You didn't really manage to not sound offensive, or make any sense.
― abcfsk, Friday, 27 January 2012 14:18 (twelve years ago) link
this is not really k-pop but rather k-punk, but i figure this is a good as thread as any?
i've recently rediscovered crying nut after finding out that they're on spotify
http://open.spotify.com/track/0QJdScYJuZDw0SgICqJpqOhttp://open.spotify.com/track/4og6Qix8vofFvC8UdZobEb
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NgkSTFbWGPg
anyone know/like them?
― rayuela, Friday, 27 January 2012 14:31 (twelve years ago) link
Can't say I know them. Will check out.
Meanwhile
http://www.smpcdn.com/static/images/infographics/kpop-groups-infographic-soompi.png
― abcfsk, Saturday, 28 January 2012 21:57 (twelve years ago) link
Copy paste that image url somewhere else obviously.
Mind, this is just one site's work and their inclusion of some hip-hop groups/ vague definition of "idol groups" make it less than perfect.
― abcfsk, Saturday, 28 January 2012 21:59 (twelve years ago) link
does this look familiar?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6h2s8E7kDA
― dan138zig (Durrr Durrr Durrrrrr), Sunday, 29 January 2012 01:34 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AO9yFjodDtM
― dayo, Wednesday, 1 February 2012 11:59 (twelve years ago) link
I tried following allkpop on google reader but there were like, 70 posts in a day. O_O
are there any k-pop blogs that are just the singles?
That Letterman performance is great! Not a top tier single but they sold it and the dance breaks were ooon point. Regis very excited.
And I don't know any k-pop blogs without gossip, unfortunately. Just check allkpop's twitter and hone in on "releases..".
― abcfsk, Wednesday, 1 February 2012 15:55 (twelve years ago) link
lol yeah, I was just thinking how creepy it was that they came on right after two old white men were interviewed
― dayo, Wednesday, 1 February 2012 18:25 (twelve years ago) link
http://s3.amazonaws.com/data.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyq75ivQaN1qf89zjo1_1280.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=AKIAJ6IHWSU3BX3X7X3Q&Expires=1328207970&Signature=wUhzKTffglYEv5uiKZ761%2BNy7ls%3D
― Whiney vs. (BradNelson), Wednesday, 1 February 2012 18:39 (twelve years ago) link
!
― dayo, Wednesday, 1 February 2012 18:44 (twelve years ago) link
lol I just posted that pic to the "photos of famous people you'd never expect to be together" thread. so great.
― Roz, Wednesday, 1 February 2012 18:47 (twelve years ago) link
I was really surprised by their english accents! (mean that in as unoffensive a way as possible)
― dayo, Wednesday, 1 February 2012 18:55 (twelve years ago) link
im gonna post this on a bill murray thread brb
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 1 February 2012 18:58 (twelve years ago) link
(mean to clarify the xpost as in: normally I don't care at all about english usage in k-pop songs, but since SNSD is targeting the US market, thought it would be relevant.) xp to myself
― dayo, Thursday, 2 February 2012 02:23 (twelve years ago) link
does anybody else hear a lot of H.O.T. in B.A.R.?
― http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1tAYmMjLdY (dayo), Tuesday, 7 February 2012 13:49 (twelve years ago) link
Thoughts on SPICA's Russian Roulette?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lRnQUHw2cs8
― Somewhere between Fergie and Jesus (Alex in Montreal), Wednesday, 8 February 2012 16:35 (twelve years ago) link
despite the similar imagery, a little too upbeat for the k-pop russian roulette?
― http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1tAYmMjLdY (dayo), Wednesday, 8 February 2012 17:14 (twelve years ago) link
I like the song, the group is more believably 'an rnb group' than previous attempts at that and the production is catchy - plus it still sounds very Korean. The mini-album supports these claims.
I'm not necessarily keen on all k-pop videos these days featuring guns and death.
They can sing: http://youtu.be/mA7RebIbs_M (also check out Brandy/D Child covers)
I think we're going to see more solo stars this year. This debut single by 'Ailee' is a melodic belter we've heard on the Billboard chart many times http://youtu.be/L9ro1KjkJMg
Jang Jae In is a typical example of the new kind of solo k-pop star: http://youtu.be/LYFJ2v9aaY0 - currently topping Korean digital charts
She was a contestant on "Super Star K", has roots in indie rock, is a singer songwriter, etc - these types have made the biggest impact in the talent show surge of the past few years, finding a platform that didn't exist before, making it a commercially viable genre. (Slick ballad singers and teen idols have had more than enough screen time, which might explain why the talent show audiences favor lo-fi stars)
― abcfsk, Wednesday, 8 February 2012 17:28 (twelve years ago) link
has IU done anything lately?
― http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1tAYmMjLdY (dayo), Wednesday, 8 February 2012 17:44 (twelve years ago) link
You mean since You&I? Which even she admitted was a Good Day ripoff she didn't want to release at first. Did gangbuster numbers and is catchy, though. Weak after album release she had all the top 10 spots on the singles chart because of album tracks. Has writing credits on half the album so making bank as well. If you're checking out the album go for tracks 9-13, the rest is pap but these hint at where she herself said she wants her sound to go. This is the kind of stuff she does when she has no co-writers with her http://youtu.be/z3vrXXQC6a0
She's debuting in Japan with a JP version of Good Day these days before doing a follow-up single in Korea.
― abcfsk, Wednesday, 8 February 2012 17:59 (twelve years ago) link
ah okay, you mentioned indie songwriters and she popped to mind.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hEonbbcdCtg
what's the guitar sample at the beginning?
― http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1tAYmMjLdY (dayo), Thursday, 9 February 2012 12:14 (twelve years ago) link
http://www.thesinglesjukebox.com/?p=4929#comments
will the TSJ ever review a k-pop single without making a gratuitous, vague east asia reference?
― http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1tAYmMjLdY (dayo), Thursday, 9 February 2012 12:15 (twelve years ago) link
Even (Hollywood) kids note the Lady Gaga-Kpop connection:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yd6EQ4MxTWE
"The Boys" sounds like "Telephone" to me.
― hurricane weather (forapper), Sunday, 12 February 2012 01:37 (twelve years ago) link
I really love this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UaKU7_PhQL4
Does anyone know anything about the rapper (Bla Bla)? He's hard to Google in English.
― hurricane weather (forapper), Sunday, 12 February 2012 01:40 (twelve years ago) link
Every time the rap part comes in there's a split second where it sounds like Maino, "Hi Hater" to me lol.
― hurricane weather (forapper), Sunday, 12 February 2012 01:43 (twelve years ago) link
SNSD songwriter has bizarre racist twitter meltdown, wtffffffhttp://www.asianjunkie.com/2012/02/jenny-hyun-songwriter-for-snsd-chocolat-is-a-racist-psychopath/
― zappi, Saturday, 18 February 2012 23:40 (twelve years ago) link
yikes!
― http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1tAYmMjLdY (dayo), Saturday, 18 February 2012 23:48 (twelve years ago) link
don't have the slightest ideas who jenny hyun or SNSD are, but might be the most disgusting public display of racism i've ever seen from a public figure. not sure how koreans in general tend to view such things, but i assume that calls for genocide are no less acceptable there than they are here.
― Little GTFO (contenderizer), Saturday, 18 February 2012 23:49 (twelve years ago) link
It's not a one-off meltdown, as far as i can tell, her whole feed is littered with racist tweets. It's either a fake account or she's 100% crazy.
― Mohombi Khush Hua (ShariVari), Saturday, 18 February 2012 23:54 (twelve years ago) link
http://jennyhyun.wordpress.com/2012/02/15/niger/
― http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1tAYmMjLdY (dayo), Saturday, 18 February 2012 23:55 (twelve years ago) link
http://jennyhyun.wordpress.com/2012/02/15/a-late-valentine-for-indians-only/
― http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1tAYmMjLdY (dayo), Saturday, 18 February 2012 23:57 (twelve years ago) link
http://jennyhyun.wordpress.com/2012/02/15/a-comparison/
Her published songs list suggests she co-wrote one SNSD album track which might explain why nobody seems to give a fuck about this. She only has 400 followers on Twitter.
― Mohombi Khush Hua (ShariVari), Sunday, 19 February 2012 00:01 (twelve years ago) link
hope they cut her off forever
http://jennyhyun.wordpress.com/2012/02/07/notorious-big-mo-money-mo-problems-ft-mase-puff-daddy/
seems like she has no qualms about enjoying the music of the people she wants to commit genocide against
― http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1tAYmMjLdY (dayo), Sunday, 19 February 2012 00:03 (twelve years ago) link
― Little GTFO (contenderizer), Saturday, February 18, 2012 6:49 PM (21 minutes ago) Bookmark
afaict she's korean-american
― http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1tAYmMjLdY (dayo), Sunday, 19 February 2012 00:13 (twelve years ago) link
another one from yesterday
http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/jj242/donaldparsley/jennyhyun1.png
― Little GTFO (contenderizer), Sunday, 19 February 2012 00:15 (twelve years ago) link
having done a little googling, SNSD and chocolat (the acts she writes for) seems to be south korean, though, right? it's not like either has a big US pop presence, so far as i know...
― Little GTFO (contenderizer), Sunday, 19 February 2012 00:17 (twelve years ago) link
SNSD (girl's generation) are trying to break it big in america, they recently appeared on letterman.
― http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1tAYmMjLdY (dayo), Sunday, 19 February 2012 00:19 (twelve years ago) link
ah. i'm not sure that this is the best strategy, then.
― Little GTFO (contenderizer), Sunday, 19 February 2012 00:22 (twelve years ago) link
she doesn't write for them as much as she sold the rights to two tracks they used as filler on albums. no relation in reality
she seems batshit insane, though, should probably get a padded cell
― abcfsk, Sunday, 19 February 2012 10:11 (twelve years ago) link
new miss a EP rather underwhelming
― http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1tAYmMjLdY (dayo), Tuesday, 21 February 2012 01:55 (twelve years ago) link
i only listened to the title song so far, it's such a mess. i guess the other songs must be better, will give the ep a listen in the next few days.
expect to see this on the youtube chart next week https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2GRP1rkE4O0 big bang - blue
― blah blah blah, Tuesday, 21 February 2012 16:33 (twelve years ago) link
Yeah I'm liking the Big Bang, toning it down was a good idea, feels like a 2012 version of their earliest stuff.
This is kinda dreamy and great
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jw077fxesZs
The new Brave Girls single is decent, but this album track kills it http://youtu.be/cm_OV7q_GVk
― abcfsk, Tuesday, 21 February 2012 17:27 (twelve years ago) link
Wow. I'm not sure i've listened to Park Ji Yoon in about nine years but that's really lovely.
― Mohombi Khush Hua (ShariVari), Tuesday, 21 February 2012 18:21 (twelve years ago) link
yeah I really like the big bang song. interesting that the girls in it are european - recall a few blog posts dissecting the gender politics of the last big bang (or was it gd/top) video that did that.
― flagp∞st (dayo), Wednesday, 22 February 2012 02:09 (twelve years ago) link
My favorite thing about the "Blue" video is that G-Dragon made ALL the members of Big Bang pose so that they ambiguously are, and are with, the white hipster girl.
― hurricane weather (forapper), Wednesday, 22 February 2012 02:18 (twelve years ago) link
When it was announced that Teddy Park had co-written most of the tracks on the Big Bang album, I was (happily) anticipating something like this, without the editing glitches:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O9oa45GuRMk
Big Bang vocals and an actual sad-euphoric build is all I ever wanted out of a song, apparently. >_> Blue is not bad though, it is restful next to their more dramatic tracks. I am holding out hope for at least one really "big" track on the album, though.
― hurricane weather (forapper), Wednesday, 22 February 2012 02:20 (twelve years ago) link
man I don't know why I wrote european, I should have just said white. sorry about that.
― flagp∞st (dayo), Wednesday, 22 February 2012 02:20 (twelve years ago) link