I like A Pink's Protect the Boss song as well. I know this is blasphemy, but they're like a (vocally) improved version of SNSD to me.
I wish Jay Park sold better...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BmPMZlsDlVYPerfect.
Also I can't get over Someday. It's so touching.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nwSQVbxOa6w
― blah blah blah, Wednesday, 14 September 2011 16:47 (twelve years ago) link
woah!! 'abandoned'!!
― seasoning sauce all over me (tpp), Wednesday, 14 September 2011 17:02 (twelve years ago) link
Yeah, I was spinning that a lot. His EP is solid.
Blasphemy or not, I really don't see how A Pink is a vocally improved SNSD. If they are they haven't got any chance at showing it off with that cutesy affectation on every track. They're kinda similar to Kissing You-era aka shitty era SNSD , though, I'll give you that.
― abcfsk, Wednesday, 14 September 2011 17:16 (twelve years ago) link
Omg there's an English version of SNSD's "Born To Be a Lady" on Demi Lovato's new album.
― abcfsk, Thursday, 15 September 2011 05:21 (twelve years ago) link
So much feel-good energy in this performance
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Em3E3n5dLu0
― abcfsk, Sunday, 18 September 2011 08:30 (twelve years ago) link
Brown Eyed Girls, finally back. Stepped up their badassery.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IgJVNAbkTwc
Great gender-switching performance of buzz single 'Hot Shot'Sixth Sense live
― abcfsk, Saturday, 24 September 2011 08:29 (twelve years ago) link
WHO RUN THE WORLD (BROWN EYED GIRLS)
― descriptivist, Thursday, 29 September 2011 04:40 (twelve years ago) link
The new SNSD album was originally set to be released on 10/04, but evidently that's been pushed back a couple of weeks to work out better international distribution deals.
The teaser trailer (which, why isn't this a more common practice globally?) is here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yeiB3Pq_5dY&feature=player_embedded
I hope that the music sample is actually taken from the album and isn't just filler, because it sounds fantastic.
― jon_oh, Friday, 30 September 2011 18:47 (twelve years ago) link
the trick to 'bubble pop' is to listen to so much shitty brostep that the brostep breakdown seems good by comparison.
the production on this song is really great, balanced but the attack is quick.
― (╯°□°)╯︵ mode squad) (dayo), Tuesday, 4 October 2011 14:16 (twelve years ago) link
by contrast, on the 4minute album they often sound like they're using a webcam to record.
― (╯°□°)╯︵ mode squad) (dayo), Tuesday, 4 October 2011 14:17 (twelve years ago) link
Many different opinions about SNSD's Korean/worldwide comeback single The Boys. More on that later. You can't deny though that they naaailed their first perfomance. This song really allows them to show off themselves as powerhouse vocalists, and the choreography is really powerful as well. It's all very cool image-wise. Seohyun is AAA here.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O9YFncRmZdM
I see thread contributor descriptivist is disappointed with the Korean lyrics on her tumblr. Yes, maybe I agree, it's not like it should be their place to cheer on the boys. But the lyrics don't really come off as simple as that. Sunny says as much in an interview:
Sunny – “The lyrics’ (meaning) are up to the interpretation (of the listeners'). Rather than just the simple meaning of girls giving boys support, it can be interpreted in many ways. The girls could be telling the boys that we’ll take the lead, giving off a more tough image. It could also be interpreted as girls telling the boys to get their act together and cheer up. (laughs) The song is also aims to give courage to people, whether they’re girls or guys, who are tired out (by life).”
Then there's the rap thing and the Athena reference..
― abcfsk, Friday, 21 October 2011 17:34 (twelve years ago) link
I found this song really plodding and without melody imo
k-pop just can't pull off these bangers
― dayo, Friday, 21 October 2011 20:17 (twelve years ago) link
don't really know what 'these bangers' means here
― abcfsk, Friday, 21 October 2011 20:31 (twelve years ago) link
okay, well, aggressive, dirty sounding assertive bangers
― dayo, Friday, 21 October 2011 20:35 (twelve years ago) link
kpop has been a big internet fad for a lil while huh
― puff puff post (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Friday, 21 October 2011 20:35 (twelve years ago) link
yeah
check this version of the boys out btw. I like it better than the final mix
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mq2-YQxsAPA
― dayo, Friday, 21 October 2011 20:36 (twelve years ago) link
"okay, well, aggressive, dirty sounding assertive bangers"
foundation of k-pop imo. what they do best
― abcfsk, Friday, 21 October 2011 20:46 (twelve years ago) link
what are your favorite kpop dirty bangers
the singers never feel like they have enough individuality to pull off the swag necessary for a dirty banger
― dayo, Friday, 21 October 2011 21:32 (twelve years ago) link
who is the beyonce of k pop
boa?
Well don't you think 4Minute's singles fit that category? The 'Huh's? Shinee's Lucifer? Some of 2NE1's hits? I think I might like DR Feelgood even better as far as Riley-produced girl group bangers go, though. Maybe we have different definitions of dirty bangers, but when Seo Taji and his followers put down the rules in the 90s they were basically about sounding dirty and loud.
BoA is more like.. a super-talented britney mixed with a bit of Ciara. Beyonce of k-pop.. Hyori fits the career trajectory of being too big for a big girl group and becoming the leading pop star in the country, all individuality and sass, but her music, style, voice, don't fit. Some people predict Sistar's Hyorin going that way, she's done beyonce dances on tv, her voice is great and rnb-y, she's been a solo star in 'Immortal Song', the singing contest where established artists battle eachother.
Pitchfork give their official take on k-pop http://pitchfork.com/features/articles/8700-to-anyone-the-rise-of-korean-wave/
― abcfsk, Wednesday, 2 November 2011 12:53 (twelve years ago) link
Bah! I wanted to write something about K-Pop for another outlet but the thunder's being stolen left, right and centre. I hope the growing interest lasts longer than a few articles, though.
― Mohombi Khush Hua (ShariVari), Wednesday, 2 November 2011 13:38 (twelve years ago) link
The up and coming Minneapolis duo Elite Gymnastics are very vocal K-Pop fanatics. They have a free mix here with a lot of K-Pop on it:
http://elitegymnastics.tumblr.com/post/8628044234/all-we-fucking-care-about-is-kpop-whitehouse-and-our
K-Pop is definitely a growing internet sensation among Western Audiences.
― Badmotorfinger Debate Club (MFB), Wednesday, 2 November 2011 14:27 (twelve years ago) link
Sorry if that came off spammy - I really like these guys but they seem relevant to the "Is K-Pop going mainstream in the West?" discussion.
― Badmotorfinger Debate Club (MFB), Wednesday, 2 November 2011 14:28 (twelve years ago) link
Ummm LOL ok that P'fork article is written by a dude from Elite Gymnastics.
― Badmotorfinger Debate Club (MFB), Wednesday, 2 November 2011 19:09 (twelve years ago) link
Heh, yeah, I noticed they fronted k-pop in an interview there earlier, guess Pitchfork needed the expertise.
― abcfsk, Wednesday, 2 November 2011 20:33 (twelve years ago) link
― abcfsk, Wednesday, November 2, 2011 8:53 AM (8 hours ago) Bookmark
maybe some of 2NE1s? I listened to 4minute's latest album and their voices get buried underneath the production - it sounds like they're singing from the next room!
― dayo, Wednesday, 2 November 2011 21:53 (twelve years ago) link
is there a k-pop 'goodies'?
― dayo, Wednesday, 2 November 2011 21:55 (twelve years ago) link
if you could follow only one blog about k-pop news, and wanted to be on top of all the latest singles, what would it be?
― ASPIE Rocky (dayo), Tuesday, 8 November 2011 13:22 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3fy4cqWMhyI
I do dig this (courtesy of http://maddieloveskpop.tumblr.com/post/12502584957 )
― ASPIE Rocky (dayo), Tuesday, 8 November 2011 13:27 (twelve years ago) link
allkpop is the biggest - it's ridiculously big, there are 15 000 comments on the story about snsd releasing the boys video. they mostly translate gossipy tabloid korean stories, often infuriating stuff, but i do use them as the main source to know what is released and when. omonatheydidnt.livejournal.com process most of the allkpop stories and add some of their own, with a less childish crowd (although the ohnotheydidnt-ian demographic with all their "slayed" and "dead"s are capable enough of annoying on their own). so.. one of those two.
I follow some youtube users for more obscure pop releases.
that wonder girls song is so much in the vein of jyps miss a singles, but it's fun and catchy
― abcfsk, Tuesday, 8 November 2011 14:19 (twelve years ago) link
'be my baby is great'
I like the little fakeout at the beginning with those low rubbery synths that have become associated with the 'k-pop dirty banger' but then the stadium synths drop in and it's just such a summery little song
but why did they release it in november :(
― ASPIE Rocky (dayo), Tuesday, 8 November 2011 22:49 (twelve years ago) link
lots of people call it a christmas-y tune, though
T-ara's new MV is boinkers insane as per t-ara standards. tune is back to their first album vintage sound, sweeeet
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Ju79e8rM0c
― abcfsk, Wednesday, 9 November 2011 07:32 (twelve years ago) link
ah, what's the song they're covering in the beginning?
― ASPIE Rocky (dayo), Wednesday, 9 November 2011 13:32 (twelve years ago) link
oh wait, britney, right?
― ASPIE Rocky (dayo), Wednesday, 9 November 2011 13:33 (twelve years ago) link
Just borrowing some of Max Martin's chords.
― abcfsk, Wednesday, 9 November 2011 13:55 (twelve years ago) link
hah well part of it definitely sounds like oops I did it again... or baby one more time... can't remember which
― ASPIE Rocky (dayo), Wednesday, 9 November 2011 15:37 (twelve years ago) link
Truly impressive performance from the Wonder Girls fans in this one:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yPEYerkEl6c
Here's the Cry Cry audio http://youtu.be/AC9if2OBRyI
― abcfsk, Sunday, 13 November 2011 08:45 (twelve years ago) link
I reviewed the new Wonder Girls album on Burning Ambulance today.
― that's not funny. (unperson), Wednesday, 16 November 2011 16:53 (twelve years ago) link
that brown eyed girls single upthread is so massive. more aggressive disco strings everywhere, please
― mutant slow drum (BradNelson), Wednesday, 16 November 2011 17:08 (twelve years ago) link
christ this whole wonder girls album is really solid
― mutant slow drum (BradNelson), Friday, 18 November 2011 22:40 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=doXnuStEf2I
I love this egregious use of stadium synth by the wonder girls, does every song on the album use them?
― dayo, Tuesday, 24 January 2012 12:55 (twelve years ago) link
It's not on the Wonder Girls 2011 album. You can probably hear that sort of thing on a few tracks, but the album is a bit of this and a bit of that, although surprisingly cohesive and... good.
Some noteworthy 2012 singles so far: Nine Muses - NewsSunny Hill - The Grasshopper Song(or "hey fellow Koreans, let's not get consumed by work ethics and long hours")
― abcfsk, Tuesday, 24 January 2012 16:05 (twelve years ago) link
I love how the Nine Muses cut off the final vowels in the chorus. Like hissing snakes.
― abcfsk, Tuesday, 24 January 2012 16:11 (twelve years ago) link
meant to say something in this thread last year about the miss a record, on which every track is bangin'
― Whiney vs. (BradNelson), Tuesday, 24 January 2012 18:10 (twelve years ago) link
I was a bit disappointed myself! But then I had heard almost all the songs as singles, and they were excellent, and then I'm left with the few new ones. Without that in mind it's a pretty great album.
Now a 2011 album which really surprised me with its high quality was SISTAR's So Cool.
― abcfsk, Tuesday, 24 January 2012 18:17 (twelve years ago) link
You can enjoy SNSD on LIVE WITH KELLY Wednesday the 1st.
― abcfsk, Wednesday, 25 January 2012 01:47 (twelve years ago) link
really like that nine lives song
― dayo, Wednesday, 25 January 2012 02:23 (twelve years ago) link
nine muses, I'm sorry
― dayo, Wednesday, 25 January 2012 02:24 (twelve years ago) link
They're also appearing on DAVID LETTERMAN. Too bad it's not their best single!
― abcfsk, Wednesday, 25 January 2012 10:26 (twelve years ago) link
Then new Dal Shabet is good, has grown on me, packs a real punch. The video is a bit too violent for my taste.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhM4ossYcjg
But this.. industrial? metal? album track is also great: http://youtu.be/Ge5cM2nzkQI
― abcfsk, Friday, 27 January 2012 11:17 (twelve years ago) link