just like Cube think they can have Pentagon without E'Dawn...
Here's an opinion piece on the NCT franchise model and other artist-as-commodity long term planning by SM:
https://omonatheydidnt.livejournal.com/22890849.html
Popular culture critic Kim Hyun Sik said, “In a franchise, the flagship store must be successful in order for its brand power to expand to its chain stores. It would be sequentially correct to develop a team that can be the center of NCT and then expand its influence to its derived teams.”
― hurricane weather (forapper), Wednesday, 5 September 2018 21:36 (five years ago) link
Would you buy a home AI system with Wendy's voice and image?
― hurricane weather (forapper), Wednesday, 5 September 2018 21:38 (five years ago) link
Sunmi's "Siren" rules <3 She does high drama so well.
― Roz, Thursday, 6 September 2018 13:20 (five years ago) link
Performance predictably great too
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hcBFktktV80
― abcfsk, Sunday, 9 September 2018 09:33 (five years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RrvdjyIL0fA
iiking this track in the k-patchwork-pop tradition
― ufo, Monday, 10 September 2018 14:40 (five years ago) link
the OMG track is great, I hear a lot of other songs I like in there
― hurricane weather (forapper), Tuesday, 11 September 2018 01:13 (five years ago) link
the one that most comes to mind is GLAM's Party (XXO)
― ufo, Tuesday, 11 September 2018 01:17 (five years ago) link
also I Got A Boy
― ufo, Tuesday, 11 September 2018 02:37 (five years ago) link
Wow this is awful: https://www.soompi.com/article/1229651wpp/breaking-hyuna-edawn-removed-cube-entertainment
I could see them letting go of E'Dawn but Hyuna?! She practically carried the label.
― Roz, Thursday, 13 September 2018 02:55 (five years ago) link
wow that's awful and shocking, absurd that dating scandals are still such a thing and that companies can react like this over them
― ufo, Thursday, 13 September 2018 03:04 (five years ago) link
It just seems incredibly short-sighted. Hyuna was probably popular enough to ride out any dating scandals, while E'Dawn was a rising star. Good luck Cube imo.
― Roz, Thursday, 13 September 2018 03:14 (five years ago) link
i've seen some suggest that the issue was that Cube denied the dating rumours only for Hyuna & E'Dawn to publicly confirm they were dating afterwards and it seems Cube really didn't like that they did that
― ufo, Thursday, 13 September 2018 03:58 (five years ago) link
Yeah Cube's shares tanked after they went public (and is tanking now after this latest announcement).
I feel bad for Pentagon though - they were just starting to make waves. They don't deserve this.
― Roz, Thursday, 13 September 2018 05:09 (five years ago) link
lololol what a mess
[UPDATE] A senior official from CUBE Entertainment said the withdrawal of HyunA & E'Dawn is not final yet. The agency officials are having an urgent meeting & will gather the opinions from their artists as well https://t.co/yZlkxg3xhw pic.twitter.com/weppSv4c3U— The Seoul Story (@theseoulstory) September 13, 2018
― Roz, Thursday, 13 September 2018 08:26 (five years ago) link
If the point was to show Hyuna and E'Dawn who's boss, it backfired big time.
Pentagon are promoting right now and the song is pretty bad, but that might be because E'Dawn is not there to sell his Shine pt 2 co-write
― hurricane weather (forapper), Friday, 14 September 2018 02:37 (five years ago) link
The main thinh OMG's Remember Me reminds me of is f(x)'s Pinocchio
― hurricane weather (forapper), Saturday, 15 September 2018 19:54 (five years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9RUeTYiJCyA
― ufo, Monday, 17 September 2018 11:04 (five years ago) link
I've never really been able to get into GOT7 but that's quite nice.
― Roz, Monday, 17 September 2018 15:00 (five years ago) link
I like it, it kinda sounds like Teenager (fan favorite off the last album): https://youtu.be/MPhAEcLaiNs
I think I'd like it more if it was just a touch more relaxed
― hurricane weather (forapper), Tuesday, 18 September 2018 01:45 (five years ago) link
dirrrrrrrty bass (but the chorus is poppy):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YROy48zGzW4
― hurricane weather (forapper), Tuesday, 25 September 2018 01:18 (five years ago) link
Doesn't quite stick the landing but I love the first 2 minutes of this...
― hurricane weather (forapper), Tuesday, 25 September 2018 01:20 (five years ago) link
https://soundcloud.com/bangtan/seesawxineedu
i like this way more than the components
― ufo, Saturday, 29 September 2018 18:39 (five years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ekJOWBejSU
this is a very good r&b track with a great keyboard solo that i'd completely missed until now
― ufo, Tuesday, 2 October 2018 10:07 (five years ago) link
listened to the GOT7 album and it's really great, one of the best kpop full lengths i've heard. nearly every track could have been the single
this is one of the highlights
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P6rhxI80-FY
― ufo, Wednesday, 3 October 2018 01:12 (five years ago) link
Oh yeah Lee Jin Ah pitched as this piano genius could be very noodle-y but she's shown a great pop sensibility too, even in the songs where she IS doing jazz piano throughout
― abcfsk, Wednesday, 3 October 2018 05:49 (five years ago) link
Like
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WnniajBkORg
― abcfsk, Wednesday, 3 October 2018 05:50 (five years ago) link
Her album this year is beautiful
― abcfsk, Wednesday, 3 October 2018 08:49 (five years ago) link
I've been listening to a lot of Lee Jin Ah on my jazz(y) Kpop odyssey this year, it's bubbling up from the Korean underground to the idol scene.
Random is my favorite Lee Jin Ah track.
― hurricane weather (forapper), Friday, 5 October 2018 04:55 (five years ago) link
yeah her album was quite enjoyable too
― ufo, Friday, 5 October 2018 04:56 (five years ago) link
Working toward a theory of how these idol groups are positioned for an audience... not just on a cute/sexy axis for girlgroups (or a puppy love/possessive love axis for boygroups), but thinking about that axis in terms of the (sexual) agency allowed to the artist (the x axis), and also adding another axis for the age/sophistication of the target audience (the y axis).
So you can have a group with a pretty sophisticated presentation, using sounds from the indie scene or otherwise outside the idol scene, with MVs that use indie film tropes (clever transitions, artsy black and white, unexpected juxtapositions, or maybe tried indie tropes like filing at the laundromat), but because the artists are young, the target audience is also young (or are people who are into "young") - so the portrayal of the relationship will lack agency on the part of the artist, and they will be in the bottom left corner of the graph. (Ex: Infinite forever complaining about how they are controlled by Bad Girls, IU adding musical complexity while still appealing to the uncle fans, Stellar going meta about how they are objectified while being poked by computer mice in the music video).
The ultimate goal of this exercise is escape to the quadrant in the bottom right, where you can have a sophisticated image (y-axis) AND sexual agency (x-axis), the only way to retain fans after aging out of your original image, whatever it was (young and sophisticated, young and cute, or sexy but in a simplistic, 1-dimensional way). Because as an older artist, you not only want to be more true to your actual lived experience, but you also can't compete with the younger artists to be MORE cute or MORE inexperienced or in a MORE kdrama-rama relationship, right?
This isn't to say that the bottom right quadrant is actually more sophisticated or sexy, more that it's a Justin Timberlake going to "Suit and Tie" type of deal, where you successfully keep your audience into adulthood.
So examples of artists who succeeded here might be G.o.D, IU, Suzy from Miss A (and actually, Miss A as a whole, although they disbanded shortly thereafter), Taeyeon from Girls Generation, EXO-CBX and the other EXO subunits, Red Velvet, VIXX, Minah from Girl's Day, Sistar both as a group and as individual artists, Big Bang (maybe, they can also be self-reflective without being emotionally mature).
Just a thought, and since the pop culture website I used to write for went under, I figured I'd put it here.
― hurricane weather (forapper), Sunday, 7 October 2018 18:11 (five years ago) link
ANyway in the young but sophisticated (but lacking agency) quadrant we have MXM, who I am enjoying quite a bit these days:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFszwM0WhNg
― hurricane weather (forapper), Sunday, 7 October 2018 18:12 (five years ago) link
Or it could be that this is the new young-and-cute puppy love quadrant, updated with what the kids are actually into these days.
― hurricane weather (forapper), Sunday, 7 October 2018 18:18 (five years ago) link
And speaking of that sexy/tasteful quadrant, here's another one for the Continued Mainstreaming of Jazz Piano Watch:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rcwJvgs53Ng
― hurricane weather (forapper), Sunday, 7 October 2018 19:14 (five years ago) link
Interesting theory, but time to get to paint and start filling in the names so we can tell you why we disagree
― abcfsk, Sunday, 7 October 2018 19:43 (five years ago) link
Much as I dig Red Velvet not sure they've escaped to the bottom right just yet? Sophisticated presentation, but lacking agency, a bit all over the place, still very much dancing at the whims of SM. They're also just a few years old.
Lee Hyori is/was the ultimate example, I guess, going from a squarely cute 'n innocent concept group to major success in the mature phase of her career as something completely different and now in the 'do what she pleases' phase. Although she's mostly done with music by now.
― abcfsk, Sunday, 7 October 2018 19:47 (five years ago) link
Yeah, for Red Velvet actually I think you are right, they are bouncing back and forth between the top left (cute & upbeat) and top right (sexy bad girls) as a group, as planned from the start of their careers. Because when you establish from the beginning that you're going to be switching up your image, it makes the final transition easier & more credible.
Seulgi as a solo artist might be a better candidate for escaping to the bottom right, and SM Station in general seems to be an outlet for SM artists to try out some different sounds and maybe gain credibility as mature artists so they can escape whatever image they started out with.
For boy groups, I think the textbook example would be VIXX - they were video game characters at debut, then did some Jekyll/Hyde concept switch stuff, and now are playing up the 'sexy, mature, tasteful, and/or musically adventurous' image both as a group and in their solo releases.
― hurricane weather (forapper), Sunday, 7 October 2018 20:05 (five years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nM0xDI5R50E
Subbed, but IU's difficult to translate, puns and poetry aplenty
The song is great. Surprisingly catchy.
― abcfsk, Thursday, 11 October 2018 05:48 (five years ago) link
^ i love this one! thanks for pointing it out.
― fragglerock, Thursday, 11 October 2018 09:22 (five years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wX-e5rvmtas
APRIL have moved away from their usual cutesy innocent sound here with great results. 80s-influenced but still pretty distinctive in sound and it flows fantastically
― ufo, Tuesday, 16 October 2018 11:39 (five years ago) link
woo
https://youtu.be/AX3Bsiq-13k
― nxd, Friday, 19 October 2018 08:32 (five years ago) link
oh it didnt embed, but ^ thats the new dua lipa x blackpink song
wow that song really sux
― hurricane weather (forapper), Saturday, 20 October 2018 01:00 (five years ago) link
duua lia x blackpink obviously, not APRIL or IU. We don't even get Lisa rapping in English! Total money grab.
― hurricane weather (forapper), Saturday, 20 October 2018 01:01 (five years ago) link
The John Legend x Wendy rnballad is superior in every way and an actual collab.
― hurricane weather (forapper), Saturday, 20 October 2018 01:08 (five years ago) link
The APRIL song is really good... the production is hypnotic and it really suits their (lighter) voices.
The song kind of sounds like something Wondergirls or TWICE would do, with a vaporwave (or the 80s Jpop sound that inspired vaporwave) sensibility and updated with modern production.
― hurricane weather (forapper), Saturday, 20 October 2018 01:35 (five years ago) link
re APRIL: love how movie trends tend to permeate throughout k-pop - a few years ago, it was all the Batman stuff, now clearly it's Clueless (see also, LOOΠΔ/yyxy's look/MVs)
― Roz, Saturday, 20 October 2018 10:44 (five years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d4tBlQ5yTwY
I've actually never heard of this group - came across via Youtube autoplay. Extremely enjoyable!
― Roz, Saturday, 20 October 2018 11:11 (five years ago) link
They're from the survival show Idol School, I think. Kind of CJ E&M's answer to Mnet's Produce 101 or KBS's The Unit, but not as popular as either of those. I think this is the first fromis_9 track that's gotten any traction with the general public.
― hurricane weather (forapper), Monday, 22 October 2018 00:16 (five years ago) link
Love Bomb is quite good, much better than the previous fromis_9 singles i'd heard which i barely remember at all
the Batman trend in kpop videos was really so odd
― ufo, Monday, 22 October 2018 00:54 (five years ago) link
EXO doing some crowd-pleasing current hip hop trends, but then there's an extended barbershop call and response bridge:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwd8N6K-sLk
― hurricane weather (forapper), Friday, 2 November 2018 23:47 (five years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mAKsZ26SabQ
new TWICE is fun, certainly one of their best singles. feels kinda Kylie-ish?
― ufo, Monday, 5 November 2018 09:21 (five years ago) link
Really like 'Tempo'
― Frederik B, Monday, 5 November 2018 11:07 (five years ago) link
Me too Frederirk, me too.
― hurricane weather (forapper), Thursday, 8 November 2018 09:01 (five years ago) link
I think TWICE might repeat the chorus many one or two too many times, but it's pretty enjoyable. TT is their best song I think.
― hurricane weather (forapper), Thursday, 8 November 2018 09:08 (five years ago) link
Speaking of songs that will please fans, Key x Soyou is everything you'd want and expect from that collaboration, they both have such nice/contrasting voices and the song sounds like it could have been a b side on the last SHINee album.
https://youtu.be/BJUjR2N0aEM
Also, my boys MXM out there doing their MXM thing, I love how consistent they are with the shout vocals, simple hooks and indie visuals:
https://youtu.be/_Xgyys2zZc8
Both songs are simple but I like them.
― hurricane weather (forapper), Thursday, 8 November 2018 09:21 (five years ago) link
Forever Yours is fun!
my top three TWICE singles are pretty easily Likey, Yes or Yes, and What Is Love?
― ufo, Thursday, 8 November 2018 11:59 (five years ago) link
I'm really glad Key is doing well in this post-Jonghyun world - for a while there, it seemed like he might have been the hardest hit by the loss.
Yes or Yes is great, and more Clueless-esque plaid skirts and berets! I like Tempo too, not least because SM has finally realised how popular Sehun is and decided to give him double the number of his usual lines haha.
― Roz, Thursday, 8 November 2018 13:51 (five years ago) link
Have I mentioned before that I'm into the jazz trend in Kpop? Because I'm into the jazz trend in Kpop. US producers, you need to get on this.
― hurricane weather (forapper), Saturday, 17 November 2018 19:37 (five years ago) link
That's a collab between Park Jiyeon (ex-GLAM) and Park Kyung, by the way.
― hurricane weather (forapper), Saturday, 17 November 2018 19:38 (five years ago) link
EXID come back with one of their best earworms yet
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SAdmzjsFVQo
― abcfsk, Wednesday, 21 November 2018 15:32 (five years ago) link
NCT putting melody in their hip hop again, the producers have nailed the formula, this is really good:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=arjy2v7zEI0
It kinda has a similar aesthetic to EXO's tempo, but younger / edgier / trendier.
― hurricane weather (forapper), Wednesday, 28 November 2018 02:20 (five years ago) link
Really like Hani on the bridge of that EXID song
― hurricane weather (forapper), Saturday, 1 December 2018 03:10 (five years ago) link
For those of us who miss old school BAP... plus one of these guys has a really impressive ability to shout on pitch:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=It8JCNyFW38
If 5 minutes is too long for you, they shortened it to 3 1/2 for the broadcast version (this is worth watching IMO): https://youtu.be/FA_yq0mLgHw
― hurricane weather (forapper), Saturday, 1 December 2018 03:45 (five years ago) link
So have there been any consensus stand out hits this year? Out of curiosity and also, of course, looking forward to the ilx best of the year voting.
― abcfsk, Wednesday, 12 December 2018 08:46 (five years ago) link
nothing's been quite as exciting as last year's highlights in LOONA's amazing run, and Red Velvet, Twice and Blackpink all releasing their best singles but there's still a lot i like
a quick list of some favourites:BTS - IdolOh My Girl - Remember MeNCT U - Baby Don't StopNCT 127 - TouchLOONA/Olivia Hye feat. JinSoul - Egoist(G)I-DLE - HANN (Alone)Sunmi - SirenYubin - LadyApink - I'm so sickRed Velvet - Bad BoyRed Velvet - Power UpBrave Girls - Rollin' (New Version)Hyolyn - See Sea
out of those, i'm certainly voting for "Idol", "Remember Me" and at least one NCT track, and maybe a few of the others
― ufo, Wednesday, 12 December 2018 09:28 (five years ago) link
I could support GIdle, maybe Sunmi, BTS, well, they've had a year anyway. Will probably add IU, though still disappointed we didn't get her top 77 last year. I'll be voting for BoA's Woman in the album poll.
― abcfsk, Wednesday, 12 December 2018 09:47 (five years ago) link
'power up' for me
― nxd, Wednesday, 12 December 2018 10:49 (five years ago) link
Merry and happy 2018 from Twicehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CfUGjK6gGgs
― Jeff W, Friday, 14 December 2018 22:04 (five years ago) link
That's a great list, ufo... I'm down to vote for everything on it up to Siren.
I'll add:Momoland - Bboom Bboom Pentagon - ShineSeventeen - Oh My Chungha - Roller CoasterGFriend - Time for the Moon Night Dean - Instagram Lee Jin Ah - Run (with Gray)**NCT 127 - Boss NCT 127 - Simon Says Minseo - Zero The Boyz - Giddy UpApril - Oh My MistakeSHINEE - Countless
Other songs I'm thinking about but don't feel strongly about: ONF - Complete Got7 - Lullaby
And the ones no one else will vote for:Brand New Boys (MXM) - Ya Ya YaSoyou - All Night (with SIK-K)Day6 - Shoot Me** UNB - Black Heart SHINEE - Lock You Down
**Mostly as a stand in for the songs from these artists I wish I'd nominated last year lmao, but both songs are pretty hooky.
― hurricane weather (forapper), Sunday, 16 December 2018 16:44 (five years ago) link
Also, this is separate from my year-end list, but here's my JAZZ WATCH 2018 list for those who are interested:
Lee Jin Ah (with Gray) - Run Dean - Instagram Soyou (with SIK-K) - All Night Minseo - Is Who? Brand New Boys - Ya Ya Ya UNB - Black HeartApril - The Blue BirdFromis_9 - Dancing Queen SHINEE - Retro BTS - PlutoHeize - First Sight
Fully expecting this trend to jump over from Korea to the US at some point, or maybe that's just my wishful thinking.
― hurricane weather (forapper), Sunday, 16 December 2018 18:15 (five years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hhXDFl6tmVY
― hurricane weather (forapper), Sunday, 16 December 2018 18:20 (five years ago) link
To let you guys know how serious this is, we have two local very good jazz stations these days they are the only thing I listen to on the radio.
― hurricane weather (forapper), Sunday, 16 December 2018 18:23 (five years ago) link
Basically last year would have been a great time to nominate some jazzy Kpop
(example: Heize - JengaLee Jin Ah - Random Day6 - What Should I Do)
and these songs have grown on me a bunch, so this year is my chance to make amends.
― hurricane weather (forapper), Sunday, 16 December 2018 18:34 (five years ago) link
Also add CLC - Seventh to that JAZZ WATCH 2018 list, I think I might nominate all the tracks on it just for laffs.
― hurricane weather (forapper), Sunday, 16 December 2018 18:46 (five years ago) link
i could definitely get behind 'Run' and 'oh! My Mistake'. i'd forgotten about 'Run' but it's excellent
― ufo, Sunday, 16 December 2018 21:57 (five years ago) link
Since I feel so strongly about this, I went ahead and made an 8tracks playlist for ya'll. Some of the songs on it are from 2017 tho:
https://8tracks.com/subdee/jazz-watch-2018.
― hurricane weather (forapper), Sunday, 16 December 2018 22:38 (five years ago) link
I love oh! my mistake, have you seen the video of April doing it live acapella after the audio cuts out at some college festival? They aren't power vocalistss by any means but much stronger than I'd thought.
― hurricane weather (forapper), Sunday, 16 December 2018 22:40 (five years ago) link
Not sure if there's a consensus pick yet but I *still* haven't gotten over the vocal arrangements on NCT U's "Baby Don't Stop" so that's probably going to be my highest-placing K-pop pick.
Other faves, mostly the same as what everyone else has posted: Red Velvet - "Bad Boy" (a real slow-burner for me but it's now kind of my favourite RV song? Weird.)SHINee - "Good Evening" Hyolyn - "SEESEA"TWICE - "What is Love?"Pentagon - "Shine"G)I-DLE - "HANN (Alone)"SF9 - "Now or Never"April - "Oh! My Mistake"
Also was this ever posted here? TSJ reviewed this a couple of weeks ago, and it's incredible. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KR5CtMLuiqQ
― Roz, Tuesday, 18 December 2018 14:04 (five years ago) link
ooh that's great
― nxd, Tuesday, 18 December 2018 14:25 (five years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PALjhRpnfbk
this is pretty nice
― ufo, Wednesday, 19 December 2018 22:34 (five years ago) link
Year-end BANGER from BoA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1XOFi42xZM
― abcfsk, Thursday, 20 December 2018 19:36 (five years ago) link
#BoAforilxoryearend
WINNER track is really fun! Seungyoon sounds good in that range and Mino's rap is really fun at that speed.
I like the BoA a lot too, SM stays on point with the Latin fusion tracks.
― hurricane weather (forapper), Friday, 21 December 2018 02:12 (five years ago) link
@Roz
SF9 - Now or Never is nice, and I think we forgot Super Junior - Lo Siento too! https://youtu.be/odl7J8Ms6MQ
― hurricane weather (forapper), Saturday, 22 December 2018 03:51 (five years ago) link
Though how legitimate a list that doesn't include NCT U - Baby Don't Stop is, I don't know.
oh i'm glad that reminded me of SEVENTEEN - Thanks, i really love that one but keep forgetting to add it to my 2018 playlist
― ufo, Saturday, 22 December 2018 04:08 (five years ago) link
also See Sea is just the ideal tropical house track, so effortless and i love the vocal layering in the chorus so much
― ufo, Sunday, 23 December 2018 02:39 (five years ago) link
Happy holiday whatevers K-Pop people. Here's a playlist with all the songs discussed on the thread this year.
ILM's 2018 Rolling K-Pop Spotify Playlist
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Sunday, 23 December 2018 21:29 (five years ago) link
Thx!
― hurricane weather (forapper), Sunday, 23 December 2018 22:30 (five years ago) link
This is on just now
[Live] 2018 KBS Song Festival I KBS 가요대축제 !! [2018.12.28]- www.youtube.com/watch?v=l5k9K5iJWuE
*not available in Japan for some reason
― sbahnhof, Friday, 28 December 2018 11:52 (five years ago) link
Videos from last night: http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=KBS+Song+2018.12.28
― sbahnhof, Friday, 28 December 2018 21:42 (five years ago) link
kpop 2019
here's a new thread
― ufo, Friday, 4 January 2019 05:06 (five years ago) link
Holy crap guys, I got sick and didn't nominate anything for the 2018 year end list :(
I'm just about to check if it's on there, but the best kpop song of 2018 is Heize's Jenga. For some reason, I'd been thinking all this time that it came out last year. Hopefully someone else nominated it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uw_HR9jIJww
― hurricane weather (forapper), Sunday, 6 January 2019 19:13 (five years ago) link
thanks ufo!
― hurricane weather (forapper), Sunday, 6 January 2019 19:14 (five years ago) link
Not there, dang :( I'll just continue to talk about it up in this thread then, maybe one day I'll be able to forgive myself for not nominating this and First Sight.
― hurricane weather (forapper), Sunday, 6 January 2019 19:17 (five years ago) link
my vote were for Red Velvet 'Power Up' and IU 'BBIBBBI'this Heize track is pretty great tho!
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Sunday, 6 January 2019 21:05 (five years ago) link